6060 Steam Locomotive

[sambear0]

I don't think it is scrapped, on April 11, 2011 a schedule for 6060 summer 2011 operations was posted by its owners: the Rocky Mountain Rail Society.

[muddack]

Wow!! i rode on that train when i was a kid in the early 70's and had no idea the bad boy was still out there running. awesome.

[nkproad777]

Nice to see all these steam locos today :)

[BreathDoctor]

I rode behind her in 1971 I think, from London, Ontario, to Petrolia, Ont.

[papoocanada]

@BreathDoctor

#6060 was restored by CNR Pt. St. Charles Shops in 1972-73. Her first trip was Montréal-Victoriaville QC on 15 Sept. 1973. Followed a whole lot of excursions to Ottawa, Portland Me, Rivière-à-Pierre QC, La Malbaie and Clermont QC, Sorel QC , Hawkesbury ON, Grand-Mère QC, until 1978 then transferrede to Toronto.

[sozag]

very nice!

[tinman3804]

Nice mountain type..

[iinlovejameslafferty]

Canada has some of the best steam engines in the world!!! My favorite's are the 6060 and the 2860 and the 2816!!!

☺

[844jim]

She's a beauty, thanks for posting.

[vladimir2366fa]

hi, the movies is excellent, thanks ★★★★★

[Rickyrab]

cool, celestory rolling stock. :)

[proximo26]

I remember my dad taking my brother and I over to see Harry Home at the CN works ward in Jasper, Alberta when they just started some of the restoration work on her, I have a picture of my brother and I standing in the boiler when the nose was off her...such a beautiful locomotive.

[gazoil5]

magnifique++++++

[gaycowboy31]

its a shame such a fine locomotive such as the 6060 is only running on a tourist railroad and not allowed to run on the CN mainline what a waste of a fine locomotive andits a real shame that the CN wont get a steam program and follow there Canadian brother the CPRR

[Blockintosh]

I have a model of Betty here, HO scale. These beuts' are as fine as they get.

[Railfan59]

Some of my favorite 6060 memories: riding the cab at 90 mph; riding the cab in a runpast; getting a great sound bite running through Long Branch at around 70, riding through the Uxbridge and Campbellford subs; the Gravenhurst trip...

[Abitibidoug]

What a great video! It's good to see it's still in good working order. I remember seeing it running on excursion trips between Toronto and Niagara Falls in the 1970's. May this iron horse have many more good years ahead.

[jay600katana]

What a beautiful Loco, good to see shes still out running. If it would only be possible to get her out for a long main line run maybe 79 to a 100 mph :-)

[York22]

beautiful. I wish they'd come back. It would be so awesome to see these on railroads across america again.

[trinityisawesome]

Absolutely gorgeous piece of machinery

[81DEREK]

Hamilton to Niagara Falls every weekend many moons ago

[Voodoo067]

Wow, nice to see this. I made a couple of fan trips on 6060 back in the seventies, one a circumnavigation of Toronto (Summer 1975?) and also a trip from Gravenhurst to Washago in the fall of 1975.

It's great to see that 6060 is still going strong, and sounds great! I must pay a visit to Alberta to see her again...

[loveolrecords]

gravenhurst i have that whole trip on reel to reel do you remember the bell fell off in newmaket @ how cold it was memories mmm

[Voodoo067]

We tried to get tickets for the whole Toronto - Gravenhurt trip, but they were sold out. We drove up to Gravenhurst, and were able to get tickets on the short trip from Gravenhurst to Washago and back.

I'd love to get a copy of that reel to reel recording...!

[Voodoo067]

We tried to get tickets on the Toronto - Gravenhurst trip, but they were sold out. We drove up to Gravenhurst instead, and were able to get tickets on the short excursion from Gravenhurst to Washago and back.

I'd love to get a copy of that reel to reel recording. I recorded both of my trip on a crappy cassette player, but the tapes were lost years ago. At the time, I didn't appreciate how much I would miss those recordings...

[loveolrecords]

hi transferd the 1975 gravenhurst trip on to cd,s was quite impressed how well they came love the sound of her climbing up the grade after the stop at bathurst st 18 cars im sure her exhaust woke people up it was load @sharp all in stereo my dad flipped when i paid 100.00 for the microphones shure top of the line anyway 3 cd,s 50.00 will print off pictures of runpast at bradford (NO BELL)fell off in newmarket lol

[ghostshot1004]

i love those tenders

[railroadfan]

Kinda odd to see such a speed demon operating in reverse at barely 15 mph! Great clip nonetheless... would love to make the 2,000-mile trip to visit this railroad someday.

