[SS][T-135] Heavy Haulers, Helpers & Watching Trains From A Tower (Summer Special 2019) | Trains 21
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- Towers are a rapidly disappearing piece of North American railroadiana.. Many are being rightly renovated and serve to remind us of our rich railroad history.. In modern times, helper operations take place in Northeastern PA on the Delaware Lackawanna Pocono Mainline as the D-L continues to grow in revenue and heavy carload traffic....
TRAINS IN THIS VIDEO:
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DL DL-3
NS 36T
DL PO-74
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The DL #414 was owned by my late friend Joe who ran the SRNJ before he passed years ago. He wanted her to go to the DL if he could no longer take care of her.
Joe Petaccio? He was a great man. Turned the SRNJ into a profitable short line and directed the acquisition of the Canadian MLW m420s. South Jersey will miss him.
@@Zach_Bloomquist that's him. He passed quite a few years ago from cancer. He was a great man. Very generous, friendly, and took care of his friends.
I knew that the #414 came from south Jersey, but I didn't know why.. Thanks for the info.. I have pics of the #414 when she was in Cornell Red Lehigh Valley paint. that'll end up in one of these future videos.
This once again reminds me that I should move to PA! Great description of the interlockings. Chugging ALCOS made my day!
Thanks Bethany, I've got a more detailed video on interlockings started.
17:50 It was here that many of Lackawanna steam locomotives were born.
Another great history video. Thank you for the shout out. All them covered hoppers make me wonder what a hard job it was before when the railroads used boxcars to carry grains. The videos are like gold AC. Excellent as always. I'm heading to Westfield for the day tomorrow if your interested.
No problem Hans.. Would love to join you but money won't allow it yet.. It seems like you go at least once a month so we'll def meet up one of these days, if not this year, def next year so keep me informed of when you're going.
@@Trains21 I know about that" what money won't allow". I didn't go today. The threat of thunderstorms changed my plans. Guess what. The storms didn't happen.
@@iusetano But somehow s - - t always does! haha!
Great video, AC. Enjoyed hearing about the towers. I definitely learned a lot. Funny thing, I've always had the same thoughts about the wheel flanges.
Thanks Scott.. Great minds think alike.
Just killing it with these video's, love the o,d ALCO's, might need to visit Steam Town again soon. And yet again filling in blanks about the railroad life and history. Excellent video
Thanks Commander.. Summertime's the time go so get your tailfeathers down here when you can!
16:48 Helper power usually consisted of two Canadian Pacific SD40s of various types as shown here in 2003.
Great video, and great commentary on the signal towers, good stuff.👍🏿💯
Thanks, Jason.. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
A.C., very interesting tutorial about towers...I learned a few things!
Cool.. Thanks Jerry, it's a pleasure having you as part of this community.
Another great one AC. I'm beginning to fall in love with the sounds of those ALCOS. For some reasons they reminds me of a ship chugging out on the bay. Also here out west we called those BNSF unit grain trains EARTHWORMS because viewed from a distance they look like giant brown worms snaking there way threw the canyon and mountains of the west. And they are heavy when loaded. BNSF usually set up the power in A 4x3x2 formation to get her over the road. Most of that power is for braking, especially going through the Tehachapi mountains in California. I think there might be some EARTHWORM video on TH-cam somewhere. Later my friend.
Thanks John.. I've heard the term "Earthworms" before and understand the analogy.. I"ve seen BNSF out west and testify that they do look like worms in the desert! Later.
john e. campbell A lot of older ships and the US military used Alco power plants for ships.
AN EXCELLENT VIDEO...........GREAT JOB,,,,,,,,,,,,VERY INTERESTING.............
Thanks Yard Limit
Another fantastic video and story told. Thank you.
Thanks Donstor.. I'm glad to see that you're still hanging out with us!
Great Video! Good info on Harris Tower, I'll have to check it out sometime!
Thanks! Do that, it's worth the effort!
Yeah Conrail leader! Wish we had more of Big Blue still around. We have so many brown BNSF hoppers around here that I get bored of them. Also have a lot of the old BN green hoppers used in hauling various things. Those are rather faded and rusty though. I would have loved to see them when they were new in bright cascade green.
Thanks Zach.. Me too.
Awesome video!
Thanks Railfan!
Trains21 so in about 2 and a half weeks I’m going up to the Scranton area and I wanted to plan at least one day to railfan. What would the best time be to see a train or two on the sunbury?
@@jacklazarski1362 Early in the morning between 5:30 a.m. or so and about 8 a.m... The 11Z and 36T (both southbounds) usually run through there during that time frame.
Nice video! I thought the Armstrong Levers were named after their inventor. I work very close to the Harris Tower.
Nope, you need strong arms.
Modern system are great, but when they go wrong it's Chaos, we had our Main control center be evacuated after a False alarm, it held up the whole Surban system and a lot of country service, so much for Progress, luckly one of my stations are still operated by a Signal Box/Tower, still using rods and levers (I think it's a 24 frame)
Cool.. Thanks for sharing that info!
As usual good information: having said that, I guess I'll never see a train coming/going on the track to the left at your usual spot. Is that particular line dead?
Thanks David.. Make sure you watch my next video.. Probably up on Monday.
Thank you another informative video
No problem, Vincent.. Thanks for watching
I didn't know about a complete strcuture to preserve as many histórical spots as posible for such organization, great a complex work; here in México is that we want to consolidate to do a proper preservation on what left of NdeM.
Sounds nice.. I wish them the best of luck at it.
I live in Europe, in Southwest Britain, and am an ex Permanent Way Railway Engineer. I am commenting on your Observation of the Wheel Flanges. Over here the Rails are actually inclined inwards which matches up with the coning of the Wheels so that the vertical Forces are transmitted vertically down through the Rail, and apart from on Curves, and Transitions where there is Cant Deficiency the Wheel Flange hardly contacts the Side of the Rail Head. I suspect it might be the same over there? Great Video, thanks.
Thanks for that first hand information Peter.. Much appreciated.
It would be nice to see the tower up in Alford get refurbished. The structure is still in good shape, but the roof is in bad shape.
Understood.. There are a lot of railroad artifacts that just need a little TLC but not a lot of interest in preserving them.
Great Video as always ...question what’s inside the high end Gons at the end of train featuring the CR unit in the lead? Billets rods slabs ..can’t quite tell
I don't know for sure but I think it may be bundles of thin steel rods.. The kind used in reinforcing steel structures.. Just a guess.
Ya was not sure think you are right. Not exactly the place you would find slabs. Slabs usually local around mills like Pittsburgh Chicago & the like.
Great video! Sadly, all the towers north of Scranton (on the Sunbury line) don't receive the same treatment, and are left shells of what they used to be. How did you get access to the eastern Steamtown tower?
I know what you mean.. I've seen drone videos of other railfans in the area.. I was invited in the tower by a Steamtown employee (volunteer?) named Timothy O'Malley.. He says that there's an effort to get more people to visit the tower so I would email him and ask him when is a good time to come down.. His email address is:
timothy_o'malley@nps.gov
@@Trains21 Thanks!
@@NEPATrains No problem.
nice work!
Thanks!
Is there a reason why the CSX engine at 12:01 has a line through its logo?
Nah! It’s a GECX unit.
KFC @ 10:05 !!!
Yeah, I noticed that!
17:38 Timeless Spiral Staircase
17:39
What number was the cp rail gp38 at 17:02 and 17:03
It was somewhere between 7300 and 7315.
Sadly, Cant stop the world from turning digital
No we can't
I mean 16:57