Classic “good ole boys” radio chatter and their expert train handling makes me proud to be from WV and before the time of computer controls, just man and machine
@zachariassiefker92492 жыл бұрын
An absolutely awesome video! Love that Chessie paint scheme and the nice Nathan K5LA Air-Horn! Also love the classic SD50’s and the loaded coal trains!
@JRossHunter2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@JLScott317812 жыл бұрын
This is a great film and features some "good railroading". I'm glad the radio discussion between the pusher and head end was included and really enjoyed the scene of the pusher cutting away on the fly.
@stevemccall33835 жыл бұрын
My favorite video on KZbin! My favorite locos, SD50s, my favorite railroad, man I wish I could go back in time!! There was just a purity to railroading ( and life in general) back then that has just seemed to fade a lil over time.
@JRossHunter5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Steve. I wish I had taken more videos.
@scotabot78262 ай бұрын
Yep, Sadly, it's all gone.Nothing but history today.
@jasonmartin72193 жыл бұрын
Those oldheads knew how to railroad
@garymiller98692 жыл бұрын
Classic mountain railroading in my Great State of West Virginia!
@gordonsnell6735 Жыл бұрын
I always did like those Chessie locomotives, that horn sounded pretty good too 😊😊
@Hail2Pitt41215 жыл бұрын
These Chessie Sd50's sound Great! I've seen this video mulitple times and love it every time!
@wmry001415 жыл бұрын
I like that you included that radio chatter! Excellent video!
@adm458nelson16 жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable. That is the first time I have seen a pusher uncouple from a train, I have often wondered how they did that. Thanks for sharing, I loved every minute of it.
@BaltimoreAndOhioRR4 жыл бұрын
Great old vid!
@JRossHunter4 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@aerobee589 жыл бұрын
Nice to see these in action. Thank you and thanks for the memories,
@ChessieSeaboardX16 жыл бұрын
WOW!! That has to be the best you tube train video I've seen. You can contact CSX online about heritage schemes. Myself and others already have. The more people we get asking for it the better the chance of seeing some fresh Chessie paint again!!
@coasterodyssey5 ай бұрын
This didn’t age well. 🫤
@nssd70m212 жыл бұрын
The engineer on the pusher sounds like Boomhower from King of the Hill lol
@floridianrailauto90324 жыл бұрын
The dispatcher is going to kick his ass if he doesn't get that train over the hill fast enough
@suburbanrailfanner5455 жыл бұрын
RIP the sleeping cat
@Galaxy25173 жыл бұрын
Makes me wonder who the 11 dislikes are... How can you possibly dislike this trip down memory lane?
@JRossHunter3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind comment.
@scotabot78262 ай бұрын
Jerks and a-holes. They are everywhere my friend. Stay safe!!
@b3j84 жыл бұрын
My how that helper engineer does ramble on! LOL. Thank you Ross for the trip back in time for a bit!
@LocalRailfan15 жыл бұрын
Beautiful classic American railfanning in the "Almost Heaven" state.
@lvc4206 жыл бұрын
Great video! I love the human element...especially the scanner chatter at the beginning!
@TycoTrainAL16 жыл бұрын
I worked up there for a few weeks after hurricane katrina and its VERY pretty country. Not much in the way of Chessie System stuff anymore but theres a large C&O presence. If you have anymore Chessie System videos p;ease post them. This one was excellent!
@CP73255 жыл бұрын
I wish I was around when the chessie system was operating that's been my favorite railroad since I was 7 years old
@Galaxy25173 жыл бұрын
They were in their last days when I got the train bug... There were even some old B&O units still in service when I was growing up... I live pretty close to the original B&O mainline.
@RsRj-qd2cg3 жыл бұрын
I barely missed the years where CSX was operated with Chessie and Seaboard as separate railroads.
@JRossHunter16 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comments. I edit video on a Macintosh. The program I used is iStabilize. One of these days I'll redo and stabilize the whole video.
@JRossHunter16 жыл бұрын
Good catch. A little "poetic license", if you will. That's the one place where I used a "stand-in" train because I couldn't be on both sides of the tunnel for the same train. It is the same pusher on both trains.
@BreezeCO13 жыл бұрын
Now THAT'S mountain railroading! Great clip, thanks for sharing.
