The number of behind-the-scenes bits I could go into… it’d take days. At least a few for you from a volunteer at the NSRM: NCNG 5 has Glenbrook’s boiler from when Glenbrook’s restoration had begun. The boiler was ordered new for the restoration only to find out it didn’t fit the frame. It was sold to NCNG, and Glenbrook’s original boiler was reutilized, repaired, and reused in the locomotive, the ill-fitting boiler being modified to rebuild NCNG 5. NCNG 5 and Glenbrook may have been sisters, but after their time serving on the Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company (their new working railroad after the C&T), Glenbrook basically stopped her operational life to serve as a source of parts for Tahoe, then NCNG 5, meaning Glenbrook was never actually an oil burner, ending operations before NCNG 5 was converted to oil and kept running. That comically enormous whistle on the Antelope and Western 0-4-0 porter is actually a part of history close to Glenbrook and Tahoe. Part of the Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company was a steam ship also named the Tahoe, the very ship that basically took everything from the Glenbrook area on the east edge of Lake Tahoe and brought it all up, locomotives included, to Tahoe City for their new life after the logging railroad ended operations. The ship has long since been lost, but before it was, her whistle, a steam ship whistle, was saved, and over time came to NCNG’s possession. When the Antelope and Western was restored, it was given the steam ship Tahoe’s original whistle in all its comically big size. (Info given from NCNG museum volunteers, amazing folks they are) Inyo may have stopped running for the V&T in the 20’s, but almost directly afterwards, she made her way down to Hollywood to serve in movies and TV shows through the 60’s, giving her a phenomenally long career even before being brought back to the museum to be restored and operated again, with her original 1875 boiler, no less. Anything further I’ll try to answer to the best of my abilities, otherwise I’ll get info when I can from the museum over the weekend. Great video, and it was awesome to meet you, Hyce!
Does the Glenbrook still have a lap-seam boiler? Here at SCRM, the narrow gauge folks are hard at work restoring the Emma Nevada, which we have found unfortunately has a lap-seam boiler.
@@blackbirdgaming8147 I’m not 100% certain, a lot changed with that boiler when it was rebuilt, sections replaced, I can check this weekend at the museum and get more info for you.
@@Hyce777 I was a volunteer on the Lyon project a couple years back. If you look at the driver side steam chest, the bolts on the disc that connects the timing rod to the cylinder top my initials are on them. CW. Or CRW.
Inyo also played the Texas in the Disney movie "The Great Locomotive Chase" based off of the actual Locomotive chase between the General and the Texas.
On behalf of all the volunteers and staff at the event, thank you so much for your praise! We were genuinely amazed at how many people turned out and keeping everyone safe while still letting them get right up in the action was a tall order. It was really cool getting to meet you, and thanks for coming and for the great video!
Of course! Praise all deserved. It's not easy putting on these sorts of events, and 4 days of this madness was very well wrangled. Nice to meet you as well :)
The Roots of Motive Power museum is a small but amazing place that’ll only get better as time goes on. In addition to that Heisler and all the stationary engines, they also have a Class B Shay and a Class B Climax with walschearts, with the latter of which being restored to operation as we speak and the former being planned for an operational restoration soon after. It’ll be exciting to have another museum with all three types of operational geared motive power.
Chris Baldo, of Roots of Motive Power, also owns Skookum which is normally running at Niles Canyon. That Heisler was the one I almost cooked myself to death while taking brakeman classes at Roots! I refused a cab ride and went to the diesel instead. I’m a wimp!
I’ve seen a porter, they are pretty loud engines. The one I’ve seen is BEDT 15 which is now made to look like Thomas the Tank Engine. It’s an impressively powerful 0-6-0. One I would like to see is J&L 58, a 2ft gauge 0-4-0.
I am not a train guy and I don’t know how I came across your videos but I have watched many of them and I so appreciate your enthusiasm and knowledge of all things steam. I might be becoming a train guy. You really are a great presenter.
Hi Mark! Sam here (the guy working the fire hydrant down at the depot), glad to see you could show up, it was a hit with the locals too. Coach No. 4 has actually always been with NSRM. Its sister No. 3 is also in the shop awaiting restoration, as they were part of the V&T’s Winter Train. We also have the two Kimball coaches 11 and 12, which made up the Summer Train. The Inyo can only pull one car at a time these days, as its working pressure was reduced to 75 psi to keep from rebuilding the boiler. It hasn’t had a tube change since the twenty’s!
Cheers Sam! Was great to meet you. I recalled something about a passenger car traveling but evidently I was incorrect! Thank you for the info. Gorgeous cars, either way. And that's kind of incredible that it's run so long with the same boiler and tubes! Haha.
Yes, and to answer your question about the Miller couplers and platforms, those were an early Automatic coupler whose pusher springs were the single buffer just above to take up the slack. Separate from the Janney design that became law decades later. H.M. Yerington, the V&T’s general manager, actually sued (the United States?) to keep those “automatic” couplers past the 1903 deadline, but it was overruled as they were deemed not fully automatic. So he had to go shopping at the last minute! Also I think I misspake, the Summer Train cars were Brill and not Kimball. No. 4 is a Kimball manufacture.
I’ve been going to the Strasburg Railroad and RRMPA almost every year since I was five, and Tahoe was always my favorite engine. As much as the big steam, diesels and electrics were cool, the tiny Mogul in the corner seemed like it could tell some stories.
Was able to get my ES&D piss cup at the event. The Great Western Steam Up was truly amazing, a once in a lifetime experience indeed. You’ll never see anything like it for a long ass time, glad I was able to go. Also spotted Hyce in the wild at the event lol.
