Those whistles represent an era that really solidified the building of America with families determined to make a go of it. To be fair not everything was the " good old days" but these Steamers represent true engineering to overcome whatever nature threw at them. It certainly isnt noise but rather a sound that told millions of people in towns large and small here we come and we're getting it done. Happy Father's Day whether trackside or by the BBQ.
Those whistles echoing in the mountains are an unmatched piece o music!!!!!!! All the major railroad conpanies need to go back and use the steam engines and old passenger cars for overnight trips and "dinner trains"!!! Wouldnt that be a hoot JT???!!!!!
I was wondering if you were there for this years parade. I absolutely love hearing the whistles resounding throughout the beautiful mountains of West Virginia. It's been a minute since I've been over to Cass, but I've riden up to Whittaker and Bald Knob dozens of times over the years. Happy Father's day everyone.
my father was raised during the great depredation in the state of Colorado he saw steam trains or locomotives way back when before moving to San Francisco California my father rode in a steam locomotive sorry for any misspells or mistakes in spelling.
@@bendavis6722 my parents were also depression era. Dad and Mom were born in 1917 and 1923 respectively. Dad from a Coal Mining Camp in southern West Virginia and mom from a farm in southwest Virginia. Both rode steam many, many times. Even 5 of my 6 older siblings rode steam throughout West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina.
Love this. Those distant whistles echoing through the valleys just puts goosebumps on your arms. Nothing more nostalgic than that. One good thing about being old is that I'm old enough to remember the distant whistle of a steam engine. Thanks JT.
I loved it when they would run them through the Swannanoa Valley (Black Mountain, NC) years ago. We would find a spot to wait, then get in the car and go out ahead of it so you could see it again! Great times!
Did the Greenbrier Express Experience last Sunday. Great ride to Durbin. The river views and valley was great. Seen fishermen and deer 🦌. Well worth it
Everything about them is cool! I especially like the old steam whistles. They sound so much better than the modern versions Awesome video, JT. You nailed it again.😊😊😊
Great video! Enjoy seeing those ole shays & the climax pull! They may not be fast, but they can drag a mountain behind them! Cass is only about a 100 miles west, so we all love to go there. Thanks again for letting us all get up close and personal to the railroads!
There was lots of smoke and whistles in this video! Thank you for uploading this wonderful video of the locomotives of the Cass Scenic Railroad, Jaw Tooth! I enjoyed watching this video that you took two years ago.
Up until my son was in his mid teens, we would go to Strasbourg to see & hear the steam engines. Although born in Lancaster City,we were living in NY. Any time we traveled through the area, we had to make a stop. We were both enamored by the huge machines but to this day he still is awestruck. He's doing the same w/his kids. They are magnificent!
I consider myself extremely lucky to live near Yorkshire’s National Railway Museum (NRM), which probably has the biggest collection of steam locomotives in the world, but sadly not many are functional anymore. My favourite locomotive is the Ivatt Atlantic, 251, which currently resides at Danum in Doncaster, beside Green Arrow. Last time I was at the NRM in August 2022, the other Ivatt Atlantic, Henry Oakley, was behind doors having works done. It’d be nice to see him functional.
I would like to thank all the people that put their money, blood , sweat , time and love in to keep these beautiful steeds running. Don't know why but just seeing these things operating beings tears to my eyes. AWESOME!!!! WOW JUST WOW!!!!!
Back in 1952 I lived in Southern Illinois in a town that had two different railroads come through town. I remember seeing my first diesel Locomotive and it was pulling twenty-six steam locomotive to the steel mill in Granite City where they were all scrapped. Livingston had a coal mine and water tower along the tracks and the Steam Locomotives would replenish their water and Coal supplies. I still love to watch and listen to the old Iron Horses any chance that I get to see.💝. The two railroad companies were Chicago and Northwestern and New York Central.
Beautiful done video about a special american steam locomotive, the Shay and Heisler locomotives. What a wonderful machines with their particular pistons! Thanks a lot Jaw thooth! Many greetings from Belgium!
