Walts Nephew | Midwest Central Railroad 8/31/24 @WaltsNephew | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Great day for railroading! Today we visit a railway not featured before on this channel: the Midwest Central Railroad. For the Labor Day weekend I visited the Old Threshers Reunion in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa to see all the tractors, traction engines and vintage motorcars in service. The best of all, naturally, was the railroad and their steam engine in service: Surry, Sussex, and Southampton Railway No.6 “Maria,” a narrow gauge Baldwin 2-6-0 Mogul locomotive with a unique valve gear configuration not commonly found in the U.S.
In this compilation you will see several shots of the engine in stride burning her oil richly with black smoke, hear her wonderful Rio Grande 5 chime whistle (and even her secondary single note whistle if you listen carefully), ride on the train on the D&RGW gondola behind the tender, some wheel slip on the last incline before arriving at the north station, and all the old equipment the railway encompasses. And, out of sympathy, you’ll also see the Carbon Limestone Co.’s No.9 Plymouth diesel shunter hauling the second train.
Hope you enjoy!
Great day for railroading! Today we visit a railway not featured before on this channel: the Midwest Central Railroad. For the Labor Day weekend I visited the Old Threshers Reunion in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa to see all the tractors, traction engines and vintage motorcars in service. The best of all, naturally, was the railroad and their steam engine in service: Surry, Sussex, and Southampton Railway No.6 “Maria,” a narrow gauge Baldwin 2-6-0 Mogul locomotive with a unique valve gear configuration not commonly found in the U.S.
In this compilation you will see several shots of the engine in stride burning her oil richly with black smoke, hear her wonderful Rio Grande 5 chime whistle (and even her secondary single note whistle if you listen carefully), ride on the train on the D&RGW gondola behind the tender, some wheel slip on the last incline before arriving at the north station, and all the old equipment the railway encompasses. And, out of sympathy, you’ll also see the Carbon Limestone Co.’s No.9 Plymouth diesel shunter hauling the second train.
Hope you enjoy!
