Santa Fe 3751, "Symphony In Steam" 1992

In honor of hitting 2,000 subscribers on the channel, here's another rare sought after video from my archive.
On August 30, 1992, 35 years to the day after she was retired, the Santa Fe 3751 pulled 12 cars of Santa Fe employees, friends and family on a journey of 4600 miles into the past.
From Hobart to Corwith... through Cajon Pass... up Edelstein Hill... Santa Fe cameras recorded magnificent, one-of-a-kind shots of the 3751 as she returned to the high iron.
Ride along with crew members in the cab. Listen as they recall the days they pushed this Baldwin 4-8-4 to the limit. See exclusive interviews with the men who took the 3751 on the longest ride of her life.
Material from Symphony in Steam was used in There Goes A Train (1994), Train Adventure's For Kids (1994), I Love Toy Trains Part 3 (1994) & God Bless The Santa Fe (1995).
This program was originally produced by the Santa Fe Railroad Audio & Video Department, with this particular program having been out of print/unavailable for 31 years. Nickel Plated Productions does not lay claim to the ownership/copyright of this program. Ownership/copyright belongs to the Santa Fe Railroad. This has been uploaded in an effort to preserve its historical contents.

[@jacksalvin364]

Late August and Mid September 1992, Santa Fe 4-8-4 #3751 pulls the 1st Employee Appreciation Special. The journey is amazing, it ran from Los Angeles, California to Chicago, Illinois and return over the mountains. The locomotive spent 18 days and 17 nights.

[@ReeceMan-iv4rh]

I wondered where There goes a train used the footage of Santa Fe 3751 from. I always wanted to see the footage of the employee train in Hobart yard. I never saw this as a child.

[@rossbryan6102]

LOL I GOT TO CLEAN A CARBON CLINKER ON 3751 s FIRE BOX FLOOR WHILE THE BOILER WAS HOT IN KANSAS CITY!! THE DESIGNATED ENGINEERS WERE MAX (MAD DOG) SMITH, RETIRED AIR BRAKE SUPERVISOR, AND RUFUS KING RETIRED ROAD FOREMAN OF ENGINES! IT WAS A PLEASURE AND HONOR TO HAVE WORKED WITH THESE TWO GUYS BEFORE AND AFTER THEIR RETIREMENTS! KEEP THEM ROLLING BROTHERS!!

[@WilliamCreator57]

These clips from There goes a Train and Train Songs!

[@T128Productions]

No, TGAT & Train Songs got the footage from here.

[@larken24]

So this is where a lot of the “there goes a train” scenes were taken from

[@jimmyhook4852]

Got that right. ;)

[@zacharycalgher3978]

Not to mention Amtrak Genesis 801 was in There Goes A Train as well. Speaking of 801, that diesel was sold to LTEX Rail in 2019 and just last year it was recently sent to Relco Locomotives/Wabtec Albia in Iowa where it’s currently being rebuilt and repainted in LTEX colors.

[@jimmyhook4852]

@@zacharycalgher3978 That's good to hear. :)

[@kevinsweeney2810]

​@@jimmyhook4852even the Amtrak superliner

[@jimmyhook4852]

@@kevinsweeney2810 Of course. :)

[@nickroth9263]

Footage From There Goes A Train Is Used!

[@T128Productions]

Yes, except most of the shots are uncut compared to TGAT.

[@andross51]

Having been next to this amazing 4-8-4 a few days ago in Los Angeles, I always was curious how this trip to Chicago and back in 1992 went for 3751! This amazing production definitely answers that question! Thanks for uploading this video Nickel plated Productions! 3751 at 96 years old is still ALIVE and STEAMING!! This "Legendary Cheering Railfan" definitely enjoyed this video! :)

[@T128Productions]

I always knew that parts of this video were used in There Goes A Train (which I used to watch as a kid as well) but if there is any footage of the 4-8-4 in action, that would be quite a treasure if anyone finds it.

[@danielboone3770]

I love this odyssey! The guys of the locomotive and their call backs are amazing!

[@CSXRailfanBrony-ChessieDayligh]

It all comes together thanks to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. Many footages used in our childhood memories in one video. Thanks to my most favorite fallen flag railroad featuring my 4th most favorite steam locomotive.

[@theisononthecake63]

Fantastic! Love it!

[@colinmulder6806]

I really thought the folks of Santa Fe would also film 3751 meeting CHICO'S fleet of intermodal hotahots in both directions. Especially the following: Q-NYLA/Q-LANY 199/991.

