Last Week of July 2024 Railfan Update and Announcements
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- By Bill Didden
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1. Phillipsburg, New Jersey Railroad Festival - September 23rd (11am - 5pm): phillipsburgra...
2. Visit Steamtown National Historic Site: www.nps.gov/st...
3. Iron Horse Society Ice Cream Express Trains - Saturday August 10th (11am & 2:30pm): www.zeffy.com/...
4. Derry Railroad Days - Thursday - Sunday (9/19 - 9/22): www.derryrailro...
5. Visit the Virginia Museum of Transportation: www.vmt.org/
6. Visit the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum: www.tvrail.com/
7. Windy City Express with Private Rail Cars Caritas and Super Dome - September 27th-29th, 2024: 261.com/excurs...
8. Visit the Lake Superior Railroad Museum: lsrm.org/
9. Donate to the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America’s Locomotive Fund: rrhma.com/supp...
10. Donate to Billings, Montana Depot: www.billingsde...
11. Donate to Save Passenger Cars for ATSF 2926: www.gofundme.c...
12. Extreme Railfan Redwood Empire Corp Merchandise: my-store-f6012...
13. Donate to VIA Historical Association: viahistory.ca/...
14. Visit the British Columbia Forest Discovery Centre: bcforestdiscov...
The second I saw the thumbnail is it weird that I was half expecting 1218 to be restored to operation💀
Same lol
Yeah i got excited for a second
Same-
My special needs son sure hopes 1218 will be restored to operation real soon or sooner than soon he believes FMW Solutions can help and keep in mind that with God all things are possible!
@gretchenchadwick8343 It may be possible, but with just running 611 has been a major expense for the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The reality is that having 2 big steam locomotives (611 and 1218) to operate and maintain would be just too much for the VMT, as they rely heavily on donations and sponsorships to the keep the museum open to the public. What’s also important is that you truly need a railroad to operate the 1218 and Norfolk Southern does not plan to host excursions with 611 nor 1218 anytime soon. Just restoring 1218 to operation would require so many donations, as folks have previously reported that 1218 looks good cosmetically, but it’s missing some important parts.
Looks like 3985 is slowly coming back to steam once again,
Right after my graduation, I'm hyped to see 3985 steaming again!
Had the joy of visiting the Virginia Museum of Transportation just this week, 1218 did seem shockingly clean and presentable and now I know why!
Can't wait to see them return to operation.
July 2024 is coming to an end and there are epic news: multiple festival events, Steamtown Ice Cream Express, N&W #1218 is getting cosmetic restoration, B&O #98 gets its B&O paint job back at TVRM and more epic news. Wow
Great video and update
Excellent video my friends 😊
The Huckleberry Railroad's railfans weekend is next weekend
An Update Of N&W 1218 In 2:34 ?
when i saw the thumbnail i legit thought 759 and 1218 would be restroed 💀
I’m not sure if you are aware of this but I learned that the Conway Scenic Railroad has acquired the Flying Yankee train.
@@mrtrainmaster8007 Not quite. Ownership was officially transferred from the state of New Hampshire to the Flying Yankee Association. They will be moving the train set to the Conway Scenic Railroad.
@@TranscontinentalRailfanMy special needs son is excited to see that historic streamlined passenger train operating again soon!
You didn’t mention any of the recent updates of CNW 1385?
As I mentioned in my community tab post a while ago, I gather information for a railfan updates and announcements video every week until Thursday night, because Thursdays are when I write the script for narration. Then on Fridays I record my narration for the videos. Anything that comes up after Thursday night will be carried over for next week’s video.
@@TranscontinentalRailfan *Oh* , of course.
I literally saw CSX 1877 come through the CSX bowline on train M650 just the other day. I didn't get a heads up about it so what initially seemed like it would be a impromptu random catch ended up being a great surprise! It was it's first run as a heritage unit. Side note, the B&O heritage unit also came through here on it's debut run last year. I posted the video I got of 1877 as a CZcams Short on my channel if anyone is interested in seeing it.
So it looks like UP
3985 is almost done I believe maybe next year it be done but I wonder how’s update on UP5511
I heard from someone that attended the recent fundraiser event at Silvis that one of the crew members estimates 3985 to be fired up in a couple of years. No recent update on 5511 yet.
@@TranscontinentalRailfan Hopefully 5511 will have great excursions to pull. It's been a while since I've seen that engine.
3985 still hasn’t had it’s front and rear engines removed yet.
3985’s driving wheels and coupling rods weren’t removed either.
@@zacharycalgher3978 I've heard that the 3985's front engines haven't been removed since it's last major overhaul in the 60's. I'm sure that's one of the reasons the engine was removed from excursion service.
Mr railfan I want 1218 to run again and 611 hogs a lot of the fun
Unfortunately, running a big steam locomotive cost a lot of money. Operating and maintaining 2 steam locomotives (611 & 1218) is way too much for a non profit organization.
@@TranscontinentalRailfanDon't forget that with God all things are possible.
Yo im a member at the mini train place at Phillipsburg, never thought it would be mentioned in one of these videos
hello to all the railfans thank you for watching this by my friend transcontinental railfan
I guess Nickel Plate #759 needs my help to return it to steam, Union Pacific #3985 does too, so does Norfolk & Western #1218 and some other steam locomotives mentioned in this video.
@@csxrailfanbronyzachbecker2105 There are no plans to restore NKP 759 nor N&W 1218 to operation. We already have an operating NKP Berkshire and that is 765. For the 1218, having 2 big steam locomotives (611 and 1218) to operate and maintain cost way too much money for a non profit organization. You can help by donating to UP 3985. Go to rrhma.com, go to their donation page, select the locomotive fund, and make your donations there.
@@TranscontinentalRailfan that sucks for Nickel Plate #759 and Norfolk & Western #1218.
@@TranscontinentalRailfanMy son thinks that FMW Solutions could help restore them to operation.