My 100TH VIDEO/The ALCO Experience:ALCO RS-11 Cab Tour 1/7

[indie1361]

1802??? Might be the sister locomotive of West Chester Railroad 1803? Also, could have sworn this engine was heading a Deleware Lackawanna freight train when I was up in Scranton for Lackawanna Railfest at Steamtown NHS!

[trainman122]

@indie1361 I'm not sure of any of that.

[Barricade360]

id love to see a video of 1802 running it is a very nice engine

[trainman122]

@Barricade360 I have a video of 1802, I got a cab tour, cab ride, and more in that video, would you like to see it?

[Barricade360]

@trainman122 yes as a matter of fact i would :)

[trainman122]

@Barricade360 I will have to send it to you as a message because youtube wont allow video URL's in comments.

[ashlandrailroad]

the first lever that you tuche was corect in that it was the throttle. the second lever you tuched was the dynamic brakes , it you look under the throttle there is a slot their, that slot is were the reverser ("Railroad Key") goes. the reverser is mising because the locomotive is sitting turned off and thus for saftey it is required to take the reverser out because when it is removed the throttle and the dynamic brakes are locked disabling the locomotive.

[trainman122]

@ashlandrailroad Thanks for the info.

[ashlandrailroad]

@trainman122 your welcome but what is sad is that ALCO only manufactured 35 RS 32 locomotives and 356 RS 11 locomotives quite small and rare numbers compared to GE's locomotive production

[trainman122]

@ashlandrailroad That is sad.

[ashlandrailroad]

@trainman122 alco shutdow locomotive production with its last 2 T6 switchers being built in january 1969

[traindude233]

yeah......doesn't look like you were two happy in the Falls loco......lol

[FLABandit]

Very lucky opportunity there. Here in FL there are few trains. What we have are too far up north for my wife and I to go visit. consider yourself a very lucky young man.

[blarrer20]

JEALOUS!! My goodness... this is Delaware Lackawanna right? I really want to get some photos of this railway sometime.

[trainman122]

No,its not Delaware Lackawanna.This railroad is then FRR (Falls Road Railroad) or also known as GVT (Genessee Valley Transportation)

[blarrer20]

Oh. I just kinda thought so for a second because at 3:55 there is "DL" in block letters above the #.

[trainman122]

I can try and find out if these locomotives are from the same company if you want.

[blarrer20]

Nah that's Ok, I'm looking at a GVT roster right now and they belong to different roads, 1802 belongs to FRR and 2035 belongs to DL.

[trainman122]

Not according to the name written on the side of the loco. on the side of the loco it says GVT.

[blarrer20]

True, but that's just like you can see units over here in Canada that are painted CN but have "IC" in little tiny letters under the # that immediately tell you that it belongs to Illinois Central, and not CN.

[trainman122]

Then maybe the locomotive was bought by the FRR recently and hasn't been repainted yet because the locomotive has been on the FRR's line for a while and they keep it stored in a garage and i'v seen the FRR locomotive roster and it shows that the RS-32 #2035 belongs to them.

[bnsftim]

nice

[fleecejackets]

Whoa! That is SWEET! Really awesome video and catch. Congratulations on 100, and what an experience that must have been!

[trainman122]

This wasn't a catch,it was an opportunity.A counselor from my school knows the guy in the conductor outfit and that guy wanted to meet me and show me every thing.Call it an all access pass.