Old steam trains, wherever they're from, are beautiful feats of engineering and an important part of any Nations history,I would argue that the older British models are more practical, while their American counterparts are more decorative though
Don’t you hate it when you’re at a stoplight, and then the moment it turns green there’s a 19th century steam locomotive behind you blowing its whistle for you to go?
I imagine if a parent were playing "I Spy" with their children in the car on this day, it would have made for an interesting game: "Well, I see a blue car, and a green car, and a truck, and...a...train???"
Unfornately😞 this line is (partly) abandoned and the railway museum is moved to Logansport Indiana . No more street running trains in Noblesville . 😖 Update april 2021 : satelitte image on Google maps unfortunately shows that almost the entire street section has disappeared .
@@robertgift As far as I know, the museum was in a city park and there was some disagreement between them. Also the museum didn't make much money (it had gotten rid of its overhead trolley wire) and its collection wasn't in good condition.
The "Rails to Trails" folks had a lot of political influence, consequently much of the rail south of Noblesville has been pulled out and a trail is being built. The rail in this video is still in place and an occasional train comes down to Noblesville - Caboose Rides Nickel Plate Express - Noblesville, IN April 17, 2021 11:00 AM MORE INFORMATION Caboose rides are back! Enjoy the sights and sounds of spring in our cozy little red caboose. Step back in time and take a 30-minute, open-air ride on the rails as the caboose chugs through Noblesville and (North) over the White River. Snack & Activity included. Those 3 and under ride free. nickelplateexpress.com/
Particularly since I just pointed my cell phone at the train, pushed the button and posted it exactly as I shot it! Guess it rang the nostalgia bell for lots of folks.
Great looking, sounding, and steaming Leviathan. Rode behind her on a day long rounder from Saratoga Springs, N.Y. to North Creek, N.Y. Gone to a private venue, probably won,t see her again, really glad I didn't miss it.
Greedy bastard city influenced by Commercial Housing turned it into a rail-trail so they could charge more rent. Gave ridiculous deadlines to the museum to move their equipment out; a bunch of stuff was scrapped. There was a huge amount of local pushback, but city officials only cared about their wallets.
They should have saved the rail line to have a mass transit line into Indianapolis (like the South shore train to Chicago). Maybe start south of downtown Noblesville.
Even before the train came up to the camera you could hear that it had a real bell and not a recording of bell sounds as modern trains have. Simple -- the clanging of the bell on each second clang was ahead of the beat!
@@HaddaClu it is however designed using the same method as the replicas of Jupiter and 119 made in the late 1970s, meaning it is technically over 150 years old.
@@MrDalek2150 Oh for fucks sake. Those have welded steel boilers, were originally oil burners (before recently converted to wood and coal), and have allowances for other modern conveniences. Hell the plans (in the public domain mind you) even give allowances for roller bearings and plain. You saying that a replica made with modern materials and techniques is "technically yada yada years old" is like me say the guy down street working on a out of a box kit car is building a new classic 53 Corvette - ITS NOT THE SAME
@@HaddaClu I don't think you know what technically means. I said technically cause, even if it was built with modern methods, it's using the original 19th century designs. and of course they have to adjust for modern clearances, because modern clearances are just a little different from mid-19th century clearances. I'm not saying it's literally 150-ish years old, I'm sayig that, at least in spirit it's over 150 years old.
@@graemedurie9094 Forgive me for nitpicking, here, but that isn't a locomotive. Diesels are locos, steamers are engines. You need to go to your nearest railroad museum where they have steam excursion trains. Get there early and listen to the engineer and fireman firing up the boiler. It's an amazing sound. You can, actually, hear the engine breathing. Talk to the crews and most of them will tell you that it's almost like the engine is alive.
@@clffliese26 Aha - that's a a difference between English as spoken in the US and here in Australia. What I used is the correct usage here. Lots of steam locos in regular use here when I was growing up, so I'm used to the sounds and smells. In fact, the fastest trip I have ever had to a regional city about 100 miles north from Sydney was in the mid-60's behind a Class 46 electric loco for about half the journey, then changing to a Class 38 steam loco for the balance. Loco 3801 is just returning to duty after some much needed work.
