Top 11 Retired Steam Excursion Stars - Part One

Almost every railfan has a favorite steam excursion locomotive, but sadly, not all of them are operational today. Some were retired for various reasons or - in the worst case - outright scrapped.
Thankfully, some engines won't be down for long and are expected to return to service in the near future. Find out which ones are cold and which ones have a chance of rebirth in my personal list of the Top 11 Retired Steam Excursion Stars!
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To Support the Following Locomotives, Please Visit the Links Below!
Grand Trunk Western #4070 - www.midwestrailway.org
Reading Company #2100 - www.fireup2100.org
NEW!!! Chesapeake & Ohio #2716 - www.kentuckysteam.org
and
Cotton Belt #819 - arkansasrailroadmuseum.org
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As always, Thanks for Watching and Keep On Steaming!

[@Worriedsonicx2ROBLOX]

So sad that these beautiful pieces of history have to end. I'm only 15 but I'd love to go back a hundred years and watch these beauties run. Like if you want to travel back 100 years with me

[@Worriedsonicx2ROBLOX]

u want to come back 100 years with me?;d

[@Worriedsonicx2ROBLOX]

mhm ok ;d

[@Benry2]

+Worriedsonicx2ROBLOX If you want the best steam action, go back to the 40s. Steam was rolling then!

[@manga12]

yes especialy around north indiana, you could see the old roundhouse and coal tower in garrett that was used only 10 years, and in fort wayne you could go to pique yard and see the most ledgendary of the Pensy locos, like q1 q2 s1 s2 the t1's and so on as fort wayne was on the crestline to chicago division where the engines were based, and the huge errecting shop that made at the turn of the century Fort Wayne the Altoona of the West of the prr, and see 765 running in revenue freight and the one they wanted 767 that was the first to ceremonialy cross the elevation at downtown, though 765 already ran a freight train across it before making it the actual first I want to see first hand what the inside of the roundhouse looked like I would really like that but it was torn down in 1968

[@thegamingrhino5864]

Worriedsonicx2ROBLOX don't forget about Toledo, might see some mighty c&o Texas types

[@guy_called_Odin]

The 819 was saved by the legend of a man named Joseph Darrel Cason. If you have followed any steam locomotive restoration in the past decade on Facebook, you know his name. Shout out to him and thanks for this series of videos. (Nashville Steam Preservation Society member and volunteer NC&StL 576.)

[@BuckeyeNationRailroader]

A little correction on the video. Louis W. Menk did have interest in running steam, however the CB&Q was struggling financially and the Board of Directors agreed that they needed to end the program. Menk looked for buyers for the two locomotives, originally the 5632 was going to Kansas, but Richard Jensen offerd to keep the engine running. Thus, that sealed the fate of the engine.

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

If only Jensen didn't offer to buy the locomotive then it would still be here.

[@BuckeyeNationRailroader]

@@harrisonofcolorado8886 They should have just sent it to Kansas, Jensen was a horrible owner

[@TrainGuru]

I have looked at his records, I think a horrible owner is a bit strong. Granted, he did not take care of his engines, but his heart was in the right place. He had all the right reasons to buy the engines, but he just didn't know what to do with them after he had some financial difficulties. In addition, Fred Kepner was much, much worse as an owner. In McCloud, California, he sued the McCloud River Railroad following the filming of Stand By Me on the railroad. In a hasty settlement, he acquired ownership of McCloud 25 and for 15 years, the railroad had no steam excursions until the McCloud Railway purchased the engine from Kepner. I’d say that is worse than Jensen, he at least cared and ran his locomotives.

[@TheMNrailfan227]

4:58 I thought scrapping was process of cutting it up and shipping it to a smelters yard but what they did here is terrifying and sad at the same time

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

Scrapping is just not right and unacceptable

[@ThomasZoey3000]

It horrifies me that two steam engines that managed to escape the scrapper's cutting torch still ended up being cut up. However, I am happy to hear that 4070 and 819 will be returning in the future. I've heard of those engines, and I would love to see them in action and hear their beautiful whistles. Can't wait for Part 2.

