Heck yeah! Cumberland, my home town, and footage of 734 which is retired now. And you're probably aware that WMSR is running the rebuilt ex C&O #1309, a Baldwin built 2-6-6-2 H-6 Mallet .. what a beast. And I had to laugh, DJ, when the footage of Savanah came up. Several years ago we went down there for a weekend to take it all in, and of course went to the railroad museum. As we walked in the roundhouse, a tour guide says, "hey, your just in time for a train ride", and I was like "heck yeah"! .. I was never so disappointed .. paid $10 a piece to take a 200 yard train ride .. lol .. I had greater expectations. But overall it was a great experience to see it all .. I mean it was all about trains, so .. great video, DJ, thanks.

Great video,I had the opportunity to get a cab ride on steam engine 152 at the Kentucky Railway Museum back in the early 90's. I enjoyed your video,seems like steam Loco's are a living breathing creature.

Merry Christmas DJ! 😊 Nice video...

Steam put lots of people to work and it was still cheaper to run than a diesel locomotive. Diesel locomotives were one of the greatest job killers there ever was.

Great vid.. I know the guy that owned 643. It's unfortunate that the museum group he had, went through a complete restoration of that loco to running condition. It had passed the FRA boiler test as well. With nowhere to move it, and CSX giving them problems, you know the end result. Being so large I don't know if it could have seen any runtime. 10 drivers is a long, rigid wheelbase. Curves have to be huge, even with lateral motion devices, and blind drivers. Merry Christmas, and a safe, healthy New Year.

Great video, thanks for sharing. 👍 I live about a quarter mile from the NS line that runs from Ft Wayne to Chicago (ex NPR). A few years ago I heard a strange whistle call in the distance and got around in time to see the NPR #765 roll by. Very cool.

Incredible video, thanks for sharing!

Nice Video

DJ thanks so very much for sharing this information with us I really appreciate it and as always work safe also marry Christmas and happy new year to you and your family

The NPR Berkshires are a work of art.

CORRECTION. The previous owner actually has lovingly restored this to were she was alomst ready to be fired up. They even ran her on compressed air. Due to the roundhouse being torn down and other..... stuff. She never ran under her own power. She was so close too

DJ Great video as all ways.Did i hear the guy correctly, that there was more cars above/ on top of that building? That must of been some well built building? Thanks again for the videos you bring. To you and your family and subscribers. Happy MR/ Holidays.🎄🚂☮

hello DJ & it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks DJ friends randy & Merry Christmas & Happy New Year's & Best in New Year's 2024 DJ friends Randy

i didn't know there was any running camel backs in the country!! i'll tell ya DJ we need to get these grand old ladies back in service and send the diesels to the scrapyard!! those whistles sound a million times better than air horns and coal smoke definitely smells better than diesel exhaust!! plus it seems everytime UP has the 844 out for a run she ends up rescuing a stranded diesel and pushing that freight drag into a yard so they might as well go back into service while we start building new ones!!

Very nice. I can't help but think that the railroad museum crew would have been more detailed about train operations with a federally licensed engineer. Still good though.

On the big steam engine, there was diesel engine inline with it. Did the steam engine need that diesel engine to help all those cars?

Hey D.J hope you'll be part of the crew to move it out.

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You learn how to run a steam engine 🚂 by running a dinky like that. Only senior enginers got to run big modern locomotives and get the premium trains. I knew guys who were in engine service for 50+years. They would insult deisal engineers by calling them motorman.