I live 5 blocks away and remember hearing this go thru town. Too bad the city took up the tracks. When I 1st moved here before the power plant converted to natural gas a couple coal trains came thru town at like midnight.
I used to go with my dad to Noblesville in the early-to-mid 1960's, to a truck body place. I remember seeing NKP diesels on the street trackaage, i think they were medium size ALCO 6-axle units.
Yeah, imagine people going home and telling people what they'd just seen. Did anyone believe them? I also wonder if anyone thought that wasn't even a real train as it went down the street running!
Thanks for this and the story of Leviathan in the comments. Interesting how this vid has got a lot more interest recently after being posted six years ago. That is judging by all the newer comments.
@@artkemberling7764 Is it still there? Is it there permanently? I heard it was just visiting for a special event last year. Would love to see it in person.
Well, actually - David Kloke built the locomotive over a 10-year period in his construction company shop in the suburban Chicago city of Elgin. He debuted it in 2009 and added the Lincoln Funeral Car replica in 2015 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.
You can see where a long ago railfan might have stood in the same spot that I did to watch the trains in Noblesville, Indiana in 1866, about the time locomotives like the Levithan roamed the rails. Note that the tracks were mostly on the edge of town back then: palmeter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/1866NoblesvilleMappx430VidSite.png
For the folks interested in the current whereabouts of the yellow Florida East Coast #90 Flagler Business Car: I just spoke to Dale Ward at the Monon Connection Museum (219-253-4100) and he did indeed buy the FEC #90 Flagler car. He has restored it and is finishing a new building to house it, all at a cost of about $2,000,000. It should be ready for display at the Museum around mid-July 2021.
April 9, 2021 - Today my grandson and I went downtown Noblesville to verify where the tracks end. Coincidentally, it is right where I was standing when I took the video. The bare rails are still in place with a "Nickel Plate Express Caboose Rides" sign at the end, all the street rails are gone and pavement restored. You can see pictures here: - palmeter.com/railroad-leviathan-in-noblesville/
Shucks, I hoped it was pushing a De Lorean in front of it (Back to the future III ). Joking apart it’s a great train and location, I hope if they did pull up those tracks, that the train is still running somewhere else, it’s to good not to be running👍👍😁
When they planned and laid out these towns and cities, why did they ever think a set of train tracks right down the middle of a street wss a good idea? Great video by the way. Thanks for the share
Glad you liked the video, thanks. This 1866 Noblesville map - palmeter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/1866NoblesvilleMappx1024.png - shows that the tracks ran on the dirt streets where most of the passengers and freight loads were easily accessible by horse and wagons in town, a common plan in the mid-19th century. As late as the 1970's, coal trains came through town to supply the local power plant. By then, not as well tolerated by the citizens (except for the railfans that kept track of the numbers on every locomotive and hopper car.)
Well, actually - David Kloke built the locomotive over a 10-year period in his construction company shop in the suburban Chicago city of Elgin. He debuted it in 2009 and added the Lincoln Funeral Car replica in 2015 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.
In 2009, Kloke Locomotive Works built a full-size replica of the Leviathan, No. 63, which is in operating condition. It was rented by multiple tourist railroads until being purchased by Stone Gable Estates in 2018 for operation on the Harrisburg, Lincoln and Lancaster Railroad in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Stone Gable Estates relettered the locomotive as Pennsylvania Railroad No. 331, a now-scrapped steam locomotive that pulled Abraham Lincoln's funeral train.[10]
@@StarDust1939 So you're saying this engine is now scrapped for whatever reason. ok So basically you're telling me there's no chance I'll ever find or see this engine in person.
@@djheath7720 Pennsylvania Railroad No. 331 was scrapped, the Leviathan in the video was renumbered 331 to replace the original 331. You can see the locomotove shown in the video in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.