@curraheewolf8 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. I love the way the pusher cuts away on the fly! Happy railroading!!!
@tommyhunter18176 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Squirrel has a sick motor. LOL
@stdguage14 жыл бұрын
this is better than Pentrex ever put out. The radio chat makes the video.
@PBlrmkr16 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this video (and part II). Some of the best footage I have seen of Chessie SD50's and the radio exchanges were a great touch!
@wvrailfan112 жыл бұрын
Thats Alleghany Tunnel, and the one the train is passing through is the old one, the newer one being on the left. Great video!
@RDC_Autosports3 жыл бұрын
cutting off on the fly 😎🤙🏻
@snydedon9636 Жыл бұрын
The 80s were good times. Plenty of work with good pay, and a lot younger.
@SomeDuder19845 жыл бұрын
This is back when the good old boys just got shit done, worked hard, plenty of work to do, and the company wasn't breathing down your neck about wearing a reflective vest or tying your shoelaces the right way
@3006USMC5 жыл бұрын
Is it that bad now?
@bholberg561 Жыл бұрын
I worked as a trainmaster in St. Albans back at that time, and if we heard that lack of following proper radio rules, those crews would have a stern discussion when they tied up on what was the correct way of conversing in the book of rules. Also, it made the train crews aware that mgt. was listening and watching them...
@trainalleycat11 жыл бұрын
Great Video! Just spent two days in that area following the line from Clifton Forge, Va. back to Thurmond, Wva. Like seeing the old Chessie units. Thanks Again for sharing.
@formidable3814 жыл бұрын
@ble643 Sounds like the generator on the pusher would not go into "feild weakening" or "transition". Its basicly an electrical version of changing up a gear but without the gears! and happens, or should happen atomaticly as speed rises. On alot of loco's this happens at 25 mph (ish), and again farther up the speedo. If it wont transition or go into weak feild its like someone pulling the plug on the generator and she'l lose power.
@JRossHunter16 жыл бұрын
I did and remember it as a kid when trains still ran on it.
@jimsutter1495 жыл бұрын
Sure wish, they still used cabooses. What a shame, to do away with the Chessie paint scheme. It was great.
@sony1973 жыл бұрын
Nice to know that C&O 8572 became CSX 8572
@thetrainshop11 жыл бұрын
@formidable38 a common problem with SD50s, as well as crank case related issues.
@historymuseum20005 жыл бұрын
Excellent clip of old school railroading at its best.
@zline1813 жыл бұрын
thats a nice horn!
@mustlx15 жыл бұрын
Great video for 85!
@TycoTrainAL16 жыл бұрын
Great video. Not much out there of " in-era " Chessie System video`s. Nice getting the radio chatter in there too.
@MattDaugherty-jd7my28 күн бұрын
Awesome catch
@ChessieStorm16 жыл бұрын
Outstanding! If you have any more old Chessie movies, git'em on here.
@meccaturbo12 жыл бұрын
CSX's paint schemes look so bland compared to Chessie.
@A_10_PaAng_11116 жыл бұрын
Excellent footage! Always loved the Chessie. Liked the way the pusher breaks away on the fly.
@ronaldmorrison60135 жыл бұрын
Man that radio talk!👍👍
@Galaxy25173 жыл бұрын
That was definitely the "icing" on the cake!
@whatihave2do12 жыл бұрын
Great old video. Love the radio chatter.
@400exNick16 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video!! The scanner conversation was cool and seeing the helper cut off at the end on the fly was a first for me. I miss seeing Chessie engines I wish CSX would come out with some Chessie heritage engines!!!
@dsmith99645 жыл бұрын
Yes! I would like to see CSX launch a fleet of heritage locomotives including Chessie, B&O, C&O, NYC, WM, L&N, SCL, Clinchfield, Monon, ACL and SAL
@MattDaugherty-jd7my28 күн бұрын
Excellent classic
@antoniojones41397 жыл бұрын
What a GREAT video! Thank you.
@dubvtrainman18693 жыл бұрын
That horn😍
@mopacslim12 жыл бұрын
Wow! I did'nt know that George Strait was a helper engineer before he made it big. It is a small world afterall.
@jschmid16 жыл бұрын
ty for posting.
