Reply to "High Speed Steam in Real Life"

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@BillYo414 posted:
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to everyone! I have finally sat down for the day. Youtube suggested a video of UP 3985 cruising along at 70MPH. I went down that rabbit hole and saw numerous steamers on both sides of the pond going fast.
Can anybody speak to what that feels like in the cab? Or even what it likely feels like?
I suspect it just feels like you're going fast but it's just hard to fathom that much weight moving at such a speed. I mean my education and experience in a foundry assures me the locomotive won't fly apart as I watch everything rotate and reciprocate at such speeds but it still blows my mind when I see these videos.

Rich Melvin and other FWRHS engineers have done it with NKP 765.

Just go to YouTube and search for "NKP 765 70 mph" and "NKP 765 70 mph cab ride."

Also, C&O 614, specifically on the NJ Transit trips in 1997 or so hit 79 mph.

12/30/248:00 PM

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