[@trainmaster844]

Part Two is now up! Please click the annotation to watch it :)

[@anasiacameronelijahedcpndc4324]

+Water Warrior 608 and it will have the same paint scheme as the GT logo, new top speed up to 135mph, will travel up to 105mph in the keytone corridor from southeast place of Wisconsin to the eastest place of Illinois and it will doublehead with R&N 425 from Chicago from Crestline, ohio and 425 will be limits up to 110mph and it will be in the front, and 5629 will push 425 at 100mph and 425 will have it's boiler lighter like the British engines, and it will travel up to 100mph and it will be converted into oil and 5629 will be converted into coal and it will be the fastest gtw 4-6-2 Pacific ever!!! and it will be using oil, and it will have coal in the front of the tender and the cab and it use the same piston as the LNER A3 And it wi be completed in 2021 before the equimpentnt replace the acela express

[@NSWSteamFan]

Christopher Kovacs I’ve got two questions. First, how did 2026 Productions ask you to voice Craig in his series. And second, would you like to voice Christopher (named after you) in my Series (Christopher is a B&O GP9 with the number 6640)?

[@rjjohnson2729]

CNW 1385, Soo 2719, MILW 261 all famous mainliners in the Wisconsin - Minnesota - Iowa - Illinois area, and all currently going through rebuilds for operation.

[@trainmaster844]

+RJ Johnson #261's been back in steam for two years, so she wouldn't count as retired, unfortunately. C&NW 1385 and Soo 2719 could be examined in a future video too.

[@ThomasFan3751]

About ol' 4960, she had undergone various periods of storage and excursion services from numerous railroads before coming to Williams, Arizona in 1989.

[@nathancorcoran5347]

Yeah.

[@jdgfilms9595]

5:00 Made me cry! F*ck METRA!!! 5629 You may be gone, but you are never forgotten!!

[@Henriqueleal0609]

I- I can’t believe it

[@Acermani456]

F*** JENSEN AS WELL FOR NOT MOVING THE LOCOMOTIVE BEFORE HAND! JENSEN WAS A HORRIBLE LOCOMOTIVE OWNER!

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

Believe me what I say, Metra actually wanted to save 5629 but the court by 1987 ORDERED them to destroy it

[@danielwalton9012]

@@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 So I Decided to Fight 4 Another Railroad Company!

[@NWGuyNWchallenger]

The Grand truck Western 5629 Got a new Tender

[@HinckleyBranchRailfan]

Oh wait!!!! The one at Conway scenic railway is 7470. Not 4070... Sorry😐

[@QTelectric2012]

Sad that some retired excursion engines in the steam category were lost forever but at least their sister engines are still around keeping the TBK classes around and the lucky ones are starting to get a second chance in their tourist train lives.

[@astromotive6047]

To me Grand Trunk Western #5629 and CB&Q #5632 Are related for 2 reasons. First of all both engines ended up being scrapped; But more interestingly, One of each of their surviving sister engines share their road numbers. One of GTW #5629's sisters is numbered 5632, and one of CB&Q #5632's sisters is ironically numbered #5629. Coincidence or not, I think that's really neat. :)

[@Tyler3967]

Awesome work on part one, Chris.

[@jerredwayne8401]

I'm from Tyler Texas and my great great grandfather was a cotton belt engineer. Wish I had gotten to meet him. He may have run 819 in the day who knows

[@yamahaguy1732]

It's weird how these days steam locomotives are a treat but back then they were everywhere

[@danielwalton9012]

Especially The CB&Q 5632 Trust Campaign Since June-December 1988! & The Rebuilding in Jan. 1990 in time for the trip when Union Pacific Railroad FEF-3 4-8-4 northern 844

[@picklesrgreat1629]

am i the only one here that wants to create a company dedicated souly to rebuilding and restoring almost all of these mainline beauties

[@HotboxHolton]

Nope

[@pepsidoggo1598]

No your not!, my dream is running a company that restores and runs steam locomotives.

[@blackpanther1013]

Nope

[@austin8292]

It will cost a crap ton of money

[@maxwellsteam5810]

No

[@BalticFilms144]

While Metra was the cause for the scrapping of the 5629. People seem to forget it wasn't the railroad itself, but the (at the time) higher ups and management who demanded the engine to be scrapped. In 2016 and 2017 current Metra management sponsored excursions with Nickel Plate Road #765 to run The Varsity to Janesville, WI, and The Joliet Rocket from Joliet to Chicago, IL. Soo Line 2-8-2 #1003 was also permitted to run via Metra to attend a charity event for Shriners Childrens Hospital in August of 2017. Since then, Metra has been generous to the railfan and preservation community. There's no need to to hate a railroad's existence, but definitely in the very least rational to question the people of Metra's decisions in 1987. Either way, the damage has been done, and it seems these current steam excursions is in a way, the long awaited apology.

