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IRM 1630 with coal train.

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IRM 1630 with coal train.
Posted by Buslist on Monday, May 30, 2016 7:26 AM

Multiple videos around but IRM used 1630 to move the last of the coal trains stored on the main line to the UP interchange. Made for some nice stack music.

links from Facebook videos won't work. 

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Posted by Firelock76 on Monday, May 30, 2016 8:13 AM

There's a short 1:18 video I found on You Tube with 1630 pulling (it says) 135 empty coal cars.  If that 135 number is true, man that's impressive!  Who says those old Russian Decapods can't get it done?

I'm no good at posting You Tube links, so maybe someone else can do it.

Now, if it only had Susquehanna or Erie markings...

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Posted by Buslist on Monday, May 30, 2016 9:03 AM

Can't find the You Tube video, but the 135 cars is correct.

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Posted by Firelock76 on Monday, May 30, 2016 9:30 AM

Try searching  "you tube irm 1630 and coal cars", just like that.  Several videos should pop up for you.

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Posted by Buslist on Monday, May 30, 2016 10:29 AM

A couple of shots in here. 1630 usually doesn't get worked too hard but it sure did yesterday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke6sp029vD0&sns=emy. 

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Posted by Firelock76 on Monday, May 30, 2016 10:33 AM

Oh yeah, that's it baby!   That's one gutsy machine, no wonder the Erie bought 75 of them!  They sure got their moneys worth if all those Russian Deks performed like this one!

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Posted by Buslist on Monday, May 30, 2016 12:33 PM

Here's another one, she gets pretty gutsy here https://youtu.be/WTdK5NheTjI

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Posted by Firelock76 on Monday, May 30, 2016 2:17 PM

Love that drumbeat stack talk, and the whistle's a charmer too!

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Posted by daveklepper on Monday, May 30, 2016 11:59 PM

Truly great of IRM to "do it right."

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 7:26 AM

Keep in mind that the various Russian 2-10-0's were not in the same league as a PRR I-1.  The Russian 2-10-0's were designed for light rail and had that particular wheel arrangement to lessen axle loads.  They were the steam equivalent of a branchline SD7 or RSD5.

The daily commute is part of everyday life but I get two rides a day out of it. Paul
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Posted by Buslist on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 9:22 AM

How about a doghouse ride? Includes flawlessly getting them rolling (not a single slip).

https://youtu.be/-q39OEODpsA

 

there has been some debate in other groups if this is the largest steam only powered revenue service train operated in over 60 years?

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 10:04 AM

UP 844/8444 did operate some ferry moves as the power on regular freight trains in the 1960's.

The daily commute is part of everyday life but I get two rides a day out of it. Paul
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Posted by Firelock76 on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 4:52 PM

I seem to remember reading UP 3985 pulled a Maersk stack train some time in the 90's, but what the length of the consist was I don't know.

Maersk asked for the 3985 for one of their runs just for the "cool" factor.

And certainly the Russians weren't in the same league as the PRR's I-1, different engines for different applications.  And even though 1630 had the advantage of pulling 135 modern, roller bearing equipped EMPTY hopper cars what the IRM crew did with that train is an achievement anyway you look at it, a real tribute to the men who built 1630, those who restored it and those who run it.

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Posted by kgbw49 on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 7:20 PM

Mr. Firelock 76, here you go. UP 3985 pulling 143 double-stacked wells up Archer Hill just east of Cheyenne. A great display of the power of steam! (Turn up the sound.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhgHrDbN4EU

 

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Posted by Thechief66 on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 7:13 AM

kgbw49

Mr. Firelock 76, here you go. UP 3985 pulling 143 double-stacked wells up Archer Hill just east of Cheyenne. A great display of the power of steam! (Turn up the sound.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhgHrDbN4EU

 

 

 

One of my all time favorite RR videos!

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Posted by Firelock76 on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 5:58 PM

kgbw49

Mr. Firelock 76, here you go. UP 3985 pulling 143 double-stacked wells up Archer Hill just east of Cheyenne. A great display of the power of steam! (Turn up the sound.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhgHrDbN4EU

 

 

Oh, wow.  Glorious, just glorious!  143 double stacks and 3985 DOESN'T need any help doing it.  How many diesels would it take?  Two? Three? More?

And, it looks like Archer Hill is the "Collins Curve" of Wyoming!

Thanks for posting!

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Posted by Buslist on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 6:43 PM

Dog house ride part 2. Another flawless start.

http://youtu.be/5k6OYDjZm5U

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Posted by Dakguy201 on Friday, June 3, 2016 6:37 AM

I wonder what the typical daily/monthly track rental charge is to store cars?  I know Amtrak charges private car owners $1315/car/month for long term parking.

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