Chesapeake and Ohio

Рет қаралды 33,907

Жыл бұрын

Chesapeake and Ohio 2-6-6-2 #1309 is the largest operating steam locomotive on the East Coast of the USA. Several dozen patrons and I spent a somewhat chilly February 2023 day with Lerro Photography at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, in Cumberland, MD, photographing the locomotive pulling a replicated "coal drag" up the grade from Cumberland to Frostburg, MD.
What's extra special about this event is that the locomotive is normally painted in the railroad's "Western Maryland" paint scheme. For this and other Lerro charters, the locomotive was re-lettered and re-numbered for its original Chesapeake and Ohio paint scheme. After the charters are done, the locomotive goes back into the regular paint scheme that it has had since it started operations on the line in 2021.
We shot at numerous locations along the line - here is the best of the runbys at each location. Enjoy this look at "Chesapeake and Ohio #1309: One Day With Lerro Photography"! ‪@LerroProductions‬ ‪@westernmarylandscenicrailr1683‬

Пікірлер: 118

@shroomzed2947 Жыл бұрын

That shot with the farmer waving was great, the whole scene looks like it could have been the late forties/early fifties.

@danielfoster3642 Жыл бұрын

That's Helmstetter's Curve for you. 😀😀😀😀

@artiek1177 11 ай бұрын

Great video. Nothing like a steam locomotive on a cold, winter day.

@user-rs9ic3lf5r Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Thanks!

@EngineerDaylight Жыл бұрын

That Ts-1 Whistle is 1309s destined voice. FR that sounds so dang good! ❤

@Matscolinger7305 Жыл бұрын

I personally think the hooter suits her better but this is pretty good too

@caseywedel1969 Жыл бұрын

The hooter was more unique to me. It sounded more muscular and no- nonsense like an articulated married to a tug boat. It was on par with the Reading and Northern whistle that sounded like a Squatch screaming in the forest

@transitoftheeast927 Жыл бұрын

This whistle (southern longbell 3 chime) suits this locomotive MUCH more. To me the hooter sounds wimpy and i dont really like hooters, and for a locomotive of this size the long bell just fits it so much better

@colapone1895 Жыл бұрын

Hooter is Ideal, This Whistle is that, ChillBumps perfection, both the Hooter and this whistle fit it too well

@evanj2400 11 ай бұрын

i like the hooter, but THIS is better imo

@commissarcarl1700 Жыл бұрын

I like it better this way. I get that the Western Maryland scenic railroad would want this in Western Maryland colors, but im glad they throw the C&O roots a bone every now and then

@klm7858 Жыл бұрын

SOOOOO AWESOME!!!!❣️❣️❣️❣️ What a treat to see her as she originally was!!! Wonderful video, Big Jim!!❤

@damiencx5002 11 ай бұрын

That was fantastic 😄 Love US steam and the whistle is magic 👍🇦🇺

@tractorhead04 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Such a powerhouse of a locomotive.

@Bigjimvideo Жыл бұрын

It sure is! Thanks!

@danielfoster3642 Жыл бұрын

The 1309 is a powerhouse, considering that it is a 2-6-6-6. Though it is not an "Allegany" like the locomotive that is on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit.

@neilbhalodi8797 Жыл бұрын

@@danielfoster3642 I believe the 1309 is a 2-6-6-2 “H6” mallet, the 2-6-6-6 is the “H8” otherwise known as Alleghenies or Blue Ridges depending on which railroad

@danielfoster3642 Жыл бұрын

@@neilbhalodi8797 I am well aware of my mistake on my part. My main point is that the 1309 is a monster of an engine.

@michaelsharps Жыл бұрын

Excellent coverage and compositional choices. Thank you for sharing!

@Willysmb44 Жыл бұрын

I didn't even know they'd done this until I read about in Railfan magazine last week. Such a great job with putting the temporary C&O marking back on 1309. I saw her in the B&O museum's parking lot in the 90s, never thinking she'd run again

@Peter-xo6bn Жыл бұрын

Magnificent video in every way. Thanks .

@TrainTrackTrav Жыл бұрын

That's what I like to see and hear. A steam loco gettin' down and dirty. Working hard. The scene with the farmer made me think of something O Winston Link would have photographed. Oh yeah, and that long bell three chime whistle, perfection!

@jordanalexander615 Жыл бұрын

Always loves the look of the front of C and O steam locomotives. They just look powerful. Its hard to explain. And i never noticed until now why it was a slower locomotive until now. Its. Compound articulated.

@chendersonrailproductions704 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic coverage and fantastic video Jim!

@Bigjimvideo Жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

@nathancorcoran5347 Жыл бұрын

@@Bigjimvideo I really appreciate it.