Little late to the party, but thought I'd throw in some comments from my time at this historic event. Firstly, I worked out how Hyce and I kept missing each other: It looks like he was mostly there in the afternoons whereas I always went up first thing in the morning. A bit of a shame we never crossed paths, but nevermind. Since Hyce now works at the Colorado Railroad Museum, we all know where to find him >) 0:56 Yeah, can I also comment on how weird it was to see such a pedestrian friendly city as Carson was? Lovely broad sidewalks and shared use paths, frequent crosswalks, drivers that treated pedestrians as human beings and not as a barely tolerated nuisance or worse as target practice? It was lovely to be able to cross a major road and not be in fear for my life. 1:50 It's actually a 2% grade up by that used car lot all the way to the back of the museum complex by their boneyard. And it was a little extra challenging for reasons I'll elaborate on shortly. 2:09 Actually, I think 4 locos there had 5-chimes: SPNG #18, V&T #25, Bluestone M&S #1, and Antelope & Western #1. Most of them were the dreaded single-chimes though. 4:46 I got to talk to the folks from Kinetic Steamworks, which was a real treat as they're a lovely bunch and kind of legends in the steampunk community. They did have a steam powered snowcone machine set up, but sadly they couldn't secure a steady supply of ice, so no steam snowcones for us. They did have a beautiful printing press set up, and I actually got their first steam printed coaster of the event. And there was a Kona Ice truck around most of the weekend, so snowcones were had, and gratefully so as it was pretty hot. 7:40 That note on the switch stand sparked a memory. The old switchman Layton's referencing from "The Great Locomotive Chase" was actually played by the former mayor of Clayton, GA. So, that's fun. 8:20 I hadn't snapped to it until now, but the V&T "Tahoe" was the only surviving V&T locomotive not in attendance at this event. Guess it was too high a PITA Factor to ship a historic locomotive all the way from Strasburg, PA. 9:13 That's amazing, hearing that just two guys can push that huge engine. I could be wrong, but I thought I heard that this "Chiggin" was actually the biggest 0-4-0 that H. K. Porter ever built. Now, about the slipping; I heard this from multiple onlookers and volunteers throughout the weekend, that the "Chiggin" was leaking fuel oil onto the line. Whether it was a leak in the fuel bunker or from the burners, no one was sure, but it was a problem that was never fully resolved. So whenever an engine slips on the hill, it's probably because of the "Chiggin"'s leaked oil. This led to one particularly memorable incident on the second day: "Chiggin" was sitting outside the sheds next to the wood piles, and apparently had been sitting for so long that leaking oil had pooled beneath her. All of a sudden, that oil lit up and started spreading toward the wood piles, right where my friend was standing and filming. He managed to get out of the way and the fire was quickly brought under control. My friend elected not to upload his video of the incident to Facebook so as not to embarrass the "Chiggin"'s crew and the museum. One of his friends was not so courteous, so evidence of the event does exist out there in Facebookland. Also, as a quick aside, one of the volunteers on the train rides mentioned that all of the fuel oil used by the museum is donated, and one of their largest donors is Reno Tahoe International Airport; they donate the fuel they get from tank drainings for washouts and inspections, since FAA regulations state that once fuel is drained from a tank it cannot be reused, so the airport basically gives it to the railroad museum since they have no use for it. So yeah, these ol' steamers are literally burning jet fuel. Fun note on the Glenbrook: I talked with one of the directors at the museum, who expressed some concern about the future of steam operations at the museum since #25 is their only regular runner anymore; "Inyo" is on reduced boiler pressure and is only really brought out for special occasions like this; in fact, apparently this event was the first one for ages where "Inyo" was allowed to pull any cars at all. Likewise, she was floored by how well the "Glenbrook" held up; despite being another loco that they weren't sure of the capabilities of she stepped up to the plate like a champion, often subbing in for the "Eureka", which was down most of the weekend with temperamental injectors or other mechanical niggles. The only problem with running "Glenbrook" on their regular excursions is that the NSRM has no narrow gauge passenger cars aside from the converted flatcars; the caboose was on loan from Laws, CA. Still, she said it's something they might look into as they need another steam engine for when #25 goes in for overhaul, and their new-build replica of V&T #1 "Lyon" is still a fair ways off. 15:02 Actually, "Tahoe" was finished and tested less than two weeks before the event! It's amazing to see on Facebook how fast their restoration accelerated. That said, rumor was that they had to get a bit... creative to get her running on time, which is why she was never allowed out on the service trains and barely ran at all during the event beyond her show-off laps behind "Inyo" and the odd shuffle up and down the demo track by the shed. 18:30 BZZT! V&T Coach #3 is a NSRM resident and was also recently restored by the museum especially for this event. 25:19 My mother was actually rather upset when you cut away from the beautiful valve gear motion so soon. We could easily have sat and watched that for hours. She actually stuck her tongue out at the TV for that. Antelope & Western #1: The story I got from her owner was that she was built for use in a factory around the Turn-of-the-Century, it seems nobody's quite sure when, and she worked quietly and steadily for 52 years until she took a tumble off a siding and the factory didn't have the resources to haul her back up. So she just sat there forgotten until the current owner's father showed up and asked how much they wanted for her. Thinking it was a joke, the factory said that if he could haul her away he could have her for nothin'. What they didn't know was that the guy owned a wrecking company and had several high capacity cranes at his disposal, so getting the loco out of where she lay was no problem. Over the course of the next couple decades she was restored to her current condition and now resides at the Ardenwood Railroad Museum in California. Incidentally, I am now eagerly waiting for RRO to get Workshop support so that someone will inevitably make a model of this little gem so she can be mine. "Eureka" was supposed to be out pulling trains almost every day that weekend, but she only actually got out onto the loop once due to persistent mechanical problems; the clearest I heard were her injectors being temperamental. Obviously not serious enough to stop her steaming entirely, but enough that they didn't want to pull passengers behind her. Yeah, she was being a cranky ol' lady. So the "Glenbrook" kept stepping in to take her place. One thing I do recall is that once her current owner passes away, the plan is to donate "Eureka" to the Nevada State Railroad Museum and make her a permanent part of their collection alongside "Glenbrook". 33:07 That was another sequence of shots I could just sit and watch all day. The Heisler's motion is just glorious, it is steampunk in the real world. So hypnotic and fascinating seeing all of that mechanical linkage working together. I kept wanting to see the Heisler at work myself, but each time she was brought out I was tired out or hurting from the thumping great blister on my foot. Still, glad to have seen her at all. An absolute work of mechanical art. That whole weekend was a blast. A part of me wishes I'd been able to experience even more, but I certainly had my share of fun. It reaffirmed my belief that railway enthusiasm is one of the healthiest hobbies to get into, that there's no greater band of comrades, no more welcoming and friendly a gang as a gang of railfans. Even if you know nothing about nothing, we're glad to sit with you and share our obsession with you in a kind and encouraging way. And if you do know something about something, we can happily while away hours talking details and minutiae, risk missing dinner reservations to talk about how for all that's original that's left the restored W&A "Texas" isn't the "Texas". Just a friendlier bunch of guys you'll never meet. Made me proud to call myself a railfan.
Cheers for the great comment, seems most of your tidbits and corrections are right save for one: 18 had the only 5 chime. The others you listed are 3 chimes. ;)
The little porter locomotive there could be Betsy if stuck the name on the cab. That tender is has is completely adorable and should be an add-on for the future of the game. Idk it's just the cutest little porter ever with the little tender
Yea buddy,them shots of the heisler were great. And the Big Porter. We have a Porter on static display in a little town called Grand Tower I LL. We live about 20 miles from it and it's neat the Mississippi River. ✌️😎
The one down side of living in Missouri is we don’t have really any working steam engines again ever since the museum of transportation retired the Frisco 1522 from road use; blame BNSF for that one. But we do have live steam groups here which is also awesome. Downside of being an adult is not getting to do said stuff all the time as much as you would like to.
7:18 Don't know if anyone else cares, but out here in Sacramento, there's one spot on the CSRM's excursion line with a harp switch stand like that for three tracks.
Awesome footage! It was great to talk to you and Leighton at the event on Sunday afternoon, hopefully I'll get a chance to see you at CRRM later this year. And one of these days I'll write the rest of the ES&D "anthem" I gave you a couple lines for!
