I love watching that K4 "march" past the camera from 4:02 to 4:31. It sends chills down your spine to hear that beautiful Pennsylvania Railroad 3-chime whistle.
I am lookiong for detail info on the T1s and Q2s duplex drive locos. Such a shame none were saved from the scrapers torch. American industry has a habit of throwing away perfectly good technology and these locos were the cutting edge of a new era. T1s regularly ran at over 100mph with ease long before the diesels could. Oh if only to have seen them when in operation.
@SweetJaneofGoth Reportedly, wheel-slip was very difficult to avoid, and they were shop-queens. Obviously, 4 axles out of 8 driven is not conducive to applying traction.
Apparently the Pennsy didn't follow their usual path of extensive testing, and jumped into deploying the T1.
Diesels, even the primitive first generation of road units, were MUCH more cost-effective, even at the Pennsy's cost for coal.
@woodscritter My grandpap says they kept them in the shop because it was cheaper than letting them out on the road. He also says the designers were full of shit cause a pair of little ten wheelers could kick their ass from New York to Chicago. He says the New York Central built engines better than these and could throw them in the water and still do a better job. He says they were junks that drank more water than an army of diabetics and ate more coal than a power plant.
@nclemens Like why? My grandpap knows all about these things. I do the typing and he does the talking. He worked for the railroad and says you are some kind of ass sucking faggot. He's says: Fuck You!
The narrator was right when he said that some of the Pennsy locomotives are preserved in the Strasburg museum. I've been there a couple of times (my grandmother lives about half an hour from there), and the place is HUGE. I'm such a train nut, I'm even a member of the "Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania"!
They must not have had a lot of footage of Pennsylvania's class L Mikados because the locomotives shown from 6:27-6:41 & 6:45-7:05 are class M Mountains (if I'm not mistaken), which is interesting that they're showing Penny's Mountains before they even start talking about them.
@razgrizaceblaze259 No they are Mikados. Mountain have 4 leading wheels and the two mikados shown have just 2 leading wheels. Can get a little big confusing
Actually, if you look closely, the main and side rods connect at the second set of drivers, from the front, on the locomotives during the times I mentioned. Mikados have their main and side rods connect on the third set of drivers from the front, whereas mountains have their main and side rods connect on the second set of drivers from the front. Plus, the locomotive from 6:45-6:55 is #6940, which is a mountain.
Who did the narrating? He sounds somewhat like Burgess Meredith to me.
TomedysTrains 4 months ago 2
I love watching that K4 "march" past the camera from 4:02 to 4:31. It sends chills down your spine to hear that beautiful Pennsylvania Railroad 3-chime whistle.
TomedysTrains 6 months ago 2
Very cool video.
JayJr2007 7 months ago
0:45 : is that the strasburg railroad?
railfanatic844 7 months ago
the first scene were is it at
trainman551 11 months ago
I think thats a J1 at the beginning. Not sure why they spliced in a fireman shoveling coal in. Pretty sure the J1 had a stoker!
pennsy484 1 year ago
Is that a j1 or I1 pulling a freight at the beginning?
rboffill 1 year ago
I am lookiong for detail info on the T1s and Q2s duplex drive locos. Such a shame none were saved from the scrapers torch. American industry has a habit of throwing away perfectly good technology and these locos were the cutting edge of a new era. T1s regularly ran at over 100mph with ease long before the diesels could. Oh if only to have seen them when in operation.
gattosub 1 year ago
@gattosub My grandpap says they were no darn good
SweetJaneofGoth 10 months ago
@SweetJaneofGoth Reportedly, wheel-slip was very difficult to avoid, and they were shop-queens. Obviously, 4 axles out of 8 driven is not conducive to applying traction.
Apparently the Pennsy didn't follow their usual path of extensive testing, and jumped into deploying the T1.
Diesels, even the primitive first generation of road units, were MUCH more cost-effective, even at the Pennsy's cost for coal.
woodscritter 10 months ago
@woodscritter My grandpap says they kept them in the shop because it was cheaper than letting them out on the road. He also says the designers were full of shit cause a pair of little ten wheelers could kick their ass from New York to Chicago. He says the New York Central built engines better than these and could throw them in the water and still do a better job. He says they were junks that drank more water than an army of diabetics and ate more coal than a power plant.
SweetJaneofGoth 10 months ago
@SweetJaneofGoth You really don't read too much, do you?
nclemens 8 months ago
@nclemens Like why? My grandpap knows all about these things. I do the typing and he does the talking. He worked for the railroad and says you are some kind of ass sucking faggot. He's says: Fuck You!
SweetJaneofGoth 8 months ago
@SweetJaneofGoth You answered my question right there.
nclemens 8 months ago
The narrator was right when he said that some of the Pennsy locomotives are preserved in the Strasburg museum. I've been there a couple of times (my grandmother lives about half an hour from there), and the place is HUGE. I'm such a train nut, I'm even a member of the "Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania"!
Stussmeister 1 year ago
2:47 *shudder*
AlcoholicSemenStain 1 year ago
Wouldn't it be cool if the PRR Mountain or the PRR Decapod, in New York (I believe), got restored?
Bassfanatic94 1 year ago
They must not have had a lot of footage of Pennsylvania's class L Mikados because the locomotives shown from 6:27-6:41 & 6:45-7:05 are class M Mountains (if I'm not mistaken), which is interesting that they're showing Penny's Mountains before they even start talking about them.
razgrizaceblaze259 1 year ago
@razgrizaceblaze259 No they are Mikados. Mountain have 4 leading wheels and the two mikados shown have just 2 leading wheels. Can get a little big confusing
Bassfanatic94 1 year ago
@Bassfanatic94
Actually, if you look closely, the main and side rods connect at the second set of drivers, from the front, on the locomotives during the times I mentioned. Mikados have their main and side rods connect on the third set of drivers from the front, whereas mountains have their main and side rods connect on the second set of drivers from the front. Plus, the locomotive from 6:45-6:55 is #6940, which is a mountain.
razgrizaceblaze259 1 year ago
i think i have this video... PRR 4eva!
BarryManilowFan4eva 1 year ago
Great video, then they insert dorky jazz back ground.
PRR5406 1 year ago
Great memories. I really liked the one at Englewood. I spent a lot of time there as a kid, but too late for Pennsy steam in Chicago. 1955.
boilerbob7 2 years ago
Pennsy forever!
RichardSwayne 2 years ago 2
Great video as always, thanks for posting.
rayman4449 2 years ago
Interesting video!
xxxDeath9572xxx 2 years ago