@@lynnjones5490 I read "... rainy night." and 'yes, of course!' and then I read "Or a snowy night." and I am suddenly transported, hearing the distant whistle complete with aroma of snow and also a mixture of excitement and vulnerability.
Loved the father and mother taking their small child (who wisely clasped his tiny hands over his ears as the train approached) to see this historic locomotive. Hopefully he'll grow up to appreciate the history of rail and all those who came before us.
First time I ever saw a steam train running, I was 11 or 12. It was the Freedom Train (Southern Pacific 4449) going from San Francisco to San Jose in 1975 or 1976. We placed pennies on the tracks for souvenirs.
Kid was covering his ears because his parents positioned his head 3' away from active crossing bells that are designed to be heard over the noise of trains and road traffic - idiots.
@@RetroJack - they probably didn't think of that because their hearing has deteriorated over time & forgot that your hearing is way more sensitive when you are a kid.
This reminded me when I was a young boy living next to the Grand Trunk Western tracks outside of Detroit. On a cold Winters night in the 50’s while lying in my bed I would hear the whistle of a steam locomotive. It’s lonely sound would carry through the frigid air loud and clear, thus beginning a boys love of railroading. I consider myself to be very lucky to have witnessed the last days of steam. Thanks for the memories.
In the UK in the forties and fifties I was always sent to sleep hearing the steam engines working in the stock yard with the odd express passing through. Lovely days long gone sadly
There’s just something so chilling about steam locomotives when you hear the distant deep airy whistle. Then the fast chugging and pumping is close enough to hear as the whistle blows again. They were once called iron horses and truly a beast of a machine.
In the UK, we have nearly a thousand preserved steam train of which many are passed for mainline running on 'steam specials'. Additionally, 70 brand new locomotives are under construction, including a lot of extinct designs .
In the US a lot of men have a carpentry shop at their home, in the UK many seem to have a small machine shop. Well, us former colonists do have a lot of wood.
My parents, especially my father, loved trains. They instilled that love of trains in me. I remember visiting my dad's brother and sister in Belen, New Mexico in the summer of 1976. We kids were just going to bed on the sofas in their breezeway. It was dark and the night air was starting to cool down at the foot of the Sandia mountains. In the valley west of Los Lunas, I could hear the long, lonesome, hauntingly beautiful wail of a train's whistle. I don't believe that I will ever forget the feeling I got from that experience. I miss you mom and dad, and Aunt Bobby and Uncle Jake....
Looking at steam trains it just shows how great Victorian engineering was, how they managed to convert steam to power a 40/50 tonne locomotive is fascinating,in Ireland our steamtrains are not as big as the ones in the US but are still great to see and hear, the smell of oil and steam and smoke hanging in the still air of a summers day, unfortunately due to the virus the preservation society in Ireland won't be organising any excursions until next year but if anyone from the US is visiting Ireland anytime next year and happen to see an excursion advertised buy a ticket it's actually a great way to see Ireland and a great day out (there is a bar onboard too)🇨🇮
This is a 1927 4-8-4, actually quite an early one as far as 4-8-4s are concerned. Many date from the 1938-1950 timeframe. There are several larger ATSF 2900 series locos preserved from that timeframe. 3751 was later rebuilt to look more similar to those later engines, but in short, yes these are far from Victorian locomotives.
The last steam loco built in Britain for service was in 1960, the 9F (heavy freight) 2-10-0 92220 "Evening Star" weighing close to 87 tons and dressed in express passenger colours (being the last) by Swindon. In addition, her tender would carry 9 tons of coal and some 21 tons of water. Although mainly a freight loco she would haul express passenger at over 90mph. The heaviest train hauled by steam was 9F 92203, 2,178 tons of quarry stone. The reproduction A1 'Peppercorn" Pacific 2-6-2 "Tornado" was completed 2008 and is used for rail tours on network rail (the main lines). "The Jacobite" steam run from Fort William to Mallaig is well worth a ride. Preserved steam locos need a modern engine dancing attendance for train braking and electricity generator.
@@jeffslade1892 British steam locos on the main line all have to be outfitted with vacuum and/or air brakes for train braking, and it's usual to have a wheel-driven generator on the support coach and/or a diesel generator in the rearmost carriage. The presence of a diesel locomotive may either be for reasons of operational flexibility (e.g. hauling the train backwards out of a terminus) or as an insurance policy where the train has to face steep gradients and/or adverse conditions.
