It's funny watching the comments come in "WAIT she's at Strasburg AGAIN!" But any how I got to experience the 611 tour in the form of the engineer seat ride, what a time. The west coast might get the Big boy and Daylight engine but I'll keep the 611. Thank you for uploading this detailed walkaround and cab tour for those who didn't get time or could afford the cab rides.
My thanks and gratitude for the fine, no narration nor music presentation. Lets the sounds of the environment envelope you and bask in the wonder of it all. I could almost smell it. And, oh man, the 475 was the icing on the cake. I appreciate the time you spent standing there filming the crew cleaning her fire. Well done in '21. 👍👍
Seems like it takes a special kind of people to operate those things. You’ve got All that steel racing down the track, 80- 100 mph, and there they are, all the way at the aft end of it, trying to look around it to see where the heck they’re going! All the heat, smoke, noise and the responsibility of whatever you’re hauling, be it cargo or people. Those guys had to be On Point!
I saw her in Strasburg a few years ago. Didn't get a chance to ride in her coaches, let alone climb into her cab, but she's one beauty of an engine. If she had a name, I'd name her Ruby
These steam engines should be put back in service for special passenger trains because there are so many people addicted to them. A smart entrepreneur could make a trip pay handsomely.
Many of them DO pull special passenger trains -- not #611 at this time, though, but she used to recently and she probably will again at some point in the near future!
Hard to understand why she isn’t running, considering the success of last year’s Goshen to Staunton Excursions. Norfolk Southern is missing the boat on advertising and good will not letting her run on decent trackage in easily accessible locations. Just watch what CSX does with the 2716 Greenbrier when she is back in service.
Actually, you DO NOT fill up the firebox completely -- that would smother the fire and choke off the air supply for combustion, which would make the engine puff stinky black smoke and develop much less power!
Olá tudo bem! Fiquei surpreso com essa máquina aí, atualmente só e usada para passeio, por favor me diga a bitola da ferrovia aí. Aqui no Brasil as bitola e 1 metro ou 1,60.
Good question, I’m not sure, but I would guess since the stoker is steam powered and uses steam jets it’s not powerful enough during the early process of building steam.
1950? That sounds pretty late to be building a new steam locomotive. Diesel-electrical locomotives were well along in their development by then. Big investment for such a short service life.
In the 1950s, diesel locomotives were gaining popularity, but the N&W 611 was built because the railroad still valued the speed, power, and efficiency of steam locomotives like the Class J for their top passenger trains. It was a final effort to showcase the peak of steam technology before the inevitable shift to diesel in the following decade.
@@BadMoodMax I think this had to do with the fact that coal was locally available and therefore cheap, while diesel fuel was expensive! (Same reason why in England they kept building steamies until 1968 (!!!) -- England had lots of good-quality coal but no oil!)
@@BadMoodMax Which was a good thing, because an engine like #611 was simply too big to be stoked by hand -- it would have been too much work for one man! (I've read that a long time ago, in the winter on hard mountain stretches, if there were any hobos on board the engine crew would sometimes press them into service to help stoke the fire, in exchange for allowing them to warm up in the cab and maybe giving them some leftovers to eat -- Jack London had to do this at least once when he was riding across the country as a hobo!)
Just so you don't miss the description, I took this video on July 8th, 2021.
It's funny watching the comments come in "WAIT she's at Strasburg AGAIN!" But any how I got to experience the 611 tour in the form of the engineer seat ride, what a time. The west coast might get the Big boy and Daylight engine but I'll keep the 611. Thank you for uploading this detailed walkaround and cab tour for those who didn't get time or could afford the cab rides.
@@RyanHatterer-Ryanns999 If I had to choose, I would choose this one over the Big Boy any day and twice on Sundays!
Glad I had the chance to see this beauty in action when I did. :/
So glad that more steamers are coming back to life. Plus what a cool espresso machine they are.
I love it! I'm personally most excited about the PRR T1 5550.
My thanks and gratitude for the fine, no narration nor music presentation. Lets the sounds of the environment envelope you and bask in the wonder of it all. I could almost smell it. And, oh man, the 475 was the icing on the cake. I appreciate the time you spent standing there filming the crew cleaning her fire. Well done in '21. 👍👍
Thanks for posting.
I love steam locomotives 🚂🚂🚂❤️❤️❤️🚂❣️
Feel free to subscribe, I try to make many different videos of steam locomotives in Europe and America.
No modern locomotive can be so elegant
My Man. I rode the cab of this pretty lady right before she left Strasburg. What a ride.
Seems like it takes a special kind of people to operate those things. You’ve got All that steel racing down the track, 80- 100 mph, and there they are, all the way at the aft end of it, trying to look around it to see where the heck they’re going! All the heat, smoke, noise and the responsibility of whatever you’re hauling, be it cargo or people. Those guys had to be On Point!
Yeah, it's really wild to think about all of that responsibility and power.
Even the cab is beautiful
Looking at this elegant beauty makes me so very happy that I own an HO scale brass version of her from Key Imports/Samhongsa. ❤
Couldn't agree more!
