“Mountain Thunder”, Ex-LS&I 2-8-0 34, now numbered as western maryland 734, romps up the mountain all the way from berland to Frostburg in fall colors. In-cab footage included.
Duration : 0:7:58
Tags: 2-8-0, 734, cab, engine, fire, Maryland, mountain, Railfan, Railroad, rails, steam, train, Western, whistle, WMRY, WMSR
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Hancock 3 chime is …
Hancock 3 chime is one of my favorite whistles
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Hancock 3 chime
Hancock 3 chime
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
One also must …
One also must consider the grade of coal being burned. I don’t care how good a fireman one might consider themselves, you can have a raging white-hot fire and still produce columns of smoke with low grade, mine-run coal.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
well…..i know …
well…..i know that its hard play a 3chime..and/or a bersome bell crank…but i say that atleast he could put some tone to it……..but i get what your saying..
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Fireman Donnie, …
Fireman Donnie, what a character!! But he’s not at the WMSR anymore. He went to the C.R. England Trucking Co.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Enginer12, what do …
Enginer12, what do you know about firing a steam locomotive? I dont see anything wrong with how its being operated. Smokey isnt always bad. Sure its incomplete combustion but if your bank firing before you go up a hill….its how you do it. And i’ve done it.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
How else would you …
How else would you expect him to do it right with that bersome bell crank?? WMSR 734 has an actual braided whistle cord now, and she sounds better than ever!!
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
VERY NICE WHISTEL.. …
VERY NICE WHISTEL… he aint playing it right…..he could have done better when it comes to the cord.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
700 runs on 260psi.
700 runs on 260psi.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Thx so much for the …
Thx so much for the excellent video—;loved the whistle & the fireman(?) really gets a workout.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
734 has worn a …
734 has worn a variety of different whistle over the years. Back in 1999, she wore what might be confused as the current whistle it has now, the Hancock. It in fact was I believe a Nathan longbell three chime. It has the typical low note register triad ociated with longbell three-chimes, but a totally different chord structure.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
That’s because SP&S …
That’s because SP&S 700 uses 300psig of superheated steam to operate her whistle. It all relates back to harmonic principles, namely that superheated steam will travel much slower through the air than saturated steam, thus causing a lower chord structure plus that addition 100psig all change the audiable characteristics of a whistle. The whistle on 734 is nothing special, just a typical Hancock three-chime step-top longbell. Where it came from has absolutely no affect on how it will sound.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
I don’t know. The …
I don’t know. The one on the 700 sounds a LOT lower than this one.
-Dan
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
WOW, that is one …
WOW, that is one dirty cold fire!! He needs to get that sucker heated up.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
didnt it have a …
didnt it have a different wistle
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
no one knows where …
no one knows where the whistle on 734 came from, but its not the same one on big 6, 611, or 3985…its the same one thats on SP&S 700…….or the same type. The whistle came to the rr in 2001 from the dollywood amusement park in dollywood, tennessee. the whistle is an off the shelf whistle (the big northerns and challangers were not the only ones to use these type of deep whistles, we just ociate it with them bc they are famous). the whistle could be from anywhere.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
you HAVE to hear …
you HAVE to hear that whistle in person its beutifle!
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Same whistle that …
Same whistle that is on Western Maryland Shay
6 at Cass. Well sounds all most the same anyway, I think that they came off of a Western Maryland Challanger I think ?
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Nice vid, the …
Nice vid, the locomotive would be more realistic if it was in th 800, the 700’s series 2-8-0’s looked way different.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
the chinese whistle …
the chinese whistle was last on for one weekend in july 2006
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
I might get docked …
I might get docked for this but when was the last time this locomotive had the chineese whistle on. I like both of them but the chineese is a quite interesting one that I can always replay in my head.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
I’m surprised I …
I’m surprised I never complimented this. Great video, nice whistle, great sound. The in-cab footage was wonderful too.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
do you remember the …
do you remember the whistle that 734 was wearing back in 1995? i can’t tell what it was .
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
He has to get the …
He has to get the outside “horseshoe” of the firebox, the stoker’s only good for getting the coal onto the center and most of the back half of the grates. Those guys who work this line have taught me alot, but I’m still trying to get on as an actual PAID fireman.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Says the expert …
Says the expert fireman?