39 Baby Mack Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Southern Pacific GS-4 Northern's and AC Cab Forwards and quite a few other steam locomotives had both steam whistles and air hornson them!Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Nice videos and pictures. I've only been through Horseshoe Curve on an Amtrak which in itself is a nice experience, but I've never made it there for a visit. Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbamobilin Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 And, since UP doesnt like to waste any motive power and get every nickel they can by moving revenue freight with whatever power happens to be available, here is a video of Challenger 3985 pulling 145+ cars of freight when returning from a passenger excursion a few years ago. Note how she makes the curve and up the grade without even slowing down, batting an eye or breaking a sweat. I LOVE THAT! Thats impressive! Reckon how many diesel would have taken to pull that same train? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbamobilin Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Here are a few pics of my boys a few years ago at the N&S museum in Roanoke with the 611 and 1218. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 N&W 1218 the Y class mallet was slightly more powerful than the big boys. But the big boys had more speed and were more popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39 Baby Mack Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 N&W #1218 was a class A 2-6-6-4 locomotive, N&W Y class locomotives were 2-8-8-2'sRon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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