[@ATSF669]

Preach it!

[@danielwalton9012]

Southern Pacific 4449 Will Rebuild GTW 5629 4 Display in Bend, OR as Rio Grande 5629 in 1988 Until 1990! When GTW 5629 Returned to Steam Union Pacific 4-8-4 Northern #844: Greyhound Double Head it 2 Saint Louie, MO 4 The Convention Featuring Frisco 4-8-2 Mount. #1522, Cotton Belt 4-8-4 Northern #819, & Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 Art. Class A #1218 as They Whistle Hello Good Day 2 You as Rio grande 5629/ Union Pacific 844 Whistle out Hip! Hip! Hooray! & Now Triple Header 4 The Grand Finale: Rio grande 5629 Union Pacific 844, & Frisco 1522!

[@jackboy317]

btw, #4960's whistle sounds like Milwaukee road 261's whistle.

[@trainmaster844]

+Jackboy317 I believe it's because they share the same style of whistle - both of which are Santa Fe 6-Chimes.

[@jackboy317]

oh thats neat

[@atsfevan0242]

8:44 my uncle is actually gonna be riding behind 4960 and 29 tommorow Saturday September, 21 2019 for their final doubleheader steam excursion for the next few years since 29 will be going down for an overhaul at the end of next month after doing the final steam Saturday run of 2019 and a 2 day photo run. Hopefully this next overhaul won’t take nearly a decade to take like her last one that lasted from the late 90s to the mid 2000s. And someday I hope to ride behind either one of their steam locomotives 6 days ago

[@dovercastbrandon9637]

In the early part of this century the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad took the 1702, a 2-4-0 consolidation, out of service for repair. After saying they would have it up for nearly 15 years she'll finally be coming back this year.

[@marblesjn]

Dovercast Brandon it's amazing how different it looks after you've seen what it's original shape looked like.

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

Isn't a consolidation a 2-8-0?

[@ThomasFan3751]

@@harrisonofcolorado8886 Indeed, it is.

[@atsfevan0242]

I hope 4070 and 819 will steam again one day Even though 5629 and 5632 their legacy still lives on with their stories and there surviving sisters

[@stampycatfan01lol]

The 819 is reportedly undergoing a very slow restoration to operational conditions. I don’t volunteer for the Cotton Belt Historical Society, so I can’t confirm if this is actually true, though with its home base (which also happens to be the shops it was built in) being less than an hour from my location, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was being restored at least cosmetically.

[@atsfevan0242]

@@stampycatfan01lol I've know that for sometime

[@danielwalton4563]

Yet to be Continued!

[@danielwalton4563]

Richard Jensens' Now Hospitalized!

[@TweetsieRailroader]

My Favorite retired excursion star is Southern 722.

[@danielwalton4563]

Let's fight it!

[@alichkingproductions8815]

Finally after years of looking and searching I finally found this video!

[@09JDCTrainMan]

5629's story is heartbreaking. :(

[@danielwalton4563]

So Let's Continue it + Overcome it!

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

It felt so painful that I started crying.

[@anasiacameronelijahedcpndc4324]

@@harrisonofcolorado8886 It made me cry since 2015.

[@danielwalton4563]

@@anasiacameronelijahedcpndc4324 But I'm Angry for The Fight!

[@hunterhamblin6158]

So is 5632,s story and I agree with you,it is really upsetting to see a steam locomotive get scraped like that

[@wolfox712]

4:03 that brown ish material running down the boiler... i imagine those as tears from the engine itself (dont judge me for my stupid imaginations.. ;~;)

[@epsilon6869]

it must have known what was gonna happen next ;_;

[@wolfox712]

Epsilon yeah.. sorry for late reply, i never saw this comment idk why.

