Ohio Central Cab Rides & Trackside

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Jump up in the cab, and enjoy the now gone Ohio Central.

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Producer

Greg Scholl Video Productions
Run Time

1 hour 27 minutes
Narration

Yes
Shrink Wrap

Yes, Brand New
Technical Details

No Region Code

This video features cab rides in both of the big engines on the Ohio Central, but then continues with more scenes shot trackside for additional runbys and action shots. We begin with a day in Sugarcreek on June 7, 2002 with scenes of ex-Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 on the Sugarcreek to Baltic excursions. We shoot lineside runbys, then later in the day get a cab ride in the engine to Baltic, where the engine runs around the train to pull the train back northward tender-first.

The very next day, June 8, 2002 we are in Dennison for a run, that begins with ex-Grand Trunk Railroad 4-8-4 6325. Owner Jerry Jacobson was there at the station, and I spoke to him briefly just before the trip departed. I asked him if someday I could get a ride in the engine, and he said “Sure Greg, how about right now”. So an unexpected cab ride from Dennison took place to a runby location west toward Morgan Run.

We get several fine views inside the cab, as well as shooting outside the doorway on the fireman’s side. Jason Johnson who was the engineer the day before on the Sugarcreek train’s 1293, was the fireman for this segment. There are scenes of the engineer working the throttle, whistle, brakes, and more. We see the fireman working the injector and the stoker engine, checking the water, the fire, and the track ahead. As we leave town we look down the boiler on the fireman’s side and see former Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 #2700 on a siding awaiting a cosmetic restoration. Our cab ride ends at a farm field where there was a photo runby.

After shooting the photo runby, I boarded the train for some onboard scenes, from the coach, and the tool car. I got off at Morgan Run, and this is where 6325 came off the train. The train went up the connection leg with F-units to Sugar Creek, and we got a couple of shots of that. At Sugarcreek, CPR 4-6-2 1293 was working a Sugarcreek to Baltic trip and we got a couple shots of that. Meanwhile 6325 backed up the line from Morgan Run. Later the train was doubleheaded with 1293 leading 6325 south toward Morgan Run. We got a few scenes of this, before the engines made a nice photo runby at Morgan Run. Diesels would pull the train back to Dennison. There was a lot going on in this one day starting with the cab ride in 6325.

1 review for Ohio Central Cab Rides & Trackside

  1. rickyfreni –

    In this recent companion to Greg’s other Ohio Central steam titles, there are not 1 but 2 cab rides behind 1293 on one day & 6325 the next day.

    During the History segment of 1293, the 1948 G-5 class pacific used to be on Display at Steamtown USA in Vermont before most of the others were moved to Scranton PA where they reside since then.

    The date for 1293 on the Sugar Creek to Baltic line was on Friday June 7, 2002, with engineer Jason Johnson & Fireman John Meek, that includes a runaround at Baltic, & From Dennison to Newcomerstown for a pair of photo runbys with 6325 was on the Following Saturday June 8, with guest engineer Gary Bensman, Grant Geist for the pilot engineer, & Jason would handle the fire on 6325.

    At the end of the riding segment for the Saturday visit, 2 F-units pull the train at Morgan Run, followed by 1293 on the Baltic line, & ends with the 2 engines doubleheading to Morgan Run, while at the same time, an Alco RS-3 handles the rest of the Baltic trips.

    This is the second time that Greg rode in the cab on the Baltic line, the first being in June of 1994 with Canadian National 10 wheeler 1551 during production of America by Rail the Heartland, Steam Cab Rides from 2017, & Volume 1 of the Steam in the 90s trilogy (Eastern Steam in the 90s in my own words) from 2018.

    These 2 trips on those 2 days in June of 2002 were Prequel footages for “Ohio Steam Spectacular” & before the closing credits, 6325 is on it’s first photo special the following Sunday June 9.

    All in all, Chris Kovacs did a decent job narrating this program.

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