The 4 Little Engines on the WB&S - Live Steam Double Headed in 1.5" Scale
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2020
- Want to feel what it's like to run a full-size locomotive? Want to feel the power, and smell the coal smoke? Climb aboard and watch, look and listen - after 16 years the four newest Little Engines ALCO's go to work tag team double heading on the WB&S 1.5" scale live steam railroad in Texas.
These four locomotives represent the finished product of Mike Venezia's effort to bring rebirth to the big Northern that Little Engines made famous all the way back in 1946. Listen to The Fabulous stack talk and hear interviews from Builder/Owner Paul Keiser, Machinist Pamela Weiss, Locomotive Engineer and Boilermaker Marty Knox, and other notable people throughout our Hobby.
For more information on building one of these fine locomotives either as a Hudson or a Northern visit LittleEngines.com
It's like his yard is its own little world with plains and canyons and a bridge over a dry riverbed and a railroad and rail yard. I love it. And the trains are incredible, truly a work of passion and art.
glad to see everyone is enjoying this video
Magnificent engines in every way. The railroad has the smoothest and best track of any live steam layout I've seen.
This video certainly captures the feel of real steam railroading! Those Little Engines Alcos are very impressive.
Absolutely the finest steam locomotives on the planet in my opinion! Poetry in motion!
One of the coolest things I have ever seen! My restoration too 7.2 years,,, so I can definitely understand 16 years. I would have loved to have been a part of it.
When I was about 3 to 7 years old there was this old man well old to me being 3 years that lived right across the street for me back in the sixties who had a steam locomotive he had more tracks on the side of his house stacked up but he only had a few tracks set up on the other side of his house with a switch track to go back in the tunnel for storage. He had a water tower train lights 2 cars you could ride in and pile of coal his train was set up like yours where you could put the coal up from under your seat Into the burner from the coal car It was a beautiful blue with a red star in front with little steps on each side In the front to get on the catwalk of course if you were a little tiny man the size of the train. It reminded me of a Western train but it didn't have that big fat smokestack it had to one like yours Unfortunately my mom couldn't afford to take pictures back then as much as she would like to have film was expensive so there's no pictures of it and that's sad because it was just so cool I remember coming home one day after school when I was around 9 a gentleman was putting it in the back of his pickup truck and I said where are you going with the train He sold it to me but at the time being a kid I wasn't really that inquisitive about where he was taking it But I remember being somewhat sad about it wasn't long after that that we moved And it became a memory but watching your video just brought it all flooding back to me Great video and beautiful beautiful beautiful trains I've been to the state fair in New York where they have a couple of old diesel lackawana locomotives On display I have loved trains my whole life and I'm building a railroad Rail rider to ride on Abandoned train tracks Sure wish I had a picture of the train the old guy had when I was a kid It was in Savannah Georgia back In the early sixties.In you're endeavors if you ever could do some research being connected like you are with the Railroad models maybe yall could dig up a picture of the train the old guy had on 61st and bull st Savannah Ga.That would be just the most wonderful thing to see again Thanks again for a wonderful video And bringing back memories of being a kid.
Awesome film with these Little Engines locos
I remember as a young child riding on the SantaFe from Perry OK. To Emporia, KS to visit relatives. Such fun . I also remember riding the Doodle Bug as well.
Inspirational stuff. I've been building my Northern for a long time (35 yrs) and I can actually see the light at the end of the tunnel. I know how much work you have put in. Well done and thanks for sharing.
06:06 what a lovely whistle.
That is my 5 chime cb&q whistle
Hard to even comprehend the history, labor, devotion and love represented here! Props and thanks for sharing ❤❤❤❤❤
I just sometimes when you see each other I guess if I'll give him a high five and stuff like that which is pretty cool and I know you guys are having fun
Art in its purist form. Thanks for bringing them to life. Excellent work
Beautiful stuff!! Wish I had one of those.. Mike Venezia is a good guy, he let me cut my teeth on a live steam engine back in 2004 at the Strasburg Railroad “The Cagney” Thank you Mike,
THE BEST WE HAVE SEEN !! I HOPE THIS MEETING IS REPEATED MORE TIMES !! THE GREAT STEAM ENGINEERS !! THANK YOU FOR THE POST !!!
The engineers all look so happy!
Wow, love those four engines. They are absolutely darling.. thank you
That is a beautiful group of engines! I’m amazed at the engineering necessary to build such beautiful “models” that operate exactly as their perspective prototypes. I’m also amazed at the creativity and engineering that goes into creating such gorgeous railroads, as well as the accompanying scenery elements!
Great video!
yea the names for the little areas was very apt and cute
Thanks 🤠 and enjoy your Day Cheers 🍻🍻🤠✊✊
Full steam ahead , Mike and Team . Greetings from Germany
Thank you for sharing this amazing video. Wonderful workmanship .
Absolutely love the steam trains!.
