Found this channel in the spring of this year. I have been hooked ever since. I look forward to every new video and replay all the older videos in between. It has been a wonderful 2019 just watching how you do all those videos and let many people into your life. I can't wait for what is in store for all us viewers in 2020. From all your viewers, Happy New Year.
I found your channel in late 2018. I consider yours to be one of the better channels on RU-vid. Saturday mornings, usually have me sitting in front of the tv eating breakfast watching your latest video. Its guys like you who help to keep the past alive. Happy New Years from North Carolina.
Just gotta say Squatch - its not just the subject of the vids you do, it is the presenter. Its a very refreshing change to watch a true professional do what he clearly loves to do (most days - there are days we all wanna burn our project to the ground and move on, nothin wrong there!). You do a damn good job and deserve a hell of a lot more subs than ya have now. Here's hopin you hit 50k next year!
Used to be HUGE into the McCormick-Deering/International Harvester line with actual paperwork signed by Cyrus McCormick, been on Brooks McCormick home property, been in IH plants etc.. Glad to see younger generations enjoying the history of "Old Iron" be it Caterpillar, IH, Deere or even steam machinery. OLD IRON RULES!
BTW, I'm one of those who made it to 30,000 for ya. Ran Caterpillar equipment for more than 40 years until I retired, and would go back in a heartbeat.
Hand clutch H-T 4 hand clutch 933. 977 was power shift. Wow. That 977 would pull the #####!!! Out o the world. 657 cat pan later on is a passion. I understand bout power LIKE a LOCOMOTIVE. Thankyou
We have the skunk train stream locomotives in Fort bragg California .it 2 hours from the house .I paid 100 dollars to ride in the cab. It pulled 7 pitman cars .I was in my real early 40s my son and l ran a gp9 diesel locomotive .the first time my son was 10 years old. We fid this at the Portola train museum. That was 20 years ago. It cost 250 dollars an hour. After we were done they gave us a certificate showing the weight was 400 tons if I remember correctly. Awesome video
UP 4014 was out in Portland for the 2005 NRHS Convention. Afterward it headed east through the Columbia River Gorge. I, along with many others, chased it along I-84. When it came to Multnomah Falls it stopped for pictures. Everyone on the freeway just stopped to get a closer look and take pictures. I remember the one frustrated Oregon State Police trooper trying to keep clear the blocked freeway to no avail.
I have been on a steam locomotive while it was pulling pitman cars. I paid 100 dollars to ride in the cab. I felt the hart beat of the locomotive when pulling a hill . It was the skunk train stream locomotives 🚂 in Willits California 2 hours from my house in Santa rosa California. The whole ride was in the redwoods.
Things like trains, when you work with them like your CATS gets into your blood. It's the same with guitars, cars/trucks, etc... It's hard to get it out of your blood!
30K subscribers (victims), either your'e good or we are a sad bunch. I''ll go with you and senior giving us great uncomplicated stuff to watch. As a UK subscriber I like the different words you boys use to describe stuff. I also like the use of "Honey Badger" . Happy New Year to you all!
Squatch, for me a main reason I follow your channel is that old iron has "soul" that's lacking in modern equipment. The work you put into maintaining that soul is a labor of love, and it shows. Thanks for all you do.
Personally, it isn't so much the equipment you work on or profile but the excellent mechanical knowledge you pass along. Your attention to detail is much appreciated. Always enjoy your videos!
i always liked hearing the EMD's at the paper mill but I'm diesel powered too. But the big sawmill 15 miles below here was steam powered. I can still remember all the noise and smoke and steam flying out of that thing. I'm too old for my own good. And the 1st diesel truck was a 50-ish GMC with a 6-71! Too old.
Thanks to your video I've researched 4014 quite a bit and not only is i an awesome site it was a monumental undertaking to get it were it is today...way cool...👍👍
your words and description of how trains affect young and old was so accurate..the majestic nature of the power..the sound..and historical value of how this young Nation was built..maybe like how the Titanic was viewed..history has few machines that have this affect..as you were describing this Train your smiles and emotion was evident..it is contagious...thanks for your videos and the approach of how you edit them..may You and Your Dad realize another great year..we are all along for the ride..
