January 1985 was one of the coldest on record, yet all through that month, ex-C&O Greenbrier 4-8-4 No. 614 was pulling 4,000 ton coal trains through the New River Gorge. She was testing for the "Ace 3000" project, which was to have led the resurgence of coal-fired locomotives in this country. The project never came to be, but this video tells you the story of what might have been.<br><br>You will thrill to the sight and sound of a big steam engine working a heavy freight train in cold winter weather. You'll ride the cab of this big 4-8-4 with Engineer Ross Rowland. He puts the throttle "on the roof" and you'll hear the crack of her exhaust as the 614 pulls a 4,000 ton coal train up river in the dead of winter in the New River Gorge.<br><br>Multiple camera crews and the Hopewell Helicopter capture all the action and stunning imagery of big steam at work in the winter.<br><br>55 minutes<br> |
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