K&L Trainz C&O J3a Greenbrier Promo (Official)

Take a step back to September of 1980 and follow the inaugural run of the Chessie Safety Express. We then move forward to January of 1985 as we chase one of the test runs for the ACE 3000 Project. Special guest Dave Drui from Pentrex narrates this action packed video!
For more information visit: www.KLtrainz.com
0:00 Intro
1:43 Camden Yards
3:27 Baltimore City Limits
3:49 Thomas Viaduct
4:42 Hanover
4:54 Point of Rocks
5:17 Harpers Ferry
6:45 The Runby
8:16 Huntington
9:55 Barboursville
10:27 Hurricane
10:46 St. Albans
11:00 The fate of the ACE3000
11:57 Meadow Creek
12:13 Credits
12:43 For More Information

[@TownshendSmash]

First of all, at 7:53, that red car's licence plate says "LED ZEP." And the blue car to the right of that has one that reads "PINK FLD." Major coo-dos to the devs for that. Second, I love the screen-shaking effect you adding when the train passes. It adds a great feel.

[@kleiner851]

Oh my god, i didn't see that!

[@LeviBooker]

Not only the fact that y'all brought 614 to trainz, but the fact that you also got Dave Drui to narrator for you is amazing. Outstanding work Steve and Bill!

[@tyjackson6466]

If the 614 was here here today it would have good publicity. Also is trains still playful

[@tyjackson6466]

Playable

[@maxm2317]

I'm astounded that you got Dave Drui to narrate this video, Steve!

[@KLTrainz]

Me too!

[@ThomasFan3751]

K&L Trainz You seriously got the voice of Pentrex to narrate the promo? I'm actually impressed.

[@colbylawson5331]

You haven't see crap yet until you hear Les Jarrett's voice. His narration of various railfanning films is impressive. K&L Trainz should have him narrate some of their new promos!

[@Kanefan701]

Hopefully 614 does return one day. She's one of the finest 4-8-4 Lima locomotives ever built.

[@saxonaudio]

Agreed.

[@mattskey1]

I agree

[@ToledoRails]

The model of the 614 is simply amazing, animated couplers, bell, and an excellent bark out the stack, you guys have taken the bar to a whole new level! Keep up the awesome work!

[@peterrosenquist]

4:37 I biked over that crossing!

[@RailsofMichigan]

Of all the 4-8-4s running today and ones being restored she is the one I want to see return to rails some day.

[@alexpaumen3937]

RailsofMichigan Agreed

[@kyleschessiecumberlanddivi5581]

RailsofMichigan 100% agreed.

[@ronanvave560]

@Dylan Connolly I know about it. The guy's thinking of making it environmentally friendly by making it run on natural gas. I think in my opinion is insulting for an excursion star and a steam locomotive.

[@ronanvave560]

@Dylan Connolly The reason why I said "guy" was because I forgot his name. Anyway, it's better off to burn oil. That means it can go to other places where coal burners can't.

[@ronanvave560]

@Dylan Connolly I haven't been on the website, I've learnt about its restoration on locomotive Fandom wiki.

[@JustAGigolo1985]

Ain't no way this is 8 years ago someone needs to wake me up I swear man. The graphical difference on the products as well as the videos from then and now is astounding.

[@JessicaTTG]

I knew that voice sounded familiar.....

[@lukefarmer4239]

His voice is from Steam Across America, a 2000's film.

[@anhkietduongdo]

It's Dave Drui from Pentrex.

[@ducky_studioz]

What 765

[@pilsudski36]

4500 tons unassisted up a grade - holy smokes!

[@stewartschweers672]

You've just earned a subscriber

[@karenlopez4253]

Fantastic locomotive, fantastic scenery, fantastic narrator. Keep up the great work!

[@jacobditmars8414]

I personally think CSX should re-employ the use of 614 as a freight locomotive to keep proveing the ace 3000, or any modern steam project, are a viable alternative. Amazing model guys.

[@seanurbik4092]

I'll drink to that!

[@fredboiandfriends5486]

I think we all would drink to that

[@nantania6521]

It’s good but the problem is that the 614 was designed for passenger service not freight. Maybe CSX should restore a Kanawha?

