B&O Steam on Sand Patch | SA Tower & Q Tower | Sunday Morning Coffee & Trains

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** About this video: Baltimore and Ohio steam locomotives were running out their final years in the early ’50s. We visit the Cumberland area and Sand Patch Grade to see the show!
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[@JohnDoesItAll]

I love this idea of Sunday morning trains❤.

[@kevinschofield7864]

i love these old steam engine locomotive freight trains

[@ahmedthecreator1736]

To be honest, I've never seen an train enthusiast like this one...

[@charleskesner1302]

Very cool nice to see the caboose with the rounded edges. Also nice to see all the cars with the names of the fallen flags with no graffiti on them!

[@danoc51]

Yes, the diesels pulling and two steam locomotives pushing is a great shot. If I was the conductor in the caboose I would be concerned about getting accordianed by those two big steamers.

[@Railfandepot]

It was certainly a different time! This mid-50s era is a great time, lots of railroads, lots of color with the new diesel paint schemes and yet still lots of steam. -DeAnn

[@Railfandepot]

Those cabooses were built tough - just for that...but, yes, if I was the conductor and stood on my "back porch", that would be quite a sight! -DeAnn

[@oldclip70]

Ohhh DeAnn, I am fascinated by B&O’s S-1’s and S-1a’s since I read about them in the late 70’s. I am glad that you posted this gem They were the staple of B&O’s power. Sure, the railroad had Mallets and Articulates. However, something about those massive S-1’s

[@Railfandepot]

Yes, those "Big Sixes" are an amazing sight. And to think,the B&O had well more than 100 of them at one point! A 2-10-2 is just going to be a beefy locomotive! :-) -DeAnn

[@andywomack3414]

I understand their designation as "Santa-Fe" type was due to the ATSF needing helpers that can operate as fast backing down a hill as traveling engine forward.

[@NOC1TIME]

Just discovered this. Great stuff. Finally learning what and where sand patch is. Those old steamers were really struggling. The Pennsylvania mountains are a struggle for lots of vehicles. Lol. I grew up near the B&O roundhouse in Cincinnati. Got a cab ride in I believe a F7 or 9. Maybe even a E series. I admit to not knowing a lot about the designations . I was 10yo. 1965 -1966. What a treat. That roundhouse has been gone now for nearly 35 40 yrs. It was something to see. It let out onto the now Queens gate yard.

[@Railfandepot]

Wow! Thanks for sharing your memory. Even at 10, the roundhouse would have been a great neighbor. :-) The B&O had some mighty steam engines. -DeAnn

[@marlenalinne7958]

The little engine that could. Yet another sight and sound (and smell) that young people will never get to enjoy. I love the little towers that were up on a pole.

[@Railfandepot]

Sadly, almost all those towers are gone. A few have been preserved, but, mostly they are gone. Thanks for watching! -DeAnn

[@RenoRailfan]

Love it. I have always liked B&O. Love all the content DeAnn.

[@Railfandepot]

Awesome! Thank you for watching! -DeAnn

[@keonikaig9247]

Wonderful history....thank you DeAnn & team.....

[@Railfandepot]

Thank you! I do love the big steam! -DeAnn

[@ChadsRailfanExperience]

Crazy to see the amount of helpers stationed at Hyndman!

[@Railfandepot]

Hyndman would be a steam fan's dream! I'm sure they had no idea how well they had it at the time. Thanks for watching! -DeAnn

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

Nice wheel slip at the end of the first clip!

[@Eddy63]

Great vid DeAnn ... Much appreciated ...

[@Railfandepot]

Thank you, Eddy. I appreciate you watching! -DeAnn

[@wabisabi6875]

Great footage, thanks for sharing!

[@woods840]

Fantastic DeAnn! Not much has changed there, except for the new bridge and a lot more trees!

[@walkerdalton11435]

Love your videos

[@Railfandepot]

Thank you so much! We're happy to have you aboard! -DeAnn

[@centeroftheearthmining4095]

Awesome!!!!!