Thanks for sharing this!! Even though I live minutes away I was not able to go. Wish I could have seen the trains and met you. Iworked on Climax #9 during it's rebuild. We assembled the rear truck!! I think the run Cass ro Durbin is running now.....or at least they sell tickets for it!!! Yet to ride myself. Thanks
What strikes me is the way the pistons operate a shaft that runs all the way back to the coal car, looks like gears run off the shaft. Plus I love those whistles
Amazing video JT, I never heard the train whistles so clearly, they were echoing throughout the valley there. First time I saw screw pistons on the locos. You're getting special access to places no one else gets. great!
so beautiful nothing gives you the true sense of American history. Thank you so much. Brings back memories of my grandpa, an engineer on Lackawanna railroad.
Great video it's good to see them still use coal the cumbres and Toltec the Durango Silverton use oil it just isn't the same with the smell of coal thank you keep them coming that was great
Okay, JT, all your videos at the least are very good. A lot of them fall into the excellent category, some into the WOW category. But this one is the "bestest" one yet! There is not an adequate word to describe it! The steam whistles sent chills up the spine. Watching all the moving parts that turn the wheels is seeing an engineering marvel. Hearing the bells ringing really brings back memories of my dad. He went to work on the NWP RR in 1923 at the age of 15. Among his duties at first was always making sure the bell was shined up before the train left. He worked himself up to engineer on the steam engines and then on the diesels! Thanks so much for some great video and memories! Liked the quick little peek at the family. Especially loved seeing Chessie up the tree!
There is something special about live steam locomotives. To stand next to one you might think it was alive. The sound of a lonesome steam whistle in the mountains give me goosebumps. As a historian, I try to imagine life in America in the 1940’s. A time when this sound was commonplace across the continent.
The first time I seen one of those steam engines with the three vertical cylinders, was back in the 1960's in New Jersey. I was a young teenager at the time. Neat steam engine switcher for hills as well. Wow 5 (or so) engines with gear driven traction wheels! Have you considered traveling or been to the Strasburg Railroad and museum in Lancaster county Pennsylvania? Now that is a cool place to visit as well!
Couldn't you assign different ring tones to different (groups of) people? Your partner in life, mother in law, boss, always-complaining client, ...? ;-)
@@chrislaarman7532 An interesting idea! Who would best be represented by a lumbering old relic spewing sparks and smoke, and emitting a load of hot air? On the other hand, is there someone who used to of great service to the community and now is regarded as a national treasure?
Thanks for the unintentional update on the Buffalo Creek and Gauly #4. aka the Spencer 604. I havent seen any pictures of it since it got there. I know they're waiting on funds for the boiler, but it looks like the rest of the running gear is done. From what Ive read, that will eventually by the go-to engine for the Durbin Rocket. Excellent video, Im going to try and be up there next year.
Thanks for the video JT! Brings back a bunch of memories. I have not been there in ages and really need to go back especially since they have the Climax operating. I really like shays but the the climax is my favorite geared locomotive. Happy Father's Day!!
Biggest Collection of Operating Steam Locomotives EVER? Sorry, Brian, But not even close! Over here in England UK, we have a lot of preserved Railway lines. This year I wass able to visit the Cotswolds Steam Fair in May. There were six Steam Locos at the event. Three of these were "Named" locos - Pendennis castle, Dinmore Manor and Orient (a 4-6-2 Merchant Navy class). The others were a small 0-6-0 Saddle Tank, an 0-4-0 shunter (Switcher) and a n 0-6-0 Pannier tank. All Operating and leading trains. That was a small 16 mile line called the Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway, run by volunteers. E few years ago, York England's Railway museum brought Five A4 Pacifics together for the first time in 30 years! together with there being at least four other steamers present, then That makes 9 locos. Maybe it's the biggest collection you've seen, but Britain had steam locomotives running up until the 1960s as a main power type, so a lot more have been preserved by private societies. Also The A1 Company recently announced that (in addition to having built the A1 Tornado 4-6-2 Steam Loco at the beginning of this Century), they are currently building a P2 2-8-0 Loco, which will no doubt be given a name once it's completed. There is a lot of steam locomotion in the UK.
