Royal Hudson 2839

2839 departing town, the sound of its Southern PS4 whistle is awesome!!

Clip from "Silver Steam" by Main Line Motion Pictures.

http://mlmp.tripod.com/

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• royal
• hudson
• steam
• locomotive
• engine
• 2839
• canadian
• pacific
• southern
• program
• excursion
• whistle

[mooozer14]

Pity, they chose to put a "foreign" whistle on her.

That sure isn't a CPR whistle!

That's like painting a Model T Ford day-glo red.

I'm glad it survived the scrap lines at the end of steam.

However, would someone please put the original CPR whistle back on her.

This one of the complaints I have with tourist

lines and rail fan groups.

Leave them as they were!

[dcoursey82]

Well I see it this way....considering how hard it is to maintain steam locomotives in this day and age, we steam fans should be thankful to those organizations that keep them going, and not bitch and complain about the minor details such as what whistles they originally had, or what they originally looked like. Whether a CPR engine has a CPR whistle, or even a PRR whistle...a steam engine is still a steam engine, and it's beauty doesn't fade.

[Strasburg1991]

was this silver steam

[dcoursey82]

The annotation at the beginning of the clip and in the clip info says it's from Silver Steam.

[484684984]

The CP Hudsons had lots of power, but little tractive effort. The 4-6-4 wheel arrangement meant that alot of the weight was on the forward and rear trucks, not on the drivers. The Hudsons were not designed for hilly track. The were mostly seen East of BC, with the odd number on the West coast. CP used the selkirks for the steep inclines of the rocky mountains.

[rubenisapanic]

@JerryNSretired actually, 2716 was a 2-8-4 lol.

[JerryNSretired]

You will note that this engine is quite prone to slip down, and one of the reasons Southern Railway quit running it. I was aboard one excursion when 2839 slipped down to a stall in Columbia, SC around 1980 and we had to get a set of helpers to shove us out. On wet rail, this locomotive did not provide the performance SR expected with the heavy coaches being used at the time, so they got rid of it in favor of a 4-8-4, C & O 2716. That engine was a "HOSS" , a real worker! A nice engine, tho!

[theUP844]

@maxm2317 you're correct, it was in Temple PA until just a few years ago. it's now on display in Sylmar, California.

[maxm2317]

It is my understanding that this engine was at Temple on the Reading & Northern's ex-Blue Mountain & Reading Branch Line until a few years ago. I saw it a few times in its "Atlantic Central" paint scheme. I also watched trains in its cab, StanierBlack5LMS. That's something that we have in common.

[Koaslice191]

Best whistle ever is a 12-inch Crosby....look at Boot Hill 2004 Part 2 to see and hear it.

[Vintage1976]

@mooozer14 Considering they using her for the "Southern" steam program, the PS4 whistle was appropriate.

[1BoyAwesome]

sounds like 844

[StanierBlack5LMS]

Well, I Hate Steamboat whistles ! Especially UP hancocks ! However I love the Southern Steamboat whistle ! The Southern made the best deep whistle ever ! I've heard the L&NE on 425 and this is WAYYY BETTER ! Supposedly, Bill Purdie liked how fast he could run with this engine. Next to the Southern PS-4 comes the SP and AT&SF 6 chimes. Those 3 had to be the best sounding deep whistles ever produced. I'm glad she was saved from rotting away @ Temple, Pa. it was kool to watch trains from her cab.

[Strasburg1991]

is this dvd or vhs