[@BuckeyeNationRailroader]

Actually, you made a little Mistake. When Ross E. Rowland Jr was in the process of the ACE 3000 Project, he didn't think that steam had been retired to early... Ross Rowland new that it had been statistically proven that the steam locomotive (Specifically the 4-8-4's) could haul more freight less locomotive. With the price of oil skyrocketing, Ross Rowland offered the ACE 3000 Project as a cheaper and more effective way to haul trains. He didn't once think about steam being retired to early, he wanted to find the railroads an alternative fuel source and quickly.

[@maxwellsteam5810]

Ross Told me in an Interview i had with him that during the ACE 3000 project, the tempature got so low one day, that the fuel in the diesel locomotives froze, 614 was the only train to go over the division that day.

[@alexpaumen3937]

I love your content because it's the only content that has worked consistently.

[@KLTrainz]

Thanks. It's hard to keep everything updated to the latest builds of the game. I do the bulk of the work myself so it gets pretty overwhelming.

[@alexpaumen3937]

Plus N3V and Auran themselves should hire you to make content. IT'S THAT GOOD!

[@JohnG0514]

Could You guys do Western Maryland Shay #6 from Cass but make it freeware plz

[@Henriqueleal0609]

@@JohnG0514 commission it then lol

[@JohnG0514]

@@Henriqueleal0609 There already is one bro

[@GreenbeanProductions]

Will there be a 10 year anniversary for 614? It would be cool to see one. With it showing it in C&O service, and the NJT excursions or a lil brief of what could have been the GPE.

[@mattskey1]

Good point

[@Jimrblxpeons]

That's exactly the same thing I want to see in her anniversary video!

[@larrywilcox4625]

I wish to see this steam train running again

[@brandonoconnor1079]

My grandparents house is right by the C&O mainline and I remember running outside in the snow to watch the 614 pulling those heavy coal cars to Hinton. This video brings back happy memories of watching this locomotive with my grandpa!

[@AtlasEnvironments]

K&L Trainz, Ever thought of ever remastering old locomotives to look like the T:ANE Kanawha or NKP models? They look extremely realistic and with the smoke and lighting engine. It would be revolutionary for trainz if this happened. Ik you got like years of work to do.

[@trainroomgary]

A lot of excellent graphics & prototypical sound. • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway.

[@wurlitzer1538]

Really nice. Everything is spot on from the appearance to the sounds!

[@Quintesson05]

This video was so awesome it brought tears to my eyes!

[@Toaster844]

Just bought this beautiful model of 614 can’t wait to use it!!

[@FellowManofAggieland]

I would like to see C&O #614 back in action. Hopefully in its Greenbrier Presidential Express paint job.

[@bobashenbrener8172]

Simply amazing! Outstanding attention to detail.

[@popcorncolonel726]

Me: Are you sure the coaches should be this bright? Them: Yes, yellow good. More yellow. Me: Aight

[@GordonJordanGJ4797]

This is my ultimate favorite 4-8-4

[@MrHooves89]

great video! thanks for sharing.

[@BuckeyeNationRailroader]

Here is my thing, could the DDa40x carboy design be used to help build the ACE3000? The DDa40x is long enough that you could have a tender, boiler, and electric equipment on the same frame. Also you could have 2 sets of the 4-8-2 wheel arrangment on the ACE 3000, and the underbody fuel tank could be filled with the water.

[@rafe5556]

I like these documentary style videos.

[@rique_.leal.]

this is perfection

[@OneTrueThomasFan]

Baltimore, Maryland?! The Thomas Viaduct! I grew up around those places!!!

[@muhammadfadhiil3430]

Greenbrier 614 : CHESSIE SAFTEY EXPRESS COMING THROUGH! Gordon: Express coming through!

[@dfaircloth30]

It would be really nice if CSX would allow excursions on the old B&O line between Baltimore & Cumberland. It would draw crowds because of the enormous railroading history between those two spots: B&O Roundhouse in Baltimore, the Viaduct, Harpers Ferry, B&O Roundhouse & Shop Facility in Martinsburg, Hancock Yard, & Cumberland Train station where the Western MD is would be great. The fact that the two roundhouses are the only two left standing in the US of their type (one in Martinsburg being the only one left in the world of its design).

