Take a ride on the East Broad Top's M-1! 4K

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Take a ride on the East Broad Top's M-1! 4K

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The M-1 is a gas-electric motorcar built by the East Broad Top Railroad in 1927. The railroad is narrow gauge with three feet between the rails. It is located in Orbisonia, Pennsylvania.
My friend and I got a very special ride because the M-1 rarely operates. The video includes extensive views of the power plant and motorman driving the M-1 over the entire operable length of the line.
Enjoy!

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@railroadingrambler218 Ай бұрын

Never been to EBT but will get there soon, I hope. The M-1 is one of the many things about this fascinating road that interests me, thanks so much for posting this video!!

@johnmeixel9928 Ай бұрын

Thank you! I agree that the EBT is an amazing place.

@jsrupert1037 Ай бұрын

Have not been to the EBT since the late ‘60s and so happy to see it is back in operation. Great piece of history!

@lineshaftrestorations7903 Ай бұрын

A couple of years ago I was at the Nevada RR museum in Carson City. They have an operating McKeen motor car. I was very disappointed when i learned it had been repowered with a cobbled together diesel hydraulic system. Nice to see the M1 retain its original power plant.

@poowg2657 Ай бұрын

I believe the McKeen cars were gas mechanical drive, somewhat dangerous and unreliable. A hydrostatic drive isn't period accurate but I can understand why they went with it.

@williamlarson3623 Ай бұрын

Amazing, absolutely amazing. If only cameras like these had been around in my youth (am 78 today). My old b&w shots of 1950s NP on the Skally will have to do. Thanks!

@johnmeixel9928 Ай бұрын

Thank you. I used my iPhone which I admit didn't exist the first time I visited the EBT in 1972!

@gravelydon7072 Ай бұрын

Nice video. I have not been back since they reopened but was there in the 70s.

@jmj4879 Ай бұрын

Très beau train!❤

@tedmiles2110 Ай бұрын

I have not seen the interior of that car before. That is some electric motor in there! TM Member of Friends of the EBT Railroad, narrow gauge fan

@johnmeixel9928 Ай бұрын

I hadn't seen the interior either or had been able to ride in it. It was a great surprise and treat!

@poowg2657 Ай бұрын

I believe that's a generator. An early forerunner of diesel electric drives. Many of the old doodlebugs had one powered truck with a single traction motor using either chains or gears to drive the other axle.

@prr Ай бұрын

Aaaahhhh.... reminds me of the "good old days" when Phil Glass was the engineer.

@thomasfrench2012 Ай бұрын

Can't watch this at the moment, but I will COME BACK TO IT!!!

@thomasfrench2012 Ай бұрын

As I suspected, I enjoyed the entire run! I am a bit concerned about the engineer's hearing. But the trip was great. Thanks for sharing!

@bazza945 Ай бұрын

Great rehabilitation by all involved. The motor looked like it had been ex factor.

@dennisrankin325 Ай бұрын

The railroads had hybrids long before the Biden administration. Here in Canada the CNRy pioneered the use of these self propelled units and used them all over the branch-lines in Southern Ontario. I recall one that was painted blah boxcar red and during the 1960s, after having been gutted, was stored in the roundhouse in Toronto filled with cables and blocks, ready to be dragged out to any wreck sight.

@MervynPartin Ай бұрын

I was amazed that there was no bulkhead separating the engineer from the diesel engine. It would have made things a lot quieter.

@Renville80 Ай бұрын

Just a suggestion, please don't block closed captions. Not all of us are able to hear.

@johnmeixel9928 Ай бұрын

I'm sorry but the video doesn't have closed captions. I do not narrate my videos. I did put written comments in the video.

@wlodektabor8469 Ай бұрын

Należy wspólczuć motorniczym którzy musieli prowadzić te amerykańskie wynalazki.

@johnmeixel9928 Ай бұрын

Google translate gave me this translation from Polish, "You should feel sorry for the drivers who had to drive these American inventions." I disagree with this statement. American locomotive engineers and motormen are highly admired here.