[CSX6000]

Wow, he's right! Great clip... very different.

[loveolrecords]

hi i have video of 6060 going 80 along 401 to bellville with sound will post if interested

[Railfan59]

Yes, please post it.  I would love to see that.

[Railfan59]

Come on, where is it?  I know ya got it. LOL

[Darbkin]

He's tryin' to get up a head of steam ;o)  Must have a leaky boiler...ha ha ha ha!

[Railfan59]

Naw... his firemans asleep at the scoop. LOL

[NorthFolkSouthern960]

@Railfan59 6060 It gone. The Video "6060'S Farewell" is the last of it. It suffered a gear damage and the Royal Hudson 2860 Has to do it all alone fron Jasper to Prince George. Its all scraped and metal now.

[muddack]

@NorthFolkSouthern960 really. wow that's upsetting. my heart woke up when i saw this video and broke all in the same 5 minutes.

[andrewmorrison85]

Please post! Anything steam era is awesome!

[dmncau]

Hey Guys I knew Mr. Robert Palmer.

I meet him at a Transport 2000 meeting in Kitchener, ON in 1999. We were friends for years sadly he died in the fall of 2007. I traveled with Bob and meet his friend Gary bolburn.

[loveolrecords]

yea bob was a great guy gave him a cab ride in 6218 to the falls @ 6060 barrie to orillia in 1979 toronto /collingwood

[6060steamfreak]

Now that's a whistle!

[loveolrecords]

sure is use to love blowing it out in the wilderness

[loveolrecords]

people did you know bob palmer passed away he was on all the 6060 trips in toronto i got all his video of 6060 @6218 he filmed himself if interested let me will post here

[Railfan59]

How did you know Bob Palmer? I knew him when he lived in Woodstock. He was not only nuts about trains, but had a brain for dates and events as well.

[loveolrecords]

i knew bob palmer since 1973 yes he was good at dates also collected records like loved glenn miller maybe i know you too

[Railfan59]

Quite possibly. I was on a lot of the Niagara 6060 runs. My name is Terry Holland. You? By the way, did you know John Robertson?

[Railfan59]

Man, does that ever bring back sweet memories. I used to ride that train from Toronto to Niagara Falls every Saturday for three years. The U-1-f's had a very distinctive sound, whethere they were chuffing into a station or running a high speed corridor at 75 plus. My favorite memory is the infamous cab ride from Hamilton to Toronto. We got her up to around 80. What a ride!!!

[loveolrecords]

hi railfan i was the regular engineer on 6060 to the falls one time we had at 95mph still have audio of it taped in the baggage car

[Railfan59]

I wonder if that was the cab ride I had. On that trip we had signal problems at Bayview Junction and we were doing about 95. Was that the trip I'm thinking of? I rode from Hamilton to Toronto in the cab.

[loveolrecords]

yes i remember that trip that was me probely my name is ed morgan @ the other was bruce kirney or bob cole i was the hogger on july 19/80 ucrs last run with harry home @ yes i know robertson the guy that drove me nuts was rob gibson sure had that old girl going the last trip 80-85 did you see the show done on it by chch charrinton live i was interviewed then like to talk more with you

[TrainmasterCurt]

Actually it sounds better than the no.2 whistle on the 2816, that one sounds like a steam boat! This one is nice

[amtraklover]

never heard the 6060 before but the whistle sounds like one off a steam boat. Hope I'll be able to see it one day

[jay600katana]

Nice vid, U-1-F's kick ass and take names lol. The other 2 of them should be running

[lordfinnoneill]

Oh MY! Last I heard 6060 went to the states a few years ago and was not coming back. She is Home, again. This brought tears to my eyes! Thanks!!!

[Darbkin]

If Harry Home has anything to say about it, 6060 will be staying in Canada...and he'll be at the throttle!

[borschiw]

She never went south. Works out of Alberta Prairie Steam Tours

[TrainmasterCurt]

Very nice video, was this taken near Stettler?

[Darbkin]

Taken at a crossing between Warden and Fenn.

[borschiw]

Yes..enroute to Big Valley