Thank you for posting this! This includes extremely rare footage of a quartering machine in operation. For what ever reason this is something rarely seen on video. As suspected the crankpin journal surfaces are “fly cut” AFTER all the initial quartering of drivers and outside counterweights are completed by pressing them to the axles FIRST. It’s been my suspicion all along you could never accurately quarter crank pins by driver or counterweight hub bore keyways alone! This is an interesting overview of the whole restoration process by none other than the “Convoy” narrator himself C W McCall. Thanks again!
The Durango and Silverton converted their steam locomotives to burn oil because of a forest fire back in 2018 that they said was caused by sparks from the steam locomotives when they were burning coal
@ I know, I don’t think it was because of the actual fire though, I think it was because of the lawsuit against them for the fire, and so they converted all of their locomotives to oil and started buying a few diesels
I have several old Pentrex tapes, but since Pentrex still sells most of them online it would feel kinda wrong of me to upload them. Plus many of them have DVD versions in higher quality than my old tapes.
😊😊 the early steam engines and train 🚆 😊 engines have been around ever since the early 183OS and they are what built American be 4 and after the Civil War when they put train 🚆 😊 tracks across America 🇺🇸 😊 the country was changing and travel by stage coach was a thing of the of the past and steam engines still done ✔️ 😊 there part of work 👏 😊 working 💪 😊 on the farms and at the sawmills many years ago be 4 the gas and diesel tractors 🚜 😊 were ever made or thought of and the steam engine trains 🚆 😊 done there part pulling trains across America 🇺🇸 😊 they carried food and pulled the troops trains during WW2 and some of them was still running until the early 195OS 😊😊 thats when U could still go 2 the train station 🚉 😊 and ride a old school 🏫 😊 steam train 🚂 😊 there once was a time 😊 when U could see 👀 😊 working everyday 😊❤ ever since I was a kid from all of those many years ago there was no steam engine train around here close by 😊😊 moms dad use 2 go 2 the rail road crossing and catch the train 2 town or work many years ago be 4 my time ⏲️ 😮 I only heard about it I didn't see it and there also was a time ⏲️ 😊 when I was a kid that I do remember years ago at mom's old home place where there was a coal train train 🚆 😊 going by every HR going 2 a train of coal U could set your watch ⌚️ 😊 by it back then day or night 🌙 😊 OMG 12 2O 2O24
Thank you for posting this! This includes extremely rare footage of a quartering machine in operation. For what ever reason this is something rarely seen on video. As suspected the crankpin journal surfaces are “fly cut” AFTER all the initial quartering of drivers and outside counterweights are completed by pressing them to the axles FIRST. It’s been my suspicion all along you could never accurately quarter crank pins by driver or counterweight hub bore keyways alone!
This is an interesting overview of the whole restoration process by none other than the “Convoy” narrator himself C W McCall. Thanks again!
This engine is about to come back info service again after another full rebuild this past year.
I wonder how did #497 get to the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad? 2:05
Most likely by trailer, similar to 482. But going in the complete opposite direction!
@@thetoontrain473 You mean #497 was carried on trucks to Chama from Durango?
most likely, since the rails from durango to chama were torn up a little bit before the documentary
This engine has, in recent years, been converted to burn oil
if that's what they need to do in order to keep steam running, then that's what they should do
The Durango and Silverton converted their steam locomotives to burn oil because of a forest fire back in 2018 that they said was caused by sparks from the steam locomotives when they were burning coal
@ I know, I don’t think it was because of the actual fire though, I think it was because of the lawsuit against them for the fire, and so they converted all of their locomotives to oil and started buying a few diesels
If only 497 never left…
RIP McCall.
Any more steam locomotive VHS tapes?
I have several old Pentrex tapes, but since Pentrex still sells most of them online it would feel kinda wrong of me to upload them. Plus many of them have DVD versions in higher quality than my old tapes.
@@HistoryToBeRemembered Understandable.
19:25 Is your tool ridgid ?
😊😊 the early steam engines and train 🚆 😊 engines have been around ever since the early 183OS and they are what built American be 4 and after the Civil War when they put train 🚆 😊 tracks across America 🇺🇸 😊 the country was changing and travel by stage coach was a thing of the of the past and steam engines still done ✔️ 😊 there part of work 👏 😊 working 💪 😊 on the farms and at the sawmills many years ago be 4 the gas and diesel tractors 🚜 😊 were ever made or thought of and the steam engine trains 🚆 😊 done there part pulling trains across America 🇺🇸 😊 they carried food and pulled the troops trains during WW2 and some of them was still running until the early 195OS 😊😊 thats when U could still go 2 the train station 🚉 😊 and ride a old school 🏫 😊 steam train 🚂 😊 there once was a time 😊 when U could see 👀 😊 working everyday 😊❤ ever since I was a kid from all of those many years ago there was no steam engine train around here close by 😊😊 moms dad use 2 go 2 the rail road crossing and catch the train 2 town or work many years ago be 4 my time ⏲️ 😮 I only heard about it I didn't see it and there also was a time ⏲️ 😊 when I was a kid that I do remember years ago at mom's old home place where there was a coal train train 🚆 😊 going by every HR going 2 a train of coal U could set your watch ⌚️ 😊 by it back then day or night 🌙 😊 OMG 12 2O 2O24