NKP 765 cab ride during HVRM excursions on 5-25-09

I am acting as pilot engineer on the 2nd revenue trip between North Judson and LaCrosse IN, on May 25, 2009. This was the first day of a series of trips for NKP 765 on the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum.

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• NKP
• 765
• cab
• ride
• HVRM
• Hoosier
• Valley
• Nickel
• Plate

[IndianaPentecostal23]

This is very cool, however, that run by was WEAK!!! Let the ITM engineers show ya how it's done! We miss "Ernie" and "Russ", the engineers of the NKP 587. Great video!

[HoosierValley]

@IndianaPentecostal23 Unlike ITM, we are bound by the rules (and speed limits) setup by the freight operator and the FRA. We can only do what the track speeds and space allow.

[MrCraig1930]

I'm an old retired ATSF Engineer (1950-1974). I saw the other video, my old eyes see an old 2-8-4 Berkshire Steamer. I've throttle jerked a few Baldwin Steamers in the early 1950s. Get your Fireman a Banjo Shovel, they get in and out of the firebox better. A lot of interesting controls I remember, but not the EMD brake control. Tell the Guys a great job on the ole girl. Great video :-)

[electricpole1]

very nice all around, 765 came to Wester NY in the early 80's, and the crew let me shovel coal, grease the drivers with some monster pneumatic Alemite gun. They let me crawl all over / under it while it was building steam for an excursion the next day. Great bunch of fellows. I think they told me the they threw an old mattress soaked in #2 in the firebox w/ palletts to get it started. Can you veryify that something like that was possible? It was about 29 years ago I heard the story.

[EMD645E]

On runbys that I have participated on I used to would get the train moving then make a small brake application to hold the train back. Then Open the throttle wide to get some good stack talk. Then use the brakes to hold speed in check. Even if you can't do more than 10mph. you can make a runby one heck of a show.

[PlanesTrainsAutos]

What happened at 4:47??

[dieseldaysey]

thats a cool steam train

[lailasalas]

WOW I feel me at the throttle.

[crzhaze]

is that Mark St. Aubin handling the stoker I see?

[Rockinrailroader765]

@GoldenCreekValleyRR You mean its like touching a hot burner. A friend of mine told me that if you was to be burnt by the steam coming out of any exhaust, you'd lose your skin.

[manga12]

I learned yesterday though the 765 has a 20 foot firebox I did not think it was that big but its quite sizable and the superheater can get up to 3000 degrees very hot.

[LycoValleyRRFan]

nice start up @3:40