[@afterburnerjoslyn6459]

Steam locomotives are a unique breed of machinery, If the human soul exist, and i believe it does , then the hard work, dedication, and love for the machine itself from the craftsman and engineers surely have been absorbed by the loco themselves, each engine has a personality all unto itself, it has good days and bad days but treat her well and she will do you proud ,🙏🏻🚂

[@dannyh.s.1936]

What about UP 3985

[@Cr1mesJugm3nt_shorts]

8:40 what a beautiful 6 chime whistle!

[@NinjagoGuy416]

Starting at 4:56 I literally almost cried

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

Me as well

[@Conman_57]

Same here

[@cnpfunteam6105]

It’s said to see the iron horses being scrapped or retired. Let’s hope they get all the restorations done for these engines. STEAM FOREVER!

[@trainmaster844]

Priorities change in regards to the host railroads and sometimes, engines are retired from excursion service because the groups that ran them had no other choice. The world of mainline steam excursions is like a pendulum - it swings back and forth, changing with management, policies and other circumstances.

[@mwand89]

Don't forget about the Reading Rambles that ran their four Reading 4-8-4 class T-1s #2100, 2101, 2102, & 2124 in excursion service between the late 1950s and early 1960s, but T-1 #2101 lasted in pulling the Chessie System Train and the American Freedom Train throughout the 1970s, T-1 #2102 lasted until 1991 and T-1 #2100 lasted until 2008. The running of Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 Texas #610 throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. The running of Southern 2-8-0 Consolidation throughout the 1970s and 1980s. The running of Norfolk & Western class A 2-6-6-4 #1218 from 1987 to 1992! The running of Pennsylvania class K-4 4-6-2 Pacific #1361 from 1986 to 1988! The running of Pennsylvania 4-4-0 American #1223 and 4-4-2 Atlantic #7002 from the 1970s until 1988!

[@trainmaster844]

You got two entries right! The Reading T-1s have come in at #5 on my list - they can be seen in Part Two. #1361 will be featured in the upcoming Part Three!

[@AmityBlightAndSP4449Fan]

+Christopher Kovacs what year is cotton belt 819 is going to run?

[@CSXT8482]

Mabry Anderson I

[@cacline72]

One of the CB&Q 05-Bs is preserved here in my town #5614.

[@drby0788]

Name of the background song in the beginning? Love that folk style acoustic stuff

[@Buynot]

funny how you mentioned the GCR 2 days after I took the Polar Express special that they had...

[@BritanniaPacific]

You know, there is a cb&q 4-8-4 numbered 5629, and of course the other grand trunk western 4-6-2 shown was numbered 5632

[@jackboy317]

+TheNw1218 XD it kinda looks like a joke to me

[@BritanniaPacific]

+Jackboy317 It's questionable, isn't it?

[@jackboy317]

yes it is

[@gingerdrizz]

Kind of ironic

[@danielwalton4563]

The Fight to The Blue Island, IL Railroad Yard Property!

[@muhammadfadhiil3430]

I LOVE STEAM ENGINES

[@AlexaDoee]

I really wish I could see these giants steaming up... it's sad

[@trainzillamodelrailroading9905]

Look up Union Pacific 4014.

[@FlyinBlaney]

Rest In Peace Grand Trunk Western Railroad Number 5629 CBQRR Number 5632

[@danielwalton9012]

Well At Least There Are 2 Trust Organizations 2 Rebuild Them 4 Display as The Top 2/20 Steamers in The New! Chicago Land Memory First Run Room! as there A Show! Coming to town!

[@danielwalton4563]

The story will continue

[@TheDreamDynasty]

ITS VERY SAD TO SEE THEM GO AWAY REST IN PEACE

[@danielwalton9012]

But There's The CB&Q 5632 Trust Arriving Soon 2 Rebuild CB&Q 5632 as Great Northern 5632 2 Recreate The Earlier 20th Century Coming Back!

[@ajoyfulnoisepianostudio]

I've seen one of the CB&Q northerns before. The one at the Colorado railroad mueseum.

[@SteamKing2160]

I feel sad for the 5629.. those steam hating devils.

[@andrewboyd8073]

Worse for 5632

[@jacobtompke8677]

Who the hell could dislike steam?? :/

[@SteamKing2160]

people who hate steam. I love steam

[@henrybiton1814]

SteamKing2160 mL

[@SteamKing2160]

Thank goodness she was saved.

[@ThomasFan3751]

I currently have CB&Q 5632 for TRS 2010.

