VHS footage from 1989 when we chased the 611 and 587 on part of their one-way trip. We picked them up at Muncie, Indiana and followed them a little into Ohio.
THANK YOU! Wife & I were on that train out of Cleveland OH! Awfully late into Muncie, and they'd put together a major welcome feast that many of us were too exhausted to eat! Lovely ice carving ornament, too. The trip continued for two or three more days, as I recall, ending in Roanoke. Marvelous trip!
The 80's was a great time for heritage steam railroading. We had 1361 for a little bit, 611 and 1218 for a pretty long time along with 4501 and 587. I wish I was alive and able to see them run.
+Erich Diebold 611 already returned to steam, but what if 611 can go to Jim Thorpe to meet up with 425 and then pull excursions in Steamtown and CVSR just like 765 did?
@switchstand thanks for the reply and your fine work documenting this. That'a a long excursioin train. I'm enjoying the doubleheading but couldn't the 611 pull those cars alone, esp over that flat terrain? I like Mr Link's photo of the jet on screen at the drive in movie with steam train passing...
Could you imagine that the 587 might be running on the BNSF railroad or join the UP Steam Program? That might be a great though about it, if it could be possible!
Those boys sure do work well together. Who's dong the real work, anyway. ( Is the 611 pulling or the 587 pushing a little and pulling a lot :) hee hee. Your video is so nice and crystal clear; precise. Beautiful. The last segment really shows why they were lashed~up to pull all of those passenger rolling cars. WoW ! It must have been a chore to keep up with those two. Thank you, again for a great edit of your video. =^.^=
Absolutely not the NKP 587 is of the Mikado design and is 90' 6 7/8" long, the NKP 765 however is a Berkshire type and is 100' 8 3/4" long. There are many more differences between the two like driver size, horsepower, and tractive effort, and also each engine has its own personality. For example you could have two engines of the same type same railroad same everything, and there will be differences in the way the engines run and act and that's why I love them as no two locomotive is the same :D
Thats rare the front knuckle was out on the 611 at the beginning! and that guy at 5:35 was crazy.......he could have been hit easily if he didn't move when he did lol
@HaloCE14 - 4501 is scheduled to come back this year for her hundredth birthday, whether or not they get her done in time remains to be seen. It is hopeful that 587 will be back under steam by 2012 as she is undergoing her 15 year boiler rebuild right now. Between 611 and 1218, I'd put money on 611 coming back although anything is possible. When the bastard David Goode cut the steam program short, a LOT of 1218's parts went AWOL. Anyone who aims to bring her back has their work cut out for them.
It got broken up between NS and CSX, with each getting roughly half of it. They even undid the Penn Central merger that Conrail had kept. CSX got mostly NYC track, and NS mostly got PR track. A shame really, Conrail was more steam friendly than CSX and until recently NS.
JCBro2014 Not 2101, after the round house fire in 79 she never saw service again.. I meant 2102 and her having major mechanical issues on an excursion ran by the then Blue Mountain and Reading in 1987 I think? Causing major delays to service for most of the day. After that they were pretty hesitant on steam excursions to my understanding
THANK YOU! Wife & I were on that train out of Cleveland OH! Awfully late into Muncie, and they'd put together a major welcome feast that many of us were too exhausted to eat! Lovely ice carving ornament, too. The trip continued for two or three more days, as I recall, ending in Roanoke. Marvelous trip!
The 80's was a great time for heritage steam railroading. We had 1361 for a little bit, 611 and 1218 for a pretty long time along with 4501 and 587. I wish I was alive and able to see them run.
My Uncle Jim Kaylor was an Engineer on a Mikado for the NKP out of Frankfort, IN yards.
I remember riding this trip, it was from Rocky River, OH to Roanoke, VA.
Well, #611 is scheduled to return in 2014 with the 21st Century Steam Program this year, according to the new "Fire Up 611" campaign!
+Erich Diebold 611 already returned to steam, but what if 611 can go to Jim Thorpe to meet up with 425 and then pull excursions in Steamtown and CVSR just like 765 did?
brian falzon Then #4070 could meet them at Cleveland along with #2100
587 is back in 2018 for its 100th bday
Nice combo!!
Good job on getting the WHOLE TRAIN not just the Locomotives. Thanks!
3:35 n&w 611 whistle sounds like up 4014 and up 844 combined
I want to see the N&W 611 in action again.
GOOD NEWS!!!!!!! The 611 was restored in 2015 & is now is in operation
@@FrozenFan765 I know, she has, I saw her twice in 2019. That comment was posted 12 years ago lol.
Norfolk & Western and Nickel Plate, I like it kinda
That’s definitely a cool doubleheader
3:12 well that escilated quickly...