Bringing the past to the present in magnificent fashion. This is a powerful statement to the future of our nation, individually, determination, responsibility, respect of the past, present and future shared together for all to know it is possible to be and so much more. Thanks for sharing this excellent example of human kind in togetherness. A true living experience well worth caring on!!!!!+!!!!!
What a magnificent little world.!!!!!
one day y'all should do a video of a really long train and have all 4 locomotives pulling the train together
Outstanding and beautiful equipment...!
real nice video the engines are great works of craftmanship that are made to run, well done all
Because every time when I see your train videos these train videos look almost like real and it's really awesome how you make those and build those together with your friends from gabriella Rivas from Roslyn heights long island near New York City my dear friend
That's the best little train I've ever seen ,when you get close it becomes a work of art ,well done 😉
Hi Mike, Thanks for Sharing this video. It was great to see you and Marty, as it's been a long time since we have had the pleasure of being at a wonderful steam meet. Beautiful Locomotives, and you should be proud of your accomplishments, to enrich this hobby. As my son Mike and I, ( I'm the Backshop Grunt ) start working on his project, I want to wish you and all who had a wonderful day all the best for the coming years ahead . Run safe, be safe and keep the steam up. Regards, Dave W. member, Finger Lakes Live Steamers.
Thanks very much for your comments and support it is a true labor of love and that was quite The Eclectic group of live Steamers to help us with this video
Your welcome Mike, hope you have a great year. Dave W
What a fantastic accomplishment congratulations to You all !!!
Fantastic machines!!
Beautiful work on the engines and cars, they sound healthy and look prototypical. Very well produced video, it was enjoyable. Thank you for sharing.
Awesome job
This is such a cool video! Our live steam railroad (Auburn Valley Railroad) has two original Little Engines 4-8-4 Northerns, one of which was one of Martin Lewis' uncompleted prototypes (AVRR 402). These locomotives are still in service today and are based on Union Pacific's FEF-1 Northerns
37 degrees is tee shirt weather in Maine!
Wow! Congratulations! Wonderful! Have to visit you!!! Best regards from Germany! Stefan
These guys all have the same expression. Id be smiling ear to ear.
Super cool
Incredible.
Great Mike!
Very Impressive
They have a heck of a lot of 💰 just on the railroad track and the train bridges alone.I'ed bet a man got millions of dollars in that outfit.
Beyond magnificent
Magnificent trains
pam was the only one to not overfire her engine she never popped a safety valve, what gauge 7.25 or 7.5, very nice trains all around and seemed like perfect trackwork
If I ever become half as good of a machinist as Pam, I'd consider that a great accomplishment.
Beautiful! And jealous!! More side shots of the engines and their wheels and rods would have been great. What's next? 1:4, or larger?
I really like the Lackawanna 4-8-4 and the DL&W 4-6-4
mighty fine. great sounding whistle. well done track work.
When I was growing up in St John's in Portland Oregon they used to have a parade once a year in St John's and in the parade on the back of a flatbed semi used to be a steam locomotive like yours I don't know whatever happened to it. It might have been something they had out at oaks Park for a while but they soon stopped having some of the little trains out there too don't know whatever happened to them unless they're still stored in oaks Park there are some buildings there that look like they can hold those little trains
Next 16 years a set of all the major engines
Hi from the UK are railway/Road is 10inch gauge full standard gauge locomotives with one USTAC S160 war department the rest are British 9fs and the like but by God they are some beautiful locomotives you have there thank you for sharing
I had no idea this existed. Wow
Cool
Would like to see some of the manufacturing process, casting, machining, and assembly.
Great idea for a video - let me see what we can do.
These engines are a work of art, congratulations!
I did the cylinder machining for these four engines including hundreds of parts over the period of a year. Included were cylinder castings, heads, valve chambers covers, shafts, guide castings, pistons, piston rods, guides, exhaust stands, nozzles, nuts,
Liners, expansion links, blocks, crossheads, pins.........
I have some clips on my channel.
I wanted to get into the scale but my living is not with support. and the people I knew are long gone, like a doctor from Georgia, then his collection in Chattanooga, railroad museum, I still love this scale of trains, but depression set in when I wanted to be part of this rail and love for the Rock Island,
Im new to the hobby these look amazing, i am curious to know what is the scaling method to size a loco? any help would be great thankyou
Calling this video incredible, is an understatement! The scenery, the engines and the sounds , are over the top. That's a lot of steam blowing off. How water do they carry? What is their fuel capacity? Thank you.
Bad Ass!
Good morning from SE Louisiana 24 Sep 21.
You should build a big boy version
Few sandwiches away from bigger trains nice
Are the switches setup like spring switches? At 10:35 the train on the left ran through trailing point switch lined incorrectly. That's why I am wondering.
Good eye! Yes all the switches are setup as spring switches through the trailing points. I'll try and post a short video in the next few days that shows the detail of the switch construction.
@@inaccordcommunications6138 good deal. Be an interesting video to watch. Great to see Greg too. Haven't seen him since Owosso.