[@justahillbilly7777]

I thought I recognized the narrator's voice! I was surprised when you got Pentrex's narrator for the video.

[@KLTrainz]

When I called him and spoke to him before we worked on the project, it was like having my own Pentrex conversation! It was awesome! We talked about 3 hours......2 minutes of that was about trains, the rest was about drums and music lol

[@justahillbilly7777]

From trains straight to drums and music. I've always wondered how people can go from talking about one thing then to another completely unrelated thing in a conversation. One of those things right?

[@shandrikamatthews3637]

Are you going to make about big boy

[@blairterry9435]

Wow! Hey could you try and make a NYC J1-e class Hudson and have David narrate the vide or Danny Harmon narrator of Hareron Rail DVDs. Tell the story of New York Central 5344 the final J1-e Hudson the Railroad bought from Alco.

[@davidjames8613]

@@KLTrainz I want to meet him

[@trainmaster1548]

Wow your most popular video has my all time favorite steam locomotive.

[@shoebillstonk]

Omg this Narrator was my Chilldhood!

[@travelingman484]

This is trul a great way to enjoy some engines that may no longer be around.

[@masonhoven8588]

Awsome job 👍👍 on narrating

[@trainknut]

Good god, this is just like a Pentrex film.

[@peytonboyd8829]

I love Dave drui he’s the best narrator

[@frozone-yeah]

What the narrator said from 11:30 to 11:41 is what I hope will be true, it's never too late to believe and in my opinion steam is sooooooooo much better than diesel. It's much more alive. 🚂💨

[@K9Nick811GAMES]

Later steam locomotive designs, such as the Berkshires, Northerns, etc. generated more horsepower as they went faster, and diesels don't do that. And Nickel Plate 765 is rated for 4500 horsepower, which is 100 more than a typical GE ES44, and about as much as a typical EMD SD70ACe.

[@mikeytrains1]

God DAMN that's a foamer thing to say! Despite my love for steam such as yourself, there is no way steam will ever tread the rails as the main power. The environmentalists would jump at it IMMEDIATELY.

[@trainfan-ks5hk]

Ya it’s true but if we some how found a way to burn coal cleaner and more efficient maybe they could make a comeback in secret that is after all I do love the earth but i any about to go tattlin about her most impressive form of rail power that was quite dirty is back

[@peytonboyd8829]

Just imagine steam engines coming by daily

[@NOVARailandWeatherEnthusiast]

FLNY Mike sadly, your correct. Makes me really want to get rid of all liberals. I can’t stand the EPA.

[@jraybay]

No idea how I got here but enjoyed it lol

[@KLTrainz]

Glad you enjoyed it! :D

[@damayantikoli465]

I Love the 614 for its green 💚 color

[@Masire0009]

First scene looks REAL.

[@sirbarongaming2138]

Man, I was born in the wrong era, this is what I want to see fly by my neighborhood and town at all hours of the day.

[@TRONDROM]

Hey guys I went to the Philadelphia Expo Center Train Show of 2020. I got this card that led me to to this website with Dave Drui called Anchor Videos.

[@nickelplate7652]

you guys should expand to mobile devices. I love all of these engines!!

[@KLTrainz]

if there was a way, we would.

[@crispy9542]

they cant do that, since n3v are the ones that decide what dlc they add into mobile, and they only put dlc from trains that are on the download station for the pc versions of trainz, stuff they made, or stuff from places that make dlc for them, such as 3dzug and ocemy. they dont put dlc in from third parties like k&l trainz, but k&l trainz's locomotives are high quality, so it would be cool to see them on mobile

[@CSXT8482]

What's the name of that Girder bridge to the right seen in the run by shots? And the thing holding it up?

[@kaseyleitchnextgen3281]

Shame that the ACE 3000 project was cancelled. They even had plans for “modern” steam locomotives with diesel faces and duplex drive.

[@TailsFan369no2]

Hey K&L, If you can visualize Pennsylvania's version of the N&W As, why not make the ACE 3000 yourselves?

