1875 wood burning steam engine on the Durango & Silverton in Colorado!
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- Опубліковано 29 кві 2019
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Eureka and Palisade #4 is a wood burner, built in 1875, and is perfectly restored to her original splendor, complete with ornate decorations, brass fittings, gold filigree striping, and polished oak cab. See her run on the former Denver & Rio Grande narrow gauge mainline in the mountains of Colorado!
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That is so cool! I've never seen a wood-burning steam locomotive. 😁
Usauly buddy smaller steam locomotives like 4-4-0 types do burn wood. The great advantage to burning wood is it clean to the environment
It mainly depended on availability. In some regions, coal wasn't readily available, or very expensive. So if you had forests nearby, burning wood made sense. There have even been oil burners in existence, I know Germany had some.
Nice job editing the footage. A real work of art stacking that fire wood just right in the tender.
That's a lot of work, and, you're right, it's got to be stacked just right. Thanks for watching! -DeAnn
Beautiful little locomotive in a gorgeous setting!!!
Cheers from Melbourne Australia, home of “Puffing Billy “
The Puffing Billy Railway and the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Light Railway in Kent, England are on my railroad bucket list.. :-)
👋🌹How far we've come..
The good old days👀.
Yes, Wabco is now testing an all battery locomotive... just think from tiny woodburners, to all electric, all battery!!! -DeAnn
It's amazing the size difference between the 4 and the 478, and they are only 50 year apart. Although I suppose the 478 was built during the super power era.
Thank you for posting such great videos.
Yes, that 50 years was a time of rapid development for steam locomotive technology! And right here is, as you noted, proof of that!
Although I must note, it seems like they were going backwards a little bit too. Towards the end of steam; most railroads were only ordering simple expansion engines, and foregoing complex heat recuperators.
I wonder if that's because towards the end of steam, the biggest railroads were making some of their own engines while the smaller railroads might not have had the mechanical expertise available for some of the more complicated superpower and beyond mechanics. Of course, I have no way of knowing...it's just my own musing. :-)
I never thought about that; but that does make sense, that the smaller companies might not be able to afford the added maintenance of a more complex locomotive. Although I was thinking the reason the bigger railroads(such as Union Pacific or Santa Fe) went to simpler designs, was so they could keep maintenance costs competitive with the new diesel locomotives.
I was musing myself; to the thought of a new steam locomotive, built under covering of a hood unit, and manufactured using modern machining. techniques. Such ideas have been suggested from time to time, but never gain steam. (pun unintended.)
@@wyndhamcoffman8961 Did the C&O try a coal powered turbine int he 1980s? I might be misremembering.
Beautiful locomotive.
Never seen a bunch of dudes pushing a train before lol
Thank you for the info re number 6. It sure is an impressive old loco wood burners are rather unique I think. Thx again
I feel locomotives with spark-arresting chimney look interesting.
DeAnn here... yes, they are most interesting. Especially when you come, as I do, from the age of diesels.... these are just so different. And, as you see, they go through a lot of wood!
@@Railfandepot Remind me of old movies like "the General (1926)", if my memory serves me right, there are clips about they got woods from track side to feed the General. They will never run out of fuel if travel through jungle. lol
For the wood fired Eureka, the large spark arresting chimney is full of mesh screens, and that's one reason for the unique shape. Another reason is when the smoke exhaust comes blowing out of the chimney, the cone shape causes a cyclone affect, which causes most of the sparks and cinders to get filtered out in the mesh screens, so they wouldn't come flying out and cause fires along the route.
On the coal fired 2-8-2 Mikados, those spark arresting chimneys are known as Bear-Traps and although have the same purpose, work differently. They have a mesh screen on the top to filter out sparks and embers, but all the cinders and ashes all fall back down through a large funnel shaped tube. When the engine was done for the day, all the cinders and ashes collected from the spark arresting Bear-Trap chimney would be cleaned out by being dumped out of the large tube near the wheels.
Most oil fired engines however don't require spark-arresting chimneys due to the liquid fuel burning hotter, and embers are therefor kept at a minimal. However, some oil fired engines keep the fuel shaped spark arresting chimney as a reminder of their history from the times they were originally wood burning. :)
@@Chris9017 Learned, thanks.
Hey! Love it. Can you try and make a video on the V&T railroad in Carson City and Virginia City. Thank you
I'd love to see some coverage of the restoration of the 576 in Nashville.
I would too. We'll look and see what we can find.
Hi just one more to my bucket list I have to see.
Yep... Certainly on my bucket list!!
Great video. Have an amazing day!
Eric, DeAnn here... thank you! And you have an amazing day too! :-)
HAPPY thanksgiving Deann
Happy Happy Thanksgiving to you too! :-) -DeAnn
Awesome video you guys! And it's always nice to see you DeeAnn! Still love ya', Cheers, Danny
Danny, I knew you'd be among our first viewers! Thank you! - DeAnn
Absolutely DeAnn! Glad to be aboard! Cheers, Danny
Thank you DeAnn for posting a video. I haven't seen anything new from your channel in a while! :)
DeAnn here... thank you! Well, if you've missed us... buckle up because we have a new camera and have ironed out a couple of wrinkles and we're coming at ya with more railfan videos! :-)
DeAnn, thank you and @@Railfandepot
It would be interesting to see the crew at work in the cab. Does the fireman have to run back and forth or do you have like a chain gang pass the wood
Wonderful ! Can someone explain why early locomotives have that huge exhaust stack ? Thanks !
The simple answer is wood burning engines produced more embers which needed more room in the stack for larger spark arrestors. A better explanation comes from Wikipedia: "Early spark arrestors were simply iron wire screens installed within the stack. However, this screen reduced the rate at which smoke and steam could escape from the boiler. As well, embers caught by the screen further reduced available space for the passage of steam, and smoke and heat generated by the burning embers rapidly melted the wire screen. Chimney top diameters enlarged to increase screen surface area and reduce smoke velocity through the screen so embers might fall away from the screen into collection hoppers."
@@Railfandepot Thanks a lot !
Let me know when the Big Boy 4014 Midwest tour DVD is available so I can get it for free hopefully
How Many Engines Still Burn Wood?
I am not sure how many...but it is very few. -Tim
Hay can you go to tweetsie Railroad and make videos there?
We don't currently have plans, but, never say never... I didn't think we'd do the White Pass & Yukon, but that's coming up! 😀
Is this loco used regularly or was this a special occasion???🇦🇺🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇸
This was the only time the #4 appeared on the Durango and Silverton. I believe she's semi-retired now, but at one time #4 got out a lot.
You really should pay a little more attention to detail in your video. At 4:25 the narrator mentions "Train #461 pulls into Rockwood." However, the engine in the video is #482! It begs to wonder just how many more mistakes are in your video? Mistakes like this one really detract from the authenticity of your work.
Oh, I hate to burst your bubble. I know you're all excited to catch us in an error. But, *you are wrong* . The narrator correctly says *TRAIN* 461 pulls into... That is Durango & Southern *TRAIN* 461, pulled by K-26 482. The *TRAIN* is designated as train #461 by the D&S. Its counterpart is TRAIN 463.
_It begs to wonder just how many more mistakes are in your comments? Mistakes like this one really detract from the authenticity of your comments._
I suggest some additional research before criticizing other's work. -Tim