The old 4-6--0 types were & are my favorite loco. Big enough to do something but small enough to be personable. Glad to see this series. Never was able to see in my youth as we had no TV.
They always stop the train by spinning the drivers backwards... that can't be good for it. They did that a lot on Petticoat Junction as well I wonder how many times Sierra #3 had to have its tires replaced working on these shows.
It wouldn't have done the valve gear linkage too much good either, putting quite a strain on it. That was the 'option of last resort' in emergencies when all else failed. It happened once on the Brecon & Merthyr, going down into Talybont on Usk on the notorious 'Seven Mile Bank', and the linkage simply disintegrated.
I had my first footplate trip when I was 14 (with a driver called Jones!) & I was a slightly disappointed to find out that he used the brakes to stop the train, I was expecting the full Casey Jones (throw her into reverse!!) stops. When I became a driver many years later I learned that to stop a steam loco on the reverser, the last thing you want to do is to get the wheels spinning backwards. Back gear & a little steam could provide some degree of braking while still allowing the wheels to revolve. Not good for the loco though.
@@thomasflanagan2928 Yes! That same loco was used in over 200 movies and TV shows, including Casey Jones, BTTF 3, Petticoat Junction, and countless Westerns from the 1930s to the 1990s.
Something I could never figure out was why the Cannonball Express had a flat car in its consist! Never mind that, it was good to watch - and it still is!
Happy memories! Wally Sims must have earned his promotion - Dub Taylor (looking little different) played the engineer of a Union prison train which Jimmie Stuart held up and burned in the film 'Shenandoah'.
That combine car sure does look like the one from petticoat junction, wonder if it is since this and PJ were both filmed on the same railroad with the same engine.
The locomotive used in Petticoat Junction was the Sierra #3 which was used in a lot of movies and TV shows, including Casey Jones. This Wikipedia article shows a listing of them: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_No._3 I would bet the cars were also from the same train.
Not a show I'm that familiar with. Unlike mid 60's shows or later this one was before my time and it was never in syndication like other shows such as Gilligan's island, McHales Navy, Hogan's Heroes, etc..
As a train nut my whole life, this was one of my favorite shows.
You took the words right out of my mouth! Best childrens' TV show ever. I remember Lee Van Cleef turned up in one episode (a villain, of course).👍
The old 4-6--0 types were & are my favorite loco. Big enough to do something but small enough to be personable. Glad to see this series. Never was able to see in my youth as we had no TV.
I was a little over a year old . I still remember this show. I named my first dog Casey.
They always stop the train by spinning the drivers backwards... that can't be good for it. They did that a lot on Petticoat Junction as well I wonder how many times Sierra #3 had to have its tires replaced working on these shows.
It wouldn't have done the valve gear linkage too much good either, putting quite a strain on it. That was the 'option of last resort' in emergencies when all else failed. It happened once on the Brecon & Merthyr, going down into Talybont on Usk on the notorious 'Seven Mile Bank', and the linkage simply disintegrated.
I had my first footplate trip when I was 14 (with a driver called Jones!) & I was a slightly disappointed to find out that he used the brakes to stop the train, I was expecting the full Casey Jones (throw her into reverse!!) stops. When I became a driver many years later I learned that to stop a steam loco on the reverser, the last thing you want to do is to get the wheels spinning backwards. Back gear & a little steam could provide some degree of braking while still allowing the wheels to revolve. Not good for the loco though.
They do not do it over and over again they just reuse the same scene over and over again
Is that the locomotive from “Back to the Future 3” ?
@@thomasflanagan2928 Yes! That same loco was used in over 200 movies and TV shows, including Casey Jones, BTTF 3, Petticoat Junction, and countless Westerns from the 1930s to the 1990s.
Something I could never figure out was why the Cannonball Express had a flat car in its consist! Never mind that, it was good to watch - and it still is!
You know that is weird the flat car has boxes on it but why is it there?
No. 3 was a wood burner, so sometimes they'd have that flat with extra logs.
I LOVE TRAINS
I know
Me too 😊
“Is this a holdup?”
“It’s a science experiment.”
love this show
After the cannon ball express was over worked by Casey Jones, it was retired for the nice and easy life on petty coat junction!!!
Casey Jones was played by Alan Hale. He was best known for his role as the Skipper from Gilligan's Island.
I Believe he played a American Business man in a British film about two traction engine owners a few years on from playing Casey
@eliotreader8220 The movie was "The Iron Maiden", starring Michael Craig.
Happy memories! Wally Sims must have earned his promotion - Dub Taylor (looking little different) played the engineer of a Union prison train which Jimmie Stuart held up and burned in the film 'Shenandoah'.
That combine car sure does look like the one from petticoat junction, wonder if it is since this and PJ were both filmed on the same railroad with the same engine.
Yes it is.
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The locomotive used in Petticoat Junction was the Sierra #3 which was used in a lot of movies and TV shows, including Casey Jones. This Wikipedia article shows a listing of them: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_No._3
I would bet the cars were also from the same train.
@@Stephan_Rothstein yes all same. There's No update on photos of the combine/comboose
It seems to be turned now and then, as well.
& i love the old man
I just started see this.Now I know why I liked the skipper.
because No3 is a oil burner did they just put firewood in her firebox just for effect?
OMG who would ever ride on a train where something goes wrong on practically every outing LOL?
How come in some shots, the cars are coupled in the other direction, but the locomotive isn’t
There was and still is a locomotive turntable at the Jamestown depot. Number 3 was turned to run in a different direction using it.
No.3 was an actress
Sierra No.3 is the train
11:18 train chugging and 11:25 whistle
Casey Jr… **Insert obvious Disney comparison**
Was Casey's nickname flatspots ?
Why are there no scenes from episode 10 Satan's wail?!!
12:52 what episode was that with the Sierra no.28?
The 'Trackwalker' episode 20.
I don't think that was Sierra #28.
“The trackwalker”
[12:36 train 4-6-0 ten wheeler chugging]
3:27 4-6-0 ten wheeler sierra railway 3
So where is this engine and rolling stock now?
It has been rebuilt in 2010 and being used for tours . Perhaps California but not sure . Sierra number 3.
where is this loco today
It is an operating locomotive owned by the Sierra Railroad Historical Society in Jamestown California.
Also was in tv show'Petticoat Junction'.
@@daleeasternbrat816 Also Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies, Little House on the Prairie, Back To The Future 3, and many others.
@@Baldwin587 never realized that the train was the Cannonball in Back To The Future 3. Thanks!
Not a show I'm that familiar with. Unlike mid 60's shows or later this one was before my time and it was never in syndication like other shows such as Gilligan's island, McHales Navy, Hogan's Heroes, etc..
12:35 toooot 13:44
What show is this
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Jones_(TV_series)
With Alan Hale jnr
i love this show