[@samuelfarris1949]

It's a pity that the wide variety of C&O's steam roster was not reflected in the railroad's preservation policy. But, like it was on British Railways, the emphasis was on attention to historic accuracy. Practically all of C&O's steam roster prior to 1941 underwent significant alterations during their service lives, and were overlooked strictly by this. If it had not been for the 1952 Logan, West Virginia celebrations, Ten Wheeler 377 would not have still been around, to make a point.

[@AwacsThunderhead90]

I want the loco and route !!!!!!

[@certifiedtrainboy]

What types of cameras do you use for your promos?

[@alexpaumen3937]

Someone was on the Thomas Viaduct

[@vandelayofficial492]

omg that Baltimore map

[@csxrailfan2]

Can't Wait to Buy this trainset! First Like!

[@wesleyhymbaugh1450]

This Is The 1981 Chessie Safety Express Being Pulled By Chesapeake & Ohio J3a Greenbrier #614 She Hauled 45 In 1985 Ton Coal Trains Up Hil🚂 l 🚂 Testing 🚂 For 😘 The 😘 ACE 😘 3000 Project 🚂 This 🚂 Is 🚂 Great 😘 We 😘 All 😘 Love 🚂 Trains 🚂🚂🚂 😘😘😘

[@wesleyhymbaugh1450]

This Great Watching The 1981 Chessie Safety Express Being Pulled J3a Greenbrier #614T 😊😊😊

[@ishirotanaka]

Someday, i'd like to see 614 move to Ravenna Ky to reunite with 2716. Then maybe we could possibly have a CSX Steam Program based out of the area.

[@ditchpatcher]

I think they should take 2716 to Clifton Forge so that they both meet on home rails

[@PendennisCastle]

Where did you get the coal hoppers? Are they from jointed rail or do they come with the game?

[@KLTrainz]

+Pendennis Castle SECX on the DLS

[@antoniobarba93]

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[@antoniobarba93]

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[@multiPS3gamer1]

How do you do the stationary camera, but at the same time acting like you're moving someones head?

[@KLTrainz]

A combination of stationary cameras, AI trains and a few special items I made myself.

[@multiPS3gamer1]

stevelerro Oh Cool, I just bought the Frisco 1522, I really like it!

[@CSXT8482]

Isn't that one shot at 0:58 from a video where the engineer was giving a whistle show?

[@KLTrainz]

Correct

[@alexpaumen3937]

I'm determined to get your entire fleet

[@TheOneTrueDragonKing]

+Alex Paumen Same here, buddy. Same here.

[@Discontinued226]

Does she have Roller bearing side rods like 611 and the Niagara or were her side rods just designed in a similar way ?

[@engineerskalinera]

also were you using real audio during the runby?

[@TheBestTrainsAreReal]

Wow, if you make promo videos that good, you would make great documentarys!!

[@cpjjp4705]

Where did you get those tripod Cameras on 6:55

[@TheOneTrueDragonKing]

Steve; HOW DID YOU GET PENTREX'S NARRATOR TO NARRATE FOR YOU! It really makes it authentic! I literally forgot I was watching a recorded simulator session and thought it was a Pentrex documentary!

[@thatguyy7581]

I can't open ZIP file or Extract files

[@phlbuff]

3:39, That whistle show is impossible, (not IRL But in T:ANE) I tried doing it and didn't get any luck

[@cheezenips6177]

I did that in 2009 world builder edition

[@videonut11]

Featuring Pentrex's Dave Drui as the Narrator.

[@troyhinesley4790]

Have you ever done a video on a 2-6-0 locomotive or a 3 truck shay locomotive

[@Cbazz]

How the actual hell did you get the pentrex guy ?

[@turtleboi95]

Wow I didn’t know anything in this video and I live in West Virginia

[@alext7631]

is this the same J class that is in NZ?

[@sd80mac]

Does anyone know what whistle 614 wore for most of its excursion career?

[@threepea1151]

K5la 5 chime

[@redfox2213]

i am wondering have you thought of making that C&O streamliner Broadway Limited?

[@KLTrainz]

C&O 490 "The Chessie" is coming later in 2018

[@redfox2213]

aww sweet! can't wait to get her! :)

[@wolfox712]

do i need trainz for this? (sorry if this is a dumb question)

[@KLTrainz]

Yes. K&L Trainz models work with the Trainz Simulators found on simulatorcentral.com

[@wolfox712]

how do i install the mods, recently bought TANE.