Wow nice coverage The most unusual drive system, impressive! I should make it a point to take my bro there next time he visits. He a big modeler and train buff
Those whistles represent an era that really solidified the building of America with families determined to make a go of it. To be fair not everything was the " good old days" but these Steamers represent true engineering to overcome whatever nature threw at them. It certainly isnt noise but rather a sound that told millions of people in towns large and small here we come and we're getting it done. Happy Father's Day whether trackside or by the BBQ.
Yes the engineering is quite awesome with these locomotives to get them extra power and torque!
Happy Father's Day !!🎉 Love, Blessings and Greetings from Phoenix, Durban, South Africa
🙋♀️🙋♂️🙏✝️❤️🇿🇦
Those whistles echoing in the mountains are an unmatched piece o music!!!!!!! All the major railroad conpanies need to go back and use the steam engines and old passenger cars for overnight trips and "dinner trains"!!! Wouldnt that be a hoot JT???!!!!!
I enjoyed watching all of the shays in operation! And that Climax locomotive (#9) is a rare oddity.
Thanks for watching 😊
I was wondering if you were there for this years parade. I absolutely love hearing the whistles resounding throughout the beautiful mountains of West Virginia.
It's been a minute since I've been over to Cass, but I've riden up to Whittaker and Bald Knob dozens of times over the years.
Happy Father's day everyone.
I’m from WV as well!
my father was raised during the great depredation in the state of Colorado he saw steam trains or locomotives way back when before moving to San Francisco California my father rode in a steam locomotive sorry for any misspells or mistakes in spelling.
@@bendavis6722 my parents were also depression era. Dad and Mom were born in 1917 and 1923 respectively. Dad from a Coal Mining Camp in southern West Virginia and mom from a farm in southwest Virginia. Both rode steam many, many times. Even 5 of my 6 older siblings rode steam throughout West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina.
@@GandAdventures I'm in Kanawha County, where are you located??
Yes I am! I am in Cass right now 😊
Love this. Those distant whistles echoing through the valleys just puts goosebumps on your arms. Nothing more nostalgic than that. One good thing about being old is that I'm old enough to remember the distant whistle of a steam engine. Thanks JT.
2:00- That's one hell of a drivetrain👍
I think steam engines are the best
Merci beaucoup pour cette vidèo et très bon dimanche ! 🌟
I loved it when they would run them through the Swannanoa Valley (Black Mountain, NC) years ago. We would find a spot to wait, then get in the car and go out ahead of it so you could see it again! Great times!
I put this on the big screen for the 3 year old . He loved it, and so did I.
I've never seen loco's like these.
Many thanks for putting up.
Did the Greenbrier Express Experience last Sunday. Great ride to Durbin. The river views and valley was great. Seen fishermen and deer 🦌. Well worth it
Very cool!🎉
Everything about them is cool! I especially like the old steam whistles. They sound so much better than the modern versions
Awesome video, JT. You nailed it again.😊😊😊
I was at Cass in 85. Talk about your natural surround sound. Totally awesome. Thanks J.T.
Awesome video
@Bryant Sanders you said it, this video is absolutely magnificant, i wish i could be me do this video.
HAPPY FATHERS DAY BRIAN! This made my day!
Glad to hear it😊
And a SPECIAL Fathers Day Hello To all the human girls/Grandchildren Loki,Honey, and the Train Girl CHESSIE, and the Horse
Great video! Enjoy seeing those ole shays & the climax pull! They may not be fast, but they can drag a mountain behind them!
Cass is only about a 100 miles west, so we all love to go there.
Thanks again for letting us all get up close and personal to the railroads!
260,000 subscribers...fantastic!
STEAM RULES!!! Thanks 😊😎👌👍👍👍!
