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10 жыл бұрынChase and ride Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 #1218 across Virginia. Watch the whole thing so you don't miss the awesome N&W hooter whistle which you hear in many scenes before the train arrives!
For 5 years or so, this incredible machine was brought back to life for the Norfolk Southern excursion program. This video was shot on the 6th and 7th of October 1990. The chase is a trip from Alexandria to Lynchburg and the ride is from Alexandria to Front Royal. On both trips diesels pulled the train to Manassas where the steam locomotive was added. Enjoy this VHS flashback!
@1MTSRider 8 жыл бұрын
Steam Locomotives, the"Iron Horse", simply the most beautiful machine man ever created.
@dylanruppert4547 8 жыл бұрын
idc if people hate her whistle I for one love it it's not like the other whistles where its very low pitched and sometimes hard to hear from far away
@HaleHunterz 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly these videos don't do it justice. I wasn't a fan until I heard one in person on the 765 back in 2012. It's an ear splitter up close but I loved it and it's one of my very favorites now
@tylerpike8737 8 жыл бұрын
I just love that hooder on that 1218 wow such a beautiful beast she is I just wish we could see this thing today running like it is in this video man you're so lucky I missed it 😌😊❤️
@CiriAntares 9 жыл бұрын
I was on both of these excursions on both the dates shown here. I have an audio recording that features the runby from 6:07 - 7-40 minutes in. Still one of my favorites.
@GfwTrains 5 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the 1218. I wish I could have seen it run.
@steamfan4014 Жыл бұрын
That's such an awesome locomotive with a nice sounding whistle. I hope she gets restored again. I'd love to see her out on the rails
@MattAttack54 5 жыл бұрын
She is the most beautiful locomotive ever built I hope to see her run again
@nathancorcoran5347 Жыл бұрын
Old footage in 1990 back of Norfolk & Western 1218, when it was used in excursion trains.
@CarolinaCharlie 8 жыл бұрын
Myself, my Dad and one of my Aunts were on the trip from Alexandria to Front Royal. I stayed on board while my Dad got off for the runby. Great video.
@markusdude1 7 жыл бұрын
6:07-7:38 is the good ol' hooter at its best!
@roofdriller1537 5 жыл бұрын
I got to see 1218 at Iager Wv back in 88 i think..i'll never forget that beast and that whistle..would love to see it again
@MrLunchHour2 4 жыл бұрын
If Union Pacific was able to restore a big boy than I have no doubt this thing can run again. It just comes down to if they’re willing to spend the money and time to get her running
@docholliday5472 9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this. I was ten years old when I saw the 1218 in Manasses, VA accidentally. Saw it on the way to my dad's house in 1990. We pulled up to a RR crossing and a bunch of people were on the sides of the tracks so we pulled over to see what was going on. Less than a minute later the 1218 passed by. It was the biggest steam locomotive I'd ever see up to that point. I wish they would restore her again.
@Thej611 8 жыл бұрын
+Ryan Shipp Maybe sometime in the next ten years she'll be back. Who knows. At least they got 611 back
@xmxzooyorkxmx 7 жыл бұрын
Ryan Shipp they have it at the museum of transportation in Virginia in great shape, I'm going there tomorrow to check it out
@luckyrail23 7 жыл бұрын
Justin Newhall ya that was real work. And the 4014 will take like 3 more year restoration.
@theextremeanimator4721 5 жыл бұрын
@@luckyrail23 it's 90% finished at this point But 1218? Only money and talent could bring 1218 the same luck as 4014....
@luckyrail23 5 жыл бұрын
TheExtremeGamer yes, but 1218 has some of its parts same for 2156 in 611. So they would need to make special parts and that would cost ALOT. Along with some of the biggest donations to get her running.
@StrictlySteam 3 жыл бұрын
I just thought of something... N&W J class A class M class *Norfolk and Western JAM*
@RobertJohnDavis 3 жыл бұрын
That’s great! :-)
@GevoGenesis92 6 жыл бұрын
The big boy before Big Boy.
@railfanjackson4531 5 жыл бұрын
This footage is simply incredible. I genuinely hope that at some point, 1218 & 2156 will both be restored to run alongside 611 (The VMT is working on a deal with Amtrak to continue her excursions, hopefully everything goes through and 611 will triumph onwards for many decades to come). I absolutely adore that steamboat-style hooter whistle. Amazing job.
@theextremeanimator4721 4 жыл бұрын
2156 is unlikely
@theextremeanimator4721 4 жыл бұрын
But maybe 1218
@NW-gi1cp 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@Creeperboy099 6 жыл бұрын
I just realized how big and mighty American locomotives are compared to UK locos
@brianfalzon6739 9 жыл бұрын
#1218 should maybe wear a N&W Hancock 3 Chime whistle someday!!!!!
@raymondparsley7442 Жыл бұрын
Frightful delight of mighty-might... with steam and coal... to make her roll... The whistle blows... a loud and lonely sound... as on and on... she rolls... over rails of steel she flows... pulling the cargo... needed to feed... and fuel our world. The mighty steam locomotive.
@Winchthewolfdog 9 жыл бұрын
I have a working Model train of this so awesome neat!
@TheTalemaster 4 жыл бұрын
400th like! Never forget the articulated Mallets!
@billsargent3407 4 жыл бұрын
That sounds like a pissed t-rex.....But how was it to live in those hollers and holes and here that all day long
@jacksalvin364 10 жыл бұрын
Norfolk and Western 2-6-6-4 #1218 travels along.
