[TS22] Running the LIVING LEGEND that's never been retired! 

Hi Hyce, what a nice surprise coming across this video! About the black smoke and the steam generation, one thing is that it's important to adjust the damper (the little rotating handle on the side of the firebox door cover) so that it's about the same percentage open as the firing handle, in order to balance the fuel-air mixture. The other thing is to keep the flues clear of soot by clicking and holding on the sand bucket. The soot builds up when there's black smoke, but it'll clear if you sand for long enough. While the sand is scouring the flues, you'll get even more black smoke (that's the soot beign thrown out the stack!). You should also use the sludge removers frequently so as to avoid foaming (yeah, the other kind of foaming. lol!)

I enjoy that you can see Hyce jiggling this perfect digital throttle like it still has slop in its pins

"Let's just do this thing that blocks the tracks behind us, what could go wrong?" Hyce eventually learned what could go wrong.

at 18:18 here’s what you do. You start coasting and you maximize your steam pressure building. That’s my recommendation from a non-engineer/fireman person.

7:02 Flashing green over red is DIVERGING CLEAR LIMITED. aka Proceed on to the diverging route, but speed through turnout must not exceed 40mph. A solid Green over Red is DIVERGING CLEAR. aka Proceed through the diverging route at Prescribed Speed. Ignore the Red on the top, it's just there to tell Operator that it's working. However if you DO see a Yellow on the top of that Green signal, it means the NEXT signal is a speed change. Green flashing under Yellow is 40, Green solid is 60 unless a Permanent Speed Restriction sign is present at that signal.

844, to me at least, never quite looked like it was built in 1944. It looks newer than that, not only in its quality of materials but also in its general design. It almost feels like the kinds of steam locomotives that would’ve been built today, had diesels and electrics never come about. Especially with the additional modern control stands in the cab like you mentioned.

If you want speed I recommend one of the British mainline routes, they are pretty much all super flat and straight for speed. Though it does look kinda silly, UP 844 is soo big the cylinders clip through station platforms. I got smokeboxes 844 up to 100 or 105MPH before I got an error saying the valve gear was destroyed. (maybe it was 115MPH?)

Hyce if you want to have more fun with British stuff try the SR Q1 where you can blow it up if you make a mistake and there is a route set in Wales using J94 tank engines that at one point has a 1:20 grade and you have all the fun of hauling slate cars up a very steep route. both worth it for a good fun challenge.

Hyce is probably one of the best RU-vidrs. Greet attitude and just fun personality, always makes my day just watching one of his videos.

That is a beautiful engine. I would love to revisit it in the future

Some day I will get to see the living legend in person. My great grandpa fired the locomotive during its original time in service and I have missed seeing it multiple times. :(

This loco deserves a medal of status and honor just for the fact its never been retired

My favorite steam locomotive, the 844 is such a beautiful engine. Especially with those white painted wheels. The FEF-3 is a versatile engine too not just good looking and fast, they are properly suited to both passenger and fast freight, something the american class 1s back in the steam era said was not possible but UP did it anyway.

Ahh I remember the day when she rolled into my hometown in Del Rio, got a picture of me along side her cylinder (on the fireman's side)

Great job! Love seeing your hijinks in Smokebox’s creations. Next, might I suggest his Consolidation. I believe that was his first, 844 came next. Even now, I find it a ton of fun to run. There’s some good scenarios to download for it on the workshop. Cheers

Seeing you happy just makes my day, keep it up Hyce!

I got to see 844 when it visited Ogden in 2016 or 17, around the same time I was helping with the restoration of the D&RGW 223.

If you’re looking to change it up from western steam, I think it’d be fun to see you try one of DSGDDR’s Pennsy steamers on the Horseshoe Curve route from Altoona to Johnstown. Steep grades, tight curves, and a nice long downhill stretch after the summit to get some spicy times.

Great video as usual! If you'd want to see some big wheels in TS I'd recommend the LNWR Cornwall.

Pretty nice model of the Union Pacific 844. Very much a iconic steam locomotive.

80 inch drivers also mean for incredibly high speeds

When I first went to work for Lakeside on the railroad, I worked for the two guys that were burned in the cab of the real thing when it was in Union Station. The fire had gone out and the fireman tossed a fusee in to relight the fire and it flashed back into the cab. Since then, no visits to the cab in the depots. John was my boss for a season and then I guess he was too sick to do much other than answer phones. He died not too much later. Jerry drove a car with a bumper sticker with "Paid for Union Pacific 8444." (She was still 8444 back then.) Jerry ended up taking over the vendor of the arcade games. He kept putting super loud and annoying games in the depot and I'd always have the ticket agent press the breaker to turn them off so we could have some peace and quiet. Once in a while he'd come in and get pissed we turned his games off. No one ever played them. Eventually he moved in different games and put them on the concrete where they got good and wet when it rained. I used to chase the Challenger and the 844 back then. I almost went with some coworkers to chase the 844 over Tennessee Pass but I ended up working at Lakeside that weekend because, heck, why chase steam when you can be paid to ride.

UP Signals are pretty simple Top is your track, each signal cluster down is one more track over Red-Flashing Green-Red: You're switching one track so mind that speed Once you know that, you pretty much only need to understand single track signals to understand multiple signal clusters

the only thing missing from this sim is the boiler steel screaming in agony at being abused with 150psi changes

Keep up the great content, Hyce😁

21:25 dude I lost it at 115,000 steams XD For real though give it another shot, on flat track this model can do 120mph :D

The atomizer also atomizes the oil so it will burn. It turns the oil into a mist. Probably the most important part of its purpose.

honestly.... just the most beautiful engine. I never really considered how large those drivers were till you put them in terms of feet. those damn wheels are two inches taller than me?!?! holy hell!!

