"Steam on Horseshoe Curve" DVD Sunday River Productions

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9 жыл бұрын

MORE: www.sundayriverproductions.com... PRR steam history from the 1930s to the '50s. A blockbuster film takes you back to the most famous battleground between steam and gradient in the world. Here is mightiest steam in the Pennsy stable -- in fact on any railroad roster.

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@richardwarfield7386 4 жыл бұрын

The clip with the 2 Baldwin Centipedes - pure joy

@JOYOUSONEX 3 жыл бұрын

I have never seen the Horseshoe Curve in person. But when I was a kid I can remember seeing postcards picturing it. I couldn't believe it. Soooo huge. Thanks for posting this video.

@eugeeropel5572 2 жыл бұрын

In my opinion, Sunday River doesn’t get enough credit for these videos, they did an outstanding job with them.

@eagleviewhd 5 жыл бұрын

I watched these live at the Curve in the early 1950’s!

@robertmohler9219 5 жыл бұрын

If only there was more footage of steam locomotives passing each other!!

@charlesmorschauser5258 6 жыл бұрын

The glory days of the Pennsy what a show!

@josechrist3948 3 жыл бұрын

in heaven there is still steam-power!

@rolpfeiffermuller935 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks airing and sharing the outstanding vid.Bliss

@williamhetrick1550 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I could go back in time. The PRR had the highest amount of different Locomotives.

@briangeorge7346 Жыл бұрын

Wow,thank you!

@anthonynigri8585 3 жыл бұрын

The glory days of railroading

@normasavitsky184 2 жыл бұрын

Love watching these Powerful Steam Engines! I grew up with that sound and I loved it. As they would steam by with black smoke puffing out of of its stack my brother and I would run and hide behind our house, so the black smoke so it wouldn't get directly overhead. LOL! That was our little version of Hide and Seek. My grand parents Hay & Corn fields were our back yard playground and every summer we would wait for the spark from the train to set the field on fire. It was no big threat someone always got to it in time to put it out. Those were the days when all Our neighbors watched out for each other. 😊 The station was about 2 miles away we'd wait to hear the chug chug starting up and knew the faster it chugged the closer it was getting.

@thomasavensjr.2790 Жыл бұрын

Observing Pennsylvania rr steam power operating on the Horseshoe Curve location is incredible, the PRR had a great variety of steam power on their locomotive roster. I do wish that the Pennsylvania rr did however preserve one of their J1 class 2-10-4 type locomotives to be placed on display somewhere, it's a true shame that none of the J1 steam engines still exist as I find that class of locomotive very interesting.

@johns3106 Ай бұрын

It must have been quite a show! I’m sorry I missed it!

@JungleYT 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work...

@teddawg327 5 жыл бұрын

an amazing collection of heavies pulling and pushes

@jonnybeck6723 3 жыл бұрын

...and then there were none

@b3j8 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting that Train #19 required both an M1 AND Centipede helpers where a single T1 of all things was recorded on tape pulling the train unassisted!

@rickkilimun5430 6 жыл бұрын

damn I was born in the wrong era...

@steamgent4592 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah so was I. I was born 100 years too late. Should have been born in the 1870's instead.

@johanbrand8601 5 жыл бұрын

I say that exact same thing all the time. I'm glad I'm not the only person thinking so.

@jackhollandcsxnsandawvrfan3800 4 жыл бұрын

Weren't we all

@MrMeanMan03 4 жыл бұрын

It’s the younger rail fans that are more into the older era trains. I just wish I could’ve been alive to see a N&W Coal Drag.

@joeseymour4073 4 жыл бұрын

This is why someone needs to invent a time machine. 😀👍

@menguardingtheirownwallets6791 3 жыл бұрын

1:40 = those were some of the strangest looking diesel locomotive wheel arrangements I've ever seen. I found some info on them, they are: Baldwin twin unit Centipede diesel-electric locomotives, also called 'Baldwin DR-12-8-1500/2'

@er1073 3 жыл бұрын

I was almost to late to see these fire breathing giants. I was born mid July in 1952 I don't remember where it was or the train line but I remember being next to one of these oil or coal burning locomotives I think I was about 5 or so it didn't scare me even with the noise I was in AWE of the giant ahead of me. I grew up in and around Greenville Pa., that is between Pittsburgh and Erie by about 70 miles each. By this time diesels had all but taken over for progress.

@ThePTBRULES 3 жыл бұрын

The Bessemer began dieselizing early, so you would have been super young, or it was an Erie or Penny train on their lines in Greensburg.

@er1073 3 жыл бұрын

@@ThePTBRULES I am not sure where it was I remember Horseshoe Curve but I don't think it was at Horseshoe. It was probably Erie Lackawana? I just know they were hue, and noisy and the noise didn't bother me. Thanks for the information by the way I found out a couple of months ago that B&LE had a passenger service and I work B&LE in the early 70s.

@ThePTBRULES 3 жыл бұрын

@@er1073 That's cool, I personally want to preserve the B&LE, mostly for the bridge of the Allegheny (I want to see BLE 643 run over it, selfish) and that my grandfather was an Mining Engineer for them. We have a 'golden' spike with his initials on it from the company.

@rebel6910 5 жыл бұрын

love the curve

@robertnicholson7192 4 жыл бұрын

I’ll bet no one in Altoona complained about the water, either.

