I was born in Altoona during WWII. Seeing the beautiful, lush western pennsylvania country and hear those lonesome whistles brings a gear to these old eyes.
The very first whistle you hear is the 8" diameter Lunkenheimer 3 chime from the East Altoona Roundhouse. It was mounted on this one day only as a tribute to all of the railroaders that ever worked in or through Altoona. It was used between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, only.
A NKP steamer on PRR territory deep in Pennsylvania is just cursed in my opinion. My family worked for the PRR, PC, and Conrail so we are very proud of our Pennsylvania Railroad family heritage.
Well, #1361 is being restored in Altoona and will travel on NS to tour the state and will visit tourist railroads and offer excursions. I don't think #765 will visit PA again any time soon. They go to CVSR in eastern Ohio and to a regional freight railroad between western Ohio, through Indiana and into Michigan for public excursions.
Cool video, 765 is so beautiful! A few years ago I visited the Age Of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek Ohio and got to see 763, if someday 763 was restored I would love to see it and 765 together!
During a 6 week free vacation , based at Mt Bethel P.A we were very near the Eirie Lackawana line & son Joel 3 , "Dad dad let's go & see the train , rocking about on sleepers with a bit of give , Two diesel locos & wow a string of cars that took 5 mins to pass.Our host , my brother in law was if the family that founded I.B.M .
very cool. I rode around the Curve years ago with parents on PRR and have friends who volunteer with #765, have seen her visit for NS employee special that local railfan group helped with. And riding the Joliet Rocket in June.
I came a hair from getting a job as an engineer on the B&O railroad in the mid seventys. I hired on Track Service . I just missed getting hired on Train Service as a fireman . Six weeks later the ones they hired went to engineer school .
funny I should see this today, cuz it is 8/20/17 I just got dont scrubbing up after being in the cab of this engine when we were doing runbys at the open house where we keep her in new haven, it is our open house weekend, they were nice this year and let the members blow the whistle when we were going forward and back to signal, and they let me help bank the fire, much training of the younger members was going on, we had one or two learning how to fire, Michael I think his name was learning the ropes of a steam engine as he is a ns engineer but his first foray into running an actual steam engine, oh and I asked if they would let me run the injector to put water in once when it needed it, and so they did, the only thing I did not get to do was do the throttle when they were sitting there putting off steam for the night photo shoot, dont know if that had something to do with fra rules or just did not even feel like letting me even close it, John was saying something akin to some other time, when the time is right maybe, so it was kind of vague, and he basically said he did not want to talk he was running, I had a fun day the weather was warm but not too bad , and I got to learn a few new things, but moreover I got to help bank the fire, practice makes for better technique, I will have my videos up on channel in a short time. but just though I would mention that its coincidence today is the very day of the anniversary of that weekend of that day which had not been done in steam excursion since the 1970's, and maybe one day we will get to do it again, signed Jeremy
Great video. Question, in years to come, could you always keep 2 whistles on her like you had in this video? I think it would be cool on the CVSR trips to have a 2nd whistle. But please DO keep the Mars light. It adds a lot of Character to the engine. Also it makes it look like it did when she ran mainline service.
Wish I could come work for your group but I live in Texas and I hardly know the first thing about a locomotive like 765 other then it’s a steam locomotive and it’s old and strong
Got a Cheesy $30 cab ride at Steamtown! The best 15 minutes of my life! I offered $3,000 for a ride to Moscow and back,but refused it The Insurance of course!!
No, because it would need PTC (and cab signals for the ex-PRR in PA) and NS is not excursion friendly right now. It did visit Strasburg Rail Road a few times, and this year after leaving Strasburg and returning to Roanoke, it went to the Virginia Scenic Railroad for excursions between Goshen and Staunton, VA this past fall. The former C&O/CSX now operated by Buckingham Branch Railroad. No PTC required there.
So i have a question: So you know how in those commercials, and scenes you make with the 765 running Freight service? Would you suppose doing freight excursions? Because I'd love to see the 765 combined with vintage 1942 freight cars.
