Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In the early 1960s, as the steam locomotive was mostly taken out of service, several railroads opted to keep steam around for fan trips and specials. One of the most prominent was the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy with a rotation of locomotives operated from the end of regular steam operations to 1966. The most prominent locomotives were 2-8-2 4960 and 4-8-4 5632. This video shows the CB&Q steam stars on trips out of Chicago and Denver.
This footage was provided and edited by Hunter Lohse. The original 8mm footage was filmed by Henry Bruekman and Dan Kehl and is courtesy of the Western Railway Museum.
Thumbnail provided by Marty Bernard, originally by Roger Puta. Available at https://flic.kr/p/X8EdmC
0:00 2-8-2 O1-A 4960
7:25 4-8-4 O5-A 5632
15:48 Credits
In the early 1960s, as the steam locomotive was mostly taken out of service, several railroads opted to keep steam around for fan trips and specials. One of the most prominent was the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy with a rotation of locomotives operated from the end of regular steam operations to 1966. The most prominent locomotives were 2-8-2 4960 and 4-8-4 5632. This video shows the CB&Q steam stars on trips out of Chicago and Denver.
This footage was provided and edited by Hunter Lohse. The original 8mm footage was filmed by Henry Bruekman and Dan Kehl and is courtesy of the Western Railway Museum.
Thumbnail provided by Marty Bernard, originally by Roger Puta. Available at https://flic.kr/p/X8EdmC
0:00 2-8-2 O1-A 4960
7:25 4-8-4 O5-A 5632
15:48 Credits
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Norfolk & Western 4-8-0 475 leads a series of freight specials on the Strasburg Rail Road. This 1906-built Mastodon locomotive recreates traditional N&W branchline freights from sunrise to sunset.
These specials were organized by John Craft of Historic Transport Preservation. For information on future events, check out https://steamspecials.com/about/
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For the first time in 34 years, former Reading Company 4-8-4 T-1 2102 and Reading & Northern 4-6-2 425 doubleheaded on an excursion steam special.
For the August 13th Iron Horse Ramble excursion, already scheduled to have Reading 2102 leading, the railroads 425 joined for an exciting day of doubleheading. With 2102 freshly restored to service earlier in 2022 after a 30-year absence, this marked the first time the two engines doubleheaded since the Blue Mountain & Reading days. The two steam engines together put on an impressive show, swiftly moving the sold-out excursion train over former Reading and CNJ trackage from Reading to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania and return.
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Pan Am Railways is a freight carrier that operates a network of historic Class II railroads across the Northeastern United States. The company was founded by Timothy Mellon in 1981 as Guilford Transportation Industries and began purchasing the bankrupt Maine Central Railroad and Boston and Maine Railroad, as well as the Delaware and Hudson Railway, which it later abandoned. The company adopted its current name after purchasing the brand and graphic identity of the legendary airline which operated from 1927 until 1991. Mellon originally attempted to revive the Pan Am brand as an airline, but later applied the brand to the rail operations after the new airline failed to take off. The company was sold to CSX in 2022 and is slowly being integrated into its system.
Pam Am was known for its iconic business train, often led by a pair of ex-Canadian National GMD FP-9 locomotives built in 1954 and 1957. “The Sisters,” as they were affectionately known, previously ran excursion trains through New Hampshire’s Crawford Notch along the Conway Scenic Railroad. Pan Am acquired these units in 2010 via an exchange.
A few months prior to the CSX acquisition, Positive Train Control was implemented along portions of the line, with Pan Am opting not to equip the FP-9s with the new technology. Instead, the company used newer equipment for those segments of the trip, including the Maine Central 7542 seen in this video. This GE C40-8 was built in 1989 for CSX and has now come full circle back to the CSX roster.
Upon the sale of Pan Am to CSX, the Sisters and the OCS equipment were shipped down to Norcross, Georgia to await their future.")
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The Union Pacific Big Boy is one of the most iconic steam locomotives in the history of American railroading. A total of 25 of these 4-8-8-4 giants were delivered to the UP in two batches in 1941 and 1944. The Big Boys were originally built to handle the strenuous demands of wartime freight traffic over the Wasatch grade between Ogden, UT and Evanston, WY, but after 1944, their operating territory was extended east to Cheyenne, WY.
After WWII, the Big Boys continued to roll up the revenue service miles hauling endless carloads of peacetime freight on the Overland Route. The 1950s were well known as the time of transition for American railroads, and the Big Boys, despite their power, were still threatened by inevitable dieselization. The Big Boy’s last revenue runs were on July 21, 1959. A total of eight Big Boys made their way into preservation, donated to museums and parks across the country.
For decades, the question was asked, would a Big Boy ever be seen in operation again. It wasnt until 2013 that all changed, when Union Pacific reacquired Big Boy 4014 for restoration. The locomotive would go from Pomona, CA back to Cheyenne, where Union Pacific steam crews restored it to run on the Union Pacific mainline in May 2019.
You’ll see the Big Boy 4014 in its first year of operation doubleheading with UP 844, as well as running over Cajon Pass, through Arizona, and across Kansas into Missouri. In 2024, the 4014 made a journey to Northern California as part of its Westward Bound Tour. Near complete coverage from 12 different cameras follow the Big Boy into Portola, through the Feather River Canyon, and then east over Donner Pass in a spectacular display of raw power!
The 8mm footage for this program is from the cameras of five different railfans and photographers, and come from the Western Railway Museum, and the collections of Hunter Lohse and Dick Donat.
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