Steam Locomotives and Such.

[PJLink]

Here's a pic I found of L&N's Big Emma pulling some coal through Clark County in 1956. This line runs by my house. It is now CSX and still sees alot of traffic.

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Great pic! To me, the era just after WWII was phenomenal for so many reasons. I was born too late, i think i would've loved that time period!

 

[FergusonTO35]

Thanks. C&O also had a line through here until the early 80's, very few pictures of it I can find though.

 

[Steve]

Not mine but crank the speakers!

 

[ajschainsaws]

That whistle in the valleys what a sound makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up

 

[fossil]

Some silent movies clips with trains

 

[fossil]

They wrecked some pretty nice cars. That would make the collectors cringe.

 

[Steve]

They wrecked some pretty nice cars. That would make the collectors cringe.

Funny because it would be the equivalent of doing the same with a Chevy cobalt today!

 

[FergusonTO35]

I have to wonder how many 60's-70's midsize sedans were flipped, smashed, and torched to make the shows I watched as a kid.

 

[WetGunPowder]

Spoke with my friend that hauls the fuel for the UP4014. Without going into details the Steam Team told him to plan on a busy 2021. Sounds like they'll hit the rails for a busy travel season!

 

[Al Smith]

If I had not mentioned it before I once worked at Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton once called the Lima locomotive works famous for the Shay gear drive steamers in use by the Cass scenic railroad .Fact we used to deer hunt in those hills near the line .The works as it was is no longer .Not one trace of it is left but it was about 65 acres .With buildings 1000 feet long and the largest metal working machinery I've ever seen except in a ship yard
I was a welder and some how passing the welding test at 18 years old .It was not uncommon to burn 50 pounds of 3/16" iron powder rods in an 8 hour shift .It's a wonder my lungs work at all .
I might add the Allegheny freight engine in the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn Mich was built at Lima and I think has about the same HP and tractive effort as the Alco "big boy " which has been disputed for years .All I can say is it's a big one .
I'm old enough to remember when steam was still in service .Where they passed through a town the buildings looked like they came out of a coal mine .

 

[fossil]

Here's something really interesting. A Case 150 road locomotive. The largest traction engine ever built. None of the originals 1905 units survived so these guys built one from scratch from original Case plans.

Check out the size of the plow at the end.

The 4014 or Allegheny (for you Al) of traction engines.

 

[Al Smith]

My old bud Paul who also owns a steamer went out to S Dakota when it was under power I think last year .They had over a million bucks and several years building that thing .

 

[Al Smith]

I might mention myself and good old Paulie spent hours rebuilding John-Deere two bangers some years ago . He was nuts, had some crotch rocket that would hit something like near 140 MPH . He also souped up a JD model G that never got out pulled at the pull offs .I never had one that won Something was cracked on it ,forgot what but I welded it up for him .JD Cast iron is the most easiest to weld, Caterpillar is the most difficult .

 

[PJLink]

Here's something really interesting. A Case 150 road locomotive. The largest traction engine ever built. None of the originals 1905 units survived so these guys built one from scratch from original Case plans.

Check out the size of the plow at the end.

The 4014 or Allegheny (for you Al) of traction engines.

That Case had power to spare pulling that plow, couldve doubled it and i bet it wouldve done just fine. I know its a replica, but ya just cant beat old heavy iron!

 

[Al Smith]

Can you imagine shoveling coal into that thing all day long in the hot sun .Better yet getting that thing stuck in the mud .My word it would have taken every draft horse in three counties to pull it out .

 

[Dub11]

I have to wonder how many 60's-70's midsize sedans were flipped, smashed, and torched to make the shows I watched as a kid.

Not as many that were lost to cash for clunkers.

 

[pbillyi69]

This is my kimd of thread now!!!!WOOT WOOT!!!

Got to ride in the cab of the 844 from denver to cheyenne in 2008 when it left the DNC on its way to St Paul for the RNC

 

[pbillyi69]

My personal fav is the SP 4449. I have been part of the crew of it since I was a kid. My dad was a real big railfan. He was part of the crew as well. Not a foamer but fan for sure. I have traveled over a lot of the mainline for UP and BNSF as well as a lot of short line and rare mileage.

 

[Steve]

My personal fav is the SP 4449. I have been part of the crew of it since I was a kid. My dad was a real big railfan. He was part of the crew as well. Not a foamer but fan for sure. I have traveled over a lot of the mainline for UP and BNSF as well as a lot of short line and rare mileage.

Is the 4449 still steaming?

 

[pbillyi69]

oh yeah it hasnt been on the main in a while since amtrak screwed that up. but we run a holiday train every year and use it or the SP&S 700