@UnofficialATKProductions Жыл бұрын

that TS1 whistle is awesome on 1309

@user-uc9tj5uh8x 18 күн бұрын

Отличная работа оператора. Красивые пейзажи, а паровоз просто ВЕЛИКОЛЕПЕН❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@StormySkyRailProductions Жыл бұрын

Spectacular video. Love the footage and enjoyed watching. Have a wonderful rest of your Thursday.(Steve)

@Bigjimvideo Жыл бұрын

Thank you! You too!

@StormySkyRailProductions Жыл бұрын

@@Bigjimvideo Your welcome and thanks also.

@mainecoastrailfan 7 ай бұрын

Excellent video!

@AnimalsVehiclesAndMore 6 ай бұрын

That echo from 8:00 to 9:00 is insane. It sounds very haunting, like a ghost train has come back from the dead (scrapyard) to haunt the rails again. Imagine hearing it at night.

@LIMowersAndMore Жыл бұрын

Great job as always jim! Keep it up beautiful angles!

@bigjohnrailproductions8370 Жыл бұрын

Very nice video. The 1309 worked on a show.

@Bigjimvideo Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@SmokyProductions-gb6qv Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@Bigjimvideo Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@robertcovell2787 8 ай бұрын

Now I understand why they call her a beast!

@TERRYBIGGENDEN Жыл бұрын

Brilliant! :-)

@evanternent139 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video!!!

@maryellenwaterman4279 Жыл бұрын

Beautifully filmed

@STHSIndustries2K6 Жыл бұрын

The last Baldwin steam locomotive is back. Chesapeake and Ohio #1309 pulling a coal drag in it's original colors. Unfortunately that was temporary, it's back in its WMSR colors it had since 2021.

@fredeisen7401 Жыл бұрын

Great videos. I was also on that trip. Will post mine probably next week.

@Bigjimvideo Жыл бұрын

Excellent!! And thanks!!

@OtherWorldExplorers Жыл бұрын

Thank you for letting the Steam Engine do all the talking. Subscribed!

@northpennvalleysteamrailroad Жыл бұрын

Amazing video Friend!!!

@Bigjimvideo Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@H5691j Ай бұрын

Doesn’t this C&O H6 (H 1-5 too) have a very unique trailing truck where the truck frame is almost stationary while the wheels move side to side while negotiating curves on an axle within an axle? Must be an interesting story behind that development.

@maxwellwalcher6420 Жыл бұрын

Ready for 20th century Limited NYC 5406.

@johnknippenberg-LandmarkYards Жыл бұрын

Unassisted freight photo op, very cool.

@trainmaster90productions Жыл бұрын

Nice vid of beast of the east Jim she looks snazzy in C&O paint hope to see you at the EBT for the Winter railfan weekend

@stgislander Жыл бұрын

The crews at WMSR must keep busy swapping C&O with WM and back on the tender. When I rode it last summer, it had Western Maryland on the tender.

@slagcat Жыл бұрын

This is 1309. This is how it should have come out of the paint shop to begin with 👍🏻. Awesome video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻, She was built for the C&O.

@danielfoster3642 Жыл бұрын

Although the 1309 is classified as a 2-6-6-6 locomotive, she is not an "Allegany" locomotive like the 1601 that is on display at the Henry Ford.

@slagcat Жыл бұрын

@danielfoster3642 ? Who called 1309 an Allegheny 🤔, 1309 is compound articulated class "H-6" 2-6-6-2 "Mallet" type steam.

@danielfoster3642 Жыл бұрын

@@slagcat Oh, sorry about that. I must have confused the two articulated types of steam engines.

@slagcat Жыл бұрын

@danielfoster3642 Yes, both the H-6 1309 2-6-6-2 and the H- 8 1600 2-6-6-6 were built by Lima Locomotive, but as far as they go?

@CaptainCrutch Жыл бұрын

Built for the C&O, lived with the B&O, and now works for the WM… she’ll have worked for the WM longer than she worked for the C&O before her next major overhaul! Engines traditionally wear the colors of the railroad they work for, and if you really want to see a H6 in C&O; 1308 is still around.

@nathancorcoran5347 Жыл бұрын

I am happy that Chesapeake & Ohio 1309 is back to it’s original paint scheme.

@TrainsAreReallyCool Жыл бұрын

It's only temporary. She was painted this way for these charters only. When they are over, 1309 will be painted back into the WM fireball scheme.

@STHSIndustries2K6 Жыл бұрын

Sadly this is temporary

@danielfoster3642 Жыл бұрын

@@TrainsAreReallyCool Is she back in WM colors now?

@TrainsAreReallyCool Жыл бұрын

@@danielfoster3642 I don't know, I haven't seen any updates, but probably.

@danielfoster3642 Жыл бұрын

@@TrainsAreReallyCool Ok.

