Steam engine doing freight revenue work

HOD Bill · **Posted:** Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:53 pm

How often do we see a steam engine doing actual freight work these days? Here's a link to some pictures Earl Knoob posted on the NGDF of SLRG #18 doing some. Something we don't see very often.

http://ngdiscussion.net/phorum/read.php?1,168994

Bill

dinwitty · **Joined:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:18 pm **Posts:** 2226

I think nkp 765 did do some freight drags somewhere in testing or some reason, just a nick of the memory banks I seem to recall.

derail · **Joined:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:45 pm **Posts:** 142

Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside now! Doesn't it?

Lets do that again!

Steve Freer · **Joined:** Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:24 pm **Posts:** 380

Every once in a while!

http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=227812

S. Weaver · **Posted:** Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:43 am

Every once in a while.

Dennis Daugherty · **Joined:** Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:54 pm **Posts:** 106

THe Iowa INterstate RR with Henry Posner Chinese 2-10-2 QJs 6988 and 7081 have operated regular revenue freight trains and In October 2008 we pulled the heavyest steam power freight in this century about 6200 tons from Iowa City to Rock Island

tomgears · **Posted:** Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:22 pm

Every once in a while we would move some freight with steam at Wilmington and Western.

tomgears · **Posted:** Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:58 pm

Quote:

I think nkp 765 did do some freight drags somewhere in testing or some reason, just a nick of the memory banks I seem to recall.

The 765 did a number of freight runs on the TP&W when she first hit the road.

bigjim4life · **Posted:** Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:07 pm

tomgears wrote:

Every once in a while we would move some freight with steam at Wilmington and Western.

Do you still ever do that at all? Would be really cool to see.... :)

superheater · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:54 pm **Posts:** 2605

Geez, there might be more revenue steam than revenue with F units...

kbmayer · **Posted:** Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:16 am

1225 pulled a grain train for their host railroad about 7 years ago.

j32885 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:28 am

Here's some videos of Pere Marquette 1225 pulling a mix passenger/freight back in 2007 for RailAmerica's HESR. It was reroute to Saginaw, MI to pull RA's VIP Train.

1225 passener extra Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKJT3vCoQMI

1225 passener extra Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lErDKUkCq7c

Now here's PM 1225 pulling a vintage freight train:

Pere Marquette 1225
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOWsbRXo84E

Note: These aren't my videos.

Enjoy!

R L Musser · **Joined:** Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:30 pm **Posts:** 0

For those that are interested, #90 will be bringing 3 loads up tomorrow morning around 6:45am.

Rick