Brian joe ah if you are looking at the box with NKP 765 scrawled on it that is the diesel control box. They added that back when they restored her so they could control helper diesels directly instead of having another engineer.
Ahh, firing the corners. 765's firebox sure needs a lot more coal thrown than the firebox of a steam tractor after all. At least she's got the mechanical stoker to help take some of the pressure off the fireman's back, but the far corners still have to be fired by hand. I got lucky, the boiler of the tractor I was helping with was very happy with the coal being given to it, to the point where when standing idle you could only give it a sprinkling at a time or she'd pop off.
What kind of mechanization is that bell using that it remains stationary when it makes noise? Or is the noise coming from elsewhere? Shoot, I'll look it up.
Roundhouse Warrior Yeah. When the 765 was retired along with the other Nickel Plate steam engines the people of Fort Wayne Indiana wanted Nickel Plate Road 767 because it was there to open a station which was on an elevated track I believe. However, 767 was involved in a train wreck and was in pretty bad condition and it didn't help that it was left outside as well while 765 I believe was stored inside in serviceable condition meaning the Nickel Plate could use it again if they needed to which of course we know they didn't. So the railroad quietly renumbered the engine to 767 and made it look like the actual engine while the real 767 was scrapped. And then I guess in kind of a way to honor the 767, the Fort Wayne Historical Society renumbered 765 to 767 to honor her sister.
Actually, it has always been 765, the city of Fort Wayne wanted engine #767 for display but she was in very poor condition so instead the Nickel Plate Road renumbered #765, which was in much better condition, to 767 and sent to Fort Wayne instead, when ghe 765 was restored in 1972, the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society Renumbered it back to 765 and now for the rest of the year, #765 will remain as #767, and yes the mars light is here to stay.
Renumbering NPR 765 as 767 is just stupid. I voted down and quit the video after 5 mins, just plain stupid a move. It's a good thing you Fort Wayne guys aren't in charge of comic books, otherwise you'd turn Super Man into Batman and then Wonder Woman all for a quick buck. Thanx but NO Thanx, I'll go buy a builders plate only.
Did ya get to blow the whistle?
Great! Thanks for sharing.
Superb!! Thanks loads!!
I was there the day before hand! I gotta get my video up. I got video from inside the cab of my drive and my buddy got it outside.
My nephew and myself did seat time on friday, just being in the cab was awesome in itself
what the gery box for at 4:07
Brian joe do you mean the air brakes?
Train Wizard Productions under the water gage
Brian joe ah if you are looking at the box with NKP 765 scrawled on it that is the diesel control box. They added that back when they restored her so they could control helper diesels directly instead of having another engineer.
I was think it was black box
Ahh, firing the corners. 765's firebox sure needs a lot more coal thrown than the firebox of a steam tractor after all. At least she's got the mechanical stoker to help take some of the pressure off the fireman's back, but the far corners still have to be fired by hand.
I got lucky, the boiler of the tractor I was helping with was very happy with the coal being given to it, to the point where when standing idle you could only give it a sprinkling at a time or she'd pop off.
What kind of mechanization is that bell using that it remains stationary when it makes noise? Or is the noise coming from elsewhere? Shoot, I'll look it up.
It's mechanical and is powered by air. No cord or swinging motion necessary.
Train Wizard Productions I thought it was powered by Steam?
Is 767 and 765 the same engine?
Roundhouse Warrior Yeah. When the 765 was retired along with the other Nickel Plate steam engines the people of Fort Wayne Indiana wanted Nickel Plate Road 767 because it was there to open a station which was on an elevated track I believe.
However, 767 was involved in a train wreck and was in pretty bad condition and it didn't help that it was left outside as well while 765 I believe was stored inside in serviceable condition meaning the Nickel Plate could use it again if they needed to which of course we know they didn't.
So the railroad quietly renumbered the engine to 767 and made it look like the actual engine while the real 767 was scrapped. And then I guess in kind of a way to honor the 767, the Fort Wayne Historical Society renumbered 765 to 767 to honor her sister.
FutureRail Productions I didn’t know that 767 was in a wreck?
Roundhouse Warrior Yeah it happened sometime in the mid 50s. Not sure how it happened.
nice video .....nice locomotives
So Let Me Guess The Real 767's Now C&NW 2813!
No, it was scrapped due to it's poor conditions after being stored outdoors and vandalized
Greater Steam Trains can be made
in Less Repair Work, by steam from OiL, Gas, Electric or Nuk!
765 is and was the 767 bet yall didn't know that
Actually, it has always been 765, the city of Fort Wayne wanted engine #767 for display but she was in very poor condition so instead the Nickel Plate Road renumbered #765, which was in much better condition, to 767 and sent to Fort Wayne instead, when ghe 765 was restored in 1972, the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society Renumbered it back to 765 and now for the rest of the year, #765 will remain as #767, and yes the mars light is here to stay.
767 like the boeing 767
The real 767 was in a accident so it couldn't be rapairde so765 was remumberd as 767
Renumbering NPR 765 as 767 is just stupid. I voted down and quit the video after 5 mins, just plain stupid a move. It's a good thing you Fort Wayne guys aren't in charge of comic books, otherwise you'd turn Super Man into Batman and then Wonder Woman all for a quick buck.
Thanx but NO Thanx, I'll go buy a builders plate only.