1:21 thats the first time I've ever seen a movie clip of a train on the Poughkeepsie bridge. Does this video have anymore footage of freights on the bridge?
Well done on this overview of the NYC diesel era! Can't help but wonder how Lima might have edged Alco on a 4-8-4 for a specific passenger train: a Commodore Vanderbilt follow-on based on the Southern Pacific's GS-4 but in gray, with "yacht-club commodore" smoke deflectors, skyrail in U. S. Naval commission-pennant colors, and a 16-wheel Vanderbilt tender with the 48-star flag at the rear of the water tank....
Why is it the high speed rail lines in other countries are still running and people still use them and theyre money makers? Privatization is the key. I still would go for Amtrak bringing back past passenger train routes that were in service back in the 60's. Detroit to St Louis, Cinncinnati to Cleveland, Chicago to Miami, Helena Montana to Denver . You would be suprised on how many people would ride these trains and support them. Let the gas prices go up to $7 a gallon!!!
That jet engined RDC was awesome!! D*&% republicans dont know nothing about true high speed rail projects--other than to keep money to fund themselves and buy more private planes and give money to the airline industry. China, Japan, Korea and the UK are good examples of good high speed rail travel.
@BNforever2009 Kinda funny that you mention it, China has said that their rail line was a waste of money. The UK, it's a joke. Their "high speed" rail service is so frail, all it would take is 12" of powdery snow and it's dead. Japan and Korea's, they're fine, but, why do we need them if we don't have the infrastructure anymore. We used to. I wouldn't bash someone else about not knowing high speed when you yourself don't know a thing about it. Have a nice day.
That's the M-497. The Budd RDC which was converted for $30,000 to test a high speed rail project. Alfred Perlman approved the project. A pair of J37 jet engines, similar to today's B-52, were mounted atop the roof of the RDC unit. The jet engines thrust, pushed the RDC to 183mph along a 11 mile stretch of tangent track near Bryan Ohio. A record that still stands.
@ConrailSD70MAC Did you know that Lionel came out with an O scale model of the M-497 recently? Kato also makes a model. It would be nice to see this in G or F scale.
The track that the train ran on wasn't good at the time. 127lb jointed rail with half the anchors needed. Today, the track is in excellent shape. Upgraded by Conrail long ago. Makes you wonder if the train could have improved it's record on it if NYC had the money to do the repairs.
nice! but the music is way off, shouldve been Beatles, Stones, Hendrix, anything '60's, maybe 70's too... or even something totally - 60's - corny like Humperdinck or James Last. Big band 'swing' can go with footage of the '38 Twentieth Century Limited.
the NYC did everything they could to get out of passenger service. By they time they merged into Penn Central there was very little left. The Pennsylvania kept at least some of their name trains.
What (sort of) amazes me is the fact that the New York Central used E and F units for freight service (and probably used single-note honker horns).
I never got to see this line in action (PC merger happened when I was 4) but these videos give me a better idea of what it must have been like. I wish I could have a time machine and digital camcorder to get footage with sound and post those results here.
Lots of train lines I would love to see actual footage of!
The line runs thru Champaign/Urbana -- was originally the Big 4 railroad, bought by New York Central, then became Penn Central, then was used by Norfolk & Western, then used by Conrail. Most of the trackage east of Urbana was pulled up (after the Conrail split) and now used occasionally by Norfolk Southern. I most remember seeing Conrail run along the track every couple of hours, but not much else, except dim memories of white & orange IC units, and black NW units...
Nice music and I like the NKP Alco, and also I like that part when the train at 2:48 surprized those 2 photographers. But I do agree with Daftstrings, what the hell was that at 2:40?!
I remember seeing something about this in Trains or Classic trains. It was an experimental car that was supposed to be able to go very fast and revolutionize passenger travel. It had Jet engines on it, and the windows on the front were former F7 numberboards... Hope this helps!
That was a jet-powered RDC they used for an experiment at high-speed passenger travel. It reached 170 mph and was used on the Water Level Route near Bryan, OH. There is a 1988 issue of TRAINS that has a very interesting article on it.
Thanks for sharing your Grate videos! I could have been on 1 or two of the NYC Passenger Trains that was in places that I recognized! I never thought of taking a video camera to work in them days??? I guess it would have had to been a Supper (8) Back then! Who ever did them films did a grate job!