I will admit, I'm not a big fan of old iron just setting and looking pretty. But I do love to watch someone tear it down to it's bare bones, refreshing it and putting it back together into it's original state of its glory day. I've seen so many of these things in different stages of disrepair, and knowing the owner was wanting to do something with it but time, money, and availability of parts and tools, or someone with the experience to do the machining that they can't do their self. But I do love watching your channel and going with you to the different shows and swap meets. Then see the excitement in your eye because you found this prize or that part that you were looking for!! Keep up the great channel and letting us share your geart experiences as you comes across these prizes.....
Toby did you get a chance to see the CP Holiday train? Not sure how close to you it goes but there are two trains and they bring a ton of onlookers both in Canada and the States. www.cpr.ca/holiday-train/canada Anyway Merry Christmas to you and your family and all the best in 2020.
what i like about the 4014 restoration is UP did not restore it just to do short run excursion trains. they put the 4014 back to work doing what it was built to do.. with the computerised pulse injection oil burner it is much more fuel efficient than when it was new on coal. . UP did the 844 which is half or a big boy now all they need do is restore the challenger to complete the set..
You are absolutely right about steam engines you can't imagine it until you have seen one under steam. No one else would have done that other than UP. Now if we could have a turbine, I'm not even sure if there are any existing..
Wow that train sounded awesome even on my cellphone I loved seeing it go threw your town at that crossing and it was a big one long too thanks so much for showing us 🇺🇸
Started watching your channel last year when you were working on X231. You caught me with the amount of detail and excellence you put into your work. I have watched everyone of your videos since and I look forward to each new one that comes out. Keep up the great work. Thanks and Happy New Year
I can remember the ROY RODGERS tv show and Roy had that same D2 with the same orchard fenders probably filmed in Cal. never saw it move , they were always riding horses .
No way would I call that a cop out that thing was built with basic hand tools and without this wonderful technology we have that can seem to provide a product that stands the test of time like that train
I have also always enjoyed and admired steam equipment especially trains. The amount of knowledge of both operators and repair and rework facilities to keep them running is simply stunning. The fact that rework facilities have been gone for the better part of 40-50 years makes the restoration of the UP Big Boy all the more incredible. It was really great to watch your commentary on the 4014 as a former worker of that very line. Oil pan for 5J1113 is looking sharp and appears to be about ready to go back on. I'm curious to see if you choose to use the older tower bypass oil filter and stay true to the 1938 machine, or go slightly more "modern" with the full flow filter off of 5J2115 SP. Hopefully Santa made a delivery of a few crates of NOS cosmoline covered Cat parts for you, like a full RD6 piston, liner, rings, and bearings for your RD6 with the LePlant Chote blade. Perhaps he even dropped off a brand new slide bar D8 with a cab for you to move the incoming snow with. If neither of those arrived this year, perhaps Santa is still working out the shipping from the North Pole. Cheers Squatch, wishing you a bountiful rock harvest in the spring of 2020.
@@squatch253 I am so glad to hear that, I was really hoping the early tall bypass filter would go back on. Between modern oil technology and the low annual hours 5J1113 will see I agree that the filter is going to be redundant. Good stuff Squatch. It was absolutely my pleasure to share some gifts from the far East. I'm already thinking about what I could send next year when I'm deployed again. Cheers!
Hi Squatch, thanks for all your videos. Your field work with the super M this spring caught my eye and I’ve been hooked ever since. My dad grew up on a farm in southern WI and they had a super M just like yours, pretty cool. I’ve spent my working life on steam locomotives in Durango, CO as an engineer in the summer months and a machinist in the winter. I know how you feel when you talk about being born way too late. Lucky for us we can still get a glimpse of the past in this modern world. Keep up the good work!
Is that the same locomotive that goes from Denver to Casper WY every year? Nope I guess not. That is the 4005. Nice to know there are more of these being showcased!
Absolutely have the same sickness for CAT , Lima cranes and steam power are tops and any old vintage iron from '20s -''50s. I get total body shivers from big steam power ! ! Great channel keep up the good work !!
