MY FAVORITE EVENT at the Colorado Railroad Museum... Colorado Crossings! 

It was not only an honor, but an absolute pleasure getting to watch you run 491. It was amazing getting to see you do something that you genuinely enjoy and love. The smoothness and precision that you had running that locomotive was astounding! Standing behind you I couldn't even feel when you connected to those coaches, the stops were like butter, and no one could not wipe the smile off your face if they tried! Thank you for another amazing video, a wet t-shirt, and everything that you do. Sorry for totally photo bombing the video btw lol

Steam Era engineers: grizzled and bitter old men with no F's left to give, fueled by caffeine, alcohol, and hatred. Hyce: "good choochoo needs to go night-night"

12:55 I laughed unreasonably hard when Peaches took the Johnson bar and clicked it one notch forward on her own. Yall just looked down at her and went "Ok that works, if it works for her it works for us"

favorite Highlights "next time on K-37 Kitchen, K-37 Sandwich, I am the meat" 12:56 looks like Peaches is Getting a little cranky, it's definitely nearing her nap time "She'll tell you what she wants" And every second of hearing #20, The Angry Elf, Barking at that train, and Working as hard as she can! it sounds amazing, Every time I hear a Steam Loco REALLY put their back into what it is they were built to do is always a lovely sounding experience, It's Like they're happy when they work like that, and that makes me happy to think about This whole event was wonderful to watch from your POV, and seeing the more technical aspects of it, like the Careful Coupling of the Business cars and Becoming a Sandwich, and hearing about the careful "Bites" of the throttle Thank you Hyce, Again, this was great to watch!

491 really told you off for putting the johnson bar in the "wrong notch"

Beebe & Clegg, quite the characters they were, or so I've read. Funnily enough, at the the California State Railroad Museum (where I volunteer), we have their first private car: Georgia Northern #100 "The Gold Coast." Talk about a yacht/mansion on wheels! The car actually has a great deal of significance to the creation of the museum. In the 1970s, then-CA Governor Ronald Reagan was initially opposed to the concept of a railroad museum owned, operated, and funded by the State. It was a dinner hosted in the Gold Coast by officials from the Locomotive & Railway Historical Society that convinced him to support the idea.

What a cool event. Also recreating the RGS vibe of the time: “Ugh a charter. But it’s cash flow.” and hooked on as an afterthought.

6:48 I see the museum finally has its own "zoomy boy."

“That’s nice & gentle, sweetheart. Good Choo Choo”

I don't know why but seeing 491 put the johnson bar where see she wanted made me chuckle

Very few places in the US an event like this can be pulled off.

It was fun seeing you their hyce and listening to you making fun of Brett while he toured people on the Rio Grande EMD 5304

Now Hyce, given that you're the expert here, I'm pretty sure that "kick the bar forward" is merely a turn of phrase my guy 😋

The causal smack of the indi brake being thrown off made me laugh harder then it should've! Honestly wish we could do that in DV

20:09 man you could've at least recorded my good side 😂 But this whole event was super fun and I'm glad I was there for it!

I always love your voice-overs and explanatory commentary, and of course that Hyce humor!!!

This event continues to grow! Always a lot of fun!

Don’t know if I’m able to say this but 20’s chuff at 23:40 is just ORGASMIC

21:30 The bell was ringing, because you needed the extra traction.

24:56, watching 20's spark arrestor do the dance is very entertaining

there is something so satisfying as listening to steam locomotives, whistles and chuffing along awesome :) Thanks to you Huce and all the others that keep the Steam live and running :)

I certainly wouldn’t have guessed that fine switching moves with a superheated steam loco and a traditional trolley car would require the same motions. Take a point of power, back to coast, take a point, back to coast, etc until you grab a little brake and stop. Sounds like it’s for the same reasons, too, as both types of machine want to take off a bit too fast on those low power settings. Very cool!

