Ed Painter did a wonderful service for us in documenting the trains in this video! Thanks to Ed, we can see trains pulled by engines that no longer exist loaded with cars from fallen flag railroad. Thank you, Ed Painter, for documenting these trains and for allowing Delay in Block Productions to digitize the VHS tapes for posterity! The portion of the video with the steam locomotives is a remarkable sight. I really enjoyed watching the steam locomotives.
@stephenharvell476 Жыл бұрын
Love seeing his videos from this area and seeing the very spots I take pictures of trains in his videos. I also grew up in liberty and now work in liberty and central so it’s cool seeing the towns as they were before I was born.
@scarecrow45012 жыл бұрын
These are great! That shot of 1218 coming out of the fog...fantastic!!!!
@BradRains2 жыл бұрын
Great footage of the past.
@DanielPRails2 жыл бұрын
High hoods running long hood forward AND 1218? Ed really was able to capture some history here. Thanks for working to share this with us all.
@Trains-With-Shane2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Ed, for sharing this excellent assortment of videos from over the years. Your late 80's videos really resonated with me as that is about the time I first would watch trains with my dad. Not specifically out to watch them, but because it seemed were were constantly getting "stuck" at crossings where I grew up. I very vividly remember seeing similar manifest freight very often, although mostly MKT and Burlington Northern by my recollection. I was doubly blessed by not only seeing the trains but spending those few extra minutes with my dad. Even though he and my mom were together till my father's passing in 2018 he worked hours that weren't the greatest. So even if it was just time with him shuttling us to or from school, out for errands on the weekends, etc. it was time well spent. I see that you and your father shared similar interests in trains. A true blessing to be able to share a hobby with him. And we are blessed by your sharing of your archives with us. And thank you to DIB for the expert narration, information cards, and history as always.
@DelayInBlockProductions2 жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you so much for watching. This is one of the nicest comments we’ve ever received. -Drayton
@nicholasmedovich86912 жыл бұрын
@@DelayInBlockProductions I give credit to Ed for capturing Dash 7 8 9 and 9W plus the high hoods from EMD and GE. 50/10 highballs.
@markkorte79322 жыл бұрын
A much simpler railroad time than the garbage now. What I mean by that is that I miss naked cars without the filth vandalizing has done("art" my big butt). And the car haulers??Not one would get to their destination intact nowadays.Send the time machine my way to go back to the old days. Thanks for the post Ed and Drayton.
@brianbooher73182 жыл бұрын
Shout out to Ed painter that man does not have to share his stuff but he is jus a awesome guy as is delay in block .thank you guys so much for this
@boarsnestnc50802 жыл бұрын
Just flat out unbelievable. Ed's work is so good... honestly, it seems like the same quality of delay in block productions of the time. I don't know how all the connections were made to make this series happen, but I'm very thankful. Thank you Mr. Painter and Delay in Block productions.
@steamgent45922 жыл бұрын
Great 1218 footage! 1218 was the pinnacle of the Southern Steam Program and the best of the locomotives they ever had. Only Southern (ex C&O) 2716 came close behind. Those two were outstanding locomotives.
@paullindberg92302 жыл бұрын
It is truly amazing how time seems to accelerate by. I enjoy all the delay in block productions along with many others that do the thoroful A toZ !
@kittty2005 Жыл бұрын
@ 54:07 A dad was pointing out something to his little son on 1218 when the whistle blew and scared the dickens out of the boy and he turned and ran as fast as he could for the car with his dad running after him, brings back memories of when I was little.
@ChainsawNW12182 жыл бұрын
ChainsawN&W1218, I've heard of Ed Painter,He got some great 👍 footage of NS trains with SRR and N&W engines, high hoods,and running long hood forward, really enjoyed the N&W 1218 and 611 footage, filmed the 611 quite a bit around Radford and Christiansburg VA when NS was still running it on main lines,wish the Virginia Museum Of Transportation would one day be able to restore 1218,love that single note hooter whistle, My Mom is from Greenville SC, I was born there, She met My Dad when He was stationed in the Army down there in the 70s,He is from Galax VA,Southwest VA which is where We live now, film alot in Roanoke VA, Radford Division, Christiansburg District, NS, and My Dad has family in Greenville SC, so I've got to film trains there and in Spartanburg.
@ChadSimplicio2 жыл бұрын
I miss seeing those old SP & TransAmerica tofc's. Goes to show how much times have changed over the 30+ years of American railroading.
@KFoore2 жыл бұрын
Great video. I love watching the old GP38s and SD40-2s with the high hoods and running long hood forward. Ed did a great job videoing those trains all those years ago.
@sdrailfan8922 жыл бұрын
I am looking forward to seeing more of this series. Great combo of Ed's video and your video editing for a wonderful glimpse of the past.
