First time watching thanks for sharing 👍

First time watching thanks for sharing 👍👋

No ugly widecabs...very nice!

That wasn't the Crescent, that was the Silver Star.....

Tropicana train!!!!!😂❤🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🥤

0:50 ex WAB or NKP low nose GP35

I rode one of the trips to Front Royal in 1988. In the spring of 1989; I was hired on by the NS Steam Locomotive Department. Learned a lot while I was there. 1218 is a beautiful machine. 611 is as well. Saw her last week at Strasburg.

N&W 1218 was very enjoyable to observe operating in excursion service being one example of a handful of operating articulated steam locomotives post steam era. The 1218 had an excursion service career of only four years (1987-1991), I am glad that this engine still exists but it's a shame that the NS steam program had the operating financial issues that they did.

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Why do people in Norfolk notice this coal dust video from Cassandra, PA? Because we have been fighting with Norfolk Southern for decades over coal dust. And we've sent these videos around you can be sure. This coal on uncovered cars pollutes like heck, and that continues when it arrives in Norfolk. It's loaded onto ships at the Lamberts Point coal loading facility using uncovered rotary dumpers. The billows coal dust near neighborhoods, people, homes, cars, and air. Their old equipment is exempt from the clean air act, and every 5 years or so citizens rise up and protest. Videos exist of this, newspaper coverage and all of it. They moved their headquarters to Atlanta, Ga about a year ago. To see the CEO of NS on TV at the hearings and at the town hall in East Palestine is enough to make one throw up. NS doesn't care about anyones safety-just their bottom line-and are shameless. Shameless.

Nice video. Rode behind the 1218 in 1988. Went to the passenger station in Alexandria late the night before the excursion to watch it arrive. Thrilling anticipation and then to finally hear that whistle in the distance and then finally see the approaching headlight. Shot video of the ride and the run by but some a**hole friend of mine recorded over it.

Maybe track...side defect detectors....and dragging equip detectors are not enough

Awesome

Beautiful

Have you ever watched coal burn? It turns colors. It puts out amazing heat. It burns a long time. I see why people all over the world used it in their basement furnaces for so many years.

The 2nd Amtrak Train was not the Crescent, it was either the Silver Star or Silver Meteor !!!

Tight squeeze there in the Rose Yard in Altoona

In 1979 a Steam Locomotive actually visited Strasburg

Don't know if you are still monitoring your channel and comments, this many years later, but you did an excellent job on this video! Probably the best day I ever had in my life was a trip to Farmville and Crew, Va. in 1958 chasing N&W steam engines and getting up in the cab of one while stopping at Crew! Again, thanks for an amazing job!

That Southern Nathan's P5 is my baby!

Nice video. Looks like the high an wide special hooked to the Belmont coaltrain

I think the consist here is nothing for 1218 to haul compared to what it was intended to do.

We need N&W 1216 fire up again with N&W Y6a 2156 to run side side N&W J Class 611, NKP 587 and N&W 475 to compete with UP Bigboy 4014, UP Challenger 3875, UP844 and SP4449.

I used to railfan there as a kid, stonewall Jackson’s drive, haven’t been in a while

They need to make a heritage out of RF&P

Magnificent machine - she needs to be up & running again

Yes we do

Where was her "safety diesel" :)

Amazing video!!! I Wish the line was still in service.

I love railfanning at Guinea, VA (where this was recorded). Wish I could have seen RF&P trains.

Shame it'll never run again

it always amazes me as to how tall the N&W engines are and engines built just before, during, and after WWII. they are just freaking tall

Rolling coal.. rolled over coal more like.😆

Outstanding footage

looks like a big sink hole starting to form

Cleanup on track one!!

Oops!

Shame they don't use her anymore. That whistle!!!

Why do I see 2 leveled Coaches in the siding in the background

Great old footage of the NS NW and Southern Units

Ttying to find a map of where al the tracks are in and around Cresson

nice train yard. Too bad about the crash though !!!

Wow those N&W engines sure had a virile whistle.! Beautiful.

This video brings back memories. My grandfather was a yard conductor. When I was a kid he'd take me from Acca to Potomac Yard for fun. We'd hop an engine up and spend a day in DC then hop a train back. Boy was that fun for a kid. I used to love little yard engine 91

The Crescent on RFP tracks.....That's one Hell of a detour if it wants to get to Atlanta and New Orleans could the train have been the Silver Star or Silver Meteor?

We need to get 1218 up and running again. Have her meet 4014.

Now that is really close clearance...Love the GP38...

Nice video. What road was this taken from?

Wish I could have seen the RF&P in person :( born 15 years too late

What is also wonderful is that the steamer is, this time, the sole motive power .. There's no 'cheater diesel' behind her showing that sort of 'mistrust' in the star's ability to perform the entire show. That's really cool !....Dig ?