What makes over 5000hp and is not a race car?

[SteveR]

The Union Pacific No. 844. It was the last steam locomotive built for Union Pacific and is one of the last surviving and still operational original steam locomotives in the world. It doesn't run all that much, but I heard it was passing through so I went down to the station this morning to watch it leave at 8am.




http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b148/scheol/UP%20844/8442.jpg

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It was pretty impressive. It stands nearly twenty feet tall, and the engine and tender alone weigh nearly one million pounds. I can't even imagine how amazing it must have been in the '20's, '30's, '40's, and '50's to see them all lined up at the train station.

[LTb1ow]

Very impressive piece of machinery.

[Tru2Chevy]

That's pretty awesome Steve!

- Justin

[BigRocsFirebird]

very nice! so what was the 60' time?

i like the looks of the steam locomotives so many parts lol

[edpontiac91]

That is sooooooo cool. Man that is crapload of Seafoam blowing out of that engine! When I worked at Flemington, there was a steam engine you could ride on and I think there still is one that also runs around New Hope. Do they give rides on this engine?

[enRo]

Steam locomotives are a badass piece of machinery.

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That is sooooooo cool. Man that is crapload of Seafoam blowing out of that engine! When I worked at Flemington, there was a steam engine you could ride on and I think there still is one that also runs around New Hope. Do they give rides on this engine?

new hope still has theirs, and it runs all summer.

Not sure about flemington/ringoes anymore

[deadtrend1]

That is sooooooo cool. Man that is crapload of Seafoam blowing out of that engine! When I worked at Flemington, there was a steam engine you could ride on and I think there still is one that also runs around New Hope. Do they give rides on this engine?

Strasburg railroad museum in PA still use one.

[SteveR]

Do they give rides on this engine?

The engineer said it's not that much anymore due to the insurance company raising the cost, but he said it will run once this summer as a passenger train from Denver to Cheyenne and back. I'm really thinking about saving up for it. Here's a link;



http://cfdtrain.com/CFDTrain/Welcome.html

[SteveR]

very nice! so what was the 60' time?

i like the looks of the steam locomotives so many parts lol


The 60' time was like two minutes lol It takes a while for them to get moving, but the engineer said she'll cruise at 75mph like a Rolls-Royce :)

[BigRocsFirebird]

The 60' time was like two minutes lol It takes a while for them to get moving, but the engineer said she'll cruise at 75mph like a Rolls-Royce :)

haha i bet, those things are awesome. it's been a long time since i've been on a steam engine. they run forever though wish i saw one roll by around here:|

[FlyingDutchman]

I love old locomotives like that! Cool pics too :nod:

[NJ Torque]

That is sooooooo cool. Man that is crapload of Seafoam blowing out of that engine! When I worked at Flemington, there was a steam engine you could ride on and I think there still is one that also runs around New Hope. Do they give rides on this engine?


The New Hope & Ivyland still runs regularly.

The Black River & Western in Flemington still does operate passenger excursions as well as frieght, but the steam engine # 60 has been taken apart to be rebuilt and they ran out of money.

[1QWIKBIRD]

what do they use to fire the boiler with nowadays?

[BlackTopKing]

way cool to see that in person

[NJ Torque]

what do they use to fire the boiler with nowadays?


844 has always burned oil.

[Firebird92]

man that thing is great but the size of it geeezzz the wheels are almost 8 feet tall that a model of American engineering

BIG , HEAVY , LOUD and POWERFUL lol

[sweetbmxrider]

so ****in sweet! i love it. i wonder if it will come down the shore? :)

top gear had an awesome episode with clarkson shoveling coal into the burner for the steam engine. twas hilarious.

[T69SS]

Great pictures! That is one big locomotive

[sweetbmxrider]

steve, where was this? i saw union but it looks like the 5/0 has an out of state plate?

[SteveR]

steve, where was this? i saw union but it looks like the 5/0 has an out of state plate?

Union Station in Kansas City :)

[Kat]

Crap, my guess was MH-47G lol But thats bad ass man! Nice pics. :)

[deadtrend1]

Crap, my guess was MH-47G lol But thats bad ass man! Nice pics. :)

wouldn't that be measured in "thrust"?

[79CamaroDiva]

The engineer said it's not that much anymore due to the insurance company raising the cost, but he said it will run once this summer as a passenger train from Denver to Cheyenne and back. I'm really thinking about saving up for it. Here's a link;



http://cfdtrain.com/CFDTrain/Welcome.html

that looks like a lot of fun!

[deadtrend1]

got bored and youtubed videos of it. I just wanted to hear the tone of the whistle actually .. lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiSj47ps3j8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OgSNQOTw2U

and this one gives the most shots of it ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju6rvbu7Cps

[Kat]

wouldn't that be measured in "thrust"?

No, they dont make much thrust at all. They are measured in shaft HP. Which is about 5000 shp each turbine.

[SteveR]

got bored and youtubed videos of it. I just wanted to hear the tone of the whistle actually .. lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiSj47ps3j8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OgSNQOTw2U

and this one gives the most shots of it ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju6rvbu7Cps

Awesome videos!

The whistle in person was pretty loud, and it vibrated your body. You could hear it reverberating off all the surrounding buildings. It sounded soooo cool :D

[SteveR]

that looks like a lot of fun!

I know! A little expensive, but you really get a lot for the money.

[NastyEllEssWon]

nice i remember seeing that train out in california. its deffinately a piece of machinery. i can only imagine riding one across country in the golden years of the industrial revolution. must've been awesome

[deadtrend1]

No, they dont make much thrust at all. They are measured in shaft HP. Which is about 5000 shp each turbine.

ah i didn't know that

Awesome videos!

The whistle in person was pretty loud, and it vibrated your body. You could hear it reverberating off all the surrounding buildings. It sounded soooo cool :D

This was a cool video showing all the different cars from the different railroads. Including the Pennsylvania Railroad, New York Central, and even the old Zepher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKUhNsDxvMQ

As you can see I'm a history buff and trains were once a hobby of mine.

[BigRocsFirebird]

she deff doesn't launch that hard, takes foreverrr lol

[deadtrend1]

she deff doesn't launch that hard, takes foreverrr lol

all that steam you see when they start moving is bypassing the pistons .. i think ... lol. Its the engineers job to not spin the wheels. its amazing how just steam pressure at 300 PSI can move all of that weight.

[LTb1ow]

Prob a tad more than 300psi if its a oil fired burner, dunno if its still a fire in tube type boiler, but it should be able to get a tad more.

Still pretty crazy, steam power plants are pretty bad ass.

[sweetbmxrider]

those videos were too cool!

gotta post up this :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiBfMOfzWR4&feature=PlayList&p=F718539A24014322&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=54

http://drivingspirit.com/storage/2009/06/jeremy-clarkson-steam-train.jpg

[Blacdout96]

trains were once a hobby of mine.

x2, Used to be a big fan of model railroading. HO scale rocks. watching that 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" vid made me dive in to my old magazines again. :D

[deadtrend1]

x2, Used to be a big fan of model railroading. HO scale rocks. watching that 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" vid made me dive in to my old magazines again. :D

me too, I was into HO scale.

My father used to work for Pullman standard in Butler (pittsburgh area) making the hopper cars. I have a few Authern models of the cars he built that say "Butler, PA" on them.