Very young we lived close enough to the Milwaukee to St Paul line so I could hear the trains and at night we could see the clear and the green light of the airport. Both are great memories 68 years on.
There's a story that one Southern states engineer had a personalised chime whistle which played 'Nearer My God to Thee." Hearing it whistle as the engine passed a church one Sunday morning, a visiting preacher remarked, "Just listen, folks. Only a truly God fearing man could whistle like that...."
Just hear that lonesome whistle blow! Music to my ears, and it surely does my heart good to hear it. I grew up beside the Trent Valley main line in England - never, ever forget those Stanier whistles in the night.
However this one (and virtually all engines running in the Western part of the U.S. after 1915) ran on fuel oil. Because it was available nearby, it could be pumped, and it didn't create cinders.
Every little kid under 10 covers their ears when they hear a train i never did I'm a railfan for life even when I was 2 I never covered my ears when I heard a train
Jesus is there anything that brings back that longing for yesteryears as the far away whistle of a steam locomotive in the valley? I remember it so very well !!!
Back in the mid 1990's, i lived in LINDEN NJ and had to travel to EDISON NJ for work, i loved it when either an Express NJT or AMTRAK was passing through , they'd be doing a good 65 to 70 mph, once when my daughter was a little person, she came to visit me and while standing on the platform waiting for a train, the AMTRAK 🚆 came before the NJT 🚉 and I could see the fear on her lil cute face of the Speed of something that Big was moving .
One day I hope to stand next to a locomotive like 3751; live in Sacramento and I’ve been to the CSRM dozens of times and it never gets old. Next on my list is to find an active steam giant and take photos or ride behind it
the way things are going in africa especially southern africa steam engines are bound to make a re-entry to the public transport system.... my father used to be a mould maker for such engines in the SAR workshops in Durban... seeing this wondrous technical creation above is a blessing thanks for the upload....
3751 has a great whistle. It has that haunting wail that a steam locomotive whistle should have. It does not sound like a steamboat like some other preserved heavy steam locomotives.
I agree, but I don't recall a single time I knew 3751 was approaching based on sound rather than sight. I'd see smoke above trees around a curve, or I'd see the single large golden headlight down straight track. There were several times I heard 4449 before I saw it.
@@jkfan2005 The original steam whistle, probably an SP 5-chime, was stolen when 4449 was a static display in a public park in Portland. SP GS-3, -4, and -5 also had Nathan Air Chimes in service but the two occasions when I saw 4449 running on the Coast Line in 1955 and 1958 the engineer used only the steam whistle. Don't know what they have on it now but I believe it sounded much better when I saw it as a kid. I read that someone in upper management at the UP prefers that steamboat sound so that's why UP 884 and 4414 have that sound and I suspect 4449 as well. I don't recall UP 3985 having that steamboat sound, however.
During the 1977 Amtrak 4449 excursion (north-from-L.A. leg) I was sure I heard the airhorn mixed in with the "steamboat"-- just one or two blasts. But after the train got closer to me, no more airhorn. Then when I rode the 1989 excursion in Washington/Oregon, they were using the airhorn as we ran alongside a river.
In the AFT days it was printed that the "steamboat" came off an SP&S 4-6-6-4-- something the Portland folks had and wanted to use. In the 1980s I read the SP whistle saved from 4436 was put on as an alternate. (There's one the engineer can blow and one the fireman can blow.) The current issue of TRAINLINE mentions that engine's career ending in October 1956 due to a cab fire. But the article-- about the steam finale on the San Francisco commute trains-- describes a "steamboat whistle" being heard among the various trains.
That is so satisfying to watch. I wish I was born 10 years earlier, by my time the steam engines were already phased out in favour of electric/diesel traction.
Yeah, this is not really high speed. I used to travel daily from Gourock to Glasgow and the limited stop steam trains ran faster than this with six, sometimes eight pretty full carriages.
