Brought To You By the Letter 'J' - part 3

It was finally time to leave Toccoa. All kinds of people stopped to watch the train and wave as we rolled by. I stopped filming shortly after our stop in Spartanburg, when we paused for a meet with a hot intermodal led by a long-hood-forward C39-8.

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[SFLRailFan]

Excellent series. I really enjoyed it start to finish. Nice way to close with that hotshot IM train. Good ol' NS sticking to their Southern roots by running the power LHF. When it's an EMD, it's okay. But seeing a GE doing it just looks wrong. :-)

[FastFlyingVirginian]

@SFLRailFan Seeing a Dash 8 doing it looked a little goofy, but the U-Boats and B23-7s pulled it off. The fact they were doing it in SOU paint sure didn't hurt.

[amtrakrailfan]

What ever happened to 644???

[FastFlyingVirginian]

You mean 611? I don't think there was a 644...611's in the museum at Roanoke, but has been pulled out for static display by NS from time to time.

[ble643]

@USRoute66 real quick its the B&LE 643 The locomotive is in running order it needs the fra boiler test and then the parts put back on and then she would beable to move and you can belive me I now people in the circle of the owner ship of the 643

[DASCO2136]

@FastFlyingVirginian N&W only made 14 J class 4-8-4s numbered from 600-613. 611 obviously is the only survivor of the group.

[PrekiFromPoland]

To drive typical American steamer you have to be a master. Generic european steam locos are toys compared to these multi-thousand HP monsters. For example - Polish express engine class Pt47 has power of 1200 kilowatts and whell arrangment 2-8-2. That sounds funny, when comparing it to the American ones.

[USRoute66]

The 644 is the B&LE engine that was undergoing a complete overhaul to running order in the Pittsburgh, PA area. That engine is a 2-10-4, but I have not heard anything about that engine for a few years now.

[lovetoseesteam]

The finest steam locomotive ever built...

Lovetoseesteam

[WhyAyeMann]

I would absolutely love to ride that train.