No. 261 New River Adventure (Trailer)

[@davidstrawn9272]

1:03 Not only it featured NKP 765 and PM 1225, but PM 1225 the real Polar Express engine featured in the only Goodheart Productions video!

[@mattdotsonrailfanproductio266]

The 261 I believe wasn’t originally designed to pull a train on that type of terrain. Therefore the pistons were re-stroked to a larger stroke which gave the 261 a louder exhaust, and more power so it could tackle the grade, unlike the 261, the 765 was built more for this type of job while the 261 I believe was built for more even land.

[@justahillbilly7777]

Actually, 765 itself is also more of a flatlands locomotive. The reason it can handle grades like what're in the New River Gorge and the old CNO&TP, the Rathole Division, is because it shares the same base mechanical design as the C&O 2-8-4s, which tackled the New River Gorge and similar terrain on the C&O more or less on a daily basis. And for the curious ones, the reason I mentioned the Rathole is because when 2716 went down back when the Southern had her, 765 was leased and finished up 2716's season for the Southern. One of the excursions was a round trip through the Rathole. Hopewell Productions covered it in their film Wheeling In The Rathole. I recommend giving it a watch after watching Extra 765 West so that you have context for the opening of the film.

[@southwestvirginiarailfan729]

@@justahillbilly7777 the 765 basically shares the same design as the c&o engines did, except the 765 was built before those were.

[@jacksalvin364]

Milwaukee Road 261 heads up a excursions train while NKP 765 was taken out of service.

[@southwestvirginiarailfan729]

that's awesome!! sounds like it was originally made by goodheart productions as that's the narrator for their videos.

[@haroldfannin9554]

I have this video program, it was worth EVERY penny I paid for it.