@@ragnarragnarson9393 587 was already out of service when this video was taken, its more like they'd like to see a path that wastes millions of taxpayer dollars to build that we have little foot traffic and will gain 0 revenue in return
They chose to take the train tracks out south of Noblesville to put in a walking trail. It is a shame that the train will not run through Noblesville ever again.
I doubt I’m going to get many people agreeing with me here, and these rails were a neat attraction, but the roads they run on are orders of magnitude more busy than they were even 20 years ago. Indianapolis has swallowed what was once a sleepy rural courthouse square. Trains going through here were dangerous, the museum that ran them was not financially viable, and they didn’t keep up their commitments to the city. Similar trails in Carmel have been a huge success, and provide a service that has much higher utilization than the couple trains a week ever did. It’s a bit sad, but I hope people can understand that the trains weren’t sustainable, and the trails will provide a real asset to Fishers and Noblesville. Also, before people start chiming in, there just isn’t room to have both operate safely on the same corridor.
There was clearly no political will to keep this unique top~ attraction. And of course the municipallity no longer has any maintenance costs💰! And no more "nuisance"🔊 from "all those trains"(!). "And we can also miss all those tourists"!(!)💸 "We want silence"🤫. The city becomes a dormitory😑🛏 city with a ghost👻train🚂.
@ST: Agreed. One of my speculations is that some saw the train as a nuisance. Someone or a group of people with political pull were inconvenienced by the train maybe one or twice or what ever and complained to local politicians. In this day and age of politicians doing what they can to keep their jobs instead of serving the good of ALL the people, the minority seem to have the loudest voices.
I'm in the UK, but I LOVE old American steam trains!!!!
I’m the opposite. I’m from the US but I love old British steam trains
@@nmuniz2 I'm from UK and I love 'em both!
Old steam trains, wherever they're from, are beautiful feats of engineering and an important part of any Nations history,I would argue that the older British models are more practical, while their American counterparts are more decorative though
Don’t you hate it when you’re at a stoplight, and then the moment it turns green there’s a 19th century steam locomotive behind you blowing its whistle for you to go?
why are you here
Why cant he be??
That’s so relatable
Lol yes
As the commercial says, "life comes at you fast".
This locomotive also helped to build the transcontinental railroad it wasn't just 119 an the Jupiter
It was Jupiter's sister after all
This sentence would be VERY confusing for someone who didn't know this is a train.
Jody Smith All 3 locos have been scrapped
@@florjanbrudar692 you actually fr?
Thanks for the cool history on this one I never new. no disrespect
Wild West train+city=Masterpiece
Such a gorgeous piece of machinery.
I imagine if a parent were playing "I Spy" with their children in the car on this day, it would have made for an interesting game: "Well, I see a blue car, and a green car, and a truck, and...a...train???"
This railroad provided a train to the Indiana State fair for years.
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beautiful nothing beats old school like this steamer
If you are a railfan you are this is going to be on your recommended
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@@MuffinManMax nice
I am a railfan, and it _was_ on my recommended!
@@SleepTrain456 me too
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Unfornately😞 this line is (partly) abandoned and the railway museum is moved to Logansport Indiana . No more street running trains in Noblesville . 😖 Update april 2021 : satelitte image on Google maps unfortunately shows that almost the entire street section has disappeared .
Wasn't the whole operation closed by the city?
@@paulj6756 Indeed it is their fault as far as i know.
@@paulj6756 Why did the city close the operation? Would it not bring in tourists and revenue?
@@robertgift As far as I know, the museum was in a city park and there was some disagreement between them. Also the museum didn't make much money (it had gotten rid of its overhead trolley wire) and its collection wasn't in good condition.
