This is the steam locomotive I'd like to see on the rails again.

Theres no denying thats a great loco Ed, but why not something thats been away from the rails a bit longer?  Its already in the east.

 

It will never happen...

Thanks, Rich. I didn't know how to do that.

 

E

"Theres no denying thats a great loco Ed, but why not something thats been away from the rails a bit longer?  Its already in the east."

 

Money.

 

E

 

 

Yeah, the 3985 is an awesome chooch, but NS could counter with 1218. (Favorite person thinks of 1218 as a musical instrument!)  Naturally, UP will up the ante with their 4014 restoration.  Trumping that will be tough, until CSX rolls out the 1604, with her million pound per axle weight!  Uncle Pete will then be left with no choice but to contact GE and IRM, to get #18 back.....and then, folks, U gonna see some POWER !!

You must be smoking the really good stuff! Just what piece of railroad motive power has "...million pound per axle weight."????

 

Besides, an SD70ACe could do more than any of them what with its continuous tractive effort of 155,000 pounds, and a starting TE of 189,000 pounds! All the horse power in the world from a C&O H-8, or an N&W class A, or a UP 4000, will not do much it they can't even start the trailing tonnage moving.

The point is that UP could put 3985 back on the road. NS is not going to restore

1218.

I'm not into what engine can do more. And this post wasn't meant to be about horsepower or te. No one is going to restore 1604,either.

UP has it in their power to put that magnificent 4-6-6-4 back on the road. And

in my opinion they should. It is their perfect steam excursion engine. Notice I said

THEIR steam excursion engine, not THE perfect steam excursion locomotive.

 

E

Here's the engine I'd like to see back on the road!

 

this was an H K Porter 0 4 0 tank modified to 2 4 0 and tender.  Last ran on the defunct Laurel Highlands RR out of Scottdale PA.  Last I saw her the she had all the lagging torn off for inspection prior to sale somewhere in Uniontown PA.   Since then she's disappeared back into WV somewhere and I lost track of her. 

 

And yes, that's me from a long time ago leaning out the fireman's side!

John (jhz)-

#7 was cosmetically restored and placed on display in McDonough, GA. I'm not sure exactly how she ended up there...

Thanks Mike

Yeah seeing the 3985 On that APL stack train was beyond impressive....

Chris

Been in lots of engine terminals and roundhouses in my time, but N&W facilities were the only ones where I got such a testosterone rush.

 

Weren't no ladies around.  Not even the Js.

 

EdKing

As pretty as 3985 is there on Archer Hill, I have to admit that Hooter on 1218

 

in the video RickO put up stirs the blood in this old man.

 

I loved the hooters on the EM-1's back here when I was a kid, and those on the Y's

 

and A's remind me of them. The N&W's, to me, seem a little deeper, but both

 

seem to denote an engine well in charge, as does that video of 3985 on Archer.

 

E

 

As a sidenote, the EM-1's hooters had that little "yelp" in them sometimes, just as

 

the N&W's did.

 

Here's my choice. She's on display at Steamtown in her freight scheme.

I'd like to see C&O Greenbrier 614 in service again as well.

It's a shame that CSX has taken the position they have about steam.....the 614 was always impressive.

 

Chris

My vote is for espee 4294, the cab forward was the last steamer ordered by SP, an oil burner and was flexible enough to run jut about anywhere.

Yes, "flexible enough to run just about anywhere.", however with only 63 inch diameter drive wheels, she wouldn't be making much in the way of speed to keep out of the way of freight traffic.