The first shot is so nice its like a time capsule

Between the loco, the caboose and the vintage truck, this video makes you feel like you're back in the '50s again. Also, the great stereo sound puts you right in the action! Thanks for posting this awesome video!

@daniko4447

9 ай бұрын

Except for the covered hoppers

That reading 6 chime on the 765 is amazing.

@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702

2 жыл бұрын

Yep

@EngineerDaylight

2 жыл бұрын

That's A Bessemer & Lake Erie 5 Chime

It is very enjoyable to see a steam locomotive in service hauling freight, the Nickel Plate Road 765 delivered an amazing performance hauling freight as this was a reflection of railroad operations during the 1940s-'50s. Steam locomotives are always enjoyable to see in action because they have been phased out of service since the 1950s and now not many are left in operation.

What a great accomplishment to keep it running

That reading 6 chime is awesome.

That whistle at the end, its like candy for the ears lol

Great consist, thanks for posting!

I love that louder whistle, which I usually called the Banshee Whistle because it so loud back in the day. See the "765 New River Train" video. also any clips from the 1991 NRHS Convention.

Man I love the stack talk here!

This is the way railroads were meant to be. Steam powered and with cabooses! Great videos, guys!

Excellent video. Brings back memories of steam in the late 1950s. Many thanks.

765 was pulling the freight for the photographers, the engine was making history that she was pulling freight during the 1950's.

I road a passenger coach behind that old girl back in the late 80's in Buffalo. Best time of my life. A moment in time I will Never forget!

@shininghappyperson7 NKP #765 is equipped with 2 whistles, 1 close to the front is for use when the locomotive is doing 40+ on most occasions, and the other one is closer to the cab, and is for slower speed running, cause it is louder, and can be heard quicker, that and it is more in your face style too.

Nice to see her doing the job she was designed for. And doing it well!!

Doing what it does best pulling freight

great stuff

Nice! I have to get out there next time they do this.

That's a proper train with this class, if I'm not mistaken! That's the least she was built to do!

My dad logged many a trip in the 765 as a brakeman, and my buddy Charlie helped rebuild her.

Man they really told that fireman to make lots of smoke with that engine on that day! I love engines with stokers because they produce a lot more smoke than hand-fired ones.

that is a great video :D

love it

I like this video, thanks. The pick up sure seemed too close in the opening sequence though.

They were blowing two different whistles throughout the day. Why it may sound different.

Well all they had down at the Nickel Plate yard in Bellevue was those...... Sure it would have been nice to have a complete period freight train, but the cars arent easy to find, nor are most in operating condition.

Shame you couldn't get some classic cars to run behind her. Reminds me that there was two rare old end-loading steel auto transport cars near hear, taken off trucks and used as storage sheds for a local construction business. There was an old outside-frame wooden boxcar also, probablhy 1910s if not older. Got them from the old railroad yard across the river, no doubt. The other day I went through and there was no sign of the wooden car, and they had smashed all the wood out of the floor and the walls of one of the auto carriers. Probably tossed the wood on the debris pile, and will cut up the auto carriers. THey probably have no idea what they even are. I looked them up a few years ago, and they quite rare. I think they only built a couple hundred of them. Basically corrugated-steel end boxcars, but with one end cut in half to form hinged, swing open doors, along with a regular side door. It was to make loading cars easier, I guess. Was a big mystery to me when I first discovered them. And I'm very unhappy to see them go. Might be the last ones in the world, for all I know. Damn vandals.

the guy in the pickup makes me nervous.

This was the first steam locomotive I saw in action. It pulled a passenger train on it's' last run through LYH VA on the N&W when I was a kid. The driver of that truck can't catch a break can he?

Funny thing. I was at that elevator in Carland taking pictures during Steamfest.

What Whistle at the end

0:23 what is this? 1950

With some SD40-2's every now and then.

I am curious, though......why no headlight in these videos?

she was born on september 8 th 1944, and yes they were for the fast freight pulling they do reach the speeds sometimes on excursions if they are running late, but mainly slower as its not as hard on the loco, and people go on steam pulled sightseeing they dont want the sites to be a blur as they go by afterall they want the moneys worth. I think they said they had her up to 50 last year in 11 the fastest they had her since the rebuilt a few years ago. but not the 70 she could do.

When did the 765 not have whitewalls?