@jacksalvin364 7 жыл бұрын

Pennsylvania Steam Locomotives 🚂 around the Horseshoe Curves with the freight and passenger trains.

@nathancorcoran5347 3 жыл бұрын

Today, the line is used by Amtrak and Norfolk Southern.

@jacksalvin364 3 жыл бұрын

Yep.

@nathancorcoran5347 3 жыл бұрын

@@jacksalvin364 yeah.

@onionhat9141 4 жыл бұрын

still waitin on the Trainz Forge route of the horseshoe curve to be released i know there are other routes but they aint gonna be as big as this route that TF is about to make and god its just gonna be what it was back in the 50's F7's K4's T1's all kinds of prr you can imagine well maybe not the rare prr but definitely a bunch of old prr stuff also gotta have GG1

@redfox2213 6 жыл бұрын

i love how ONE steam locomotive is pulling TWO heavy diesel locos that just shows how under powered diesel is anymore XD

@colintaylor764 6 жыл бұрын

RedFox22 If that is your opinion have a look at www.railway-technical.com/trains/steam-vs-diesel.html

@matthewmiller4946 6 жыл бұрын

That was a helper engine or sometimes called a protection engine. It would help assist the passenger trains up the grade to either gallitzin or where ever else and be cut off.

@octopus1066 6 жыл бұрын

yes. it looks like a steam engine is pulling 2 heavy set diesels, but remember tho. those are prototype diesels, they probably broke down and had to get help going down the line. people will say that diesels are better, but diesels are only better in 2 different ways. they are easier to maintain, and easy to repair. steam is more pro levels. you got to learn how to nurse and care for her. the only 2 factors that keep diesels going today are cheap maintenance and repairs. if it wasn't for those 2 things. steam would have been back by now. diesels are set to a max power, but steam can make there own power. maybe one day. steam will fully be running along side diesels.

@billylauwda9178 4 жыл бұрын

@@octopus1066 *UP 4014 noises*

@steamgent4592 5 жыл бұрын

Don't have this one I will have to pick it up.

@ww32 Жыл бұрын

52 passenger trains a day. now there's what 4? What a lose.

@noahdavidson8733 6 ай бұрын

Two; one in each direction. A far cry from what once was.

@robertmohler9131 5 жыл бұрын

I was looking at the description of this DVD on the Sunday River Productions website. it says that this DVD features E-6 Atlantics. If anyone has the DVD would they let me know if the 460 is one of the E-6 Atlantics featured? It was the engine that raced a plane to New York and became known as the "Lindbergh. Engine." Would be very nice if this particular E-6 was filmed in this DVD going around the curve. Bob Mohler

@steamgent4592 5 жыл бұрын

Would have been even nicer if 460's recent restoration was also a operational restoration. Then we could have seen the best class of PRR power actually run!

@paukfeeney7044 5 жыл бұрын

Robert Mohler no

@pressureworks 4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm a city water supply right next to a railroad.........

@titanx619 5 жыл бұрын

Decapods (which need some double heading or triple heading due to freight traffic in the year 1940)

@tomrisar5492 6 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the bowl the horse shoe track was in had good winds, 50+ trains a day would spew lots of bad air.

@russellgxy2905 7 жыл бұрын

1:40. Were those BP60s or BH50s?

@ATSF669 7 жыл бұрын

Russell Streak BP60.

@nigelmitchell351 6 жыл бұрын

Can anyone tell me please what type of diesel are they in the treble header at 1.40. I'm guessing from the bogies that they are a GE type? Cheers from a British enthusiast.

@TakeMeToChurchill 6 жыл бұрын

Baldwin Centipedes, by the look of it.

@gospelsparky 6 жыл бұрын

Joey Ferrito lol and they were having to be helped by a steam loco. Typical Baldwin diesels.

@baskemtbal 5 жыл бұрын

The diesel is a BP60

@FrehleyFan3988 4 жыл бұрын

Is it true there was a sawmill on the curve?

@noahdavidson8733 Жыл бұрын

I believe it was to the right of where the park is today, there’s a little ravine if you were to continue to the right instead of going left on the curve at Kittanning Point station

@tommyhaynes9157 2 жыл бұрын

1:40 check out the Baldwin centipedes

@eugeeropel5572 2 жыл бұрын

They were Phenomenal!!!!! I have two on my model railroad, I absolutely Love them. POW

@2011traincrazy 5 жыл бұрын

Does anyone have the full DVD? I was looking at it on the Sunday River Productions website and it said that E-6 Atlantics are filmed going around the curve. Would no. 460 be one of them? That's the locomotive that became famous for racing a plane. J. Harold Mohler

@Bob.W. 5 жыл бұрын

When I think of steam battling gradients the Curve isn't at the top of my list. I think of 2-6-6-6's at Allegheny Summit, T-3's and Santa Fe's on Sandpatch and Big Boys on Sherman Hill. Also Raton Pass and Tennessee Pass and Marias Pass.

@timkis64 3 жыл бұрын

just goes to show current pa. vehicle emission laws are a scam.these old girls put out more emissions than all the cars in pa. combined if they all ran for 10 years nonstop.but you cant renew your tags with a older slow responding oxygen sensor.