Nickel Plate Road 765 "High Speed Service" (Part I)

[CoryClaxon]

She's probably not even going as fast as she could.

[southern4501isawesom]

@CoryClaxon not at all she can go well over 60 mph no sweat.

[CoryClaxon]

@southern4501isawesom It's too bad she can't haul revenue freight. :P

[shadowdemon46]

this is what America is meant to run on Steam and Gp7/9s

[TheIrishMikeB]

I am curious, though......why no headlight in these videos?

[TheIrishMikeB]

This is the way railroads were meant to be. Steam powered and with cabooses! Great videos, guys!

[manga12]

Its a photo Opp though 7 65 " that is how they pronounce it at the home of the 765" She has more power then even most of all but the newest diesel locos at 4000 hp, but she is soo resource intensiveI was told at the open house in october 2011 it takes 8000 dollers a run in fuel and water and she needs replenished about every 150 miles max, the loco is certainly up to it for sure, I would love to see it going 50 mph or more hauling ass the npk was known for fast freight after all.

[SuperMario6419]

What whistle is on 765 at 0:08?

[Dinosorable]

I thought steam engines didn't pull freight anymore.

[Fietser1225]

I know that's it not historically accurate, but it would look way better with the headlight on. Still a fine performance. I was around for the second day of that charter with 1225 and the night session the prior night.

[MrDRUID27]

This was the first steam locomotive I saw in action. It pulled a passenger train on it's' last run through LYH VA on the N&W when I was a kid. The driver of that truck can't catch a break can he?

[Newport1974]

I road a passenger coach behind that old girl back in the late 80's in Buffalo. Best time of my life. A moment in time I will Never forget!

[SPD1E]

Give those friggin' whistles rest would ya!!! Some people might want to hear the engine once in a while!!!

[Newport1974]

@SPD1E Steam isn't Steam without the Whistle dude!

[SPD1E]

@Newport1974 Yeah I supose! But in England, we prefer to thrash the hell out of the loco's instead of blowing their whistles! But I do like the sound of American whistles though, over here we have the USA S160 5197 with a fantastic whistle, but we still like the thrash it through the English countryside!

[KingofTomedy]

Those Chicago & Northwestern covered hoppers look a bit modern for a steam-era freight.

[bigtex144]

If you go to railpictures-dot-net and set the criteria under the "Select Locomotive Type..." to "Steam 2-8-4" and "Enter Keywords...", type "Carland", you can see many fantastic pictures of both 765 and 1225 chugging past the Carland Elevator.

Great videos!! Thanks for posting :)

[ferlenarab]

Great consist, thanks for posting!

[97trainman]

Those white covered hoppers don't match the time period as much but all in all, great video.

[Kanefan701]

The locomotive has two or three different whistles!

[nkproad777]

Who owns 765 anyway?

[SkyhawkACE123]

@nkproad777 Ft. Wayne Historical Soc.

[trainmaster844]

@nkproad777 - The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society and the City of Fort Wayne, obviously...

[trainmaster844]

@nkproad777 - The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society and the City of Fort Wayne, obviously...

[trainmaster844]

@nkproad777 - The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society and the City of Fort Wayne, obviously...

[oilcan821]

this was one of the most powerfull engines i ever saw as a kid! i was pretty young when they stopped using these!

[Nickleplate765]

Funny thing. I was at that elevator in Carland taking pictures during Steamfest.

[qlancer]

This is still such an awesome setting - I think I would shit a brick if I saw my beloved 2102 roar through an intersection highballing with a freight in tow

[Bassfanatic94]

Man they really told that fireman to make lots of smoke with that engine on that day! I love engines with stokers because they produce a lot more smoke than hand-fired ones.

[atsf7809]

beautiful. What year is this? lol

[skullcrusher301]

they made a mistake putting the train together because they didn't have those kinds of covered hoppers during this time period.

[dcoursey82]

@skullcrusher301 You have a beautiful steam engine pulling a freight train and instead of just enjoying it, you're choosing to complain about how the covered hoppers aren't era-specific? Come on....

[skullcrusher301]

@dcoursey82 i was just saying, and it is also hard to make up a train nowadays with old equipment.

[cobydickl]

you are right about the 2 whistle if you look where the steam is coming from you can tell which whistle it is. the whistle that is attached is the original whistle ran on the 700 and the one forward of the steam dome is the rented whistle that people pay to have put on there to hear it with stuff behind it

[zuluwiz]

You can tell it's modern by the graffiti on the cars: wouldn't have been tolerated in '53.