I mean the engineer's whistle, it sounds like it was retuned or something. Or did they swap them out?

That shot at Carland is awesome!

beautiful. What year is this? lol

im really surprised there werent more people taking pictures..?

i was at Smith Road

I believe it was retuned, think they put in a different plate.

NKP 765 looks more like PM 1225 without the white lines.

@southwestvirginiarailfan729

5 жыл бұрын

Its basically the same engine design, so there's not much difference between them.

Woah dude, what's up with whistle at 0:12?? Sounds... strange.

NKP 765 had two whistles on.

@dcoursey82 i was just saying, and it is also hard to make up a train nowadays with old equipment.

That was in Michigan not Ohio. I was there at that photo shoot also!

Im poretty sure the "lima" whistle is a 5 chime... which currently sounds like a 4 chime ;-)

Those white covered hoppers don't match the time period as much but all in all, great video.

Not quite, this was a photo charter.

@nkproad777 - The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society and the City of Fort Wayne, obviously...

Ohhhh must be a cummins with all that smoke! lol

@nkproad777 Ft. Wayne Historical Soc.

Great but the hoppers are too new for 1953!

Actually, I think the "year" musta been 1958, because I spotted a '58 Impala right at the very end. Still coulda happened though!

grammr... oh wait, you replied to yourself

they made a mistake putting the train together because they didn't have those kinds of covered hoppers during this time period.

@Newport1974 Yeah I supose! But in England, we prefer to thrash the hell out of the loco's instead of blowing their whistles! But I do like the sound of American whistles though, over here we have the USA S160 5197 with a fantastic whistle, but we still like the thrash it through the English countryside!

The locomotive has two or three different whistles!

@kelharper7971

6 жыл бұрын

How do you figure? They sound the same to me, only from different angles or speeds. BTW, you don't volunteer at a narrow gauge in Maine, do you?

Its a photo Opp though 7 65 " that is how they pronounce it at the home of the 765" She has more power then even most of all but the newest diesel locos at 4000 hp, but she is soo resource intensiveI was told at the open house in october 2011 it takes 8000 dollers a run in fuel and water and she needs replenished about every 150 miles max, the loco is certainly up to it for sure, I would love to see it going 50 mph or more hauling ass the npk was known for fast freight after all.

Give those friggin' whistles rest would ya!!! Some people might want to hear the engine once in a while!!!

@SPD1E Steam isn't Steam without the Whistle dude!

Too bad they couldn't have borrowed the Toledo, Lake Erie & Westerns' "High Speed Service" caboose. Not that I'm complaining or anything. The Advanced Design Chevy pickup was also a nice touch!

what no super great lgb trains for you ? lol they are expensive we though about a layout around the pond outside but at 500 dollers a pop it was too much.

On of the whistles is a replica Reading 6 chime whistle, and the other (raspier-sounding one) is the Lima 4-chime whistle. Sounds awful compared to the way it sounded at TrainFest.

Who owns 765 anyway?

@Hitachi-hu7cc

5 жыл бұрын

Fort Wayne railroad Historical society

nope.avi steam only

lol is that so.

I thought steam engines didn't pull freight anymore.

@NEAFarmKid4010

6 жыл бұрын

They were doing this for what they call a photo charter. They wanted to get a picture of the running steam locomotive pulling what it would've back then. Notice the old Chevy pickup, that was for the photo charter too.

@skullcrusher301 You have a beautiful steam engine pulling a freight train and instead of just enjoying it, you're choosing to complain about how the covered hoppers aren't era-specific? Come on....

High Speed? 30-40 Mph? Check out brit rail for steam at speed

@trainknut

6 жыл бұрын

NKP 765 and her sisters actually operated at 60-70mph frequently, this may not seem much in comparison to British passenger service, but remember they were hauling hundreds if not thousands of tons of freight while doing so. "High Speed Service" likely isn't describing this specific event, it's actually a reference to the slogan of the Nickel Plate Road(New York, Chicago and St Louis Railroad.) They always prided themselves on speedy and efficient service, and the S-class berks were their powerhouse to facilitate that.

@CoryClaxon not at all she can go well over 60 mph no sweat.

Would be more convincing with less freight cars from the 70s and 80s...

Lol PM caboose

@nkproad777 - The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society and the City of Fort Wayne, obviously...

@nkproad777 - The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society and the City of Fort Wayne, obviously...