[@jimmyhook4852]

I tell ya... never EVER forget Santa Fe 3751's legendary 1992 Los Angeles to Chicago and back trip. :) Right @Nickel Plated Productions? :3

[@zacharycalgher3978]

This was also 3751’s last excursion with the ATSF 5-chime freight whistle. The next excursion after the 1992 Super Chief in August and September of 1992, was the 1995 Riverside Orange Blossom Festival in April of 1995 was 3751’s first excursion with the ATSF 6-chime passenger whistle that 3751 currently has now.

[@jimmyhook4852]

@@zacharycalgher3978 Exactly right on that, Zachery. While I am naturally being used to her modern day 6 chime..... her 5 chime will always be the best for me on 3751. :) Especially when it was used the best on her 1992 trip. ^^

[@T128Productions]

@@jimmyhook4852 I agree. It would be like the blast from the past if the 3751 had the old screeching 5 chime again, just like how it did back in the early 90s.

[@jimmyhook4852]

@@T128Productions For sure =3

[@kevinmills8437]

Footage From Real Wheels & TM Books & Video.

[@T128Productions]

I knew it was Real Wheels, but I didn’t know that TM Books & Video used any of this footage.

[@kevinmills8437]

@@T128Productions it's Used for I Love Toy Trains (Series) & I Love Big Trains.

[@T128Productions]

@@kevinmills8437 But not with 3751 I bet.

[@1chuck96]

Jeez...Does it get any better than this ? Well, lets just wait & see when 2926 gets back .

[@wesleyhymbaugh1450]

This Is Great Seeing Santa fe #3751 Syphomny In Steam 1992 Transportation Orizanger Homer Henry 🚂🚂🚂😊😊😊

[@ethanarmitage5611]

❤

[@CodyShell]

3:10 the same panning camera shot is seen in the kids tape "There Goes a Train" haha

[@michaelbarrett5149]

@NickelPlatedProductions Im kinda curios Before we heard frank cottle interview which river and what bridge did 3751 cross into with 2 diesel helpers? And were was that scene located at On 9:30 scene?

[@zacharycalgher3978]

Sykes’ death from Oliver & Company, but it’s Santa Fe 3751.

[@T128Productions]

Bruh, you can’t be serious.

[@nicholasmedovich8691]

Do you have any footage of any tourist operations via 1970s-1990s vintage?? Steamtown, Gettysburg (better days), pine creek, Wilmington and western, mid continent rr museum, whitewater valley rr, Essex steam train, etc???

[@NickelPlatedProductions]

I do have footage of OHCR & TVRM that can be found in "Steamin' in '91, which is on the Channel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIrFlYOLiLeJppI I also have Strasburg footage, which is also on the channel as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3_WoqeDn86tmNE Beyond that, I do have videos in my Archive that cover tourist operations such as Steamtown, Gettysburg & Mid Continent (Produced by Berkshire Productions in 1989 & 1990). But, I do not have any plans to upload said shows to the channel whatsoever (as they are currently available for sale on DVD & Blu-Ray & are not lost media.)

[@maxm2317]

@@NickelPlatedProductions Do you by any chance have the Valhalla Productions show "Blue Mountain Steam"? I've been searching for it ever since I lost it in the move to my second childhood home way back in 2001.

[@elizabethmiles9238]

The Train Burns Both Oil and Sand

[@JamesBoubonis]

It's spelled "sought."

[@michaelbarrett5149]

Is symphony in steam on dvd?

[@NickelPlatedProductions]

No, it has been lost unavailable for 31 years until now.

[@michaelbarrett5149]

@@NickelPlatedProductions i was wondering before we heard frank cottle interview the scene on 9 30 i saw is when 3751 cross the bridge and there is water in background were was that scene located at was it when she was on her way to chicago or on her way back home?

[@kevinsweeney2810]

​@@NickelPlatedProductionswhat do you mean? You haven't notice the people were doing day out with Thomas at the Strasburg railroad in 1999. Have you?

[@NickelPlatedProductions]

​@@michaelbarrett5149 I'm not sure

[@NickelPlatedProductions]

​@@kevinsweeney2810I have no plans to upload it

[@elizabethmiles9238]

At 5:55 to 5:58 What is that Thing Called When they Put Oil in the Firebox

[@voidjavelin23]

scooper?

[@T128Productions]

That’s actually sand the fireman is scooping into the firebox. The injector is what transfers the oil from the tender to the firebox. The fireman uses the sand scooper to prevent any oil build up that can occur inside the firebox.

[@voidjavelin23]

@@T128Productions oh wow the sand is very unrecognisable