You are a very brave man to start this project. I have seen other projects, here in the Frankfurt Industrial Railway Museum, Germany. It could become a "bottomless pit". But after years with sweat and tears, the incredible reward is the moment when the first steam goes into the cylinders, and it starts to be alive again. Good luck for you and your friends.
Just wanted to say the editing of this video is a vast improvement over the first! Dialing the music back was definitely the right choice, this feels so relaxing to watch now. Best of luck to you!
Great video again, if this channel keeps growing it might contribute revenue to the project. 7k subscribers in 2 videos is really good. I encourage you to do some research on how to start a successful youtube channel.
Great second video! I’m sure Porter heads alike have been waiting patiently.. Our little 3” Scale Porter hauled 335 happy Halloween passengers last night.. Porter strong 💪🚂
Thhe first steps to bringing this little engine back to life. Always great when history can be saved! Best of luck for the rails ahead, we're all routing for her!
Great start to restoring her. I'm really looking forwards to watching this unfold. That old JCB 3CX sounds rough as a bears arse! Spent many hours driving them less than 2 miles from where they were built!
I was wondering what that was, it looked kinda 80s, if that makes sense. Lots of angles, square headlights, sealed cab, clean-ish lines. It's so fun watching old equipment still at work.
Yes!! New episode. I WILL SUPPORT THIS VIDEO AND PROJECT!! (Note: for 0:04 it is meant for a tutorial. DON'T LIE!! I WANT TO DO THAT TO IN THE FURTURE!! KEEP GOING THE PROJECT I SUPPORT!!)
It's a beginning. Please consider laying out the small parts so we can get an idea of what is there. Are any of the chunks of the saddle still around? The smoke box door?
Sneak peeks and easter eggs eh? I'm not smart enough for all this cloak-and-dagger stuff. In the final scene we see a (the?) boiler on a flatbed. Looks like the tubes have been removed and there is some weird plumbing on the firebox top sheet. Could it be that this is a donor boiler? Hmmm. What I am interested in seeing is down between the frames, to the axles and eccentrics. I wonder if any damage was done when they converted it to gas power. They must have welded a sprocket to one of the axles. Did they damage the eccentrics? Are the rods and expansion links still in there, or in your pile of junk? Inquiring minds want to know!
Thats an amazing little engine(s) you got! Glad to see it being restored. Thanks for the sneak-peak; I'll definitely be watching out for the next episode! (I assumed what the sneak-peak would have been about, given the spare funnel [at least, it looks like one from that angle] you pointed out around the 4:21 mark. Turns out I was correct!) I am curious about your little engine though. A lot of industrial engines were named, if not officially, by their operator crews. Do you know if your engine was named? I know it is a long shot, as a lot of these engines' names weren't plated, and just passed verbally by the crews, but figured I would ask, nonetheless. Congrats on what you've done so far, and good luck for the future! Looks like you got
👍👌👏 Very well done again (video and work). Obviously the backhoe was just as it's end/peak of capacity. I was holding my breath while it was driving with the load. Fortunately everything went smoothly. By the way: It's always impressive how strong wood is. 2) You already mentioned to have a good respectively spare boiler. Therefore I guess that this is what got delivered. I'm eagerly looking forward to watch the next video. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards, luck and especially health to all involved. Post Scriptum: This time I subscribed.
This is one of those situations where you can see why the businesses and big shops invest in gantries and such. Moving things that are more than 10x human body weight starts becoming very difficult with hand tools.
Shame it is isn't a professional guide, but that could be an excuse to make my own guides that actually are helpful one day assuming I get that far. Still neat.
It really says something about tge build quality of these little engines that one can be pulled apart, pushed into a ditch, and be reassembled with decent stability. What are you restoring first? I'd assume the frame rails.
I know that you don’t want to say exactly where you are but I was wondering if you would give us the state that you are in. I am working on my own two foot gauge railroad, no locomotive yet, but I know possible sources for cars and other items. Those cab lights are going to be a hard find, as a collector I wouldn’t mind finding one myself.
I found your channel only a couple weeks, and I'm already hooked! Will you try to restore the boiler, or is it too rotten to be more than a pattern for a new boiler?
