I was honestly didn't expect to see No. 18 doing another test run to curriers again since a few weeks back in august. seems the volunteers did a good job on fixing the minor problem on alco consolidation. although the steam excursions for no. 18 aren't ready yet, but i'm still certain it'll be ready for the autumn fall for september and october this year. nice job on the video by the way. 🙂
I am SO happy she's back! 18 is one of my favorite steam locomotives, given that it's NY's only operational locomotive, and that rebuild was absolutely needed. I hope to see her again soon!
I've seen a lot of locomotives that were recently overhauled and this one looks more like it needs to be overhauled. I always thought of the A&A as a shoestring operation and she lives up to the image.
@@jasonlitz2907 So from my understanding, the orange and black have more to do with Arcade as a town as opposed to the railroad. The Arcade school colors were orange and black going all the way back to the 30's-40's. When A&A ordered their first diesel (#110) in 1941, General Electric asked which colors they wanted for the factory paint scheme (The GE "bars" livery that is on a lot of 44 tonners) - The A&A picked orange and black as that was the Arcade School colors. After #110 and #111, I feel the orange became iconic to the railroad and when they launched the excursion service in 1962 it was a sense of local railroad pride. The depot wasn't even always orange, both Curriers and Arcade depots used to be painted gray.
When my father and I visited this railroad and took 8mm home movies of the loco and steam excursion, back then in the early 70's the coaches were orange, and I am pretty sure the tender was painted the exact same way back then ...in orange lettering. Lots of railroads use orange and other bright colors like yellow as their livery ....Genesee & Wyoming, Union Pacific (yellow), Chessie was orange and yellow back in the early 70's to mid 80's. EBT tenders have always been painted "EBT" in orange ... Although generally speaking, orange lettering is a bit unusual on a steam locomotive tender. If you Google it....Historic photos of the A&A steam locos found "on line" from the early and mid 1970's of this and the other A&A RR steam locomotive show both tenders and engine cab numbers painted in orange.
@@sherman_of_the_lake Originally built by Alco in 1920, it was designed for a sugar mill outside of the USA in Cuba. However, the mill canceled the order and this locomotive along with a few others sat at Alco as surplus. The first railroad to purchase it from there would have been the Boyne City Railroad (based in Michigan) , where it was until 1962 when the A&A purchased it. In a weird way, it's spent more time in Arcade now then it did on its home rails. The Boyne City would go on to acquire a British tank engine and two accompanying MK1 coaches, and operate their own tourist line for a time.
@@ivanthevaluable2559 Originally built for export to Cuban sugar mills back around 1920. Order never went through and it wound up staying in the states. What made you come to your conclusion?
@@CptnRetro I am very much obsessed with Cuban steam, and this engine reminded me a lot of Central Ifrain Alfonso's 1549, which does have an affectionate nickname but I can't seem to make it out. How glorious those times must have been back in Cuba with those steam engines hauling cane alongside the beautiful architecture!
Western NYS, near Attica, home of the notorious prison riot back in 1971, as I recall. This is a fairly poor rural area of NYS with not much going for it other than prisons.
@@TheRm65 What does any of what you posted have to do with this awesome little steam operation or the town of Arcade? (The steam railroad operates out of Arcade, not Attica) I remember visiting there (Arcade) in the early 1970's with my dad, it is a quaint little rural town. Why do you make such negative dogged comments about Attica vs. Arcade, a cool little town and a historic railroad operation. I think it is awesome that A&A has preserved both the locomotives and the railroad itself, managed to maintain its small freight operation,and it is an awesome achievement that this small railroad in this wonderful little rural town has managed to completely restored this locomotive. I don't get the need for the "poor rural town" rhetoric & BS ... I think you need help.
@@paulzeigler7616 Everything I wrote is true, like it or not. The question asked was "Where is this" and I answered it. Western New York, including its cities, has been in decline for many years and simply because there's a vanity tourist railroad in Arcade doesn't change anything. "Quaint" and "cool" do not equate to "prosperous."
As someone who has been to this railroad many times in the past, I can certainly say that I am happy number 18 is back up and running again.
I was honestly didn't expect to see No. 18 doing another test run to curriers again since a few weeks back in august. seems the volunteers did a good job on fixing the minor problem on alco consolidation. although the steam excursions for no. 18 aren't ready yet, but i'm still certain it'll be ready for the autumn fall for september and october this year.
nice job on the video by the way. 🙂
I am SO happy she's back! 18 is one of my favorite steam locomotives, given that it's NY's only operational locomotive, and that rebuild was absolutely needed. I hope to see her again soon!