I saw her in Strasburg a few years ago. Didn't get a chance to ride in her coaches, let alone climb into her cab, but she's one beauty of an engine. If she had a name, I'd name her Ruby
Do I sense more competition for big old Gordon??? (First Spencer, then Pip and Emma, then Connor and Caitlin, and now this one as well?) ;-)
These steam engines should be put back in service for special passenger trains because there are so many people addicted to them. A smart entrepreneur could make a trip pay handsomely.
Many of them DO pull special passenger trains -- not #611 at this time, though, but she used to recently and she probably will again at some point in the near future!
I love the Tweetsie Railroad shirt, go there all the time.
He was a really nice guy, I'll have to visit Tweetsie sometime.
Wonderful machine
It's really an amazing locomotive.
Great video thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching! I hope to see 611 more in the future.
Excellent video my friends awesome 😮like and Greeting 🙋🏻♂️ from Argentina 🇦🇷
Steam trains are so cool 👍🏻
Man, I'd love to see this out in the open running at a good trot!
You and me both!
Good work 👍
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Westinghouse 26L automatic air brake valves didn't even exist when 611 was built.
She sure was looking good while at Strasburg.
Looks a lot better in Roanoke!
Hanno tutte un fascino senza tempo secondo me e per qualcuno/a di voi?🚂👍❤️💙👌
611 IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, wait a minute is this from last year?
No! I took this video in 2021.
c est quoi ce monstre , une merveille !! 😍
She’s a thing of beauty, but sadly she’s mothballed again in Roanoke 😢
Poor baby
That is BS! They are wasting her boiler certification by doing that!
This wasn’t recent. This was at
Strasburg probably last year
@@robertbeacham4314 do you know where she is at now?
@@rudycarlson8245. Roanoke
Sehr schön anzusehen 👍👍🇩🇪
This was a fun experience
Hard to understand why she isn’t running, considering the success of last year’s Goshen to Staunton Excursions. Norfolk Southern is missing the boat on advertising and good will not letting her run on decent trackage in easily accessible locations. Just watch what CSX does with the 2716 Greenbrier when she is back in service.
Yes yes ❤❤
Mach doch ganz voll
Actually, you DO NOT fill up the firebox completely -- that would smother the fire and choke off the air supply for combustion, which would make the engine puff stinky black smoke and develop much less power!
Is this video current or from the past I didn't know they had 611 right now if they do I'll be coming up there to see it
@@TheDodgeRamGuy it’s an older video, she is back at the Roanoke transportation museum without steam
@@vettebecker1 okay thank you I didn't think it was there I was there a few weeks ago for Thomas the tank engine
No,no!
I took this video in July 2021!
@@BadMoodMax ok
@@TheDodgeRamGuy this is the Virginia transportation museum or North Carolina transportation museum? It’s in Virginia
Olá tudo bem! Fiquei surpreso com essa máquina aí, atualmente só e usada para passeio, por favor me diga a bitola da ferrovia aí. Aqui no Brasil as bitola e 1 metro ou 1,60.
É uma bitola padrão de 1.435 mm. Esta locomotiva estava sendo usada para trens turísticos.
Obrigado pela informaçao, um abraço.
A stupid question here, but why not turn on the stoker and fill-in the corners when needed?
Good question, I’m not sure, but I would guess since the stoker is steam powered and uses steam jets it’s not powerful enough during the early process of building steam.
@@BadMoodMax Excellent call and makes total sense!!!
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1950? That sounds pretty late to be building a new steam locomotive. Diesel-electrical locomotives were well along in their development by then. Big investment for such a short service life.
In the 1950s, diesel locomotives were gaining popularity, but the N&W 611 was built because the railroad still valued the speed, power, and efficiency of steam locomotives like the Class J for their top passenger trains. It was a final effort to showcase the peak of steam technology before the inevitable shift to diesel in the following decade.
@@BadMoodMax I think this had to do with the fact that coal was locally available and therefore cheap, while diesel fuel was expensive! (Same reason why in England they kept building steamies until 1968 (!!!) -- England had lots of good-quality coal but no oil!)
What is the pressure of steam inside?
You can see the gauge at 06:10 that it is just under 250 p.s.i.
Kan de stoomtractie nog terugkeren ? Dank.
Yes of course!
Leadership issues at VMT plus maintenance is why 611 didn't run in 2024..
I wonder what the future holds…
@BadMoodMax I don't know but I am hoping to do throttle time next year with 611
Können amerikanische Lokomotiven auch fahren? 🤔
It must be back breaking to be a fireman on a steam locomotive, especially on long journey.
Thankfully the last generation of steam had automatic coal feeders or were oil injected.
@@BadMoodMax Which was a good thing, because an engine like #611 was simply too big to be stoked by hand -- it would have been too much work for one man! (I've read that a long time ago, in the winter on hard mountain stretches, if there were any hobos on board the engine crew would sometimes press them into service to help stoke the fire, in exchange for allowing them to warm up in the cab and maybe giving them some leftovers to eat -- Jack London had to do this at least once when he was riding across the country as a hobo!)
ah, isn't this the engine that when someone sneezes on the tracks, it can't move?
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