The "Rails to Trails" folks had a lot of political influence, consequently much of the rail south of Noblesville has been pulled out and a trail is being built. The rail in this video is still in place and an occasional train comes down to Noblesville -
Caboose Rides
Nickel Plate Express - Noblesville, IN
April 17, 2021 11:00 AM
MORE INFORMATION
Caboose rides are back! Enjoy the sights and sounds of spring in our cozy little red caboose. Step back in time and take a 30-minute, open-air ride on the rails as the caboose chugs through Noblesville and (North) over the White River. Snack & Activity included. Those 3 and under ride free.
nickelplateexpress.com/
Amazing how this suddenly became such a popular video after 7 years!!
Particularly since I just pointed my cell phone at the train, pushed the button and posted it exactly as I shot it! Guess it rang the nostalgia bell for lots of folks.
@StarDust1939 Yes, it did considering the street runners tracks are now gone.
Florida railfans be like: HEY GIVE US OUR COACH BACK
Sorry, it seems to have found a permanent home in Indiana at the Monon Connection Museum!
Great looking, sounding, and steaming Leviathan. Rode behind her on a day long rounder from Saratoga Springs, N.Y. to North Creek, N.Y. Gone to a private venue, probably won,t see her again, really glad I didn't miss it.
It's nice that people in this small town has something to look forward to every day...
No, they don't. This museum got kicked out by the city and they tore the rail line up for a bike and walking trail.
The railroads got removed about a year ago unfortunately
@@mrnorthwestohiodude7758 why!? A steam locomotive draws loads of tourists
Greedy bastard city influenced by Commercial Housing turned it into a rail-trail so they could charge more rent. Gave ridiculous deadlines to the museum to move their equipment out; a bunch of stuff was scrapped. There was a huge amount of local pushback, but city officials only cared about their wallets.
They should have saved the rail line to have a mass transit line into Indianapolis (like the South shore train to Chicago). Maybe start south of downtown Noblesville.
The train reminded me of Petticoat Junction.
WoW what a Beauty..........comes with Bells and Whistles too....
Even before the train came up to the camera you could hear that it had a real bell and not a recording of bell sounds as modern trains have. Simple -- the clanging of the bell on each second clang was ahead of the beat!
Add in that beautiful steam whistle and you have a beautiful symphony.
E-Bells are real bells. Just shaped funny but automatically powered by electricity or from the air compressor to make the donger go.
@@kishascape Yes! Make that donger go!
How cool to have a steam engine cruise down the Main Street!
For a second I thought that was NKP 587 -_- still pretty neat to see an old steam locomotive being used by the ITM
Not old at all. It was built less than 20 years ago.
@@HaddaClu it is however designed using the same method as the replicas of Jupiter and 119 made in the late 1970s, meaning it is technically over 150 years old.
@@MrDalek2150 Oh for fucks sake. Those have welded steel boilers, were originally oil burners (before recently converted to wood and coal), and have allowances for other modern conveniences. Hell the plans (in the public domain mind you) even give allowances for roller bearings and plain. You saying that a replica made with modern materials and techniques is "technically yada yada years old" is like me say the guy down street working on a out of a box kit car is building a new classic 53 Corvette - ITS NOT THE SAME
@@HaddaClu I don't think you know what technically means.
I said technically cause, even if it was built with modern methods, it's using the original 19th century designs.
and of course they have to adjust for modern clearances, because modern clearances are just a little different from mid-19th century clearances.
I'm not saying it's literally 150-ish years old, I'm sayig that, at least in spirit it's over 150 years old.
A beautifully restored and maintained loco.
It was a new build not a restoration.
@@roger0929 I had not realised it was newly built- still very well maintained
@@graemedurie9094 Forgive me for nitpicking, here, but that isn't a locomotive. Diesels are locos, steamers are engines. You need to go to your nearest railroad museum where they have steam excursion trains. Get there early and listen to the engineer and fireman firing up the boiler. It's an amazing sound. You can, actually, hear the engine breathing. Talk to the crews and most of them will tell you that it's almost like the engine is alive.
@@clffliese26 Aha - that's a a difference between English as spoken in the US and here in Australia. What I used is the correct usage here.
