HD: The 2014 Cass Railfan Weekend - Part 3 - Sunday, Three Shay Race & Whittaker Runbys 

From the dawn of the maglev and science fiction of Beanstalk vertical railways to the ancient wonders of steam. Love hearing these ancient beasts from a prehistoric industrial age.

Wow love the sound of these beautiful monsters of the past .

There is something very primal and pure about the whistles of these engines.

I have been here once years ago, the sounds of the whistles echoing in the mountains was almost magical to listen 1 sounding like 5.

I watched this once on my tv and since then my 2yr old daughter always asks to watch trains. Thank You for the great video

I really appreciate these sounds of these machines. Very beautiful.

In case anyone was confused as to why these locomotives are so slow, the Shay locomotive was built specifically to hand carrying large and heavy loads up steep inclines that other locomotives would have had trouble with otherwise. Instead of having the pistons connected directly to the wheels, the pistons drive crankshafts that give the engines insane amounts of power, but very little speed. The focus on power is also why the Shay appears to not be very "fuel efficient" if you want to call it that.

We are so lucky that these magnificent locomotives were kept alive and running for future generations to enjoy .

من العراق........تحية اجلال وإكبار لتلك العقول الرائعه التي ابتكرت تلك الوسائل لراحة البشريه .........نحن مدينون لهم بالرقي والتقدم الذي نعيشه الان.....تحيه لهم ولقبورهم رجالا ونساء

The beginning was like a musical orchestra, wow!

It's like if these things are alive, just awesome. I love all kind of trains, subway, diesel, bullet, but man... there is something magical about the steam trains.

Steamy!!! Bullet, electric, diesel trains are not worth talking. But these lively steam locos with the greenery adding more beauty, makes me feel it's a gift for those who are living around that region.

I remember the sheys whistle it's a true work of art

Awesome video and almost brought tears to my eyes. Thank you very much indeed for this wonderful video of yours! If I may share a personal experience of mine. You know, I find it kind of funny while I always drew the “classic” steam locomotives growing up and dreamed of being at the throttle of a larger road engine like a Northern or a Hudson, I practically grew up with the Shays. Here in Ottawa Ontario Canada, the Canadian Science & Technology Museum has a two truck Shay, and out over in Kelowna British Columbia, the Kettle Valley Steam Railway also operates a two truck Shay. I have grown up with these engines and I love every bit of them, from their “old western style” look to their offset boilers. While I always seem to swerve back to the “classic” engines, the Shays will always have a special place in my heart. Again, thank you for this amazing video and keep up the great and awesome work.

Love you steam locomotive 🚂❤♥💙😘💕🚂good job specially sounds and photography 👏👍Love from India 🇮🇳❤♥

My best friend, It's always great. I wish you every day of your development. Have a happy day!

Fantastic video, well done!

Fantastic! The very quiet operation of these magnificent Shays coupled with the mournful sound of the whistles makes them almost ghostly. What a superb show they put on for everybody. Greetings from the UK, Bob K.

Ugh, man... I could never get tired of hearing those beautiful whistles... c: That one particularly deep one at 1:14 gave me some crazy chills for a second; truly love how soulful, almost mourning it sounds. Hoo, man... I would LOVE to hear that in person, jesus h... Personally, it didn't sound off quite long enough to do it justice, IMO.

Thank you for making me realise the first thing I want to do once my mum and I are vaccinated is go book a day out for her on a steam railway come summer. Poor lass has been practically locked up for a year.

Brilliant video. I ❤️ the sounds 🌿

Amazing ! I have never seen the locomotive with the pistons on the sides !

That would be spectacular to see in person! - Granted it will take 50 years before the bird population recovers but wow, what a sight!

The first locomotive is actually a Heisler, a different kind of loco also used for logging.

Heisler #6-B&O 3 chime Shay #6-ATSF 6 chime Shay #5-Crosby 3 chime Shay #11-Powell 3 chime Shay #4-C&O Hooter/1 chime

I've been up there a couple of times and it's worth every penny. YFI that fire tower at Whittaker used to be on top of Gauley Mountain iin Fayette County. It was 100 years old last year. The best job I ever had was manning that tower.

That Heisler Whistle is beautiful

People talk about Art, This a almost lost Art! So cool!😍

Wonderful! Greetings from Austria.

Possibly the best sound in creation....

Would have loved to have been a passenger. Priceless experience.

Also, My new nanocell TV + your camera = awesome colors.

Fantastico , esas locomotoras de tres cilindros verticales por lado . Aca solo conocimos las de cilindros horizontales.- Creo que estas ultimas son mas sencillas . Admiro la devoción de los ingleses por recrear estas maquinas ya que no es simple mantenerlas funcionables !!!! se las e y escucha como que estan andando como en sus mejores tiempos.-Se necesita mucha pasion , mucho empeño y mucho amor por elllas.-Ademas la reunion de no poca gente maquinistas , los amigos de las maquinas con sus damas, todos participan como lo que realmente es; una fiesta , un culto a las locomotoras a vapor.-

I have never steam engine with parts like that before

Excellent Vid like and fav....cheers Steve..