And of course there's always someone in the truck or car get in the way at the last minute
I've seen a lot of locomotives that were recently overhauled and this one looks more like it needs to be overhauled. I always thought of the A&A as a shoestring operation and she lives up to the image.
@@rogerhuber3133 Oh trust me, they are planning on painting it before it's actually hauling passengers, this was simply a test run with no riders
what broke on her which caused her to go back in for repairs?
I see she still has those mismatching tender trucks.
That pesky cylinder packing
She'd be great in a movie.
I wonder if they are gonna get the other steamer they have running. 14 i think? Its a 4-6-0
Looks great all black! Now to get rid of that bright neon orange lettering on the tender! Beautiful locomotive though!
I like the lettering! And the loco!
Can someone explain the "Halloween" esthetic. Like the history of why the colors were chosen?
@@jasonlitz2907 So from my understanding, the orange and black have more to do with Arcade as a town as opposed to the railroad. The Arcade school colors were orange and black going all the way back to the 30's-40's. When A&A ordered their first diesel (#110) in 1941, General Electric asked which colors they wanted for the factory paint scheme (The GE "bars" livery that is on a lot of 44 tonners) - The A&A picked orange and black as that was the Arcade School colors. After #110 and #111, I feel the orange became iconic to the railroad and when they launched the excursion service in 1962 it was a sense of local railroad pride. The depot wasn't even always orange, both Curriers and Arcade depots used to be painted gray.
When my father and I visited this railroad and took 8mm home movies of the loco and steam excursion, back then in the early 70's the coaches were orange, and I am pretty sure the tender was painted the exact same way back then ...in orange lettering. Lots of railroads use orange and other bright colors like yellow as their livery ....Genesee & Wyoming, Union Pacific (yellow), Chessie was orange and yellow back in the early 70's to mid 80's. EBT tenders have always been painted "EBT" in orange ... Although generally speaking, orange lettering is a bit unusual on a steam locomotive tender. If you Google it....Historic photos of the A&A steam locos found "on line" from the early and mid 1970's of this and the other A&A RR steam locomotive show both tenders and engine cab numbers painted in orange.
Nice little engine. Needs a lick of paint.
what is the original railroad this engine served?
@@sherman_of_the_lake Originally built by Alco in 1920, it was designed for a sugar mill outside of the USA in Cuba. However, the mill canceled the order and this locomotive along with a few others sat at Alco as surplus. The first railroad to purchase it from there would have been the Boyne City Railroad (based in Michigan) , where it was until 1962 when the A&A purchased it. In a weird way, it's spent more time in Arcade now then it did on its home rails. The Boyne City would go on to acquire a British tank engine and two accompanying MK1 coaches, and operate their own tourist line for a time.
That engine looks like it would be in Cuba... is there some relation to that?
@@ivanthevaluable2559 Originally built for export to Cuban sugar mills back around 1920. Order never went through and it wound up staying in the states. What made you come to your conclusion?
@@CptnRetro I am very much obsessed with Cuban steam, and this engine reminded me a lot of Central Ifrain Alfonso's 1549, which does have an affectionate nickname but I can't seem to make it out. How glorious those times must have been back in Cuba with those steam engines hauling cane alongside the beautiful architecture!
where is this
@@static_klown_666 Railroad is based out of Arcade, NY USA
Western NYS, near Attica, home of the notorious prison riot back in 1971, as I recall. This is a fairly poor rural area of NYS with not much going for it other than prisons.
@@TheRm65 What does any of what you posted have to do with this awesome little steam operation or the town of Arcade? (The steam railroad operates out of Arcade, not Attica) I remember visiting there (Arcade) in the early 1970's with my dad, it is a quaint little rural town. Why do you make such negative dogged comments about Attica vs. Arcade, a cool little town and a historic railroad operation. I think it is awesome that A&A has preserved both the locomotives and the railroad itself, managed to maintain its small freight operation,and it is an awesome achievement that this small railroad in this wonderful little rural town has managed to completely restored this locomotive. I don't get the need for the "poor rural town" rhetoric & BS ... I think you need help.
@@paulzeigler7616 Everything I wrote is true, like it or not. The question asked was "Where is this" and I answered it. Western New York, including its cities, has been in decline for many years and simply because there's a vanity tourist railroad in Arcade doesn't change anything. "Quaint" and "cool" do not equate to "prosperous."