You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks, same to you and yours! I'm hoping to fit in the first railfanning of the year soon.

Good point, even if it isn't I know it was probably the last time I ever saw one in regular service. It's got me thinking, I haven't really seen the last run dates for Amtrak's diesels discussed in any detail.

To conserve coal and help with braking as necessary. The story I've heard is that the CEO of Norfolk Southern was in the cab that day and asked that the diesel be throttled back for at least some of the distance so the 765 could do more of the work and thus make more noise. I'm not sure how much that's true, but I sure didn't pick up the sound of the diesel on the approach to the Curve. 😃

I'd like to see more of the SWs in action. Closest I've come so far was seeing one slip past the station in Lewistown, working on the Juniata Valley several years ago. I wasn't in a position to set up the camera, so I had to settle for a distant glimpse of it from the station platform.

Glad you enjoyed it! This is one of those moments I'd like to revisit with a time machine and my present-day camcorder in tow.

I would have to agree with you there! It’s a shame I never was around for the conrail era, at least I saw a lot of Ex Conrail power though. This was awesome hearing the GE’s Chug 👍

Thank you! I'm hoping to get out there at least once more before the lights come down after the first of the new year.

They are both still running at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

Yep! 2 trips, one on Dec. 1st and one on the 22nd, and both sold out.

Same day as part 1; the date's at the beginning of the video. 😁

I know the RR Museum of PA has one of the Pioneer III (Silverliner I) cars, but I wasn't aware there was still a II floating around unless maybe SEPTA had one for wire trains or some other MoW use.

@ the pioneer iiis that the rr museum of PA had were scrapped ages ago

@ 9001 is at frazer yard and has been promised to the reading railroad museum since 2012

It could be worse. I've seen videos before from the same location on the same day as I was there, and then realized we were standing just feet away at points.

I do enjoy a good pan every now and then. From the outside of a curve on a train doing 45+ mph on the track closest to the camera, not so much. 😃

But good editing too. Did you use standard windows video editor or something special??

I'm a longtime user of Vegas Pro, and before that Vegas Platinum. They were originally Sony products that were spun off to Magix (along with the entire development team) several years ago. Platinum is the lesser-by-a-small-degree 'home' version, but there is a discounted upgrade path to Pro if you ever find Platinum limiting. I highly recommend either to anyone looking for a more powerful video editor.

Glad you enjoyed it!

I'll have to look at some recent footage, but I was under the impression that nearly all horn racks had one or two facing rearwards, or at least whatever's considered rearwards depending on the locomotive they're mounted to. I totally agree on the present-day quality - aren't most button-activated these days anyway, so there's no room for quilling or any sort of finesse?

I have not seen pictures of the segment between Old Fort and Ridgecrest yet, only the official statement from NS on restoring service that says they are still evaluating the damage. It's been a while since I've seen any news on it though, so the situation very likely has changed. I am impressed they are trying to restore service on any part of the S-Line at all, given that shortly after I recorded this they ended through train service and downgraded the whole line to 25 mph.

Thanks for the input. At the time I made this 12 years ago, I had noticed comments on other, more fully-produced videos along the lines of "Stop talking over the video/I don't want to read a book, just show the train!", and I told myself that was the niche I was aiming for. I suppose this is the other extreme, and somewhere in between is the balance. Perhaps this is the excuse I need to do a re-release.

The red one was built in Germany, you could still see 'Krupp' stenciled on the side. I believe the blue one was built at Kasgro's facility on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, PA though. I found a local news article dated a few months prior to when I saw the cars; the article was accompanied by a photo of the car under construction and stated its maiden run was expected that August. I think that is what I saw here.

Yes, and a great weekend overall. I tried to get back to Benny (on the last day I think), but not knowing where to turn walking back I overshot and wasted so much time getting back that I gave up trying to get there and settled for a shot from the overlook in Tunnelhill. I think it was later that summer or the year after when I finally made it to Benny; it's been one of my go-to locations ever since.

@@FastFlyingVirginian Well my friend, the footage you have from the HSC is awesome. So the day was well spent.

@@roadrailer1656 Thanks! I've had many good trips back to Benny and Horseshoe since then, but unfortunately none of the trains I've seen in either location since 2013 have been steam-powered. 😁

@@FastFlyingVirginian LOL. True true. I'd settle for a C636. Good pretender.

Next to the Route 53 bridge over the tracks as you head towards Gallitzin.