Steam Train: Southern 2716
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This engine was absolutely gorgeous as a Southern locomotive. I actually hated to see it returned to a C&O.
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Awesome! I rode that exact train when I was a kid. My dad was a paramedic and volunteered to ride it (to wash the the cinders out of people's eyes). I got to ride for free. It was a lot of fun to ride to Charlottesville and back. It's kind of weird to see it on video now.
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@PereMarquette1223 send her to tvrm or oc
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The whistle used on the 2716 back then will be used on the ATSF 2-6-2 I will restore in the future.
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@e44e33 I hear that since she was put back to static display that she's in real bad shape, and that it would cost like a million bucks to restore it if anyone had the money.
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2 tenders wow
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@Kleman09 it's not like it was a permanent change. It was operated in 1996 as a C&O locomotive. The kids that rode behind her in 1981-82 could care less whether the headlight was on the pilot or in the smokebox center with an eagle above it, but they can say that they rode behind a steam locomotive on the mainline. Living history preserved, even if slightly different in appearance.
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Sp4449warbaby the birkshires L&N had where called M-1's and Big Emma's they NEVER called them Birkshires
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This is cool. I would perfer her to be in her C&O scheme. In order to preserve acurate History, you must have the correct railroad that owned the locomotive represented.
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Looks like the 7/16/82 was the last 2716 trip. Then NKP 765 pinch hit for 611 for a few weeks.
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Wow, the AUX is an Louisville & Nashville Berkshire tender trailing behind the 2716! I miss those tenders, even 765's AUX is a refurbished Louisville & Nashville Berkshire tender
were is she now
nax1345 4 years ago
She's at the Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, KY (thought NH was in Conn!) currently non-operable. kyrail dot org
e44e33 4 years ago
Great footage! Is this availible on a DVD or VHS?
holtskee 4 years ago
DVD railheadvideo dot com
e44e33 4 years ago