New York Central in Western Maryland! Chasing C&O 1309 Steam Train w/ NYC Long Bell 6-Chime 8/26/22

[@amtrak_121]

THAT is what a proper NYC Hudson whistle sounds like!

[@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702]

This whistle is so beautiful and cool!

[@atlantis0v-104]

So nice too

[@maxwellwalcher6420]

That's the whistle for Hudson 5429.

[@thunderbird1921]

Dagnabit, why couldn't they save just ONE NYC Hudson? A wonderful tribute nonetheless by the Western Maryland and the crew of 1309.

[@RMNEphoto]

@@maxwellwalcher6420 how do you know that?

[@Iliketrains170]

@@thunderbird1921 blame Alfred E Pearlman

[@jameshayward623]

I do love that whistle. Music to my ears.

[@austinniederjohn9813]

The echo though gives me chills and it almost sounds like an old hudson whistling back

[@nssteampunk4865]

Grant rode in the cab on August 19 and myself on the 20th. We chased it, filming it at the Cumberland depot, Helmstetter's, Woodcock Hollow, Parkersburg Overpass and Frostburg on the 21st.

[@northpennvalleysteamrailroad]

That whistle is awesome!!

[@mr.sir.]

Ah yes I always love when big titans get pretty voices! Great Northern R-2s had 7 chimes, SP cabbies had 6 chimes and DRGW giants had 5 chimes on occasion

[@amtrak_121]

I thought there wasn't anything above 6-chimes

[@nicholasmedovich8691]

@@amtrak_121same

[@TheCobraCommander]

You know it's a compound Mallet when you see that bulky front cylinder. Awesome stuff.

[@samsiklas8088]

Love the sound of that 6-chime! Nice views of 1309 seen working from a distance too : - )

[@PaulsDMVRailroadsandAviation]

You know, recently I was thinking, what if they put a Nathan 6 chime on WMSR 1309? What a coincidence that it actually came true!

[@sepurofficial3749]

Nice steam train so cool 😄👍

[@kptrains]

Great chase! Cool to see 1309

[@maxwellwalcher6420]

I LOVE NEW YORK CENTRAL.

[@igorcruzz]

0:56 So nice view of Radial Rods changing to full reverse position!

[@NEAFarmKid4010]

That whistle sounds pretty good, and I love that we have locomotives around that can change whistles around here and there so that we can hear what they sound like. Hoping that someday they can find a C&O Hooter to put on her just to hear what it sounds like (even if its not permanent). From what I'm thinking I heard, they sound a bit screechier than the N&W ones.

[@howiesmith1504]

I believe C&O 2-8-2s had single note whistles with medium-length bells that sounded like Civil War-era woodburner whistles on a recording or two I've heard...somewhat "falsetto" but not shrill. C&O "Kanawha" 2-8-4s, and 2-6-6-2 1309 and her 1949 sisters, had long bell single note "bootleg" whistles that were a little deeper and, I think, quilled a little more mournfully than the similar N&W freight whistle 1309 usually carries. Here's one off Kanawha 2789 on NKP 765. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIurhpl8ppiJodU The first 14-L crossing blow, before the Berk emerges from the trees, is a perfect quilling job, like a real old time Dixie engineer! Perhaps the WMSR folks. could get a correct measurement and concoct or crowd source an accurate replica. The bell's just a length of capped pipe.

[@tatecarlson]

Okay now some railroad group needs to build a J3a Hudson locomotive because it is definitely the voice of a ghost *James Coffey's Ghost of the Rails intensifies*

[@TheRandomRailfan]

Couple of absolute geniuses at 7:23

[@saxonaudio]

I hear some sarcasm.

[@atlantis0v-104]

Nice one fan railer

[@atillaozturk7075]

Whistle is powered by steam power🤣😂🤣👍👍

[@AlexTrain5249]

Finally a proper high pressure boiler to blow a NYC 6 Chime on. But it’s still not quite the 265 psi that the J3as had.

[@FanRailer]

There are only a handful of engines around the country that run above 200-220 psi boiler pressure, and none of them operate regularly.

[@RMNEphoto]

@@FanRailer NKP 765? 245 psi

[@rudycarlson8245]

@@RMNEphoto Union Pacific 4014 it’s maximum boiler pressure is at 250 pounds

[@mrshea924]

A C&O engine on WM tracks in a WM paint scheme wearing first an N&W whistle, then a PRR whistle, now an NYC whistle.