When i saw the title i thought it was an error first i said no they mean BNSF but when i heard that steam whistle and then the METRO LINK F59 PH followed by AMTRAK cars Heritage & Amfleet cars ?! 😱 Blue observation car anyone? 😱 This is a wonderful video 🎥! 👋👋👋👋👋👍✅
My dad took me to see the oldest B & O locomotive that still ran (it was on a flatcar). It was so tiny, I asked my dad if if was real? He was a conductor for B & O for 30 years, he ran freight out of Pittsburgh PA.
Poor kid.. he seemed absolutely overwhelmed by the experience, maybe even terrified... I would never be that close to all that noise an action with my kid at such young age
My heart is warm with the friends I make, And better friends I'll not be knowing; Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take, No matter where it's going. Edna St. Vincent Millay
If you want to see some really cool photographs of old steam trains then check out the work of O Winston Link. There is a museum to his work in Roanoke, Va that is brilliant. Back in the day he was paid by one of the main US railway companies to photograph their steam trains in action before they disappeared. Man there are some fine photos there. May be possible to view them online?
No matter where you are in the world when a steam loco passes everyone has to wave thats how much people love steam trains
Facts
Stop being negative
Those are horrible locos like a nightmare.
@@debobirpurkayastha4986 your horrible
Your absolutely right.
Love that exhaust sound of a steamer at speed. And the steam whistle in the distance on a rainy night.
Or a snowy night
@@lynnjones5490 I read "... rainy night." and 'yes, of course!' and then I read "Or a snowy night." and I am suddenly transported, hearing the distant whistle complete with aroma of snow and also a mixture of excitement and vulnerability.
River valley in winter could hear those things coming for miles we always had time to run the 4 blocks to the tracks well before the train came
@@rickburtaine7018 a steam whistle at night in the snow is just something different
Loved the father and mother taking their small child (who wisely clasped his tiny hands over his ears as the train approached) to see this historic locomotive. Hopefully he'll grow up to appreciate the history of rail and all those who came before us.
I hadn't noticed the kid. Yes, cute. Though it seemed to be the bell more than the train itself that bothered his ears.
First time I ever saw a steam train running, I was 11 or 12. It was the Freedom Train (Southern Pacific 4449) going from San Francisco to San Jose in 1975 or 1976. We placed pennies on the tracks for souvenirs.
@@Wailwulf I remember the Freedom Train quite well when it came to Mobile, AL.
Kid was covering his ears because his parents positioned his head 3' away from active crossing bells that are designed to be heard over the noise of trains and road traffic - idiots.
@@RetroJack - they probably didn't think of that because their hearing has deteriorated over time & forgot that your hearing is way more sensitive when you are a kid.
This reminded me when I was a young boy living next to the Grand Trunk Western tracks outside of Detroit. On a cold Winters night in the 50’s while lying in my bed I would hear the whistle of a steam locomotive. It’s lonely sound would carry through the frigid air loud and clear, thus beginning a boys love of railroading. I consider myself to be very lucky to have witnessed the last days of steam. Thanks for the memories.
You have a way with words! I can imagine the sound of the whistle travelling far and clear on a cold night.
Get in the blood… I am captivated by them..👍🌹
Amen to that!
Very lucky indeed!
In the UK in the forties and fifties I was always sent to sleep hearing the steam engines working in the stock yard with the odd express passing through. Lovely days long gone sadly
There’s just something so chilling about steam locomotives when you hear the distant deep airy whistle. Then the fast chugging and pumping is close enough to hear as the whistle blows again. They were once called iron horses and truly a beast of a machine.
They have style and class that's been lost in our modern life.
In the UK, we have nearly a thousand preserved steam train of which many are passed for mainline running on 'steam specials'. Additionally, 70 brand new locomotives are under construction, including a lot of extinct designs .
In the US a lot of men have a carpentry shop at their home, in the UK many seem to have a small machine shop. Well, us former colonists do have a lot of wood.
But only Flying Scotsman or the Olton Hall attracts everyone that if she hadn't failed
Kyle Presley Oulton Hall ???? Loads of Halls are preserved. Try something more interesting, like a Stanier Pacific.
@@stevehessle1959 I'm saying that them two attract non enthusiasts, Oulton Hall because it is the "Harry Potter Train"
British engines, even the smallest, have an unrivalled elegance. Greatest mistake you ever made was turning Dr. Beeching loose to destroy everything.
My parents, especially my father, loved trains. They instilled that love of trains in me.
