Norfolk & Western Big Steam
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Largest fleet of articulateds ever built. (Ships to USA & Canada only.)
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| Producer | Sunday River Productions |
|---|---|
| Narration | Yes |
| Run Time | 54 minutes |
| Technical Details | Region Code 1, USA and Canada |
It’s hard to believe that such a video could exist. The largest fleet of articulateds ever built – all operating in their original setting on their own tracks – on the western slope of the Norfolk and Western main line between Bluefield and Portsmouth Ohio. In the first half you see the agile A Class 2-6-6-4, between Williamson and Portsmouth, with high speed manifest or rolling long strings of heavyweight passenger cars at 70 MPH; then, completely at ease, holding 10,000 tons of coals hoppers at a steady 40 MPH. When they hit the steep grades, some trains are triple headed.
The second half is devoted to the huge Y class 2-8-8-2 sluggers. These carry their enormous low pressure cylinders like overloaded grocery bags under each arm. Listen while the slow moving giants shake the Appalachians to their very roots on the heavy grades and tortuous curves of the Tug Fork. Glorious sound by the master O. Winston Link: deep booming steamboat whistles and piercing screams. Watch as they chuff softly around the coal tipples in the narrow mountain yards. Then hang on to your chair as they come blasting onto the main. Not a single static shot, and no interviews. From start to finish every single frame is stunning action. More than 100 run pasts from the bygone age of real railroading.
Narration. Sunday River Productions programs may feature Color film, B&W film, Music, Dubbed Sound and still photos.
NOTE: This is a replacement, with some added footage, of the previous Sunday River show titled “Norfolk & Western Articulated”.
rickyfreni –
Originally released in 1986 (less than a year before 1218 was returned to its short-lived excursion service), there are class A 1200 series 2-6-6-4s (especially 1218 in regular service), the since been scrapped Z class 1300 series 2-6-6-2s, the S1 class 200 series 0-8-0s, & the large Y class 2000 series 2-8-8-2s from the films of Mr. & Mrs. Guy & Betty Brant, which are owned by Arnold Jones & Bob Hanna.
Locations include Portsmouth Ohio, Long Top, Vera Junction, Coal Grove which is through the Ohio River Narrows, Nolan, Spring Lane, Chattaroy with Wig Wag crossing signals, Williamson, the Columbus division, Elkhorn Mountain West Virginia, Farm WV, Powhatan WV, Auville Yard in Iaeger WV, Splice Creek Branch, Bottom Creek Curve near Vyvian, the tunnel & bridge at Cooper near Bluestone, a bird’s eye view of Welch with Atlantic Coast Line diesels making a stop, Bluefield Yard with an 0-6-0 tank engine leaving the turntable & entering the roundhouse, Huger tunnel, Keystone, the Lick Branch, Maybeury Bridge, Scioto River Bridge, Renell WV with an appearance by Meadow River 2 truck Shay number 1, & the Dry Fork Branch.
The disco music was also used in a couple of other Sunday River N&W titles: Battle for Blue Ridge (used as a bonus segment on the Big A), & the Mighty J. The sounds of N&W steam throughout the program were licensed by Mr. O. Winston Link in the closing credits.