PRR Steam Audio Recording: I1sa on Elmira Branch (1955)

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"A Class I1sa with a local southbound freight in tow, stops and picks up a car from an industrial spur, backs onto the train, then departs. This sequence was recorded on the Elmira Branch, three miles north of Williamsport, PA in September of 1955"
Clip from "Steam on the Standard Railroad of the World. Vol. I" by Semaphore Records
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@victoriacyunczyk 3 жыл бұрын

My dad sometimes talks about the one time he fired a 2-10-0 in Poland in exchange for a free ride. When he saw these, he said that no one could fire it by hand, and he's right.

@b3j8 5 жыл бұрын

I knew an elderly PRR Engineer who would roll his eyes at the mention of the I1 and say, "G--D-- rough-riding sonofabitch!" LOL

@melissanewman4422 2 жыл бұрын

I love that story. I'm back again today to hear the lonesome whistle and bells...

@trainknut 9 жыл бұрын

Gotta love the PRR. Something about their engines just seems, powerful, and big. Some roads like SP had some Good looking engines, those AC's on SP or the Big Boys on UP were pretty big. but only PRR can make a 2-10-0 seem massive.

@thereadingg3945 5 жыл бұрын

You should see the Western Maryland's I2 Decapods! They're about the same size as the Pennsy I1sa's.

@victoriacyunczyk 4 жыл бұрын

@@thereadingg3945 True, but they don't have the same 'heavy' look as the I1's.

@AdmiralColdhead 2 жыл бұрын

Dunno what's up with that 3 Chime at the beginning, but figuratively, she sounds like she's crying here. It's as if she knows she's close to her death and she's just living out her days now. That's the thing with Pennsy 3 Chimes. They're whistles that can bring the emotion out of a locomotive. The personalities you could link a K4 or a I1sa or an M1 with just their bellows.

@jessdatheturdle6602 2 жыл бұрын

PRR 3 chimes on the I1sa's always sounded horrible, other locomotives with a PRR 3 sounded find though

@Strasburgfan Жыл бұрын

The K4s sounded proud, as it should, and the others sounded sad because they couldn't be a K4.

@yankinga 10 жыл бұрын

Love the photo at 2:09. That's Columbus, OH and the N&W A in the background has brought the coal train north from Portsmouth. The Pennsy will handle it the rest of the way to the lake port at Sandusky. The I1 is tacking the PRR cabin car on to the rear end. More than likely there are doubleheaded Js on the head end which will take the train uphill to Lewis Center, OH. The point helper will cut off and return light to Columbus, while the road engine forwards the train to the lakefront.

@burkeofmellowpark3472 6 жыл бұрын

Part of history now forever and belongs to the ages.

@dcoursey82 15 жыл бұрын

It's actually not a Banshee whistle...if you listen closely, there's 3 notes being played. It's the standard 3-chime whistle, just "overblown" whenever you hear it screeching....I like the way the engineer uses it, myself...

@jrcrawford4 4 жыл бұрын

It's a kill devil for sure.

@HoboJoe-tr1tm 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I actually quite like that whistle

@AdmiralColdhead 2 жыл бұрын

It makes the I1sa sound a bit sad, considering they're close to their deaths. It's a beautiful sound, that wailing.

@D0nnyB0y 13 жыл бұрын

4483 is actually still around, and is owned by the Western New York Railway Historical Society. She's currently undergoing a cosmetic restoration, but operational overhaul is sadly not in the forseeable future. BUT, checks have been made, and the boiler is actually sound enough to be functional, but will need retooling. No railroad has yet offered to take up the possible insurance risks of trying to bring her back to steam, however.

@JerryDoesThings_1604 5 жыл бұрын

*cough* strasburg *cough*

@TrainSimUSA 5 жыл бұрын

And she's a fairly heavy engine.

@joenayrikafletcher738 3 жыл бұрын

@@JerryDoesThings_1604 dude your right but we are NOT GOING TO PUT A BANSHEE WHISTLE ON IT

@ThunderTrain2930 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking of starting a railroad and acquiring her to restore her to running condition

@Hozy780 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful sounds especially the whistle and bell 🤤

@victoriacyunczyk 4 жыл бұрын

That bell sounds exactly like a steam locomotive bell should.

@trainknut 2 жыл бұрын

It sounds like every PRR bell

@chuckz8053 3 жыл бұрын

Nice, thank you.

@camking1343 3 жыл бұрын

That whistle scared the heck out of my grandma lol 🤣

@daniko4447 8 ай бұрын

Is it the Banshee whistle?

@victoriacyunczyk 6 жыл бұрын

The whistle scared the heck out of my annoying neighbor... :)

@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702 Жыл бұрын

This whistle sounds like number 13

@MissRailfan 14 жыл бұрын

that's my line, lol. i live in Elmira. & there isnt much left of the in the area. :(

@huckstaunfiltered8200 6 ай бұрын

@MissRailfan my grandfather was a conductor, from Elmira to Buffalo. He passed away in 1972 (in his 50s) I was a very young boy then. I was hoping to perhaps see footage of him, as I have his Hamilton 992b pocket watch.

@ThunderTrain2930 3 жыл бұрын

Is that the bell K&L trains use?

@War1109 3 жыл бұрын

Yep

@josephlindquist506 2 жыл бұрын

The Decapods would have had so much more class and personality if only they had been given the keystone number plate and solid drop-coupler pilot ("cowcatcher") of the Mountains.True, they weren't passenger haulers. But neither were the J1 Texans, and they had both.

@masterbadger9408 Жыл бұрын

2:15 Is that a N&W Class A? On PRR Rails?

@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren Жыл бұрын

Likely it was a PRR interchange with N&W. Not only were the N&W and PRR business allies but PRR had a small amount of control in the N&W's operations hence why both their signals shared many similarities for example.

@masterbadger9408 Жыл бұрын

@@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren maybe

@0759trainz Жыл бұрын

Maybe in Colombus as PRR and N&W's yards were right next to each other.

@jonathangreenlees4772 Жыл бұрын

Hey Thunderbolt! Good to see you here!