[@Railfandepot]

Thanks!! I appreciate you watching. And I agree, this is awesome! :-) -DeAnn

[@dannyholt105]

Very cool DeAnn! Really good blast from the past! Always enjoy watching with you. Stay safe during these holidays! Cheers, Danny

[@Railfandepot]

Danny, Love seeing your comment on our videos. Thank you for watching! -DeAnn

[@manga12]

ah the same hard grade that the well known video of the chessie steam special struggled on, i am from around and grew up in old b and o mainline territory along the chicago main the last bastion of steam on the first common carrior railroad in 1958, seeing the old em1s make me sad and the old big steam, none were saved though should have been, the plan was for an em1 to be saved, and a t3 was offered to the city of garrett indiana but at scrap value though that price in the 1960's could not be afforded by the city but it should have been in a park on display here, and restored there are no mountains that run currently in the usa you have several berks though, and no big b and o steam but the one pacific p7 at mount clare where the home of the b and o was and their main shop for building. and I belive a smaller one at the age of steam roundhouse

[@kevinschofield7864]

i would also like to see some of the buffalo southern caboose trains i am a caboose and remember that a freight train would not be a freight train without a caboose.

[@thomasavensjr.2790]

I always enjoy seeing footage of B&O rr steam power, it's a shame that none of the EM-1 class articulated engines or "big six" 2-10-2 types were preserved for future display viewing. I would like to see one example of both of those 2 locomotive types still existing today as additional representatives of B&O rr steam power.

[@railfanlondonwhaley9521]

I enjoyed that video

[@Railfandepot]

Thank you! It was a joy to make too! Love the big steam! -DeAnn

[@1chuck96]

Man ! How would like to be the guy(s) in the "crummy" just ahead of the dual S-1's? B&O, amongst others, had NO cupola and looked like accordions, (probably from being pushed up mountains too hard LOL). At any rate...the stack exhaust must have been deafening, (and Oh God! I wish it were me).

[@Railfandepot]

Whatever dual S-1's were pushing...I'd what the frame reinforced if I was in it! :-) But, yes, what a great experience that would be. -DeAnn

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

Those steel "wagon top" cabs were built with this service in mind. But even the wooden I-5 and variants had steel underframes, and most had eight inches of poured concrete in the floors. My late grandfather pointed out the monotonous booming exhaust could lull a tired man to sleep very easily.

[@robertterry9367]

DeAnn, watch every Sunday!! Love drinking coffee and watching the vidoes. Could you do some K.C.S.? Thanks Bob

[@Railfandepot]

Bob, Thank you for watching with me! I'm trying to rustle up some KCS Meridian Sub action for you. :-) -DeAnn

[@cody8217]

It's pronounced Hine-dman. Not Hin-dman. The "Y" in Hyndman is long.

[@wasatchrangerailway6921]

You can still get a Rivarossi Big Six on Ebay!!! I bought four of them. I'm in the process of re motoring them and adding brake hangers. I've got (5) 2-8-8-4 's Man do they look good together!!! This was not long enough!!! Sunday Morning Trains & Coffee could stand to be longer, like a couple of hours!!!

[@Railfandepot]

Oh, I remember those heavy Rivarossi models. Those could put some weight on the track! -Tim

[@cjuuljohnston]

And there we go as she's picks up speed chug, chug, chugga chug.. 👍

[@Railfandepot]

🚂🚂🚂 -DeAnn

[@dumptruckdave423]

Real Good Video !!!👍

[@Railfandepot]

Thanks for watching! -DeAnn

[@jalilmuhammad8270]

This is definitely "The Kidsongs TV Show after the Kidsongs TV Show".

[@leeloolab]

that’s a 2 10 2 big six

[@admiralcraddock464]

Were steam locos officially named in the US? In the UK most Top Link locos were named after historic persons such as King george IV, Oliver Cromwell, Duchess of Sutherland or Castles etc. They`d have had brass name plates attached to the loco that are now highly collectable and very expensive. I never see that on Us locos just names that were given to them by the public.

