Bicentennial Locomotives - History and Review

[@Pensyfan19]

Incredible job on this masterpiece! Glad to be a part of this massive video, I'll definitely have to rewatch this video again to look into the history of some of the lesser known railroads brought up.

[@jenniferanderson4654]

Hi

[@CaptainJoey63]

Everywhere I look, I see your logo. Maybe it’s time I step up my own game…

[@jordandorsett3106]

You and Amtrakguy365, Thunderbolt 1000 Siren Productions, History in the Dark, and other youtubers are famous

[@sergefeuze9249]

Glad to have you in a video

[@rayh592]

Was lucky enough to catch "old rivets" in this scheme in 1976. Such a beauty! Never thought I would miss Conrail, but here we are.

[@RoyxlPFX]

I don't really care if anyone calls me a stigler for factuality, but I just got a giant OCD shock for that first line alone. They signed the Declaration of Independence on July 2nd, but it didn't go into effect until the famous day, two days later. Also, Seeing #1 and #4449 head to head for a hand-off was just unbelievably cool. Change my mind, I dare you blokes.

[@AustinTheRailfan]

Fun fact NW had a truck trailer painted like NW 1776 and rolling stock paint like NW 1776, too. Virginia Transportation Museum had a sign about them

[@3ftsteamrwy12]

Former active member of The South Carolina Railroad Museum...long before my time in the group, when it was still located in North Charleston SC, they repainted their 50 tom Porter siderod centercab # 76 into a red/white/blue scheme which it wore for almost 10 years after that. Supposedly it was the first museum loco to get a Bicentennial paint job according to the older mebers of the museum who did the work, but I have no other confirmation of this. By the time I knew the old girl and was involved in moving her and the rest of the collection 150 miles noth to Rockton, which is the museums current location (near Wimmsboro, SC) she had by then been repainted into red and black.

[@b.d.cooper8671]

I just find it funny that Norfolk & Western went all out for this as they did a hopper, a semi trailer and an engine in matching schemes.

[@Hunter12396]

I like N&W's livery, but I feel like they misunderstood the assignment, since it's literally just the Confederate flag lol

[@rocketfire6623]

Amtraks responding to people asking what it’s doing. Amtrak: you adopted the flag I was born in it melded by. (Amtrak literally means am-trak as in American-track meaning that’s its name literally means. America track. So. So. ).

[@dfwrailvideos]

T&P 610 is often overlooked in the Freedom Train's history, sadly. 610 was a pretty large part of the tour, doing the entire state of Texas for 4449. 610 has also been ingrained in my history as my grandfather had taken videos of 610 and ATSF 5704 pulling the Freedom Train. Love 610, wish it'd come back.

[@LunaGenYT7905]

610 resides at the TSR and is pulled out for display and put away in the shops around closing time

[@garysprandel1817]

The KCS livery was actually the result of KCS having school kids design the livery through a contest. Have seen railfanning videos of the BRC Loco still wearing bicentennial colors into the mid to late 90s

[@OfficialSEIC2K6]

Bicentennial locomotives for 4th of July. Yes. My personal favorites are GTW #1776, the Baldwin S-12 Bicentennial diesel and the SP #4449. Though the other locomotives are cool too. I like all Bicentennial locomotives.

[@amtrakproductions-mx9ib]

I like every single one Except these 13:02 19:21 19:37

[@OfficialSEIC2K6]

​@@amtrakproductions-mx9ibwhy do you have SPDaylight4449 Yes Rat-A-Tat no's profile picture?

[@amtrakproductions-mx9ib]

Just for memorial

[@bm6chime]

Very nice video man! Not gonna lie I’m happy about the rating of B&M 200 and CV 1776, and B&M 200 is still around to this day. It got renumbered from B&M 212 to 200 for the ‘76 scheme, then as shown was repainted back into the B&M Bluebird. Afterwards it ended up on the KCS as 4012, then renumbered as KCS 2010. I found a photo of it from this year, in service, so we can gladly say another Bicentennial Unit lives on.