[@Henriqueleal0609]

Same

[@jackboerner1901]

When I heard the story of 5629, I was thinking, DAMN YOU METRA! Pardon my French.

[@junkdeal]

Between Metra and the Federal District Court for Eastern District of Illinois, the IRM was even denied permission to move it in large sections. It had to be demolished under technicalities of, I believe, was the ADA Act, a Federal law regarding titles, ownership, and transferring requirements. My friend did the demo job on it, and he remembered a lot of the facts on why it went this way. I talked to a couple of guys from IRM years ago who also gave me some facts.

[@danielwalton4563]

@@Benry2 So Let's Break it up 4 The Union Pacific to take it away!

[@bradwhitney7782]

I've had just bought an ho scale model of one of the engines on this list. It is a 4-8-4 Ferroequus #2100 with dcc, smoke, and sound from Broadway Limited. I've got it from a train show today.

[@gingerdrizz]

Wouldn’t CB&Q 5629 technically the last of its kind? Its an 05B, the other surviving CB&Q Northerns are O5a’s

[@CodysTrainz]

They may be gone, but its great to see some steam engines actually coming back in the form of big boy 4014, and Portland Astoria & Pacific no. 29 and Nevada Northern no. 90.

[@steamy1937]

Hi Chris. Just for fun look up Canadian Pacific steam locomotives 3100 and 3101. Both have been preserved. 3100 is now on display at the Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa Ontario and 3101 is now on display in IPSCO Regina Saskatchewan:)

[@nickdeluna8681]

It's really ashamed that Grand Trunk Western 5629 and Chicago Burlington and Quincy 5632 are both scrapped with no extra help of saving both engines that's sad. It would be phenomenal if they got one of O-5 b class northern steam locomotives to run again for excursions that will be great. But, hopefully I'm not the only who feels this way and well, only one could dream.

[@danielwalton9012]

Well At least Rebuilding Only 1 of 2! Designated As Engine 4-6-2 Pacific #5629 which Southern Pacific 4449 Rebuilds it/Donated 2 The Oregon Rail Heritage Center in 1988 4 Display Until Early 1990! Union Pacific 4-8-4 Northern #844! Return it 2 steam! as Rio Grande 5629!

[@War1109]

Metra should of gotten sued for scrapping Jensen’s locomotive

[@danielwalton4563]

So Let's Sue up Metra 4 The New! Roundhouse Complex!

[@danielwalton4563]

& Replace you With BNSF!

[@iwostrains]

Yes

[@rwchannel8832]

Meta was really a numbnut for scrapping #5629.

[@wofa187]

It truly was Jensen's fault that 5629 was scrapped

[@rynnevans6783]

You know that nkp 587 is about done

[@jacobhinojosa6462]

That’s very nice, I have seen more Steam locomotive 819 at Pine Bluff on my 25th Birthday 🎂 Then I saw Locomotive 5629 at Golden while I was visiting at Colorado Railroad Museum with my uncle

[@evanf1293]

Hey Chris I hope you don't mind but can I have a list or link of the music you used for your top 15 extinct american steam locomotives list and top 11 retired steam excursion stars list?

[@nickdeluna8681]

Excuse me Christopher Kovacs can you make a video involves your favorite steam excursion stars whether its retired/ or still runs today? Please and thank you.

[@edylk2498]

3:49 this is in a book called the "lonely caboose".

[@HinckleyBranchRailfan]

There also is Canadian National 4070 at Conway Scenic railroad I’m NH. At first I thought you meant that one.

[@deansherry4155]

We in Queensland (AUS) have two examples of once preserved engines meeting the cutter’s torch. Former rail tour engine Beyer-Garrett No. 1096 was scrapped in 1973 after suffering a hot axle box, and Pacific No. 843 met the same fate in 1975.

[@JoeltheSwedishDragon]

Me heart almost shattered to pieces... Even if the Pacific #GTW5629 n' Northern #CBQ5632 had sisters n' look-alikes, it's still too heartbreaking to see/hear those beauties helplessly getting cut up, man.

[@danielwalton9012]

But At Least There are 2 New! Organizations Arriving Later 2 Rebuild Those! Just 4 Display in 1988 Until The 1990 Return To Steam!