@AGSGuy2 жыл бұрын
So glad Ed records the full train, really helps to get an idea on what to expect on manifests back then when it comes to modeling
@vettebecker12 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the 70’s-80’s, I miss seeing cabooses on end of trains. You had another crew member to wave at as the train rolled by! Also miss seeing the variety of predecessor railroads owned by CSX. How exciting would it be in todays times to see their engines painted in these variety of nostalgic paint schemes or more NS locomotives in southern tuxedo schemes or NW paint!!!!
@markkorte79322 жыл бұрын
The trend lately is doing more heritage locos painted as back in the day
@wrrail2 жыл бұрын
If it's made by Ed Painter, It's worth the wait!
@lowellvillerailfanproductions2 жыл бұрын
1218 that's the one for the steaming Legends from N&W history 👀👀
@Yuhboyluke2 жыл бұрын
Makes me wish I grew up back then so bad
@tomschmidt31652 жыл бұрын
What a great historical record this film is. Thanks for posting.
@SamLovesTrains2 жыл бұрын
Really love the old footage! Nice stuff.
@tatecarlson2 жыл бұрын
I love the shot of N&W disappearing into the fog, like a ghost of a forgotten era when fire-eating monsters roared down the line and with a whistle that let cried out in the mountains and valleys as it dragged 150 50-ton coal cars up the steep mountain grades, and lol I find it amusing that even in the 1990s NS was still using bay window cabooses
@MemphisSubRailfan2 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Definitely one of the coolest compilations I’ve seen from that era. It shocks me how much 1218 just sounds like some sort of rail beast with that whistle.
@arthurschipper89062 жыл бұрын
Man I love the vintage stuff. Speaking of vintage, went under a RxR overpass today in Salem, OR that still wears the Southern Pacific Lines badge. Pretty cool.
@michaelwaters32712 жыл бұрын
This is amazing I’m actually a police officer in central sc and a life long resident. It’s great to see videos showing how it looked back then! Thank you Ed! This is great!
@jonathanmoor70352 жыл бұрын
awesome thank you for your service
@general51042 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir for your service!
@icecold19502 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Thanks for airing it 👍👍
@conrailmow2 жыл бұрын
That was a freaking great video I cant wait to see more.
@RFMCabooseNP17132 жыл бұрын
Great video as always.
@John-wd5om2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for an amazing video ed and Drayton, especially the 1218 footage, we are so lucky that ed documented it all! Keep up the good work and I can't wait for the next one😀
@brianfalzon67392 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's awesome! Only 611 returned to steam in 2015 because of help from the Fire Up 611 Campaign, but it's sad that nobody gave 1218 another chance to run and operate again, hope someone finds her a good home to run somewhere. Great job btw!
@reddog-ex4dx2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ed for sharing these with us. Did anybody else notice that their was no graffiti on any of the cars?
@mattbrennan85242 жыл бұрын
Thanks to Ed and you folks for sharing these great videos from the past. I too was struck by the total lack of graffiti. It will be interesting to see when and how fast graffiti appears to become a dominant RR feature as more of Ed's videos are shared.
@general51042 жыл бұрын
As a matter of info, the Radio Cars were in short in length, red box-cars and had a white top on them. The white wrapped around and down about 6" onto the sides and ends of the box-cars. They had Two antennas staggered across from one another on both ends of the top of the roof and 1 about midway. (it was for the voice radio) There were Two big steel walled cases, about 4 feet high, welded to the floor and filled with concrete, to make the car more stable. Both ends of the car had radio equipment in it and a T-Rack radio for voice communication. Several switches were on the lockable panels, to match the head-end device on the Locomotive. You had to unlock the box and set the proper code. Seems like a wall-switch type set-up. Up was A and Down was B, then the next switch Up was C and Down was D, and so on. It was also an equipment locker. It had replacement air hoses and knuckles, a towing cable, a hammer and a big wrench and a big wrench like a pipe-wrench but it had smooth flat jaws. It was equipped with batteries and was well lit. It also had an axle generator. It seems it was for charging the batteries. The Radio Lab that came up with that technology was located in the Southern Railway Locomotive Shop area and had at least three technicians working in there most of the time. They were all geniuses.
@danieldoyle96592 жыл бұрын
Very cool. Love the trains but also like checking out the old cars in the background.
@rogermccraney81192 жыл бұрын
My hats off to ya ED and to Delay in block productions.👍🏻
@SlaterDozierRailroadMedia2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video as always! I was in Central and Seneca this past Sunday filming trains on the way back to Greenville. A lot has changed over the years but the Greenville District and Charlotte District are both good lines to railfan.
