Steam & Excursion > Starting on the Grade: 734 Puts on a Show

4/2/2016

On a "Farewell to 734" photo charter sponsored by the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, the 734 puts on a great show of sight and sound for a photo runby as it starts moving on the middle of the grade from a complete stop. This was somewhere between the Narrows and Brush Tunnel.

Enjoy and thanks for watching.
 



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/16/17 12:29 by Appalachianrails.

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Great video clip . . love the angle and the audio is superb . . . is she at the end of her FRA ticket?

Craig
mcmrailvideos.com

spdaylight Wrote:
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> Great video clip . . love the angle and the audio
> is superb . . . is she at the end of her FRA
> ticket?
>
> Craig
> mcmrailvideos.com

Yes. She wont be under steam again for a long time.

Very nice video. Why is there some guy hanging off the side/rear of the caboose?

Incredible listening to her first exhaust blasts--sounds like a shotgun!!

Marty Harrison
Knob Noster, MO

The guy on the cabloose?    I assume he is a conductor or brakeman to tell the engineer he is clear of the photoline.  But he wouldn't really have to lean out to to that, just look out the back railing. 

Tominde Wrote:
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> The guy on the cabloose?    I assume he is a
> conductor or brakeman to tell the engineer he is
> clear of the photoline.  But he wouldn't really
> have to lean out to to that, just look out the
> back railing. 

Well, if that was indeed a staged run-by, with paying "photo charter" participants, then SOMEONE should have told that guy to stand on the rear platform of the caboose, like a REAL RAILROADER! Such a "pose" would then have made a nice going away photo, in my opinion.

We cant be experts at everything I guess: Riding the back end..http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?10,4250383

RB

Why would the engineer open the cylinder cocks briefly like he did?   Expecting a slip?  Just for the photogs?

Great video!  Thanks for posting it.
 

Great video. I'm not a big fan of 2-8-0's in general, but I have seen a number of clips of 734 that make me reconsider.

Super-Duper!..Thanks for Sharing!

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA

up833 Wrote:
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> We cant be experts at everything I guess: Riding the back end..http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.ph p?10,4250383
> RB

Where's the discussion or expert?   I just see a photo.

I think I've seen that guy before...... He likes to get his picture taken.

Barney Fife as a railroader.

​Victor A. Baird
​http://www.erswhilepublications.com

Earlk Wrote:
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> I think I've seen that guy before...... He likes
> to get his picture taken.

That is just about THE BEST steam audio I have heard in a LONG time!!.  Can you post metadata? 

Ed

Whistle sounds like a Reading 6-chime.

Chris Bost
Leesport, PA

hope we see the 734 soon

dan Wrote:
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> hope we see the 734 soon

Are you not aware that 734 has "run out of time" on her FRA mandated 15 year boiler certification? Unless you are very young, you probably will NOT see 734 in operation for quite some years, especially since all efforts are currently being focused on 2-6-6-2 compound C&O 1309.