First let me say that this is a wonderful video and the locomotives are beyond words - totally amazing!! But if I have one complaint, and it’s a big complaint, why are y’all so frugal, so conservative with the whistle blowing? That’s one of the wonders of steam locomotives-the thrill of listening to that whistle blow! But throughout the whole video we barely get to hear the whistle, and when we do, it’s such an anemic blow.😞 I heard it a few times, but still it seems like y’all are afraid to use the steam whistle.
Aside from that, y’all have created a great wonder of the world. Thank you!!
The locomotives are Little Engines, who made the rolling stock? That passenger consist is amazing and beautifully done, and the freight is the of similar quality. Are the passenger cars' roofs removable? Sorry to be so inquisitive
Thanks for viewing the video. The rolling stock was made by many different builders, some commercial and some private. The passenger car roofs are removable, which you can see on this UA-cam video starting at about midway through: ua-cam.com/video/8dhUPBhhMSA/v-deo.html
I don't care what scale it's in: you show me a 4-8-4, I'll give you a like!
Mielenkiintoista katsottavaa, upeeta.
Son I need sum money!! Cuz I want one of theez like a Amtrak or a fast chinese joint!!
How much horsepower can those locomotives haul?
What was the camera mounted on?
There was a camera train running it front of the passenger and freight trains. The camera train consisted of a electric (battery) powered diesel engine and a flat car. The videographer was sitting on the flat car with both a tripod mounted Nikon Z6 for HD video and a GoPro mounted on the deck of the flat car. Thanks for asking!
I would love to be able to run or own one of them Trans I have loved Trans my how life I have N / H / G scale Trans my favorite is steam engine's
0:25 😅
37 degrees celsees or ferenhite
It was 37 degrees Fahrenheit at that time. At daybreak it had been around 30 Fahrenheit, but the temperature warmed quickly and it was a beautiful day.
Does anyone know where this is located?
The track is in central Texas
how many people can they hall at one time ?
I'm not sure that's ever been tested, but probably 20 or so.
I'm sorry but I have a question... What 1.5" scale means? I mean a scale not is a ratio real/model like 1:8? What is the scale here? what does 1.5 inch represent?
Great question! 1.5" scale refers to the model live steam engine's relationship to the full size locomotive. In this case the live steam models are 1.5 inches for every 12 inches (1 foot) of the full size engine. To get the ratio between the model and full size, divide full size, 12", by the scale size, 1.5". This gives you a scale factor of 8, meaning the live steam models are 1/8th the size of the full-size locomotive. This ratio can also be represented as 1:8. Thanks for your interest!
@@inaccordcommunications6138 Thanks for the replay and great video ;)
How much rupees the engines
Steamers ya
Remember kids...NEVER wash your locomotive in very hot water. It shrinks them every time.
Where to people get the money to do this?
Pick it off trees
@@rodneycody8746 Thanks!
@2:35 Video tape? Haha you are not aging yourself are you? don't worry, i say the same thing when using a digital camera.
It's too bad you can't make a movie about this that the littlest teenager that could I think I can I think I can I think I can from gabriella Rivas from Roslyn heights long island near New York City my dear friend and I hope you make more of ugly skin locomotives cuz they're really look nice the old-fashioned 20 the old-fashioned trains from all over the world I bet you will love to make a steam locomotive for the trains from South America from Santiago Chile my dear friend
Must be nice to have disposable income..
They don't waste money on snowmobiles, airplanes etc. And money gets money.
I don't know how or why you would consider this to be disposable income it was a business for me and it relied upon skills that may be a lot of people don't have it's not like we went out and paid people to do all this work the amount of work put into this by those of us who built them could never be recovered financially
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This shows what hard work and dedication can do. These are HAND MADE by people with skills that took many years to develop and refine. Now that there are pattern to reproduce these machines, it also can be a business, built on the hard work. Those hours will never get repaid, except in the hours and years of enjoyment sharing them through operating them. If they did use "disposable income" so what, they must have worked to earn enough over those 16 years to do it. I wanted to make it but one myself, but was unable to, yet instead of firing off pot shots at them I'll thank them for sharing it with us.
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more of the engineers view n less interview pls.
Thanks for the feedback. We are working on video edits that will be just what you are looking suggesting.
Making food but come on
Poor camera work. We don't want to look at 4 guys the whole video. Sorry, should of did this video different.
Here in Dayton Ohio at Carillon Park there is a railroad club that runs these trains I've been there in person and I'm sorry it looks so ridiculous to see grown men sitting on dinky little steam engines.
I would let one engine get grimy for realism.
The trains are Beautiful, but they could have gotten a better narrator. You can tell he's reading from cue cards by the way he keeps pausing in the middle of the sentences. Other than that the video was awesome.
Sorry no I was not reading from cue cards I was actually doing this on the Fly
The art of machinists such as these guys is dying out, mainly because it is not being taught in schools (that I know of)! Unless men such as these take it upon themselves to show the intricacies of what is involved in building high pressure boilers, steel wheels, knuckles, bearings, screws and nuts and bolts etc. we won't see anymore steam locomotives in the future!