Amazing !! Living locomotives with each having it's own haunting whistle ... so haunting ... Ghosts of the Woods ~ Live .
If I could like this video 100 times I would.
Excellent Video
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Do they like kitchen, bathroom, well or bottled water? Best stream show ever, Señor Jaws. Gracias por tu video. RT sends, Puebla, México...
There was lots of smoke and whistles in this video! Thank you for uploading this wonderful video of the locomotives of the Cass Scenic Railroad, Jaw Tooth! I enjoyed watching this video that you took two years ago.
The mechanicals on these engines are fabulous also. 😊😊
Indeed!😊
Up until my son was in his mid teens, we would go to Strasbourg to see & hear the steam engines. Although born in Lancaster City,we were living in NY. Any time we traveled through the area, we had to make a stop. We were both enamored by the huge machines but to this day he still is awestruck. He's doing the same w/his kids. They are magnificent!
Great video and happy Father's day to you and your family from GA and stay safe and God bless
Great video! My brother was there several years ago when they brought one of the locomotives to Cass.
Very cool!😊
what a wonderful; video...beautiful trains and memories of the old days!! top rate!
Many thanks!
Wonderful video, I liked it my friend! Have a nice new week, greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷
Thank you! You too!
I consider myself extremely lucky to live near Yorkshire’s National Railway Museum (NRM), which probably has the biggest collection of steam locomotives in the world, but sadly not many are functional anymore. My favourite locomotive is the Ivatt Atlantic, 251, which currently resides at Danum in Doncaster, beside Green Arrow. Last time I was at the NRM in August 2022, the other Ivatt Atlantic, Henry Oakley, was behind doors having works done. It’d be nice to see him functional.
i enjoyed video and the kids covering their ears good job j t
They use their steam whistles like musical instruments. Using the echo of the mountains for reverb.
I would like to thank all the people that put their money, blood , sweat , time and love in to keep these beautiful steeds running.
Don't know why but just seeing these things operating beings tears to my eyes.
AWESOME!!!!
WOW JUST WOW!!!!!
That is cool, a parade of Shays. Your videos are aweaome😅 You got it made in the Shays😂
Thanks 😅
Great trains from them there old days. With all the moving parts I'd say they are pretty quiet.
Thanks for watching 😊
Back in 1952 I lived in Southern Illinois in a town that had two different railroads come through town. I remember seeing my first diesel Locomotive and it was pulling twenty-six steam locomotive to the steel mill in Granite City where they were all scrapped. Livingston had a coal mine and water tower along the tracks and the Steam Locomotives would replenish their water and Coal supplies. I still love to watch and listen to the old Iron Horses any chance that I get to see.💝. The two railroad companies were Chicago and Northwestern and New York Central.
Beautiful done video about a special american steam locomotive, the Shay and Heisler locomotives.
What a wonderful machines with their particular pistons!
Thanks a lot Jaw thooth!
Many greetings from Belgium!
Thank you very much!😊
Not a Heisler; it's a Climax.
@Eric Emmons Thanks for the info
@@johannleuckx1625 🙂
Awesome video with a horn salute but wait there’s more 👍😎🇺🇸🚂👍
More to come!😊
Wow, awesome video 👍❤️
Thanks for sharing this!! Even though I live minutes away I was not able to go. Wish I could have seen the trains and met you. Iworked on Climax #9 during it's rebuild. We assembled the rear truck!! I think the run Cass ro Durbin is running now.....or at least they sell tickets for it!!! Yet to ride myself. Thanks
Next time! Sounds good 😊
What strikes me is the way the pistons operate a shaft that runs all the way back to the coal car, looks like gears run off the shaft. Plus I love those whistles
Yes, the shaft has teeth at each wheel, and the wheels have teeth, too. . .
That's pretty cool there my friend.
Happy Father's day Jaw tooh
Nothing screams Narrow Guage like 4 Shays and a Climax. God, those multiple chime whistles sound so good.