GREAT CONTENT CANT WAIT FOR MORE I LOVE EVERYTHING 2-FOOT GREW UP IN MASS AND WENT TO EDAVILLE R.R. EVERY CHRISTMAS EVERY YEAR AND THEN WHEN THEY MOVED BACK TO MAINE THERE WAS A A LIST AND A B LIST AND THE B LIST CONSISTED OF LOCO #7 FORNEY AND MANY PEICES OF ROLLING STOCK AND THEN THE GROUPS OVER THE YEARS THAT HAVE HAD A RUN AT IT AQQUIRED MORE MOTIVE POWER AND ROLLING STOCK ,FUN TIMES !
Excellent! Are you also following the two-foot-gauge Wiscasset Waterville and Farmington Railway 's restoration work? They've restored a couple and are in the process of a new-build two-foot steam locomotive. www.youtube.com/@WWFRailway/featured And thanks for keeping music to the outro.
Wow, you guys sure are going to have your work cut out for you. If it were me personally, I would take measurements and any plans I could find from the old boiler and get a new welded one built. I understand the historical significance of using the old original material, but with modern safety standards being a constant battle, we could at least be sure that a welded boiler would be safe for the foreseeable future. All materials would be up to code, safety factor of 4 or higher, etc... basically no matter where you went with it or what you were doing with it, nobody would be able to tell you that you couldn't operate it because "XYZ isn't up to code" Not sure if that's in the plans (or the budget!) here, but that's just my two cents that nobody asked for...
What you do is take an ultrasound survey of the old boiler then calculate the working pressure safe to operate at and repair any defects. You might be surprised an old boiler could be good. First boilers were made to 5X safety factor until 1943 when ASME allowed 4X construction. Second old steel tends to be on the thick side of the spec since they didn't have as precise control when making it so they tended to go thick. Third a rivetted boiler has a seam which is the weak point in the design so the steel is thicker all around to take this into account. Since the seams are located in areas that exhibit minimal corrosion, it ends up that the boiler is actually thicker and has a de facto bigger corrosion allowance than a newer welded seam construction. Last the NBIC and FRA allow only 50K ultimate tensile strength with old steel which is on the low end and conservative. That said you need to evaluate it carefully to make sure of what you are doing as otherwise is irresponsible. Another 2 cents......
@paulnicholson1906 It's funny, last night I was considering the notion on old steel you mentioned along with the fact that these were built to be abused and was reconsidering my statement.... In any event, lowering the MAWP would probably suffice if the integrity of the boiler is sufficient. I guess it really boils down to the condition the boiler really is in coupled with what the plan is in the long run. 2 foot is small enough that, depending on the state, the governing agency that oversees it may not be the FRA. Take Ohio, for example. Rick Rowlands and his Ohio Steel Heritage setup are under the department of agriculture and considered an amusement park ride. Their regulations have caused them some issues. If the long term goal is to travel anywhere with this engine, that could come with some unexpected setbacks as well.
They're miners, not museum curators. They needed a locomotive and all they had was an ancient hulk well past its prime. Use it up, wear it out, make do or do without.
This little locomotive had a tough life, it's great to hear that it's finally getting some love! It should get its own name at some point.
Yes, I agree, I think it should be Betsy, after the smallest Loco on railroads online
I don't do Easter eggs. I'm too busy. I'm watching to see a locomotive get restored. Loving it!!
So fascinating to watch the tanks and boiler lifted at the same time! I am following this project with great interest!
You are a very brave man to start this project. I have seen other projects, here in the Frankfurt Industrial Railway Museum, Germany. It could become a "bottomless pit". But after years with sweat and tears, the incredible reward is the moment when the first steam goes into the cylinders, and it starts to be alive again. Good luck for you and your friends.
Just wanted to say the editing of this video is a vast improvement over the first! Dialing the music back was definitely the right choice, this feels so relaxing to watch now. Best of luck to you!
Great work sir. It’s so good that people like you save the past.
Good video
I can’t wait for next episode, I’m glad you’re taking on the challenge to get this loco restored!
She’s already looking better than before, can’t wait for episode 3
Nicely edited and narrated! The process was easy to follow along even for a city boy like me
That looked like it went so much smoother than getting it loaded onto the trailer. Can't wait for the next one!
BRO WAKE UP NEW WRECK2RESTORED VIDEO JUST DROPPED
Hello from Alaska, I can't wait to see this little engine running again!
Totally unrelated but nice to see a JCB 3CX at work in the states! Fairly rare I gather… one round every corner here in the UK.
