Iowa Interstate Doubleheaded Steam Freight 2

After taking water, Iowa Interstat'es two QJ Chinese steam locomotives start their train at Walcott, Iowa. October 18, 2008.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• steam
• train
• railroad
• railway
• Iowa
• Interstate
• QJ

[Xantec]

i agree, +1

some may say that the chinese locomotives may not be as attractive as the US or European ones, but either way, a steam hauled train in full flight has a beauty of its own, regardless of the origine of the loco

a sight too rarely seen now

[DetroitLove4U]

All Steam is Mystical!!

[trainlover479]

@JacobMski dude i know all that now, and i now respect all these things, that was a year ago and besides i like how they Americanised one. i LIVE in america. iknow they have steam in china still.

[JacobMski]

I've always believed that steam engines are magical and there's no doubt about it you cannot resist a steam engine.

[JacobMski]

@trainlover479 You would have to be lucky to be able to buy a steam engine from America or anywhere else in the world because they all dieselized in the 1950s and 1960s and therefore most of them would have been scrapped and therefore it would be impossible to find a steam engine for sale anywhere in any country now. Railways in China however continued using steam until the present and therefore when it comes to running a steam engine it's most likely they will be imported from China.

[trainlover479]

so are they regularly in frieght service???

[jdoggybizzle]

the more steam power here the better.....even if it comes from China. I think they look pretty nice.....wheelspin @ 0:56 btw.

[arkansastrash320]

I counted 67 train cars surely both those engines can haul more than that?The old 4-8-4s could haul 145 loaded frieght cars by them selves one engine could surely both these can haul longer than this?

[Xantec]

communication between the engine crews and skill, nothing more, nothing less.

it is today a lost skill, go back 30 or 40 years, when steam was king, and it was regular practice. during ww2 some trains reqired double heading BIG BOY locomotives!

[KraljLazar]

@Cyclist051

I think both loco's have stokers but leading one has 2 engineers aboard...