My dad use to help with the steam locomotives in the 60s and 70s out of Charleston. He would fire these locomotives around Charleston. I remember 4501,722, 630,44, 1 spot and the Best friend of Charleston meet the freedom train in South Carolina.

2:23 It’s Navajo! Splendid video TGor! It reminds me how much I miss seeing so many.

This a good video. My grandfather guy j kite sr. Hired on southern railway in 1924. Alex VA. As a fireman. 4 years before my dad was born. On days way before two way radio. Engineers and conductors worked together. Whistle and hand signals.

Very nice!

Awesome video! In the future, they need to put a chair out front on the 4501, and have Joseph Randall sit with a chainsaw in case anymore trees fall in the track 😂

So are cab rides allowed again or not Travis. I understand being apart of the museum. But I plan on being up there the 4th, 5th, & 6th.

@TravisDGordon

3 жыл бұрын

No, we’re not selling cab rides right now

@MatthewPowell509

3 жыл бұрын

Travis Gordon alright, that’s fine. Thank you Travis. Hope to see you up there!

I saw 4501 back in 1992 when it came through my town Winnsboro South Carolina pulling an excursion. This locomotive was made to run the main line at 70 mph and not some park at 10 mph. Sad this engine was reduced to this.

@TravisDGordon

2 жыл бұрын

01 wasn’t designed for 70 mph running. It’s a freight engine designed for pulling 20-30 freight cars at 30-40 mph. In the first steam program, the engine was restricted to a maximum of 55 mph. And our speed limit at the museum is 20 mph, not 10.

@jerryhubbard4461

2 жыл бұрын

@@TravisDGordon Still sad to see this once great engine put out to pasture in a park that has to worry about the neighbors hearing the whistle. What a waste.

@TravisDGordon

2 жыл бұрын

@@jerryhubbard4461 And it’s not exactly a park. The engine still gets to do 100+ mile round trips over an active freight railroad.

When on a cab ride do you get to blow the whisstle and whats the age limit

@TravisDGordon

3 жыл бұрын

You have to just ask about blowing the whistle. And it’s minimum age of 16 to ride the cab of the steam engine.

Why did they slow down after they came out the tunnel?

@TravisDGordon

3 жыл бұрын

The fireman saw a tree fall close to the tracks, and they slowed in order to make sure they didn’t hit it.

@TravisDGordon

Жыл бұрын

@sebastianfloyd9705 You know, you post this same comment on a lot of my videos, and it’s getting quite annoying, which I’m sure is your goal here. But do you care to explain your logic behind your thoughts? I would kinda like to keep it and 630 in service, considering I earn a living running both of them, and that’s how I put food on my table. Which is more than most little foamtards like yourself will ever do with a train.

4501 Has the most beautiful whistle every on a locomotive. This engineer just don't know it. Blow the whistle dude or get out of the engine.

@TravisDGordon

2 жыл бұрын

Brian is pretty good with the whistle, but we have neighbors around the tunnel that we have to be conscious of, so we try not to blow them away with the 01’s whistle.

This is one sorry video