Vintage B&O Steam with Pacing Scenes!

[@Voucher765]

The footage of the President Washington being paced was shot in 1956 by Doc Blackburn who used a tripod pointed out of his sedan.

[@stevew270]

Love the speeds they were allowed to run back then. And the old Kaiser at 4:14!

[@rayvaul3539]

Steve W Yes, indeed. They were quite fast... no... VERY fast. Hmm... I wonder how fast they can really go... 🤔

[@bobpaulino4714]

On time and on sectional rail !!

[@maxwellwalcher6420]

@@bobpaulino4714 what Pacific you like on the b&o

[@maxwellwalcher6420]

@@rayvaul3539 what Pacific you like.

[@ChadQuick270W]

Hell yes! Great footage here of the B&O's Louisville line. A older gentleman told me they used to make 80mph on this line back in the day but I never believed him. Turns out he was correct. What shame this line is all gone now. You would never know there was even a line here. The last through freight was May 14, 1981 and the line was pulled up from Nabb north shortly thereafter. Nabb to Charlestown was abandoned in 1995. Now what's left is a 10mph spur. Thanks much for posting.

[@LSDChuck]

@ 1:57 the P7 5300 President Washington was the engine my Great Grandfather ran it was saved from the scrapyard and is now sitting in the B&O museum in Baltimore Maryland the only P7 class left

[@barronzm]

What was your Grandfather's name? I live in Baltimore and look after 5300 from time to time.

[@bskipper8980]

My great grandfather also operated this train when he worked the turn table in dc. A few years before he passed away we took him to the b&o museum and he swore he could still drive her.

[@barronzm]

That is fantastic! I bet he had some stories.

[@rainalooschen6501]

Chuck Kelchner the

[@rayvaul3539]

Cool. I’m sure he would love to see the 5300 under steam again some day. If and when that happens.

[@caspert79]

Truly amazing caption and excellent video transcription !!!!!!!! You can perfectly relive the glorious ol'days of steam at their best.May be it was my dad and I riding that train. When P7's sped up there were only second to PRR'sK4 Pacifics. Inspirational for modeling also with HW cars .Black & white is for steam era. Carlos Bernasconi Overijse Belgium

[@maxwellwalcher6420]

what did yo like on the b&o.

[@jacksalvin364]

1:57 B&O Pacific #5300 was saved from scrapped line with Mikado #4500.

[@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702]

Both locomotives we're saved.

[@jacksalvin364]

That's right.

[@ThatYankeeKid]

Wow, that's some pacing shot. Excellent video.

[@GreatNorthernUnofficialChannel]

And the railyard shot.... I compare it to the bnsf yards I have seen many of in my childhood, the only difference being... the abundance of steam, and way cleaner diesels. Beautiful shot.

[@ChadQuick270W]

That was near Marysville, Indiana along Highway 3. The last through freight ran May 14, 1981 and the line was removed from Nabb to North Vernon shortly thereafter. The Louisville Branch was a speedway for sure.

[@09JDCTrainMan]

B&O 5300 is definitely amazing, and has high tractive effort for a Pacific type. I like that about her. :) B&O P-7s FTW!

[@Voucher765]

Probably the best passenger locomotive made ever in my opinion.

[@buntik1687]

Very nice video. I wish i had the entire thing.

[@ufoengines]

I'm just old enough that I saw stuff like this when I was three years old and my pa worked for American Steel. A true thrill when we were able to give a steamer a chase in our 1954 Ford. This vid works really well for me with a German Techno Dance Music sound track for Shoutcast. Yahoooooooo!

[@STho205]

This is the only color footage I've seen of the 5400 and 5310' series Pacific's built or refitted during the war from parts. The blue-black paint in the late 40s and center headlight set them off from all the prewar P7s still in their earlier configuration like the Pres. Washington, typically shown in that 1930s passenger green.

[@itmcbhpbgf.6374]

upwards of 80 MPH...?? it looked like it was doing 90+ MPH & GAINING!!! if you're wondering why i said that, it's because i looked at the drive rods. they looked like they were getting faster!! goes to show that if you were pacing one of B&O's P7 pacifics, you'd BEST get ready to RUN, and FAST too. @1:57, the B&O 5300 (President Washington) pacing intro was an intro to a GREAT pacing clip. oh, how i'd pay to pace B&O 5300, L&N 152 & PRR 1361 in a high speed triple header...

[@victoriacyunczyk]

Don't forget PRR 460 and 6755

[@anasiacameronelijahedcpndc4324]

It should be a pacific tripleheader, not a quintuple header with an Atlantic and a mountain type steam locomotive. The tripleheader is only for 4-6-2s.

[@thatconservativetrainguy3864]

And to think Amtrak can only do about 70 mph in most of the us.....

[@maxwellwalcher6420]

@@anasiacameronelijahedcpndc4324 WHAT Pacific you like.

[@qwondoflex]

Love it.