[bnsfben1]

That was in Michigan not Ohio. I was there at that photo shoot also!

[Railroadtrip445]

what he means is to make you fell like you are in 1953 the time that engine was before it got put out of serviced and overhauled

[badboylll]

im really surprised there werent more people taking pictures..?

[michigandon]

Too bad they couldn't have borrowed the Toledo, Lake Erie & Westerns' "High Speed Service" caboose. Not that I'm complaining or anything.

The Advanced Design Chevy pickup was also a nice touch!

[MrTraindude]

Between the loco, the caboose and the vintage truck, this video makes you feel like you're back in the '50s again. Also, the great stereo sound puts you right in the action! Thanks for posting this awesome video!

[sideslide23]

I didn't know that they used Steam for freight service today, how interstine.

[shayfan]

Not quite, this was a photo charter.

[shininghappyperson7]

@sideslide23 well in some cases yes very rare tho,a long time ago at the railroad my dad use to work at there were a bunch of freight cars they had to move because this railroad was also an operating freight line,and a charter had ben schedualed for the same day so they had the steam locomotive BR&W #60 2-8-0 Pull the cars to there destination.they got a charter and got to have an interesting freight run

[SteamingObe]

I don't even know what to say about that video. Thanks to all the people who remain that dedicated to steam.

[shininghappyperson7]

mabe it was just me but they all sounded like different whistles

[shayfan]

NKP 765 had two whistles on.

[TVRM610]

@shininghappyperson7 NKP #765 is equipped with 2 whistles, 1 close to the front is for use when the locomotive is doing 40+ on most occasions, and the other one is closer to the cab, and is for slower speed running, cause it is louder, and can be heard quicker, that and it is more in your face style too.

[shininghappyperson7]

@TVRM610 ohhhhh cool thats a great idea!

[nsglc1985]

i was at Smith Road

[coolhandmatt]

The whistle has a different (newer) languid plate in it during the runs, but the bowl is wore out. I'll just keep adjusting it until it's right again.

To help you out. A Lima whistle is a 5 chime. The whistle on the 765 is a Nathan 6 Chime. If you listen to the video you can tell its blowing all 6 chambers - just getting the low side pointing at the rails. Making it sound deeper than normal.

A Banshee whistle is a Pensy single note whistle. Only whistle with that namesake. It screemed.

[coolhandmatt]

Screamed*

[1sttenn]

The lima whistle is a 6 chime

[switchstand]

That last shot at 4:45 I thought the guy in the truck was going to run the crossing in front of the train. He must have been late to the photo stop spot. If would have looked fine on video if he had slowly drove up there after the loco had passed.

[torch9t9]

My dad logged many a trip in the 765 as a brakeman, and my buddy Charlie helped rebuild her.

[CSX6000]

That shot at Carland is awesome!

[coolhandmatt]

October 2nd!!! All day trip...The whistle will be fixed by then. We're trying to get it to sound like the early 90's. I think I have it close, just need to do more tinkering. The languid plate has been messed with and it caused all kinds of issues.

[WLSCo]

Why not get a new languid plate?

[jrahrig]

I love that louder whistle, which I usually called the Banshee Whistle because it so loud back in the day. See the "765 New River Train" video. also any clips from the 1991 NRHS Convention.

[Kleman09]

I live in the Ohio around where the 765 once operated. Whos idea was it to run those modern hoppers on the train? I know that NKP's main stay frieght was of boxcars with perishibles, not grain.

[shayfan]

Well all they had down at the Nickel Plate yard in Bellevue was those......  Sure it would have been nice to have a complete period freight train, but the cars arent easy to find, nor are most in operating condition.

[Miketherailfan]

Woah dude, what's up with whistle at 0:12?? Sounds... strange.

[shayfan]

They were blowing two different whistles throughout the day. Why it may sound different.

[Miketherailfan]

I mean the engineer's whistle, it sounds like it was retuned or something. Or did they swap them out?

[shayfan]

I believe it was retuned, think they put in a different plate.

[CSX6000]

On of the whistles is a replica Reading 6 chime whistle, and the other (raspier-sounding one) is the Lima 4-chime whistle. Sounds awful compared to the way it sounded at TrainFest.

[WSOR10C]

Im poretty sure the "lima" whistle is a 5 chime... which currently sounds like a 4 chime ;-)

[Kleman09]

The different whistles are of the engineer's whistle and teh fireman's whistle.

[videotrains]

Nice! I have to get out there next time they do this.