[@boston_and_maine]

would be nice to see it preserved back into its original bicentennial paint scheme

[@bm6chime]

@@boston_and_maine I agree. I doubt it'll happen unfortunately with how luck usually draws its hand, but it's a nice thought to hope for, y'know?

[@NotDaender]

CNW also had a small fleet of semi trailers painted silver with Bicentennial stripes. Walthers even sold them in HO scale for a short time!

[@buecomet831]

This deserves more views man since this is really good vid.

[@yankeefist9146]

I've been hoping for a video on the Bicentennial units. Thanks for all of your hard work!

[@nathancorcoran5347]

I have seen three of their steam locomotives before. I have seen Reading T1 2101 at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland back in April 2019, I had saw Texas & Pacific 610 displayed at the Texas State Railroad in Palestine, Texas, and I has saw their Southern Pacific 4449 displayed at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland, Oregon serviceable.

[@MattS_Filmography]

The Chicago West Pullman & Southern is my Grandpa Jim's railroad! He was the president of the railroad for 19 years before retiring in 1978. He later had a pullman named after him, which is still around today stored somewhere in New Jersey.

[@BenBearman]

Santa Fe's *FREEDOMBONNET* Has to be the best one! But in the end, all the liveries that are in the style of the railroad's traditional liveries are the best. Amtrak has identified itself as bicentennial since it was born.

[@BnuuyBoi2005]

Fun Fact: ATSF 5703(Now Rebuild into a SD45-2B) has been bought by a private owner in Kansas City, MO(I think)

[@book1957]

At 13:30 the Ingersoll-Rand boxcab is still in the Bi-Centennial paint at Illinois Railway Museum.

[@stevensolway1054]

NRRM 702 PLYMOUTH 20T., and Aerotrain, on NRRM shortline called "WISCONSIN AND YESTERDAY RR" chosen in 1961 public contest. BUT, the W.&Y.RR. name not used since this 1975 Bicentennial!! Posted in July 2023A.D.

[@dominicwroblewski5832]

Railfanning in the 1970s was interesting, but keep in mind that while we were trackside we could turn on the radio and listen to rock music at it's pinnacle. I remember the bicentennial units well and the BRC loco and caboose that kept the scheme well into the 90s. After watching this video I have the urge to listen to "Frampton Comes Alive" or "One More From The Road" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

[@NASCOrailfan]

CW 102 is now in the Pueblo railway museum fully operational, I do get to work on that locomotive that is including driving, conducting and even washing

[@rbmnrailfan2102]

I love how the longer the video goes the more unhinged Halton gets. Also, 10:44 LOOK MA, IM ON TV!

[@Mildcat743]

2:16 As a fan of the Rock Island, that got a hefty chuckle out of me

[@SCRVRHS]

20:23 our historical society are now the proud owner of that locomotive, glad to see that is one of the better paint schemes.

[@AtlanticPancakes]

Great video! Bicentennial locomotives are a vibe, never knew they were so many edit: the SCL bicentennial unit should've got a 100% quality gurantee -a SCL foamer

[@mikestudioz216]

7:18 if u ask me, Reading 2101 wore the Bicentennial Scheme the Best! Imo

[@mikestudioz216]

I mean, look at that crest on the side!

[@modelrailpreservation]

With the Seaboard unit being the first unit painted in Bicentennial colors, it's no real surprise so many model companies offered units copied from it. Tyco's ALCO C-430 and C-630, as well as their EMD F-7, and oddly, their Sierra Railroad number 3 steam locomotive, all had colors strongly inspired by the Seaboard, though they had no roadname on them. Bachmann and Lionel both offered U-36-Bs and both companies' models rode on EMD Blomberg trucks, so Seaboard inspired Bicentennial colors were no-brainer for them.