Lots of steam locos in regular use here when I was growing up, so I'm used to the sounds and smells. In fact, the fastest trip I have ever had to a regional city about 100 miles north from Sydney was in the mid-60's behind a Class 46 electric loco for about half the journey, then changing to a Class 38 steam loco for the balance. Loco 3801 is just returning to duty after some much needed work.
There’s a similar heritage coach in the Flagler Museum in Florida!
Thanks, I emailed the museum recently to ask if they know where #90 is.
It is at the Monon Connection Museum (219-253-4100)
Awesome!! Thanks for posting..
I live 5 blocks away and remember hearing this go thru town. Too bad the city took up the tracks. When I 1st moved here before the power plant converted to natural gas a couple coal trains came thru town at like midnight.
What year did they rip?
@@ragnarragnarson9393 2018
WOW what a beautiful work of art
Fantastic !
I want the same for Christmas !!
I'm greatly intrigued by FEC 90! That's from my home turf!
I miss when the train went through noblesville!
"through" FFS!
@@christopherdean1326 thanks!
I used to go with my dad to Noblesville in the early-to-mid 1960's, to a truck body place. I remember seeing NKP diesels on the street trackaage, i think they were medium size ALCO 6-axle units.
SUPERCOOL . . . EVERYTHING . . . . Could Smell that Loco . . . THANKS . . .
Could Smell that Loco?? sure it's not your laptop overheating ??
Remember having a trainset just like this when i was about 5
Nice catch .Thank you.
I miss these trains going through town.
I agree!
Same man
I had a battery operated toy train as a kid that looked -exactly- like this loco, beautiful machine.
Thanks, I have a 1:24 scale 4-4-0 for my G Scale railroad - more here: palmeter.com/rrmodels031/
Regular people driving around must have been bewildered by this
Yeah, imagine people going home and telling people what they'd just seen. Did anyone believe them? I also wonder if anyone thought that wasn't even a real train as it went down the street running!
Boss: why are you late today
Random person: I was stuck behind a steam train
Boss:…
Random person:…
Simply beautiful
Sir, I'm sorry I got late to work, but there was a steam train running on the street.
It’s beautiful last ride
Now that was a beautiful steam locomotive
I saw the Texas in the repair building at Spencer shops in North Carolina. Tiny little thing.
Thanks for this and the story of Leviathan in the comments.
Interesting how this vid has got a lot more interest recently after being posted six years ago. That is judging by all the newer comments.
Surprised me, too, John. I ve never had a video with so many views.
@@StarDust1939 the UA-cam recommendation spread to Australia where I am. Some street running locations here too.
That engine is now in Elizabethtown, Pa.
Star Barn
@@artkemberling7764 Is it still there? Is it there permanently? I heard it was just visiting for a special event last year. Would love to see it in person.
@@jasonrackawack9369 I think the engines home is in Logansport Indiana, the Indiana railroad museum is there
It's still at the Star Barn. Go to their website for info on upcoming events.
@@artkemberling7764 awesome thanks!
Oh yeah! Time to train like it's the late 1800s!
I remember that whistle that is the general of the western atlantic railway that got stolen by the union army
Well, actually - David Kloke built the locomotive over a 10-year period in his construction company shop in the suburban Chicago city of Elgin. He debuted it in 2009 and added the Lincoln Funeral Car replica in 2015 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.
You can see where a long ago railfan might have stood in the same spot that I did to watch the trains in Noblesville, Indiana in 1866, about the time locomotives like the Levithan roamed the rails. Note that the tracks were mostly on the edge of town back then:
palmeter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/1866NoblesvilleMappx430VidSite.png
Good luck capturing that beast on a Daguerrotype. Unless it was sat still for whatever reason of course.
Beautiful train.
Fantastic! I wonder what state this is in...
I guessed right! Indiana!
Pity you had to guess.
For the folks interested in the current whereabouts of the yellow Florida East Coast #90 Flagler Business Car: I just spoke to Dale Ward at the Monon Connection Museum (219-253-4100) and he did indeed buy the FEC #90 Flagler car. He has restored it and is finishing a new building to house it, all at a cost of about $2,000,000. It should be ready for display at the Museum around mid-July 2021.
