Streamliners at Spencer - Featuring 26 Classic E and F Units

East Coast Rail Videos is proud to bring you footage of such a historical event, Streamliners at Spencer! During this four-day event, twenty-six classic cab units gathered at the North Carolina Transportation Museum for a weekend of nostalgia! This event featured train rides, photo freights, and East Coast Rail Videos was there to capture it all! This truly was an event no railfan should have over-looked!

[@dpohunter]

I attended this terrific event, but was surprised that no classic Santa Fe Warbonnet unit participated.

[@GresleyStanierProductions35]

I am so new to classic trains, and they look awesome.

[@ACLTony]

I never imagined that an event like this was possible. So good to see this many classic streamlined "race horses" in one gathering! I hope that this won't be the last time this occurs.

[@PereMarquette1223]

Steam fan at heart, but I love to see vintage, pre-1970 diesels. Cab units especially. They are up there with steam, and do not get as much publicity. Nice to see an event that can rival or beat any steam gathering.

[@Thomasnumber1fan101]

Come to the CVSR we got them running all the time.

[@philiproseel3506]

Amazing video. Streamliners are beautiful.

[@grahamsawyer831]

that A-B-A, a glorious sight! from long lost road of anthracite...

[@danielkennedy1524]

What a stable!!!!! C&NW yellow or the G&M. All beautiful!

[@ClaudioBeltramoezeizapc]

It is comforting to know that there are countries committed to its railway history that enable these formations run with all the splendor of bygone years. Thanks for sharing

[@jerrylarson723]

Super. I would delight so delight in being able to walk through a F unit

[@MrBAHNBAHN]

Locomotives with beautiful design and color!

[@whorayful]

Now that is a train set right there.

[@HeartlandTuber]

The Lackawanna 644 10:00 pulling into the romantic old style station at night is just beautiful. You could turn 10:04 into a poster.

[@gailyncookMilwRR]

To bad someone didn't think about having some people dressed as they did in the sixties waiting outside the station to board the train. 🚃 🚃 🚃 🚃

[@mchristr]

Timeless design. Just gorgeous.

[@andyharman3022]

That E5 Zephyr steals the show wherever it goes.

[@thatoneguy611]

I love the design on these old E and F units

[@CoasterQ]

Thanks for sharing. I was there on Thursday and it was an event I won't soon forget.

[@denizen9998]

These types are far better looking than the locos they have out now.

[@Buick_GSX]

CN #6789 is my favorite. You can't go wrong with an ALCo

[@lovelyplumerian]

y6

[@PowerTrain611]

Except with the 244 engine... and the electrical system being a nightmare...

[@jadedfox4672]

Mlw not alco, it’s Canadian

[@Buick_GSX]

@@jadedfox4672 MLW is just license built and expanded ranges of ALCos

[@jadedfox4672]

@@Buick_GSX mlw is the Canadian division of alco, just like gmd is the Canadian division of emd

[@kpkndusa]

Holly F'in A units!!! That is a fine collection.

[@roysnelgar1820]

What a fantastic line up. great vid.

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

Wonderful old school machinery

[@joshteshek1155]

I love how new haven 2019 has a whistle

[@blackwatchaudio5630]

I've never heard a diesel chime as beautiful as that NH FL9.

[@leverettrailfan5414]

Classic hancock air whistle! The New Haven used them extensively on their diesel locos.

[@tommyhaynes521]

I love seeing that Erie unit in Port Jervis NY near my house .This is the first time I have seen it in action

[@Band__geek]

Loved the two Illinois railway museum locks therw

[@raymondleggs5508]

Childhood train set style locomotive!

[@Its_YourImagination]

great video...thanks for sharing..!!!

[@almarjo5619]

Hasta hoy día, las locomotoras más hermosas, unas verdaderas bellezas

[@LongIslandCityLayout]

I LOVE the classic E units!!

[@OscarVaughn]

Mike D same here they r my fav

[@AAPRCO]

I was really looking for the 26 E & F unit lash-up run by. I guess I'll just have to keep dreaming.

[@PowerTrain611]

Honestly, there may be conflicts with the MU systems. In the early days, MU wasn't as simple as it is now with 24 pin connectors. 2 of the same engines from different roads may not have been compatible with one another. To have one of those old girls pull all the rest of them would be hard on the old traction motors and the idea of manning 26 units to run them simultaneously sounds like a nightmare. That would have been cool though.