They wouldn't be able to run those old cars. There pretty much gone and also those types of cars are not allowed out onto the main line. They'd have to be modernized with roller bearings instead of babied berings
Yes, they are called plain bearings or journal bearings also nicknamed friction bearings. Class 1's consider them a risk now because they can hotbox and trip detectors. And NS won't host excursions again, but they will ferry 765 and 611 to tourist railroads and other railroads to operate excursions for the public. I was on a few NS hosted excursions like the 765 from Lewistown to Gallitzin and return on May 25, 2013, and from west of Bethlehem to Pittston and return on August 22, 2015, and 611 at Manassas, VA on a 102 mile round trip on a freight only NS line on June 4, 2016, and at Strasburg Rail Road in Lancaster County, PA in Sept 2019.
I must ask, is Rich Melvin doing ok? I hope he just retired, and that nothing tragic has happened to him. When people put it as, "we have lost a legend", it makes me wonder...
No. NS is not excursion friendly right now 765 has other places to run in the midwest that will host excursions like in Ohio. NS will still let 765 (and 611) use their tracks to get to other railroads to operate excursions for the public. Funny that the US vice president in 2012 and 2013 when the 765 ran over the curve, May 2013 were the public excursions, is the president now. And the 765 visited his hometown in Sept 2015 when it went to Steamtown and operated excursions to East Stroudsburg and Delaware Water Gap. Most Steamtown excursions on the Pocono main have been diesel powered since the ex-CN Mikado #3254 was retired sometime after 2010.
No, these were one off events. August 2012 were the ferry moves to Harrisburg and back, there were short employee excursions from Enola Yard to Harrisburg and back and May 2013 were the public excursions from Lewistown to Gallitzin and return. 765 and TVRM 4501 stopped running excursions on NS after 2015, and 611 ran excursions on NS 2015-2017. The program only lasted several years from Sept. 2011 to May 2017. You can still ride behind 765 and 611 on other railroads, and the TVRM steam locomotives on TVRM excursions.
765 has two whistles. The fireman and engineer each control one. The deeper whistle which was from the PRR Juniata Shop Complex was on the fireman side, and the nathan 6 chime was the engineer side whistle
Britain should do an Anti Maggie Thatcher & open the mines , do your locos have clean burn & gas scrubbers , Britain is sitting on a fortune & knows how to make mines safe ! When she was in power our mortgage int rates went to 16% , and she allowed something Spain will never forgive her for, dumping highly toxic Plutonium waste off the Galician coast.I was a crazy steam powered train youth , & from my dad giving the crew of Mallard at King's Cross Station I was allowed on the footplate& had a toot on the whistle, I'm 78 a lefthander bad short term memory but vast long term, remember at 3 in my pram seeing your Dakoters feeding the Berlin airlift !
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I was born in Altoona during WWII. Seeing the beautiful, lush western pennsylvania country and hear those lonesome whistles brings a gear to these old eyes.
30 years ago, 759 took the first step on horseshoe curve, then 765 coming to keep up the legacy of 759.
Thank you for bringing me along. French rail road fan.
The very first whistle you hear is the 8" diameter Lunkenheimer 3 chime from the East Altoona Roundhouse. It was mounted on this one day only as a tribute to all of the railroaders that ever worked in or through Altoona. It was used between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, only.
The deep 3 was a Lunkenheimer?
@@EngineerDaylight that a PRR 3 chime whistle
Thanks for this...Can't beat that sound!
A NKP steamer on PRR territory deep in Pennsylvania is just cursed in my opinion. My family worked for the PRR, PC, and Conrail so we are very proud of our Pennsylvania Railroad family heritage.
Well, #1361 is being restored in Altoona and will travel on NS to tour the state and will visit tourist railroads and offer excursions. I don't think #765 will visit PA again any time soon. They go to CVSR in eastern Ohio and to a regional freight railroad between western Ohio, through Indiana and into Michigan for public excursions.
Awesome video from the cab.
Just feeling in control of a locomotive like that would probably feel awesome
765
This is Excellent
that is quite a climb.
Cool video, 765 is so beautiful! A few years ago I visited the Age Of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek Ohio and got to see 763, if someday 763 was restored I would love to see it and 765 together!
Wow what a great view
The coolest thing! That old girl is showing these diesels how it's really done! Beautiful!
