N&W 611 and 382: The Last Days of Steam
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In the late 1950's the like-new J Class 4-8-4's, owned by the Norfolk & Western, found themselves on their last duties hauling short passengers and local freights before finally being retired and eventually scrapped due to the advent and arrival of first generation diesels. Only one member of the iconic J Class avoided that fate, which is preserved and operated by the Virginia Museum of Transportation, and that's #611. Joined by her smaller and much older counterpart at the Strasburg Railroad, M Class 4-8-0 #475 is dressed up as sister engine #382, famous in O. Winston Link's photographs of the Abingdon Branch of the Norfolk & Western, as a part of Lerro Photography's Photo Extravaganza weekend. Both engines are hauling consists similar to the ones the Mighty J Class and the Venerable M Class might have pulled, such as the Virginia Creeper for the 382, or perhaps a short freight out of Crewe, VA for the 611. Enjoy the sights, sounds, and experience brought to you by Blue Comet Productions!
This video was filmed on October 6th, 2019.
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I Remember Going Here When I Was 4! Man So Many Good Memories.
Great photography!! Thanks for sharing this great video!!
N&W 611 is always such a pleasure to watch, a piece of working art from another era. Like watching a man in his best attire, tending to even the most dirty of business.
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1. I like train Journey especially steam hauling Express & Passenger trains.
2. As my father was Station Master under Southern Railway (Madras),& during my childhood, on school holidays, I used to stay with my father in the Railway Station to which he was posted. I was enjoying all types of Steam hauling trains moving on up & down track enroute to the Railway Station.
3. I also had a chance to visit old Signal manual Cabins & also Computerised Electronic Signal cabins till my father got superannuation retirement.
4. As Railway employees are getting free Pass for travel we used to visit Tourist & Pilgrim spots on family tour during School holidays.
5. Nowadays, we could be able to see such different type of Steam Engines in Rail Museums in the country.
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It's so amazing!! I would never seen like this great steam locomotive.
6:30 two legends meet each other while doing work like in the old days
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I heard both N&W 611 and 475 are sitting in the Sawenhalve Scrap Yard and they will sell to Romania or Ukraine.
Is that true?
I should restore them and run it on the Holy Horseshoe Curve!
This beautifull locomotive are Pride Of America ,N&W, the Holy Horseshoe Curve ,and the whole world !!!!
Run them on the main lines and the Holy Horseshoe Curve and pull express trains!
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thanks Dave Awesome video of the last Steam generation
Absolutely stunning footage!! Really enjoyed watching this!! Subscribed 😊
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_probably one of the best videos I’ve seen of this charter_
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The people who disliked this are jealous they didn’t get to capture this.... Amazing quality and great video btw!!!
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I like how 382 & 611 double heading, that's pretty cool 😎😎
Why all the dislikes? There's NO way this is deserving of that! Amazing video
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I dont understand how people can dislike a video like this. Absolutely beautiful its amazing to see these old giants move freight once more.
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0:34 611: A freight train! A freight train! A freight train! The shame of it! The shame of it! Oh, the shame of it!
Daniel Creed please don’t associate the queen with a dickhead engine like Gordon.
@@NOVARailandWeatherEnthusiast But she is a streamlined Engine, not meant for freight, she is meant for high speed mail and passenger. So you can imagine what she would think of pulling a freight, like Gordon says, the shame of it.
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@@TheBestTrainsAreReal Um... I personally believe that 611 is a "he"
@@danielcreed2328 I just go with She because it's what most machines have been called, now if it has a male name, like Big Boy, then I will call it a he
The pattern of her exhaust is probably what I love about 611 it's just how much smoke blast out of her Smoke Stack when she's working that hard it's just so awesome the raw power and efficiency of the j class
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She is working hard
2:50 475 was hauling ass! That tender is bouncing at the front end, the fireman didn't seem too happy about it either...
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I wish railroads like this existed where I live
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I have one a few miles away at boekelo in the netherlands but it has smaller engines
Moises Medina same. The nearest to me is The Sacremento Southern, witch runs excursions with a Steam Switcher and a Diesel Switcher
@@Beoxb00ts the nearest one to me is in Chama New Mexico a full days drive from where I live
O. Winston Link would have loved this and I'm sure he did and is proud that the memories he saw and preserved for us are still alive today thanks to Strasburg Railroad and Virginia Museum of transportation for keeping the memories alive. For future generations.
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Outstanding video! I got to ride behind 611 in September
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I love 611 pulling those old freight cars.
(Mock indignation) Heresy! 611 was an express passenger locomotive. (Still a sight to see)
@@OldsVistaCruiser Actually, later on in the 611's service, it was used to pull freight trains also.
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Very Nicely done!
Very nicely done!!!!!
That rail stock is rarer then 611 it’s self 😂
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Absolutely amazing footage!
