70 cents a gallon, watching this in 2024 as a 20 year old thats pretty funny to hear.

I love plunkin' on me guitar whilst watching this sort of thing...

This video brings back memories…I was in my senior year of college in Montgomery (WV Tech, before the campus was moved to Beckley), and things were frozen SOLID all that month. Twenty inches of snow fell around new years day, and stayed thick on the ground all month. The 614 made several water stops in Montgomery that month, coming through usually in the early afternoon. Late in the month, I heard her whistle and ran hard to my apartment to get my dad’s camera outfit. Fortunately she stopped for water, and I was able to set up atop the “Hi-Rise” dorm and wait. Managed to take a great series of photos as she got underway, belching a magnificent cloud of smoke and steam as she worked to get up to speed.

Wow, what a power house intro ! 😊😊

The total inspiration to build the most awesome train layout with the company of Blue ridge Virginians and Chesapeake and Ohio 2666s along with Yellowstone DMI&R and few Pocahontas and Cavaliers accompanied with the Virginia Creeper. That would be a theme and layout one could only imagine in dreams , justifying only in sheer size only.

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better see 👀 the trains 🚂 traveling thru the towns & country sides.. Remember the " Singing Break Men " jimmie Rogers whom was a genuine break men. Till changing careers to a singing entertainer 🎸🎶. ( 1926 thru 1933 ) most memorable song " Break Man's Blues 😭 ". Had the good fortune to visit the Casey Jones museum ( I-40 ) Jackson Tenn. Viewing this presentation from the comfort zone of my computer room. Along the "Space Coast "🚀 of Florida 🐊🐊. No steam locomotives here 😭-!!!. More good fortunes 2 steam locomotives 🚂 scenic tour rides. Bryson City N.C./Durango/Silverton Colorado. Very relaxing way to spend nostalgic time -!!!😉.

The Greenbriar's with a Water Bottle bring back many good memories. That version was a top performer in the 4-8-4 class of steam locomotives

Nothing like Bill Howes Jr custom stainless steel flat top Nathan chime from Bob Swanson. Great whistle I heard he sold it to a crewman at Dollywood and can be heard there if they put it on. I know C&O F19 pacific 490 has shown up there that’s another beautiful whistle. Ross is or will be 84 he was born in 1940 this year 2024. Been awhile since I’ve spoken to him great guy and lots of fun to talk steam with.

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Just saw her sitting at the C&O Railway Heritage Center yesterday... Would LOVE to see her on the rails one more time, but it would take big bucks.

Loved it

It would be nice if Ross Rowland (owner of the 614) would release the data acquired during these tests. He is quite elderly now, and it would be a shame if the data got lost when he passed.

Pittsburgh is spelled with an "h" at the end.

Never would have guessed in the 51+ years of Amtrak history that a revenue passenger train would have been led by a steam locomotive!

Mountains, more mountains valleys rivers, bridges, tunnels, snow steam and steam locomotives belching pillars of smoke.passenger trains depot’s , people coal and freight trains coal trains, all with rural and small towns and cities painted in back drops and airbrush painted skylines . Snow, signal lights semifores, bells, old cars church steeples and sidings trees, pines rocks boulders and cliffs and high sturdy bridges and some cantilevered and a few made of stone with arches and tracks running underneath them . Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia , Kentucky Ohio New York and Also All of New England and all of the old buildings , homes and the styles of the this period in the Gilded era of railroad travels and lifestyles and dining by rail . The Broadway Ltd and 20th century Ltd. What a layout! Now I can do it and it not be destroyed by my dad and brother

I truly wish this dream was materialized and big steam was brought back on our nations railroads, even if they were more for public relations purposes. To see steam engines running the rails on daily trips would be something else, there is nothing like a living breathing machine like this. This country was built by the railroads and its a shame that the country has turned away from them, where other countries strive to embrace their railroads and the transportation needs that they bring both freight and passenger

You know that if maybe someday I drive that Chesapeake and Ohio 2-10-4 t1 steam locomotive number 3014 with Santa Fe 2-10-4 5018

Very interesting documentary, I wonder where in the USA was this filmed. And the locomotive looks impressive, the size of it and how fast it can go. The concept of reusing steam locomotives is quite interesting, and where I’m from, Germany, the Deutsche Bahn has been modernising and repurposing old steam locomotives too. It’s good to keep history alive.

Shame there's no more track in Wheeling

What would the data do anyway? Probably just verify inherent flaws in the reciprocating steam locomotive with a fire tube boiler. I read that a reporter referred to this shenigan as "snake oil".