NKP 587 and N&W 1218 on the NS 'S' Line 1989

Nickel Plate Road 2-8-2 #587 double heads with Norfolk & Western
2-6-6-4 #1218 on the Norfolk Southern 'S' line on July 19, 1989. Scenes from this passenger special were recorded at Valdese, Bridgewater, Marion, and Asheville NC. From 2nd generation 8mm video.

[@brianfalzon6739]

Upsetting how mainline steam excursion operations aren’t like this anymore!

[@steamgent4592]

Man do I miss these two locomotives and wow did they both have beautiful whistles!

[@ncrailfan]

I always like seeing old footage of the NS steam program. Thanks for posting.

[@vancepomerening4794]

Geez! Living on the West Coast I sure missed out on all this. 4449 was cool, but this is the real thing.

[@EngineerDaylight]

This is amazing. 587 In all her glory Doubleheading with the 1218. The Awesome stack talk from 587 at 4:55.

[@JayTheTrainFan]

6:06 @N3V Games Got to Add NKP 587’s 1989 Whistle to Trainz Driver 2

[@lian8376]

pray for both of these to run again in the near future

[@owenmeschter9888]

Great video, lovely footage, even if it's old :)

[@jacobhinojosa6462]

NKP#587 is a beauty locomotive ever built

[@MASTERCHIEF1062]

stupid question I live in near asheville, and I sometimes go by the train yard when i'm out and about, but that bridge at the end of the clip, is that bridge near the end yard where the round house was?, cause it's hard to tell, I wasn't born till 94, so I can only assume that the bridge crossing the yard had been changed since 1989. let alone the mountain side next to it.

[@adam62060]

Great video!!!

[@kazanu23]

NS Railfans I know

[@michaelhollingsworth4688]

It was sad not seeing the legend icon 611 in 1989 nrhs in Asheville NC

[@adam62060]

Wow!, great video of the steam doubleheader!

[@IlanTheSouthwesternRailfan]

Thanks to Rob Abernethy for making the original video

[@brianfalzon6739]

Would love to see a tripleheader with 425, 587 and 611 from Roanoke, Virginia to Orlando, Florida

[@darriusstrainsthings5736]

That’s a lot of ground to cover but ok-

[@Willysmb44]

"Ride them while you can," a good friend of mine always says. Both of these locomotives are long cold and neither have run in years, maybe never to steam again in either case.

[@joshuapaynter3106]

my mom and dad got stuck on the eastern portal of the swannanoa tunnel chasing that excursion.

[@jacksalvin364]

Nkp 587 and N&W 1218 doubleheader.

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

They already paired her up with 611, it was only natural 587 would get paired up with 1218 too.

[@1chuck96]

God-Dawg it!!!This is EXACTLY what us REAL Steam guy's want to watch. Maybe somebody could "inform" the "Nibies" into creating videos just like this, that by bringing the family along and showing the towns and/or cities on your way doesn't mean a "Flying Crap" to us. Just stick to the topic and get-rid of all other extraneous stuff...(Your KZbin hits will increase dramatically...GUARANTEED!!!

[@StrasburgCN89]

587 sounds familiar But why is 1218 not whistling

[@EngineerDaylight]

1218 speaks at 6:10

[@owenmeschter9888]

Plz come back you two

[@bhomas_real]

Who knows the whistle NKP 587 was using

[@t700e]

Mr. Anonymous Her own, I think

[@alexpaumen3937]

A Nathan 5 Chime.

[@bhomas_real]

@@alexpaumen3937 Thanks

[@silverstatehighiron]

The Comet 833 I think in 1989 it actually wore a CB&Q 5 chime. It wore a Nathan 5 chime afterwards

[@NickelPlatedProductions]

It was originally a Baldwin whistle, which it wore from 1918 til 1989. In 1991 the whistle was replaced with Nickel Plate Road 624s Lima 5 Chime whistle which it wore from 1991 til 2002.

[@rolothePRRQ2]

The tender for the NKP 587 is oversized

[@TheBNSFengineer]

It's not the original tender, the original was much smaller

[@WorldOfNothin]

Same is true for the 4501, the tenders where changed out for bigger ones, this was being practice during the steam era as well on some railroads to increase run time on engines without refueling! The larger tender obviously has a larger capacity for coal and water which means, especially now and back when this was filmed they could go longer periods of time without stopping to be refueled as it has becoming more time consuming to load coal with no coaling towers and same can be said for the use of the auxiliary water tender as there isn't any way to get water during a trip like you would back during the steam era. I've seen videos were they have the local fire department bring a truck out and pump water into the tender or a tanker truck. It was a necessary evil to put the bigger tender on the engine if you want to put it that way.

[@ReverieMoonlight_]

Cheetolicuos diritolicous why wouldnt it be? It IS NKP 639’s tender.