If you’re ever on the East coast, check out Steamtown in Scranton Pennsylvania. Dozens of running engines and a working roundhouse and a fab shop that you can walk through and see them doing the restorations close up. Worth the trip if you’re into this stuff.
hyce you have a hyacenth macaw on your icon, do you own one of those giant expensive birds, never saw one but biggest of the macaws, and 10 is a fair amount of steamers, I have seen like several steam tracters fired up and stationary engines but not locomotives, but the one I work around is one of big ones from the east though there are several northerns with more, 765, still holds the record for most cars on the new river trains, and at 60 mph I believe, but 611 and 2102 or was it 01 have more power, and the nashville engine once rebuilt will as well cuz its a northern but 765 is one of the big old lima berkshire locos pulled 100 car freight trains back in the day in the flats of indiana, ohio and illinos, but being able to roll a locomotive with 2 people thats crazy, I heard some were so well balanced they could turn them on a turntable by hand on the b and o, but not moving it along, sometimes just moving a set of wheels takes about 2 people to get them going when we are rolling wheels into the shop from my experiance the times I have done it.
I do not own any parrots. I don't have enough time to give a bird the care it needs to be happy so I probably won't ever get one. Would be irresponsible.
@@Hyce777 understandable, they require tons of time, especially cockatoos man they are soft and the clowns of the bird world, but they would have themselves grafted to you if they could, they require attention 30 hours a day, I had keets when younger, and used to play with the big parrots in a local pet shop 2 to 3 times a week, for three or 4 years between classes, now the cost of the birds is even more then it was and they eat you out of house and home waste soo much food and throw stuff, not to mention the tantrums, and can take a finger off if they get mad and bite.
Definitely late to the comment party here but I actually do have a lot to add. Regarding Inyo, when you said "When you watch the old cowboy movies or old Hollywood stuff, that's what you see," I chuckled because that's truer than you think. Inyo actually was the first steam locomotive to be owned by a Hollywood studio. She was purchased in 1937 when Paramount decided they needed more authentic railroad equipment to reliably have in their westerns and period flicks. She went on to be used in more than two dozen movies and "The Wild Wild West." And she was also heavily featured in "The Great Locomotive Chase," a film you guys even referenced in this video. This event was the first time in history that all the Hollywood owned locomotives have been in one location. Inyo and Dayton from Paramount. Reno from MGM. #25 from RKO. Tahoe from Universal. Eureka from Warner Bros. And, Dardanelle & Russellville #8 from 20th Century Fox. This event was definitely unlike anything the museum has done in my lifetime. The usual routine is that the train will take two loops around the loop, then be switched into the hole on the third trip, where the engine will uncouple and reconnect facing the opposite direction for the next trip. For the event, we did "Santa Train" style as that is how we run our Christmas trains, where we run three loops and then back into the station. I definitely prefer the former as it means more to do for crew members, but for the event, especially with the narrow gauge equipment involved, it made sense to simplify things. Coach 4 is a Nevada Native and has remained in Nevada since 1971. She was restored back in 1986 by the museum and is rarely ever used for passenger service so as to not wear down the extensive wood and paintwork. She is a prime example of how the passenger trains generally looked in the 19th century, and the cars we regularly use on our year round excursions are workers cars or lower class cabooses, hence the expensive price tag on #4's tickets. I'm hoping we restore more passenger cars for excursion service as the ones we use are showing their wear and could use some heavy maintenance. The biggest rumored contender is combination passenger coach #15. She is a longer and more elegant coach kept in the back of the shops. She is well known for being the coach that was the center piece for the Oscar Winning musical number, "Athison Topeka and the Santa Fe," from the 1946 MGM musical "The Harvey Girls," in which Judy Garland and Ray Bolger both sang on the coach. If done right, she should have about the same level of detailing as #4 and would be an easy favorite on the train. The California State Railroad museum allowed the museum to borrow #21, the JW Bowker, and #12, the Genoa, in trade with #18, the Dayton, and coach #17, the only known piece of railroad equipment to survive from the driving of the golden spike and was actually the private Commissioners Car that was used to carry the golden spike itself to Promontory point in Utah. The deal was set for two years but there are runored plans to extend the lease and potentially keep the switch permanent. If you're interested, try coming back for Independence day, 2025. It will mark the 150th birthdays of Inyo, JW Bowker, Glenbrook, Tahoe, and Eureka, and we're hoping to do another event featuring all of them.
Saw, many many years ago, at the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, their Climax when it was at Rockaway, OR. Now talk about a different locomotive, since I was like 15 at the time it was very strange to see it. Seeing something so very different in how the pistons were...well...not where they normally would be. Also, N scale layout!!
I learned something watching this video. Heisler types have master connecting rods just like radial engines. Radials don't have master valve rods like Heislers do, but they also have 5, 7, or 9 cylinders per row.
Hey Hyce! If you are ever in the NC/SC area you should go check out Tweetsie Railroad up in Boone! they have two authentic narrow gauge (i think) steam locomotives!
Many years ago I saw pictures of a Heisler and it soon became my favourite type of loco. I now prefer Climax locos, although that may be because a Climax is the only geared loco I have seen running.
This was amazing the old 1800s steam reminds me of smokeboxs 119 and Jupiter which I have and run fantastically and the Heisler that was awesome seeing all the counterweights and the gearing fantastic
I was here on the 2nd. I got great photos of all the engines as well as good close-ups. This was an experience unlike anything I've ever had, and I was at the Golden spike 150 events in Utah
I loved! It just makes me look forward to the next weekend to work. And where I work, we only wood burners, and pretty sizable ones (and a lot of times we use donated sleepers to run them), a lot of space is used just to have where to put so much firewood just like in the vid lmao, because , oh boy, they are hungry.
Those are some awesome shots. Loved the inside the frame shots. You should consider a Loco bits and bobs 101 video. Would love to get a pros take on the different valve types/couplers/injectors/lubricators etc that make these iron horses run.
I was on crew for the Sumpter valley when this event happened so I wasn't able to go. Wish I could have though. The really sad thing though, Is that my speeder isn't done with restoration yet but wish I could take it to an event like that. Since it was originally made in 1922 and was used by the southern pacific in oregon until trucks took over, so probably mid 80s or possibly a bit later. It was around through the steam era and still running way past when diesels took over. Granted it has a 1940s motor on it now and I have given it narrow gauge axels and a couple of actual seats to use in on the sumpter valley in comfort. But I still wish I could someday take it to events like that because it is still at its core, one of the very first m14 speeders that Fairmont made and was ran alongside a wide range of steam locomotives
I’m still relatively new to train stuff. That whistle at 20:54 , it that what it’s actually supposed to sound like or what’s going on with it? Sounds weird to me.
I am not sure why it was "feathering"; could've been a number of things, but it was mostly because the engineer didn't really get after the cord too hard.
Great video, Hyce! It was really cool to see the close up shots of those parts moving that I bet not many others thought to get, as well as the shots only you could get!
