B&O in 1978. Capital, Baltimore Terminal, Philadelphia subdivisions.

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Thanks for watching. Hope you enjoyed this old Super 8mm sound film shot along the B&O Between Relay Maryland (South of Baltimore) and Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1978.
Please be sure to check out my many other video clips from the 1970's up to today. God Bless
Please do not use without permission. All my videos and images are Copyright protected. Thank you...
Movie was taken with a Kodak Ektasound Super 8mm sound camera. Very privative to todays standards, so quality wasn't all that great. Each cassette holds 3-1/2 minutes of film, and was expensive.
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Copyright Jack D Kuiphoff © 10/29/2020
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@RobertGratz-os5zg 6 ай бұрын

Wow....had a flashback to my sophomore year of high school watching this. Thanks.

@thealmightydoge5653 3 жыл бұрын

Ah I remember my dad telling the stories of these trains... i always wished to see them and yet, here we are.

@TRRailfan 3 жыл бұрын

1:04 what a consist! This era is my favorite because of things like this.

@dirkradler532 2 жыл бұрын

NE 84/87 came off the Delaware and Hudson in Philadelphia. They ran through Reading, Allentown and Taylor on the way to Binghamton NY. They used trackage from Reading, Jersey Central, Lehigh Valley and Erie Lackawanna railroads.

@amtrak706 3 жыл бұрын

4:45 What a gorgeous big tag K5LA! Those are extremely rare to find nowadays, so it's awesome to hear one from back in the day.

@ArturoRailProductions 2 жыл бұрын

I think it’s actually an original corker K5LA. If this was recorded in 78 then this is likely one of the first K5LA’s built!

@DeepChillWolf Жыл бұрын

@@ArturoRailProductions Here's a video of an F40 (12/29/1978) with a big tag or corker K5LA. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hbOoe8-kqZyrYXk.html

@DeathLetterBlues44 3 жыл бұрын

Geeps, SDs, f units, long hood forward running, Steam = another great video!

@stuew6 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see F-units WM

@KM3W 3 жыл бұрын

I'm an old B&O fan..... I love the B&O. In fact, the B&O was the reason I got into radio, and became a ham operator. I grew up along the East End Sub (now the Philly sub) in Darby, Pa. There was a siding there, and NE 87, 685, The Advanced Chicagoan, 689, The Chicago Trailer Jet, and more, all would sometimes stop at Darby, waiting for another train. Got to know a lot of train crews as kid. Brought back a lot of good memories watching this film. I remember the CSS....I had film of it myself up in the Darby area. Also had pics of the 614 when it stopped in Darby. B&O and Chessie were one hell of a railroad.....CSX just isn't the same. Since they took down my CPLs, those Safetrans signals don't give me the same feeling.

@rogerhuber3133 3 жыл бұрын

So neat seeing the B&O trains in the area I grew up in during the 1960's. Love those GP-30's!

@LeeDfined 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up along the ex B&O Chicago to Baltimore mainline. It was Chessie Systems when I was a kid in the 80s. But same difference. This video is mesmerizing.

@jjstrains4547 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing the East End Philly Sub. This film is the same time I hired on B&O. Made it 40 years and now in year 4 of retirement. Remember all those trains we worked. 682. Gateway 97. SLTT. CPTT. 396. 85. NE84.

@ChadsRailfanExperience 3 жыл бұрын

Man, you have so much great stuff already, then this appears. You've been holding out! Great watching as always, Mr. K!

@zirndorfredleg7688 3 жыл бұрын

Love those GPs

@LeeDfined 3 жыл бұрын

4:09- 4:18...miss hearing engines ROAR like this

@andywomack3414 2 жыл бұрын

I was hoping for some Bayview Yard vids. Worked there, 1970-74. The mash-up of F-units and GP's and SD's brings back memories of youth.

@joshbrony2204 3 жыл бұрын

Recorded in 1978, uploaded in 2020.

@Artines999 3 жыл бұрын

♥.♥ Thank you so much...

@iusetano 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the upload. I enjoyed watching. Excellent video.

@Chessie1985 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Jack!!!!

@LotusbandicootRR 2 жыл бұрын

4:45 might be one of the earliest recordings of a K5LA I've heard... they'd only been in use for a few years at the time. Also not sure I've seen footage of the Chessie Steam Special, especially with sound. Your channel is absolute gold, we all appreciate your effort preserving all these recordings.

@redbarnz 2 жыл бұрын

Terrific footage!

@fredeisen7401 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Jack! I live in this area so recognized most of the locations and railfanned those same years.

@CrabMan2539 11 ай бұрын

3:44 I didn't notice right away but that is where the St. Denis Marc station is today. It's not right where he's standing, it's closer to that bridge, but it's crazy to see a place I've been to so often growing up in a film from way back then. I was just there yesterday heh.

