NKP 765 cab ride during HVRM excursions on 5-25-09

[@stuartadamsrailfanningvideos]

Wow! Sounds like SP&S 700's whistle starting at 1:28. I thought I also spotted Steve Lee on the 765.

[@Kleman09]

@deloreanman14 when on the road we use a stoker, but sometimes we have to shovel coal into the corners. When we are hostling or standing still we shovel the coal by hand. Lots of work, but sure is worth the effort!

[@PennRailVideos]

Love that original whistle!

[@Theoriginaltkg2902]

Cousin on my mom's side of the family, Elvin Fortney, quite possibly sat in that very seat, he used to work for the NKP between Bellevue, Fort Wayne and Conneaut, and was one of last surviving steam engineers in Bellevue.

[@IndianaPentecostal23]

This is very cool, however, that run by was WEAK!!! Let the ITM engineers show ya how it's done! We miss "Ernie" and "Russ", the engineers of the NKP 587. Great video!

[@tigermki]

When i looked it up it said that it had 3 whistles that were used, depending on what line they were running on would determine which whistle is being used.

[@manga12]

I learned yesterday though the 765 has a 20 foot firebox I did not think it was that big but its quite sizable and the superheater can get up to 3000 degrees very hot.

[@Kleman09]

@IndianaPentecostal23 theres also the fact that you have to make the trip last long enough so people have a chance to enjoy both the scenery and the locomotive.

[@Kleman09]

@MrCraig1930 the brake control is modernized because parts for the original brake stand are hard to find. Also more compatible with modern locomotives.

[@Kleman09]

@electricpole1 the old pallets is believable, but the mattress isnt. Its kinda hard to fit a mattress through the small firebox door.

[@electricpole1]

very nice all around, 765 came to Wester NY in the early 80's, and the crew let me shovel coal, grease the drivers with some monster pneumatic Alemite gun. They let me crawl all over / under it while it was building steam for an excursion the next day. Great bunch of fellows. I think they told me the they threw an old mattress soaked in #2 in the firebox w/ palletts to get it started. Can you veryify that something like that was possible? It was about 29 years ago I heard the story.

[@FenderFoamer]

This is cool!!! now if someone could post a video of the MU system set up and using it inside a MainLine Steam locomotive

[@Kleman09]

Actualy that is a #26 brakestand. Also 765 is a 2-8-4 berkshire.

[@Rockinrailroader765]

@GoldenCreekValleyRR You mean its like touching a hot burner. A friend of mine told me that if you was to be burnt by the steam coming out of any exhaust, you'd lose your skin.

[@DaveWVideo]

I never knew the 765 was hand fired. I thought it had a stoker. I must be pretty isolated here on the west coast.

[@trainchaser17b91]

DaveWVideo yes, yes you are

[@erickwardwell962]

Does the 765 have a stoker on it.

[@crzhaze]

is that Mark St. Aubin handling the stoker I see?

[@deloreanman14]

Does 765 have a stoker or do they have to shovel all the time?

[@DaveWVideo]

Too much water in the boiler. The engine was "priming" or "working water." That's when water gets into the steam lines due to a high water level. It not only messes up the whistle, but the efficiency of the entire locomotive is affected. The only time you want to run with a higher than normal water level is when your setting up the boiler for a blow down--a process for blowing contaminants and solids out of the boiler using steam pressure.

[@lailasalas]

WOW I feel me at the throttle.

[@LycoValleyRRFan]

nice start up @3:40

[@PlanesTrainsAutos]

What happened at 4:47??

[@trainmaster844]

The fireman primed the boiler, meaning he overfilled it with too much water, causing the whistle to momentarily lose its voice.

[@Drewster327]

WOW a 24L brake valve on a coal burning 4-8-4, that thing is badass

[@jasonoliver8416]

Drewster327 26 break is what they are using in the 765

[@VIRAL_DNA]

I'm a steam engineer myself, there's nothing like it. Driving the diesels is dull and boring in comparison. Too much computer equipment, not enough manual control. Just lacks soul.

[@dolothedolphin]

+DNA64Productions What engine do you run?

[@maxwellsteam5810]

r/quityourbullshit

[@VIRAL_DNA]

@@dolothedolphin My apologies, somehow I missed this. If it wasn't for the comment by that jackass I might never have seen it. For steamers, I've only driven a 4-8-4 "Northern" Type Locomotive that was built in the UK before being transferred to Texas some years later where it fell off a trestle and remained until it was later salvaged and restored, eventually ending up in Canada. I have also done a ride along on a ‘Hudson’ type 4-6-4 and a 2-4-0 and several ride alongs on my favorite, a Canadian Pacific Jubilee 4-4-4, which I sadly never even got to steam up. My father engineered a rather famous ‘Hudson’ type 4-6-4 which was converted to run on Oil.

[@redrock717]

Second whistle is my favorite. Hate the first and third whistle.

[@stuartadamsrailfanningvideos]

I liked the first whistle. It sounds like the SP&S 700's whistle (1938 Baldwin 4-8-4 Northern).