Hay Hyce I have a question, a tourist railroad neer me is haveing problems getting good coal. As a temporary measure can they burn logs with the coal to help the locomotive or do you know of places to get good coal?
I mean, they can, but logs don't have near the same BTU, it would be really inefficient and increase the fire danger significantly. We get our coal from King Coal mine in Hesperus, Colorado. Not sure if you're local place is close enough to ship cheaply or not, but it's good stuff!
This looks so fun, and I’m really looking forward to the day when I can partake in something similar 👍 I’m gonna need some context on Leighton’s apparent mistreatment of SP 18, though.
Lol, so Leighton has had a streak of him being present when things go wrong on charters. 2019, he was there when SP 18 blew a cylinder head, in 2019 or 2020 he was there when SP 18's blast nozzle broke, and then in 2021 he was there when eureka's blower broke, and then at this event he was there when eureka broke a water glass... He's just bad luck. Lol!
I love going to the Nevada State Rail Road Museum I only like about an out away from it. Another place you should visit some time is Virginia City. They have so many locomotives there and you can ride the train from Virginia City to Carson City it’s so much fun 10/10 would recommend
Wonderful video! Thanks for all of the focus on the paint for Glenbrook, this is the first time I learned of the original 1875 paint under the right cab side. You have indulged my interests most generously!
Inyo is the OLDEST Disney star still working! She was in The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) and was even seen (and likely touched!) by Walt Disney himself. Previously the title belonged to the William Mason, but the engine is now on display.
Chiggen reminds me very much of another big Porter I'm familiar with. East Branch and Lincoln No. 3 is on static display at the base of Loon Mountain. If you do the New England narrow gauge tour, which includes more than just 2-footers as the Mt. Washington Cog is half an inch narrow, this big tank loco is about an hour away and I reccomend going via Conway (preferably on the Notch train) and over the Kangamangus to get there.
It’s historically noted that the Inyo is a movie star it was once owned by Paramount Pictures and appeared in westerns such as Union Pacific Carson City and the Great Locomotive Chase as well as being used in the Wild Wild West television program it was purchased by the State of Nevada from the movie studio I forget the year
What ho Hyce? How hangs it sir? Due to watching your vids I have decided to volunteer for the Doon valley railway museum here in sunny Scotland, I have no previous experience or interest in railways but your fantastic vids and enthusiasm have inspired me, cheers ans all the best from sunny Troon 😊
The pathways to the blast nozzle are all a smidge different, and any amount of wear in the valve gear will cause either side of either piston to get slightly more or less steam, causing a slightly different chuff. :)
If the SCPC #2is the same locomotive I’m thinking it is, she runs at Roaring Camp & Big Trees in Felton, CA. (And sometimes takes passengers to the SC Beach Boardwalk on the SCBG on street running tracks-which is rad. Talk about a chonky engine.
Right off the bat I'm like, "Whoa, So weird seeing Carson Street from someone else's Camera." Sadly the day Steam up was kicking off I cruised through Carson from Stateline up in Tahoe at the butt crack of dawn for Las Vegas to pick up a load going to Gulfport MS. So wanted to stick around for Steam Up. But, money is money and my Truck doesn't make it sitting still.
I will say I’ve never been annoyed by a whistle but when people are talking oh my God I want whistles to shut up Love love your guises content as always and I love steam whistles too I’m just making a funny joke
Hey! I just got back from Hanover, PA. While I was there I saw GN No. 90. If only I was there at the steam up with the others but hey I still enjoyed 90 & 89 😄
The number of behind-the-scenes bits I could go into… it’d take days. At least a few for you from a volunteer at the NSRM:
NCNG 5 has Glenbrook’s boiler from when Glenbrook’s restoration had begun. The boiler was ordered new for the restoration only to find out it didn’t fit the frame. It was sold to NCNG, and Glenbrook’s original boiler was reutilized, repaired, and reused in the locomotive, the ill-fitting boiler being modified to rebuild NCNG 5.
NCNG 5 and Glenbrook may have been sisters, but after their time serving on the Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company (their new working railroad after the C&T), Glenbrook basically stopped her operational life to serve as a source of parts for Tahoe, then NCNG 5, meaning Glenbrook was never actually an oil burner, ending operations before NCNG 5 was converted to oil and kept running.
That comically enormous whistle on the Antelope and Western 0-4-0 porter is actually a part of history close to Glenbrook and Tahoe. Part of the Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company was a steam ship also named the Tahoe, the very ship that basically took everything from the Glenbrook area on the east edge of Lake Tahoe and brought it all up, locomotives included, to Tahoe City for their new life after the logging railroad ended operations. The ship has long since been lost, but before it was, her whistle, a steam ship whistle, was saved, and over time came to NCNG’s possession. When the Antelope and Western was restored, it was given the steam ship Tahoe’s original whistle in all its comically big size. (Info given from NCNG museum volunteers, amazing folks they are)
Inyo may have stopped running for the V&T in the 20’s, but almost directly afterwards, she made her way down to Hollywood to serve in movies and TV shows through the 60’s, giving her a phenomenally long career even before being brought back to the museum to be restored and operated again, with her original 1875 boiler, no less.
Anything further I’ll try to answer to the best of my abilities, otherwise I’ll get info when I can from the museum over the weekend. Great video, and it was awesome to meet you, Hyce!
Thank you for the detailed extra info! I had heard bits and pieces of that across the weekend but having it all in one place is fantastic :)
Does the Glenbrook still have a lap-seam boiler? Here at SCRM, the narrow gauge folks are hard at work restoring the Emma Nevada, which we have found unfortunately has a lap-seam boiler.
@@blackbirdgaming8147 I’m not 100% certain, a lot changed with that boiler when it was rebuilt, sections replaced, I can check this weekend at the museum and get more info for you.
@@Hyce777 I was a volunteer on the Lyon project a couple years back. If you look at the driver side steam chest, the bolts on the disc that connects the timing rod to the cylinder top my initials are on them. CW. Or CRW.
Inyo also played the Texas in the Disney movie "The Great Locomotive Chase" based off of the actual Locomotive chase between the General and the Texas.
On behalf of all the volunteers and staff at the event, thank you so much for your praise! We were genuinely amazed at how many people turned out and keeping everyone safe while still letting them get right up in the action was a tall order. It was really cool getting to meet you, and thanks for coming and for the great video!
Of course! Praise all deserved. It's not easy putting on these sorts of events, and 4 days of this madness was very well wrangled. Nice to meet you as well :)
Is locomotive number 1 a Shay Locomotive.
@@dylanmckevitt2003 nope, that type of locomotive is known as a Heisler. Very similar to a Shay.
@@MrScarfacekesseli ah ok because the front does look similar
The Roots of Motive Power museum is a small but amazing place that’ll only get better as time goes on. In addition to that Heisler and all the stationary engines, they also have a Class B Shay and a Class B Climax with walschearts, with the latter of which being restored to operation as we speak and the former being planned for an operational restoration soon after. It’ll be exciting to have another museum with all three types of operational geared motive power.