[@Zdogcat]

one of the Pittsburg and Shawmut Bicentennial sw 1200 1866 runs on Albany and Eastern with it Bicentennial fully restored

[@surplusgear3545]

Oh yeah I forgot there were bicentennial locomotives in railroads seaboard bad ass one that I like

[@robertlucido3686]

July 4th of the Bicentennial year was when the Crossroads Village and Huckleberry Railroad was opened to the public, I live an hour east of that place. You should do a video on that place

[@stevensolway1054]

At 22:40 WPS 702,NRRM,GBW,PULLING AEROTRAIN, 702 SCRAPPED IN 1997!! BUT BROKE DOWN IN 1987. DIFFERENT MANAGER DESTROYED IT. HI 👋 IN JULY 2023A.D.!!

[@SouRwy4501Productions]

21:18 that’s actually an rsd-1. That looks like one of the ones used by the US army on the Trans-Iranian Railway. The way you can tell is by the way the cab windows taper inwards. That wouldn’t be there on a civilian rsd-1, but it was always there on the military rsd-1s. The reason for this is because of the tight clearances on the Trans-Iranian Railway. The side windows had to be tapered inwards to allow the locomotives to fit through tunnels.

[@ATSF2926Productions]

8:33 "Bluetooth compatability" 💀

[@The_Canadian_Railfan]

im so glad to see someone remembered the Hawaiian railway society plus i think its a cute yet good looking unit

[@sernajrlouis]

Awesome video. Glad you had the Tex Mex locomotive in there😊

[@SouthernerFloridain2006]

Also Southern Had that Sticker on Steam Special Combine 726

[@southsidediy]

Inland Steel 76 is still around. It worked as the shop switcher at NRE Dixmoor for many years. They closed shop a few years ago scrapping or shipping off what was left to other facilities. The former INLX 76 is on plain bearing trucks and somehow ended up at a scrapyard just down the road. I dont know who owns it or if it is being scrapped. A trackmobile was switching cars next to it, but it is perfectly visible behind a fence at 147th and Ashland.

[@GRReport]

Therapist : Don't worry , Non cowled 611 cant hurt you. 5:01 :

[@jordandorsett3106]

7:14 THE BEST! 7:30 Neat! 8:14 Clean cool and amazing 8:31 JUST PERFECT!!!!! (ABSOLUTELY PERFECT)

[@jordandorsett3106]

9:44 THE Crane Wins 🏆

[@jordandorsett3106]

And I knew Baldwin Diesels looked good in Bicentennial Colors

[@jordandorsett3106]

19:29 That is my home diesel (Palm Beach is in Florida)

[@KatyPacific382]

18:00 *YEEEESSSSS!!!!!* THANK YOU! Finally someone talks about Missouri Kansas Texas 200 and the MKT 76 bicentennial caboose. Happily the caboose is preserved, but i dont know what happened to number 200.

[@amtrakproductions-mx9ib]

Maybe she’s in storage

[@KatyPacific382]

​@@amtrakproductions-mx9ibtrue, I think union pacific still has a few former MKT diesel locomotives and freight cars on their roster There's also one that originally worked for the Illinois Central, the Illinois Central Gulf, and The Katy That engine is on the U.S. Sugar railroad along with the only former Gulf Mobile & Ohio locomotive on the U.S. Sugar railroad

[@KatyPacific382]

​@@amtrakproductions-mx9ibGOOD NEWS!!!! 200 is still in use! It's been renumbered to 4005 and it's most recent photo is from 2021

[@KatyPacific382]

25:39 that weird car behind the green Missouri Kansas Texas railroad diesel is a track inspection car numbered 1045. It was the only one made and *it's happily preserved at the Oklahoma railway museum* And fun fact: it's a modified 40ft boxcar

[@tramtrak629]

Yup! The MKT Inspection Car runs on our summer train rides!

[@InventorZahran]

Western Vermont #1776 had the classiest bicentennial livery of them all!

[@michaelimbesi2314]

18:36 It’s not a company. It’s Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane. It’s part of the government. It’s kind of cool that they did their own bicentennial unit

[@nikerailfanningttm9046]

10:08 the trucks on this NW2 are so fucking badass. They were painted WHITE! Now that’s first class work right there!

