The Pennsylvania Railroad

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American Nostalgia

American Nostalgia

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@travelingman484
@travelingman484 2 жыл бұрын
My beautiful Pennsylvania
@trainguy3
@trainguy3 13 жыл бұрын
you have no idea how much i wish i could have seen these in person
@commanderofthenorth3348
@commanderofthenorth3348 Жыл бұрын
I remember as a little boy in Renovo about 1959-60 all the steamers lined up for scraping the yard was full of loco's
@ColeChi2009
@ColeChi2009 Жыл бұрын
Amzing
@charlesholcombe9433
@charlesholcombe9433 3 ай бұрын
There’s something so fascinating about seeing these giants of the Pennsylvania Railroad in action
@trainfan844
@trainfan844 11 жыл бұрын
This is probably some of the best clear footage of these years that ive seen in a while
@williamschlenger1518
@williamschlenger1518 5 жыл бұрын
Great footage.As a young boy,my aunt to take me to an overpass &we'd watch the Pennsy go under us.Miss those days.💕
@wilhelmtauber836
@wilhelmtauber836 Ай бұрын
Wonderful and beautiful machines, desperately missed.
@leroyproud294
@leroyproud294 3 жыл бұрын
Dad started working on the PRR right after WWII. We took many free trips when they still ran passenger service. The most memorable was always boarding the trains at Union Terminal station in Cincinnati. Many a trip from that grand station on our way to sunny Florida. Wonderful memories.
@apostleverde
@apostleverde 8 жыл бұрын
Talk about when times were simpler... none of the fencing that we see at the Curve today. You can't get anywhere near the tracks nowadays.
@120446219
@120446219 7 жыл бұрын
you are so right....better times in America ....and railroading
@christineplymouth3271
@christineplymouth3271 7 жыл бұрын
Thank lawyers, if somebody got hit by a train, they'd sue the railroad.
@SirJohnny9999
@SirJohnny9999 7 жыл бұрын
Could get cabrides (just be standing trackside) back in those days.
@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren
@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren 6 жыл бұрын
Also you notice how there would be tons of diesels on the curve to move the trains while the M1s, I1sas, and even K4s could manage it in doubleheaders or alone. Also the crews were more friendly to railfans too
@brandonwilson4281
@brandonwilson4281 6 жыл бұрын
K8292
@dennissmith6296
@dennissmith6296 11 жыл бұрын
The greatest railroad in the world
@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren
@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren 9 жыл бұрын
my favorite railroad
@juanratliff9000
@juanratliff9000 7 жыл бұрын
Thunderbolt 1000 Siren Productions agree with you that my favorite railroad too
@bullfrog1954
@bullfrog1954 12 жыл бұрын
Love those K4s! Built an HO model from a kit-weighs almost as much as the Lionel O27 engines! Great classic trains! Who needs that darn Acela??
@thomasavensjr.2790
@thomasavensjr.2790 Жыл бұрын
The Pennsylvania rr had an impressive variety of steam locomotive types and many including the duplex designs were attractive and unique in appearance. It's a shame however that the PRR didn't preserve one example of their J1 class 2-10-4 type locomotives, I would really like to see one of the j1's on display in a park or museum today.
@iRECKONER
@iRECKONER 14 жыл бұрын
AMAZING FOOTAGE THANKS A TON!!!!
@ddkoda
@ddkoda 9 жыл бұрын
Great steam action on the engineering marvel of Horseshoe Curve, achieving a climbable 2% grade over those high mountains by taking a circuitous route as opposed to building a shorter route with expensive bridges and its attendant steeper and more difficult grade. Even that 2% grade required helpers on many occasions.
@onionhat9141
@onionhat9141 4 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for a friend of mine to get done with rebuilding part of the PRR on trainz the Rockville bridge will be on the route and way more like the Pittsburgh station and even Philadelphia and also the Horseshoe curve. It's gonna be a monster!
@howdyyall3332
@howdyyall3332 3 жыл бұрын
Do you know if he's still working on that? I downloaded one with all those places but it's just the heightmap and roughly placed track
@onionhat9141
@onionhat9141 3 жыл бұрын
Yessir, as big as the route is it’s still a wip, but it’s called Matt’s Version Pittsburgh to Philadelphia on the dls
@bean_bttf3
@bean_bttf3 Жыл бұрын
It’s so bizarre seeing an I1sa on the head end a passenger train. Never knew they did that.
@eafd2708
@eafd2708 3 ай бұрын
Probably as a helper, I think the second engine was a K4
@dcoursey82
@dcoursey82 14 жыл бұрын
@mocus1 It doesn't say in the program when this was shot, but it's doubtful it was shot anytime after 1947, since that was when PRR began the "modernization" of it's steam fleet...(switching headlight and generator positions, cast drop pilots)...and all the engines in this video still have the old configuration. My guess is early to mid 40's.
