I have been a locomotive engineer for thirty years now. I would love to have a chance to get behind the throttle of a steamer just once...It's a machine that is alive.....I am fourth gen railroader and I remember my grandad talk about being on steam when he started on the Santa Fe. I wish I could have talked to my great grandad but he passed before I was born...He also worked the Santa Fe out of Topeka...My father was Santa Fe as well as myself..I hired out of San Bernardino on the prior Santa Fe in 1990....Great vid..Thanks for bringing me along. High Ball.......

Damn this one hits you in the feels

@fuscoproductions

4 жыл бұрын

That was my intent. I do miss this engine dearly.

@apricotandwesternrailroad5662

4 жыл бұрын

I hope they don't forget about the old Western Maryland, and I also hope they make that engine running again, because I always want to see it running how it's sounds, how it feels like.

2:05 words cannot describe how beautiful that shot is

10:45: Pete: "You guys want to do it again?" Everyone: "YA!" Me: "Umm who wouldn't?" lol

Joseph, you spoil us because we think all rail videos should be as good as yours. Well done my man.

Beautifully filmed and edited. Felt as if I were there.

You bring a whole new level of spectacular to railroad videos. Thank you for continually sharing such wonderful scenes.

That was a superb video. Aside from the visual, it was so nice not to have music, or narration-just the sound of the locomotive running! OUTSTANDING!

Ive watched this video many times. Been watching it more so for 1309s return and the February stuff. I must say this is one of your best videos. The scenes mix so well together Wish i coulda seen her before the inspection.

No talking, I LOVE IT!!😊 Well done.

The 734 sounded unlike any other 2-8-0. It just had this thunder too it that no other 2-8-0 had. I miss the 734 a lot

Absolutely amazing Joe......Very Excellent work my friend...... Thank you.....

@fuscoproductions

4 жыл бұрын

Jeff, thanks for the kind words. I hope you are doing well!

Another great video Joe, thanks for sharing!

Hope to see 734 running again she's my favorite consolidation

Thank you for this fantastic video! It really let me feel this gorgeous locomotive and how those amazing people worked with her.

Wow! This is about as good as it gets!

Great composition, filming, and editing! You did right by 734!

wonderful shot!

Incredible work! Thanks for sharing!

Beautiful video!

High-quality stuff. Head and shoulders above normal railroad KZread fare.

In a League of your own. Fantastic video.

Wow! What awesome footage! Thank you.

great catches and video of this railroads freight with this steamer

@amtrakandcsxrailfanning351

6 ай бұрын

nice cab shots too

Great video Joe. I hope Western Maryland 734 would return to operation soon.

Beautiful photography. Congratulations.

🚂🚞🚞view of Combination is Beautifull By the steam train is passing through the railroad on ice zone. It is a very interesting view🚞🚞🚞🚞

Fantastc video Joe!

Hermoso!! Ver esa máquina trabajando incansable...que belleza.

Engine has a stoker yet the fireman is hand firing?? Fantastic video regardless!

@fuscoproductions

4 жыл бұрын

I asked the fireman in this video (Brian Oxee) your question, and here is what he said: "The stoker was working fine. ... I preferred and enjoyed the challenge of hand-firing 734 as she was originally intended to be."

@KLTrainz

4 жыл бұрын

This was supposed to be the engine's last venture out before her rebuild, right before they announced the ill-fated April trips. I always figured they wanted to have fun one more time before 734 went down.

@renegadeoflife87

5 ай бұрын

@@fuscoproductions Even with the mechanical stoker you still have to manually fire the corners and correct any uneven spots. The stoker just moves the bulk of the tonnage so you aren't bending your back quite so much. And of course a fireman so inclined could set it to low or turn it off and fire by hand.

Beautiful locations, dynamic shots, and great audio! You could profit off making stock footage and sounds with this! Nice work on this railfanning video!

My son would like to know what whistle is 734 using in this video?

@fuscoproductions

3 жыл бұрын

In this video, 734 is wearing an authentic Western Maryland 5-chime, which is a “short-bell” whistle hence the relatively high pitch. 734 typically carried some variant of a very low pitched Hancock 3-chime “long-bell” through most of its career on the WMSR, so this whistle definitely stands out.

@rastewart100

3 жыл бұрын

@@fuscoproductions Ok thank you

Amazing 👏

Oh those sounds! Music!

Nice one Joseph, cheers

@fuscoproductions

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for comment! Maybe one day I will return to Scotland! :)

WM 734 is in need of some major upgrades with new parts.

Sounds like she wore a WM 5 chime here. Those were on their I class decopods weren't they?

@fuscoproductions

2 жыл бұрын

This is an authentic WM 5 chime, but I don’t know what engine it is from!