Chris Baldo, of Roots of Motive Power, also owns Skookum which is normally running at Niles Canyon. That Heisler was the one I almost cooked myself to death while taking brakeman classes at Roots! I refused a cab ride and went to the diesel instead. I’m a wimp!
The little Porters are even more adorable than you could even imagine!
I’ve seen a porter, they are pretty loud engines. The one I’ve seen is BEDT 15 which is now made to look like Thomas the Tank Engine. It’s an impressively powerful 0-6-0. One I would like to see is J&L 58, a 2ft gauge 0-4-0.
Wait Leightons the dude who blew the top of the piston off 18
13:31 I see Ed put a hold on running the big boy to enjoy the classics 😂
I am not a train guy and I don’t know how I came across your videos but I have watched many of them and I so appreciate your enthusiasm and knowledge of all things steam. I might be becoming a train guy.
You really are a great presenter.
Hi Mark! Sam here (the guy working the fire hydrant down at the depot), glad to see you could show up, it was a hit with the locals too.
Coach No. 4 has actually always been with NSRM. Its sister No. 3 is also in the shop awaiting restoration, as they were part of the V&T’s Winter Train. We also have the two Kimball coaches 11 and 12, which made up the Summer Train. The Inyo can only pull one car at a time these days, as its working pressure was reduced to 75 psi to keep from rebuilding the boiler. It hasn’t had a tube change since the twenty’s!
Oh and thanks for the cup. My wife did NOT think it was funny, which only made it funnier for me!
Cheers Sam! Was great to meet you. I recalled something about a passenger car traveling but evidently I was incorrect! Thank you for the info. Gorgeous cars, either way. And that's kind of incredible that it's run so long with the same boiler and tubes! Haha.
Yes, and to answer your question about the Miller couplers and platforms, those were an early Automatic coupler whose pusher springs were the single buffer just above to take up the slack. Separate from the Janney design that became law decades later. H.M. Yerington, the V&T’s general manager, actually sued (the United States?) to keep those “automatic” couplers past the 1903 deadline, but it was overruled as they were deemed not fully automatic. So he had to go shopping at the last minute!
Also I think I misspake, the Summer Train cars were Brill and not Kimball. No. 4 is a Kimball manufacture.
I really wish I could’ve been able to see this event, but there’s no way my parents would’ve said yes to going
Bummer. Next time ask, worst they'll say is no, and then you come up with a good argument and hope you can change their minds.
@@Hyce777 Just Bribe 'em!
And I live in europe so no go for me either.
Same
@@Hyce777 I tried that with my dad about a model railroad once. He never changed his mind until we moved.
It's the most operable steam engines I've seen at once too, and the Heisler is also the first geared engine I've Seen run
I’ve been going to the Strasburg Railroad and RRMPA almost every year since I was five, and Tahoe was always my favorite engine. As much as the big steam, diesels and electrics were cool, the tiny Mogul in the corner seemed like it could tell some stories.
Was able to get my ES&D piss cup at the event. The Great Western Steam Up was truly amazing, a once in a lifetime experience indeed. You’ll never see anything like it for a long ass time, glad I was able to go.
Also spotted Hyce in the wild at the event lol.
It certainly was! Good to meet you :)
Good to meet you as well
@@Hyce777 was this officially recorded on the tally?
@@leightonmoreland probably?
Little late to the party, but thought I'd throw in some comments from my time at this historic event.
Firstly, I worked out how Hyce and I kept missing each other: It looks like he was mostly there in the afternoons whereas I always went up first thing in the morning. A bit of a shame we never crossed paths, but nevermind. Since Hyce now works at the Colorado Railroad Museum, we all know where to find him >)
0:56 Yeah, can I also comment on how weird it was to see such a pedestrian friendly city as Carson was? Lovely broad sidewalks and shared use paths, frequent crosswalks, drivers that treated pedestrians as human beings and not as a barely tolerated nuisance or worse as target practice? It was lovely to be able to cross a major road and not be in fear for my life.
1:50 It's actually a 2% grade up by that used car lot all the way to the back of the museum complex by their boneyard. And it was a little extra challenging for reasons I'll elaborate on shortly.
2:09 Actually, I think 4 locos there had 5-chimes: SPNG #18, V&T #25, Bluestone M&S #1, and Antelope & Western #1. Most of them were the dreaded single-chimes though.
4:46 I got to talk to the folks from Kinetic Steamworks, which was a real treat as they're a lovely bunch and kind of legends in the steampunk community. They did have a steam powered snowcone machine set up, but sadly they couldn't secure a steady supply of ice, so no steam snowcones for us. They did have a beautiful printing press set up, and I actually got their first steam printed coaster of the event. And there was a Kona Ice truck around most of the weekend, so snowcones were had, and gratefully so as it was pretty hot.
7:40 That note on the switch stand sparked a memory. The old switchman Layton's referencing from "The Great Locomotive Chase" was actually played by the former mayor of Clayton, GA. So, that's fun.
8:20 I hadn't snapped to it until now, but the V&T "Tahoe" was the only surviving V&T locomotive not in attendance at this event. Guess it was too high a PITA Factor to ship a historic locomotive all the way from Strasburg, PA.
9:13 That's amazing, hearing that just two guys can push that huge engine. I could be wrong, but I thought I heard that this "Chiggin" was actually the biggest 0-4-0 that H. K. Porter ever built.
Now, about the slipping; I heard this from multiple onlookers and volunteers throughout the weekend, that the "Chiggin" was leaking fuel oil onto the line. Whether it was a leak in the fuel bunker or from the burners, no one was sure, but it was a problem that was never fully resolved. So whenever an engine slips on the hill, it's probably because of the "Chiggin"'s leaked oil. This led to one particularly memorable incident on the second day: "Chiggin" was sitting outside the sheds next to the wood piles, and apparently had been sitting for so long that leaking oil had pooled beneath her. All of a sudden, that oil lit up and started spreading toward the wood piles, right where my friend was standing and filming. He managed to get out of the way and the fire was quickly brought under control. My friend elected not to upload his video of the incident to Facebook so as not to embarrass the "Chiggin"'s crew and the museum. One of his friends was not so courteous, so evidence of the event does exist out there in Facebookland.
Also, as a quick aside, one of the volunteers on the train rides mentioned that all of the fuel oil used by the museum is donated, and one of their largest donors is Reno Tahoe International Airport; they donate the fuel they get from tank drainings for washouts and inspections, since FAA regulations state that once fuel is drained from a tank it cannot be reused, so the airport basically gives it to the railroad museum since they have no use for it. So yeah, these ol' steamers are literally burning jet fuel.