@jschmid13 жыл бұрын
This is a really great video, I only remember seeing chessie in and around Chicago when i was a kid but this is great I love to see helper videos.
@JRossHunter16 жыл бұрын
I do have some more video from that same day and I'll post them as soon as I can get them edited.
@jacobgardner88495 жыл бұрын
Dang ol boomhaur , dang ol 8 and sand.
@CavoriteDigital13 жыл бұрын
Very Cool - especially the scanner chat between the lead engine and the helper! Also neat to seen the helper cut-off on the fly like that. Now all I need is a way to do that in HO scale!
@kleetus9215 жыл бұрын
Well that's good... it must have been from the video compression. I was going to say, it's pretty unusual to find a meathead engineer. Most of the B&LE guys I film are usually up to something when they go by!
@meccaturbo15 жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly, I think the smaller tunnel is newer. I think the larger tunnel was originally double tracked and when C&O went about improving clearances on the line, they built the smaller tunnel, moved one track over there, and single tracked the former double track tunnel, moving its line into the middle of the tunnel where the roof is taller so bigger railcars could go through. I think that's the story I read in Thomas Dixon's C&O Allegany Subdivision book.
@TigerDominic-uh1dv15 күн бұрын
❤ The Old Tunnels 😊
@csxtrainfan31910 ай бұрын
Nice catch from 85. I wish I heard more K5LA’s like that in person, but typical 2023 doesn’t have many of those. One’s CSX and NS have don’t sound the same.
@JRossHunter10 ай бұрын
Thanks. As I might have written elsewhere, this was not a planned video. A few railman's ventured into West Virginia for a day of train watching. Only later did I realize the footage could be edited into something coherent. We had just one camera and VHS was all we had. Technically, it would be much better today, but the subject material is gone.
@Greatdome997 жыл бұрын
Ronceverte (with an 'e' on the end) is French for Greenbrier, the river nearby.
@JRossHunter7 жыл бұрын
You are correct. I wish I could fix that typo, but I'd have to remove and re-upload the video.
@Galaxy25176 жыл бұрын
Love it...especially the good ole K5!
@Milwaukeeroadfan9 жыл бұрын
i missed those old cabooses
@M1AShooter7211 жыл бұрын
Appalachian railroading at it's best.
@TigerDominic-uh1dv15 күн бұрын
I❤ The Emblem Of The Chessey Cat 🐈 On The Nose Of Locamotives 😊
@Med0sproductions6 жыл бұрын
Look at that old Nathan K5 on top of the engine! Perfect match for an SD40-2
@Galaxy25173 жыл бұрын
And it sounds damn good too... Wish mine sounded that good!
@RDC_Autosports3 жыл бұрын
those are all SD50s
@ejdsndnj7 ай бұрын
All those are SD50s not SD40-2s
@JRossHunter15 жыл бұрын
VERY unlikely, the engineer was delighted we were there taking pictures. He went out of his way to "put on a show" with lots of bell and horn sound. Much of that sound is not included in this short segment of the full video.
@seanvance59697 жыл бұрын
I think it was 92 the last time I saw the old yellow Chessie System locomotive in person after that they were strictly CSX and they were changing over to the locomotives used today
@terryboyer13426 жыл бұрын
Whoever made the decision to replace Chessie with dull gray block CSX should be SHOT!
@ohioandnortheastern6 жыл бұрын
terry boyer agree
@dsmith99645 жыл бұрын
+terry boyer There are literally tons of rolling stock out there with the Chessie cat, Seaboard System and Family Lines heralds on them. Most of them are covered hoppers.
@meccaturbo14 жыл бұрын
Truly the 11th hour for the Chesapeake and Ohio as an independent company, before they and the other Chessie railroads (and Seaboard) were folded into CSX.
@MrJacMac196812 жыл бұрын
Last days of the caboose 1985-1988, in Virginia at least
@seanvance59697 жыл бұрын
MrJacMac1986 92-93 in my area of WV
@kleetus9215 жыл бұрын
Great video, but please tell me the engineer wasn't giving us the finger as they went by...