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475 looks stunning with that headlight position stack cover and pilot! God bless!!
That isn't 475 tho
@@nzo_6543 it is 475 is dressed up as 382
@@Nkp757railfan well at first i think they both similar.
@@nzo_6543 it's no problem, 475 gets dressed up as 382 for photo charters because there is a famous picture of 382 called the Virginia creeper. Sence 382 was scrapped they dress up 475.
@@Nkp757railfan just recently found out that they changed numberplates and numberboards 475 to 382 on the 475's 90s smokebox door, also on recent smokebox door that 475's using
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Amazing video 👍🥰
This is awesome. I saw the N&W 611 in Strasburg when I went to their train museum. I just put the video about it up on my channel. I was so excited to see it in Strasburg that I put it on my thumbnail for my video. Thanks for sharing.
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This is Awesome, We Love It a Lot!!!! :-D
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Great video. I like the Deutz tractor 8:30 on steel wheels inside the barn.
Very incredible...
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Awesome video I was there with you on the photo shoot
Awesome videos of beautiful trains ! 👍
Superb ! 👍
Downright incredible!
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Great video! I saw 611 on the 30th and she is something else!
INCREDIBLE video Chad!!!
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I'm not a big N&W 611 fan, but this video was badass!
Even though the actual locomotive seen here is #475, cosmetic changes were made to the locomotive to represent the original #382 including modifying the smoke arrestor and the whistle. The whistle used on the #475 actually came from the original #382. That whistle was made by an engineer named B.T. Nichols and was designed out of an old WWII bombshell and a Norfolk & Western Hooter style base. I ran across a Santa Train photo of a #382 consist from the early '50s in Green Cove Va. Nichols was in the photo as well as conductor Wilford.
#611 in Lionel O Gauge was presented on a plaque to Stuart Saunders, President of the N&W, ultimately the Penn Central by a Va. Chamber of Commerce in appreciation. My dad bought this piece at the end of the Penn Central Silver Auction in 1973. It went back to another collector in the late 2000s. My dad paid $100 for the piece.
Wonderful video.
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Phenomenal video! I was there too and i may have bumped into you
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Great vid! Thanks!
Beautifully put together! Great stuff!
One sure thank the man of Southern railway for bringing 611 back the first time in the 80s. And than thank the boys at Spencer Shop who bought her back alive.
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That 611 is colossal. The engineer bloke in the cab looks small in comparison. What an absolute leviathan of the steam age
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I love steam locomotives with deep whistles like Big Boy and 611
That would be the Hancock Longbell 3 chime. 844, 3985, 4014, 611 and others all use this same whistle.
I've heard the Reading 6-chime called "God's whistle," and I agree. Today is Friday, October 11, 2019, and I will be there, hopefully to hear both whistles, as the Strasburg 90 has a RDG 6.
I love this video. Beautiful compilation. Awesome trains. Thanks for posting it.
Beautifully done as always, Chad! It was a pleasure seeing you on these charters and enjoying the action with all who were lucky to participate.
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One of the best videos of steam Loco's on TH-cam. The sound of the Steam Loco in full steam is like music to the ears. 👍👍👍👍
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A streamlined passenger steam locomotive pulling a freight train? Never thought I'd see that.
Also, 475 just looks tiny by comparison to 611.
OwlEye2010 Southern Pacific 4449 has done it before, so has Union Pacific 844
@@robertbrotherton1375 844 seems to me the kind of 4-8-4 that can do both freight and passenger and look natural doing so.
With 611 and 4449, it just looks kind of odd. Cool, but odd. I guess knowing they were more geared towards passenger service is what kind of throws me off. (Also, I'm pretty sure I'd get a similar sentiment from others regarding UP 3985 and 4014 pulling passenger trains when they were more geared towards freight).
OwlEye2010 What's amazing is that 4449 has only 17,000 pounds of tractive effort less than Challenger despite having eight wheels and challenger having twelve. That means 4449 could pull almost as much as Challenger, which is a LOT.
Also, you’ll find it’s got nothing to do with gearing, as steam locomotives lack gears. It’s about three things - boiler pressure, stroke distance, and wheel diameter. 4449 has 80” wheels and operates at 300 PSI with a 32" stroke, which means that it starts slower, but can go faster and has more power. Challenger has 69” wheels and operates at 280 PSI with a 32” stroke. That means it starts faster, but can’t go as fast and loses power more rapidly as it speeds up.
Freight trains are designed to go slower, which is why locomotives like the challenger are good for it, though 4449 and 844 can do it just fine, as can any locomotive. The opposite is true of passenger trains - they go fast and should start smoothly, so 4449 and 844 are great for it, but challenger can do it as well. You can use almost any locomotive to move any load, it’s just a matter of doing it in the best way possible.
Interesting trivia - SP 4449 was used to pull freight a lot of times back when it was originally in use by Southern Pacific. It proved to be very effective at doing so.