Fun note on the Glenbrook: I talked with one of the directors at the museum, who expressed some concern about the future of steam operations at the museum since #25 is their only regular runner anymore; "Inyo" is on reduced boiler pressure and is only really brought out for special occasions like this; in fact, apparently this event was the first one for ages where "Inyo" was allowed to pull any cars at all. Likewise, she was floored by how well the "Glenbrook" held up; despite being another loco that they weren't sure of the capabilities of she stepped up to the plate like a champion, often subbing in for the "Eureka", which was down most of the weekend with temperamental injectors or other mechanical niggles. The only problem with running "Glenbrook" on their regular excursions is that the NSRM has no narrow gauge passenger cars aside from the converted flatcars; the caboose was on loan from Laws, CA. Still, she said it's something they might look into as they need another steam engine for when #25 goes in for overhaul, and their new-build replica of V&T #1 "Lyon" is still a fair ways off.
15:02 Actually, "Tahoe" was finished and tested less than two weeks before the event! It's amazing to see on Facebook how fast their restoration accelerated. That said, rumor was that they had to get a bit... creative to get her running on time, which is why she was never allowed out on the service trains and barely ran at all during the event beyond her show-off laps behind "Inyo" and the odd shuffle up and down the demo track by the shed.
18:30 BZZT! V&T Coach #3 is a NSRM resident and was also recently restored by the museum especially for this event.
25:19 My mother was actually rather upset when you cut away from the beautiful valve gear motion so soon. We could easily have sat and watched that for hours. She actually stuck her tongue out at the TV for that.
Antelope & Western #1: The story I got from her owner was that she was built for use in a factory around the Turn-of-the-Century, it seems nobody's quite sure when, and she worked quietly and steadily for 52 years until she took a tumble off a siding and the factory didn't have the resources to haul her back up. So she just sat there forgotten until the current owner's father showed up and asked how much they wanted for her. Thinking it was a joke, the factory said that if he could haul her away he could have her for nothin'. What they didn't know was that the guy owned a wrecking company and had several high capacity cranes at his disposal, so getting the loco out of where she lay was no problem. Over the course of the next couple decades she was restored to her current condition and now resides at the Ardenwood Railroad Museum in California. Incidentally, I am now eagerly waiting for RRO to get Workshop support so that someone will inevitably make a model of this little gem so she can be mine.
"Eureka" was supposed to be out pulling trains almost every day that weekend, but she only actually got out onto the loop once due to persistent mechanical problems; the clearest I heard were her injectors being temperamental. Obviously not serious enough to stop her steaming entirely, but enough that they didn't want to pull passengers behind her. Yeah, she was being a cranky ol' lady. So the "Glenbrook" kept stepping in to take her place. One thing I do recall is that once her current owner passes away, the plan is to donate "Eureka" to the Nevada State Railroad Museum and make her a permanent part of their collection alongside "Glenbrook".
33:07 That was another sequence of shots I could just sit and watch all day. The Heisler's motion is just glorious, it is steampunk in the real world. So hypnotic and fascinating seeing all of that mechanical linkage working together. I kept wanting to see the Heisler at work myself, but each time she was brought out I was tired out or hurting from the thumping great blister on my foot. Still, glad to have seen her at all. An absolute work of mechanical art.
That whole weekend was a blast. A part of me wishes I'd been able to experience even more, but I certainly had my share of fun. It reaffirmed my belief that railway enthusiasm is one of the healthiest hobbies to get into, that there's no greater band of comrades, no more welcoming and friendly a gang as a gang of railfans. Even if you know nothing about nothing, we're glad to sit with you and share our obsession with you in a kind and encouraging way. And if you do know something about something, we can happily while away hours talking details and minutiae, risk missing dinner reservations to talk about how for all that's original that's left the restored W&A "Texas" isn't the "Texas". Just a friendlier bunch of guys you'll never meet. Made me proud to call myself a railfan.
Cheers for the great comment, seems most of your tidbits and corrections are right save for one: 18 had the only 5 chime. The others you listed are 3 chimes. ;)
I remember going to steam fest in Michigan. So many iconic locomotives, it was awesome.
Surprised you didn't mention when D&S blew it up after your visit there.
I like how there just calling the porter's "betsy" now.
Thanks kAN.
The little porter locomotive there could be Betsy if stuck the name on the cab. That tender is has is completely adorable and should be an add-on for the future of the game. Idk it's just the cutest little porter ever with the little tender
Yea buddy,them shots of the heisler were great. And the Big Porter. We have a Porter on static display in a little town called Grand Tower I LL. We live about 20 miles from it and it's neat the Mississippi River. ✌️😎
man i just love your videos. the machine loving weirdo in me is so glad to enjoy your perspective and knowledge. so cool. thanks hyce
So every time you couple with the chugged from its front you just hear guzhuczh-----fwooaczap! (Continues screaming in rubber chicken)
Not chugged, chiggen. I hate autocorrect.
The one down side of living in Missouri is we don’t have really any working steam engines again ever since the museum of transportation retired the Frisco 1522 from road use; blame BNSF for that one. But we do have live steam groups here which is also awesome. Downside of being an adult is not getting to do said stuff all the time as much as you would like to.
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*CHICKEN?!!?*
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*CHICKEN!!!!*
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*CHICKEN!*
7:18 Don't know if anyone else cares, but out here in Sacramento, there's one spot on the CSRM's excursion line with a harp switch stand like that for three tracks.
That’s an AJ Stevens designed tulip lubricator on the Dayton. Even rarer than a McCoy.
The chiggen, a comically large Oh-Fer-Oh.
Does this happen annually? Any other big annual steam events like this in the US?
I wish; not really.
FYI The v&t coach that was behind the Inyo is from the nsrm not California
Awesome footage! It was great to talk to you and Leighton at the event on Sunday afternoon, hopefully I'll get a chance to see you at CRRM later this year. And one of these days I'll write the rest of the ES&D "anthem" I gave you a couple lines for!
God that was so good. I should have written it down!
If you’re ever on the East coast, check out Steamtown in Scranton Pennsylvania. Dozens of running engines and a working roundhouse and a fab shop that you can walk through and see them doing the restorations close up. Worth the trip if you’re into this stuff.
Damn I didn't think I'd ever see someone WALKING in AMERICA.
Right? it's not common... lol. We "like" our cars...
hyce you have a hyacenth macaw on your icon, do you own one of those giant expensive birds, never saw one but biggest of the macaws, and 10 is a fair amount of steamers, I have seen like several steam tracters fired up and stationary engines but not locomotives, but the one I work around is one of big ones from the east though there are several northerns with more, 765, still holds the record for most cars on the new river trains, and at 60 mph I believe, but 611 and 2102 or was it 01 have more power, and the nashville engine once rebuilt will as well cuz its a northern but 765 is one of the big old lima berkshire locos pulled 100 car freight trains back in the day in the flats of indiana, ohio and illinos, but being able to roll a locomotive with 2 people thats crazy, I heard some were so well balanced they could turn them on a turntable by hand on the b and o, but not moving it along, sometimes just moving a set of wheels takes about 2 people to get them going when we are rolling wheels into the shop from my experiance the times I have done it.
