SP&S 700 on Mullan Pass, October, 2002
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- Опубліковано 14 вер 2014
- Spokane, Portland & Seattle 700 is seen westbound pulling an excursion over Mullan Pass, Montana, on October 19, 2002. This is at the west end of Greenhorn Trestle. I thought about editing out the Skyfire Video helicopter, but I'm sure it'll bring back many fond memories of it hovering over our heads. Just kidding!
I love how the 700's whistle echoes off the walls of the mountains. Just wish an NP A-5 4-8-4 Northern was also saved. If I had a time machine, I'd go back in time and convince NP management to save at least two A-5's for future excursion use.
The stack talk from start to finish is amazing!
Thank you. Standing there was an experience in itself. It was like a big bass drum was set in front of me, and with every stroke it punched through my solar plexus to my spine and back again. Spine tingling? Sure!
@@deadfreightwest5956 You're welcome!
Anyways, that must've been epic being able to hear that exhaust from a mile and a half away. Beautiful whistle by the way
Indeed, I could hear it for most of an hour before it hove into view.
Technically that's what 700 is since the SP&S was a subsidiary of the NP and GN.
Sp&s 700 excursion trip is officially on my bucket list.
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One thing that's really cool about this run is that they set the diesel to low power and let 700 do almost all the work. Most of the time when you see steam today they just bebop along at very low load making next to no noise. One rail photographer and diesel fan wrote an article saying that when 700 came up a steep grade in a big valley it shook the Earth and echoed. That was when he came to appreciate steam for the first time; seeing one actually working the way they were made to.
What a great whistle sound at the end.
Thank you. I was fully in mind of "Last of the Giants" and that last cry of Big Boy at the end.
@@deadfreightwest5956 Not so much a last cry now. 4014’s whistle sounds healthier than ever.
Very handsome steam locomotive, I always enjoy seeing footage of SP&S 700 in operation as this is one of my favorite western territory 4-8-4 type locomotives that operate in excursion service. Locomotive 700 is a fine, spectacular example of northwestern steam power and I really hope that this engine returns to operation again in the future after receiving the required maintenance repairs.
I was across the tracks and up the hill! That is my Saab 900T parked at the end of the video!
Dead Frt West this is chris from versailles, ky. i watch Videos of Spokane, portland & Seattle sp&s 4-8-4 northern 700 steam locomotive. the 700 pull excursion trains from the early 1990's, & 2000's in the pacific northwest and montana.
Awesome! Please post more videos!
Thank you. I have other videos I haven't gotten around to editing. For that matter, I haven't got out much in the last decade to do railfanning, but will try again one day.
Southern Pacific 4449 fans from the 80s will understand this whistle.
The whistle was used on the American Freedom train, yes. If I'm not mistaken, it was actually taken from another SP&S locomotive, which is why they chose to give it to the 700 when it returned to service. I definitely get why those who were there at the time associate it more with 4449, though. Either way, I'm glad you pointed out the history/significance of the whistle - because it's a detail newer and more casual railfans might otherwise miss.
The whistle was used on the American Freedom train, yes. If I'm not mistaken, it was actually taken from another SP&S locomotive, which is why they chose to give it to the 700 when it returned to service. I definitely get why those who were there at the time associate it more with 4449, though. Either way, I'm glad you pointed out the history/significance of the whistle - because it's a detail newer and more casual railfans might otherwise miss.
at 3.20... what a beautiful machine.
Doyle really had some great "stack talk" going on there.... and running pretty darn "clean" as well..... I think (IMHO) that Doyle is probably one of the best of the "hoggers" out there, today.... he can really "hear" any steamer he puts his hands to, and knows just exactly how much throttle to use.... never too much, nor too little. He's great at "turning wrenches", to.
The one thing I think (again, imho) he "lacks" in.... is good "color choices"..... lol....... I Never would have painted that PA1 of his, after all that hard work he put into it.... that "blue & white" scheme he applied to it.... looks totally unbecoming to it.