"And the Go-pro didn't die!" Okay seriously, get outtah my head! I was LITERALLY thinking the same when you said it, as well as how amazing it is that we now have cameras small enough to be able to do stuff like this! (In 1080p no less)

Hyce there is a video on RU-vid called Swedish steam railways 2018 part 3. It is filmed at the railroad i volunteer at. There is also a video of a steam turbine locomotive pulling an iron ore train search for M3t nr 71

Done. Next Colorado Crossings event I'm (potentially) coming.

Beautiful single-chime on 20 - I, unlike most, am rather fond of them!

I always tell my friends from out of state that if they're ever in D-town for any amount of time, the C.R.R.M. is an absolute must! And then I point out the Coors brewery and it's daily tours right up the road with Lookout mountain right behind that and boom, they got their day planned out! (Okay, maybe not in that order, but still...)

Good show! Glad y'all had a good time. I hope it was a good showing with lots of visitors.

I love cooking inside the loco vids hyce

I see number 20 has her single chime whistle again I really miss seeing that wig wag swinging back-and-forth. I sincerely hope the museum will fix the mechanism that makes it swing soon.

Oh man this looks like so much fun. I wish I could be there when it takes place.

@3:29 : And THAT, that whole segment starting from that point ladies and gentlemen, is how a steam engine should sound! Hard at work! Awesome stack-talk from 491 and especially from ole Number 20. If she doesn't sound like those two did, you ain't running her right. A beautiful soundscape, half a century in the making. And Hyce, my complements on your engine running skills. The CRRM should be VERY proud to have such a crack engineer at the throttle here.

Half expected to see the ES&D livery on those tanks

How good! There was something hilarious about seeing that person using a smartphone in a steam engine

Can’t wait to check out this weekend!

Hi Mark your video was wonderful on so many levels! Watching you operate 491 is an absolute fab educational experience. As you describe the required technique for the needed operation then gets me to analyze the individual steps you take to make things happen. And thanks to your previous tutorials, observing the breaking and signaling and understanding what all that is pays off. The sights and sounds are beautiful! How cool it is for the CRRM to celebrate the work of Beebe and Clegg (both so interesting but sad too). I wondered who got to dress up, 😂. But seriously that was a perfect period touch. Thank you Professor for making another first-rate video and showing us the fun of a Colorado Crossings event! The next best thing to being there. And yes, please share more of these. Cheers!

It's really nice to see a video of the engines running around at the museum! We usually see them in the roundhouse, not in daylight and in action.

i had an amazing time there when i went on sunday, I'm still looking back at all the videos i took of the parade, what an amazing event you guys put on.

love the video. I need to come see this next year, old movie train case.

I wish that I was there to watch it all happen.

That was fun! I am so glad I donated in my fathers name to restore 20. We would travel in a Volkswagen camper from New York to Colorado in the mid sixties chasing trains. Dad loved the RGS.

Track configuration at the Colorado Railroad Museum reminds me of my childhood model train layout!

And the GoPro did not die I laughed when I heard you say that

I love these videos, one thing I love about #20 is the hooter whistle. It gives me a ticket to tomahawk vibes.

I love these technical and detailed discussions. Thanks for that.

Your channel makes me wanna become a fireman at the east Lancs railway

If someone wanted to stop by and say hi ftf, what would be the best days of the week to catch you working?

I could watch this for hours

23:30: Shots fired at Train Simulator: Classic?

Great video, was lovely to see 20 working hard on that heavy train, but was also nice to see her light engine, getting a bit of speed on!

Such a good video. Great voiceover for explanations as well.

you helped me find a passion for steam trains and trains in general i love the videos keeps up the good work

What a video to watch on the last day of of my senior year! Crazy to think when I first started watching I was a junior in high school with the original videos of Railroads Online! back when you were still living on the west coast. Crazy how time flies like that. Keep up the great work, Mark!

very cool and what a contrast in the guy known for "giving it the beans" in Derail Valley with a long consist of Splodey Bois. It's hard to imagine a massively heavy metal machine moving delicately, but hearing you explain and then watching you tap-tap-tap the throttle and watching the gravel railbed behind some metal bracket on the train and seeing it just imperceptively start to drift forward...I've got less fine control on a bicycle.

