Well thank you for that! We were planning so much this summer but we are actually still scheduled to go to this year’s Narrowgauge reunion in August. Let’s hope that goes forward
I have to say that I never really appreciated the narrow gauge too much but, your video gave me a respect for it because it was not just boring passenger service being shown; ad nauseum, infineum. To see the intended purpose of the RR portrayed was a breath of fresh air. Mind you that passenger service is an important part - and this is a tourist based RR - however, the nuts-and-bolts [historically] lie in it freight operations. Wonderful to see that passionate endeavors by private individuals have led to the fully operational use of the equipment.
Very cool! I came into Chama the day following the Narrow Gauge Reunion (was at the Grand Canyon prior to that). I spotted your mustang in the parking lot, but I didn't see you. Maybe our paths will cross next time!
@@ToyManTelevision Cabooses Bellevue and Cascade Caboose 55 Caboose 55 Caboose This Bellevue and Cascade caboose is a genuine Iowa narrow gauge car. Built by Ohio Falls Car Company around 1880, it served on the Bellevue and Cascade in North East Iowa until the line closed operation around 1936. It was their only caboose. We have a dedicated page to Caboose 55 here. Caboose 55 It is back on the rail now at the Midwest Central Railroad. The caboose was dedicated in a ribbon cutting ceremony during Old Threshers 2005. The MCRR's First Caboose Caboose The first caboose for MCRR grew from plans of a Florence and Cripple Creek caboose in the April 1959 issue of 'Railroad Model Craftsman'. Its builders noted it was most likely the first time a replica was built in reverse from model plans. With its windowed cupola, it quickly became the most popular car for riders. White Pass RR Caboose Caboose This caboose operated in Alaska on the White Pass and Yukon Railway. It was shipped to Iowa around 1990. It is one of three remaining White Pass steel cabooses
Thank you for sharing. I saw 315 at Rail Fest this year and I really wanted to do the Narrow Gauge Reunion, but just couldn't take off the 2 two days at the beginning of the school year. It makes me happy to see 315 and 463 running together. I can't wait to photograph 315 and 463 double heading the train next year for opening day on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad.
Wait they are going to have the rotary running? Yes, I'm a elementary music teacher. In my spare time I can't help but chase, ride, and take pictures of the train. Both the Durango and Silverton and Cumbres and Toltec are only 3 hours from Albuquerque.
COOL. Both Karyn and I taught. She ESL in elementary school. And I taught film at serval universities. Now just screwing around. Have you seen show #1? Sot of explains it. Sort of. They usually fire the rotary IF there are drifts at Cumbres. Big money to ride, like 600. But if they do, I'll rob a bank or something.
That is awesome, I have seen the first episode. I love watching your videos. I think this one and the one about ghost tracking the RGS are my current favorites. I love the narrow gauge, and have recently taken to reading about it from authors like Norwood and Richardson. I can't wait to see what parts you choose to model on your layout.
At 21:00 the #2 engine is blowing a lot of black smoke and the #1 engine isn't blowing any smoke at all but it is blowing steam from its valve. Is this because the #1 engine isn't do any work, just along for the ride, or is it because of another reason?
That was some most glorious screwing around! I grew up during the steam era. My grandparents and mother lived in Highland Park Illinois before she married my father after the war. We spent our vacations in Highland Park and was very fortunate to have a pair of double RR tracks behind my grandparents house and every time the steamers came by I'd run to the backyard or the window to watch them. Sometimes they would pass each other in opposite directions. My father and grandfather would take me down the the rail yard and we would make scissors with two pins when the engine would run over them...that is if we could find them. I was too young to remember but they put me up in the engine while they turned it around on the turntable. Oh how I miss those wonderful machines and my youth in Highland Park! ...... Johnny
WOW. I want to make scissors!!! How does that work?? Smashed many a penny. My Aunt's house was next to the UP yards, my Great Grandmother on the other side of the 20 or so tracks. I got kicked off the property may a time by the "dicks".
Making scissors.......take two straight pins, cross them like an X, let the engine run over them, and if you can find them again, you have what my father called 'scissors' lol Back then, this was some major screwing around!
Wonderful video. especially the freight train. What really set this off though, is your music selections. They really set the atmosphere and gave a real sense of nostalgia.
It was a grand event, with pile driving, beautiful scenery and weather, and more run-bys than you could count! I returned the next week for four days of "Fireman.School" on the Cumbres and Toltec, and are my arms tired! I'm looking forward to Part 2!
("But officer, we have to go fast, we have some serious screwing around to do and have to catch a train!") Awesome video guys. That scenery out there is so spectacular!!! It's no wonder so many people model that section of railroad. Great to see all the different classes of locomotives in the same place and out running!! Off to the Goose video now
Model T Ford Foreman's Truck Model T This is a 1923 Model T Ford Forman's truck. It was operated at Argent Lumber Company. It was given to use when we purchased the No.6 and No.2
1930 Model A Ford Fireman Truck Model A This is a 1930 Model A Ford fireman truck. It was operated at West Side Lumber. It was included when the MCRR purchased the No. 9
I must complement you on one of finest train videos I have ever watched. I was the one who had a Studebaker as my first car. That was a a great video. This one is much better. I love trains and have a ton of train videos. I liked this much better than most of those shows. I can't wait to see the goose part of the show.
No. 6 (Baldwin) the 6 The 6 The 6 (Above photos courtesy Jeff Terry, September 2010. Each picture links to a larger version.) Midwest Central Railroad's oldest locomotive, No. 6, was built by Baldwin in 1891 for the Surry Sussex & Southampton Railway (named after the three counties where it operated) in Virginia. No. 6 is a class 8-18-D Baldwin, meaning it is a 2-6-0 with cylinders bored to 12". It has a cylinder stroke of 18" and has 37" drivers. No. 6 weighs about 25 tons (30 tons with its tender), and was listed as being 37'-1" long by Baldwin on October 1st, 1927. Originally, No. 6 was built as a wood burner with a straight stack, extended smokebox, box-style kerosene headlight, and a vertical stave pilot. In 1898, No. 6 was converted to burn coal. In 1903, the original headlight was replaced with a 2" smaller box headlight. The headlight was again replaced in 1913, but this time with a round-case, however, the size remained the same. Sometime before 1914, the original Baldwin straight capped stack was replaced with a venturi-shaped cast stack, and the plate pilot wheel replaced with a spoked pilot wheel. Sometime after 1914, No. 6 received many modifications such as Southern Valve Gear (replacing the factory Stephenson Valve Gear), a Pyle-National electrical system, a rear sand-box, a new tender tank, a new smokebox, and a switchyard style pilot. No. 6 was retired in 1925 when traffic declined at the SS&S. Shortly after the sale, it was purchased back by Baldwin. It was resold by Baldwin on January 11th, 1936, to the Argent Lumber Company in South Carolina. No. 6 went back to burning wood at Argent. At Argent, No. 6 would operate alongside two of what would become the MCRR's other locomotives: N.B.&W.R.R./A.L.Co.'s No. 2 and B.C.L.Co./A.L.Co.'s No. 1 until 1956. At Argent Lumber, No. 6 gained an iron cab and Rushton stack. Various other small details were arranged at Argent's convenience as well, such as the relocation and replacement of the dynamo. In 1955, it suffered a crown-sheet failure that killed the engine crew, but was soon rebuilt. In 1960, No. 6 was purchased by the Midwest Central Railroad along with the No. 2. It was the first locomotive to operate on the MCRR and was the main engine until 1971 when it was taken out of service for major repairs. No. 6 returned to service in 1988, with a new boiler and conversion to oil fire. No. 6 was out of service from 2008 until 2010 for flue and firebox-stay repairs. The inside cab piping, injectors, and other controls were refined in early 2018.