Doyle, eh? That's interesting, considering that the 700 is not the steamer he runs, but thanks anyway for the kind comments regarding the 700's stack talk in the video. My father liked to listen to it also when he was running the 700 in SP&S freight service in the 1950s after it had been bumped from passenger service by the newly arriving diesels.
In October 2002, Spokane, Portland & Seattle 4-8-4 #700 was pulling the excursion train over Mullan Pass in Montana.
Man - that loco sure has some exhaust on it! And the diesel is keeping quiet and letting the steam do most of the work.
This is what I'll be setting off on New Year's to wake up all of my neighbors!
Ah, hahahaha! If only! A steam-powered New Year.
@@deadfreightwest5956 Yep, that's for sure!
Awesome
sounds like an sp4449
Pretty cool seeing a steamer pull an F45
Haha, I caught some flack back when this happened when I mentioned the F45 was assisting the 700. But you can clearly hear the throttle.
The MRL 392 was assisting the 700 on the 2.2% grade. In the area of the Greenhorn Trestle I reduced the 392 to the 2nd notch to be able to maintain an 8 MPH speed but not provide much competing noise to the exhaust bark of the 700 in order to keep happy smiles on the faces of the videographers at the trestle. With the tonnage that was trailing us I was using notches 3 to 5 (depending upon severity of the curvature) on the 392 in order to maintain a 10-12 MPH speed which maintained a bigger smile on the face of the train dispatcher.
What does that passenger trim weigh in at? Shes heavy for sure. What would the 700 maintain for speed without assistance?
Jack Dundon Probably would be unable to maintain an acceptable speed.
reminds me of the 4449
I wish they'd bring 700 back to the mainline. It would also be cool if it would be allowed to run over Marias pass.
3:20
What is ironic that the SP&S 700 was an NP Northern and the Road that coined the Wheel Arrangment
What is the year changed it's whistle?
Stupid helicopter! Love the sound of big steam working!
Yes, the LOACH Huey from Skyfire (um, not to name names) is an omnipresent threat to the non-deaf railfan, especially with SP 4449. :)
What kind of whistle does 700 have again ?, cause she sound similar to 844
Is that 4449s old whistle from the 80s
Does anyone know what happened to MRL 392 (the diesel behind #700)
Looks like she finally met the scrapper's torch: facebook.com/TheMontanaRailLinkHistoricalModelingSociety/posts/f45-mrl-392-originally-bn-6642-built-471-43-years-and-1-month-after-being-built-/677921185577865/
Dead Freight West 😥
Sounds More Like the Modern Chime 3 Whistle of the UP 844 seens 2012
Agreed, sounds just like it.
Search N&W 611 in 2015 and you can hear it sporting a Hancock 3 chime whistle from a UP Challenger.
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+Steve W To be honest, I thought that UP 3 chime that 611 wore sounded similar to 4449's whistle.
oh yeah.
does she still run today
her whistle sounds like 844's lol
700 is undergoing its 15-year rebuild right now, the current plan is to have it operational by the end of 2020 and excursions starting around 2021
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New England Railfan productions 2017 Been under a rebuild for quite some time, but they’re making real progress. Fairly close to being done.
Blackbird Gaming okay cool I can’t wait to see her back in action on yt, her whistle is badas
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it could have been greg kamholtz? seriously who would vote this down?
John72ss: Yes, that would have been Greg Kamholz running as the engineer (RIP Greg). One of the downvotes comes from my crazy, mental, narcissistic, and now pregnant ex-girlfriend. She is a railfan and watches train videos, so I'm not surprised that she would be lurking here.
@@stuartadamsrailfanningvideos Sorry, John, wrong guess. Westward, Greg ran from Billings to Bozeman and Missoula to Kootenai (Sandpoint). I ran from Bozeman to Missoula, including Mullan Pass. That was just opposite of the legs we each ran on the eastbound trip. Of course we both gave our MRL pilot engineer Bob Bateman lots of seat time as I did also for my BNSF guest engineer Al Krug who's seen on the 700 webpage at sps700.org/gallery/0210mont_part8.shtml. Unfortunately the link to Martin Burwash's great sound description is no longer active.