@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702

2 жыл бұрын

@@fuscoproductions It probably came from one of the 4-6-2 K-2 or a 2-10-0.

Sort of wishing the Steam Railroading Institute here in Michigan would have made an offer on it, rather than doing a full restoration of the formerly abandoned CNW 175, especially since it already looks quite similar to a Pere Marquette consolidation in its WM configuration.

Lovely selection of clips. Any idea what whistle is fitted to this loco?

@thatoneguy611

3 жыл бұрын

A good one

@fuscoproductions

3 жыл бұрын

A Western Maryland 5-chime.

@struck2soon

3 жыл бұрын

@@fuscoproductions thanks.

@howiesmith1504

Жыл бұрын

@@fuscoproductions You can see them in old, c. 1930s photos of WM locos before the road went to steamboat whistles. I wonder if they were Star Brass knockoffs. This whistle sure sounds like one.

That locomotives whistle sounds so similar to the New Zealand railway Steam locomotives whistles

@fuscoproductions

3 жыл бұрын

In deed, it is a Western Maryland 5 chime, a short-bell 5-chime similar to those used in New Zealand and Australia.

@howiesmith1504

2 жыл бұрын

@@fuscoproductions It sounds like a Star Brass whistle or a copy...the standard whistle on pre-Superpower UP locos, also the standard steam whistle on China's national rail system. (The Chinese copy was the original whistle on both Chinese Mikados running on US tourist railroads.) Anybody know if my guess is correct?

What is that whistle? Sounds like a new south wales locomotive or an old new york central steam whistle.

@fuscoproductions

4 жыл бұрын

It is a Western Maryland 5-chime. Admittedly not my favorite whistle. I much prefer a long-bell 3-chime on 734, but you can't argue with the whistle's authenticity to the line.

@1862henry

4 жыл бұрын

@@fuscoproductions Just have really good ears and can tell when a particular whistle sounds similar to some other rail line's whistle, like the new york central or new south wales, cuz both of those whistles have a similar tone.

@1862henry

4 жыл бұрын

@@fuscoproductions It sounds like the AD60 type Garratt 6029 in New South Wales Australia one of the former british colonies like america was. That locomotive type was built in the 50s and had the latest technology for the time like a steel boiler mechanical stoker roller bearings and all the latest steam locomotive technology and 611 was built around that time in 1950.

@fuscoproductions

4 жыл бұрын

@@1862henry it does sound like an Australian whistle. It's interesting to see what countries favored what kinds of whistles. Australia seems to favor higher pitched five chimes. The UK favors high pitched single or three chime whistles, with some low pitched exceptions like the Stanier hooter. The USA seemed to have the greatest variety in terms of steam whistles.

@1862henry

4 жыл бұрын

@@fuscoproductions And chinese steamers are mostly 5 chime like on the two Iowa Interstate QJ's before these other whistles were put on and on the JS mikado before a 3 chime was put on.

Sadly the old girl will be prettied up and put on display at one of the engine terminals in Maryland. Hopefully the need will come for her to return to steam but she has been used too hard before her latest retirement.

@renegadeoflife87

5 ай бұрын

Last I heard anything from the grapevine, when they got 1309 out of the shop and brought 734 in for a turn they found she was in rough shape from years of hard use. Maybe one day it will run again, but it is going to be a pretty involved repair to correct things that are breaking down in ways they shouldn't be breaking.

This is dank

Jeez you make the title sound like she’s heading for the scapers or something

Holy smokes.

@fuscoproductions

3 жыл бұрын

Cold weather does tend to amplify the size of the plume! :)

I hope in the future The Western Maryland Railroad return to steam, if you are herring this: I hope that the age of Steam Engines would return.

Will you release the go pro footage?

8:28

Why did they retire it

@fuscoproductions

3 жыл бұрын

Engine needs a lot of work and the railroad is focused on C&O 1309.

Why exactly was it permanently retired?

@fuscoproductions

4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say permanently - indefinitely is a better word. C&O 1309 is being restored and 734 won't be touched until 1309 is running.

@Honeydwarf85

4 жыл бұрын

@@fuscoproductions oh ok!

It’s gonna be restored in like 2023 or 2024

@fuscoproductions

2 жыл бұрын

We can all hope, and it is on their agenda. But you can mark my words, you will not see 734 run next year (or the following). The engine needs a lot of work.

@USSCFan148

2 жыл бұрын

@@fuscoproductions Thankfully they have a fundraiser and we can enjoy 1309 for a while

@fuscoproductions

2 жыл бұрын

@@USSCFan148 Yes indeed. I have donated. It would be nice to see them both operational.

@USSCFan148

2 жыл бұрын

@@fuscoproductions Yep