1:21 thats the first time I've ever seen a movie clip of a train on the Poughkeepsie bridge. Does this video have anymore footage of freights on the bridge?
timboz1986 4 months ago
Well done on this overview of the NYC diesel era! Can't help but wonder how Lima might have edged Alco on a 4-8-4 for a specific passenger train: a Commodore Vanderbilt follow-on based on the Southern Pacific's GS-4 but in gray, with "yacht-club commodore" smoke deflectors, skyrail in U. S. Naval commission-pennant colors, and a 16-wheel Vanderbilt tender with the 48-star flag at the rear of the water tank....
bcschmerker 4 months ago
Why is it the high speed rail lines in other countries are still running and people still use them and theyre money makers? Privatization is the key. I still would go for Amtrak bringing back past passenger train routes that were in service back in the 60's. Detroit to St Louis, Cinncinnati to Cleveland, Chicago to Miami, Helena Montana to Denver . You would be suprised on how many people would ride these trains and support them. Let the gas prices go up to $7 a gallon!!!
BNforever2009 8 months ago
That jet engined RDC was awesome!! D*&% republicans dont know nothing about true high speed rail projects--other than to keep money to fund themselves and buy more private planes and give money to the airline industry. China, Japan, Korea and the UK are good examples of good high speed rail travel.
BNforever2009 9 months ago
@BNforever2009 Kinda funny that you mention it, China has said that their rail line was a waste of money. The UK, it's a joke. Their "high speed" rail service is so frail, all it would take is 12" of powdery snow and it's dead. Japan and Korea's, they're fine, but, why do we need them if we don't have the infrastructure anymore. We used to. I wouldn't bash someone else about not knowing high speed when you yourself don't know a thing about it. Have a nice day.
zaku32888 8 months ago
Videos like this make me wonder if I was born in the wrong era.
Robofish12 11 months ago
yay for product placement...throughout the whole damn video..get this full album from downloadmusic.im
leonidaroofner27 1 year ago
184 mph !......with the jet engine? according to what i just read........from Butler ,In. to Stryker Oh. in 1966!
jeepers2655 1 year ago
Jet engine........whoa.......
jeepers2655 1 year ago
y was that 1 photographer not wearing a shirt?
thomasVSstewie 1 year ago
GORGEOUS!!!
MsC1953 1 year ago
How the mighty have fallen!
PRR5406 1 year ago
LOVE THE END!!!!
mcr0928 1 year ago
The only problem I have with this video is too much diesel, not enough steam.
superyerfdog 1 year ago
I have a book on Northeast Railroading before Conrail and I have found a picture of RDC M-497 the Jet RDC before it recieved its jet engine.
TheUnknownAvenger 2 years ago
1:21 Poughkeepsie bridge?
TheLastBrainLeft 2 years ago
The scene at 1:15 looks a bit like the east end of New Castle, Pa.
1975grandville 2 years ago
2:42 What the hell is that?
lovenopeace 2 years ago
That's the M-497. The Budd RDC which was converted for $30,000 to test a high speed rail project. Alfred Perlman approved the project. A pair of J37 jet engines, similar to today's B-52, were mounted atop the roof of the RDC unit. The jet engines thrust, pushed the RDC to 183mph along a 11 mile stretch of tangent track near Bryan Ohio. A record that still stands.
ConrailSD70MAC 2 years ago 2
@ConrailSD70MAC speed record for the US anyway... those were the engines t he B-52 used.. hope we can get a true high speed Bullet train one day...
irish89055 1 year ago
@ConrailSD70MAC Did you know that Lionel came out with an O scale model of the M-497 recently? Kato also makes a model. It would be nice to see this in G or F scale.
trainguy111 10 months ago
The track that the train ran on wasn't good at the time. 127lb jointed rail with half the anchors needed. Today, the track is in excellent shape. Upgraded by Conrail long ago. Makes you wonder if the train could have improved it's record on it if NYC had the money to do the repairs.
ConrailSD70MAC 2 years ago
RDC M-497 jet propelled. (stupid idea really).
howardkevinm 2 years ago
@howardkevinm stupid enough to still hold a US continental rail speed record...
Amtrak1194 1 year ago
What was the Big 4 railroads?
generationll 2 years ago
Cleveland Columbus Cincinnatti and St.Louis Railroad which eventually became part of the New York Central.