Great music to accompany this video of Great Trains. What was that music? Really some great footage of these narrow gauge engines that are still here for us to enjoy and see a part of American history alive before our eyes. I am trying to keep track of the different engines and locations where they can be seen. Hoping to get in on the restoration of DSP&P RR in Como next summer and have a hand in some actual work on their line. Thank you for this video it has inspired me to want to travel around Colorado and see all these narrow gauge trains in person.
Oddly enough I’m not sure what that music is! I’d buy all my music from a company called smart sound, that way I can get it with UA-cam rights, but they buy it from someone else. So I often see it by several names! Some of this is by Richard Band. Him I recognize! But the names of the music have been changed. It’s a cool system!! The music I buy has been broken out by measures. Much of the music is also recorded one instrument at a time. So when I bring them into the timeline it only brings in either half a measure or one measure of the music allowing me to change it up. I can skip from measure 12 to 30 or back to two.. whatever works. Moreover I can add or subtract instruments. Well I should say subtract because when it comes in they’re all there. But if I want to take out the drums or the baseline I can do that. Or say just use the piano. Or just the solo guitar or whatever. Simple fun and creative.
Hope it happens this year. We already have tickets. But..... August. Let’s hope. Dan will be bringing his locomotive and new combine car which he is finishing now. Just the “head liner”. The paper on the ceiling. And Chris is bringing his locomotive. So 2 1875 locomotives and a recreation of a 1875 passenger car to ride in!!!
Thanks! We really love this trip and were signed up for it this year but with Covid everything got canceled. We told them to just roll our seats over till next year.
For luck i live in Genova, about 150 km from Milan and the virus center.. but we respect quarantine and rules to go out only for real need, also we in Genova have a little metric mountain railroad that i want to show you, here you can find electric loco and trains built in 1929 and still working, we also have the "mighty" 29 that is the oldest electrical loco working in Europe. enjoy it ua-cam.com/video/5DZPeI-yCaU/v-deo.html
Wish I could see a nighttime run of a steam locomotive. That unfortunately is considered too dangerous here in Nevada. And great choice of background music! As soon as I start driving I am buying a ticket and heading straight to Colorado to ride on both the C&TS and the D&S.
The photos line would be a great enjoyment for all... The music, the shots all shows just how much you like trains with a passion. I will be doing a documentary on Eureka at the end of this month and part of the story will include the Ruby Hill and later the Union Pacific and Denver Rio and Grande Western railroads...do you have some suggestions on some real footage for these trains?
Gee, no. UP has stuff, lots of stuff.. Not sure how to get to it. And Denver Public Library. I followed the #4 for several years starting in 91 after Dan finished the restoration. Shot tons of stuff on standard def. UMatic and Beta Cam formats. Planning a show with that. Need to get in digitized. Have it on Durango, in Eureka and at Plaster City. And in the documentary, "The West".
Great video! I'll bet it's amazing to ride on a steam train at night. Also, unlike a lot of videos, the background music in yours actually added to it and helped to capture the feeling.
I absolutely love this series of videos. To paraphrase Pink Floyd, "Wish You Were Here" , I really wish I was there! Just think what could have been done with the standard gauge line that the EVIL people of UP abandoned from the eye on the mains west of Mosquitoe Pass to Pueblo down the Arkansas River Valley and through the Royal Gorge! Wouldn't that have been spectacular! Short sighted profits ruled. A regular service from Glenwood Springs to Pueblo would have been an incredible tourist venue with a variety of vintage diesel streamliners and steam! Think on that! This truly should have become the National Railroad Museum with the most spectacular scenery Colorado has to offer along with a rich history! Just a passing thought. s.a.m.
No kidding! Have you seen the show on the last train over the Coalville branch here on the channel? You were so many people fighting to keep that track in place, and to lay a very short section of track from the South end of that line to the north end of the Rio Grande line that went to Heber Utah which is already a scenic railroad. Which would have connected park city with two beautiful scenic lines in opposite directions. Who couldn’t make money on a scenic railroad running out of Park city Utah? But they couldn’t make it happen.
Navigation menu No. 14 (Plymouth) No. 14 Locomotive No. 14 (original nomenclature "No. D-14") is a diesel-hydraulic Plymouth MDT built in 1965. It is construction number 6453 and was originally owned by Carbon Limestone Company of Hillsville, Pennsylvania. It is similar to MCRR's other Plymouth MDT, No. D-9, although the drive has some differences. No.14 is powered by a supercharged Cummins NHS diesel. (Note: much of this page is similar to that of No. D-9's due to the history of these locomotive's journey to the MCRR.) In November of 1983, Service Machine Equipment purchased Carbon Limestone's operation and due to their unfavorable opinion on railroads, the fleet of diesels were left largely abandoned. No. D-9 and No. 14 were found by Midwest Central Railroad volunteers in the early 1990s and were subsequently purchased. Originally operating on 38" gauge track (instead of the typical 36"), No. D-9 and No. 14 were regauged in the MCRR shops. No. 14 quickly entered service after its arrival. No. D-9 was left untouched for several years. It wasn't until 2009 that No. D-9's restoration began. Due to other more urgent projects, D-9's restoration ended up being sidelined after a year or two's worth of work. As of 2019, No. D-9's restoration has resumed and is close to being in operable condition. Here is No. 14 in action at the 2009 Old Threshers' Reunion. No. 6 wasn't on the tracks (awaiting its boiler repairs) and No. 16 was having some operating difficulties. Usually confined to the switch yard north of the shop, No. 14 was put into passenger service for a portion of the Reunion. It also pulled trains during the 2010 and 2011 Reunions, as well as filling in during Midwest Haunted Rails and North Pole Express. To read more about Carbon Limestone's unique operation, pick up the following book: "Ghost Rails IX State Line Legends" by Wayne A. Cole
Dale and Karen; Well you've done again. A more then, "Small succulent slice..." As Rich Tathoue would of said. You got my hand on a credit card and looking for a 1:20.3 K-27 from you know where. Honestly, one of your better episodes. Six minutes to spare. Well, I bet you ran that pony hard getting there. Thanks for this one. Greg and Jeanne.