3:12
You can really tell the difference in their wheel diameters. 611 is out for an easy jog, and 587 is at a dead run trying to keep up.
I was present that day at Muncie and chased them to New Castle. Hope I can see 611 running again
Now you can :D
Would love to see them doublehead again!
That guy is brilliant...another Darwin winner right there.
@switchstand thanks for the reply and your fine work documenting this. That'a a long excursioin train. I'm enjoying the doubleheading but couldn't the 611 pull those cars alone, esp over that flat terrain? I like Mr Link's photo of the jet on screen at the drive in movie with steam train passing...
Good Work.
After they're turn on the wye for return trip, 611 was in the lead.
Cool. Great job. Thanks for posting.
It looks like 611 and 587 were both running faster than 40mph on a few of the runbys here.
Glad that guy moved at 5:35 or he'd have been all over the video...
Jesus...
Could you imagine that the 587 might be running on the BNSF railroad or join the UP Steam Program? That might be a great though about it, if it could be possible!
Those boys sure do work well together.
Who's dong the real work, anyway. ( Is the 611 pulling or the 587 pushing a little and pulling a lot :)
hee hee.
Your video is so nice and crystal clear; precise. Beautiful.
The last segment really shows why they were lashed~up to pull all of those passenger rolling cars. WoW !
It must have been a chore to keep up with those two. Thank you, again for a great edit of your video. =^.^=
Alec Tric Foxx lol i think its 587 who doing the most work due to more smokes
@brianfalzon92 the car right behind it was a N&W aux. water tender.
@switchstand, yes I did when I was a teen, I saved up my money for this first trip on my own. It was 3 or 4 days and I will never forget it.
Cool! I have an H.O scale version of N&W#611.
In physical size, almost. The 765 is much heavier. The 587 is a 2-8-2 and the 765 is a 2-8-4.
@HaloCE14 Very True. I hope someone comes out with a series of videos highlighting the 80s with heritage steam railroading. That would be sweet.
Absolutely not the NKP 587 is of the Mikado design and is 90' 6 7/8" long, the NKP 765 however is a Berkshire type and is 100' 8 3/4" long. There are many more differences between the two like driver size, horsepower, and tractive effort, and also each engine has its own personality. For example you could have two engines of the same type same railroad same everything, and there will be differences in the way the engines run and act and that's why I love them as no two locomotive is the same :D
I live the whistle on NKP 587
Where? I didn’t hear the screamer at all in this video.
Thats rare the front knuckle was out on the 611 at the beginning! and that guy at 5:35 was crazy.......he could have been hit easily if he didn't move when he did lol
@HaloCE14 - 4501 is scheduled to come back this year for her hundredth birthday, whether or not they get her done in time remains to be seen. It is hopeful that 587 will be back under steam by 2012 as she is undergoing her 15 year boiler rebuild right now. Between 611 and 1218, I'd put money on 611 coming back although anything is possible. When the bastard David Goode cut the steam program short, a LOT of 1218's parts went AWOL. Anyone who aims to bring her back has their work cut out for them.
Wow this is an awesome video! I really like the wheel slip at 3:15. do you have a video of 765 and 611 double heading during the NHRS convention?
very nice
U GUYS,611 IS BACK :D :D,its been back for like 4 years :/
Neat video! Subbed!
I wonder if the 611 will making the Chattanooga to Oneida TN run like it did in the eighties
good god chill out 611 @3:13
you may miss jsut the 611 because 587 is being restored right now. don't know when it's gonna come back though.
What’s the consist?
@switchstand He was selfish to get in your video shot.. I rode the 1218 from Richmond, Va to Roanoke in the early 90's..... Did you ever meet Mr Link?
That was the Independence Limited
Is the 587 the same kind of engin as the 765 nkp?. i mean size wise.
The 765 is slightly longer
3:13 wheelslip
Did those stainless cars belong to ITM?
this i gonna be good
Where is 587's aux tender?
What are you talking about? It has an aux tender! It just borrowed the aux tender from N&W 611.
what happened to conrail
It got broken up between NS and CSX, with each getting roughly half of it. They even undid the Penn Central merger that Conrail had kept. CSX got mostly NYC track, and NS mostly got PR track. A shame really, Conrail was more steam friendly than CSX and until recently NS.
Well, they weren't very steam friendly for a while after the 2101's incident. But they eventually came back around.
@@NickelPlateRoad779 2101 was on Cheesie System, not CSX. Conrail had most of the track rights for the Reading Iron Horse Rambles.
JCBro2014 Not 2101, after the round house fire in 79 she never saw service again.. I meant 2102 and her having major mechanical issues on an excursion ran by the then Blue Mountain and Reading in 1987 I think? Causing major delays to service for most of the day. After that they were pretty hesitant on steam excursions to my understanding