[@mitchmatthews6713]

Jaw dropping!

[@sprky44]

those were the days my friend, some serious horsepower here. wish I had been their to see it. the penn R.R. went behind my house when growing up. seen the Broadway limited and the Trail Blazer many a time

[@trainroomgary]

Very cool railroad event.

[@Guillotines_For_Globalists]

That looks like fun!

[@Mrmonkey19888]

Look at these streamliners

[@koa14kn27]

Just listen to the Nebraska Zephyr's bell at 4:54 it sounds so cool and so is #1189

[@KaciCooperations]

It sounds like metal space bell

[@williamsimmons152]

Saw the NH unit in Holyoke MA when it was on the way to Spencer. Didn’t have a camera with me.

[@charlesmitchell487]

I need to take cold shower. These are gorgeous.

[@tejasnite]

MORE POWERFUL THAN A SPEEDING LOCOMOTIVE

[@9005067]

Howdy ,i was very impressed with this video .

[@darkbubblepenguin9865]

Beautiful locomotive 🚂 16:38

[@jasonoliver8416]

very good video

[@ronniefarnsworth8224]

I wish Pan Am could of helped out the Conway NH. RR and brought down their classic Boston & Maine F-7A # 4267 in Beautiful "Minute Man" livery of Maroon & Gold !!! It would have been the star.

[@leverettrailfan5414]

You know PAR. They won’t get off their a** unless the alternative is more complicated.

[@Random.Channel_]

Ronnie Farnsworth also KCS and the Santa Fe units too

[@Oliver01958]

I LOVE the New Heaven Loco.

[@BrysonorRed]

I like the C&O and the Nickel Plate Road 190

[@ScottRails]

OMG this is amazing. Is this on every year? I might need to take a trip down next year.

[@antoniogonzalez7533]

Estas locomotoras son joyas del pasado .

[@7822welshsteam]

These are very attractive diesels. Petty 611 couldn't join in the action, as perhaps the ultimate streamliner! That GE sound is very distinctive. Quite a few people despise GM here because they took over our rich variety of classes but the older units are nothing like the modern ones. At 11:45, that's what we would call some serious clag! I think Pa 5711 is the best-looking. 949 sure came a long way, didn't she?

[@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835]

Nice

[@trevorthefilthyrat3742]

Surprised thier wasn't any Baldwin shark nose units.

[@voidjavelin23]

well most of it are scrapped or in a bad state to restore

[@vsvnrg3263]

well, what do you know, a yard full of trailer queens. i bet there's rust on the go lever between notches 3 and 8 on all of them. down here in victoria and nsw, the aussie equivalents are still getting hammered pulling freight. one of the operators rebuilds them and not for museums. they are expected to earn their keep. you should check out graeme white, greensleeves94 or bwdvd channels. and there are others. try "old emd's, epic struggle and stall: australian trains"

[@Guillotines_For_Globalists]

Does NH #2019 have a steam horn??

[@vonmazur1]

+Blaine Bugaski No it has a Hancock Air Chime, as did a lot of NHRR Units, they adopted it because it sounded like a steam whistle.....The NHRR was tradition conscious and they did not want to sound any different from the steam engines that the diesels replaced.

[@Guillotines_For_Globalists]

vonmazur1 Excellent information. Thanks, I will have to check this out more.

[@vonmazur1]

I worked on that line for 20 years, and the old timers told me that the NHRR wanted have the new at the time, diesels sound like the steamers....That is what they told me anyhow!

[@voidjavelin23]

its a whistle, NOT A HORN

[@Guillotines_For_Globalists]

@@voidjavelin23 Old comment.

[@jmream2618]

Someone needs to build a b unit to go with the E5 the silver pilot

[@MNpolarbear]

Also the soo FP unit?

[@jeffdemition2308]

wow the last surving alco PA

[@Random.Channel_]

Jeff Demition there are still a few left

[@RailPreserver2K]

I was to far away to attend ;(

[@MNpolarbear]

Wheres the BN e?

[@kawboy4621]

Are those hand rails on top of the Penn RR engines?