Our backs are trashed. And a speeding ticket. Taking retired race cars on road trips is not for people with bad backs. We need to stick to the Sebring and Focus. Ouch!!!!! I feel like I have a brick in my ***. BUT what a trip!! And the right on to Ely for the Wrecking Crane. BUT WOW!!!
I did THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's my side job from working at an air port full. I have the art of "screwing around" with aviation. BUT, trains are better even though King Air 350's are nifty! If you ever come out on I-70 through MO I can show you around the the STL transport museum thats home of the famed FRISCO 1522. AND a live steam railroad just a little west of the museum. I just took my wife there for her first live steam train ride and SHE LOVED IT! where as me, been going there since I was 2.
I think Denver & Rio Grande western 2-8-0 315 is going to be on the cumbres and Toltec for 5 years now because of the fire that burned some of the buildings on the Durango and Silverton narrow gauge railroad.
I’m wondering if it will ever go back to Silverton. The deal at CATS is great and if they get the water tank working at ... not sure. Lava? Out by there. Anyway small engines can’t cross the whole line for lack of water. But the friends of the CATS are fixing that. So they may just stay there. Who knows.
I went to the Colorado Railroad Museum and I saw cool looking narrow gauge goodies! The galloping goose and more! It was awesome! The only standard gauge engine I found was the CB&Q engine. I wanted to see a steam locomotive running on saturday but the day we went it was closed for new year. On Jan 1st and 2nd I rode the CZ from denver to glenwood and back.
Toy Man Television Forgot to mention the F units you mentioned were Standard gauge! On the CZ on the return trip from Glenwood, I didnt see people boarding when I waved my hand🖑 and the horn of Amtrak P42 No. 1 gave 2 toots of the horn and the train started to move when I realized I highballed the train!!!
Steam Locomotives always carry lot of fascination n attraction for the people. The sweet sound of whistle and the engine add more charm Steam locomotive may not have the speed of Diesel or Electric locomotive, but has more charm and beauty. It is the QUEEN of Railways. Of by tv
10:45 does anyone know what whistle the 315 is wearing here? Also, I would have loved to be at this event, it looks awesome! And who doesn't like narrow gauge?
I’m not sure where they got that whistle. We’re off to this same event this year unless the coronavirus kills it. This year Eureka and Palisades number four as well as the Glenbrook are coming in. Also Dan is bringing his private car do you Rica and Palisades Palisades named Elsa after his mother
@@ToyManTelevision cool. I wish I could make it out to Colorado for this, I love narrow gauge. I particularly like smaller engines like the 315, always have. I'll get to this event some day, and who knows? Maybe I'll get to go this year (circumstances permitting). Either way, best of luck and have a nice evening. :)
If you enjoy narrow gauge, try to look an little mountain metric railway in Italy, where you can go in train built in 1929 and sometimes here is running the oldest electrical locomotive in Europe that still work ua-cam.com/video/m73cOLvGxSA/v-deo.html
Have you been to the midwest central railroad in Mount Pleasant Iowa? They have a whole lot of vintage railroad equipment and the locomotive you rode behind on the Georgetown loop railroad
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Sort of. I have done a few "how to's" with a few guys. Planning a bunch more. Winter is slow for real trains, so I need more model stuff. Working on another show on operating, and a backdrop show.
I got to see all the Geese at the Colorado Railroad Museum but #4 that the one I gotta sees someday a Goose #1 replica was there too! That one I wanna build as a Standard Gauge
The music really improves your videos a lot as opposed to other railroad UA-cam footage. It adds an element of "Epicness" to the shots. I have a question though about the passenger coaches shown in the video. In your videos on the Silverton Colorado and Denver railroad the coaches had this attractive yellow and black livery. Here they have a red and gold livery. They're both Rio Grande railroads so were these carriage liveries original or were they invented more recently? Or are they different periods?
HI. Thanks. I love doing the music too!!! ANYWAY, these coaches were built in about 1995? by the CATS. They mad some from old flat cars. Uug.. But these are great!! But not following any prototype. Their own design. Well made, good look. But "modern".
I just made a discovery that the 315 will be undergoing a 15 year rebuild and boiler recertification as part of the federal Railroad administration beginning in 2022
I buy this music from a place called Smart Sound. This is the Country Jamboree. It's like 10 tunes. Easy to edit, great music!!! Love Smart Sound. www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/
No !! It looks that way because it's an 'outside-frame' loco...The main frame is parallel with the track and the wheels and brake shoes are inside this frame with the action (rods/crosshead/yolk/eccentric crank/cylinders/counterbalances) on the outside of this frame. The loco is in fact VERY balanced on the rails this way.....Common rigid-frame locos such as Hudsons [4-6-4], Consolidations (Connies), 10 wheelers, Pacifics, FEFs et al, are all 'inside-frame' in that the wheels and action are all on the outside of the main frame...Dig ?.
Dale: I'd love to see a re-edit of this and other footage you have. A "back in the day" HD video: Nothing in the field of view that isn't compatible with, say, the depression era. No modern buildings, or folks with cell phones, or folks with backwards baseball caps, or, for that matter, folks with modern clothing. Perhaps two videos with no narration, just your fine music tracks: 315 pulling the freight the Geese The thing here is that, as you point out, the Geese aren't native to Cumbres Pass. While, in the day, they had a connection from RGS to Cumbers, so they could have run here, there was no reason for them to wander so far afield. Hence the separation. Amazing footage, by the way.
HI!! Could be fun! Hard to do. I really like showing the people as people are interesting. AND they always get in the damn shot anyway!! BUT it could be done. I am planning a reedit of these 4 shows with the show on the RGS and make a dvd and or blue ray. About 90 minutes. If I cut out the people and stuff, could make a good shortish film.
Such fun times it must've been, mate. :3 Though, is it me, or does Denver & Rio Grande no. 315 seem to resemble the similarity of the iron horse used to "represent" the Jupiter in the 1956-movie "Around the World in 80 days"? ... Unless she's the very same iron horse. o.o
Is that a Mustang your driving? The video is near TV show quality and a lot better than my videos. I have "Colorado Railroads issue from Trains magazine but haven't read it yet.
American folklore son. John Henry vs the Inky Poo. John Henry was a steel drivin' man on the railroad and did a race with a steam hammer, unaffectionately called the Inky Poo. John won, but died shortly after the race. Seems like the pile driver would be a similar machine.
I've been into folklore since i was a kid. The first reference I can find of the Inky Poo is a short film by George Pal. The guy who brought us War of the Worlds and The Time Machine.
