Another ridiculous 765 video

Any word on the 765s 2012 schedule? After watching these I have to go see it this year.

Yeah that is a kick*** video.  Once you see her in person you'll never forget her....

765 will be busy this year, primarily in Indiana and Ohio. We are not quite ready to go public with the schedule. There are still a lot of details to work out before we can do that. It's just a little early.

 

As for the video, Mr. Ferguson gets an "A". Nice, steady shots (he used a tripod!) good sound and well-paced editing. Nicely done.

 

Here it is...

 

Here's hoping she doesn't leave me high and dry on a wye this year.

Well guess I'm going to Indiana and Ohio this year..

If 765 gets to the valley this year, I need to go just so my kids can experience big steam as it is meant to be experienced: through an open dutch door.

 

Bob

I'll give the videographer a tip of my hat.  He knew the territory and the equipment and had a great eye for composition.

 

And my hat is also off to the Engine Crew.  The Engineer had the engine working just right - cutoff in perfect adjustment, mournful and FRA-compliant whistling, and he corrected that slip skillfully.  Of course, he could not have made the engine perform like that without a skilled and competent Fireman.  And a third tip of my hat to the Machinist who set the valves so perfectly square -- steady as the atomic clock.

 

Now, that's railroading!

Tom

Thanks for the compliments, Number 90.

 

The engineers were yours truly and Aaron Sherman.

 

I'm not sure who was firing where and there were several.

 

The valves were set by Robert Franzen.

Wow- that's awesome.  I would love to see the passenger cars touched up with matching black stripes with gold trim.  That would really be handsome.  Thanks for sharing.  

I was fishing the lake in the Cuyahoga Valley NP at the end of the video that day. (Indigo Lake).  I had walked across the track to leave and noticed people standing around more than usual.  Then I heard the whistle! It was amazing to see.  It must have inspired me.  Not too long after that my trains were unpacked after about 25 years and now are on a 5X9 layout, the first time they were ever set up anywhere but the floor.  My 6 yr old grandson and I are having a ball.

 

Kevin

The part of the video that brought back the strongest memory is  from 0:28 to 1:35.  Reminded me of sister 759 on Western Maryland AJ-1 and AJ-2, September 1970.  A friend and I were pacing 759 eastbound near Hancock, MD at about 55 mph when there was a slow order passing a track maintenance gang.  When clear, 759 opened up at 25 mph and accelerated back up to 55 with a sound I had never heard before.  We have movies (not so hot) and tape (not so hot either), but that exhaust and acceleration were never forgot.  Thanks for bringing back the past for me and the rest of us here.  The NKP Berks were in a class by themselves!

Lima craftsmanship and properly set up Baker gear. That's a hard-to-beat combo. 

This was the video I was thinking of...it was posted before but is worth another look, you want to hear Lima Super Power at work this acceleration is hard to beat....

Jim, the diesel is always on the rear of the train because there is no passing siding on the CVSR in Akron, nor is there a place to turn. Consequently there is always an engine on each end of the train so that power is in place for bi-directional operation.

 

In the case of the Day Out With Thomas, the diesel on the rear does ALL the work in BOTH directions. The little Thomas engine just makes smoke. It has no capability to pull the train because it is not a "real" engine. But don't tell your Grandson that! 

Mrs. Mullan just watched the video, says it's the prettiest one she's ever seen.

Great camera work right down to the zooms.

The color was so good, too.

 

First class.

 

Ed Mullan

I have to say that the scene around the 4:45 mark where the 765 is almost totally obscured by fog definitely brings back fond memories of cool, foggy autumn mornings in the New River Gorge charging through Hurricane, WV!