[@pennsy6755]

So little side history in the Union RR of Pittsburgh bicentennial unit. A really close family friend “Sam Bilak” joined the union round that time and was their Engineman till the around when B&LE was purchased by the C&O. From what he told me, when he was about to retire. A few of his buddies managed to snag a part of 76’s old side door that was still in its 1976 paint which was laying around in storage. Small world huh?

[@Jeisr4207-bc5ui]

Cool

[@didyou555]

You forgot one. The North American Rayon Company No. 1 was dressed up for the occasion. No. 1 is a 0-6-0F (F = Fireless)

[@Bald_Cat2007]

17:12 glad to see my towns railroad got featured

[@stevensolway1054]

At 22:40 702 from WPS at Nrrm pull AEROTRAIN COACHES, in 1975 I made audio cassette tapes of 702 squeaky whistle 😀!!!!! And home movies on 8mm Kodachrome movie film.!! I still have these now in July 2023A.D!! 🏈 GO PACKERS!!! LOL 😂!!!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇸✝️ 🙏 ❤🤍 💙 🏁🏈🚂🚃🚃, TOOT-TOOT!! ALL ABOARD,!! HIGHBALL 👋,!!-!

[@arkie74]

America, FUCK YEAH!!!!!

[@Voucher765]

Especially with the 250th anniversary coming 2 years from now

[@SouthernKansasRailfan]

Fun fact! That Cuyahoga Valley engine also ended up in Hutchison, on the same line as the H&N Steeple I think!

[@Vermontrailfanproduction]

That was such a great video Omg! And I agree with your opinion on the central vermont (no bias of course lol)

[@tylersrailfanningandgaming8168]

Last time i checked that M&H unit is STILL painted like that

[@nikerailfanningttm9046]

2:28 “steam cranes” *proceeds to show a Diesel Crane*

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

You forgot one! And I saw it. And photoed it. Detroit and Toledo Shore Line. D&TSL I saw the EL 3638 and EL/CR 6097. BRC, Monongahela, and several times the DT&I. Honorable mention,,,I saw the BN bicen caboose. Also, crap on the L&N for not participating!

[@maplesyrup_railfan]

So a bit of back story on Grand Trunk Western 1776, it was built as a GP38AC and was originally for the Central Vermont In 1971 as number 5808. The unit would be involved in a wreck around after it was built before being fixed and put back into service as Grand Trunk 5808, In 1976 it would be repainted into the Bicentennial Colors and numbered to 1776. After going on tour the locomotive to my research did pull revenue freight while numbered 1776 until about very early 1977 when it was painted into its original colors and renumbered to 5808 (again). It would serve the railroad even after the Grand Trunk became apart of CN until it was sidelined and retired in 1996 with a bunch of other GTW GP38ACs at the CN Transcona Shops in Winnipeg MB. Fortunately the locomotive was then bought by Locomotive Leasing Partners (LLPX) and renumbered to to LLPX 2216, before heading south across the border it would be outfitted with Dynamic Brakes. It would serve with LLPX in Arkansas until around 2014-2015 when it was then sold to GATX, renumbered to 2253. However it was last photographed in 2015 In service with GATX but currently its location or any other info on it is unknown.

[@masterbadger9408]

12:44 Its Sister engine 7751 is operating!

[@jeffmathias3222]

PPG in Barberton Ohio had a 70 tonner painted for the Bicentennial

[@AlaskaRailroadGuy679]

Alaska Railroad 1512 was painted in a bicentennial livery

[@williamclarke4510]

The steam locomotives used should have been presented in their authentic livery. They are real museum pieces. The locomotives should have been run in their historic livery, adorned with flags and bunting in accordance with commemorative protocol.

[@Railfan124]

The 2101 part hurt my ears

[@typeblaze6557]

Very nice video I do think Atlantic coastline 1776 should have got a stamp of approval though 20:31

[@brianfalzon6739]

Happy 4th of July

[@nathanrailfan4654]

Everywhere I look, i see your logo.

[@Railman1225]

5:20 Pre-Am-Ble. You're welcome.