Anytime! I am okay, I just wish I could have a job doing the things I love. I just finished the 1st chapter of the story I am writing. I have an idea for a fake TV. shows, to be playing on the TV. in the real show. I hope it hasn't been dun before. The Angry Griffin Shows The Angry Griffin Shows, starring an angry griffin, a running coward, and someone tying knots. And I made dinodanthetrainman.deviantart.com/art/Dragon-Powered-Train-626687624 dinodanthetrainman.deviantart.com/art/Fire-Storm-631604742 dinodanthetrainman.deviantart.com/art/Gliding-Monkey-with-Parachute-626534179 and dinodanthetrainman.deviantart.com/art/deer-633920876 and I updated dinodanthetrainman.deviantart.com/art/Raptpor-Boxcor-069-633887351 dinodanthetrainman.deviantart.com/art/4-6-0-Steam-Locomotive-08-624517628 dinodanthetrainman.deviantart.com/art/Crusader-class-locomotives-02-599622356 and dinodanthetrainman.deviantart.com/art/Nw-John-Henry-Junior-2-2-625878772
Cool stuff. Stick to it. Opportunity knocks. Sometimes. The key is to be by the door when it does. Right place right time. I know a guy who graduated in graphic design and got a crap job drawing ball point pens with peoples logos on them. Keept looking for a better job, found a job for a start up studio as story board artist for their first film, Star Wars. So.....
Thank you, for your words of encouragement!!! I am self taught so that makes things a little harder. I am going to try to go to school for it, but there are a lot of hurdles to cross. I really enjoyed your video! Is two years when the C-19's boiler ticket runs out? If I ever take another trip out west I would like to stop by Garagemahall. How are you???
We are well. Mostly. Back is killing me!!! Getten old sucks. BUT the up side is plenty of time to screw around. A director I used to work with was at a premier of his latest, and some (ass hole) asked him, what would you do if they would not let you make another movie? He said "who are they and how could they do that?" Good attitude. Just do what you do. Always!!
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Well thank you for that! We were planning so much this summer but we are actually still scheduled to go to this year’s Narrowgauge reunion in August. Let’s hope that goes forward
Colorado is my home state. This brings back some memories.
I have to say that I never really appreciated the narrow gauge too much but, your video gave me a respect for it because it was not just boring passenger service being shown; ad nauseum, infineum. To see the intended purpose of the RR portrayed was a breath of fresh air. Mind you that passenger service is an important part - and this is a tourist based RR - however, the nuts-and-bolts [historically] lie in it freight operations. Wonderful to see that passionate endeavors by private individuals have led to the fully operational use of the equipment.
Im so glad im a railroad fan of old days the calm music makes these wonderful steam trains so much better :,)
I love the music you used for the video, it goes perfectly with it. I also think this video is one of the best if not the best on your channel!!!!!👍
Thanks. Lost all our music last week to a hard drive crash. Been rebuilding from the cloud. Almost back together
@@ToyManTelevision o i am sorry. I have lost information to simler problems too. But i was lucky and some computer guys helped me out.
Very cool! I came into Chama the day following the Narrow Gauge Reunion (was at the Grand Canyon prior to that). I spotted your mustang in the parking lot, but I didn't see you. Maybe our paths will cross next time!
We were on Goose 5 loading it on the truck!! Darn, just missed.
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Bellevue and Cascade Caboose 55
Caboose 55
Caboose
This Bellevue and Cascade caboose is a genuine Iowa narrow gauge car. Built by Ohio Falls Car Company around 1880, it served on the Bellevue and Cascade in North East Iowa until the line closed operation around 1936. It was their only caboose.
We have a dedicated page to Caboose 55 here.
Caboose 55
It is back on the rail now at the Midwest Central Railroad. The caboose was dedicated in a ribbon cutting ceremony during Old Threshers 2005.
The MCRR's First Caboose
Caboose
The first caboose for MCRR grew from plans of a Florence and Cripple Creek caboose in the April 1959 issue of 'Railroad Model Craftsman'. Its builders noted it was most likely the first time a replica was built in reverse from model plans. With its windowed cupola, it quickly became the most popular car for riders.
White Pass RR Caboose
Caboose
This caboose operated in Alaska on the White Pass and Yukon Railway. It was shipped to Iowa around 1990. It is one of three remaining White Pass steel cabooses
Thank you for sharing. I saw 315 at Rail Fest this year and I really wanted to do the Narrow Gauge Reunion, but just couldn't take off the 2 two days at the beginning of the school year. It makes me happy to see 315 and 463 running together. I can't wait to photograph 315 and 463 double heading the train next year for opening day on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad.
Add in a rotary and WOW!!!! So you teach?
Wait they are going to have the rotary running? Yes, I'm a elementary music teacher. In my spare time I can't help but chase, ride, and take pictures of the train. Both the Durango and Silverton and Cumbres and Toltec are only 3 hours from Albuquerque.
COOL. Both Karyn and I taught. She ESL in elementary school. And I taught film at serval universities. Now just screwing around. Have you seen show #1? Sot of explains it. Sort of. They usually fire the rotary IF there are drifts at Cumbres. Big money to ride, like 600. But if they do, I'll rob a bank or something.
That is awesome, I have seen the first episode. I love watching your videos. I think this one and the one about ghost tracking the RGS are my current favorites. I love the narrow gauge, and have recently taken to reading about it from authors like Norwood and Richardson. I can't wait to see what parts you choose to model on your layout.
We are on that!! If you like the RGS show, you will like the 4th in this series. Ghost tracking out of Chama.
At 21:00 the #2 engine is blowing a lot of black smoke and the #1 engine isn't blowing any smoke at all but it is blowing steam from its valve. Is this because the #1 engine isn't do any work, just along for the ride, or is it because of another reason?
That was some most glorious screwing around! I grew up during the steam era. My grandparents and mother lived in Highland Park Illinois before she married my father after the war. We spent our vacations in Highland Park and was very fortunate to have a pair of double RR tracks behind my grandparents house and every time the steamers came by I'd run to the backyard or the window to watch them. Sometimes they would pass each other in opposite directions. My father and grandfather would take me down the the rail yard and we would make scissors with two pins when the engine would run over them...that is if we could find them. I was too young to remember but they put me up in the engine while they turned it around on the turntable. Oh how I miss those wonderful machines and my youth in Highland Park! ...... Johnny
WOW. I want to make scissors!!! How does that work?? Smashed many a penny. My Aunt's house was next to the UP yards, my Great Grandmother on the other side of the 20 or so tracks. I got kicked off the property may a time by the "dicks".
Making scissors.......take two straight pins, cross them like an X, let the engine run over them, and if you can find them again, you have what my father called 'scissors' lol
Back then, this was some major screwing around!
OK going to try it!!!
Wonderful video. especially the freight train. What really set this off though, is your music selections. They really set the atmosphere and gave a real sense of nostalgia.
Thanks. Mostly Richard Band, and some other stuff. Richard does mostly TV commercials, but I think he's one of the best score composers out there!
