@gothpapa so in other words she wasnt supposed to be scrapped, but was mistaken for an engine to be scrapped because of misscommunication? Did her looks aid the bad communication, and her location too?
@gothpapa Well, you got the location part right. Have no idea how you could have drawn any conclusions about her "looks" from what I said. Anyway, the internet is a great source of info on just about anything under the sun. Some of it is even accurate. So google richard jensen 5629. Read it and weep as they say.
Is that a 1968 Pontiac Tempest at 4:02 ?. My first car was a 68 Tempest. Same color. I was 15 in 1975. My mom gave the car to me. Said if I could fix it I could have it. Had it running the next day. Broken Timing chain.
Great video, love the commentary!
LMatters1 11 months ago
@LMatters1 Thanks. Its easy to make great videos from great memories.
gothpapa 11 months ago
Gawd....I was on that trip. Fading memory here. Was this trip before or after the aborted 5629 trip to Bay City?
stumblemouth 1 year ago
@stumblemouth Well, my memory for those kinds of details is also fading. I want to say after, but don't quote me on that.
gothpapa 1 year ago
I just want to cry, such a nice locomotive scrapped.
09JDCTrainMan 1 year ago
No need to cry. GTW 5632 is here to become the replica of 5629.
mmandmcb14 8 months ago
Awsome!
09JDCTrainMan 8 months ago
Why was this engine scrapped???
Kleman09 1 year ago
@Kleman09 Good question. Long story. Wrong place at the wrong time. Bad planning, worse communication. That's it in a nutshell.
gothpapa 1 year ago
@gothpapa so in other words she wasnt supposed to be scrapped, but was mistaken for an engine to be scrapped because of misscommunication? Did her looks aid the bad communication, and her location too?
Kleman09 1 year ago
@gothpapa Well, you got the location part right. Have no idea how you could have drawn any conclusions about her "looks" from what I said. Anyway, the internet is a great source of info on just about anything under the sun. Some of it is even accurate. So google richard jensen 5629. Read it and weep as they say.
gothpapa 1 year ago
Or google gtw 5632 steam locomotive.
mmandmcb14 8 months ago
Is that a 1968 Pontiac Tempest at 4:02 ?. My first car was a 68 Tempest. Same color. I was 15 in 1975. My mom gave the car to me. Said if I could fix it I could have it. Had it running the next day. Broken Timing chain.
dreambuilders48808 1 year ago
That's petty cool that the GTW engine crew wanted to run the steamer.
switchstand 1 year ago
I can not imagane them having the open gon at 60 mph.
foxrivermotorman 2 years ago
Wow! I never knew she visited my hometown before.
engineer6325 2 years ago
Well, at least there's still GTW 5632.
atsf3415dbr 2 years ago
It will become the replica of the 5629.
mmandmcb14 8 months ago
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mmandmcb14 4 months ago
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@atsf3415dbr It will be renumbered 5629.
mmandmcb14 4 months ago
thanks for the contribution. I saw 5629 rotting away in Blue Island IL back in the 1980s, too bad it had to end the way it did.
heartlandrails 2 years ago
whatever happened to the 5629?
imagreatbigman 2 years ago
see trainboy comment below.
gothpapa 2 years ago
If she wasn't scrapped in 1991 I bet she would still be operating
trainboy94 2 years ago 2
she was scrapped in 1987. guess it doesn't matter
boberttrain831 2 years ago
Great classic footage & nicely edited! What kind of film was it shot on and how did you transfer it to video so cleanly?!
HighIronofWisconsin 3 years ago
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P. GTW 5629
amtraklover 3 years ago
GTW 5629 (GTW 5632) will come back from the scrapyard.
mmandmcb14 8 months ago
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GTW 5629 (GTW 5632) will come back from the scrapyard.
mmandmcb14 6 months ago
@amtraklover R.I.P. Dick Jensen 19??-1991.
mmandmcb14 4 months ago
Were the photos 35mm???????
trainboy94 3 years ago
Yes. Well, most were.
gothpapa 3 years ago
sucks that she was scrapped!
DanielVolker 3 years ago
great stuff as usual
kes1963 3 years ago