[@justinmeeks1868]

Those are trainphone antenna. It was what the PRR used to communicate between locomotive crew and caboose crews. Diesels wore them on the roof, steam locomotives had them mounted on the tenders, and on both ends of a caboose.

[@kawboy4621]

@@justinmeeks1868 Wow didn't know that.......thanks

[@Rebel9668]

Wish there was an L&N one there.

[@Rebel9668]

Cool, I didn't realize KRM had an L&N one, but I have to admit it's been about 25 years since I've been there. I know they do have that Monon BL2 at the KRM....that would have been a neat entry too.

[@Rebel9668]

I wish I knew.

[@Random.Channel_]

And the pan am KCS and Santa Fe ones too

[@amtraklover]

too bad the SP E9 6051 couldn't make it, would've been cool to see the daylight there

[@FrankTedesco]

Please PLEASE Please add captions!!!

[@voidjavelin23]

why add caption if it doesnt have any commentary?

[@MNpolarbear]

Wheres the GN & NP fp's

[@FreedomLovingLoyalist]

Why does this diesel sound like a steam locomotive? 21:07

[@voidjavelin23]

it uses air whistle instead of a typical horn, so on New Haven Railroad they use whistle on their diesel locomotive as a way to have a warning sound in a soft way

[@ethanpeters9827]

The railroad use Mars lights for years and they work just fine I don't see any sense in using ditch lights hope all the railroad get the picture and quit blowing up these beautiful classic F units by putting ditch lights on them look better without them and always will

[@ethanpeters9827]

These Afghans were never made for ditch lights so when you see it f unit coming down the track with Ditch lights on it it looks kind of stupid and funny because there's no spot to push the ditch lights but on the front so that's why it don't look right and that's why a bunch of people are complaining I see everybody's point I understand the same thing too I have the same mind setting they need to remove the ditch lights and use a Mars line regardless of railroad safety rules these engines should never be modified from their original classic look dance in the style genus I hate to see railroads ruining these old engines by thinking they have to put ditch lights on the front of the engines when they don't fit they weren't made for them they were made for Mars lights the lights on the front they had to just fine for years and ditch lights need to not be put on them like I said before they are not made for half units and they never should be put on F units there made for modern-day units F units have Mars lights and a single headlight in the front

[@ethanpeters9827]

I guess there's nothing we people can do or say about these F units getting get lights put on them from the railroad companies all we can do is talk and wish but it won't ever happen because of railroad safety Society thinks that every engine that runs on the rails still in service has to have ditch lights no matter if they're an F unit or not I think it is so stupid that they ruin her good F unit and put ditch lights on it the front of the engines work made for ditch lights they look funny on the front because there's no spot for them and a single head lamp light I think the railroads to get the picture and keep putting ditch lights on modern-day engines not the older unit they weren't made for this stuff they don't look right and the ones they already put the lights on they need to take them back off and restore the engine back to its original look that they had back then that's the way they used to look guessing that streamline look it's like this make them look stupid and ignorant and take away from that streamline looked at everybody likes of an F unit

[@ethanpeters9827]

Not anything bad but every F unit I've seen in this picture that had ditch lights on them I just skipped right past cuz it made me sad to see ditch lights on the F unit it ruin that original looked at that unit used to have I don't even watch videos anymore nowadays because of this stupidity I know it's safe but not on F unit Mars light does better it shines further and it does a better

[@voidjavelin23]

well because oscillating lights like Gyra and Mars lights are very hard to maintain due to the many moving parts

[@southwestvirginiarailfan729]

His is sorta random, but even though it wasn't operating at the time, 611 was the most powerful locomotive there & could out pull all these classic great looking cab units.

[@MetraEmdF40PH]

Green activists: paints a airfrance plane green Meanwhile: 11:48

[@PeterNGloor]

they must have been burning some old tires inside the CNR unit....

[@jaswmclark]

I drove 6789 when I worked as a Hostler on Canadian National in the 1960's. Smoking like this on a 251 prime mover usually indicated dirty injectors. or turbocharger problems.

[@leverettrailfan5414]

ALCo/MLW locomotives are well known for coughing up clouds of exaust. The 244 prime moover was supposedly one of the finest “preformers” in this regard. That engine was installed in, among others, the classic RS-3.

[@scouttroopergaming]

Nice