I remember visiting my dad's brother and sister in Belen, New Mexico in the summer of 1976. We kids were just going to bed on the sofas in their breezeway. It was dark and the night air was starting to cool down at the foot of the Sandia mountains.
In the valley west of Los Lunas, I could hear the long, lonesome, hauntingly beautiful wail of a train's whistle.
I don't believe that I will ever forget the feeling I got from that experience.
I miss you mom and dad, and Aunt Bobby and Uncle Jake....
Imagine when hearing sounds like that was the norm.
I wish that was the norm
Looking at steam trains it just shows how great Victorian engineering was, how they managed to convert steam to power a 40/50 tonne locomotive is fascinating,in Ireland our steamtrains are not as big as the ones in the US but are still great to see and hear, the smell of oil and steam and smoke hanging in the still air of a summers day, unfortunately due to the virus the preservation society in Ireland won't be organising any excursions until next year but if anyone from the US is visiting Ireland anytime next year and happen to see an excursion advertised buy a ticket it's actually a great way to see Ireland and a great day out (there is a bar onboard too)🇨🇮
British built?
Steam was around in the Victorian era, but not this one. This was built in like the 40’s bub
This is a 1927 4-8-4, actually quite an early one as far as 4-8-4s are concerned. Many date from the 1938-1950 timeframe. There are several larger ATSF 2900 series locos preserved from that timeframe. 3751 was later rebuilt to look more similar to those later engines, but in short, yes these are far from Victorian locomotives.
The last steam loco built in Britain for service was in 1960, the 9F (heavy freight) 2-10-0 92220 "Evening Star" weighing close to 87 tons and dressed in express passenger colours (being the last) by Swindon. In addition, her tender would carry 9 tons of coal and some 21 tons of water. Although mainly a freight loco she would haul express passenger at over 90mph. The heaviest train hauled by steam was 9F 92203, 2,178 tons of quarry stone.
The reproduction A1 'Peppercorn" Pacific 2-6-2 "Tornado" was completed 2008 and is used for rail tours on network rail (the main lines).
"The Jacobite" steam run from Fort William to Mallaig is well worth a ride.
Preserved steam locos need a modern engine dancing attendance for train braking and electricity generator.
@@jeffslade1892 British steam locos on the main line all have to be outfitted with vacuum and/or air brakes for train braking, and it's usual to have a wheel-driven generator on the support coach and/or a diesel generator in the rearmost carriage. The presence of a diesel locomotive may either be for reasons of operational flexibility (e.g. hauling the train backwards out of a terminus) or as an insurance policy where the train has to face steep gradients and/or adverse conditions.
My heart beats fast when I see a train approaching. The piercing whistle adds to the excitement.
That thing was pulling one of everything 🤣🤣
That kid I’ll never forget all that noise😂✨🇺🇸
Oh, man, oh, man, OMG. Such a beautiful sight.
Very young we lived close enough to the Milwaukee to St Paul line so I could hear the trains and at night we could see the clear and the green light of the airport. Both are great memories 68 years on.
You lucky lucky man. How wonderful.
Some of those engineers were masters on that whistle.
Growing up in the 50’s next to the Grand Trunk Western tracks I could almost tell which engineer it was by the way he blew the whistle.
There's a story that one Southern states engineer had a personalised chime whistle which played 'Nearer My God to Thee." Hearing it whistle as the engine passed a church one Sunday morning, a visiting preacher remarked, "Just listen, folks. Only a truly God fearing man could whistle like that...."
Just hear that lonesome whistle blow! Music to my ears, and it surely does my heart good to hear it. I grew up beside the Trent Valley main line in England - never, ever forget those Stanier whistles in the night.
I always loved the smell of real coal smoke. Brings back memories of my childhood.
However this one (and virtually all engines running in the Western part of the U.S. after 1915) ran on fuel oil. Because it was available nearby, it could be pumped, and it didn't create cinders.
@@jkfan2005 except for Big Boy, that lad chewed up coal like it was nobody's business. Now 4014 runs on Fuel Oils.
Nice!!! That kid was probably stoked!!! Yea it was loud. But..Hopefully he'll be a railfan for life!!!