[@jakarate11]

Open content manager and drag the CDP files into it. If you're looking for the 614, you'll need to purchase it and extract it first.

[@engineerskalinera]

4:00 the track appears superelevated. HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!

[@KLTrainz]

There is an item on the DLS called "Banking Consist"....its a session rule that lets the train bank on curves even though the curves themselves aren't banked.

[@kadenrobinson7067]

@@KLTrainz how do you do it though

[@colbylawson5331]

The Pitch for the whistle is slightly wrong. It's a lot higher than the payware locomotive makes it out to be. Other than that, you've gotten 99% of the locomotive quite right. Are you thinking about doing a version with NEC passenger cars such as the Amtrak Horizon coaches?

[@KingSNAFU]

Would you ever be interested in the idea of doing a video of C&O 614 when she pulled excursions on NJT's Main/Bergen Line between Hoboken and Port Jervis?

[@KingSNAFU]

Tailterrier27 I don't have the Trainz Surveyor skills yet or C&O 614 since I'm using an Trainz 2004.This model isn't available for 04. I would also get carried away and build the whole route. Versus the guy who did the scenery for this, who made small sections.

[@KLTrainz]

It's all about time. I'd rather devote my time to making the models and spend shot amounts of time on the scenes for promotion purposes.

[@KingSNAFU]

Tailterrier27 Well outside of the 614 excursion, the NJT main/Bergen lines don't interest me. I'd rather model the CSAO Lehigh Line with bits of the Raritan Valley Line, Port Reading Secondary and the Garden State Secondary.

[@KLTrainz]

Both require time and dedication. The model building has a lot more technical aspects to it. Anyone can technically make a route but not everyone can make a good route. Not everyone can just make a model and export it and get it to actually work. I try to find a blend of both. My extent of route building ends with the videos. I want to make special scenes to convey the model. I'd never get a model done if I made entire routes of the scenes I make for the videos.

[@KingSNAFU]

stevelerro I concur.

[@baskemtbal]

Have it

[@sepper707]

cant make my 614 work on T:ane, it keeps showing up in red, am i doing something wrong? its does the same for my G5 :(

[@KLTrainz]

+SJB Media 1996 Right click the engine in content manager and select "view errors and warnings" and see what it says.

[@sepper707]

; TADTaskValidate::Exec ; TrainzWorkerBatch ; TrainzWorkerBatch ; TADTaskValidate::Thread ; Validating ; config.chump ; TADValidateAssetInternal ! VE48: This asset uses an obsolete trainz-build number. Trainz-build numbers below 3.5 are no longer supported. ! VE82: High-detail .im files are not supported for traincar assets, as they are likely to perform poorly. It is recommended that you upgrade 'textures/bell.im' to a .lm file. ! VE82: High-detail .im files are not supported for traincar assets, as they are likely to perform poorly. It is recommended that you upgrade 'fireman2.im' to a .lm file. ! VE82: High-detail .im files are not supported for traincar assets, as they are likely to perform poorly. It is recommended that you upgrade 'engineer.im' to a .lm file. ! VE82: High-detail .im files are not supported for traincar assets, as they are likely to perform poorly. It is recommended that you upgrade 'textures/frame.im' to a .lm file. ! VE82: High-detail .im files are not supported for traincar assets, as they are likely to perform poorly. It is recommended that you upgrade 'textures/injectors.im' to a .lm file. ! VE82: High-detail .im files are not supported for traincar assets, as they are likely to perform poorly. It is recommended that you upgrade 'textures/pilot.im' to a .lm file. ! VE82: High-detail .im files are not supported for traincar assets, as they are likely to perform poorly. It is recommended that you upgrade 'textures/sanddome.im' to a .lm file. ! VE39: The texture 'textures/ground.tga' is a uniform color. ! VE39: The texture 'textures/sandnumber.tga' is a uniform color. ! VE109: The low-detail meshes total more than 500 polygons. This may have a negative impact on performance: 0: 60454, 1: 60454 ! VE111: The meshes in LOD level 1 must total at least 20% fewer polygons than the next higher LOD: 0: 60454, 1: 60454 ! VE103: The tag 'sound/generator.wav' in container 'dayloop1' is empty. ! VE103: The tag 'sound/compressor.wav' in container 'dayloop2' is empty.

