Rinse and Repeat - Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Make more videos, y'all say! Welp, here it is folks. The day-to-day side of operations. Prepare to be bored. All necessary stuff in making the Choo Choo go chugga chugga. Be grateful we didn't include a 40-hour time lapse of excel sheets and grant writing in the process. ;)
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As only a UA-cam fireman currently this fun. Someday again I'll be an actual fireman. Thanks for the video allowing us to live vicariously.
You need to talk with the company that makes start you bastard brand starter fiuld they might sponsor you
Ps before anyone complains its actually a real product
I did not, in fact, skip over that part of the video.
Y'all are inspiring. Great work.
thanks so much for this , even the little things like this help us out here feel as connected as we wish we could be. your doing a great job .
,merry Christmas to you and the rest of the crew,
Every railroad with a steam locomotive is not boring but every railroad without a steam locomotive is boring
In my head
Thank you for sharing the video with us armchair railroaders!
YT firemen lol. I only qualified on our oil burner last week so I'm saying nothing :). For your gopro - when mine does that and does NOT reboot when it happens then card has gone to shit. You could format it and see if it helps, but you're probably better off getting a new one. If the camera reboots when this happens you've got bad battery contacts.
I just came across the videos you are doing of Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad. You have a great, congenial group of guys. I wish I weren't 1500 miles away.
For the air compressor look up aera diesel service they rebuild/refurbish diesel fuel system parts
I just found out you guys have this channel, thanks to UA-cam and its algorithmic wonders. That being said, I plan to binge it, because this is the kind of stuff I live for.
As a guy who has been involved with a few smaller operations, I have a few points to touch on here -
1. It's amazing how you can fall down a rabbit hole with steam locomotives. Fixing the rod brass, might as well tighten the driving axle box. Watch how that throws everything off kilter just enough to notice, gotta adjust the suspension now, that'll lead to items 3-301 being added to the to-do list!
2. Yes, absolutely, a derailment makes for an interesting job, but It's also a lot of work. On the flip side of that coin, rinse and repeat ain't so good either... it makes you a little on the complacent side when nothing goes wrong. A man named Jim Lubrant taught me that in its simplest form, complacency is the #1 cause of injury and fatality on the railroad. You always gotta be on your toes on the rails(Figureatively, never step on the railhead. It can be very slippery!).
3. Watching a steam locomotive fire up is like a watching water boil. Oh wait...
4. Yeah, that compressor is gonna keep you on your toes for the foreseeable future... ruh-roh.
5. The little things matter. All those little errands make a big difference, and someone's gotta do them, so never underestimate the importance of running those "errands".
Man, I can't wait to go tomorrow! =)
Rowdy will be engineer, Chris is conductor tomorrow.
@@mtrainierrail Nice :)
So much love, passion, and fun. Keep it up, y'all!
Glad to see more progress on the railroad. I'll be up next summer riding the train.
4:16 why don't you guys use a different locomotive next time like either the gp10 or the fp7?
The gp7 isn’t owned by the Mt Rainier Scenic Railroad is still belongs to American heritage railways , it’s just stored at mt rainier , the f7 has some
Electrical issues and it’s on the ever long list to be fixed
Saw you Rowdy at the Elbe mall getting gas. Was going to stop and hi, but was running late taking mom down to PT in Puyallup. Ive drven those roads a long time to/from Ashford and Morton.
Yall gave me a cab ride during an event in Tacoma probably 20 years ago, it had a huge impact on my life, I had always loved steam but that moment made it an obsession.
Thank you so much, I'm glad to see you're still going, and if I ever make it back home to Washington I'll make sure to visit again!
Good old Arrow Lumber!
I can fix your John Deere.
It looks like a 4045?
awesome video
dose the Northern Pacific F-unit Run?
She currently needs some electrical work.
Runs, yes. Needs love? Also, yes.
Low voltage wiring specifically!
Nice video. You make the nuts and bolts of running a railroad very interesting and entertaining. Well done.
Your guys videos are anything but boring. Nice to see that no matter where you go, the railroad is the railroad. Keep them coming!
Bummer on the air compressor - I figured she was on her last legs. Had her life time use. right ?
Honestly I don’t find this content or your videos of repairs on the loco can’t wait to see one on #5 an the tubes being cut out
I can’t wait to work on the Durango & Silverton. Being involved in restoring a locomotive seems amazing
What a great video - one question though, why the heck is the petrol station so far away, lol?
The closest one doesn’t have diesel…you should see how far we drive to restock snacks and munchies for the gift shop! 😫
@@mtrainierrailMY GOODNESS! I didn't think that was a thing, all our garages have all grades of petrol and diesel. I hope you are able to get the munchies at a wholesaler/bulk seller at least!
@@mtrainierrail thanks for the reply
Your footage starting right at around 25 minutes is absolutely lovely for illustrating suspension of a locomotive. I was planning to do CAD work for sister Polson No. 2 down here in Portland, but its not sticking around here for too long (at least until we get the Mt. Emily Shay in working order). Maybe I'll be able to make my way up there and do some drawings for No. 70 some day... ;)
You’re more than welcome! We were pretty excited to have the folks working on the 2 up here a few months ago to do some research/comparisons with 70!
I really enjoyed this. Seeing this makes me miss just how beautiful the state is, even with the rain. It also makes me wish I could time lapse my way to work 😂
The one thing I've always wanted to know is why the old American steam loco's ( the type John Wayne would chase on a horse ) had big ice cream cone smoke stacks. While European didn't.
If you're talking about the iconic diamond-shaped stacks or other similar stack designs, that was so they'd catch hot Embers so they didn't get ejected out of the stack and catch the Trackside forests or fields on fire, most had screens in them to keep larger embers in the stack and smoke box as well.
Other people can correct me if im wrong
@RailroadPreserver2000 Yes, much appreciated. I was sure they didn't do just for looks. Another interesting idea is the loco , think it's at Tweetsie where the loco has vertical pistons . Loco Number 5
What is the steam locomotive prayer?
Our lord, who art in Alco, hallowed be thy name. *expletive, expletive, expletive*
@@mtrainierrail Hey Rowdy can we please get some GP10 and F9 content?
@@bennell7586 if we have a reason to run them yes. How ever they are currently out of service until that need arises.
sounds good@@mtrainierrail
This reminds me of the time I went to work for the Ely Nevada Railway when I was 16 years old.