This was a couple of years ago, so hard to say what is able to steam right now. I believe there were at one time two which were still able to run.
Wow. These guys had quite a weekend! Tons of NS action. Nice weather. This is just part one of multiple segments around Horseshoe Curve: [video]
All that east coast steam is making me envious............and when I lived there in 90-91 all I got to see was steamtown before they had much setup.
Thank you. I wish the Saluda video were of better quality, but I was just a young budding videographer out for the day with Dad's Betacam. I shot these clips in 8mm film about 40 Years ago with similar results with my Dad's Bolex. After the C&NW "scoot" footage is the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern, which ran close to our house and has always been a favorite:
Well, it may not be Hollywood quality, but you have footage and the memories. So many of us have nothing at all...
There's been terrible flooding in South Carolina, with many areas in the capital city of Columbia wrecked. The 3 Day 12 Inch deluge was a result of an offshore hurricane and adjoining low pressure area that conveyed the rain straight through the center of the state. A number of smaller dams burst and many families had to evacuate their homes. Repairs are underway, but just restoring the highway bridges will take many months. Meanwhile the railroads are in a mess too, with many lines shut down, businesses isolated and trains detoured. Witness NS's missing trestle north of Columbia on its line to Spartanburg [no sound]. http://www.wyff4.com/news/railroad-...er-in-columbia-destroyed-by-flooding/35666144
That trestle was surrounded by woodland which is completely gone. NS was to restore the Columbia, SC <=> Charleston, SC line this weekend, so the Columbia <=> Charlotte line will be handling Spartanburg detours until this trestle is rebuilt. CSX is doing good work, but bridge replacements on some secondary lines await. These lines serve electric utilities and large industries, so are critical.
I didn't shoot this, but I wanted to post it because it's a rare sight matched with good videography.
I would be interesting to hear the radio banter between the two engineers. I'm sure they were taunting each other as any self-respecting street racers would be. Also it's curious that both trains were exactly the same length.
I wonder what the dispatcher planned? Maybe up ahead their routes diverged so there was no need to slow one or the other to resolve priority.
Ah, the beauty of a reverse-signaled railroad - either track, either direction. I couldn't help but read a YouTube comment on the video - Do those train drivers realize how dangerous that is? If another train comes the opposite direction, two or 3 drivers are going to be killed!, as if trains hot rod around without signal protection. The reader was schooled in later posts.
Railroads are just the very tip of the tip of the iceberg of public ignorance. I remember as a child seeing railroad signals and wondering what they said.