@1978garfield 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff! Love the CSS, glad to see it in action.

@shortliner68 2 жыл бұрын

My wife and I were on that 1978 CSS excursion pictured in the video, running from Baltimore to Philadelphia. First time I ever got to ride through the Howard St. tunnel. We also took two other CSS excursions between 1977 and 1978. One was a circle trip out of Baltimore that ran via the Old Main Line going west, creeping around the tight east leg of the wye at Point of Rocks, and return to Balto. via the Metropolitan Sub. The other trip went to Harpers Ferry but I don't remember whether it ran west via OML and east via Met. Sub. or Met Sub. both directions. Have to dig out my old ticket stubs and see if the route is mentioned.

@1jackdk 2 жыл бұрын

That first trip was neat. We road it the first day, chased it the second. When we got to Baltimore, they were still painting the smokebox. www.flickr.com/photos/jackdk/28356079670

@shortliner68 2 жыл бұрын

@@1jackdk Thank you for the photo link. Brings back memories of the way Camden Station tracks used to look. Around 1983 we also rode another nice steam trip from Balto. to Martinsburg, WV with C&O 614. My wife even had family come up from southern VA to ride with us. Really miss those rail excursions out of Baltimore on the B&O and WM back in the 1960s, '70s and '80s.

@1jackdk 2 жыл бұрын

@@shortliner68 That was a great trip as well. Managed to catch the first trip of 614 also. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f6xhhKtoq92aqJ8.html

@TRRailfan 3 жыл бұрын

0:33 I had no idea the later SD units were any taller than the early high-hood GPs!

@msa6931 20 күн бұрын

great video, Jack!!

@GuntersGarage Жыл бұрын

That was awesome!

@jamesstallings2007 3 жыл бұрын

Nice !!!!

@koa14kn27 3 жыл бұрын

4:45 amazing k5la

@KM3W 3 жыл бұрын

You know, while I like the Chessie paint scheme...I just realized I really like the Blue and Yellow scheme as much, if not more. It was the one I grew up with in Darby, Pa.

@NixCrossing 3 жыл бұрын

Love that Chessie color scheme! CSX should bring that back, BNSF's colors are way ahead of them! Awesome video!

@wadericejr2788 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you were able to get your movies digitized, along with the sound. You had to have used a pretty good transfer medium as well as post-transfer editing in a computer program. Being that the film stock was Ektachrome, you either had little to no color fade/shift over the years, due to good storage practices. Thanks for sharing.

@sony197 Жыл бұрын

its sad how all of these once great famous names are now gone

@2011Maynard 3 жыл бұрын

1:11 - I have a picture of me in the cab of that Western Maryland F unit #7152. It was in the Newark Ohio B&O yard around the mid 70's...

@VibrancySirJuke 2 жыл бұрын

5:36 - I certainly didn't expect a B&O GP40-2 in B&O Dark Blue Livery instead of the Chessie System livery.

@VibrancySirJuke 2 жыл бұрын

Oh whoops, I just found out that No.4033 is a GP40, not a GP40-2.

@rskalisky 3 жыл бұрын

The National Publishing Co. building is now condos called Locust point. Grew up along the Philly sub in SEPA

@geac9100 3 жыл бұрын

Engineer at Lakeside said "thanks a lot".

@hirampriggott1689 2 жыл бұрын

I find it fascinating that the B&o and the PRR run nearly parallel to each other between DC and NYC. And they cross each other in the vicinity of the Guinness brewery. Of course, the PRR ran under a tunnel to get to Manhattan and the B&O terminated ad Jersey City Communipaw station.

@gary24fan 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video. Was 2101 the unit that was destroyed in a roundhouse fire around 40 or so years ago? My memory is foggy on this but I remember reading about it in RMC around 1979-1980 timeframe.

@danielhemple8649 3 жыл бұрын

Great footage hard to believe GE has overtaken EMD

@spider_hoss 2 жыл бұрын

Love that steam engine painted in Chessie System colors.

@dirkradler532 2 жыл бұрын

Also, Chessie 2101 is a Reading Railroad T-1 which is being restored by the Reading and Northern Railroad in Port Clinton Pa.

@TrainFan119 3 жыл бұрын

When EMD seemed to rule the locomotive industry and 4 axle power wasn’t hard to find on mainline frieght

@daniellaubsch1605 3 жыл бұрын

What happened to the Chessie System streamer after Conrail took over the east coast rail system? Man B&O Chessie system W&M road pwr was alot of Geep 40's leaders back in the day. Great to see old vintage films of what the rail system was like nearly 4 decades ago.