[@quasimoto7662]

I never noticed this but at the start of the Willard yard tour we see a former b&m 4-8-2. Kinda cool

[@yrfmcire]

Willard is in north-central Ohio, a hour south of Lake Erie. Willard yard is a classification yard with an east bound and west bound hump. I live half a mile from the yard.

[@erneal4961]

Awesome video. Thanks for posting!

[@mercuryoak2]

I see why Tyco/Mantua used this pacific type for their ho scale trains beautiful and powerful locomotives. I'm glad i have 3 of them but Painted for my layout railroad but same body casting type as these locomotives

[@Hendo56]

#5300 is preserved at the B&O Train Museum in Baltimore.

[@RXBA3U5]

This is the good stuff! Thanks.

[@JohnHorvath42]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[@jasperedwards81]

I just watched some modern pacing scenes of vintage British steam locomotives racing along the M5 and while the video quality of the new ones is much better, the thrill is the same. It must have been absolutely thrilling to have filmed this as it happened, especially setting up a tripod in the backseat of a car to get the pacing shots. Kudos to both the modern Brits and the guy who filmed this.

[@thomasavensjr.2790]

Very enjoyable to observe the scene pacing alongside the steam powered passenger train, the B&O rr had some very attractive passenger trains such as the "Royal Blue" and the "Capitol Limited" which helped make the railroad famous for their passenger service.

[@jasperedwards81]

I can feel the power of the locomotives in this pacing scene just as much as in the recent British ones notwithstanding the difference in video technology.

[@herronrailvideo1169]

The photographer was Dr. Howard Blackburn not Donald. You can buy the DVD "Reflections of American Railroading" from Herron Rail Video.

[@yrfmcire]

The tracks north to Sandusky have been removed long ago, the tracks south are owned & operated by Ashland Railway. Willard was originally called Chicago Junction in 1874, then renamed in 1917 after B&O president Daniel Willard.

[@manga12]

ohh p7 5300 live, the ledgendary president class of the B&O that makes me soo happy to see it though the video of rail history when it was alive, and to know it is preserved many of the locos today that are around dont have footage of them actually running, it is really too bad none of the T3s or the em1 that was to be saved made it to mount claire, though the city of Garrett Indiana did try to raise funds to buy one and preserve but they just did not have the funds and all of the t3s were cut up, too bad considering it was a T class that pulled the last official steam train of the era on the b and o from chicago to willard and back and that marked the end officially though there were other special trains like the freedom train and chessie steam special, and one time just before the old passenger depot was torn down Malwalki road 261 came though on its way west and sat overnight, I could not belive how big it was it dwarfed the ones in the theme parks I had seen, and how big its wheels were.

[@deloreanman14]

Awesome!!

[@UnIonPacCheyenne]

@caspert79 I would rate the B&O P7 ahead of the PRR K4. They were were a better design, and way more powerful than the K4.

[@Ray-os2wv]

UnIonPacCheyenne as a fan of the Pennsy, I would have to agree.. 😂😂

[@victoriacyunczyk]

The K4 had the advantage in mountainous terrain, on single-track lines and in commuter service. The P7 was best suited for the more flat runs of the B&O and for heavier trains. Locomotives were designed with the specific railroad in mind, other than the USRA engines.

[@Voucher765]

@@victoriacyunczyk The P7 class are modified USRA heavy 4-6-2s and were meant for the Jersey City-Philadelphia route in which the B&O at that time was in competition with the Reading and CNJ.

[@glorialotz3333]

P7 was a much later design. PRR had just about finished building K4's when the P7 came out.

[@ImpossiblyBlack]

It's nice to see 5300 doing what it did best.

[@junkdeal]

4:06 That thing was...with the program!!

[@TheZeke1974]

The B&O and the NKP ran steam a lot longer than most other railroads.....

[@itmcbhpbgf.6374]

so did N&W.

[@09JDCTrainMan]

So did UP and DM&IR

[@quasimoto7662]

Wish this was 70 years later

[@aggreychirchir8685]

The b&o 4500 are a good thing that I think 🤔 😄 and the best for you bro

[@brianfalzon92]

Well, 5300 is in good condition! But why not have her return to the rails as an excursion locomotive? Oh and don't forget about Mikado 4500, she is in good condition too, so why not have both 5300 and 4500 operating together?

[@drby0788]

5300 should be running the rails. It's a shame no b&o engines are operational

[@Ray-os2wv]

Was the President Washington and the engine rolling thru the yard wearing a 3 or 6 chime? I think both sound tremendous but have to go with the six.

[@drby0788]

B&O 6 chime

[@JoeRailfan]

The color footage of B&O 5300 (Baldwin, 1927) ranks among the best steam chases I've ever seen. Running like the wind! And is that original sound or was it dubbed in later? The narration is in error: the road between Marysville and Charlestown, IN is Indiana state highway 3, not US 52.

[@drby0788]

Sounds authentic to me. The timing on the whistle blows is what convinced me.