NOT Narrow Gauge and not Heisler but is a Climax
All standard gauge although I understand your sediment
Definitely not a Heisler. Climax build #1551. Built in Corry PA in 1919
Hey JT, did you ever take a trip up the mountain there at the Cass Scenic? WOW, all 5 of the locomotives together are INCREDIBLE!!!
Yes, more than once
Amazing video JT, I never heard the train whistles so clearly, they were echoing throughout the valley there. First time I saw screw pistons on the locos. You're getting special access to places no one else gets. great!
so beautiful nothing gives you the true sense of American history. Thank you so much. Brings back memories of my grandpa, an engineer on Lackawanna railroad.
Thanks Jawtooth for helping me relive a piece of my childhood. Those whistles sound beautifull.
Good morning I enjoyed the video👍👍
Great video those boys know how to roll the coal
I really need to get down there
Those have a to be some of the most interesting drive units ever! Great video JT!
🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃💯👍🇺🇸
Thanks 👍😊
The ash is used to make concrete. It is part of the cement portion of the mix.
Hi Jaw Tooth 😊 you always got a thumbs up! Vintage Steam in the essence I Say! Thank You and Happy Belated Father's Day too U!!
Awesome video of Cass and Happy Father's Day JT!!!
Same to you! THANKS Jeff!
@@JawTooth You're welcome!!!
Awesome catches and great long video
Thank you very much!😊
Thanks again for sharing your videos JT. Love steam engine's. God bless
Thanks 👍
It was a pleasure to meet you!!!,I had a blast !!
I had a blast also! I always love talking to fellow railfans. You got some excellent video and that drone is awesome!
@@JawTooth I appreciate it brother🤘🏻,if your ever in Louisa or fort gay,give me a shout and I’ll railfan with ya!!
Nice Video
Great video it's good to see them still use coal the cumbres and Toltec the Durango Silverton use oil it just isn't the same with the smell of coal thank you keep them coming that was great
I was standing next to the red box car by the freight depot filming you may have got me in you shot lol
@walter langston good for you, my friend, one day, im planning on travel to the USA and film the trains, im from Portugal.
Happy father's day.......jaw tooth........enjoy your videos.......
Talk about Steam,Cinders and Smoke !!!!!!!
A steam train marathon, this video! I had to pick a time when I could sit down and watch the whole thing.
Very cool
@Fox's Den, you said it right, mate, i wish i could see it with my eyes and film it.
@Fox's Den i just want to let you know that I subscribed your channel.
@@LisbonRailProductionsandF1 thank you
@@FoxsDen3012 anytime, my friend, i have some great videos of the trains that you will enjoy a lot.
Okay, JT, all your videos at the least are very good. A lot of them fall into the excellent category, some into the WOW category. But this one is the "bestest" one yet! There is not an adequate word to describe it! The steam whistles sent chills up the spine. Watching all the moving parts that turn the wheels is seeing an engineering marvel. Hearing the bells ringing really brings back memories of my dad. He went to work on the NWP RR in 1923 at the age of 15. Among his duties at first was always making sure the bell was shined up before the train left. He worked himself up to engineer on the steam engines and then on the diesels! Thanks so much for some great video and memories! Liked the quick little peek at the family. Especially loved seeing Chessie up the tree!
I believe that you have found the perfect steam locomotive retirement center. 😂😅🎉
Finally trains you don't see everyday
That depends on where you dwell or work. ;-)
There is something special about live steam locomotives. To stand next to one you might think it was alive. The sound of a lonesome steam whistle in the mountains give me goosebumps. As a historian, I try to imagine life in America in the 1940’s. A time when this sound was commonplace across the continent.
That was a cool video. Thanks for taking us there.
Glad you enjoyed it
Son that was a good show from the past. Start the video for five dpu's son.
The first time I seen one of those steam engines with the three vertical cylinders, was back in the 1960's in New Jersey. I was a young teenager at the time. Neat steam engine switcher for hills as well. Wow 5 (or so) engines with gear driven traction wheels! Have you considered traveling or been to the Strasburg Railroad and museum in Lancaster county Pennsylvania? Now that is a cool place to visit as well!
