The Train at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Our band took a little trip down to San Antonio and we visited Six Flags Fiesta Texas, I had the opportunity to film their railroad in action. They had only 1 engine in operation which was #601 “Miss Kitty” they have a identical one numbered #501 except it’s green. I filmed a complete round trip and found some areas to film it running around. Enjoy this unique train roaming around the park!
I remember this one time my brother wanted to go on the train but we couldn’t make it, so instead we had to go in the mini foghorn leghorn one lol
This is my current job now. I miss when speed regulations were less strict. Anywho nice video.
Not sure if this train is designed to be "driven" past 10 mph...and the poor track conditions past the tunnel.
Awesome! I ride that train all the time, since I live here in SA :)
I concur. In fact, no visit to Fiesta Texas is complete without at least one train ride. And yes I call San Antonio home too. Stay safe and healthy.
Nicely done video. It's a shame though.... such a beautiful locomotive. They ripped her soul out when they converted her from steam.
I'm surprised most theme parks don't have the real steam engines it's gives them a second life and a lot of people love them I think they raise park attendence up more also
The steam aspect of it
wasn’t salvageable when the park originally bought it hence why it was gutted and converted to diesel hydraulic. I do wish it were real steam but at least they still somewhat saved the train.
The locomotives at six flags over georgia in pretty sure run on commpressed air
@@justice7558 From talks with the railroad workers, I found out that the locomotives were diesel-hydraulic from the start. At first, I thought they were diesel-electric, but found out they use a hydraulic drive instead. Like it or not, they're easier (and less expensive) to maintain than steam. That's an important point when you run a theme park and money's tight. But it's better than no trains at all. Stay safe and healthy.
@@markschroeder2578 I know quite a bit about the trains at fiesta, I’ve worked on them for years lol. You’re absolutely right they are far cheaper to maintain than a steam locomotive. I also recently found out that The one in the video isn’t 100% a Baldwin loco; it’s actually just a hodgepodge of old steam train parts to get the look. (Shows why there’s no Baldwin serial number on record) The second train the park owns was an actual steam train from Germany that was converted for park use.
This was one of my favorite things when I was a kid
Went to Six Flags Texas many times as a young boy & loved steam trains at the park. Have worked worked on & made a hobby out of steam equipment for years. That being said, a diesel engine posing as a steam engine is just sacrilege to me. Sure steam is harder to maintain, prep for operation,to run safely, the cost of these thing’s & insurance are all factors I’m sure, but the buzz of a diesel & whine of hydraulics…. Just not the Same, because steam is alive & breathing & has a personality like the people who drive & ride them, unlike the diesels….
It's driven by a '91-'92 Cummins diesel.
That's a beautiful locomotive
Nice hope you had a great time
Even if it’s not a real steam engine, it does look great!
It's still a cool looking engine
I want this in trainz also i wanna blow the horn bad
I haven't been to Fiesta Texas since 1996.
Fiesta needs to switch these back to steam
Given how much care and maintenance live steam locomotives require (just ask the Six Flags Over Texas Railroad employees) Fiesta Texas is probably going to stick with what they've got. I wish them well. After all, faux steam trains are better than no trains at all. Incidentally the current train, pulled by "Miss Kitty" (that's the locomotive's name, honest!) had a sister train, pulled by a German prototype steam engine (named "Gretta", it had the same diesel-hydraulic drive system as "Miss Kitty", the American prototype engine) but years ago it was transferred to another Six Flags theme park. I don't know where it ended up. Would love to find out. Does anyone know where she runs today? Gretta resembles a German prototype tank-type steam locomotive. Stay safe and healthy.
@@markschroeder2578 the ones at over Texas are not owned by six flags there leased out
@@gradymcclintock3766 I know, thanks to an article in Cowcatcher magazine on the Six Flags and Texas Railroad at Six Flags Over Texas. The steam locomotives are still owned by the Patout family. Stay safe and healthy.
@@markschroeder2578 I think they made a few changes but they still run them the same way they did on the plant
Fiesta Texas can’t convert them back to steam due to maintenance, running with oil or coal costs, and given how small fiesta Texas is.
If I owned a park ide have one of those awsome art deco style steam engines that looked like they were the future when they came out.
Nice
Good video :)
SO hard to watch this. That beautiful locomotive being pushed around by a diesel engine in the tender.
3:27 to 3:37 I remembered the green train and now it’s red train.
oh they still have the green train but after some research that train was owned by the Nazis.
at 3:36 that green train car has a engine behind it in the shop its not running anymore because they tried to convert it from diesel to cooking oil and failed horribly and then found out the Nazis used it to shuttle jews to the camps.
Where did you get info on the Nazis using these locomotives?
@@thestumaji656 O.K. The part about the diesel fuel to bio-diesel (cooking oil) sounds plausible, but that bit about the Nazis sounds like (as Col. Potter on M*A*S*H would say) 100% BULL COOKIES!
@@markschroeder2578 and i suppose you worked on those trains? Because I sure did and that is a fact as opposed to a fictional character from a tv show.
Every once in a while I see what looks like search light signals. Does the railroad have a block signalling system? If so, some are on the wrong side of the right of way.
Charles Gault the lights aren’t for blocks they’re to signal if the crossing arms have been activated for the upcoming on stage crossing. The solid “red eye” signals the arms are up, and the green beacon or the “green up” as it’s referred to by operations means the arms are down and the train is clear to proceed.
Some additional information. In the pre-Six Flags days (1991-1995) only the flashers and bells operated automatically. The park stationed an employee at each crossing to operate the gates after clearing the crossing of guests. After the train cleared the crossing, the employee would raise the gates. When Six Flags took over (1996) the crossings became fully automatic. Only the public grade crossings (used by guests) have gates. If you see a crossing with just flashers and bells, it's a park service drive crossing. Stay safe and healthy.
Buen tren buelta al rededor del parke
why did they make they make the locomotive powered by diesels
plush universe it’s much cheaper to run them this way. (When you factor in hiring labor for actual live steam engineers and boiler upkeep and inspections). And the chassis they bought when building the railroad weren’t able to be salvaged to run steam. I wish they were live steam but it’s still a fun little ride nevertheless.
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😖I hated that stupid loud stinky generator since I was a kid. They should get rid of it and get a quiet one. It ruins the illusion. 😤Great video though. Good job.
steam engines are loud too, louder even
Longhorn Railfan No you idiot. Volume is not the problem. It’s the steam train sounding like a modern farting farm tractor and the freakin exhaust right on your face at high rev even if the train isn’t moving.
@@aaprcob - But they sound 10 times better than this.
Aight cunts, y’all go ahead and pay for the shit since it’s such an inconvenience.
@@aaprcob I think this was steam and six flags put that stupid moter in there
why did they abuse the little locomotive? sadness... from what I found on the wikipedia, they originally were steam powered
Yes. They had their souls removed
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Boys being impatient 😡
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