Richard Band - Americana
It was a grand event, with pile driving, beautiful scenery and weather, and more run-bys than you could count! I returned the next week for four days of "Fireman.School" on the Cumbres and Toltec, and are my arms tired! I'm looking forward to Part 2!
Sounds like FUN!! Love to do that but I think my doctors would fire me.
("But officer, we have to go fast, we have some serious screwing around to do and have to catch a train!")
Awesome video guys. That scenery out there is so spectacular!!! It's no wonder so many people model that section of railroad. Great to see all the different classes of locomotives in the same place and out running!! Off to the Goose video now
We are headed back in September. Bought tickets over a year ago. Double header with E and P 4, the Eureka and the Glenbrook!!!!
Model T Ford Foreman's Truck
Model T
This is a 1923 Model T Ford Forman's truck. It was operated at Argent Lumber Company. It was given to use when we purchased the No.6 and No.2
1930 Model A Ford Fireman Truck
Model A
This is a 1930 Model A Ford fireman truck. It was operated at West Side Lumber. It was included when the MCRR purchased the No. 9
I must complement you on one of finest train videos I have ever watched. I was the one who had a Studebaker as my first car. That was a a great video. This one is much better. I love trains and have a ton of train videos. I liked this much better than most of those shows. I can't wait to see the goose part of the show.
This one of my favorite narrow gauge trains. Thanks for taking the time to film it.
Love the 315. Never knew what a C 18 even was. C 16 and C 19 sure, but a C 18????? Cool little engine.
jplanespotting
incredible production. loved the double header coming round the curve and the sound of both steam engines
StevePotts what a great day. Wanna go back!
I think I just fell in love. Thank you for this awesome video! I think I will be purchasing some Sn3 equipment. I am awe struck
So AMAZING. I was a big steam guy until I went to Chama in 84. Opened my eyes. Now I'm very narrow minded.
I will need to get out there sometime. Thanks again!
Go in the fall if you can. Best time of year!
No. 6 (Baldwin)
the 6 The 6 The 6
(Above photos courtesy Jeff Terry, September 2010.
Each picture links to a larger version.)
Midwest Central Railroad's oldest locomotive, No. 6, was built by Baldwin in 1891 for the Surry Sussex & Southampton Railway (named after the three counties where it operated) in Virginia. No. 6 is a class 8-18-D Baldwin, meaning it is a 2-6-0 with cylinders bored to 12". It has a cylinder stroke of 18" and has 37" drivers. No. 6 weighs about 25 tons (30 tons with its tender), and was listed as being 37'-1" long by Baldwin on October 1st, 1927.
Originally, No. 6 was built as a wood burner with a straight stack, extended smokebox, box-style kerosene headlight, and a vertical stave pilot. In 1898, No. 6 was converted to burn coal. In 1903, the original headlight was replaced with a 2" smaller box headlight. The headlight was again replaced in 1913, but this time with a round-case, however, the size remained the same. Sometime before 1914, the original Baldwin straight capped stack was replaced with a venturi-shaped cast stack, and the plate pilot wheel replaced with a spoked pilot wheel. Sometime after 1914, No. 6 received many modifications such as Southern Valve Gear (replacing the factory Stephenson Valve Gear), a Pyle-National electrical system, a rear sand-box, a new tender tank, a new smokebox, and a switchyard style pilot.
No. 6 was retired in 1925 when traffic declined at the SS&S. Shortly after the sale, it was purchased back by Baldwin. It was resold by Baldwin on January 11th, 1936, to the Argent Lumber Company in South Carolina. No. 6 went back to burning wood at Argent. At Argent, No. 6 would operate alongside two of what would become the MCRR's other locomotives: N.B.&W.R.R./A.L.Co.'s No. 2 and B.C.L.Co./A.L.Co.'s No. 1 until 1956. At Argent Lumber, No. 6 gained an iron cab and Rushton stack. Various other small details were arranged at Argent's convenience as well, such as the relocation and replacement of the dynamo. In 1955, it suffered a crown-sheet failure that killed the engine crew, but was soon rebuilt.
In 1960, No. 6 was purchased by the Midwest Central Railroad along with the No. 2. It was the first locomotive to operate on the MCRR and was the main engine until 1971 when it was taken out of service for major repairs. No. 6 returned to service in 1988, with a new boiler and conversion to oil fire. No. 6 was out of service from 2008 until 2010 for flue and firebox-stay repairs. The inside cab piping, injectors, and other controls were refined in early 2018.
Great music to accompany this video of Great Trains. What was that music? Really some great footage of these narrow gauge engines that are still here for us to enjoy and see a part of American history alive before our eyes. I am trying to keep track of the different engines and locations where they can be seen. Hoping to get in on the restoration of DSP&P RR in Como next summer and have a hand in some actual work on their line. Thank you for this video it has inspired me to want to travel around Colorado and see all these narrow gauge trains in person.
Oddly enough I’m not sure what that music is! I’d buy all my music from a company called smart sound, that way I can get it with UA-cam rights, but they buy it from someone else. So I often see it by several names! Some of this is by Richard Band. Him I recognize! But the names of the music have been changed. It’s a cool system!! The music I buy has been broken out by measures. Much of the music is also recorded one instrument at a time. So when I bring them into the timeline it only brings in either half a measure or one measure of the music allowing me to change it up. I can skip from measure 12 to 30 or back to two.. whatever works. Moreover I can add or subtract instruments. Well I should say subtract because when it comes in they’re all there. But if I want to take out the drums or the baseline I can do that. Or say just use the piano. Or just the solo guitar or whatever. Simple fun and creative.
Awesome, well done. The double head freight train was very cool.
Amazing to see. WOW!!!
Another fun video. I've always liked trains. Modern trains, old-school trains, diesel trains, steam trains. :)
Hi back. Trains are just plain fun. Hope you are well!!!
I'm well, thank you. It's always fun to see you and Karyn enjoying everything together. Cheers! :)
Thanks!!
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful!
Hope it happens this year. We already have tickets. But..... August. Let’s hope. Dan will be bringing his locomotive and new combine car which he is finishing now. Just the “head liner”. The paper on the ceiling. And Chris is bringing his locomotive. So 2 1875 locomotives and a recreation of a 1875 passenger car to ride in!!!
Thank you, Dale, for an inspirational video. Looking forward with anticipation two the next two weeks.
They are wonderful. And the two after that don't suck. Ghost trains out of Silverton and a Steam Wrecking crane.
315 is a real life O27 train, great stuff.
It's amazing
The video work and the music were excellent! Well done! 🚂
Thanks!!!! Do share it around....
@@ToyManTelevision What the name of the music used in the video? I found the answer to my question. Richard Band - Americana
Professional grade video!!! A lot of time, work, planning and expece went into this and it shows! You two are better at this than you think. Thanks 👍
Thanks! We really love this trip and were signed up for it this year but with Covid everything got canceled. We told them to just roll our seats over till next year.