Imagine being that insane about trains.
@@kishascape I can.
Excellent. 💙 T.E.N.
April 9, 2021 - Today my grandson and I went downtown Noblesville to verify where the tracks end. Coincidentally, it is right where I was standing when I took the video. The bare rails are still in place with a "Nickel Plate Express Caboose Rides" sign at the end, all the street rails are gone and pavement restored. You can see pictures here: - palmeter.com/railroad-leviathan-in-noblesville/
Why did they get rid of tbe tracks?
@@shanewalters4171 To put in a trail.
"Leviathan"? That word means 'something extraordinarly huge', or 'gigantic'. This locomotive is on the small side.
Compared with the horse and wagons and buggies of the day, it was a Leviathan!
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wow beautifully train and trailer...
favor watch on the TV show as wild wild west
How did Flaglers FEC coach get there?
Could you tell me in what state is Noblesville,I am from England so don't know where this is.
We are in the Central Hoosier Flatlands, Indiana, USA
Shucks, I hoped it was pushing a De Lorean in front of it (Back to the future III ). Joking apart it’s a great train and location, I hope if they did pull up those tracks, that the train is still running somewhere else, it’s to good not to be running👍👍😁
Does this train still com through? How often?
No it does not, story here: palmeter.com/railroad-leviathan-in-noblesville/
Wonder what has happened to this track as of April 2021? Tried finding this exact area on google earth but couldn't' find it
Search: N 8th St & Logan St, Noblesville IN 46060
@@StarDust1939 thx
Noblesville Indiana???
Correct!
The old Florida East coast railway coach looks good
A working 440! I love that!!!
Was it under steam though? did they convert her to diesel?
@@disconer Nope, it is a true steam replica engine.
There's just something about running a main line steam loco down the high street among the traffic.
Nice catch a Steam locomotive street running.
I just looked on google maps and the tracks are still all there.
Google Maps hasn't updated. Several residents confirmed that the line was ripped.
@@ragnarragnarson9393 I used to live close to nobles villa, but have not been there for 6/7 years so google maps may be not updated.
Here is the latest: palmeter.com/railroad-leviathan-in-noblesville/
When they planned and laid out these towns and cities, why did they ever think a set of train tracks right down the middle of a street wss a good idea?
Great video by the way. Thanks for the share
Glad you liked the video, thanks. This 1866 Noblesville map -
palmeter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/1866NoblesvilleMappx1024.png
- shows that the tracks ran on the dirt streets where most of the passengers and freight loads were easily accessible by horse and wagons in town, a common plan in the mid-19th century. As late as the 1970's, coal trains came through town to supply the local power plant. By then, not as well tolerated by the citizens (except for the railfans that kept track of the numbers on every locomotive and hopper car.)
Street running in Australia too for a few towns.
ua-cam.com/video/PEDte4x1UGA/v-deo.html
In indonesia have "Feeder Wonogiri" or Kluthuk Jaladara, drive along slamet riyadi in solo, central java
Is that steam engine a General, a 4-4-0?
Due to the large number of the type that were produced and used in the United States, the 4-4-0 is most commonly known as the American type.
Yes that is the general the real one is on display in big shanty
Well, actually - David Kloke built the locomotive over a 10-year period in his construction company shop in the suburban Chicago city of Elgin. He debuted it in 2009 and added the Lincoln Funeral Car replica in 2015 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.
By any chance does anyone know when this engine was built and where it's based at
In 2009, Kloke Locomotive Works built a full-size replica of the Leviathan, No. 63, which is in operating condition. It was rented by multiple tourist railroads until being purchased by Stone Gable Estates in 2018 for operation on the Harrisburg, Lincoln and Lancaster Railroad in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Stone Gable Estates relettered the locomotive as Pennsylvania Railroad No. 331, a now-scrapped steam locomotive that pulled Abraham Lincoln's funeral train.[10]
@@StarDust1939 So you're saying this engine is now scrapped for whatever reason. ok So basically you're telling me there's no chance I'll ever find or see this engine in person.