Believe it or not, it was your 4014 video that brought me to your channel! I had the opportunity to photograph Big Boy from the air when it was heading out of St. Paul for Wisconsin (East). It was a highlight of my year! I wound up sticking around for the old crawler videos. Particularly the diesel engine overhaul since I know significantly less about Diesel engines. Plus the fact I like old stuff... particularly warbirds and to some extent tractors and trains.
I like to watch this old stuff because it reminds me of being a kid back on the farm back in the '60's, when people knew which bathroom to use and having a work ethic was still respected.
I followed it through NE Arkansas and was totally amazed at the size and the appearance. One from Pinebluff Arkansas came through maybe 20 years ago was a real delight.
Squatch, like someone else said, I love watching your hands on stuff. And when you’re talking about the 4014 you are absolutely right! I would love to be able to get out there and see her sometime. I’m a steam train fan by heart. And while I could do it I used to volunteer at a national park devoted to steam trains here in Pennsylvania. I hope you and Senior had a nice holiday season and a great new year! I look forward to keeping up with your videos in the new year.
I found you through your D2 #5J1113 restoration; I’m really enjoying that. Just wish my dad was still around to watch with me. That D2 was state-of-the-art when he went to work for SCDOT in ~1938. I just got around to watching this video yesterday. You’re normally pretty “dry”; it was cool to see your level of excitement when you were talking about the Big Boy. Steam does get in your blood!
That's what got me into Heavy equipment repair, the mass of 1,000's of pounds of iron breathing & consuming fuel. It is alive in that sence. The old D-8's & D-9 crawlers even the 1693 cat truck engines shook the shop building on the 1st fire up after rebuild. Then the nervous 1st start-ups of the 71 series Detroit's never knowing what to expect. Gotcha on power struck. That's what kept me in that line of work.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year... I can't speak for other viewers however there are numerous reasons I enjoy your channel immensely: 1. The accuracy of the technical and historical information you convey, 2. The amount of new information regarding machining, and engine rebuilding is educational as well as motivational, and 3. Your shop's cleanlines, organization and the special care with which you maintain your equipment is amazing. Your shop dispels that myth that engine and implement restoration has to be done in a greasy, dirty, unpleasant environment. Thank you for sharing all your skills and wisdom.
With this weekends impending storm looming it was nice to see some highlights of this past summer and a reminder that the warm tractor season is yet to come! I've spent quite a bit of time on steam tractors in my day and there is no feeling like being on one, like you said steam is it's own animal, it's a living breathing machine for sure!....Merry belated Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your dad, thanks for the highlights!!
Squatch, you have some great machines no doubt. But, you could pin ole' Big Boy 4014 to the top of the list for evermore. I used to visit 4014 when it was on static display at the Pomona fairgrounds. I too followed its recovery and restoration process from the night they put it on the MetroLink tracks until its first self powered trips out of Cheyenne. Thanks for showing the footage of her (him?) blasting by your neck of the woods. Happy New year and thanks for all the great youtube content.
2020 is not going very well with covid and the riots. It's so sad to see this beautiful country getting torn apart. Your youtube channel has kept me sane. For that I thank you. As I type this you have 33.3 K subscribers. That's awesome. Keep the vids coming and stay safe.
I have had a great time watching you channel this year and I am looking forward to watching all of the videos in 2020. Hope you and your dad have a great and prosperous New Year. Aloha.
You are absolutely right about the sensory appeal of steam locomotives. They breathe like a living thing. You can even sense the change in the air pressure as the steam exhausts through the stack. My first encounter with an operating steam locomotive was Nickel Plate 765 in the New River Gorge, West Virginia in about 1985, and anyone-- or at least any gearhead-- knows in an instant how generations of boys all over the world dreamed of being locomotive engineers. (And some of us never grew upl) There are at least two railroads in the United States that put you through a steam locomotive operations class and let you drive a steam train (under close supervision): the Cumbres and Toltec in Colorado and the Northern Nevada Railroad. I would love to do one of those classes if my health ever permits.