Amazing videos Jaw tooth keep up the good work
Nothing will beat the Barker's bark but steam train whistles come a close second.
That was just amazing! ❤
Awesomely great video thanks Jaw tooth happy father's day
❤love the steam train video Happy Fathers day Jaw Tooth
Watching this engine gives me a feeling of calm.
The locomotives blowing there whistles in unison was cool,those old Shay logging engines are neat!🛤🚂
Yes indeed!
beautiful trains where is this and how old are they run great really fixed up nice thanks.
Cass, West Virginia; most, if not all, of these locomotives date from the early to mid 1900s.
😊thanks for this special video,Brian. greetz:🍐Peer.👍👍👍👍
awesome video!
Good morning 🙏 🌄
Sounds like I've found my new ringtone - but which one?
Couldn't you assign different ring tones to different (groups of) people? Your partner in life, mother in law, boss, always-complaining client, ...? ;-)
@@chrislaarman7532 An interesting idea! Who would best be represented by a lumbering old relic spewing sparks and smoke, and emitting a load of hot air?
On the other hand, is there someone who used to of great service to the community and now is regarded as a national treasure?
Thanks for the unintentional update on the Buffalo Creek and Gauly #4. aka the Spencer 604. I havent seen any pictures of it since it got there. I know they're waiting on funds for the boiler, but it looks like the rest of the running gear is done. From what Ive read, that will eventually by the go-to engine for the Durbin Rocket.
Excellent video, Im going to try and be up there next year.
They have an amazing collection of steam locomotives, awesome.
I agree!
The crossing at 55:25! Nice!!
Thanks for the video JT! Brings back a bunch of memories. I have not been there in ages and really need to go back especially since they have the Climax operating. I really like shays but the the climax is my favorite geared locomotive. Happy Father's Day!!
Do they have more to their track than what we see here?
Very cool Video JT! Would love to go there some day!
Pretty incredible. You don’t see Steam engines much anymore, do you?
Beautiful Locos, By The Way.
Biggest Collection of Operating Steam Locomotives EVER? Sorry, Brian, But not even close! Over here in England UK, we have a lot of preserved Railway lines. This year I wass able to visit the Cotswolds Steam Fair in May. There were six Steam Locos at the event. Three of these were "Named" locos - Pendennis castle, Dinmore Manor and Orient (a 4-6-2 Merchant Navy class). The others were a small 0-6-0 Saddle Tank, an 0-4-0 shunter (Switcher) and a n 0-6-0 Pannier tank. All Operating and leading trains. That was a small 16 mile line called the Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway, run by volunteers. E few years ago, York England's Railway museum brought Five A4 Pacifics together for the first time in 30 years! together with there being at least four other steamers present, then That makes 9 locos. Maybe it's the biggest collection you've seen, but Britain had steam locomotives running up until the 1960s as a main power type, so a lot more have been preserved by private societies. Also The A1 Company recently announced that (in addition to having built the A1 Tornado 4-6-2 Steam Loco at the beginning of this Century), they are currently building a P2 2-8-0 Loco, which will no doubt be given a name once it's completed. There is a lot of steam locomotion in the UK.
Wow! Beautiful old locomotives!
That was cool JT!! Thanks!
Hi JT looks gd am tired so may see again Cheers
Coolest video yet love the steam locos Thumbs up
Thank you very much!
Who is more beautiful
Is it a steam train
Or a diesel train
I vote diesel. They are like stinking monsters 🤭
But what about
The beauty and the majesty
Of the steam train
Steam, without a doubt. . .
Kinda wild to think that this was “high tech” at one time.😂
Even wilder: breeding horses is "higher tech" now than when these engines took over from the horses.
Wow nice coverage The most unusual drive system, impressive! I should make it a point to take my bro there next time he visits. He a big modeler and train buff