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It's been running at Essex since 2011

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Essex is one of the few places where the cars rival the locomotives in quality restoration

@@DynamoProductions-trains Thank you for the reply 6 years later!

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The diesel was on the rear of the train because the lunch train was tagged onto the rear of the regular excursion. The diesel and the 3 lunch train cars unhooked from the consist at the end of the line, the diesel hauled the lunch train back to Deep River ahead of the 3025's train.

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It's still a Chinese SY, its just modified to look more "American".

I really quite like the look of the Chinese SY

The last new American steam engines were built around 1950, while China was still building new steam through 1989. There are six Chinese steam locomotives in the US, and Essex was responsible for kicking off that trend.

There is no Christmas train in this video.

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@@DynamoProductions-trains Haha replying to a 7 year old comment, that's dedication. I like it! lol

I can say that if you’re looking for boiler first only, you’ll get a max of 2 or 3 shots per run, rather difficult to chase with the lack of a major route which would normally allow for easy catch up at other railroads like Conway Scenic or Hobo Railroad

@@merrimacksacoproductions4497 Definitely, I've learned to stay about a full day and pick about 2 shots each direction per run. Ends up being a lot of fun that way!

@@trainern8 Yep he's correct, Essex is tough to chase thanks to the train speed and the road routes. Whenever we go, we usually set aside two days to get a full video worth of runbys.

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Although correct, most referred to the engine as 58, and the engines cab bore the number 58 for a time,that is why we say that it was numbered 58.

Essex, Connecticut.

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It was around 2008, following the equipment damaged in a fire.

Janet Vonnik Do you mean trains or locomotives? Regularly scheduled trains were assigned numbers in the timetable to identify them. Odd numbers usually mean a south or west bound train; even numbers for north or east bound trains. The public knew the train as the Twentieth Century Limited, but to New York Central employees it was 26 to Chicago and 25 to New York. Amtrak still does this: The New York to Miami trains are the Silver Meteor and the Silver Star, but to the crews they are 97 and 98 and 91 and 92, respectively, with the odd numbers being southbound. If you mean locomotive numbers, most railroads numbered them in groups, so similar types were identified that way. On the Atlantic Coast Line, light 4-6-2 Pacific types were numbered in the 1500 series. The ACL engine displayed in Jacksonville is number 1504. Every railroad usually numbered engines by type. Trainmen identified them that way. On the Southern, a forty-five hundred was a Mikado 2-8-2, similar to the engine in this video, and normally a freight locomotive. This pattern of numbering continues with diesel locomotives today. You'll notice engines with the same first two numbers will often look alike. One final note: Railroaders refer to engine numbers like this -- 3025 is called the Thirty-twenty-five; the Southern 4501 is the Forty-five-oh-one; the Florida East Coast 153 is the One-fifty-three.

The volume of the exhaust is due to the easy grade along the line, the engine simply doesn't need to work hard to operate the excursions. And although the engine is Chinese, the design of the 2-8-2 ShangYou (better known as the SY) is based off an American Locomotive Company (ALCo) design from the 1920s.

Dynamo Productions I've noticed that the cuffing is a little less sharp than most

what do you mean? If you’re talking about a Southern Ps class, one, there is only one preserved at the Smithsonian, 1401, and two, there are exactly zero pacifics at essex

Yes, it was built in China for a US railroad. The engine was painted as a New Haven engine when the Knox & Kane went under, and it was acquired by the Valley Railroad.

Federal law requires it at grade crossings.

@@DynamoProductions-trains They were ringing the bell almost constantly during the video when they weren't near a crossing.

They were at a crossing or station in pretty much every shot in this video. Regulation mandates the bell be activated at the sign for the crossing (whistle post). This also extends to station areas and engine service tracks. Every shot in the video is of one of these situations/locations

China's Tangshan Locomotive Works built engines of 3025's class (2-8-2 ShangYou (translates into Champion)) into the 1990s.

@Iain Botham the steam locomotive looked different when it operated in China. It was Americanized during the rebuild after the shop fire.