Every little kid under 10 covers their ears when they hear a train i never did I'm a railfan for life even when I was 2 I never covered my ears when I heard a train
Yeah... my generation sucks.
That ol girl is moving 💪🏾😍
Now, THAT’S what you call-A CHOO-CHOO TRAIN!!!
Jesus is there anything that brings back that longing for yesteryears as the far away whistle of a steam locomotive in the valley? I remember it so very well !!!
aww. what a cute little consist she's towing. nice n light for an engine that size
Fabulous footage & what a beautiful sound!
That rake of coaches was certainly...unique
Wonderful sight and sound of a great looking locomotive. We must keep steam alive. Best wishes from the UK.
What a beautiful and powerful steam engine. Thank you for sharing!
Back in the mid 1990's, i lived in LINDEN NJ and had to travel to EDISON NJ for work, i loved it when either an Express NJT or AMTRAK was passing through , they'd be doing a good 65 to 70 mph, once when my daughter was a little person, she came to visit me and while standing on the platform waiting for a train, the AMTRAK 🚆 came before the NJT 🚉 and I could see the fear on her lil cute face of the Speed of something that Big was moving .
OMG! I've got the highway video of this on grandson's playlist!!!! We both love it.
Rode the steam trains in Scotland when I was young. Loved seeing them come into the station.🏴🏴
One day I hope to stand next to a locomotive like 3751; live in Sacramento and I’ve been to the CSRM dozens of times and it never gets old. Next on my list is to find an active steam giant and take photos or ride behind it
This Was The Train That Got Me Into Trains, So Happy This Video Is Getting Recommended To People
I was on this train riding the Tioga Pass. Its possible I might be visible on the rear platform, but really hard to tell. A very fun, if short trip.
I saw you
Been a long time since I rode a train. This brings back memories. TY for the look back.🐎🖖
the way things are going in africa especially southern africa steam engines are bound to make a re-entry to the public transport system.... my father used to be a mould maker for such engines in the SAR workshops in Durban... seeing this wondrous technical creation above is a blessing thanks for the upload....
One of the greatest sounds ever heard, I remember it well. ;)
Love those steam locomotives!
3751 has a great whistle. It has that haunting wail that a steam locomotive whistle should have. It does not sound like a steamboat like some other preserved heavy steam locomotives.
I agree, but I don't recall a single time I knew 3751 was approaching based on sound rather than sight. I'd see smoke above trees around a curve, or I'd see the single large golden headlight down straight track.
There were several times I heard 4449 before I saw it.
@@jkfan2005 The original steam whistle, probably an SP 5-chime, was stolen when 4449 was a static display in a public park in Portland. SP GS-3, -4, and -5 also had Nathan Air Chimes in service but the two occasions when I saw 4449 running on the Coast Line in 1955 and 1958 the engineer used only the steam whistle. Don't know what they have on it now but I believe it sounded much better when I saw it as a kid. I read that someone in upper management at the UP prefers that steamboat sound so that's why UP 884 and 4414 have that sound and I suspect 4449 as well. I don't recall UP 3985 having that steamboat sound, however.
During the 1977 Amtrak 4449 excursion (north-from-L.A. leg) I was sure I heard the airhorn mixed in with the "steamboat"-- just one or two blasts. But after the train got closer to me, no more airhorn.
Then when I rode the 1989 excursion in Washington/Oregon, they were using the airhorn as we ran alongside a river.
In the AFT days it was printed that the "steamboat" came off an SP&S 4-6-6-4-- something the Portland folks had and wanted to use.
In the 1980s I read the SP whistle saved from 4436 was put on as an alternate. (There's one the engineer can blow and one the fireman can blow.) The current issue of TRAINLINE mentions that engine's career ending in October 1956 due to a cab fire. But the article-- about the steam finale on the San Francisco commute trains-- describes a "steamboat whistle" being heard among the various trains.
I've never quite gotten over the fact that _our_ (L.A.) last GS Class locomotive wound up in Oregon.
You got to love the beautiful noise it makes so in rythum
Nice Catches And The Horn Is Sooooo Cool And I Love The AAPRCO Coaches ChoChoCho!!!!
That is so satisfying to watch.
I wish I was born 10 years earlier, by my time the steam engines were already phased out in favour of electric/diesel traction.
