Santa Train: Baldwin #26 Returns to the Carbondale Line

[@everettthepetractionguy4222]

That's a darn, good looking little switcher. 🤗😁👍😉

[@Bigjimvideo]

Indeed it is! Hopefully it will be back out and about in 2022.

[@janetplanet4595]

Its really awesome to see a steam train in a modern urban setting! Usually they are in forested areas or farmland its rare you get to see them alongside tall buildings and highways!

[@Bigjimvideo]

Janet Vonnik Indeed! I can't wait until Columbus Day to chase her on that line again. 😎

[@AJSmith-nb2xt]

I'm so happy that I have a five minute ride to this museum.

[@Bigjimvideo]

Awesome! I wish my ride was that short...

[@TheBestTrainsAreReal]

@@Bigjimvideo so do I lol, 2 hour trip for me

[@boomerso0ner]

really enjoy all of the videos. have been in love with steam since i was a little kid

[@Bigjimvideo]

Thank you! My grandfather and father got me into trains when I was a little kid too - so I know what you mean!

[@JPVideos81]

nice chase, i enjoyed it and looks like by the crowds that showed up that it was a success. looking forward to a summer excursion to Carbondale with 26 leading the way

[@Bigjimvideo]

+JPVideos That would be great!!

[@Mikemixolydian]

Glad to see 26 being such a big hit.

[@Bigjimvideo]

Same here! Although I think Santa may have had something to do with it too... ;)

[@Smedley60]

I really enjoyed this one. A nice variety of camera angles, locations, and settings, as well as distances from the engine, really helped to show it's size. It was also nice to see the number of people waiting at each station to see the engine (and Santa). Lastly, you can tell the incredible amount of work that you put into these. Thanks for another great year of your videos.

[@Bigjimvideo]

Thank you very much! Here's hoping I can get more great footage in 2017 too!

[@Rebel9668]

I saw Carbondale and thought...They have a steamer in Southern Illinois? How cool! Then I saw it was in PA and I thought, that figures. Too far away for me, lol.

[@Bigjimvideo]

Bummer! You should come out this way sometime - lots of steam action in PA...

[@jayfmiller]

Thanks for the video. You did a good job keeping the engine in frame on the chase. I like the olive green paint job. That #29 0-6-0 looks like a bit of a rough ride for the cab crew. Heber Valley RR here still doesn't have their steam engine refitted. Even with having to be pulled by a diesel the Santa trains have been sold out since early November. Hopefully, they will have steam running next year. Young kids need to see, hear, and smell stream to understand the engines that helped build this country.

[@Bigjimvideo]

Thanks! One day I'd like to get out to Heber Valley when steam is up and going - especially if they get their Great Western steamer up and running...

[@CSXEMDTrainLover]

awesome train video

[@Bigjimvideo]

Thank you!!

[@CSXEMDTrainLover]

Big Jim Video Productions your welcome and you should check out my new video's on my channel

[@renegadeoflife87]

It still messes with my head a bit to hear it chuffing while standing still. Having the brake pump connected to the blastpipe makes a lot of sense for a switcher, which spent much of its time standing still or doing stop and go action in a yard. But it is so unusual to hear compared to a normal locomotive.

[@steamandsmoke97]

Airpumps on most locomotives exhaust next to the blast nozzle anyway, just some are muffled, some are not. Obviously 26 is not. Engines with cross compound pumps are much quieter because by the time the exhaust steam leaves the low pressure cylinder, mostly all of it's punch is used up.

[@jasonlitz2907]

Glad to see steam leave the yard again. I really hope they do this more often as just having a yard engine is disappointing.

[@Bigjimvideo]

They will!

[@TheBigBananaRailfan]

Great video! It's nice to see 26 to finally get to stretch her legs a bit! Some friends and I are chasing this excursion next weekend and we were wondering where was shot with the river at 12:24 taken?

[@Bigjimvideo]

Sorry, I missed this comment! I don't exactly remember where - I just now it's between a small line of the trees and the road itself. I looked on Google Maps (satellite view), found what I thought was a good, open area, and found it myself that morning.

[@TheBigBananaRailfan]

@@Bigjimvideo It's perfectly fine! We found the spot just north of Archbald when we chased a few weeks ago. Thanks!

[@MichiganRailProductions]

Neat video!

[@Bigjimvideo]

Thank you!!

[@mattsmocs3281]

At the beginning you can see me riding up in the car and at 3:30 walking in the background getting shots. I was the guy in the blue jacket walking about.

[@Bigjimvideo]

+Matt`s Mocs Hope you enjoyed your day!

[@mattsmocs3281]

Big Jim Video Productions It was good I ran a D&H challenger

[@atsfevan0242]

How did that reef on her if Baldwin 26 doesn't have a number plate also I think Baldwin 26 should run on the mainline more often instead of just pulling the Scranton limited

[@Bigjimvideo]

It doesn't have the power/capacity to make it to and from Moscow on the mainline. It has to stop for water halfway to and from Carbondale, so that's why it very rarely heads out that way.

[@17nhvrailroader]

I hope they can use #26 on the mainline more often. I understand the limited range, but #26 should be able to pull 3-5 cars to Moscow and back. I think that would be great!

[@Bigjimvideo]

With the grade, no way. It's not even a matter of range, it's just not plausible.

[@evanf1293]

I seriously think Baldwin 26 should run on the mainline tracks more often than pulling the short scranton limited trains since another 0-6-0 tender engine does more often that just returned to service early summer of this year

[@Bigjimvideo]

It will be running again next weekend on the line to Carbondale pulling another Santa train.

[@linkjoe806]

How fast were you traveling when you were pacing 26 at 13:10?

[@Bigjimvideo]

Railfan44 LOL - it was really slow! Less than 10 mph...

[@parails]

For pity sake, enough with the bell! Other than that, excellent work as always, Jim.

[@Bigjimvideo]

+parails Thanks for the compliment! I think this time the bell was more of a necessity than normal - with the long multi-hour backup move (lack of run-around sidings in Carbondale) and the crowds at the many station stops...I think they went with the "better safe than sorry" approach here.

[@GKHaller]

UGH, why does it have to go backward the whole way? Also, I'm going to hear that damn bell in my sleep.

[@Bigjimvideo]

No run-around facilities in the Carbondale area. And since most of the stops I made were near stations, they have to have the bell going with all the people in the trackside area.

[@MPT_Productions]

Great video the only problem is that 26 is an olive green which in my opinion is ugly. I am also not a huge fan of that whistle. Other than that great job.

[@Bigjimvideo]

Well, that is the color that all Baldwin locomotives were painted when they first came out of the factory. They were painted black (or other colors) at the request of their respective railroads.

[@MPT_Productions]

I know that, but I still don't like it. I don't think every single engine built by Baldwin was this color.

[@AJSmith-nb2xt]

They were really all green?Thats kind of funny to think of #90 down at Strasburg being that color.