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"I'll give you all of them, if you take them away" I'm an antique dealer, there are times it comes down to that. one man's trash is another man's................ lol
Fantastic ! I really learned a lot, your explanation of how the steam engine worked answered all the questions that i had. Like how the smoke stack chugged faster when the pistons speeded up as the used exhaust steam was expelled up and pulled the smoke out with it. I thought this was a waste of residual steam that might have some recycle value? Couldn’t the smoke exhaust be pulled out with about 1/3 of the amount of steam?
Ran #58 yesterday. Totally awesome experience. My father-in-law worked at the J&L steel mill where #58 lived, so special significance for me. The crew was a great gang of guys who were eager for us to have a positive experience, very patient with us, and happy to teach us their skills. They had fun watching us have fun. It was a very special day. Highly recommend it. Thanks, Rick!
Went to MSi today for the first time in many, many years. Perhaps 20 years? Brought a very old friend with me and when he saw the 999 he wept. One of the earliest good memories he has is with his grandfather taking him to see the 999, over 20 years ago at MSi Chicago. We read every paragraph of info that was on display, and everything else there was to learn about the 999 as his eyes glistened like ive never seen Very wholesome moment and proof all men, are still boys deep down. Such a captivating piece lf machinery
Was there more than one S.S. Clarion on Lake Erie? I once read long ago that an S.S. Clarion sank in Lake Erie with new locomotives aboard. These would likely have been built at the Brooks Locomotive Works in Dunkirk, NY. The Brooks works opened in 1869. Does anyone know more? Good video, by the way.
I've been to the one next to Shooters. You can't appreciate the size of these things until you're standing next to one. It's great they were left standing but a shame that they're abandoned.
J&L Pittsburgh Southside works employed around 9,000 people. It was closed in the 1980's and all the jobs were outsourced to other countries, The Southside Works is complete gone, replaced by retail, office, entertainment, residential and riverfront parks. At this point, a visitor to Pittsburgh would have no idea it was at one time one of the most important manufacturing cities in the world.
Why not reopen a light rail line over the bridge? The RTA Bluebirds are exactly the same as the ones that used to operate on Boston's MBTA Blue Line and also the Red Line. The Blue Line also utilized catenary over part of the system due to the close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. The Red Line, however, is strictly 3rd rail.
When we were running the 2102 in Pennsylvania I seen these engines sitting on the side track, so if and when you get a steam locomotive you know how it runs and what all of the components are.
Growing up in Akron. When you woke up in the morning you smelled two things. 1. Tires being made by Goodyear, Firestone, General Tire, and any others 2. The second thing you smelled was Oatmeal, Or Oats from Quaker Oats Factory. Just thinking about it brings back great memories growing up in Akron...
Can you burn coke insteed of coal and if you can would it be cleaner than cole and would it help in keeping the smoke down as well as helping to extend the life of the boiler tubs
The Hot Metal Bridge that these engines travelled over Mon pulling torpedo cars is still in use. We were told that if one of the torpedo cars full of molten steel were to fall into the river, the resulting explosion would have been unbelievably devastating.
@@palomino73 Not really then! However, molten steel can turn water into steam which turns into a hydrogen explosion! We have it in the winters when snow comes with the scrap that we melt at our steel mill.
This is a very interesting little engine. I don’t think there’s anything like it anywhere. It weighs the same as a 100-passenger airliner at max weight but it’s the size of a Ford Transit. Is the tender an original accessory, or did you build that to make it more convenient to keep her running on your railway?
Wow, just discovered your channel, what a great video. At first I thought you were just using stock images/video of train wrecks because the amount of historical footage you pulled for this wreck was amazing! Great work, looking forward to watching more.
Will the track be extended to a destination in the future ❓ Could be made into quite a tourist attraction with those little engines We have a narrow gauge railway near Melbourne called Puffing Billy which is very well patronised 🇦🇺🇦🇺