@edwinglover94593 жыл бұрын
I know this video is from a while back but i thought he was giving the middle finger as well lol
@kaisanhoque6976 Жыл бұрын
Dang a chessie engine? In 2023 it’s now extin- Gets reminded of csx: nvm
@rogerhuber31334 жыл бұрын
Awesome horns on those units! I think the SD-50 was the last nice looking EMD model. How did they change cabooses during the push? LOL
@JRossHunter4 жыл бұрын
The video is of two trains. I had only one camera and could only be in one place. I suspect you are seeing both trains. If I ever get time to redo the video I'll try to make the change clear.
@forrestwright5981 Жыл бұрын
Well the standard cab sd60 wasn't all that much different!
@meccaturbo13 жыл бұрын
Last new locomotives ever built for the Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.
@ParaopebaRailways3 жыл бұрын
Nice video.
@stansmith40543 жыл бұрын
Coolest video!
@JRossHunter3 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@5521Brite16 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. I'm curious, what program did you use to stabilize the hand-held video (6:45)? It seems to work pretty well.
@Landaux15 жыл бұрын
What tunnel goes where? Did they renovate the tunnel (at 5:33) on the right? I see in other videos renovation, and homes built up on top, is this the same spot?
@arrowguy17315 жыл бұрын
This is great. Miss the Chessie.
@Engine2017 жыл бұрын
Anymore of these old videos you still need to upload?
@JRossHunter7 жыл бұрын
I think I've edited all my old VHS tapes. I have hundreds of slides I should do something with.
@Espeelover16 жыл бұрын
WOW GREAT!!!! love Chessie System! what was that smoke from at the begining? ANd taht was a great END!!!!! Funny conversation too! 5***** and a definate FAV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Milwaukeeroadfan9 жыл бұрын
that's quite the power
@5521Brite16 жыл бұрын
Thank you, sir. I'll have to see if they have the same (or similar) program for Windows Vista. Your videos are great. About once every 5 years, I get enough time off to explore the area around the VA/WV border of the (now CSX) main east west line. So much of that area remains untouched over the last 50 years, it seems....just more vegetation each time I go back. Later!
@boweandrew313 жыл бұрын
@arrowguy173 no kidding only 20 years ago in 1991 was it still common to see Chessie Seabord system and grey Family lines engines and B&O/C&O but not anymore
@TycoTrainAL16 жыл бұрын
I just noticed something. Where in the mix did they change cabs? When they left they had a northeast style cab and then when the helper cut off it was a wideivision.
@JRossHunter13 жыл бұрын
You are correct. I wish I could fix that typo, but I'd have to remove and re-upload the video.
@TFabuous18198713 жыл бұрын
Great old time railroading cvgeeps
@rocksmeller9913 жыл бұрын
@640Radio I think you have to go out of WSS on State Route 311 toward Va. top of the mountain.
@Milwaukeeroadfan9 жыл бұрын
similar to the horseshoe curve
@MrJacMac196812 жыл бұрын
One of the guys quotes Robert Dinero at 3:07
@nssd70m212 жыл бұрын
Beautiful K5LA
@jay600katana11 жыл бұрын
Love the Chessie, what horn did they use on the lead unit?
@Galaxy25173 жыл бұрын
Old cast Nathan Airchime K5LA... I have a newer cast version and it just doesn't sound quite the same.
@rodvance5607 жыл бұрын
Great video, Ross. Thanks for sharing!
@JRossHunter15 жыл бұрын
Without doing some research, I don't know the tunnel dates. The top of the ridge is the Virginia-West Virginia state line just east of White Sulphur Springs, WV . The smaller tunnel is the original, the one on the larger one is newer. You might check with the C&O Historical Society for more information. The last time I was at the location, no homes were above the tunnels. Look on Google Earth 37 44' 51.13" N 80 14' 24.46" W
@jaredbrown15805 жыл бұрын
Ole boomhower Havin engine troubles!!
@kleetus9215 жыл бұрын
What's so rude about that? My guys honk, bell or click the lights when they go by, they're pretty cool. Only jerk I ever ran across what a maintenance guy at the B&P yards. I was standing on the pedestrian walk way of the rt68 bridge and he was giving me grief. Engineers all waved though.
@williampatrick29717 жыл бұрын
Do you still film trains today?
@JRossHunter7 жыл бұрын
I do, but not very often.
@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan5 жыл бұрын
Was that smoke from those Passenger cars coming from a steam locomotive