I do not own any parrots. I don't have enough time to give a bird the care it needs to be happy so I probably won't ever get one. Would be irresponsible.
@@Hyce777 understandable, they require tons of time, especially cockatoos man they are soft and the clowns of the bird world, but they would have themselves grafted to you if they could, they require attention 30 hours a day, I had keets when younger, and used to play with the big parrots in a local pet shop 2 to 3 times a week, for three or 4 years between classes, now the cost of the birds is even more then it was and they eat you out of house and home waste soo much food and throw stuff, not to mention the tantrums, and can take a finger off if they get mad and bite.
Definitely late to the comment party here but I actually do have a lot to add.
Regarding Inyo, when you said "When you watch the old cowboy movies or old Hollywood stuff, that's what you see," I chuckled because that's truer than you think. Inyo actually was the first steam locomotive to be owned by a Hollywood studio. She was purchased in 1937 when Paramount decided they needed more authentic railroad equipment to reliably have in their westerns and period flicks. She went on to be used in more than two dozen movies and "The Wild Wild West." And she was also heavily featured in "The Great Locomotive Chase," a film you guys even referenced in this video.
This event was the first time in history that all the Hollywood owned locomotives have been in one location.
Inyo and Dayton from Paramount.
Reno from MGM.
#25 from RKO.
Tahoe from Universal.
Eureka from Warner Bros.
And, Dardanelle & Russellville #8 from 20th Century Fox.
This event was definitely unlike anything the museum has done in my lifetime. The usual routine is that the train will take two loops around the loop, then be switched into the hole on the third trip, where the engine will uncouple and reconnect facing the opposite direction for the next trip. For the event, we did "Santa Train" style as that is how we run our Christmas trains, where we run three loops and then back into the station. I definitely prefer the former as it means more to do for crew members, but for the event, especially with the narrow gauge equipment involved, it made sense to simplify things.
Coach 4 is a Nevada Native and has remained in Nevada since 1971. She was restored back in 1986 by the museum and is rarely ever used for passenger service so as to not wear down the extensive wood and paintwork. She is a prime example of how the passenger trains generally looked in the 19th century, and the cars we regularly use on our year round excursions are workers cars or lower class cabooses, hence the expensive price tag on #4's tickets. I'm hoping we restore more passenger cars for excursion service as the ones we use are showing their wear and could use some heavy maintenance. The biggest rumored contender is combination passenger coach #15. She is a longer and more elegant coach kept in the back of the shops. She is well known for being the coach that was the center piece for the Oscar Winning musical number, "Athison Topeka and the Santa Fe," from the 1946 MGM musical "The Harvey Girls," in which Judy Garland and Ray Bolger both sang on the coach. If done right, she should have about the same level of detailing as #4 and would be an easy favorite on the train.
The California State Railroad museum allowed the museum to borrow #21, the JW Bowker, and #12, the Genoa, in trade with #18, the Dayton, and coach #17, the only known piece of railroad equipment to survive from the driving of the golden spike and was actually the private Commissioners Car that was used to carry the golden spike itself to Promontory point in Utah. The deal was set for two years but there are runored plans to extend the lease and potentially keep the switch permanent.
If you're interested, try coming back for Independence day, 2025.
It will mark the 150th birthdays of Inyo, JW Bowker, Glenbrook, Tahoe, and Eureka, and we're hoping to do another event featuring all of them.
SP401....any railroad online devs following PLEASE add that if we expand to passenger service
We NEED the chiggen in rro
Saw, many many years ago, at the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, their Climax when it was at Rockaway, OR. Now talk about a different locomotive, since I was like 15 at the time it was very strange to see it. Seeing something so very different in how the pistons were...well...not where they normally would be.
Also, N scale layout!!
I’m not surprised that Ed was there
When I can get the time to travel, I'm definitely going to go around the states to various museums. Steam trains are just really fascinating
It's a good thing to do! Lots of cool stuff to see across the states.
I learned something watching this video. Heisler types have master connecting rods just like radial engines. Radials don't have master valve rods like Heislers do, but they also have 5, 7, or 9 cylinders per row.
Hey Hyce! If you are ever in the NC/SC area you should go check out Tweetsie Railroad up in Boone! they have two authentic narrow gauge (i think) steam locomotives!
They do! I'd love to check out the Tweetsie.
Oh my lord I wish I could have made it there......amazing just to read about the old west.....those engines were actually there back then.😉👍
SCPC #2 actually net up with four other steamers in 2014, and participated in a quintuple header in Niles canyon, CA.
Many years ago I saw pictures of a Heisler and it soon became my favourite type of loco. I now prefer Climax locos, although that may be because a Climax is the only geared loco I have seen running.
This was amazing the old 1800s steam reminds me of smokeboxs 119 and Jupiter which I have and run fantastically and the Heisler that was awesome seeing all the counterweights and the gearing fantastic
They should run an air line to the chicken so when they pull the whistle cord the chicken screams
I was here on the 2nd. I got great photos of all the engines as well as good close-ups. This was an experience unlike anything I've ever had, and I was at the Golden spike 150 events in Utah
I loved! It just makes me look forward to the next weekend to work. And where I work, we only wood burners, and pretty sizable ones (and a lot of times we use donated sleepers to run them), a lot of space is used just to have where to put so much firewood just like in the vid lmao, because , oh boy, they are hungry.
17:48 the Inyo’s chuffing is what you’d imagine a giant monster teddy bear’s running to sound like.
Oh man that mounted shot of the Heisler... absolutely gorgeous but now I have to take a cold shower I think XD
Those are some awesome shots. Loved the inside the frame shots. You should consider a Loco bits and bobs 101 video. Would love to get a pros take on the different valve types/couplers/injectors/lubricators etc that make these iron horses run.
Have you been to Pennsylvania? There is quadruple of what you saw there at the rr museum of Pennsylvania
I made that number plate thats on the Reno currently.
That's awesome!
Is it just me or did Mr Wankel take inspiration from Mr Heisler?
Must be pure coincidence that both are underappreciated.
Okay but he mentioned the Great Locomotive Chase. I just wanna know when youre coming out to adairsville for the festival so i can meet you lol
Was there more steam engines than at Didcot Railway Center?
Don't know.
I was on crew for the Sumpter valley when this event happened so I wasn't able to go. Wish I could have though.
The really sad thing though, Is that my speeder isn't done with restoration yet but wish I could take it to an event like that. Since it was originally made in 1922 and was used by the southern pacific in oregon until trucks took over, so probably mid 80s or possibly a bit later. It was around through the steam era and still running way past when diesels took over. Granted it has a 1940s motor on it now and I have given it narrow gauge axels and a couple of actual seats to use in on the sumpter valley in comfort. But I still wish I could someday take it to events like that because it is still at its core, one of the very first m14 speeders that Fairmont made and was ran alongside a wide range of steam locomotives
37:13?!?!?!? THE THING THAT HAS BEE DISSASEMBELLED FOR LIKE 35 YEARS?!?!?!
