Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad - Season 1, Episode 3 "Flat Clapped Out - Rowdy's Steam Engine Tour" 

We'll get there eventually, just picking and prioritizing projects as we reopen!

Here’s to hoping that Cllimax 10 makes a triumphant return

Always a lunkhead who spits out his drink.

My special needs son agrees 👍 with you on that completely! Always remember that with God all things are possible 🙏.

I’m not sure if the RJ Kelley will ever run again or if it’s in good enough condition to be restored.

Thanks so much for coming! Glad someone who might, but probably doesn’t *really* like trains checked out the RU-vid channel too! :) :)

@@mtrainierrail yeah. Figured I’d give it a chance. 🤷 But really thanks for giving me a goofy smile all the way home.

Me too....

Oops...was that from the MtRainierRail channel rather than my personal page? Whoopsies! -B

@@mtrainierrail Fired.

@@mtrainierrail I really to want see 5 back in operation over the geared engines. I wish there is something we can do to get it restored

He's been gone for years

We need choo choos that call pull trains and be repaired with available funding first...but we hear you! Our goal is to make the operation as self-sustaining as possible so that we can afford to take on bigger (and perhaps less "necessary") restoration projects!

@@mtrainierrail That's completely understandable

He is in the end credit!!

In theory, the annual wouldn't be too bad...

That's why she's in the best shape of all the geared engines, and may have a better shot of being brought back to steam over the others. Also, there are MANY operating Shays (LOTS at Cass Scenic in West Virginia, a couple at Roaring Camp & Big Trees in the Santa Cruz Mountains an hour away from San Francisco and Monterey, a couple on Yosemite Mountain just outside of Yosemite National Park, and many others elsewhere), a decent number of operating Heislers (2 operational in the state next door with one on the Oregon Coast Scenic, the other on Sumpter Valley, the oldest working one also fairly close by at Roaring Camp & Big Trees, another fairly close by at the Roots Of Motive Power in Willits, a 3 trucker at Cass Scenic, another at Stevens Creek in Illinois), and a couple of operating Climaxes (One on the Cass Scenic, the other at Clark's Trading Post, and one on the other side of the Ocean on Puffing Billy in Australia). But there are NO working Willamette's, which would be another reason to bring it back to steam over the other 3 besides being the one that needs the least amount of work. However it would be wonderful to see ALL 4 geared engines running again, and maybe someday that can be a reality. :)

@@Chris9017 Even better might be to see RJ Bud Kelley steamed up, but with it being exposed to the elements on display at the MRSR may affect that. if it's in better shape or needs less work than 91 (highly doubt), it could run again before her.

TBD. The survey will tell. 17 is next up for a bit of work for use as our backup engine.

45 was sold circa 2016. She WILL run again though, but no word on what has been done to her since.

There a RU-vid video on it a lot to explain in text

Seems like a good video topic! We’ve got the only operational Willamette and learned a lot in the restoration process. It’s a really cool engine that was developed right as we headed into the height of the Great Depression, so a lot of the “neat” modifications and improvements just never caught on and became popular. We’ll add it to the “future videos” list!

I want to put my vote on 5

We’re thinking Monday or Tuesday! We were hoping for this week but it’s been total (good) chaos at our shops!

If you threw around your checkbook as much as your opinion the orginazation would be flush enough to run all the geared engines. Nowhere in this video did it say that there wasn't a want to run the geared engines. There is if there is money in the account to cover it, until someone wants to come along to pay for it it won't happen. As far as what you have stated, find someone to front the moving bill... I'll wait.🍹🚬

@@therowdyexcavator the way you explain it in the video came across that way as if yeah you could but just show no interest idk man maybe make a video. That would help explain how much all that would cost to restore one of them for most ppl we don’t know what those figures look like / it’s also sad that they just kept running them into grave like that … why not fix the issues as you notice them next time around? An how are you going to buy a 3rd loco if your can’t afford to restore one on your current roster ?

@@anthonycook5238 If they can get a third running locomotive now, they can use it to make money. Even under the best of circumstances and with all the money you need, steam locomotives are intensive and long rebuild projects. One of the reasons railroads ditched them was because of how time and money consuming the maintenance was. Many of the issues he mentioned can't be fixed with routine maintenance. You have to tear the entire machine apart and rebuild from the ground up, assuming you have the money. Most things have to be custom made too. There's no parts catalog.