1975grandville 2 years ago
@1975grandville yes NYC Big Four Line.
howardkevinm 1 year ago
The song is Eager Beaver by Stand Kenton.
PhotographyAurora 2 years ago
nice! but the music is way off, shouldve been Beatles, Stones, Hendrix, anything '60's, maybe 70's too... or even something totally - 60's - corny like Humperdinck or James Last. Big band 'swing' can go with footage of the '38 Twentieth Century Limited.
limosalimosa 2 years ago
I enjoyed seeing the Wabash caboose and the NKP switcher. Was that after N&W took over the Wabash and Nickel Plate Road?
JoJoJopete 2 years ago
Did Emery film the last run of the Twentieth Century Limited?
JoJoJopete 2 years ago
We are not sure on this question!
GreenFrogVideos 2 years ago
the NYC did everything they could to get out of passenger service. By they time they merged into Penn Central there was very little left. The Pennsylvania kept at least some of their name trains.
ajmell7 2 years ago
What (sort of) amazes me is the fact that the New York Central used E and F units for freight service (and probably used single-note honker horns).
I never got to see this line in action (PC merger happened when I was 4) but these videos give me a better idea of what it must have been like. I wish I could have a time machine and digital camcorder to get footage with sound and post those results here.
Lots of train lines I would love to see actual footage of!
dasmikey1964 2 years ago
What was Penn Central like for you?
JoJoJopete 2 years ago
The line runs thru Champaign/Urbana -- was originally the Big 4 railroad, bought by New York Central, then became Penn Central, then was used by Norfolk & Western, then used by Conrail. Most of the trackage east of Urbana was pulled up (after the Conrail split) and now used occasionally by Norfolk Southern. I most remember seeing Conrail run along the track every couple of hours, but not much else, except dim memories of white & orange IC units, and black NW units...
dasmikey1964 2 years ago
1:22 Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge- my hometown!!! So weird to see a train up there as there haven't been any since the 1970's
quack8450 2 years ago 2
A New Haven local no doubt.
JoJoJopete 2 years ago
Nice music and I like the NKP Alco, and also I like that part when the train at 2:48 surprized those 2 photographers. But I do agree with Daftstrings, what the hell was that at 2:40?!
louis1313131313 3 years ago
very nice trains, NYC
MusicMasterJames 3 years ago
What the hell was that at 2:40??
DaftStrings 3 years ago
I remember seeing something about this in Trains or Classic trains. It was an experimental car that was supposed to be able to go very fast and revolutionize passenger travel. It had Jet engines on it, and the windows on the front were former F7 numberboards... Hope this helps!
SD457500 3 years ago
"What the hell was that at 2:40?? "
That was a jet-powered RDC they used for an experiment at high-speed passenger travel. It reached 170 mph and was used on the Water Level Route near Bryan, OH. There is a 1988 issue of TRAINS that has a very interesting article on it.
ma7799 2 years ago
I thought the Water Level Route was in New York State. Which railroad is that between 1:14 and 1:19?
JoJoJopete 2 years ago
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ma7799 2 years ago
"I thought the Water Level Route was in New York State. Which railroad is that between 1:14 and 1:19? "
The Water Level Route was the name given to the entire mainline from Chicago to Buffalo. The railroad featured 1:14-1:19 is the B&O.
ma7799 2 years ago
I thought it was from New York to Chicago.
JoJoJopete 2 years ago
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KC8WJG 3 years ago 3
I remember seeing this as a kid. Ever since I saw this, I declared it the GreenFrog theme song. :)
I love it.
ronthecyborg 3 years ago
Thanks for sharing your Grate videos! I could have been on 1 or two of the NYC Passenger Trains that was in places that I recognized! I never thought of taking a video camera to work in them days??? I guess it would have had to been a Supper (8) Back then! Who ever did them films did a grate job!
indycar101 3 years ago
Just killer!
ffairlane57 4 years ago
its the glen miller band
pauldrake2511 4 years ago
What song? I don't think I heard this Glenn Miller song before.
Driverman2008 3 years ago
This is not the Glenn Miller band. It sounds more like Stan Kenton. What is the name of the piece?
55westend 3 years ago
TELL US ABOUT THE MUSIC PLEASE
mgretche 4 years ago 5
Wow this looks awesome. I have volume one, but this looks like a fantastic sequel.
NE4449 4 years ago