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Uploaded by on Feb 20, 2010

Clip from "The Standard Railroad of the World" on the PRR's fleet of steam engines.

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  • Who did the narrating? He sounds somewhat like Burgess Meredith to me.

  • I love watching that K4 "march" past the camera from 4:02 to 4:31. It sends chills down your spine to hear that beautiful Pennsylvania Railroad 3-chime whistle.

  • Very cool video.

  • 0:45 : is that the strasburg railroad?

  • @SweetJaneofGoth You answered my question right there.

  • @nclemens Like why? My grandpap knows all about these things. I do the typing and he does the talking. He worked for the railroad and says you are some kind of ass sucking faggot. He's says: Fuck You!

  • @SweetJaneofGoth You really don't read too much, do you?

  • @woodscritter My grandpap says they kept them in the shop because it was cheaper than letting them out on the road. He also says the designers were full of shit cause a pair of little ten wheelers could kick their ass from New York to Chicago. He says the New York Central built engines better than these and could throw them in the water and still do a better job. He says they were junks that drank more water than an army of diabetics and ate more coal than a power plant.

  • @SweetJaneofGoth Reportedly, wheel-slip was very difficult to avoid, and they were shop-queens. Obviously, 4 axles out of 8 driven is not conducive to applying traction.

    Apparently the Pennsy didn't follow their usual path of extensive testing, and jumped into deploying the T1.

    Diesels, even the primitive first generation of road units, were MUCH more cost-effective, even at the Pennsy's cost for coal.

  • @gattosub My grandpap says they were no darn good

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