Dale, you did it again! Great video of one my favorite things, trains. Looking forward to your next installment.
Geese!! And then a pile of piles! And then old grades!! Some fun!!
I really love the Galloping Geese and the K-27 locomotive.
was not looking found your site great great great ! thank you good to be in america!!!!!!
RIGHT!! No need to make America great again, it's been great for over 200 years. The greatest!! What a railroad!!
I really enjoyed this video Good Work. Regards from Italy!
Hi! Hope you are not in the virus area. We are mostly out of the hard hit areas. So far! Thanks for watching. STAY SAFE!
For luck i live in Genova, about 150 km from Milan and the virus center.. but we respect quarantine and rules to go out only for real need, also we in Genova have a little metric mountain railroad that i want to show you, here you can find electric loco and trains built in 1929 and still working, we also have the "mighty" 29 that is the oldest electrical loco working in Europe. enjoy it ua-cam.com/video/5DZPeI-yCaU/v-deo.html
Great Work!! Every frame a Railroad Calendar shot!
Almost hard to get a bad shot on the Cumbres and Toltec
Wish I could see a nighttime run of a steam locomotive. That unfortunately is considered too dangerous here in Nevada. And great choice of background music!
As soon as I start driving I am buying a ticket and heading straight to Colorado to ride on both the C&TS and the D&S.
The photos line would be a great enjoyment for all... The music, the shots all shows just how much you like trains with a passion.
I will be doing a documentary on Eureka at the end of this month and part of the story will include the Ruby Hill and later the Union Pacific and Denver Rio and Grande Western railroads...do you have some suggestions on some real footage for these trains?
Gee, no. UP has stuff, lots of stuff.. Not sure how to get to it. And Denver Public Library. I followed the #4 for several years starting in 91 after Dan finished the restoration. Shot tons of stuff on standard def. UMatic and Beta Cam formats. Planning a show with that. Need to get in digitized. Have it on Durango, in Eureka and at Plaster City. And in the documentary, "The West".
More fantastic coverage of steam. Very nice.
What a fun trip!!!!!!! Need to get back. Next fall for sure!!
Glad you made it to the Rendezvous! Wish I was able to be their...
At least you can see the video...
Yes I can, and very grateful for it! Thank you!
I film the first film of the Cumbres & Toltec from antonito to chama and also film four steam locomotives, 483, 463, 484, and 487.
Great video! I'll bet it's amazing to ride on a steam train at night. Also, unlike a lot of videos, the background music in yours actually added to it and helped to capture the feeling.
We love riding at night And day. And in rain. Hum.. most any time I guess.
Richard Band - Americana
Spectacular video Dale! I really need to make the trip to the C&T someday, it looks so beautiful!
Do get up there!! And check out the 4th show on the reunion in 3 weeks. Old grades!!!
I absolutely love this series of videos. To paraphrase Pink Floyd, "Wish You Were Here" , I really wish I was there!
Just think what could have been done with the standard gauge line that the EVIL people of UP abandoned from the eye on the mains west of Mosquitoe Pass to Pueblo down the Arkansas River Valley and through the Royal Gorge! Wouldn't that have been spectacular! Short sighted profits ruled. A regular service from Glenwood Springs to Pueblo would have been an incredible tourist venue with a variety of vintage diesel streamliners and steam! Think on that! This truly should have become the National Railroad Museum with the most spectacular scenery Colorado has to offer along with a rich history! Just a passing thought.
s.a.m.
No kidding! Have you seen the show on the last train over the Coalville branch here on the channel? You were so many people fighting to keep that track in place, and to lay a very short section of track from the South end of that line to the north end of the Rio Grande line that went to Heber Utah which is already a scenic railroad. Which would have connected park city with two beautiful scenic lines in opposite directions. Who couldn’t make money on a scenic railroad running out of Park city Utah? But they couldn’t make it happen.
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No. 14 (Plymouth)
No. 14
Locomotive No. 14 (original nomenclature "No. D-14") is a diesel-hydraulic Plymouth MDT built in 1965. It is construction number 6453 and was originally owned by Carbon Limestone Company of Hillsville, Pennsylvania. It is similar to MCRR's other Plymouth MDT, No. D-9, although the drive has some differences. No.14 is powered by a supercharged Cummins NHS diesel. (Note: much of this page is similar to that of No. D-9's due to the history of these locomotive's journey to the MCRR.)
In November of 1983, Service Machine Equipment purchased Carbon Limestone's operation and due to their unfavorable opinion on railroads, the fleet of diesels were left largely abandoned. No. D-9 and No. 14 were found by Midwest Central Railroad volunteers in the early 1990s and were subsequently purchased.
Originally operating on 38" gauge track (instead of the typical 36"), No. D-9 and No. 14 were regauged in the MCRR shops. No. 14 quickly entered service after its arrival. No. D-9 was left untouched for several years. It wasn't until 2009 that No. D-9's restoration began. Due to other more urgent projects, D-9's restoration ended up being sidelined after a year or two's worth of work. As of 2019, No. D-9's restoration has resumed and is close to being in operable condition.
Here is No. 14 in action at the 2009 Old Threshers' Reunion. No. 6 wasn't on the tracks (awaiting its boiler repairs) and No. 16 was having some operating difficulties. Usually confined to the switch yard north of the shop, No. 14 was put into passenger service for a portion of the Reunion. It also pulled trains during the 2010 and 2011 Reunions, as well as filling in during Midwest Haunted Rails and North Pole Express.
To read more about Carbon Limestone's unique operation, pick up the following book: "Ghost Rails IX State Line Legends" by Wayne A. Cole
you really got some beautiful shots. very interesting show. Thanks!
Almost impossible to get a bad shot when a C 18 and a K 27 double tangle foot curve.
Dale and Karen; Well you've done again. A more then, "Small succulent slice..." As Rich Tathoue would of said. You got my hand on a credit card and looking for a 1:20.3 K-27 from you know where. Honestly, one of your better episodes. Six minutes to spare. Well, I bet you ran that pony hard getting there. Thanks for this one. Greg and Jeanne.
Our backs are trashed. And a speeding ticket. Taking retired race cars on road trips is not for people with bad backs. We need to stick to the Sebring and Focus. Ouch!!!!! I feel like I have a brick in my ***. BUT what a trip!! And the right on to Ely for the Wrecking Crane. BUT WOW!!!
Love your videos .
Hi. We do have fun. Like watching yours too. Just a relaxing kick back and horseback ride or whatever. Thanks again
Great video this channel is amazing I'm glad I've found it. Thanks man
Glad you found it too!!! Do share it!
Great video, very professional. I hope the speeding ticket was not to bad.
Enjoyable video but why lousy music and not the sounds of the engines, trains and geese?
