Strasburg Railroad: Trains & Troops '08 (Part One)

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[sarmedic8401]

If you're a reenactor, do you get to pay a reduced fare or ride for free on the troop trains? I'm thinking about coming up for this event this year.

[bnsf261]

Wow!!!!

Now THATS a entry right there with 475 at Carpenters!

Perfect angel,excellent whistling and 1 Helluva engine!!!

[landicon]

@Chase1609 judging maybe the size i wouldnt be surprised i live near the station so i get to see it every now and then. they havent run this little guy for a while... hey they made Thomas out of a Porter switcher... i nearly lost my hearing yo that thing twice XD every time it was there there was something wrong with a valve or they were letting out the 4 month old stagnent water XO

[majobis]

This is a real nice video.You have some great shots of the trains real close to the camera.The shot from the side is what some hollywood movie types are like with the steam spraying over the camera.The other one with the camera in the middle of the tracks is nice too.I hope the camera lived on that one.You should build a little wood box to hold the camera the next time and bury it a little more in the rocks to hold it in place next time.

[Connor38]

sweet video !

[TVRM610]

What is the deal with them re-numbering #31 to #7312?

[CSX6000]

That was its number on the CN.

[TVRM610]

Then whey did they change it to #31, and why did they change #89 to #911 at one time?

[CSX6000]

It was done for the CN photo charter held last November.

[sticklets87]

Why did they change 7312 to 31 in the first place?

[CSX6000]

Strasburg simply removed the 7 and the 2 and made her thier #31.

[boilerbob7]

I remember the bells going in circles. For some reason, you don't see that anymore.

[wizart49]

great video. i was down sat. did not see any youtubers.

[FlatBlackXtreme]

I love Strasburg Railroad! The only thing I dislike is the mechanical bells on the engines! It don't sound right to me, but you gotta do what you gotta do! Great work on this clip! Can't wait for part two!

[GreatWesternSteam]

Why? The mechanical bells, which are really called 'Air clapper' or 'Air rocker', were used on steam engines a long time ago. 475 used to have an air rocker when she was built, and 7312 had an air clapper ever since she was built. I even read that they were used in the very late 1800's.

Also, bells that are more silent, sound extremely silent when they are hand rung (Like 475's bell), and the air clapper and air rocker was invented to ring the bell without the fireman having to be in his seat.

[CSX6000]

It's not ringing the right way, because clapper moves to the side, rather than hitting the back of the bell like it should. So if there were a problem like this one, the bell could be heard.

Know the facts before you babble on about nothing. And seriously, stick to one screenname.

[BRWFan]

Very cool

[NWRRSteamPower]

Also, they barely rang the bell in this video. Still, great video anyway.

[CSX6000]

They rang it when it plenty. It was very hard to hear being hand rung.

[NWRRSteamPower]

Great video, you caught some of the best footage of my favorite engine that I've ever seen.

I'm just curious to why 475's Air clapper was messed up the whole day? Before I knew it was messed up, I thought they were hand-ringing the bell on the thing lol.

[railfanentertainment]

Adam, it says it's no longer available.

[Strasburg1991]

air clapper gone foreever?

[CSX6000]

I wish. Sounds better hand-rung.

[GreatWesternSteam]

Well I can't say I agree with you on that Adam, because you can barely hear 475's nice sounding bell when it's being hand-rung. The air clapper on it (It would be nice if they installed an air rocker on it since it was that way in the N&W days), makes it so you can hear it loud and clear, because the pendulum is hitting the bell harder with the air clapper or air rocker than it would if it was being hand-rung.

[GreatWesternSteam]

Nope. It was fixed for Sunday to be used on another day of Trains & Troops.

[Conrail6370]

Nice video Adam, I even saw my self at 6:21 I wave at you.

Len.