[@marblesjn]

Can I make a idea using the 5632 part to make a trainz segment credited to you and k&l trainz

[@danielwalton9012]

& as it would 2 The GTW 5629 Trust Campaign! Through 1988! awaiting 2 b Built up/Made out!

[@jakeandzack5763]

#Avenge5629 You will be missed....

[@danielwalton9012]

But You'll Return With Southern Pacific 4449 in 1988 4 Display, & Return to Steam in 1990! With Union Pacific 4-8-4 Northern #844!

[@danielwalton4563]

Let's Fight!

[@jakeandzack5763]

Woah, let's not do that.

[@danielwalton9012]

& Later Rebuilding of The That Engine in Jan. 1988 4 Display! Until 1990! February of That 1990 year! when it returns to service!

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

Here's the actual case between 5629 and 5632: In the case of 5629, it was actually Jensen to blame, and as you said, some groups (particularly) the IRM, offered to purchase the locomotive for $15,000 from Jensen, THEY made the offer TO him. And he said NO. Metra did the same, but as the locomotive was Jensens, Metra wasn't allowed to claim ownership of Jensens property, and finally the court ordered them to scrap it. As for 5632, apparently it and CB&Q 4963 were involved in an illegal sale from C&WI, and 5632 was scrapped (again, illegally) and Jensen was absolutely pissed off and sued both the scrap company and C&WI for it

[@YankEnjoyer]

hey christopher pls do a top 11 restored steam excursion stars

[@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014]

Some of 819’s sister locomotives were sold to Southern Pacific to become their Gs-7s and 8s

[@wisconsinrailfanner8963]

Hey! It's San Juan Trainz! The Jonathan Eau Claire guy!

[@trainmaster844]

I'm not Jon Eau Claire.

[@wisconsinrailfanner8963]

Christopher Kovacs sorry, I sometimes get all of you mixed up

[@Nighttime-Challenger]

Loved the video also what is the name of the song used in the intro?

[@junkdeal]

One of my best friends (who died in July this year) and sometime business partner was the man whose crew cut up 5629 at Metra in about '88. It is a difficult story to get exactly right, but it was in part to Jensen's seeming senile decisions at the end, the entry of a Federal Court into the picture to sort out regulations under the ADA Act (Automotive Dismantling Act) which is what prevented this from being sold even in large individual pieces to the IRM, and just good old pissin'-match politics at different levels. It was not legal to sell this untitled unit as a vehicle. The Federal Court ordered the complete demolition of the loco. The Erman-Howell Division of Luria Steel got the contract to wreck it, and my friend drew the ticket to perform the task under a sub-contract. I have a one-of-a-kind oil painting about 3 feet long done by Chicago artist Josef Metz of the scene as it looked at 5:30, done in a stylized manner with other locomotives and Mexican burners to make it resemble a locomotive scrapyard in the '50s!

[@trainmaster844]

+junkdeal Thank you for sharing the whole story of 5629's end. I wasn't sure that I got all the facts, but you provided the crucial missing pieces. Thanks again and Thanks for Watching!

[@trainmaster844]

+junkdeal Thank you for sharing the whole story of 5629's end. I wasn't sure that I got all the facts, but you provided the crucial missing pieces. Thanks again and Thanks for Watching!

[@junkdeal]

+Christopher Kovacs Well, thank YOU! Loved this video! I may have supplied some facts, but actually I probably know very little in actuality! I never actually never went and actually saw the job as it was going on. Rob Sinise was the guy with the sub-contract, and Earl Mosby was the crew leader. Rob loaded out the scrap from it with a large Barco loader. The agent for the Erman Division was guy named McMahon and Rob claimed he came right to the job and got the bell! I just remember it was a terrible mess! Protesters came from far and wide and had to be barred from the yard. IRM wanted to haul it out in like 4 large pieces, but the Court actually could not allow it under that ADA Act! Metra could not hand title to it as a vehicle. Jensen was in terrible health also, and his decisions were bad in general. He really got mis-treated in this and other dealings with the railroads. There was a locomotive stored at the Erman-Howell facility on 87th in Chicago that may have been the Q 5632. There was another turn-of-the-century 4-4-0 (as I remember) that was virtual rolling boiler with the cab sitting on the tender sitting on a flatcar in grey primer at Metron Steel on the East Side that was eventually moved to 107th east of Vincennes ages ago, that might have been Jensen's also. A passenger heavy-weight was there too!

