Why do steam excursions sometimes need diesels? Reading and Northern in PA always stuck one or two SD50 diesels behind 425 on the longer excursions. Here there are two NS high hood diesels behind 4501. Is that for backup and protection?
Will be nice to see her up and running again!!! Just wonder if they will keep her black or if they will decide to give her the Southern Green paint again, I know originally she was black and was only painted green after she was brought back for Excursions and specials, so either way works, but I really liked the green paint on the 4501
This video was taken pretty much 25 yards in front of my old home. Would have been pretty cool to see my old house on YouTube, oh well.... Any idea on the year this video was taken? Good chance it was before I was born....(1990) Love seeing old trains like these still showing that they can still go.
There could very well be an excursion train just like this on Norfolk Southern in the near future! They are bringing back steam for real! #630 will be first, followed by #4501. Wick Moorman is a hero! David Goode can rot in you know where.
@ARSchimke There's only 2 diesels with the 4501 in this video. If you look at how long the train is behind her, that's one heck of a big train for the 4501 to be able to move at speed. The diesels were there to provide a little bit of extra power and dynamic braking, and as insurance in case something unexpected happened to 4501.
gave me the chills i love that whistle ! i hope she is gonna make it to her 100th right now TVRM is focusing on 630 (another southern loco) I WANNA ride behind her so bad..... long live southern railway!
Sweet video! I like 4501s smokebox in black! What are those blasted desieles doing helping out though! HEP and insurence reasons are one thing (although I don't like it) but pulling the train, no way! I doubt 4501 could pull the train herself, so do it right, and run two trips! Oh, well, atleast the units they were using look similar to the SOU ones, still...
Thats a great sounding whistle on the 4501. Looks like this was shot in the late 70's based on the autos. My step-dad was an engineer on the N&W, and he got to run the 4501 on excursion in 1972, Pittsburgh to D.C.
Why do steam excursions sometimes need diesels? Reading and Northern in PA always stuck one or two SD50 diesels behind 425 on the longer excursions. Here there are two NS high hood diesels behind 4501. Is that for backup and protection?
rwk360 6 months ago
Will be nice to see her up and running again!!! Just wonder if they will keep her black or if they will decide to give her the Southern Green paint again, I know originally she was black and was only painted green after she was brought back for Excursions and specials, so either way works, but I really liked the green paint on the 4501
WorldOfNothin 9 months ago
This video was taken pretty much 25 yards in front of my old home. Would have been pretty cool to see my old house on YouTube, oh well.... Any idea on the year this video was taken? Good chance it was before I was born....(1990) Love seeing old trains like these still showing that they can still go.
slushiestcrane 9 months ago
There could very well be an excursion train just like this on Norfolk Southern in the near future! They are bringing back steam for real! #630 will be first, followed by #4501. Wick Moorman is a hero! David Goode can rot in you know where.
rwk360 1 year ago
It's also a shame the caboose is a thing of the past. It's nice they got a Southern Steam Locomotive to lead.
benschlechter 1 year ago
She looks pretty and sounds pretty. I can't wait til 4501 comes back!!
FreeFallin1976 1 year ago
nice train but why does it have three diesels with it none ancers me on that can you?
ARSchimke 1 year ago
@ARSchimke There's only 2 diesels with the 4501 in this video. If you look at how long the train is behind her, that's one heck of a big train for the 4501 to be able to move at speed. The diesels were there to provide a little bit of extra power and dynamic braking, and as insurance in case something unexpected happened to 4501.
ConrailJon 1 year ago
Nuthin' in the world like a good steam whistle...and I don't mean those puny single quill ones, either !
sagehopper2006 1 year ago
thats near the school O.o
MegaRAMHarddisk 1 year ago
I never get tired of seeing the old girl
alcors11a 1 year ago
gave me the chills i love that whistle ! i hope she is gonna make it to her 100th right now TVRM is focusing on 630 (another southern loco) I WANNA ride behind her so bad..... long live southern railway!
southern4501isawesom 1 year ago
I LIVE CLOSE TO THERE
TheCatwoman1996 2 years ago
Sweet video! I like 4501s smokebox in black! What are those blasted desieles doing helping out though! HEP and insurence reasons are one thing (although I don't like it) but pulling the train, no way! I doubt 4501 could pull the train herself, so do it right, and run two trips! Oh, well, atleast the units they were using look similar to the SOU ones, still...
SLSF1522 2 years ago
I heard the train was oringally schedualed to be behind 1218. Maybe 4501 needed the extra power.
BNSFandSP 2 years ago
@SLSF1522 that is a long passenger train thought but the secound diesil is not nessecery
FatSeal45 1 year ago
Take that environmentalists!
kane38885 2 years ago
Lulz i live there
johnnyheretic06 2 years ago
She sounds almost just like tweetsie,but tweetsie is just about the same kind of engine except for the wheel arrangement,correct?
ericpdav 3 years ago
Tweetsie is a narrow gauge engine, 4501 is a standard gauge engine. big size difference.
mooshy79 3 years ago
Awesome on so many levels.
SR722 3 years ago
Thats a great sounding whistle on the 4501. Looks like this was shot in the late 70's based on the autos. My step-dad was an engineer on the N&W, and he got to run the 4501 on excursion in 1972, Pittsburgh to D.C.
TRUCKSANDTRAINS21 3 years ago
It was great to see all those N&W cars Can't for 4501 to run again in the future.
amtraklover 3 years ago
put the disels on the back!
tweetsie12190 3 years ago 2
Coal Burner!! Nice Whistle!!!
Faztlan 3 years ago
I swear, if I win the lottery, I'm giving $300,000 of it to TVRM to get that thing up and running again. An absolutely gorgeous locomotive.
fafnir242 3 years ago 2
I second the motion! Isn't she the prettiest :D
FreeFallin1976 3 years ago
Oh, she's incredible!!!
fafnir242 3 years ago
great!( those whistles sound like wolves!)
trainzrule 3 years ago 2
bad fire
BrodyFarmBoy 3 years ago
the 4501 has a black smokebox front.
brino182 4 years ago
Damn she can pull a huge train can't she ....nice do you have and more of 2401 i love to see it
akatrain 4 years ago
Not #2401, it's #4501
TVRM610 3 years ago
Man that is COOL. And with disels behind, man that's so out of place and surreal looking. I don't suppose they still do this kind of thing anywhere?
thenekom 4 years ago