JCB’s are common in the U.S.A. a friend of mine had a new one in the 1990’s
This enterprise is very exciting, I hardly can wait for next episode.
I’m rooting for this little loco
Can’t wait to see the end results - thanks for sharing this adventure with us!
Great video again, if this channel keeps growing it might contribute revenue to the project. 7k subscribers in 2 videos is really good. I encourage you to do some research on how to start a successful youtube channel.
Bro I’ve been waiting for a update I can’t wait to see this mate running again
I'm still waiting for my next episode on this awesome series!
Great second video! I’m sure Porter heads alike have been waiting patiently.. Our little 3” Scale Porter hauled 335 happy Halloween passengers last night.. Porter strong 💪🚂
Thhe first steps to bringing this little engine back to life. Always great when history can be saved! Best of luck for the rails ahead, we're all routing for her!
Great start to restoring her. I'm really looking forwards to watching this unfold. That old JCB 3CX sounds rough as a bears arse! Spent many hours driving them less than 2 miles from where they were built!
I was wondering what that was, it looked kinda 80s, if that makes sense. Lots of angles, square headlights, sealed cab, clean-ish lines. It's so fun watching old equipment still at work.
lets go ep2
Will this steam locomotive run? I can't wait for episode 3!
Considering they’re calling it a restoration, one would assume so
Yay lets goo!
I love the fact you want to restore an old piece of history
Yes!! New episode. I WILL SUPPORT THIS VIDEO AND PROJECT!!
(Note: for 0:04 it is meant for a tutorial. DON'T LIE!! I WANT TO DO THAT TO IN THE FURTURE!! KEEP GOING THE PROJECT I SUPPORT!!)
Great video
wow.......Looks like a ton of work but I'm sure in the end a fine little engine it will be...... kinda COOL.😁
I've waited for this one to come!
Very cool
Looking forward to new episodes
It's a beginning. Please consider laying out the small parts so we can get an idea of what is there. Are any of the chunks of the saddle still around? The smoke box door?
happy to see part 2 up! i JUST saw part 1 a few minutes before you posted this lol
Enjoyed this.
So, whats the reason behind the hidden upvotes?
Well done, thanks for sharing.
Fantastic. More please.
Sneak peeks and easter eggs eh? I'm not smart enough for all this cloak-and-dagger stuff. In the final scene we see a (the?) boiler on a flatbed. Looks like the tubes have been removed and there is some weird plumbing on the firebox top sheet. Could it be that this is a donor boiler? Hmmm.
What I am interested in seeing is down between the frames, to the axles and eccentrics. I wonder if any damage was done when they converted it to gas power. They must have welded a sprocket to one of the axles. Did they damage the eccentrics? Are the rods and expansion links still in there, or in your pile of junk? Inquiring minds want to know!
Im very interested in how they converted it as well and how hard itll be to convert it back.
Thats an amazing little engine(s) you got! Glad to see it being restored. Thanks for the sneak-peak; I'll definitely be watching out for the next episode! (I assumed what the sneak-peak would have been about, given the spare funnel [at least, it looks like one from that angle] you pointed out around the 4:21 mark. Turns out I was correct!)
I am curious about your little engine though. A lot of industrial engines were named, if not officially, by their operator crews. Do you know if your engine was named? I know it is a long shot, as a lot of these engines' names weren't plated, and just passed verbally by the crews, but figured I would ask, nonetheless.
Congrats on what you've done so far, and good luck for the future! Looks like you got
So great thanks for sharing
A great story
👍👌👏 Very well done again (video and work). Obviously the backhoe was just as it's end/peak of capacity. I was holding my breath while it was driving with the load. Fortunately everything went smoothly. By the way: It's always impressive how strong wood is. 2) You already mentioned to have a good respectively spare boiler. Therefore I guess that this is what got delivered. I'm eagerly looking forward to watch the next video.
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards, luck and especially health to all involved.
Post Scriptum: This time I subscribed.
the looks like she needs a lot of work doing to her. really liked hearing how she was recovered from the saw mill
This is one of those situations where you can see why the businesses and big shops invest in gantries and such. Moving things that are more than 10x human body weight starts becoming very difficult with hand tools.
This is going to be fun
Finally
Shame it is isn't a professional guide, but that could be an excuse to make my own guides that actually are helpful one day assuming I get that far. Still neat.
