Steam & Excursion > 844 On The Chester Subdivision

Here are highlights from our filming yesterday when we chased 844 from just north of Fults to just south of Scott City on the Chester Subdivision.  It's great to be able to shoot steam on our "home turf!"

1.  North of Fults
2.  Just north of Fults
3.  Near Modoc
4.  Kaskaskia River
5.  Chester yard
6.  North of Rockwood
7.  Near Grand Tower with Inspiration Point in the background
8.  Big Muddy River north levy
9.  Just south of Potts
10.  North of Reynoldsville
11.  South of Scott City

That's about 120 miles of railroad in 5 and-a-half minutes.  Enjoy!

Mary McPherson
Dongola, IL
Diverging Clear Productions

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Looks good. .sounds great! Thanks for sharing this with us!

Posted from Android

Very nice Mary.  Thanks for sharing.  Lots of hustling on your part to get this much coverge.
 

Awesome. Looks and sounds fantastic!

Framing of foreground and background is excellent.
Any idea what speed was in beginning scenes? My guess ~60mph.

Great video Mary, Question . Does anyone know why U P is running 844 with a 5 car train all over the place ?   Is this a trial run after the rebuild to make sure everything is working as it should or is this just to let the public know the old girl is back on the rails or is it both? Whatever she looks and sounds as good as ever.

bayview_boy Wrote:
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> Great video Mary, Question . Does anyone know why
> U P is running 844 with a 5 car train all over the
> place ?

Yes. You should try the SEARCH feature.

  Is this a trial run after the rebuild
> to make sure everything is working as it should or
> is this just to let the public know the old girl
> is back on the rails or is it both?

No.

Whatever she
> looks and sounds as good as ever.

bayview_boy Wrote:
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> Great video Mary, Question . Does anyone know why
> U P is running 844 with a 5 car train all over the
> place ?   Is this a trial run after the rebuild
> to make sure everything is working as it should or
> is this just to let the public know the old girl
> is back on the rails or is it both? Whatever she
> looks and sounds as good as ever.

DL stole the locomotive, snuck it out of Cheyenne and made a run for it, trying to see how far he can get before the UP brass catches him. If it wasn't for all of us railfans keeping track of it, no one would know where he was by now.

Nice video.  The rod noise is disturbing in places and he should tear down the running gear in Memphis and fix that.

Frisco1522 Wrote:
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> Nice video.  The rod noise is disturbing in
> places and he should tear down the running gear in
> Memphis and fix that.

I agree. Especially with such light throttle, i.e. what's with all the knocking? Those guys have had the drivers out some many times, it tends to make one wonder. Especially after the current manager didn't like the "rod noise" back in the early 2000s, so as soon as he was in charge, he tightened up all the rod clearances. That sure bit him in the ass the first outing of 2011!

;-)

Mary McPherson
Dongola, IL
Diverging Clear Productions

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Nice video Mary!

HotWater Wrote:
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> Frisco1522 Wrote:
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> > Nice video.  The rod noise is disturbing in
> > places and he should tear down the running gear
> in
> > Memphis and fix that.
>
> I agree. Especially with such light throttle, i.e.
> what's with all the knocking? Those guys have had
> the drivers out some many times, it tends to make
> one wonder. Especially after the current manager
> didn't like the "rod noise" back in the early
> 2000s, so as soon as he was in charge, he
> tightened up all the rod clearances. That sure bit
> him in the ass the first outing of 2011!

Noise is due to the old drunks, I am sure :)- sarcasm

Posted from Android

I sure do love that shot between Scott City and Rockview.  Makes me miss home big time.  I'm hoping somebody shot her with a cotton field south of Dexter on the way to Memphis.  A steam engine stepping past bolled out cotton (*ON the Cotton Belt Route*) isn't exactly an every-day photo op.

Pump

Great series of runbys - thanks for sharing them!

BTW - What's the running speed for UP #844 at it's fastest point along the route to Memphis?

/Mitch

How do they go about operating on another railroads tracks?  Pilot crews, fees for the use of tracks?

Mgoldman Wrote:
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> Great series of runbys - thanks for sharing them!
>
> BTW - What's the running speed for UP #844 at it's
> fastest point along the route to Memphis?
>
> /Mitch

I bet she never cracked 60 mph the entire trip......anyone seen any blow downs?

Posted from iPhone

Heard it hit the detector at mile 117 south of McClure at 61mph.  At that point they were making up lost time after getting run around by a Z train.  My guess is that is the reason for the schedule calling for about a 40 mph average, as they were keeping pretty close to schedule even with delays.

Look at Tuesday's offerings for evidences of blowdowns.

Mary McPherson
Dongola, IL
Diverging Clear Productions

UPTRAIN Wrote:
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> I sure do love that shot between Scott City and
> Rockview.  Makes me miss home big time.  I'm
> hoping somebody shot her with a cotton field south
> of Dexter on the way to Memphis.  A steam engine
> stepping past bolled out cotton (*ON the Cotton
> Belt Route*) isn't exactly an every-day photo op.
>
> Pump

Come to think of it, an 800 series 4-8-4 on the Cotton Belt Route..........

Mary McPherson
Dongola, IL
Diverging Clear Productions

hawkeye Wrote:
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> How do they go about operating on another
> railroads tracks?  Pilot crews, fees for the use
> of tracks?

What "other railroads"?