![[4K] East Broad Top Steam Returns @DynamoProductions-trains](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VxCeaJ3a3TY/sddefault.jpg)
Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Steam returns to the East Broad Top after a decade of silence with an engine silent for 60+ years.
The East Broad Top Railroad of Orbisonia, PA is a narrow gauge icon. The once prosperous narrow gauge railroad of Pennsylvania coal country was kept virtually intact when the line closed in 1956. The new owners kept the railroad as is, with steam returning in tourist service in 1960. Regular operation would continue for decades with several of the railroad's steam engines continuing to operate until 2011. Continued expense would shut EBT down for what seemed an indefinite amount of time.
In 2019, a new effort would be confirmed to restart operations on the East Broad Top, now as an all volunteer based operation. The line and various pieces of equipment would be brought back to service, and the steam engine chosen to be rebuilt first was 16, one of two engines to never run in tourist service. A thorough rebuild would be completed in early 2023, with 16 debuting for the Winter Spectacular for President's Day weekend 2023. Operating on both freight and a new fleet of passenger cars, the 16 put on a great show.
Steam returns to the East Broad Top after a decade of silence with an engine silent for 60+ years.
The East Broad Top Railroad of Orbisonia, PA is a narrow gauge icon. The once prosperous narrow gauge railroad of Pennsylvania coal country was kept virtually intact when the line closed in 1956. The new owners kept the railroad as is, with steam returning in tourist service in 1960. Regular operation would continue for decades with several of the railroad's steam engines continuing to operate until 2011. Continued expense would shut EBT down for what seemed an indefinite amount of time.
In 2019, a new effort would be confirmed to restart operations on the East Broad Top, now as an all volunteer based operation. The line and various pieces of equipment would be brought back to service, and the steam engine chosen to be rebuilt first was 16, one of two engines to never run in tourist service. A thorough rebuild would be completed in early 2023, with 16 debuting for the Winter Spectacular for President's Day weekend 2023. Operating on both freight and a new fleet of passenger cars, the 16 put on a great show.
![[4K] East Broad Top Steam Returns](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VxCeaJ3a3TY/mqdefault.jpg "[4K] East Broad Top Steam Returns
Steam returns to the East Broad Top after a decade of silence with an engine silent for 60+ years.
The East Broad Top Railroad of Orbisonia, PA is a narrow gauge icon. The once prosperous narrow gauge railroad of Pennsylvania coal country was kept virtually intact when the line closed in 1956. The new owners kept the railroad as is, with steam returning in tourist service in 1960. Regular operation would continue for decades with several of the railroads steam engines continuing to operate until 2011. Continued expense would shut EBT down for what seemed an indefinite amount of time.
In 2019, a new effort would be confirmed to restart operations on the East Broad Top, now as an all volunteer based operation. The line and various pieces of equipment would be brought back to service, and the steam engine chosen to be rebuilt first was 16, one of two engines to never run in tourist service. A thorough rebuild would be completed in early 2023, with 16 debuting for the Winter Spectacular for Presidents Day weekend 2023. Operating on both freight and a new fleet of passenger cars, the 16 put on a great show.")
![[4K] Torch Lake - 150 Year Old Steam Train](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WZe87Sx207g/mqdefault.jpg "[4K] Torch Lake - 150 Year Old Steam Train
Calumet & Hecla Mining 0-6-4T 3 Torch Lake operating at the Greenfield Village at the Henry Ford in Detroit, MI.
Built in 1873, this Mason Bogie locomotive is one of the oldest continuously operating steam locomotives in the United States. As a Mason Machines Works design, the 3 has a pivot design on the driving wheels, which give it a slight amount of articulation to sharp curves.
The Torch Lake has been a part of the Henry Ford collection since 1969, and has long been in operation on the parks three-mile loop of track. The Torch Lake continues to put on an excellent show as it continues operating at 150 years old.")
![[4K] Steam Trains](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WnI-0gJR1XA/mqdefault.jpg "[4K] Steam Trains
An hour of 4K steam trains.
Featuring:
0:00 Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern 4-6-2 425 at Reading, Pennsylvania
3:15 Reading Company 4-8-4 2102 on Reading & Northern
6:47 Hocking Valley Scenic Railway 0-6-0 3 at Nelsonville, Ohio
10:22 Great Smoky Mountains Railway 2-8-0 1702 at Bryson City, North Carolina
14:10 Thomas the Tank Engine 0-6-0T on the Strasburg Rail Road, Strasburg, PA
19:06 Laona & Northern 2-6-2 4 at Lumberjack Steam Train, Laona, Wisconsin
22:07 Black Hills Central 2-6-6-2T 110 at Hill City, South Dakota
27:44 New Hope & Ivyland 2-8-0 40 at New Hope, PA
31:01 Hesston Steam Railroad 2-4-2 242 at Hesston, Indiana
34:05 Wilmington & Western 0-6-0 58 at Wilmington, Delaware
38:17 Union Pacific 4-4-0 119 at Omaha, Nebraska
40:38 Omaha Zoo Railroad 0-6-2T 395-104 at Omaha, NE
42:42 Southern Railway 2-8-0 154 at Three Rivers Rambler, Knoxville, Tennessee
47:08 Georgetown Loop 2-8-0 111 at Georgetown, Colorado
51:25 Harrisburg, Lincoln & Lancaster 4-4-0 331 at Stone Gable Estates, Elizabethtown, PA
53:37 Canadian Pacific Railway 4-6-4 2816 touring Canadian Pacific Kansas City
59:03 Closer and Credits")
![[4K] Behind the Scenes on a Dynamo Productions Photo Charter](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XyCMX0OXlvg/mqdefault.jpg "[4K] Behind the Scenes on a Dynamo Productions Photo Charter
When remaking the past for keen-eyed photographers, no detail may be spared.
In 2023, after spending nearly 10 years establishing its presence in the photo charter market, Dynamo Productions hosted a day-long event with the @EastBroadTopRailroad, revered as a time capsule of the moment it ended freight service in 1956. This, coupled with the reintroduction of locomotive No. 16, made the railroad a holy ground for photo events — it hosted close to a dozen from various operators last year. How does the conversation between a railroad and an operator start? What variables and challenges are there? Where lies the balance between railroading and period props, automobiles and actors? And what sets Dynamo Productions apart from others?
Writer, Director, Editor: Nick Martin
Cinematographers: Nick Martin, Everett Meehling, Hammer Lehmann, Andrew DeSabatino
To the host railroad, attendees, staff, actors and prop providers: THANK YOU for your support in successfully organizing this charter — and special thanks to Jonathan Smith, Harry Warren and Jim Lipnitz for their interviews.")
![[4K] Huckleberry Railroad Steam Train](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YePecJf_s4w/mqdefault.jpg "[4K] Huckleberry Railroad Steam Train
Featuring Alaska Railroad 4-6-0 152 in Flint, MI. This 1920 Baldwin Ten-Wheeler was built for the US Army. The engine arrived at the Huckleberry Railroad in 1975 as their first regular steam locomotive. The 152 has operated often on the railroad since then, most recently fully rebuilt and restored to its Army paint and number in 2018.
Built on four miles of former Pere Marquette right of way, the Huckleberry Railroad operates as part of Genesee Park.")
