Steam Engines on Freight Trains

Follow us for more content at Thumbnail photo by Natalie Richardson and provided by Jason Fields. Steam locomotives once were the prime movers of goods and freight around the world. Many steam engines still operate today, but now mostly relegated to revenue passenger service at museums or tourist lines. However there a way to see them perform on a train of which they were built to haul? This one-hour montage shows a variety of steam locomotives hauling recreated freight trains of their era as a way of bringing back a bygone era of railroading. The 23 steam locomotives featured include: 0:00 Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 611 operating at Strasburg Rail Road, Strasburg, PA 3:04 Meadow River Lumber Heisler 6 at Durbin & Greenbrier Valley, Durbin, WV 7:08 Everett Railroad 2-6-0 11 on Everett Railroad, Hollidaysburg, PA 11:11 Nevada Northern 2-8-0 93 on Nevada Northern Railway, Ely, NN 14:08 Bridgton & Saco River 2-4-4T 7 operating at Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington, Alna, ME 15:32 Arcade & Attica 2-8-0 18 on Arcade & Attica, Arcade, NY 17:20 Southern Railway 2-8-0 401 on Monticello Railway Museum, Monticello, IL 21:32 New Haven 2-8-2 3025 on Essex Steam Train, Essex, CT 21:58 Canadian National 0-6-0 7470 on Conway Scenic Railroad, Conway, NH 23:25 Clover Valley 2-6-6-2T 4 on Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CA 25:19 Bucksgahuda & Western 0-4-0T 1 “Otto“ on Bucksgahuda & Western, St. Mary’s, PA 27:00 Mower Lumber Company Shay 4 on Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, WV 29:07 Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 20 and 2-8-2 455 on Cumbres & Toltec Scenic, Antonito, CO 31:18 Flagg Coal Company 0-4-0T 75 operating at Walkersville Southern, Walkersville, MD 32:53 Greenbrier & Elk River Shay 5 at Cass Scenic Railroad 35:12 Canadian National 2-6-0 89 on Strasburg Rail Road 36:43 Great Western 2-10-0 90 on Strasburg Rail Road 38:35 Nevada Northern 4-6-0 40 on Nevada Northern 40:26 Western Maryland 2-8-0 734 on Western Maryland Scenic, Cumberland, MD 45:00 Soo Line 2-8-2 1003 operated by Steam Locomotive Heritage Association on Wisconsin & Southern 49:17 Southern Railway 2-8-2 4501 on Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, Chattanooga, TN 50:27 Virginia & Truckee 2-8-0 29 on Virginia & Truckee, Virginia City, NV