I hope one day my career in aviation toon will take me to CO and out of STL. Also as a blue grass fiddler I dig the fiddle music you guys added.
So you fiddle about? LOVE THAT! Did you se me fiddling on the Grand Canyon Railroad? ua-cam.com/video/ZNyvlcglAZQ/v-deo.html at 3:17
I did THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's my side job from working at an air port full. I have the art of "screwing around" with aviation. BUT, trains are better even though King Air 350's are nifty! If you ever come out on I-70 through MO I can show you around the the STL transport museum thats home of the famed FRISCO 1522. AND a live steam railroad just a little west of the museum. I just took my wife there for her first live steam train ride and SHE LOVED IT! where as me, been going there since I was 2.
Thanks for this great video. Regards from Spain
Thanks. Spain!! I lived in Paris for a time. Always wanted to see Spain. Never did. Need to get over there.
Beautiful video...great job!
Thanks. Some great shows coming up!
I think Denver & Rio Grande western 2-8-0 315 is going to be on the cumbres and Toltec for 5 years now because of the fire that burned some of the buildings on the Durango and Silverton narrow gauge railroad.
I’m wondering if it will ever go back to Silverton. The deal at CATS is great and if they get the water tank working at ... not sure. Lava? Out by there. Anyway small engines can’t cross the whole line for lack of water. But the friends of the CATS are fixing that. So they may just stay there. Who knows.
I went to the Colorado Railroad Museum and I saw cool looking narrow gauge goodies! The galloping goose and more! It was awesome! The only standard gauge engine I found was the CB&Q engine. I wanted to see a steam locomotive running on saturday but the day we went it was closed for new year. On Jan 1st and 2nd I rode the CZ from denver to glenwood and back.
That's a great ride!!! I took it several times on the Rio Grande Zypher before the Amtrak takeover. That loco is at Golden now...
Toy Man Television Forgot to mention the F units you mentioned were Standard gauge! On the CZ on the return trip from Glenwood, I didnt see people boarding when I waved my hand🖑 and the horn of Amtrak P42 No. 1 gave 2 toots of the horn and the train started to move when I realized I highballed the train!!!
Great video !!!!! Thanks from Sweden !!
Thanks!!! Love your part of the world too.
One of your best !!!! : )
Planning to put the 4 shows on the reunion on eBay for the people who have not figured out You Tube. These 4 are great!!
Steam Locomotives always carry lot of fascination n attraction for the people. The sweet sound of whistle and the engine add more charm
Steam locomotive may not have the speed of Diesel or Electric locomotive, but has more charm and beauty. It is the QUEEN of Railways. Of by tv
Fantastic video!!! Thank you so much!!
Fabulous video. Thank you.
Marty
Thanks back at you. We sure have fun screwing around with this stuff.
I took my kids there 9-10-16 absolutely beautiful. There
Often overlooked, Cumbres and Toltec. Yet one of the best in the world. My top 3 - Durango and Silverton, Cumbres and Toltec, Nevada Northern.
10:45 does anyone know what whistle the 315 is wearing here? Also, I would have loved to be at this event, it looks awesome! And who doesn't like narrow gauge?
I’m not sure where they got that whistle. We’re off to this same event this year unless the coronavirus kills it. This year Eureka and Palisades number four as well as the Glenbrook are coming in. Also Dan is bringing his private car do you Rica and Palisades Palisades named Elsa after his mother
@@ToyManTelevision cool. I wish I could make it out to Colorado for this, I love narrow gauge. I particularly like smaller engines like the 315, always have. I'll get to this event some day, and who knows? Maybe I'll get to go this year (circumstances permitting). Either way, best of luck and have a nice evening. :)
Love the narrow gauge trains.
Me too. Love all steam locos, but early 3 foot gauge is my fav.
If you enjoy narrow gauge, try to look an little mountain metric railway in Italy, where you can go in train built in 1929 and sometimes here is running the oldest electrical locomotive in Europe that still work ua-cam.com/video/m73cOLvGxSA/v-deo.html
Great footage! Looks like a fun event.
Beautiful scenery and cool locomotives! :) Jack
HI Jack!! Hope all is well there. What a train!! Next week, the geese. 1920s Pierce Arrow limos converted to rail trucks. Super cool.
All is well! I'll be watching! :) Jack
Have you been to the midwest central railroad in Mount Pleasant Iowa? They have a whole lot of vintage railroad equipment and the locomotive you rode behind on the Georgetown loop railroad
Want to! On our wish list
Ps. We do get to Mt Pleasant Utah every year, well mostly, for the Rat Fink Reunion!
@@ToyManTelevision That sounds like fun to me. I'll send you the history of the midwest central railroad and it's equipment
@@ToyManTelevision That's a very funny name for a railroad reunion
@@ToyManTelevision
The Midwest Central Railroad brings the excitement of rail travel 100 years ago to life behind authentic steam powered trains. Join us in our enjoyable and educationally-rich endeavors for a future full of steam in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
Our mission is to preserve and commemorate railway heritage for the educational benefit and enjoyment for current and future generations. We aim to accomplish this through live action of our engines and rolling stock as well as educational displays and tours of our operation. You can become a volunteer and share our enjoyment of history
would be awesome if NG steam trains could run from chama,NM to Durango,co again !
Check the show in 3 weeks!! Hint...
that is one Great Adventure listening to the instrumental music and the train horns are they by any chance used in the Back to the Future trilogy
Gee, no. HOWEVER. a very good friend, Don Malouf did the sound on those!! Check out ua-cam.com/video/MUOBv4pgca8/v-deo.html
Very cool my father-in-law's friend Gene Winfield did the DeLorean thank you for the link I will check it out
Winfield!! What cars!!!
great video thanks, has anyone talked to you about being a guest speaker on your youtube model builders?
Sort of. I have done a few "how to's" with a few guys. Planning a bunch more. Winter is slow for real trains, so I need more model stuff. Working on another show on operating, and a backdrop show.
another great video!!
Some fun making it!!
I got to see all the Geese at the Colorado Railroad Museum but #4 that the one I gotta sees someday
a Goose #1 replica was there too!
That one I wanna build as a Standard Gauge
4 is so much like 5. Yet different. About a foot longer!! Bigger modern engine.
The music really improves your videos a lot as opposed to other railroad UA-cam footage. It adds an element of "Epicness" to the shots. I have a question though about the passenger coaches shown in the video. In your videos on the Silverton Colorado and Denver railroad the coaches had this attractive yellow and black livery. Here they have a red and gold livery. They're both Rio Grande railroads so were these carriage liveries original or were they invented more recently? Or are they different periods?
HI. Thanks. I love doing the music too!!! ANYWAY, these coaches were built in about 1995? by the CATS. They mad some from old flat cars. Uug.. But these are great!! But not following any prototype. Their own design. Well made, good look. But "modern".