I’m still relatively new to train stuff. That whistle at 20:54 , it that what it’s actually supposed to sound like or what’s going on with it? Sounds weird to me.
I am not sure why it was "feathering"; could've been a number of things, but it was mostly because the engineer didn't really get after the cord too hard.
@@Hyce777 Oh, interesting! At least it makes for a good cartoon sound effect still, lol.
Inyo also has her original boiler and is running at a way reduced pressure which is also a reason for the "womf"
Great video, Hyce! It was really cool to see the close up shots of those parts moving that I bet not many others thought to get, as well as the shots only you could get!
When you say they brought locomotives in, how on earth did they do that?
On the back of semi trucks!
Intermodal
I was there, Glenbrook and Tahoe are such great locomotives.
The 2 had the largest drive wheels on all of Mt. Rainier Scenic for the short time she was here.
...wait, really?
@Hyce Yes! It was a fact Stathi was extremely proud of. Also her driver's were spaced farther apart than any of our other rod engines.
@@Hyce777 you don't really notice at first cause she's just so big for a Porter, but she's got big drive wheels for a little tank engine.
I've always been fascinated by geared locomotives and I would love to see more film on the Heisler.
Hay Hyce I have a question, a tourist railroad neer me is haveing problems getting good coal. As a temporary measure can they burn logs with the coal to help the locomotive or do you know of places to get good coal?
I mean, they can, but logs don't have near the same BTU, it would be really inefficient and increase the fire danger significantly. We get our coal from King Coal mine in Hesperus, Colorado. Not sure if you're local place is close enough to ship cheaply or not, but it's good stuff!
The hycler I just a off-road truck with a mid engine and welded diffs
It's crazy that this was only a year and 7 months ago, it feels like a lot longer than that but it has been a fun time with current mark
man i could watch those Heisler shots forever
Leighton was driving the sp18 durring the incident ?
This looks so fun, and I’m really looking forward to the day when I can partake in something similar 👍
I’m gonna need some context on Leighton’s apparent mistreatment of SP 18, though.
Lol, so Leighton has had a streak of him being present when things go wrong on charters. 2019, he was there when SP 18 blew a cylinder head, in 2019 or 2020 he was there when SP 18's blast nozzle broke, and then in 2021 he was there when eureka's blower broke, and then at this event he was there when eureka broke a water glass... He's just bad luck. Lol!
What is that really Ed Dickins of the Union Pacific steam program riding in the Glenbrook
It really is! He was there during the weekend.
I felt the same way about geared engines until I got to see a narrow gauge shay run. It really heled me get an appreciation for all steam.
Damn, I wish I could’ve gone to this event, looked like a fun time.
I love going to the Nevada State Rail Road Museum I only like about an out away from it. Another place you should visit some time is Virginia City. They have so many locomotives there and you can ride the train from Virginia City to Carson City it’s so much fun 10/10 would recommend
Some would call it a HYCE- ler (where are the limes I need to lime myself)
I really love when a railroad is open concept wish some more railroads were like that nowadays
thats not the great western way cried duck thats here in britian on the great western railway!
Wonderful video! Thanks for all of the focus on the paint for Glenbrook, this is the first time I learned of the original 1875 paint under the right cab side. You have indulged my interests most generously!
any time buddy, any time :)
That's for mentioning where it's held.
Id love to see Hyce do more Heisler/geared locomotive talk on the channel. They unfortunately are misunderstood but beautiful works of art
I need to get up close and film more geared steam. Some time.
I'm surprised that 20 didn't get invited to the event-
Inyo is the OLDEST Disney star still working! She was in The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) and was even seen (and likely touched!) by Walt Disney himself. Previously the title belonged to the William Mason, but the engine is now on display.
Chiggen reminds me very much of another big Porter I'm familiar with. East Branch and Lincoln No. 3 is on static display at the base of Loon Mountain. If you do the New England narrow gauge tour, which includes more than just 2-footers as the Mt. Washington Cog is half an inch narrow, this big tank loco is about an hour away and I reccomend going via Conway (preferably on the Notch train) and over the Kangamangus to get there.
Next time ya visit, id like to meet ya. I live in reno so, not too far of a travel.
Awesome video I liked the last shot of the heisler locomotive
It’s historically noted that the Inyo is a movie star it was once owned by Paramount Pictures and appeared in westerns such as Union Pacific Carson City and the Great Locomotive Chase as well as being used in the Wild Wild West television program it was purchased by the State of Nevada from the movie studio I forget the year
is this have a big display most of locomotive
And that shows how into steam Ed Dickens is.... He shows up at this event just to have fun.
He gave a couple seminar type talks over the weekend, wouldn't be surprised if he was invited specifically.
@@Hyce777 I saw the ad for it afterwards. It's still nice to see him enjoying a ride where he isn't the engineer.
What ho Hyce? How hangs it sir? Due to watching your vids I have decided to volunteer for the Doon valley railway museum here in sunny Scotland, I have no previous experience or interest in railways but your fantastic vids and enthusiasm have inspired me, cheers ans all the best from sunny Troon 😊
Employees Excursion to the balls bath paradies for railroaders. Like back in school. ES&D must be a good employer! 👀👍
Damn I so hate I missed out on this.................
I really like the big stack on the Inyo... Another Gigantic little engine is the CNJ -113 0-6-0 ,it's much bigger in-person than 1 would think ....
At 18:00 what makes the one exhaust "release" sound different from the other 3 per rotation.
The pathways to the blast nozzle are all a smidge different, and any amount of wear in the valve gear will cause either side of either piston to get slightly more or less steam, causing a slightly different chuff. :)
If the SCPC #2is the same locomotive I’m thinking it is, she runs at Roaring Camp & Big Trees in Felton, CA. (And sometimes takes passengers to the SC Beach Boardwalk on the SCBG on street running tracks-which is rad.
Talk about a chonky engine.
The chicken is not as strong as the UP Big boy
Right off the bat I'm like, "Whoa, So weird seeing Carson Street from someone else's Camera."
Sadly the day Steam up was kicking off I cruised through Carson from Stateline up in Tahoe at the butt crack of dawn for Las Vegas to pick up a load going to Gulfport MS.
So wanted to stick around for Steam Up. But, money is money and my Truck doesn't make it sitting still.
I will say I’ve never been annoyed by a whistle but when people are talking oh my God I want whistles to shut up Love love your guises content as always and I love steam whistles too I’m just making a funny joke
Hey! I just got back from Hanover, PA. While I was there I saw GN No. 90. If only I was there at the steam up with the others but hey I still enjoyed 90 & 89 😄
What’d Layton do to that engine?😂
I just saw a FB post of the event, and it was like playing where’s Waldo, ERr I mean “Where’s Hyce”
That wheel slip was terrifying
Love SP 18s desert 5 chime! I remember seeing her in Durango in 2021. Her whistle is SO loud!