Thanks Hyce! Learned a bit this time! Great sounds from two wonderful Ladies!

Love this! What a great event!

Should I ever take a look on the other side of the pond I'll absolutely have to visit you there. Even after all that time of watching your channel it's still amazing how … exotic all this still is to me as an European railwayman. After all it's nearly two centuries of virtually independant development. Here in Europe the railways of different countries are still very different to each other, but certain things just go again, certain conventions, certain influences. Things I take as given - and then I see a whole different world in your videos. Doesn't get old.

17 is the same way, and her tires are damn near as hard as steel can get (way too hard) so she gets reeeeal slippery if you let the steam chest pressurize too much. Switching with her is rarely fun.

I would say you’re lucky, but it’s you’re work not luck that enables you to perform and make such awesome content.

Good thing your radios didn’t die while coordinating all that!

I'm noticing the hand powered turntable. I refer to those as "ARMSTRONG TURNTABLES!" haha

Wooo!

Was a fun day!!!

thanks for the stabelization

Hyce & this mueseum will probably be the ONLY reason I ever travel to America

Love how sassy she put the lever into the gear that SHE wanted it in (isn’t that the Johnson bar? I’m kinda confused with train terms)

Hey Hyce, does your railroad do Day out with Thomas Events?

Did I really see you kick the Johnson bar forwards lmao?

hyce likes his steamy bois also hyce have you ever drove one of the trains the first part during this?

I didn't know that 491 was DP capable?!

I love watching you Handel the locomotives so well. Awesome video Hyce. Also didn't I hear you say something about an audio book of *Little Engines Big Men* ?

7:08 look, it’s a foamer!!

The climax works now

A lot more gentle than modern switching. I'm going to be honest, i've made some pretty hard joints before. To be fair, it does sometimes depend more on the skills of the engineer than the accuracy of my car counts

That was very interesting - you can't buy experience

Excellent stuff!

Yayy contentttt

I was hoping for a longer video with the parade and other stuff but was still cool :D

very nice, whats with the two tank cars behind 491?

Why did you caption me “he go zoom” 😂😂😂😂😂

That was soooooo cool

I was at this museum today and I tried looking for you to say hi

491 was burning real clean in some of those shots, I'm assuming because she was about to go to bed?

Just watched with my family, and they found your explanation of the intricacies of the switching maneuvers quite useful and interesting! Could you explain what made the water stop short, or was it just the editing?

Awesome vid! Is there going to be another event where both steam locomotives are out? Meant to come this year but flights were too high lol

quick question for you hyce. do the steam engines at the museum run every day? or are there days when they're given a rest? I'd really like to bring my nephews to see an actual steam train.

I kind of find 20 with the hooter right yet wrong

lmao he go zoom 6:52

Were those two shay’s I saw in the back when you were shoving back 491’s cars into the siding?

Are you converting the turntable pit to a swimming pool

What is 3011 doing?

I'm not sure if anyone has asked this yet but is the tank cars on 491's train used to house extra water as well?

How are your hand signals? For our railroad he was doing hand signals as if you were going backwards.

Hyce.... In this video I noticed Number 12... She is a Shay, correct? In addition, are there any plans to get her restored and running (eventually?)

I’ve always wondered this. Why do engineers plug the throttle so much when taking off? I know wheelslip is an issue, but I didn’t think it was that bad. Edit: nvm. Train is just giant vapor water hose.

how much water do you usually get in your Roundtable pit? does it have a Pump because that's not a good sign water sitting in it as in the long run will destroy it. Curious how many times do you think you have done circles around that property? You have to wondering what it must feel like to run any of those Engines on a Long Route mainline somewhere else.

Now Hyce what did you do with the 6 chime steam whistle that used to be on 491?

But the question is how many French horns of piping French horn is about 13 feet for reference.

why is the track by the lead switch just cut? shouldn't there be a crossover?

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