Nothing quite like power and awe of steam loco.. They are just magical
Glad to see their not holding up the freight or passenger trains keep up the good work.
Didn't even know they had steam trains in the US any more. Good catch!
to be so young again as a small child and be so thrilled to see a big powerful noisy train pass ! I'm sure that made the child's whole day.
Locomotives like these deserve Names commensurate with the work they can perform ! Great footage.
Wow... what a beast !
The way the engineer blew the whistle reminds me of the train from Sometimes They Come Back
I saw Tioga Pass seven years later in Tucson, AZ on amtrak's sunset limited
Brings a unique character and energy to the entire town.
Imagine 4960 doubleheading with 3751 to San Diego one day.
Imagine 2926 & 3751...
0:41 I love that whistle! I’m a fan of the 3751 as you can see from my channel cover!
The best ATSF, Metroink, and Amtrak combo
What a beauty of a train
The LNER locomotive "Roe Deer" used to go through Stowmarket (Suffolk England) at over 100 miles an hour!
Yeah, this is not really high speed. I used to travel daily from Gourock to Glasgow and the limited stop steam trains ran faster than this with six, sometimes eight pretty full carriages.
I miss these steam engine. Nice honking and noise
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aww beautifully old fashion steamed train
Steam and steel. I love it so much that I built a live steamer. I need another ride behind 3751.
This would have made MANY a day for me!
SO COOL, BRINGS BACK GOOD MEMORIES 👍 😊🏴
Beautiful. Reminds me of the final part of Caroline, No. :)
One word - goosebumps
Steam engines brought us here today especially the alpha of the American railway
Keep Highballin' Hogger!!
Brilliant!
When i saw the title i thought it was an error first i said no they mean BNSF but when i heard that steam whistle and then the METRO LINK F59 PH followed by AMTRAK cars Heritage & Amfleet cars ?! 😱 Blue observation car anyone? 😱 This is a wonderful video 🎥! 👋👋👋👋👋👍✅
I like train lights in the distance
🎵 Come ride the little train that is rollin’ down the tracks to the junction 🎵
It is wonderful.i love the sounds it's amazing it how they keep it working🤗👍
My dad took me to see the oldest B & O locomotive that still ran (it was on a flatcar). It was so tiny, I asked my dad if if was real? He was a conductor for B & O for 30 years, he ran freight out of Pittsburgh PA.
nice, i saw it in San bernardino
Thank you SO much for not filming in portrait mode .(unlike that "certified videographer" at the end. LOLLOL
Nice station. Nice train. Nice people.
Poor kid.. he seemed absolutely overwhelmed by the experience, maybe even terrified... I would never be that close to all that noise an action with my kid at such young age
Fantastic sight
I'm guessing that It's Claremont California, not any of the other 11 Claremonts in the US.
Correct, that station's vintage AT&SF City of Trees & Ph.d's
@@spacemonqui thanks for the reinforcement
Gorgeous!
Dang trains are cool
My dentist is right across the street from there.
Apart from the excess smoke emission i too love the steam locomotive
I love all the passengers at the back like screaming...faster...faster
Just awesome.
My heart is warm with the friends I make,
And better friends I'll not be knowing;
Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,
No matter where it's going.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Beautiful!
If you want to see some really cool photographs of old steam trains then check out the work of O Winston Link. There is a museum to his work in Roanoke, Va that is brilliant. Back in the day he was paid by one of the main US railway companies to photograph their steam trains in action before they disappeared. Man there are some fine photos there. May be possible to view them online?
Makes me happy...
very cool, thanks for sharing.
Wao super video collection bro
Here comes a Train.
Claremont station is where are the "loose nuts & bolts" hang out. (ART)
I like the old guy with his whimsical cell phone taking video🤣🤣
Love this ,and no helper
The Train looks like the one from Back to the future movie!
That would actually be Sierra Railway 3.
What fun!
I really wish that SF 3751 kept passing the station and the mechanical bells stayed on the pedestrian walkway crossing.
To bad that gentleman was shooting from his phone incorrectly or he probably would have had a great vid.
Steam locos have so much personality
Stupenda locomotiva 👍👍👍
For a moment there I thought I was watching Back to the Future. 😁
Beautiful machines.
That's American high-speed rail right there!! Watch out......
That's beautiful