@@djheath7720 Pennsylvania Railroad No. 331 was scrapped, the Leviathan in the video was renumbered 331 to replace the original 331. You can see the locomotove shown in the video in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.
Nice video!
Cool video, love those old trains. Is this Noblesville Indiana. Thanks
Yes.
It was.
Seeing a steam locomotive on the road in modern conditions is so weird.
Does anybody know where this engine is today?
Latest info that I could find is here: locomotive.fandom.com/wiki/Leviathan
Amazing.
Why You Can't Stop Whistling?
A lot of intersections, a lot of whistles!
Like The Old Locomotive Like to see more
Sounds like a German steamtrain whistle :o
Amazing
now that's something you don't see everyday
Well if you live in this town you probably do
James West and Artemis Gordon coming to town
I know it's a serious locomotive and train.... but there is something kind of comical and toy like about it.
It amazes me how much time and money was spent on decorating the old steamers.
Needs a louder whistle
Such a pity those days have finished.
I like how the people are waving like they're in a parade.
They are.
1:41 dale sr fan
Muy bello.
sid meier's railroads be like
I can imagine in the 1800s and early 1900s this was a "who cares" , I gotta go somewhere common site
Now? It's beautiful.
I'm railfan myself I'm shocked that there was no rail gates to make sure 🚗 stop so that 🚂 can safely go through downtown
You can’t apply gates to this situation
@@PereMarquette1223 yes you can 🚗 vs 🚂 train always wins
I think it's called a street running track. Trains just have to go extra slow and honk their horns on these routes. And they have flaggers.
@@AZWMKWofficialstarNinjaGeneral you haven’t seen much street running. Hardly any of them are gated. People don’t get hit as often as you think.
@@PereMarquette1223 actually my home town has railroad run through downtown I have seen 🚂 run through downtown what do you think
Too bad they yanked up the tracks to make another trail and evicted the transportation museum that used to run trains on it.
Let’s see Tesla do that
Corona be like : 👁️👄👁️
How dopey is it to run a rail track down the middle of the street? USA, land of technology......
In the 1860's, it made sense.
At least it wasn't a train made up of full cattle/hog cars.
I hope the city regrets having the museum and railroad removed because they've now lost what may have been a good chunk of tourism and Revenue
@@ragnarragnarson9393 587 was already out of service when this video was taken, its more like they'd like to see a path that wastes millions of taxpayer dollars to build that we have little foot traffic and will gain 0 revenue in return
They chose to take the train tracks out south of Noblesville to put in a walking trail. It is a shame that the train will not run through Noblesville ever again.
I doubt I’m going to get many people agreeing with me here, and these rails were a neat attraction, but the roads they run on are orders of magnitude more busy than they were even 20 years ago. Indianapolis has swallowed what was once a sleepy rural courthouse square. Trains going through here were dangerous, the museum that ran them was not financially viable, and they didn’t keep up their commitments to the city. Similar trails in Carmel have been a huge success, and provide a service that has much higher utilization than the couple trains a week ever did. It’s a bit sad, but I hope people can understand that the trains weren’t sustainable, and the trails will provide a real asset to Fishers and Noblesville. Also, before people start chiming in, there just isn’t room to have both operate safely on the same corridor.
There was clearly no political will to keep this unique top~ attraction. And of course the municipallity no longer has any maintenance costs💰! And no more "nuisance"🔊 from "all those trains"(!). "And we can also miss all those tourists"!(!)💸 "We want silence"🤫. The city becomes a dormitory😑🛏 city with a ghost👻train🚂.
@ST: Agreed. One of my speculations is that some saw the train as a nuisance. Someone or a group of people with political pull were inconvenienced by the train maybe one or twice or what ever and complained to local politicians. In this day and age of politicians doing what they can to keep their jobs instead of serving the good of ALL the people, the minority seem to have the loudest voices.
Pretty pathetic, given what used to ride those historic rails.