[@tatecarlson]

I remember my granfparents telling me how the saw the AFT back in late 1975

[@dawolfman6950]

I damn near jumped out of my chair when you said Milwaukee 156 was being saved. Living on the former Milwaukee mainline has given me a MAJOR bias towards it. (eventhoughitwasamismanagedpileofshit)

[@backlash9657]

17:33 my guy that's a puerto rican flag

[@railfanlynx]

if I ever get a GE tonner engine it’s getting a 1976 paint scheme

[@trainzsimulator4013]

Let’s don’t forget Union Pacific had the same situation as Amtrak with their colors being the colors of the flag plus yellow

[@buckyc.9069]

Unbelievable as it may sound, when the 4449 led Freedom Train visited Wichita in 76' the only place they could park it was on the little used, dead end, former mainline of the Midland Valley, acquired by the MoP, via the TP., with the rest of the Muskogee Co. I bet nobody saw that coming.

[@Sleeper____1472]

We have some very different opinions.

[@mylesspear]

24:29 Do I sense a *Bite sized oddity?*

[@danielboone3770]

Incredible trains and locomotives! Love em!

[@dochammer3047]

When you started the music I thought I was watching Top Gear.

[@conroymatthews6776]

6:15 7:13 7:22 12:06 19:21 21:07 22:45 22:49 22:44 22:43 22:47

[@crazyjoe4247]

Pre-am-ball 5:25

[@kristalkat7939]

My favorite Bicentennial locomotive is SP 4449

[@CoalChrome]

Peter dibble also did a video about this

[@Yellowstone216]

7:22 the sound caught me off guard 💀

[@amtrakproductions-mx9ib]

Not to mention passenger cars also got the bicentennial colors although not for the freedom train

[@chessie4]

Can’t wait for 2076

[@SundropStudios199]

I love that remixed top gear theme lol

[@derrickwong5337]

Great show!!!!

[@bungieman2810]

12:57 Who is this nugget? I love him! Also I'm pretty annoyed that the L&N didn't get involved.

[@syeet1234]

Pensyfan19’s part was the best thing ever

[@Pensyfan19]

Thanks

[@mylittlemusical6168]

I like how grand trunk joined in then they are a Canadian company and was incorporated into Canadian National

[@owenjones9659]

5:21 it’s Pre-amble

[@ReadingAreaRailfan]

CSX 7764 isnt the bicentennial unit that one was scrapped in the early 90s 😭 so saaaad depression kicking in

[@MecFan7470]

As a big Maine Central fan I agree very underwhelming on the other hand as a big Boston and Maine fan there scheme is the best

[@TweezersUnlimited]

18:51 Think Northern Plains got it from somewhere else, idk exactly it's history but it might have originated from somewhere else on this list You would love to hear that most if not all of those older units are retired on NPR, and they seem to run almost exclusively old CN cowls between Thief River Falls, MN and Devils Lake, ND.

[@Wildfire86872]

You can still see the name on the side. This belonged to a short line called the Kansas Southwestern that was around from 1991 to 2000, when it was merged into the Central Kansas Ry, which became part of Watco's Kansas & Oklahoma. This was the KSW's standard paint scheme, not a bicentennial.

[@sarahendrix6842]

If anything they should let 844 pull the American freedom train next time a red white and blue 4-8-4 from Union Pacific would be cool either that or 1218 like he said or challenger 3985 so yeah happy Fourth of July

[@santafewarbonnetproductions]

nice job

[@crystalboutte9880]

8:40 what’s now KCS 2010 and I actually caught this locomotive

[@BnuuyBoi2005]

All Hail The American Freedom Train

[@asteroidrules]

It will forever baffle me that one of the hardear bicentennial schemes came from GTW, a Canadian railroad.

[@Steamer96]

That's because Grand Trunk Western is an American subsidiary of Canadian National.

[@curtturner7892]

Where did you get the slide of the Clinchfield Coal SW-6 ? Only one railfan ever shot it, Lon Coone, a Master Photographer.

[@thedesigner00]

Surprise that he didn’t mention that the SP SD45T-2 was wrecked too

[@Trainboytherailfan]

I do have a ho scale spirit of 1776 locomotive

[@HeartLandRailsMedia]

Yes