During the Memorial Day weekend, Frisco steam locomotive #1630 pulled its first revenue train for the first time in 9 years. While I was at the Illinois Railway Museum to cover the locomotive's depute, I was also there for a story on the museum's Steam Department.
Documentary
Non-Documentary version of the 1630's May 24th operations
Special thanks to the Illinois Railway Museum as well as Trevor Palczynski for setting up the interview with Steam Department Manager, Tom Schneider.
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Thanks for sharing the videos.
The IRM Steam Department has done well and should be proud of their labors. Long may she run.
Rusty
I was out there over Memorial Day weekend, and it was great to see years of hard work come to fruition. Thanks for posting the videos!
Nice to see old steam working, if only for the special holiday. I love the video. I've noticed all these full-scale model locos seem to have the correct sound: so much better when a loco has the correct four-chuffs per revolution!
Thanks!
That's a very nice quality video. I hope to make it out there again soon. Thanks for sharing.
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