Steam in West Virginia Coal Country

nathansixchimeOGR Forum Member

Join us in Williamson, Kenova, Portsmouth, and other sites within the Appalachian region as Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive no. 765 takes the helm of Norfolk Southern's 21st Century Steam trips for its employees in 2012! Carrying the whistle from Norfolk & Western Class Y6b class no. 2173, the 765 and her crew at seen hard at work in West Virginia coal country, bringing familiar sights and sounds to a region known for its dyed-in-the-wool mountain railroading. Steam railroading was silenced here on the Norfolk & Western 60 years ago this May – but the echoes and memories live on. Featuring footage from Kelly Lynch and Joe Fusco. Scenes are not in chronological order.

5/15/204:42 PM

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AlleghenyOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Kelly,

Thanks for the video, it was just great!

5/15/207:33 PM

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Steaming JonOGR Forum Member

Fantastic!!! The N&W hooter is one of my favorite whistles!

5/17/207:20 AM

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hokie71OGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

That was great, some remarkable shots. Like crossing the bridge at 5:14, how did they make that one?

5/17/207:34 AM

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Jayhawk500OGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Thanks for sharing!

5/17/2011:43 AM

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Rich MelvinOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

As usual, some more great video work from FWRHS Media Guru, Kelly Lynch.

5/17/202:30 PM

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luvindemtrainsOGR Forum Member

Powerful!

Dave

5/17/203:34 PM

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TomSuperOOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Great Video. Really enjoyed that. Where in WV were these filmed.

5/17/205:11 PM

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Hot WaterOGR Forum Member

@TomSuperO posted:
Great Video. Really enjoyed that. Where in WV were these filmed.

In his explanation post, his first sentence states "Williamson, Kenova, and Portsmouth", however, Portsmouth is in Ohio.

5/17/206:19 PM

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Engineer-JoeOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Thank you for sharing that video! Beautiful.

5/17/2011:06 PM

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Ed MullanOGR Forum Member

Wow! Knockout video, very well done. Kelly could make a living doing video. And, I also want to remark that Joe Fusco has done some other stuff as well, one of his I like is a newer one on You Tube of the Cumbres and Toltec.

Some takeaways for me is that when the 1309 is done, she should have whitewalls like 765, and a hooter, if it could be found, off of a B&O EM 1.

5/23/2010:35 AM