What is the title of the music you used in this video? It really adds to the video.
@@trainzguy2472 Richard Band - Americana
I just made a discovery that the 315 will be undergoing a 15 year rebuild and boiler recertification as part of the federal Railroad administration beginning in 2022
Didn’t know. Seems like they just finished it! Bet that’s one reason it at Chama
Love the music what's it called?
I buy this music from a place called Smart Sound. This is the Country Jamboree. It's like 10 tunes. Easy to edit, great music!!! Love Smart Sound. www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/
Richard Band - Americana
That K36 at 15.30 seems to be doing a real balancing act. it looks a lot wider than the rails
No !! It looks that way because it's an 'outside-frame' loco...The main frame is parallel with the track and the wheels and brake shoes are inside this frame with the action (rods/crosshead/yolk/eccentric crank/cylinders/counterbalances) on the outside of this frame. The loco is in fact VERY balanced on the rails this way.....Common rigid-frame locos such as Hudsons [4-6-4], Consolidations (Connies), 10 wheelers, Pacifics, FEFs et al, are all 'inside-frame' in that the wheels and action are all on the outside of the main frame...Dig ?.
Dale: I'd love to see a re-edit of this and other footage you have. A "back in the day" HD video: Nothing in the field of view that isn't compatible with, say, the depression era. No modern buildings, or folks with cell phones, or folks with backwards baseball caps, or, for that matter, folks with modern clothing.
Perhaps two videos with no narration, just your fine music tracks:
315 pulling the freight
the Geese
The thing here is that, as you point out, the Geese aren't native to Cumbres Pass. While, in the day, they had a connection from RGS to Cumbers, so they could have run here, there was no reason for them to wander so far afield. Hence the separation.
Amazing footage, by the way.
HI!! Could be fun! Hard to do. I really like showing the people as people are interesting. AND they always get in the damn shot anyway!! BUT it could be done. I am planning a reedit of these 4 shows with the show on the RGS and make a dvd and or blue ray. About 90 minutes. If I cut out the people and stuff, could make a good shortish film.
Such fun times it must've been, mate. :3
Though, is it me, or does Denver & Rio Grande no. 315 seem to resemble the similarity of the iron horse used to "represent" the Jupiter in the 1956-movie "Around the World in 80 days"?
... Unless she's the very same iron horse. o.o
It is the exact same engine, in that movie she was not running but being pushed by a diesel locomotive disguised as a baggage car.
www.drhs315.org/blog/drgw-315/history/
12:13
That's where #315 was stopped behind conductor Buster Keaton in the Oscar Winning feature film "Around the World in 80 Days."
I need to re watch that. Loved it but have not seen it in decades.
+Toy Man Television I'm sorry. I confused it with the bridge on the Durango & Silverton, they look very similar, but it was the same Locomotive.
still need to re watch the film. Love it.
Rode the goose at Knott's. Loud and shakes quite a lot however; they had to do what they did to survive.
7:58 is that 483’s tender
I've always liked the K-27 Mudhens.
They are great!!!! I love all 4 K's 27 and 36 are my faves. But 27 is small, and dare I say "cute". Classic lines.
Is that a Mustang your driving? The video is near TV show quality and a lot better than my videos. I have "Colorado Railroads issue from Trains magazine but haven't read it yet.
Yup. We LOVE Mustangs!! That one is BDX 5. A Barber School car. FAST!! Love cars and trains, Narrow gauge in particular.
What year? I've had two 79 Mustang Indy Pace Cars. 302 4 speed and 302 automatic.
BDX 5 is a 07. We have BDX 9, an 08 and a 67 GT 390 made into a GT500 years ago, like in 1970 by the guy who raced it. COOL!!!!!
OOOO GREAT VIDEO!
How does the pile driver compare to the Inky Poo?
OK, I give. What's an Inky Poo?
American folklore son. John Henry vs the Inky Poo. John Henry was a steel drivin' man on the railroad and did a race with a steam hammer, unaffectionately called the Inky Poo. John won, but died shortly after the race. Seems like the pile driver would be a similar machine.
Now I remember!!! Great name, Inky Poo. Wonder who came up with that. And what they saw to inspire that.
I've been into folklore since i was a kid. The first reference I can find of the Inky Poo is a short film by George Pal. The guy who brought us War of the Worlds and The Time Machine.
George Pal was one of the greats!! I taught film history for decades, loved that!! Animation in the very early days.
what's their gauge?
3 feet. Love 3 foot gauge!!!
Damm if it was 2 ft 6in they could try and get Puffing Billy
That's an odd gauge!!
what u think
We had a ball!!! Wish I had known which one you were. Must have crossed paths a thousands times.
i was in texas
oh, thought you were there. Oops.
i was there may 29
To bad the line from durango to chama was abandoned
It’s a great drive though. Need to do that as a show now that we have a vehicle that can navigate that dirt road
315s my favorite
Odd and beautiful little engine. C 18. Almost a C 19 but a bit different. But WOW!!!!
Thanks for replying no other UA-camrs ever do that
I try to. Miss some, but it's fun to meet people.
Talking to me now that's screwing around
Too often repeated the name of the railway and the “ friends of the .......”
A bit too “i am”
Otherwise quite interesting
This is nice music Toy Man Television.
Wow!
Thanks. How you doing???
Anytime! I am okay, I just wish I could have a job doing the things I love.
I just finished the 1st chapter of the story I am writing.
I have an idea for a fake TV. shows, to be playing on the TV. in the real show.
I hope it hasn't been dun before.
The Angry Griffin Shows
The Angry Griffin Shows, starring an angry griffin, a running coward, and someone tying knots.
And I made dinodanthetrainman.deviantart.com/art/Dragon-Powered-Train-626687624
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Cool stuff. Stick to it. Opportunity knocks. Sometimes. The key is to be by the door when it does. Right place right time. I know a guy who graduated in graphic design and got a crap job drawing ball point pens with peoples logos on them. Keept looking for a better job, found a job for a start up studio as story board artist for their first film, Star Wars. So.....
Thank you, for your words of encouragement!!! I am self taught so that makes things a little
harder. I am going to try to go to school for it, but there are a lot of hurdles to cross. I really enjoyed your video! Is two years when the C-19's boiler ticket runs out?
If I ever take another trip out west I would like to stop by Garagemahall. How are you???
We are well. Mostly. Back is killing me!!! Getten old sucks. BUT the up side is plenty of time to screw around. A director I used to work with was at a premier of his latest, and some (ass hole) asked him, what would you do if they would not let you make another movie? He said "who are they and how could they do that?" Good attitude. Just do what you do. Always!!
I love screwing around
With trains is best. Or cars. Or airplanes. But mostly trains.
Virginia v steam
that is one Great Adventure listening to the instrumental music and the train horns are they by any chance used in the Back to the Future trilogy
Richard Band - Americana