During a 6 week free vacation , based at Mt Bethel P.A we were very near the Eirie Lackawana line & son Joel 3 , "Dad dad let's go & see the train , rocking about on sleepers with a bit of give , Two diesel locos & wow a string of cars that took 5 mins to pass.Our host , my brother in law was if the family that founded I.B.M .
Sweet video, the pa horn 👍
that is the ultimate in a mesmerizing sound of the machine
Looking forward to whatever excursions you have planned out for this year.
very cool. I rode around the Curve years ago with parents on PRR and have friends who volunteer with #765, have seen her visit for NS employee special that local railfan group helped with. And riding the Joliet Rocket in June.
Going to Cornwall on the Riviera Express, King class locos , double headed up the Dainton incline .
The whistle on the Fireman side sounded like the old Frisco 1522 Whistle
is a PRR 3 chime
I came a hair from getting a job as an engineer on the B&O railroad in the mid seventys. I hired on Track Service . I just missed getting hired on Train Service as a fireman . Six weeks later the ones they hired went to engineer school .
Four diesels disliked this video.
They said:
"We're better!
Hey fort wayne did you know my grandpa worked for the nickel plate and will 765 come to my hometown baltimore
6 diesels now.
Uh-
Diesels are still epic as steam-
*you have been blocked by Fort Wayne Historical Society*
6 now
Wow, the Curve in a steam train.....
Excellent video.!what a thrill!
Totally awesome!
Good stuff, thanks for posting!
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Very cool cab ride.
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Should do longer videos from this view
Cool, thanks for sharing this.
thanks for sharing
Nice video guys!!!
Thank you for the video
Cool view !!!!
funny I should see this today, cuz it is 8/20/17 I just got dont scrubbing up after being in the cab of this engine when we were doing runbys at the open house where we keep her in new haven, it is our open house weekend, they were nice this year and let the members blow the whistle when we were going forward and back to signal, and they let me help bank the fire, much training of the younger members was going on, we had one or two learning how to fire, Michael I think his name was learning the ropes of a steam engine as he is a ns engineer but his first foray into running an actual steam engine, oh and I asked if they would let me run the injector to put water in once when it needed it, and so they did, the only thing I did not get to do was do the throttle when they were sitting there putting off steam for the night photo shoot, dont know if that had something to do with fra rules or just did not even feel like letting me even close it, John was saying something akin to some other time, when the time is right maybe, so it was kind of vague, and he basically said he did not want to talk he was running, I had a fun day the weather was warm but not too bad , and I got to learn a few new things, but moreover I got to help bank the fire, practice makes for better technique, I will have my videos up on channel in a short time.
but just though I would mention that its coincidence today is the very day of the anniversary of that weekend of that day which had not been done in steam excursion since the 1970's, and maybe one day we will get to do it again,
signed Jeremy
Great video. Question, in years to come, could you always keep 2 whistles on her like you had in this video? I think it would be cool on the CVSR trips to have a 2nd whistle. But please DO keep the Mars light. It adds a lot of Character to the engine. Also it makes it look like it did when she ran mainline service.
My grandpa was throttle jerker for ATSF, steam had the power but no traction.
This is the first time since 1977.
this is fucking heaven
I wounder if she will ever be back on these rails again.
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Wish I could come work for your group but I live in Texas and I hardly know the first thing about a locomotive like 765 other then it’s a steam locomotive and it’s old and strong
Love the video 😀
mark donofrio it’s not my video why you commenting this on my comment ?
Got a Cheesy $30 cab ride at Steamtown! The best 15 minutes of my life! I offered $3,000 for a ride to Moscow and back,but refused it The Insurance of course!!
For $1,000, you can run the 765 on select days for a six mile round trip!
Nice one
Two whistles on the 765 cool
I am a bit late to commenting. but I wonder if N&W #611 will ever cross over the horseshoe curve, as the PRR did have ties with the N&W.
No, because it would need PTC (and cab signals for the ex-PRR in PA) and NS is not excursion friendly right now. It did visit Strasburg Rail Road a few times, and this year after leaving Strasburg and returning to Roanoke, it went to the Virginia Scenic Railroad for excursions between Goshen and Staunton, VA this past fall. The former C&O/CSX now operated by Buckingham Branch Railroad. No PTC required there.
So i have a question: So you know how in those commercials, and scenes you make with the 765 running Freight service?