[@Railfandepot]

In the very early days here in the US, individual locomotives (example: "Best Friend of Charleston" or "Pioneer") were given names. As the number of locos quickly passed the tens-of-thousands, that became impractical. Entire classes (usually by wheel arrangement) were given names and employees and the public nicknamed some, but, in the USA names were out pretty early on. -Tim

[@williambryant5946]

Crews that run the same locomotive day in and day out named their locomotive. Kind of like someone giving their car a name. No name plates though just number plates on the steam engines and glass then plastic number boards on the diesel locomotives. 👍

[@davemick8620]

Check you pronunciation for Hyndman.

[@Railfandepot]

Yeah...that is my fault. I told DeAnn Hyndman is pronounced with a short "i" sound, but I was wrong. All blame goes to me. Thanks for the note. And thanks for watching. -Tim

[@wasatchrangerailway6921]

Hey DeAnn have you got the full length videos of this tasty little piece???

[@Railfandepot]

Of course! "Link in the description" :-) Here it is also: rfd.video/SandPatchSteam Thanks! -DeAnn

[@jamesmorrell2901]

It's a nice video, but I was distracted by the poor sound editing. The sound appears to have been dubbed in after the film was made: there are places in the video where there is only one "chuff" for each turn of the wheels, when in the real world there were four "chuffs" for each revolution of the wheels. This is most evident in the shots that show the wheels and side rods.

[@markantony3875]

B&O EM-1s were never called "Big Emma". That nickname was used for L&N Class M1 2-8-4s.

[@Railfandepot]

The L&N also used that nickname. But, indeed the EM-1's were called by many "Big Emma". In this wiki on the B&O Railroad Museum it even mentions a "Big Emma Battle" between the L&N and B&O "emma" units. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%26O_Railroad_Museum

[@markantony3875]

@@Railfandepot The citation refers to L&N 2-8-4 # 1985 along with C&O 2-6-6-2 # 1309. The citation has nothing to do with a B&O EM-1. Both my grandfather and great uncle were B&O steam locomotive engineers. EM-1s were never called "Big Emma" by anyone on the B&O. If the crews called them anything, they would call them "Mailies" for Mallet (pronounced Ma-lay). Technically, Mallets were compound expansion articulated locomotives, and the EM-1 was a simple expansion articulated locomotive, but the B&O engineers would just call any articulated locomotive on the railroad "Mailies". This whole "Big Emma" debacle started from a Revelation Video years ago when the narrator incorrectly referred to the B&O EM-1 as "Big Emma" confusing it with the L&N nickname for their 2-8-4 locomotives.

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

@@markantony3875 I concur. Furthermore, most of the old heads I knew simply called them "Seventy SIx Hundreds". Never once heard "Big Emma". B&O has taken multiple hits in the fact departments, starting off with the whole "Tom Thumb" embellishment.

[@abhayghosiya8861]

Dda40x locomotive vs sd90mac locomotive Please video

[@Railfandepot]

They are such radically different locomotives, but yet, a video like that would be interesting! -Tim

[@saxonaudio]

8:10 - 836 now there’s something you don’t see everyday.

[@saxonaudio]

8:10 - 8:36.

[@Railfandepot]

@@saxonaudio Yep, a couple of steamers pushing. Notice the vandy tenders? -DeAnn

[@saxonaudio]

@@Railfandepot I noticed them.

[@cjuuljohnston]

🎯👍😎✅

[@hemipatton7799]

GAWD this video be GOOD if not GREAT if the towns were SPELLED RIGHT, and Hyndman PRONOUNCED correctly HINDE-Man is the way its said, and its MEYERSDALE! (Yes I can comment I GREW UP THERE!)

[@Railfandepot]

Yeah, we got the pronunciation of Hyndman wrong. Totally on us. I didn't notice that Green Frog misspelled Meyersdale. On the other hand...great video, right?! -Tim

[@hemipatton7799]

@@Railfandepot Yes I'm only trying to help and yes it IS a GREAT video!