[@avontaprice8728]

That big boy steam locomotive number 1309 is the little brother of big boy steam locomotive number 4014.

[@dwkcamman611]

Wonderful!!

[@PennRailVideos]

Nice whistle

[@brianfalzon6739]

Reminds of 482 when she was restored to steam in 1992 on the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad after being traded from the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad for 497 before she had a NYC Longbell 6 Chime whistle once and was stolen by a fired employee!

[@nicholasmedovich8691]

Longbell IIRC had an extremely gnarly tone.

[@evanf1293]

This is probably my second fav whistle 1309 has worn, first going to its N&W hooter.

[@davidng2336]

They have yet to use 1309's original whistle, but this sounds nice!

[@CaptainCrutch]

1309’s original whistle was stolen before she ever even made it to the B&O museum, let alone making its way to the WMSR.

[@91_C4_FL]

@@CaptainCrutch Was 1309s original whistle also a hooter? And do you know where the current hooter on it came from?

[@KeijiSuwa]

@@91_C4_FL 1309’s original whistle was a hooter. All of the C&O’s freight locomotives had one - I think they were made by Nathan. Its current hooter is an N&W 12”.

[@09JDCTrainMan]

Then I guess the L-3 Mohawks wore the 5 chime?

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

Ocean View will be missed, but at least it’s still in service somewhere!

[@solidaridadjusticia1438]

Funny that the video is 13 minutes and 9 seconds long that so happens to be the number this locomotive has :3

[@joemalone6923]

I wonder if this whistle came off of a Hudson or Niagara or maybe a Mohawk

[@FanRailer]

The fact that it is a brass whistle seems to suggest it predates the Niagaras and L4 Mohawks, as those whistles should have been cast iron. Perhaps it was applied to a J1 Hudson or a Berkshire.

[@joemalone6923]

@@FanRailer You could be right

[@CaptainCrutch]

We believe it was a spare whistle the NYC kept in a shop somewhere, it was likely worn by many Hudsons and Mohawks whenever their whistles needed work, just to get engines out of the shop quicker.

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

That is one mean looking engine

[@Silvertone_Spiral]

I wonder if they’ll give this whistle to 3001 for her restoration.

[@PGHammer21A]

Western Maryland sits between the T of western Pennsylvania and West Virginia's coal country - but is close enough to Washington DC to have outsize influence with environmentalists - it is why the Constellation Wind Farm is here. (There is ALREADY talk of expanding it up (into western Pennsylvania) and down (into eastern West Virginia) via the same mechanisms used for parks.)

[@ericcalhoun9160]

Chesapeake and Ohio #1309 sounds like Santa Fe #3751.

[@saxonaudio]

This whistle is from the New York central. Not the Santa Fe.

[@JackCarsonsRailroadVideos]

Sounded like one of the brakes got stuck.

[@mikefilipkowski5445]

shame only two L2 mohawks survive plus a tender of a Hudson, but atleast we have the whistles of the past

[@theextremeanimator4721]

Is this its original whistle?

[@FanRailer]

You’re asking if a New York central whistle is original to a Chesapeake & Ohio engine?

[@theextremeanimator4721]

@@FanRailer

[@dakotastuart4486]

I thought the NYC Niagaras had 3 chime whistles.

[@FanRailer]

That was a misconception that was spread around and eventually became accepted as “fact”.

[@BenBensonStudios]

I'm not really a big fan of the NYC 6 Chime being on 1309. It's a nice whistle, I just don't think it fits her that well.

[@FanRailer]

Lmao who cares

[@Sparecards]

This is so much better than the stupid hooter, that whistle is awful

[@johnnylott9700]

We all have our opinions

[@CaptainCrutch]

I think it fits her perfectly, and my opinion is one of the few that matter here ;)

[@FanRailer]

I come back up for a throttle session that first week of October; any chance you guys could throw one of my whistles up there for the day? ;)

[@Jeremiahrailfaning]

642 is leading amtrak 42

[@ToothlessThedragon9]

650

[@matthewsiglow5815]

13 min and 9 sec long video? You did that on purpose, didn't you? Or, maybe, just dumb luck?

[@FanRailer]

😉

[@EasternSeaboardProductions]

Funny the videos 13:09 minutes long lol!

[@VicksburgRailProductions]

I see what you did there. The video’s 13:09 minutes.