Wondeful
It really says something about tge build quality of these little engines that one can be pulled apart, pushed into a ditch, and be reassembled with decent stability. What are you restoring first? I'd assume the frame rails.
I know that you don’t want to say exactly where you are but I was wondering if you would give us the state that you are in. I am working on my own two foot gauge railroad, no locomotive yet, but I know possible sources for cars and other items. Those cab lights are going to be a hard find, as a collector I wouldn’t mind finding one myself.
I found your channel only a couple weeks, and I'm already hooked! Will you try to restore the boiler, or is it too rotten to be more than a pattern for a new boiler?
There are a few Facebook groups ahead of the torch is a page I shared your last video on also reachout to nrhs groups in your area they can help too
Are you going to restore the ather car's to the train? If you can find some.? I hope so
Are you the young guy or the old guy?
GREAT CONTENT CANT WAIT FOR MORE I LOVE EVERYTHING 2-FOOT GREW UP IN MASS AND WENT TO EDAVILLE R.R. EVERY CHRISTMAS EVERY YEAR AND THEN WHEN THEY MOVED BACK TO MAINE THERE WAS A A LIST AND A B LIST AND THE B LIST CONSISTED OF LOCO #7 FORNEY AND MANY PEICES OF ROLLING STOCK AND THEN THE GROUPS OVER THE YEARS THAT HAVE HAD A RUN AT IT AQQUIRED MORE MOTIVE POWER AND ROLLING STOCK ,FUN TIMES !
it's LAST thing not los or lost thing
Is ur project an self-funded by you
4:28 I guess it s new funnel
This would be the only affordable train in a oil embargo if it ran on wood and coal.
Excellent! Are you also following the two-foot-gauge Wiscasset Waterville and Farmington Railway 's restoration work? They've restored a couple and are in the process of a new-build two-foot steam locomotive. www.youtube.com/@WWFRailway/featured And thanks for keeping music to the outro.
Nah when it’s done you gonna let me drive it?
This loco have should have the name *americas child*
Wow, you guys sure are going to have your work cut out for you.
If it were me personally, I would take measurements and any plans I could find from the old boiler and get a new welded one built. I understand the historical significance of using the old original material, but with modern safety standards being a constant battle, we could at least be sure that a welded boiler would be safe for the foreseeable future. All materials would be up to code, safety factor of 4 or higher, etc... basically no matter where you went with it or what you were doing with it, nobody would be able to tell you that you couldn't operate it because "XYZ isn't up to code"
Not sure if that's in the plans (or the budget!) here, but that's just my two cents that nobody asked for...
What you do is take an ultrasound survey of the old boiler then calculate the working pressure safe to operate at and repair any defects. You might be surprised an old boiler could be good. First boilers were made to 5X safety factor until 1943 when ASME allowed 4X construction. Second old steel tends to be on the thick side of the spec since they didn't have as precise control when making it so they tended to go thick. Third a rivetted boiler has a seam which is the weak point in the design so the steel is thicker all around to take this into account. Since the seams are located in areas that exhibit minimal corrosion, it ends up that the boiler is actually thicker and has a de facto bigger corrosion allowance than a newer welded seam construction. Last the NBIC and FRA allow only 50K ultimate tensile strength with old steel which is on the low end and conservative. That said you need to evaluate it carefully to make sure of what you are doing as otherwise is irresponsible. Another 2 cents......
@paulnicholson1906 It's funny, last night I was considering the notion on old steel you mentioned along with the fact that these were built to be abused and was reconsidering my statement.... In any event, lowering the MAWP would probably suffice if the integrity of the boiler is sufficient.
I guess it really boils down to the condition the boiler really is in coupled with what the plan is in the long run. 2 foot is small enough that, depending on the state, the governing agency that oversees it may not be the FRA.
Take Ohio, for example. Rick Rowlands and his Ohio Steel Heritage setup are under the department of agriculture and considered an amusement park ride. Their regulations have caused them some issues.
If the long term goal is to travel anywhere with this engine, that could come with some unexpected setbacks as well.
Stupid wasteful miners! Sad how they simply tossed the loco in a ditch. 😢😮
They're miners, not museum curators. They needed a locomotive and all they had was an ancient hulk well past its prime. Use it up, wear it out, make do or do without.
I am hoping the rest of your videos are more entertaining than watching a backhoe.