@SantaFe19484
@SantaFe19484 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!
@SouRwy4501Productions
@SouRwy4501Productions Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful fleet of locomotives the PRR had. What I would give or do to be able to have been there.
@K4JW
@K4JW 12 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I think those are Oliver 60 tractors 1940-1947
@Galaxy2517
@Galaxy2517 6 жыл бұрын
K4JW We used to have a Rowcrop 77....
@tomjones592
@tomjones592 Жыл бұрын
We should have been in my life back then it would have been really interesting to see the penzi in its
@CrazyBear65
@CrazyBear65 4 жыл бұрын
Kittanning is pronounced kit-TAN-ing not "kitten-ing." My grandma's brother was a brakeman. He was killed on the Horseshoe curve.
@Cnw8701
@Cnw8701 12 жыл бұрын
Wow! Now, this is vintage!
@indie1361
@indie1361 13 жыл бұрын
The good old days!
@juneshopper
@juneshopper 13 жыл бұрын
Nice vid, even if it is old. I've been around Horseshoe Curve on PRR as a kid, when my parents & I traveled to NYC. It was long after steam was no longer being used, but I do remember the conductor coming thru and calling out "Horseshoe Curve" and everyone moving over to the other side of the coach car to look out the windows at this engineering marvel.
@_cyan4657
@_cyan4657 3 жыл бұрын
Standard railroad of the world is no oversight, the Pennsy rained true to it's word for many years, always in hard competing with the New York Central as well
@b3j8
@b3j8 10 жыл бұрын
Interesting that those PRR men were also up there on the curve watching the action. The one looked like he was off of a passenger run. The other maybe a Brakeman.
@andrewboyd8073
@andrewboyd8073 8 жыл бұрын
I hope to own all 5 volumes one day. Same with Pocahantas Glory (their Norfolk and Western dvds.)
@MissRailfan
@MissRailfan 2 жыл бұрын
@ :31 you can see the Glen White branch/siding at HSC 1:52 I love the tractors, Olivers I believe 2:00 train with a HIPPO on the head end would of been king on the PRR's Elmira Branch (my hometown named line) 2:15 Ive never seen a car like that one on that train.
@kennybroomfield8402
@kennybroomfield8402 2 жыл бұрын
That is a clearance car. It has "fingers" that go out and find out how big tunnels, bridges etc... are. Usually ran ahead of an important oversized load. Lasers and scanning has replaced it.
@cbolanz1
@cbolanz1 6 ай бұрын
how long were the k4 pacifics without the tender? I'm just curious, I want to do a math experiment with tender-to-engine length ratios and coal and water capacities.
@dcoursey82
@dcoursey82 14 жыл бұрын
@adtrains75 There's an annotation at the beginning of the video telling who made it...it's Herron Rail Video.
@leslie0965
@leslie0965 9 жыл бұрын
this is heaven
@jacksalvin364
@jacksalvin364 10 жыл бұрын
Steam and Diesel on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
@MidwesternRailfan
@MidwesternRailfan 4 жыл бұрын
Good camera quality for back then.
@thegliderguy
@thegliderguy 13 жыл бұрын
Check out the Olivers at 1:51 definately late 30s early 40s. I cant put it into words how much I wish I could have been there.
@jonnyspeed
@jonnyspeed 12 жыл бұрын
Wow. Thanks! I need this one.
@punhoss
@punhoss 5 жыл бұрын
Why do steam loco's sometimes smoke like crazy and other times burn clean? Isn't the coal always smoking the same??
@paulnicholson1906
@paulnicholson1906 2 ай бұрын
depends on the condition of the fire and the ratio of air to coal. They smoke when feeding a lot of fuel and burn clean once the volatile fraction of the coal has gone and the fire is mainly coke. The skill of the fireman has a big effect on it too as a good one can make it burn clean most of the time.
@pauljw7697
@pauljw7697 6 жыл бұрын
Who does the narration on this Herron video? I've heard his voice several times on some of the RFD-TV shows called Trains & Locomotives. Some of the shows were produced by Herron. It's impossible to read the credits at the end of the shows. I always thought the narrator's voice exemplified someone with a vast railroad knowledge and it was perfect for a train show. I've watched every train show on RFD-TV since they 1st started broadcasting them 12+ years ago. I thought Ralph E. Morse did the narration, but I can't confirm that via Google. Can anyone tell me the narrator's name?