@@robertbrotherton1375 Huh. That's interesting.
Also (and I feel *really* dumb for asking this), you know when I was saying "geared", I meant like "more suited for this-or-that", right?
The 611 was built both for freight and passengers
In 1959, the mainline steam has completed giveaway to diesel power on The N&W, However, the sole survivor of N&W J class 611 was selected to pull a "Farewell to Steam" Excursion, the trip ran from Roanoke, Virginia to Williamson, West Virginia and return.
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I heard both N&W 611 and 475 are sitting in the Sawenhalve Scrap Yard and they will sell to Romania or Ukraine.
Is that true?
I should restore them and run it on the Holy Horseshoe Curve!! !!
This beautifull locomotive are Pride Of America ,N&W, the Holy Horseshoe Curve ,and the whole world!!!
Run them on the main lines and the Holy Horseshoe Curve and pull express trains!!!!!!
@@desiazi2045Restore the big black tube and run it to my moms house gobbless
I can already hear the late John Hingsbergen, the former narrator of Greg Scholl Video, narrating this, it’s a shame he never lived to see this...
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Audio may be choppy a bit, but this all looks pretty cool when played at 2x speed
Nice video
Great video!!
WHERE DID THEY GET THAT 382 IVE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE
They just renumbered 475
That camera work is amazing!
You could take any frame from the section of 3:24 to 4:00, make it black and white, and anyone would think it was a photo from the '50s. I like the frame at 3:38 personally for a fake 50s photo. Outstanding video
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Dude... your camera work is PHENOMENAL! I don't know if I've asked you, but what's your setup?
Are they still going to run excursion rides?
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What is that contraption on top of 382? I’ve never seen a smokestack like that
Mr. Dingus it is a spark arrestor
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Too cool
Like grandpa pig said.
"It's not a toy. It's a miniature locomotive."
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This 611 is in Salem Virginia my grandma sees it all the time they used to give rides on it but sadly Amtrak said they own the line and no more 611.
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If the trains have faces , we will here 475 (382 in this case) excitement when 611 is arriving to strasburg
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I enjoy this video
wish I was back on the system one for old road of western glory
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When 611 first Arrived at the Strasburg Railroad, I Wonder How Many of The Amish Residents Reacted To Seeing Such A Modern Locomotive Like Her.
They've seen AEM7s and ACS64s blowing past on the Keystone line.
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Very nice! I really wish I could have participated in the photo charters but hey I still got to see her on the first weekend. Great video 👍
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I hope we can see at least 1 or 2 more doubleheader runs with 475 and 611 before she leaves 🤞
@Ethan Schmid 611 she isn't apart of the Strasburg roster but 475 is don't you even know the steam locomotives that are on the Strasburg roster
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@Ethan Schmid the N&W merged with the Southern Railway in 1982 btw, 611 is Virginia Museum of Transportation property
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That race at 8:38 reminds me of the train race in the 1944 Chuck Jones political cartoon, "Hell-Bent For Election." 382/475 is Thomas Dewey and 611 is FDR.
I heard both N&W 611 and 475 are sitting in the Sawenhalve Scrap Yard and they will sell to Romania or Ukraine.
Is that true?
I should restore them and run it on the Holy Horseshoe Curve!
This beautifull locomotive are Pride Of America ,N&W, the Holy Horseshoe Curve ,and the whole world !!!!
Run them on the main lines and the Holy Horseshoe Curve and pull express trains!
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@@Redwagonblox_onYT WE MUST FIRE UP 611 AND RUN IT ON THE HOLY HORSESHOE CURVE WITH 475!!!
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I love the 382
Nice to see some American steam locomotives still going!
Great video, really enjoyed it!
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i think this has been the best steam event of the 2019 season (besides the return of the big boy) it just seems it's been a great event with the way it looks
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i was there when 611 did her first excursion run for the weekend trains and 475 was still numbered 475 and did not have all the things she had for the photo run its amazing how quick they can do things
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Another great video man, and it was great running into you again!
3:26 This is some kind of horror.
Why?
My friend N&W 382 is actually N&W 475.
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This Reminds me THOMAS & HIS FREINDS That was my favrate cartoon 🥺
Speaking of Thomas, they actually have a Thomas locomotive at Strasburg, it’s a rebuild of an 0-6-0 from the Brooklyn Eastern Direct(?) Terminal Railroad (BEDT) and is the only Standard Gauge steam operated Thomas in the US. They also have a Percy dummy
382’s whistle sounds like a factory whistle.
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Maybe R&N 425 should go visit the Strasburg Railroad and unite with 90 for a doubleheader, because they are Baldwin type steam engines!
That would be a good idea
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WoW! Great film! I used to visit the Strasburg RR when I was a kid and now I live I Roanoke. Full circle?
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