Running an engine at night

No doubt many of you have heard the O. Winston Link recording of the N&W J tearing in and out of Rural Retreat, Virginia around Christmas Eve, 1957. I wanted to share a modern day comparison: Same whistle, same region of the country, same time of year.

While my imagination is stirred up hearing that vintage recording, I thought it would be fun to share a clip taken this month from the cab on a night run. You can get a taste of what it might have been like for that engine crew on one of their last runs on steam over 50 years ago, through the December night.




WP&Y 70 Class in the Cab at Night