[@michaelhalstead6303]

I'm starting a organization called "project 5629 " to build a full scale repleca of 5629 !!!!!!!!!

[@danielwalton9012]

Rebuild a s Rio Grande 5629 With Southern Paciific 4449/Union Pacific 844!

[@bluespeedforce112]

can you leave a link to the songs you use from part 1 to part 3

[@SteamKing2160]

I would shut down Metra and send everyone who was involved with the scrapping of this wonderful, beautiful pacific all to jail for life with no parole, no food, no water, no nothing. What they did to 5629 was literally the most criminal thing they ever did.

[@DillonTrinhProductions]

that;s too harsh

[@railfangarrett6313]

But how will people get to work in chicago when its shut down

[@kremestation80]

You Should’ve Used 4460 In This List

[@jrvarela2521]

M-497 black beetle AKA Jet Train

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

About that 5629 one, you left out some other parts. For one,Jensen removed critical components off of the 5629 and sold them to railfans, also a court ruled that if 5629 wasn't moved off, then it was to be destroyed (scrapped). Also the groups like the IRM actually made offers to buy the 5629, and even Metra themselves made an offer to buy the 5629 to give to a museum, but the court said that they couldn't legally obtain ownership of Jensen's property. Eventually the court ordered the 5629 to be scrapped and well, the rest is history.

[@trainmaster844]

I eventually found out about the full story, but at the time of this video’s production, I had no way of knowing.

[@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014]

I saw CB&Q 5629 in person 1.5 months ago

[@rosaleal6043]

Sad as sad as ex victorian railways loco K183 wich was preserved by stemrail victoria. But in 2002 she hit a B dobel truck 3 of the 4 people in the locos cab were killed the loco is still at the back of the Newport workshops east block

[@transportationproductions1794]

Did Richard Jenson die after the refrigerator accident?

[@atsfevan0242]

No he lived until 1991 and then passed away

[@transportationproductions1794]

Oh.

[@carbonfiber1995]

3number 10 made me wanted to shed a tear. damn

[@nigelrichardson4327]

Maybe if CSX would restore the Chessie Steam Special they could be a better class 1

[@elijahstewart7937]

819s tender is tiny

[@Hunter_Dawso]

Anyone know what the music for number 8 is?

[@plagued_inferno6059]

It always makes me so sad to see a steam locomotive get scrapped, or just left somewhere to rust. If I could, I'd buy every single one of them and move them to a new railway... a safe place, where they will run excursions without ever being scrapped. I'd call it "Steam Haven Railway"

[@owenmeschter9888]

You mentioned two engines with the same exact number (5632)

[@HotboxHolton]

And 5629

[@owenmeschter9888]

Well there ya go! Wait he said that twice too?

[@HotboxHolton]

Yeah, there was GTW 5629 and one of CB&Q 5632's surviving sister engines had the number 5629.

[@owenmeschter9888]

How funny!

[@justinhicksonanipad6786]

Owen Meschter that's not funny what happened to those to scrapped loco s

[@amtrakyesdorano146vgcpjohn5]

6:04 my favorite show

[@anasiacameronelijahedcpndc4324]

On Nickelodeon?

[@AmityBlightAndSP4449Fan]

Breadwinners is actually the worst cartoon of all time, and if you’re gonna keep liking the worst cartoon on Nickelodeon then people will make rants on you. Also made a video of you hitting SB99Stuff. And that was bad because He’s one of my favorite DeviantArters of all time. I also blocked you for that, but soon I’ll make a rant on you!

[@skydive7054]

the story of 5629.. bro, they had absolutely no right to do that. what did Jenson do about it? did metra get disbanded or at least some form of punishment?

[@westvirginiaandmontana9022]

Christopher Kovacs You forgot texas and pacific 610

[@NWGuyNWchallenger]

I made my own version of 5629 With DRG&W 4-8-2 2303 in TRAINZ simulator 2

[@alexlife470]

Do you think CB&Q 5633 Shlod be restored and one day mascorade as the 5632 in black, and in gold

[@itsmeoptimusprime]

So sad i want cab forward

[@atsfevan0242]

11:04 Why did 819 retire?

