[4K] Northern Central Steam Train

Northern Central Railway 4-4-0 17 "York" leads passenger trains along the original NCRR tracks out of New Freedom, PA as far north as Howard Tunnel. The York puts on a great show as it tackles the grade back to New Freedom.

This 4-4-0 was built new in 2013 as a representation of a typical 1860s era locomotive. It was built by David Kloke of Elgin, IL based on blueprints of the locomotives at the Golden Spike, which included Central Pacific "Jupiter" 60 and Union Pacific 119. The York operated diligently for the next decade on the old Northern Central Railway.

With "York" now down for its 1472-day inspection, now shipped to the Strasburg Rail Road for full rebuild, consider this a finale for now.

[Steven_Rowe]

That loco is beautiful, you can see the passion of the Victorians where everything had to work and work well but also look beautiful.

The world is a troubled place and you can see all the trouble on youtube if you want, but how absolutely peaceful to watch this loco rumble by.
Almost a fantasy world for a short period of time.
I feel better already.

[Domino]

Love the look of this kind of steam train. 🚂

[TrackMaster]

I saw her disassembled when I went to Strasburg a few months ago. They couldn’t verify the engine due to confidentiality agreements, but given that there’s only a few active 4-4-0’s, the list of possibilities were small lol Thanks for the confirmation!

[Hendo]

Nice video, as always. They're soliciting donations for it's inspection and rebuild, which I contributed to. They repainted the driving and pilot wheels a darker red, and I'd love to see them repaint the cab that colour while they have her apart.

[Bruno.Trains]

Great Video ! Beautiful Trains ! Thanks for Sharing

[nathancorcoran]

How cool this has went, would like to see #17 “York” in the future. Merry Christmas.

[nickb.]

For being a "brand new" modern day built 4-4-0 like pretty much all ours are, the way it maintains the feel of a real 1860s Rogers is amazing. I see in the description York was built to the other replicas at Promontory Point.

[kptrains]

Nice captures of 17! Merry Christmas 👍

[SimonTog]

Very well done video and Merry Christmas :)

[sorshiaemms]

Awesome video love the smoke coming from the funnel stack i didn t think it could pull 4 coaches wonder what the tractive effort is

[jeffreydonovan]

i am kind of new steam train enthusiast mostly thanks a pc game called Railroads online and videos like this

[RyanHatterer-Ryanns]

When did they ship it to the Strasburg? It was going to be a long process in house with a risky future but now at Strasburg they just need to pay the extra cost and it'll be back in no time.

[steamtechnicolor]

What is fuel to burn steam up? Wood, coal or oil?