@kevp9601 5 жыл бұрын
I LOVE I LOVE I LOVE THAT STEAM LOCOMOTIVE!!!!! :-D
@theextremeanimator4721 4 жыл бұрын
He needs to be restored back to steam We need competition for big boy that isn't the (soon to be made) T1
@blackpanther1013 4 жыл бұрын
I agree the 1218 needs to get restored because all the Norfolk and western locomotives are pretty much extinct except 475 and 611 they finished the boy pretty quick so I don't see why they cant restore the 1218
@wobblinwheel 4 жыл бұрын
Never happen. Remember, the 611 is not even allowed to run on mainline rails anymore! 611 is mostly nothing more than a poor "museum piece" now. Just like the 1218 already is... that in mind, NOBODY would donate!
@theextremeanimator4721 4 жыл бұрын
@@wobblinwheel ...some would, but not everyone for it to happen I hope Amtrak changes it's mind on allowing steam locos on its railway lines
@yutakamini1544 5 жыл бұрын
アメリカ人の蒸気機関車に対する思いに感銘します。
@raptorproductions1639 6 жыл бұрын
1218 is my favorite articulated engine 1225 is my favorite Berkshire engine 844 is my favorite northern engine The C&O t-1 is my favorite Texas type 3254 is my favorite wide gauge engine The d&rgw k-37 is my favorite narrow gauge engine 1522 is my favorite mountain type engine And my number one favorite engine of all is the ATSF Berkshire 4197 because it was the only Berkshire to have walschearts valve gear
@backonpro5679 5 ай бұрын
By wide gauge do you mean standard? Wouldn’t that also make it favourite of all time?
@JohnDoe-yv2ox 6 жыл бұрын
It's too bad they retired her
@illbehim Жыл бұрын
Beautiful locomotive
@Thomasthestreamliner 4 ай бұрын
It would be great if this locomotive had a second restoration and would run again
@War1109 6 жыл бұрын
Dang she’s low on coal
@wobblinwheel 4 жыл бұрын
I wonder why the front number plate seems to be "blurred out" on many of the shots? Doesn't make any sense at all...!
@RobertJohnDavis 4 жыл бұрын
wobblinwheel it’s not blurred out. The numbers are small and good old watery VHS doesn’t do a great job with fine details.
@john72ss 6 жыл бұрын
wanna bet the 5 haters all drive priuses?
@liamjason8384 4 жыл бұрын
Make a video of n&w 1218
@ziiofswe 6 жыл бұрын
Huh.. for a moment I thought the rock formations at 4:20 were the same as 10:58.....
@gregrowe1168 9 жыл бұрын
Is that a jackhammer or something at the beginning of the video? Something is making an awful racket. I thought at first it was 1218 but I assume maybe some work was being done just out of the view of the camera perhaps? Great shots of the 1218. I am a big fan of that whistle.
@RobertJohnDavis 9 жыл бұрын
It was the generator in the power car behind #1218. Not a very healthy sounding generator, eh?
@gregrowe1168 9 жыл бұрын
That makes sense, I think I heard it again later too. Yeah, it sounded pretty rough. UP uses a diesel in most of their excursions so the diesel acts as a generator and doubles as backup in case something goes wrong. I have seen the 844 run without a diesel though.
@larrywiggins672 7 жыл бұрын
Greg Rowe I
@joaoricardoaraujogranzoto3050 4 жыл бұрын
SOMEONE ANSWERS ME: THE Y6 WILL GET A RESTORATION???
@billsargent3407 4 жыл бұрын
Not likely.. and that's sad...a tone of her guts were sold when the steam program shut down. It comes down to $$$
@joaoricardoaraujogranzoto3050 4 жыл бұрын
@@billsargent3407 sad
@RobertJohnDavis 4 жыл бұрын
Unlikely for the Y6. Probably just as unlikely for the A.
@wobblinwheel 5 жыл бұрын
I have a lot of videos of the 1218, and it seems they blew the whistle way too much. It actually can get tiresome after a while....
@tyreekmurillo4524 Жыл бұрын
why is the engineer blowing the horn so much
@RobertJohnDavis 11 ай бұрын
Special excursion.
@dominiquedouglas6282 7 жыл бұрын
When was the 1218 built?
@charlieharper886 7 жыл бұрын
At the Roanoke Shops in 1943.
@nigelmitchell351 6 жыл бұрын
Charlie Harper, How much of this loco was made in house or was Roanoke an assembly shop.
@angrodNumenesse 6 жыл бұрын
Norfolk and Western designed and built their locomotives in house.
@maryeller1925 6 жыл бұрын
Where is the 1218 now
@09JDCTrainMan 6 жыл бұрын
+Mary Eller At the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, VA
@Thej611 10 жыл бұрын
Why does she have a double exhaust sometimes, but other times she has a normal exhaust? Good film work btw.
@paulsadowski7504 10 жыл бұрын
1218 only has one smoke stack. I think the second exhaust you might be referring to is the steam coming our of the dynamo which powers the lights.
@Thej611 10 жыл бұрын
That could be. I also thought that it could be the two sets of cylinder working out of sync.
@RobertJohnDavis 10 жыл бұрын
She's a simple articulated so you are actually hearing both engines going in and out of sync.
@Thej611 10 жыл бұрын
Ok. That's kinda what I thought but I wasn't sure. Thank you!
@thenorgalofthehills5688 9 жыл бұрын
A malee has 2 engine units. Doubling the exhaust.
@SupahStar247 7 жыл бұрын
She sure is a noisy one.
@z.w.astudios8266 5 жыл бұрын
Is this a y6a?
@railfanjackson4531 5 жыл бұрын
No she’s a Class A. The Y6a’s were 2-8-8-2’s. This is a 2-6-6-4.
@theextremeanimator4721 5 жыл бұрын
One Y6a, 2156, survives. No other Y6s got the same fate
@railfanjackson4531 5 жыл бұрын
2156. 2157 was scrapped.
@theextremeanimator4721 5 жыл бұрын
@@railfanjackson4531 my bad
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