I am a mechanical engineer working fir Grand Canyon Railway in Northern Arizona. My interests include tourist railroads, hiking, camping, home improvement, and kayaking.
Watching this sure makes me excited for my visit as I'll be there a week from today. While Skookum & number 2 won't be there, I will be seeing number 2 the next day when I visit ORHC.
Carson is a very smart young man. He has the operation of steam locomotives down pat. He asks good questions. Fun to listen to him. I see him being a steam engineer in the future 🙂
The wet rails are from water being poured on the wheels of the engine. This is done to keep them cool from the brakes being applied while coming down the mountain.
I saw 4960 yesterday, it was my first time seeing a Standard Gauge live steam locomotive in action. I was happy to see tons of people at the station to see the locomotive. Smelled like Burgers though cuz of the fuel I'm guessing
Fabulous 2 videos describing the science in real world terms that makes steam locomtives function so mind boggling-ly well...Still hard to fathom how 300 years ago alot of smart folks figured this all out! Amazing.