Someone I know can tell me! that one whistle sounds just like Tweetsies who makes it? got to be reason it sounds the same?

I watched this video so many times as a kid

I always watching those loco-videos, because I hope, that sometimes one of them explodes!

Shays make me moist, all geared locomotives really.

ความกตัญญูรู้คุณของฝรั่งมีสูงกว่าคนไทยมาก เขาคิดถึงวัตถุ สิ่งของ ธรรมชาติ มากกว่าบุคคล

If this is a Shay race, why is there a Heisler leading the pack???

The "Mountain Goats" of the steam engine era

The sound is much louder and bigger than the locomotive itself.

I miss the railfan weekends at cass

There's a steam train like that and Snellville Georgia that went around Stone Mountain I remember getting to ride that when I was a kid

Thanks for sharing this great video. Greetings from Germany with whistle. 🚂 wheely04

1:14 sounds just like a N&W Y6B Hooter Whistle. Great sound capture !

WOW, Very Impressive !

Goooooooookiiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllll

I love that AT&SF 6 chime!

Wow this is insane!

vintage engineering ....love it

Those are badass!!!

a friend of mine built a wooden one, special!!! So cool!!!!

good job!

I like ancient trains, the smoke is a lot, in Indonesia there is nothing like that. How is the shooting like that? Very beautiful. thanks.

Due to the vagaries of the RU-vid algorithm, I've never seen this clip before. While they were a truly awesome collection of steam engines, with the most awesome sounds - better even than #4014, in my opinion - I was surprised that so few people pointed out the locomotive on the far right, was not a three truck Shay and how many had never seen a geared loco. All the other four were Shays, of slightly different models I think, but that first loco was a three truck Heisler. Which in and of itself, must be as rare as rocking horse pooh. I never knew Heisler ever produced such a thing, but given Shays often had the third powered truck, Heislers would've had to compete? The third type of geared loco from about the same era, was the Climax, which had cylinders mounted almost conventionally, driving a crankshaft under the boiler. This drove bevel gears on a centre line drive shaft to the two trucks. Although I have seen a Shay in my time, they never existed here in the UK. There are small, articulated narrow gauge locos, but they are of the 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garret or Fairly types, or even a few Mallett types, not geared drive locos. Oddly enough, a Shay would be one of the few types of American locomotive that could run on standard gauge track in the UK, because of our very restricted loading gauge. Our largest and most powerful locomotives are just over 13' high and 8' wide!

What a lovely siren sound 😍

golden pasts

3:12 clinchfield 311

Oooh wow that's awesome

Why cant horns sound like that anymore? Id love to have one on my diesel truck..lol

Super video cool

amazing

Que preciosidad los locomotoras ❤❤❤

Anyone else feel a thrill hearing these whistles?

Bash Dash and Ferdinand

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Amazing

Good upload w

Nice capture bro

Ez csuda vicces ahogy a négy mozdonyvezető felelget egymásnak!!

Muita fumaça mas deve ser muito prazeroso passear de trem 😎

Футура архаика. Будущее, как прошлое. Прогресс вспять.

I know these locomotives were built for torque, or should I say Tractive Effort, but what would the horsepower peak at on these mountain climbing iron horses?

Was that an ATSF 6 Chime on WM Shay #6?

It's beautiful

STEAM-POWERRRR...

What do you call the type of locomotive that has the weird gearing on the wheels? I have never seen one like that? What was the purpose of that type of gearing?

Lindas maquinas, e até hoje funcionando muito legal fazem parte de nossa história. abraços: SÃO PAULO_BRASIL

So beautyful

Why is there so much smoke, and small driving wheels? Great siren sound.

Looks like one of those Shays is actually a Heisler.

멋있네요!

What an odd technical design! The pistons & cylinders are located at the sides of the engine? That's interesting...

Wow it's cool :o

Magnifique! Evidemment, le bilan carbone .... sur ce plan, c'est moyen ^^

Don't they got wheels underneath or have some weird system that keeps them on the track

perfect perfect perfect :)

How can u not like something like this...🤔🤔🤔

Wow amazing train in the amazing videos.. Good job I like it

what whistle was WM 6 wearing?

Best beautiful very nice 🙂

What are the names off this locomotives? I never see locomotives like this before.

Eu gostei muito da Maria fumaça gostei muito mesmo

c'est de belles locomotives et je les aime beaucoup et de très beau sson

That wheel slip at 2:10 on the far right locomotive.

Wtf are those ? Im in awe

The engineers seem to be "trigger happy" when using the whistle. What rules are there for this?

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