The loco crossing the diamond as the other aproaches at 90deg was a bit reckless. Wonder if they had to practice that. Something could have gone wrong quite easily!
Best part was the ending and the parting words “full steam ahead”.
I noticed that too - what were they thinking.
Well actually the parting words are “Full Speed Ahead” but I edited to fix that, in my own mind at least.
Those 2 locos came awfully close, and someone jumped out as well! Wonder if he bailed owing to the perceived near collision?
I didn’t note that until you point it out! I’m impressed Mr. narrator. [C][(-D]
lol, I thought you were joking. A beautiful misunderstanding.
Thank you very much for posting this, Balt. First time watching B&O #50 in action, some very rare footages of The McKeen Railmotor and other inspiring early diesel streamliners which arguably changed America’s railroad industry in this video, as well as the youtube channel.
In case Jim Herron restricts embedded access to the video, the ‘primary’ YouTube URL for it is
Not one of Herron’s
Funny that just a couple of days ago (Monday, October 29th at 11:16) he provided a link to this very film in a post on RyPN, where he said:
Oops.