You've given me a good idea: I'll put it on the "Trains" playlist on my channel so I can play it a lot more without having to search for it.

Absolutely

I was tearing a lil

And was overshadowed by the failure which is the T1 Duplex

@@Kory-Edits2024 what?

I can not wait for it to be restored

@@joerios4737 me too!

It’s the state engine dude (and 3750)

Indeed, great to see people from this generation showing interest in phenomenal historical things like this.

@@PRR3750Railfan that was 1987 they are generation x but still cool to see

It is!

It's being restored

The 1361 is actually a great locomotive, I have a sculpture of her in my home

It’s undergoing an extensive restoration to operating condition.

Yeah but it would be nice to see the 1361 doublehead with n&w 611 or nkp 756. You know get her back to the mainline

Apologies for the essay below. I like the idea because it’s one of those cool things we can do in the preservation era that would never ever have happened in service. However, unlike 1522, 1361 is likely to run again, being under restoration and all. 1522 is a wonderful locomotive, but it won’t see service for a very long time, if ever again. There’s a few problems with 1522 running again, not the least of which being its live rail connection is with UP, who doesn’t allow steam that isn’t theirs. Steam that isn’t owned by UP can run on their lines, but it can’t be under steam. That’s why 2156 was allowed on their rails. This creates a practicality issue for running 1522. A couple other issues with 1522 running again are the fact that it was run pretty hard and needs an overhaul/rebuild, and the museum simply doesn’t want to run it again, at least right now. As far as it being run hard, I believe it experienced mechanical issues before its last run(s) in 2001. I do know for a fact that everything on the locomotive needs at least moderate attention, especially the firebox, boiler, and running gear. It also needs an entirely new flue sheet. Not to worry though, we still have Frisco 1630 in operation. There has also been talks of one of the big Frisco 4-8-4s running again if funds can be raised when the group feels the time is right. The preservation scene is honestly pretty over saturated right now imo. It’s a good problem to have, but it kind of stifles new efforts a bit.

@Dylan Connolly I believe it was 4500, whatever the one in Tulsa is.

@Dylan Connolly Must have been moved recently then. Wikipedia says Tulsa. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis-San_Francisco_4500

That is actually the plan. The ultimate goal is to have 1361 pull a recreated PRR passenger train with Tuscan Red cars, including some B60 baggage cars to be used for displaying artifacts, an RPO to be used as a Gift Shop car, some P70s, and possibly a dining car and the Mountain View observation car from the Broadway Limited. 1361 will bring passenger cars with it, as it tours the mid-Atlantic region.

@@chooch1764 That's wonderful news. Lets hope it gets accomplished.

Believe it or not 1361 was actually the inspiration for the British Flying Scotsman, It's class was based off the K4s

I think that Hancock 3 chime is awesome 👌🏽 😉

You mean LIRR #39 right?

@@shanemyoutubeshit There are two of them in restoration #39 and # 35. Both would like them to be running, but I think #39 has a better chance.

​@@ErnieNoa3 What about LIRR #50

it is under restoration currently

Not if. 1361 will run again.

I'm sure they'll get this old man running again

Excursions for 1361 will be over short lines and regional railroad in and out of Pennsylvania.

PRR 3-chime

Prr 3-chime. It’s tuned a certain way though. The high note is a D#

Wtf

DeadPool Tacos Pennsylvania Railroad 3-chime

I know the train is going track speed but it does not sound like a prr 3 chime

DeadPool Tacos It's a PRR 3-chime...it sounds different because depending on how the bell of the whistle is positioned, you can get a different sound.

Not saying the prr 3 chime is bad But the way they positioned the whistle makes it sound really good again not saying the prr 3 chime is bad

Under that block signal nothing better 👍

Your political beliefs are irrelevant to this train video.

Well, the restoration was done by local volunteers, so you could say it was a "democratic" process to get it running.

Pennsylvania Railroad 3-chime

There's a long story attached to that. In 1988 around York, PA she derailed and the hard grease under the #3 driving axle became dislodged. The problem went unnoticed until the locomotive was nearing Lewistown on the way home, where she tripped a hot box and actually had that bearing on fire. Some dumbass (probably Junction) put the fire out with cold water despite the fact that the axle was glowing orange. That axle cracked and the bearing was a mess, forcing emergency repairs and low speed operation the remainder of that year. When pulled back into the shops, several other problems were found. As the owners (Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum) figured out how to tackle the problems, the Gettysburg incident happened and the FRA tightened up on historic equipment. Back at square one, the museum faced another 4 years figuring out how to meet new regulations. By late 1995, an outside company was courting to lease the old PRR car shop from Conrail, which just so happened to be 1361's home at the time. Politics and "creating jobs" kicked in, and with some large sums of public dollars, the ARMM settled on moving it to Steamtown where a properly equipped steam shop could be utilized. Some major oversight errors occurred, and it seemed every Friday afternoon, the museum director got a call about another problem was found. It turns out 1361 was retired very worn out and was pretty much a basket case from the beginning. The boiler ended up receiving a 5 sq ft patch surgically welded in the dome course around the dome--the first such repair allowed under the 1999 regulation changes, and one done twice because some idiot tried to "pretty up" approved repairs that use a very specialized process. 1361 also got a new rear flue sheet, new smokebox, new lower half of the front flue sheet, new side sheets to the firebox wrapper to 4 feet from the shoulders, a new mud ring, new backhead sheet, and new inner firebox sheets. After the crown sheet was already replaced, a massive engineering fault was found with the original design of the PRR's nearly-trademark Belpaire firebox: the staybolt pitch and thickness of the wrapper roof sheet were too thin for regulations (even in 1918). Work ground to a halt. Eventually the plug was pulled, most of the locomotive made it's way back to Altoona and was stored by 2007. At the time, ARMM was still building it's quarter roundhouse to house and complete the project, so the boiler was stored at the East Broad Top shop complex. In the meantime, ARMM got tarred and feathered by the preservation community, especially (and very publicly) by the PRR Historical & Technical Society. It's reputation (and finances) in tatters, the museum has since been entirely mute about the subject pending being actually ready to talk about it. And many believed that the end had come. 1361 was reduced to a pile of parts. Fast-forward to 2014, the roundhouse has 4 useable bays. A 110P75 tender and other pieces of the collection move indoors. An ashpan crops up next to the tender. Chalk notes about side bearing adjustments appear on the steps to the tender deck. One tender chalk note even bears a "Fire Up 1361!" Maybe something is going on here? Late July 2015, I caught wind of something. I walked in to find the boiler now perched on an NS flatcar in the same bay as the tender. The fire grate is out being repaired and assembled. The brakes are off and the throttle is opening at last.

Thank you so much for the info, this all seems too good to be true. I understand the museum not wanting to hurt its reputation any more than it already has, but the project just seems like it has gone on long enough without being talked about. I don't believe the museum has fully forgotten about 1361, and I do remember seeing a video, around 2011 I believe, of 1361's tender fully restored sitting in the Altoona museum yards waiting for paint. Perhaps Juniata's Jewel will once again see the mainline. Until that time however, I will continue to hope for at least just a cosmetic restoration.

More good news: a friend of mine says the boiler and firebox are 90% complete. After that, the engine can be reassembled and operated at FULL steam pressure.

Also a cousin of Flying Scotsman