@carmichaeltrainproductionc96632 жыл бұрын
I appreciate and painter sharing his footage just text me back in time and I enjoy watching this video!!
@Bongofurry2 жыл бұрын
Excellent footage ! Nothing like the sound of a steam whistle ¿
@mackenziezimmerer79262 жыл бұрын
Never would have imagined how the early to mid 90's would be an era's end. Railroading had luster and lore and intrigue.
@roberttrains86962 жыл бұрын
Good video Drayton
@stewarttrains982 жыл бұрын
Great stuff in this video. Miss the days when we had many options to photograph and cars not covered in urban art.
@monstrok2 жыл бұрын
Such great footage!! Thanks Ed and DIB!
@norfolksoutherntrainguy58572 жыл бұрын
Old school just how I like it
@rogermccraney81192 жыл бұрын
Great video of a great railroad at one time.
@1044fan2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations from Austria. I like this old videos 👍🏻
@nicholasmedovich86912 жыл бұрын
Hats off to Ed. Credit him for capturing the Dash 2, SD GP, Uboats, Dash 7, 8, 9 9W and high hoods and low nosed units. 10/10 highballs
@dancer12 жыл бұрын
Cool
@alcopower57102 жыл бұрын
Excellent content….. thanks for sharing 👍
@jacksalvin3642 жыл бұрын
Meet Ed Painter.
@cadenmcmexican79992 жыл бұрын
Ah I love seeing Norfolk Southern’s too early days. I feel like their isn’t enough documentation about it. But thank goodness for Ed’s document everything philosophy and Draytons professional high quality narrations
@andrewcrumb80272 жыл бұрын
1:03:33 You know, when my family and I were in Pennsylvania for our summer vacation back in July 2021, we took a side trip to the Strasburg Railroad on Thursday the 15th, and to my surprise, Norfolk and Western #611 was there. Although we've never got to ride on her, on account that they run her on weekends, I was glad I saw her when I did. That was a day I would never forget. Then I later learned that the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia was in partnership with the Strasburg Railroad.
@Southern69002 жыл бұрын
I live in the Charlotte area and on this same ns main, and I’m stunned by the difference of motive power and train variety from today.
@NW-gi1cp2 жыл бұрын
1218 moment
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@bryanmarshall8124 Жыл бұрын
Solid gold! Wonderful footage.
@northpennvalleysteamrailroad2 жыл бұрын
Awesome 😎
@trainsbreath65172 жыл бұрын
Nice👍
@mpedward22 жыл бұрын
Nice to see un tagged and painted up with garbage original Southern and N&S cars. Back when things were “ normal” great video!
@ashleydorsey2538 Жыл бұрын
I wish this is what modern railfanning was like
@Nicola6361282 жыл бұрын
Awesome video documented by this railfan Ed; is there a reason why many locomotives were oriented by the long hood?
@fakecumberland2 жыл бұрын
Great stuff! One suggestion: Don’t talk over the locomotives, especially a U30C. We can’t capture that sound now.
@ShahzadKhan-qj6ge2 жыл бұрын
Good
@kittty2005 Жыл бұрын
@ 39:03 Considering the length of the triple crown train and one loco was pulling, I'd guess the load was bags of shipping peanuts, for crying out loud, LOLOLOL.
@RailsOfTheSouthProductionsАй бұрын
10:30, must’ve been a deadhead crew in that 3rd unit as you can hear that units Leslie 5T get a couple taps as it rolled under Ed.
@michaelhollingsworth46882 жыл бұрын
Is there any videos of 611 excursions on Saluda grade from 92 to 94
@DanvilleDistrictRailfan2 жыл бұрын
If you look it up on KZbin there's 2 videos that come up at the top I found
@Leoferroviadoaco2 жыл бұрын
I arrived just now wonderful here in Brazil there is not this type of ttem
@milepost48462 жыл бұрын
I don't think 35 was heading back to Spartanburg, it was southbound in the scene. Maybe returning to Seneca or Toccoa back then? Looks like Seneca was a lot more used for setting off cars back then.
@rcravincase2 жыл бұрын
Here i thouht that mid units were a relatively new concept.
@DelayInBlockProductions2 жыл бұрын
Railroads have been using mid-train units since the late 60s. They were all radio-controlled until the early 2000s.
@arthurschipper89062 жыл бұрын
And you need to explain the triple crown consists to me
@anthonyventi3622 жыл бұрын
Drayron you know what I noticed that piggyback service parts of manifest but do noticed that today we see containers and manifest mixed together hmm
@rogerlollar43252 жыл бұрын
#fireup1218!
@briandickerson970 Жыл бұрын
Notice that the rolling stock from the 1980's is not covered in graffiti. What happened?