ATSF 3751 high speed run-by June 1, 2008

Video footage of ATSF 3751 heading up special Amtrak excursion northbound to LA. This is a high speed run-by in San Diego's Sorrento Valley.

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• 3751

[rotundrooster]

Awesome video man!

[SkipW]

Too Bad the BNSF nixed the run to trainfestival 2011

[18tangles]

@ovationpdh with the cost of diesel and the modern engineering methods steam could make a comeback. diesel, diesel- elec or just electric these are polluting too. Has anyone done an analysis of say the 4-8-4 pulling a load from kansas to calif against the modern diesel electric we might be surprised. The old engineers who operated both may have been right,steam was better in certain circumstances

[TheWwefan152]

@Samaase614 i saw hat Locomotive at San Diego and i got to bleow the wishtle on that train

[WPRR1]

@nev594 You mean the ones that you can see sitting on the tracks when you go over the bridge? It'd be so cool to see those moving again.

[61mrmusicman]

Western steam locomotives tended to be oil burners, although not all. UP 844 and 3985 are both oil burners. UP Big Boys burned coal. Coal still has more natural heat value than oil, although most locomotives burned bunker C or D, the thick and heavy stuff. Eastern railroads however, used coal. So it is with 611 and C&O 614, although they were built for coal hauling railroads. As for pollutants, they didn't emit was nitrous oxide or other stuff that results from internal combustion.

[nev594]

Its a shame more of the big Santa Fe steam locos haven't been restored to operation. The California State Railroad Museum acquired two beautiful machines years ago - a 2900 4-8-4 and a 5000 2-10-4. The museum just let them sit and rust out by the river and today they look like junk. What a sin. These aren't just old Santa Fe steamers, they're important pieces of American history!

[ovationpdh]

@Chase1609 The most modern steam locomotives burn oil, there is much pollution here, no cinders and ash.

[ovationpdh]

@Chase1609 Unless you can figure out a way to reduce the massive pollution a steam locomotive puts out, you are out of luck. The EPA would never allow steam locomotives again. The railroads are having enough problems as it is dealing with current EPA restrictions. That is why you see locomotives such as the Gensets.

[blitzspeer]

On the rails where it belongs;something deeply Americana about a strong locomotive big enough to shake the ground upon passing by.They had a way of letting you know something was happening more important.It's a shame that now you only see them used for nostalgic reasons when you know that engine was built to haul serious weight pushing what near or around a maximum of 5,200-5,500 hourse correct me if I'm wrong;such beautiful machines to watch fade into memory with yesterday's news.

[Michaellovestrains]

@deloreanman14 Excactly!