[@trainmaster844]

She was coming due for another boiler inspection and it was right in the middle of the FRA re-writing 49 CFR Part 230.

[@atsfevan0242]

Aww I see thanks Chris

[@elibepyt6738]

When is the 819 is going to be back to service

[@ethanstrode9560]

Never and i don't know when

[@elibepyt6738]

+Ethan Strode I know what year is she will return to service it in the early 2030s

[@trainmaster844]

Eli, I'm sorry to say, but you are no psychic. The only time #819 will ever return to service is when the necessary funding is allocated and the work is done to return it to service. All of those factors are dependent on how many people want to donate to the project, how much fundraising the group does and a whole bunch of other variables.

[@elibepyt6738]

+Christopher Kovacs I know what year 819 is going to be back to service and it's 2033

[@silverstatehighiron]

You're not a psychic like Christopher said. You don't know this information.

[@StarwarsFannick]

Can you tell which kevin maclead music did you use?

[@thomasweekley9209]

That was stupid of them to cut up 5629. Metra will NEVER be forgiven for that😡

[@Benry2]

Glad to see some people with the same opinion as me. JENSEN IS SUPERIOR!!!!!!

[@HotboxHolton]

YEAH!

[@danielwalton9012]

But Only Southern Pacific 4449 Will Forgive Metra in 1988! & Then in 1990 Rio Grande 5629 Debuted with Union Pacific 844! as they Double-head 2 MO!

[@railfangarrett6313]

Metra ran trips with 765 so metra has redem them selves

[@StarwarsFannick]

May i ask where did you get this music?

[@picklesrgreat1629]

can u tell me the names of the music used in all three of these i do like ot and it fits perfectly

[@trainmaster844]

The first three entries are "Thaxted" by Kevin MacLoed (A remake of a Gustav Holt original) and the one for Cotton Belt 819 is "Piano Ballad" from the Apple iLife Music Library.

[@picklesrgreat1629]

ok thx

[@junkdeal]

The piece with the 5629 is also known as "I Pledge to Thee My Country" and is damn-near the British National Anthem, or really should be! It is sung or played at really big events like state funerals and celebrations. It is certainly well-known in UK households and schools!

[@joshkusiak7613]

+junkdeal congrats on brexit if you are British

[@junkdeal]

Josh Kusiak Nope, just well-read!! American as apple pie-in a matter of speaking! Born in Yellowknife NT then emigrated via adoption in '56!

[@Michael-eg3rs]

is it bad that I actually felt like shedding a tear about what happened to 5629?

[@HotboxHolton]

Don't worry, I bet almost everyone did including me.

[@maxnash8450]

I feel you buddy.

[@jacobtompke8677]

What whistle is that on 4690?

[@MrDusty]

whats the background song called at 2:00 onwards

[@giggles7104]

Thaxed

[@Buynot]

judging by the pictures of gtw 5629, it still kind of looks salvageable. Or is it completley gone now with nothing left?

[@KorraDaTrainBuff]

+4294steam Were you there when it actually happened? 5629's demolition is hard to swallow.

[@thomasweekley9209]

+icverano525 Metra will NEVER be forgiven for that😡

[@ethanstrode9560]

No Metra got pissed off about the steam locomotive after the owner couldn't move the engine to the iowa interstate railroad and other groups tried to the engine to the illinos' railroad museums

[@HotboxHolton]

The pictures of 5629 being scrapped are the most horrifying pictures I have seen of a scrapped steam locomotive. What music did you use during talking about 5629 and where can I find the version of the music that you used? Also, CURSE METRA FOR SCRAPPING 5629! I not even a fan of Metra. If I had a time machine like Stewie from family guy and go back in time, I would stop them from scrapping 5629. I always wished I had a time machine.

[@justinhicksonanipad6786]

4294steam please save all amarican and British trains

[@PendennisCastle]

I hear god save the queen on there :)

[@trainmaster844]

+Pendennis Castle Almost, but it is a British tune. It's "Thaxted" or "I Vow to Thee, My Country".

[@PendennisCastle]

Christopher Kovacs I knew i heard that music before.

[@philpreeo5515]

+Pendennis Castle Took me a while too, I heard it the first time in Gustav Holst's Planets suite, specifically Jupiter.

[@MiddletownBranchProd.]

whats the music for 4070’s entry?