I saw the 4014 last summer. When i walked around to the the front "Big Boy" was wrote on the front of the boiler it gave me the goosebumps. Living history
When I seen just a bit of how Ed and the men bored the Cylinders on # 4014 It reminded me of the lengths you went to “ Braze and machine the innards of X 231 around the PTO housing bearing retainers etc. the lengths a devoted restorer goes to make sure the job is “ done right” is the difference tween a trailer queen and a piece of machinery that you could drive anywhere anytime 👍👍👍👍
i have been in the 4014 cab a bunch of times while it was out in Pomona fair grounds as stationary display.. it did have one of the horns hooked up to compressed air. i spent many days in the early 70s in griffith parks travel town checking out the huge collection of steam locomotives there..
Yeah buddy, you picked the correct #1 slot. He was rebuilt within a couple of miles where I got my start in communications. I have personally been on just about every rail mile those engines were built for (Cheyenne, WY to Ogden, UT). Beautiful country... country where mother nature rules the roost. Where man blasted away mountains just to achieve a passible grade only to have mother nature show what she can do with snow and 70 mph winds making snow pack almost as dense as sheer ice. If a guy makes it through that he then gets to face more snow pack and rapid melting in California and the subsequent landslides.
I still have shivers and goosebumps for a good 10 minutes and I like you are glad union Pacific done well bringing that big bear of a steamer back to use and life
I know how you feel on burn out. I am tired of tearing down and inspecting at this point. I want to see some chassis reassembly on my end.... Soon enough we will be getting to that point. Great little plug for the Nowthen show! Was that Jon's D2? It is always good to see you there - hope for a reunion at the Spring Plow Day with ya if all works out. Albany is a GREAT show as well - a lot of BIG, RARE, and UNIQUE stuff there. Those Crossmotors are an awesome machine in themselves. The manifolds are very hard to find intact. I'd love to have one someday to go along with the 1928 JD D... I wasn't able to make it this year, but loved your video of the show. Heard it was a mudfest! 4014 was a great thing to be a part of - I am fortunate enough to only live 2 blocks away from the line. Got my video on the NB trip... And was working in the yard during it's SB return. Gotta tell ya - that steam whistle in the distance is quite an eerie sound - almost as if the past is haunting you through the trees. You're right - the whistle is THE source of anything that could be labeled "HORSEPOWER, TORQUE, and GOOSEBUMPS". As far as most photographed - probably a toss up between that and the Case 150 at WMSTR this year. Usually the question at WMSTR is "Where are the bathrooms"?... This year, EVERYONE was asking "WHERE IS THE 150"? Great year, Squatch. Looking forward to another start on more wrenching. And thank you for not only all of your videos, but all of your help in many facets on my end. Truly appreciated.
Been loving the content and you projects even dads too keeps me watching and learning so much about cats and miniapolis moline tractors and an experimental makes it all the more interesting too
I love ole cat's. Grew up on them started age 9. With pop rest his sole. Im 61 Thanks Oliver loader tracks. H-t 4 cat . 933 977 turbo. It was awesome.turned 17 got clocked in 200 hours cdl got to haul them round. Thankyou u bring back good memories. Cant remember that oliver but she had bout a 1 yard bucket on her . u ever see one o those ? Gas 4 cylinder too.
Another great video! I started watching your videos back in late spring early summer and i check on the daily. I love all the old iron you show. This new junk today looks nice and performs good but its boring. I like the fight the old gear puts up.
Great video 👍 friend o mine is a steam loco driver with one of the preservation societies in Scotland and I got the chance to ride footplate,👍👍 was a big goods engine think it was a 4 84 configuration an that was the experience of a lifetime as you say that thing was aluve, All the best for a Happy New year to you and Senior keep them videos coming 👍👍
Well, I enjoy watching your videos. As a kid I loved tearing down garden tractor engines, the car, pickup truck, water cooled VW Dasher and Rabbit engines and rebuilding them all. But I was a bricklayer not a mechanic! My Dad was raised in a time and place where they had to fix things not buy new things and it carried on to me and my next youngest brother. I helped my mother's Father (yep, Papaw Smith) keep his Farmall Cub running and replaced the clutch in it once (my Dad had done it many years before). I still fix things from, well I still try to fix things. Now, let's get that engine back together, that X tractor in a parade and move to the next project. Thanks, Greg.
