1991 NRHS Convention, Pere Marquette 1225 and Nickel Plate Road 765

Just uploaded video from the vhs version of "Cinders in the Summer", a movie produced by the Delaware Valley Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. This clip features the 1991 NRHS Convention, and footage of PM 1225 and NPR 765, racing each other, doing run-bys, doubleheaders, etc. The description of the movie from the back of the vhs box:

"Our final scenes were taped at the National Railway Historical Society's Annual Convention, which always provides a spectacular show. This year, two mighty "Berkshires" paced each other on parallel tracks, one with 25 newly-painted coal hopper cars, and the other on the 31-car convention special. The earth trembled and the sky darkened between Barboursville and Hurricane, West Virginia as former Pere Marquette 2-8-4 #1225 (Lima, 1941) thundered alongside Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 #765 (Lima, 1944) in a truly spectacular shower of smoke and cinders."

Again, this is not my footage, but is footage from the NRHS vhs that I've had. The video quality/sound quality isn't that great at times, but hey, that's how vhs movies get when they get older. Enjoy anyway!!

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• 1991
• NRHS
• Convention
• Cinders
• Summer
• 2-8-4
• Lima
• Pere
• Marquette
• 1225
• Nickel
• Plate
• Road
• 765
• Barboursville
• Hurricane
• double-header
• doubleheader
• run-by
• runby
• racing
• steam
• railroad
• train
• locomotive
• excursion
• mainline

[junglespinner]

@razgrizaceblaze259 765 was wearing a C&O Hudson whistle as her primary whistle that day.

[PereMarquette1223]

@wesowens I think it's the NKP 6-chime. It has that high pitched squiel that the Nathan 6-chime of the 1225 doesn't.

[wesowens]

I've heard it's a Nathan 6-Chime, I've heard it's a NKP 6-Chime...who knows! lol...The whistle she has today post restoration is from NKP #700. I don't like it. I love her whistle before she went under. Her new bell is bad too. Everything about her pre-restoration was good.

[AlexR47x]

I love 765's main whistle, what kind is it?

[PereMarquette1223]

Whoa 765 has a different bell on. Wasn't this the time she was wearing #779's bell.

[PereMarquette1223]

@razgrizaceblaze259 I heard it was a rare C&O 3-chime, but it sounds like a Hancock 3-chime.

[razgrizaceblaze259]

What is #765's second whistle? To me, it sounds like a Hancock 3-chime, maybe even a whistle used by a Frisco steam locomotive.

[SP4449Warbaby]

About what the narrator said "And a tip of the hat too, to CSX Transportation" That was back in the day when CSX respected themselves and other people as a railroad, if only the CSX back then was like this today.