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NYC Toledo Div fan here! Still an awesome railroad as the modern day NS Chicago Line. But I'd love to time travel back to the mid 1940's w/a modern day smart phone and just...take in the 30+ First Class Passenger trains and misc freight, videoing all of it!

Late comment, but the vinyl album, Titans of the High Iron, features the 2124, my fav, teamed up w/2100 on sev sequences. The 1st track where the 2124 calls in the flag w/5 whistle blasts on her ex-passenger 6 chime followed by 2100 doing the same on her shrill freight whistle is absolutely fabulous!

Love that Wyoming wind and the snow fences. Beautiful scenery!!

1:31 Awesome audio!

It must have been quite a show! I’m sorry I missed it!

Foi muito popular no Brasil no século XX.

A man ahead of his time for building a model RR. No single person has come close to having a museum quality home layout. Can you imagine DCC on John Allens trains...... holy moly talk of greatness

As,a child lived on 24 St off the Plaza..i would take the trolley to 59 st and go to Bloomingdale's...I was 5 years old.

The Niagaras and Mohawks are the best of the best of New York Central locomotives.

The actual flagship class of the B&O were the iconic P-7 Pacifics, They were assigned on traffic out of Jersey City towards Washington DC then pushed further west as seen here until retirements in the late 50s

Thanks for this, guys. I've known, and admired, the G&D for nearly 60 years, and it is great to see it in live action, rather than magazine stills.

Rest in peace, John. Thank you for leaving us those inspirational photographs. Somewhere in heaven, you and the other model railway greats are busily laying rails on a supremely wonderful layout - look forward to seeing it.

Should a railroad try such a thing today…

May I ask what is that hon3 0-6-0t at 1:46

Dont Call this an engine,Call This american train a Locomotive.

Amazing machines Alive almost

I think CSXT should have a steam program, and C&0 Allegheny 1604 should be selected for restoration to operating condition along with Greenbrier 614! If 1604's restoration is complete, it would be the most powerful operating steam locomotive in the world, surpassing Big Boy 4014!

Up 8444's jeans Hancock 3 chime whistle

Up 8444 1962-1980 whistle

Up 8444 in 1968

Up 8444 puxando vagões exclusivos para mulheres especiais 6hs às 9hs às 17hs às 20hs segunda à sexta sábado á domingo feriados nacionais

Up 8444 high speeds fast

Up 8444 está soprando o original whistle igual a voz do meu primo Júnior

Up 8444 in 1969-74

Up 8444 excursions 60s/70s

Look at all those box cars.

Dubbed audio :/ But that's how they sounded like back then Edit:The clip at 1:23 is actually undubbed!!!!!

as Gordon waited to be put back on to the tracks Percy puffed up hello Gordon peep Percy I see your not the cleanest engine anymore than James puffed up I don’t think you’ll be pulling the express for a while Gordon joke James finally Thomas puffed up Gordon’s a mess Gordon’s a mess he’s the largest and jellyest puffed Thomas cheekly

Now History since 6/10/1959.

I saw this in person whe I was about 15. John's house was in Toyon Heights area of Monterey, CA. A friend, Steve Willis knew about it, called John and one evening we visited. I recall a large unfinished tressel with tiny serveyors facing each other from each, yet to be finished, ends. Ill be 79 in Nov. My friend Steve passed away a few years ago.

Damn! I love these 2-6-6-6s. Some millionaires collect cars. I would collect these machines.

Interesting! I never knew there were trolleys that ran over the 59th Street Bridge. (But then, I was too young to even know that and I grew up in Brooklyn.)

Steel Rails Under Thundering Skies has the actual recordings of the sounds along with the first recording of the READER RAILROAD LAST TRAIN TO WATERLOO.

0:41 Best Part

How did he incorporate sound onto this layout?

How did he get sound back then?

Nice to se 2731 there near the end of this video 2-8-4 Kennawa.

How did he add sound to his engines all those years ago? Was this just added to the sound track?

I wonder if 2662 and 4884 are cousins are even siblings or somethin

It’s amazing he used his owned stamps and the postal service didn’t fine or jail him for counterfeiting .

Not just because it captured the Big Boy at its best, in revenue freight service, but something about that old grainy footage is just so proper.

This line went parallel to the West Shore which went towards Weehawken and is now the Metro North.

Double expansion fascinates.

0:34 i looked so different!

Observing Pennsylvania rr steam power operating on the Horseshoe Curve location is incredible, the PRR had a great variety of steam power on their locomotive roster. I do wish that the Pennsylvania rr did however preserve one of their J1 class 2-10-4 type locomotives to be placed on display somewhere, it's a true shame that none of the J1 steam engines still exist as I find that class of locomotive very interesting.

The Southern Pacific's Shop Switchers were so cute I love them however I'm sad because all of them were scrapped😢

This Is Great Watching Rotary OM Chew It's Way To Cumbres Pass

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What a handsome example of a steam locomotive operating in special excursion service, it's a shame that N&W 1218 only had an excursion career of only four years (1987-1991). I think that 1218 should be rebuilt/ returned to operation in the future, although I am aware that this event is highly unlikely to occur.

I miss her so much, she took me anywhere I needed to go❤