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| Author: | TimReynolds [ Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Steam Race |
This might be entertaining. I was thinking about the famous 611 - 1218 "race" during the 1987 NRHS Convention. Stateside we all know how exceedingly unlikely it would be to see such a thing again. Meanwhile across the pond this appears to be reasonably common as evidenced on youtube. Here's a good one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t5hraJTkn8 So what has been the best "race"? |
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| Author: | J3a-614 [ Thu Aug 20, 2015 3:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Race |
Whooee!!! That was fun, though I wonder how many complaints the railway got about smoke! Among the cool things observed--getting to look into the kitchen of a dining car on the other train; the light in the cab from the fireman opening the door to shovel in coal; how that same light illuminates the smoke inside a tunnel; and at the end, how a steam train coming out of a tunnel is reminiscent of a surfacing whale blowing off (and gives us a blast from the safety valves, too). All things so familiar to those who know even a little bit about steam. I still wonder why the enertainment business does so little, does even less right, with railroad material. We can do better than Thomas, I say! |
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| Author: | J3a-614 [ Thu Aug 20, 2015 3:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Race |
We once did more of this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_VQkjfujUE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XmmysWtniY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV_57c1vA_g |
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| Author: | TimReynolds [ Thu Aug 20, 2015 7:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Race |
Almost forgot about the 1989 844-4449 race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdllEflOu28 |
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| Author: | TimReynolds [ Thu Aug 20, 2015 9:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Race |
More parallelfahrt https://youtu.be/QFLp43cH51M https://youtu.be/VAoWWvDMvmU The Pacific 18 201 is a 3 cylinder loco, and you can hear the distinctive 3rd chuff when the camera man is along side of it. The American versions were done before every passenger had a high def recorder in smartphones. Hm time to change that... |
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| Author: | TimReynolds [ Mon Oct 12, 2015 7:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Race |
Was taking in some footage of 261 and this one came up in the youtube feed. Double double headers! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsESIaFtE_4 Hm 611 and 765 sure would look good going around Horseshoe together... |
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