[@johncroucher2605]

The first part is along hwy 62 where the tracks run past the old Indiana Army Ammunition Plant before Charlestown. The tracks the go north through Charlestown. At the north end of Charlestown, the tracks start running close to hwy 3 again all the way to Marysville. I own the property in Nabb where the train stopped.

[@thomasblack736]

What’s the next show that has Steam related? Steam Railroads of the South Central 1991-2016!

[@stephenbrown9266]

Which bridge in Parkersburg was The Cincinnatian crossing?

[@War1109]

Are there any recordings of the cincinnatian whistles

[@45x45bw]

a week to go back to the 50's? i would want a year to go back to the 50's and see all these wounderful pieces of work, especialy the Big Boy, i would oh so love to see one of those in working order and thundering down the track

[@h1aa]

Steam locos at speed. Is there anything better?

[@rayvaul3539]

Would be cool if the non-streamlined version of the P7 would be added to the K&L Trainz roster or commission que. Would be nice to have the locomotive along with those beautiful white and blue Pullman heavyweight passenger cars. 🙂 I sure wish the #5300 would run again. I think she deserves it. Who agrees with me?

[@Voucher765]

@Raival Ravual I would like to see someone fire up the beast again so it can do trips here in the east

[@anasiacameronelijahedcpndc4324]

Yeah, They need to restore it to operation so it will pull excursions for the 200th anniversary of the B&O Railroad on July 4, 2028. And it will be painted diamond to commemorate the occasion just like CB&Q 5632 did when she was painted gold to commemorate the occasion in 1964. There will also be some B&O locomotives that were extinct running for the 200th anniversary of the B&O. Like a replica of 0-4-0ST #98, a next member of a 0-8-0, and a replica of a Cincinnatian streamliner.

[@tazofboyds]

Very nice, the B&O Museum will have to make a deal with Amtrak to get high speed passenger service pulled by a locomotive like this??? Not quite the same at only 20 mph. Anyone notice the shiny paint on the diesel? My model railroad empire tends to have shiny paint... :-) Thanks for posting

[@victoriacyunczyk]

The diesels were fairly new at the time.

[@brianfalzon92]

Well I know since they cannot on CSX, but why not have both of them run on NS rails instead? Then they would've been part of the Norfolk Southern Steam Family! TVRM is almost done with Southern 4501 and 610 needs to be next in line and 630 is already back in service!

[@rayvaul3539]

Wait, did you say 610? Like the Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 #610, or is it that 2-8-0?

[@heartlandrails]

what America once was.

[@paulnicholson1906]

Yeah, grimy, polluted and dangerous but cool anyway.

[@Hendo56]

Actually, they both need work. The Museum had both of them on their "endangered list". Looking at both engines close up just last week, there is a lot of rust and eaten away metal and what look like frozen bolts. If they actually did a total restoration, there would be no place to run them. CSX has made quite clear they have no interest in steam excursions. And there's the issue of running 2 irreplaceable steam locomotives from their collection.

[@hotrod347]

@4902STEVEN you and me both. i've often said i was born in the wrong era. i shoulda been born of the times of 29 fords, steam engines, and big band/swing. rather than 1985.

[@Voucher765]

This was shot in the 50's when cars were aerodynamic and Rock was popular.

[@Trainboy452]

Caitlin!

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

@Whitney Allemand That's Connor.

[@paulmishler402]

@@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory Connors a nyc hudson

[@travelingman484]

When we were an America first society.

[@sebastianmarconi2855]

2:07...who would have thought, that the President Washington would survive into preservation, at the time of this video?

[@09JDCTrainMan]

+Sebastian Marconi Yeah, the railroad decided not to scrap her and send her to the Museum along with Q-3 #4500 (the world's first USRA locomotive) and an EM-1, but unfortunately the EM-1 got scrapped before that happened.

[@rayvaul3539]

09trainfan Darn those scrappers! 😠

[@infaredxkingz8786]

I'm sorry, is Baltimore and Ohio bought by Norfolk and western or something?

[@markantony3875]

No

[@Voucher765]

I would consider 5300 and all other P7s to be truly a United States locomotive as it's named the President Washington.

[@rayvaul3539]

B&O5300 I agree. But, the B&M #3713 has that title. It is under restoration to operate and pull excersions at Steamtown, Scranton, PA right at this moment! Can’t wait to ride behind her some day! 🤗

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

How the hell did the car keep up with that train? Reckless driving.

[@kc4cvh]

1:40 Talk about your air pollution!

[@darkchaotix1productions326]

Technically, it isnt as bad as pollution from factories, or throwing garbage everywhere

[@leslie0965]

steam steam steam was born to late

[@divanola]

Railporn at its best !

[@sgtredbluered]

Those drivers are just a blur....

[@amtrakproductions-mx9ib]

100th comment

[@OHNC93]

hauling ASSSS!

[@locojohn6637]

Luv this video! B&O was a fine rail operation. Can anybody recognize the two Alco FA-2 road numbers in this vid?