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Nickel Plate 765 unassisted last weekend

Discuție în 'What's Going On' creată de mike1522, 30 Oct 2013.

  1. mike1522

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    I have been so focused on what your country has to offer that I have completely, nearly skipped over the US steam calendar. So, I will be posting a few threads because Mainline steam over here has been on the upswing.

    Nickel Plate 765 powered a pair of trips Fort Wayne to Lafayette dubbed "The Wabash Cannonball".
    Here is an 11 minute clip from this past weekend.

     
    mike1522, 30 Oct 2013
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    Corbs și rule55 apreciază asta.
  2. RalphW

    RalphW Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Administrator Friend

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    Thanks for that Mike some good coverage. Irealise that it's the way things are in the US but with all the whistle/hooter blowing you rarely get to hear the loco exhaust properly.
     
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    Thanks for the film Mike I enjoyed that. Good to see some steam without assistance.
    Regards Brian
     
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    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    Agreed. And also good to see proper combustion and exhaust. I guess they know where to get the right coal in the US.
     
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    Excellent stuff Mike. And unlike Ralph I find American loco whistles/hooters to be exhilarating, more please.:)
     
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    Absolutely wonderful, Autumn colours, 16 on the back, an exhaust like Vesuvius and an engineer who thinks he's a musician. :D

    The run through Rockfield at five minutes is just something else and it's not until the end when you see a crew member that you get an idea of the scale of the loco.

    Can we not do a swap for "Eisenhower"!!
     
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  7. mike1522

    mike1522 Long Time Member Friend

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    765 is one of my faves. 2-8-4's are pretty cool I think. 70mph fast freights were her thing in the day.
     
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    RalphW Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Administrator Friend

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    Didn't say I don't like them it's just they have to use them so much with all the open crossings etc. and this wipes out the exhaust sound on the video.
     
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    Thanks for sharing Mike1522 , good to see the 2-8-4 stretching its legs a bit , glad of the upsurge in steam south of the 49th , hopefully it will spread up to Canada - -a bit bleak on the mainline at the moment .
     
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    Super stuff, many thanks for posting........a must do, someday........a ride behind steam in the colonies........
     
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    Thats great, I love the sound of American 5 or 6 chimes, but I can't stand the bells, the bells, they made me deaf you know.

    Its also good to see a yankee engine with proper exhaust because its running on coal, not greasy oil..
     
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