Would you suppose doing freight excursions? Because I'd love to see the 765 combined with vintage 1942 freight cars.
They wouldn't be able to run those old cars. There pretty much gone and also those types of cars are not allowed out onto the main line. They'd have to be modernized with roller bearings instead of babied berings
Yes, they are called plain bearings or journal bearings also nicknamed friction bearings. Class 1's consider them a risk now because they can hotbox and trip detectors. And NS won't host excursions again, but they will ferry 765 and 611 to tourist railroads and other railroads to operate excursions for the public. I was on a few NS hosted excursions like the 765 from Lewistown to Gallitzin and return on May 25, 2013, and from west of Bethlehem to Pittston and return on August 22, 2015, and 611 at Manassas, VA on a 102 mile round trip on a freight only NS line on June 4, 2016, and at Strasburg Rail Road in Lancaster County, PA in Sept 2019.
Nice.
I was here!
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Quick question can you get listen for the whistle on mobile
Is the 765 back to her normal self without the mars light at 767 numbering?
Take a look... instagram.com/p/BNSDp3CAOUe
Im glad they got the mars light working again. 765 looked incomplete without it
Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society what is the second whistle off of? It sounds kind of like UP 3985's whistle with a tad higher pitch.
It's the whistle from the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona shops.
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was that whistle the banshee whistle??
Is this the same trip featured in the Listen for the Whistle soundtrack?
Yes - just uncut.
I didn't know Steve Fired that's something new I know now
I must ask, is Rich Melvin doing ok? I hope he just retired, and that nothing tragic has happened to him. When people put it as, "we have lost a legend", it makes me wonder...
Rich is fine and still an active member of our organization. He'll still serve in an advisory position.
Awesome! Thank you :)
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@@fortwaynerailroad will this happen again
No. NS is not excursion friendly right now 765 has other places to run in the midwest that will host excursions like in Ohio. NS will still let 765 (and 611) use their tracks to get to other railroads to operate excursions for the public. Funny that the US vice president in 2012 and 2013 when the 765 ran over the curve, May 2013 were the public excursions, is the president now. And the 765 visited his hometown in Sept 2015 when it went to Steamtown and operated excursions to East Stroudsburg and Delaware Water Gap. Most Steamtown excursions on the Pocono main have been diesel powered since the ex-CN Mikado #3254 was retired sometime after 2010.
Why does that loco have two whistles?
What's the 2nd whistle?
You mean the 3 note or 6 note
You guys should have put prr 6 chimes on that day
PRR only had Banshee's and 3 chimes......also, the deeper whistle she wore on this trip was from the PRR Juniata Shop Complex.
why did the 765 have the 759's bell
more more more post all of the cab video
Does NS still do this and when will this happen
No, these were one off events. August 2012 were the ferry moves to Harrisburg and back, there were short employee excursions from Enola Yard to Harrisburg and back and May 2013 were the public excursions from Lewistown to Gallitzin and return. 765 and TVRM 4501 stopped running excursions on NS after 2015, and 611 ran excursions on NS 2015-2017. The program only lasted several years from Sept. 2011 to May 2017. You can still ride behind 765 and 611 on other railroads, and the TVRM steam locomotives on TVRM excursions.
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Does 765 have 2 whistles? Because I heard 2...
I think the other whistle was a different train?
765 has two whistles. The fireman and engineer each control one. The deeper whistle which was from the PRR Juniata Shop Complex was on the fireman side, and the nathan 6 chime was the engineer side whistle
Yes
It looks like ya'll are cooking baked potatoes on the fire box.
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That train are nkp765
Britain should do an Anti Maggie Thatcher & open the mines , do your locos have clean burn & gas scrubbers , Britain is sitting on a fortune & knows how to make mines safe ! When she was in power our mortgage int rates went to 16% , and she allowed something Spain will never forgive her for, dumping highly toxic Plutonium waste off the Galician coast.I was a crazy steam powered train youth , & from my dad giving the crew of Mallard at King's Cross Station I was allowed on the footplate& had a toot on the whistle, I'm 78 a lefthander bad short term memory but vast long term, remember at 3 in my pram seeing your Dakoters feeding the Berlin airlift !
She’s a chuffin’ HARD !!!!!
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Cool but i need more sub's