@archiecoolsdown5854 Жыл бұрын

😍

@Cbazz Жыл бұрын

No idea what that whistle is but it's beautiful

@Wmsr1309 Жыл бұрын

Long bell 3 chime

@regularguy7266 Жыл бұрын

A Southern Longbell 3 Chime.

@stgislander Жыл бұрын

This is probably sacrilege but I prefer the Western Maryland 5 Chime whistles.

@razgrizaceblaze259 Жыл бұрын

@@stgislander I would love to hear #1309 wear a Western Maryland 5 chime. That's not a whistle that is heard very often.

@danielfoster3642 Жыл бұрын

@@razgrizaceblaze259 She'll probably have it on one of these days.

@subzerofromny735 23 күн бұрын

Finally it’s back to its original name being C&O

@jackstoyOgaugetrains 11 ай бұрын

Sweet. That’s why I miss the America I grew up in. Sweet sound of a big steamer working hard.

@BigUnitBeef Жыл бұрын

Be awesome to see that brute slugging it out on the mainline with actual freight.

@realtoytrains Жыл бұрын

I can smell this video!

@danielfoster3642 Жыл бұрын

That whistle kind of sounds like a low pitched version of 611's whistle. That's interesting considering 1309's normal whistle is kind of like the one on 1218.

@erikc.1087 Жыл бұрын

As I have recently learned, it is a Southern long bell 3 chime. Does sound a lot like a Hancock, I agree. Like Frisco 1522.

@danielfoster3642 Жыл бұрын

@@erikc.1087 Wow! That's awesome. Thanks for letting me know.

@hawkeyeten2450 Жыл бұрын

They put a NYC 6 chime on her in Fall 2022 also. It was really unusual since you almost always imagine hearing it from a fast-moving passenger train, not a big Mallet. It sounded surprisingly well on 1309 though.

@KLTrainz Жыл бұрын

The locals expressed complaints about the volume of the hooter, so it’s off for now. Long bell whistle sounds amazing, can’t complain!

@danielfoster3642 Жыл бұрын

@@KLTrainz I agree. It's such a shame, though, about the city being upset over an iconic whistle.

@rogerhuber3133 8 ай бұрын

Great engine and video. What whistle was she wearing for this trip?

@ShadenLeader Жыл бұрын

(12:59 AM, 6/17/2023/2020's)-Sha*den (Shaden Leader) here to say; Great, nice, cool 😎, excellent, great job, good job, very good job (Big Jim Productions), and I love your Films, including your Videos too. God Bless (love your Productions) (Films). 1 Comment for each film, including this one. (105) Comments in my Life, (104) Comments here on KZfaq. (1:03 AM, 6/17/2023/2020's) 🙂 😇

@cjstrainsandadventures3322 11 ай бұрын

Is something leaking by the pistons?

@SteadyGhetner Жыл бұрын

WAy cool! 1309 gets shrouded in steam to the point that I think visibility from the cab could be difficult at times. Neat. But I think the whistle is using the most steam! What a wonderful lingering echo coming off those hills... Good show, thanks much.

@jonathanlafferty2271 Жыл бұрын

Wait a minute when did 1309 get it's original C&O tender put on it?

@CaptainCrutch Жыл бұрын

It’s always had the original tender

@alexpaumen3937 Жыл бұрын

I wonder where that other 3 Chime is. As in the one it wore in that one short video when it was being boiler tested.

@CaptainCrutch Жыл бұрын

It is privately owned, and at some point was damaged while off WMSR property. It may return one day once it’s been repaired.

@matthewpowell2429 Жыл бұрын

Anyone know what whistle 1309 was wearing on this charter?

@danielfoster3642 Жыл бұрын

Southern long bell 3 chime

@steamgent4592 Жыл бұрын

Kinda sounds like a Southern longbell too me not a C&O whistle at all.

@danielfoster3642 Жыл бұрын

It is.

@davisdavis175 5 ай бұрын

Sou ps4 whistle fits c&o 1309 ex wm 1309

@theextremeanimator4721 Жыл бұрын

Wait... *_...HE'S BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL LIVERY!?_*

@Bigjimvideo Жыл бұрын

Only for the photo events. It’s going back to Western Maryland paint very soon.

@rileysanesh5203 Жыл бұрын

Why does 1309 have to pull freight 1309 doesn’t pull freight where’s its passenger coaches like the dining car and concession car in the video

@bov634 Жыл бұрын

It was built as a drag freight engine. It can pull alot more then what you see.

@rbwernig Ай бұрын

The rails are in a bad condition!

@blw58824 Жыл бұрын

Video is nice but the leaks and timing are bad. Like 80’s mchugh new hope bad

@CaptainCrutch Жыл бұрын

Cold days always show leaks far worse than they seem on warm days. The cold also usually causes a few leaks… it was freezing most of the time on this charter.