@dominiquedescottes8314
@dominiquedescottes8314 2 жыл бұрын
Théâtrale ,Spectaculaire Nos si chers convois tracté par des locomotives a vapeurs Ne les oublions jamais A 71 ans j'ai eue la chance de connaître ce matériel PARIS/NORD>LAON en deux heures ! Le Dijonnais Calais Bâle !
@edriddle3378
@edriddle3378 11 жыл бұрын
"Freight Train". Several versions on KZbin. Chet's guitar is my pick.
@FrehleyFan3988
@FrehleyFan3988 5 жыл бұрын
Was there a siding on the horseshoe curve? I saw train cars sitting on one of the 4 tracks
@richbarr5959
@richbarr5959 4 жыл бұрын
HSC was four tracks from 1910 or thereabouts until Conrail took one out in the early 1980s (I think it was).
@jacquesblaque7728
@jacquesblaque7728 5 жыл бұрын
"Central Motors diesel" right near the end? Huh? Whazzat? Stiffing the "General"?
@thomasblack736
@thomasblack736 2 жыл бұрын
What’s the next show that has Steam related? Illinois Steam Safari 1989-2019!
@MMID303
@MMID303 Жыл бұрын
I thought the B&O was the first railroad chartered in America?
@WhiteCamry
@WhiteCamry 7 жыл бұрын
Early intermodal shipment @ 1:56?
@OnlyTheEd
@OnlyTheEd 8 жыл бұрын
Wow! No trees in the view of "Horseshoe Curve"!
@robertromaine6225
@robertromaine6225 7 жыл бұрын
You should see it now! back to the glory days of no trees!
@TrainLover-wt9ix
@TrainLover-wt9ix 7 ай бұрын
What freight did the PRR normally carry?
@bean_bttf3
@bean_bttf3 2 ай бұрын
Well, anything you could imagine, but coal was a big thing for them
@rail-ryder7135
@rail-ryder7135 7 жыл бұрын
What music is that?
@derail14
@derail14 7 жыл бұрын
I think the name of the song is freight train going so fast.
@dcoursey82
@dcoursey82 14 жыл бұрын
@steelflexable No offense, but how can you tell what model year the car is from when all you see is the wheel and part of the headlight? Even if it is a 1930s model car, that doesn't mean that's the time period it's currently in. This is 2010, but not everyone drives a 2010-model car. 8mm or 16mm cameras capable of taking color footage weren't even made widely available to consumers until 1937 at the earliest.
@mhkansan
@mhkansan 9 жыл бұрын
Does anybody know the name of the song at the end of this video?
@stevenmichael2845
@stevenmichael2845 9 жыл бұрын
Brennan Walter Peter Paul and Mary - Freight Train
@andrewwardle7634
@andrewwardle7634 5 жыл бұрын
Was that J Szalai panning the camera??
@saintangerinc
@saintangerinc 13 жыл бұрын
was there a siding on horse shoe at one time?
@AlcoholicSemenStain
@AlcoholicSemenStain 14 жыл бұрын
Pennys was favorite of the eastern roads second only to N&W.
@teddawg327
@teddawg327 11 жыл бұрын
I think Rockville Bridge over the Susquehanna
@bezuglich
@bezuglich 5 жыл бұрын
The 1st train? That's eastbound at Mt. Union, over the Juniata
@edriddle3378
@edriddle3378 11 жыл бұрын
Great Video. Probably during WWII.
@hezekiahvanfarthinghorniii8042
@hezekiahvanfarthinghorniii8042 6 жыл бұрын
Ed Riddle this is summer/autumn 1940 or 1941. The film color saturation is unique to prewar ASA 10 daylight Kodachrome, the formula of which changed in early November 1941. It cannot be earlier than that, as the Oliver tractors on the flat car were introduced in April 1940....
@pennsysteam
@pennsysteam 14 жыл бұрын
Great footage!! What year was this shot?
@adtrains75
@adtrains75 14 жыл бұрын
where do you get Glory Machines Vol. I?
@YukariAkiyamaTanks
@YukariAkiyamaTanks Жыл бұрын
"First railroad chartered in America" um no thatd the b&o
@mikesavago
@mikesavago 13 жыл бұрын
@thegliderguy I was just going to say the same thing.
@jbbatulis3513
@jbbatulis3513 4 жыл бұрын
K a tanning not Kitt ning Ya gumps
@meccaturbo
@meccaturbo 14 жыл бұрын
"locomotives of great size and power"....not quite, when compared to articulated steam locomotives of other eastern RR's N&W, C&O, and VGN
@gczernik3
@gczernik3 11 жыл бұрын
anyone know the name of the song at the end of this video?
@TNRailProductions_01
@TNRailProductions_01 Жыл бұрын
I’m wondering the same thing lol
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