[@sepper707]

so what am i to do?

[@ditchpatcher]

5:00 Why is 614 coming from the Washington Mainline

[@Thecoolestboyinapopka]

Hey Steve and bill! Check out the vid from the great railroad productions the with mixed passenger cars!

[@Cloverfieldv]

B H DA MADRUGADA DESTE DOMINGO EM UM 614

[@bmrp4749]

7:04 Does anyone else see the irony in this being the Chessie Safety Express and a whole bunch of people go out onto the trestle where they could fall and or be hit quite easily??

[@KLTrainz]

In general, the Safety Express brought out so many people that they had near misses with people quite frequently. Steam engines in general bring out tons of people, but when you bring one out and do such a massive tour with it, no matter what the purpose of it, you're going to get people of all walks of life out, many of which do not know the train is wider than the gauge of the track!

[@FastFreightStudios]

Any info on the route and where to get it?

[@noahdavidson8733]

No full route, just set pieces

[@trainmaster1548]

does the products payware work on windows computers?

[@KLTrainz]

Both windows and mac!

[@trainmaster1548]

is there a tutorial on how to install this?

[@Thecoolestboyinapopka]

It was in 1980 & 1985

[@awp2902]

Where did you get them Amtrak cars at 3 :27

[@KLTrainz]

+Brian joe Honestly I forget. They may be on the DLS, search Amtrak Zephyr and see what you find.

[@awp2902]

i remembering watching those tapse you where on

[@trainfan-ks5hk]

1:05 “I ain’t need no help boys just because you diesels is modern don’t make you the strongest engine on the rails.”

[@BERT.MCCR6]

what's the name of the track used at 10:35?

[@zee2.031]

Can you make content like these for Dovetail Games's Train Simulators?Please I don't have train but I have Train simulator 2015?

[@Shinyarc]

What version of Trainz is this? TS 12? Trainz: A New Era?

[@KLTrainz]

This was shot in Trainz Mac, which is comparably a mac versions of Trainz 2010

[@alexpaumen3937]

Where can I get the route from Huntington to Hinton

[@stevelerro7605]

It's not a route. It's just a bunch of separate scenes I made for the video.

[@nicholasbulgarino567]

steve lerro Is there a way you could put up the Baltimore station for download?

[@jacobgenet3545]

Does anyone know what the name of the routes they used in this

[@KLTrainz]

There are no routes used in this promo. All shots were done on a single scene modules, made specifically for this video. That's how almost all K&L videos are unless noted in the credits at the end.

[@joebernard4528]

yes train see kid now trainz one top ten steam she one me book. good job all trainz see in home state NJ in 96 and 97. cool steam and video.

[@trainknut]

Words use them you do?

[@GTWDude]

#fireup614

[@KLTrainz]

The owner of the 614 has the money to fire it up. He just has no where to run it.

[@GTWDude]

K&L Trainz never knew that thanks for the information I hope they can find a line for the 614 it would be a great attraction

[@LePenguin]

Maybe he can have it operate at least with the FWHS

[@connorflaherty175]

This not a guarantee or anything, but since CSX is now under Hunter Harrison's leadership, I think they will allow 614 to operate excursions on their lines.

[@itmcbhpbgf.6374]

YES, PLEASE.

[@alphaking4047]

So when there's alpha numbers there are no auto running numbers right?

[@KLTrainz]

Auto running numbers means the game will automatically assign the number to the engine. With Alpha running numbers, you pick the number. I have it set so the engine defaults to 614. I did that because most people will use the engine and number it to 614 anyway, same with the Frisco 1522, but you have the option to renumber it if you wish.

[@alphaking4047]

Okay I'll get myself familiarized with it.

[@KLTrainz]

When you place the engine down in surveyor, click the ? button on the train tab and then click the engine, a little window will pop up and a line saying "running number" is where you click to choose your own.

[@alphaking4047]

K&L Trainz I prefer the auto running numbers personally.