Sharks of the Pennsylvania RailRoad

Pennsy Stream line Duplex Steam Locomotives
T1,S1,Q2 class steam engines
vintage film of extinct steam trains from the P.R.R. 30's and 40's steam power WW2 era.
music by john Williams and jethro tull Directed by BULL

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• P.R.R.
• steam
• engines
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• B/W
• ww2
• era
• physical
• science
• trailer

[DEOTY1]

Sharks of the Pennsylvania RailRoad

[420glass]

@DEOTY1 they called some of the streamline engines shark noses

[reedman9]

That's not a Q1. It's a Q2.

[420glass]

@reedman9 thanks I may redo the caption

thanks again and i like your picture of Lee Marvin as A-1

lol

[clusterfak]

I'm so old I saw Jethro Tull live...lol...love the vid!

[420glass]

@clusterfak I've see them too lol and thanks

[5thegranary]

Well, I'm British and back home we just built a new A1 class Pacific (for $3 million raised from railfans over many years). Why not build a T1?

[raysteam1]

@5thegranary For all their beauty and power, the T1s were technical failures, being prone to high maintenance costs, highspeed wheelslip, and overall low availibility (the PRR could only use them in certain places). The A1s, on the other hand, were beautiful machines that were easy to maintain and run and could go anywhere. If we built a classic steam locomotive, we could do better than a T1.

[OmegaDallen]

@5thegranary Well It'd hard since the Company that built them no longer exists and there isn't any wealthy rail fan willing to put up the cash even to fix a Big boy.

[TheDarkPhoenix23]

I always come back to watch this vid. I love the T1's but my absolute favorite is still the S1!

[j69buckjumper]

@trainguy3 Twice the number of cylinders = more power, and less "hammer blow" effect on the track at speed than with an 8 coupled loco.

[j69buckjumper]

I love big powerful steam, and have models of many American and British steam engines, but the S1 was by no means the fastest steam locomotive, that being the British A4 class 4-6-2 "Mallard" (named after a species of duck!)

[STICKGUYMB]

I just love how PRR had all of the most unique looking steam locomotives and some of the most powerful and the rarest. I would have loved to see these back in the day...

[thepresident1981]

the PRR Q-2 Class had more HP than any other steam locomotive in the history of steam engines 7,987 cylinder horsepower (5,956 kW) wish i had one or two

[robertgift]

Why allow only BRIEF glimpses of the locomotives?

You start to show one, whenn it gets close you then interrupto display description, then fade away!

[ArcticStarFox]

Dear Pennsy......can you believe people still love you after all these years? I agree we miss you terribly....only can you in a few museums anymore...and on youtube....

[santafemad]

@clusterfak Well I live in Shiplake< England and rent a feild for my pony from Barry Barlow - he doen't seem that old (but then i am now 50!)