I rode behind and saw her for the first time back in 2018 on the last run of the Cheyenne Frontier Days special from Denver to Cheyenne

The signal was a red over a flashing green over red. Which is a diverging route at the prescribed speed through the turn out.

6:41 That sound is a thing for FRA requirements It's the big black box with the lights and big speaker. I forgot what it was called but its something to keep trains safer so they don't have accidents and it says the signal ahead of you with the lights It says UP for the ones on UP lines and the other thing on the left (I think its DRGW or CNW) for other railroads.

I so want to see you try to take Idaho or Omaha up to Promontory or from Cheyenne across Sherman to Laramie! 119 or her sisters work too!

If you're here pondering buying this, Steam's date on it is still 2014, but Smokebox updated it in 2021 quite extensively.

really sad UP aren't running that summer trip anymore, that Cheyenne train was always a blast to chase.

That's a serious Speed Demon.

I definitely recommend the freeware G-Trax coaches for anyone looking to replicate UP steam passenger ops.

I love your videos Hyce. Except for DV, I am relatively new to train sims. If any one watching knows, is there a good sim with SP4449 in it. I have had the good fortune of getting to see both the SP4449 and SP&S 700 volunteering at the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation in Portland,OR.....when there is no vid-19. 😀

Imma do a heckin British and say Talyllyn & Dolgoch have not been retired since 1865.... With a few overhauls along the way, of course

Can you do Norfolk and Western 611? That would really make my day! Please and thanks and keep up the work Hyce!

Awesome Hyce!

If you have dark smoke adding more atomizer will lighten the smoke and increase the temp of the fire creating more steam.

I love your video and learn about steam trains and diesel.

Yeah Train sim does weird things when when you disconnect cars. Their simulation stops as you pull away. They are still moving just not being simulated. So if you were to stop and back towards them you would get to a certain point and they would surge forwards at the speed they were going and derail you.

844 is never tired only for aspecial exclusions

22:00 UP suddenly decided the GWR idea of slip coaches was a good one

Train Sim World needs some steam in it. The TS22 engine is just so dated. Like hasn't been properly updated since 2013. Side note: the 2-8-4 is my favorite Loco, with the FEF in close second so this video is very welcome!

Looks like a cool trainz simulator ill try it once I get a faster computer system

I would love to see you do this again! Lets see how fast you can get her going ;-)

i have a Metal Earth 3d model 844, one of my favorite knick-knacks on my shelf

I love 844 it’s my favorite out of the three I love 4014 and 3985 but 844 takes the cake for me

I would really like to see you try again Hyce! Because I'm rather into fast trains, and I'd kinda like you to talk about how fast the engine can go like Wikipedia says it can go 120 but I've heard that it did go 100mph (I can't imagine UP having trackage that could handle a 100mph even) and is there a interesting story of how they record train speed on steam engines? like how do they do it now, and how did they use to? (did they record time between mile posts?). I also wonder if you'd comment if you think a American Steam engine has ever really broken the speed record?

You know, I was gonna make an FEF-3 for my first American locomotive mod for DV. but nah, I was like "oh I'll start easy with a little Pennsy mogul" boy howdy was that a mistake because not only is it Stephenson valve gear, I also need resources from the PRR railroad museum...

"TS22" will forever be known as TS Classic

yes

car idea for railroads online. a crane car you get for free to rerail stuff so the rerail tool is not needed anymore and on the side of the car there is a rerail to closest track thing

More like train simulator 2015 I’ve had it since and they just keep updated the game also the whistle sounds different guess that’s with the newer version I bought it probably in 2017 and it had the variable whistle instead of the big boy 1chime whistle

The Big Boy was converted to an oil burner too.

redo it and either get a buddy who knows oil burning to to instruct you to oil fire or leave the the auto fireman on and focus on going fast.

Note to self: if I ever get ts22 I need to download all of the smoke box models

I hope you get no wrong ways in the Cajon Pass

Hopefully they add the FEF-8 to TSW. (insert Fry meme)

The locomotive is the water of rail fans across the world.

Cool! One of the only locomotives around with an Active Killstreak!! This will be interesting!!

If you want to accelerate maybe try flooring the reverser and killing the efficiency.

Hyce runs the polar express

Currently use this with TS Classic, don’t regret purchasing the addon. Not one bit. Really don’t get stuff this detailed in Trainz. PS: How did you quil the whistle?

I hope you get no crashes in the Cajon Pass

wait you're telling me this engine was NEVER OFFICIALLY RETIRED? also have you heard of the kkStB 310 class?

13:58 there goes another crossing hyce

hyce, i just uploaded a video called bryan adams - "here i am" (train simulator edition) and realized (after uploading it) we almost have the same video thumbnails! 😮

Is that a map of Cheyenne WY? I’ve actually been there and in the background I see the bridge and the station. Only thing I see missing is the tower with the up logo.

Do any nearo gage locomotives have inspection lights? Also, are you going to do another railroads online update video soon?

I have been summoned

"my own hubris and desire" did you mean Huber-iss

14:28 Is it possible to clamp down the safety valves?

You should try dsgddrs ATSF 2900 Class 4-8-4s

What DLC is this part of?

Why the 844 are with the Big Boy's Whistle?

More Choo choos joey more like soey

Hey Hyce, one question: why is it that old steam switching locomotives had very squat cabs? Think of Bill & Ben from the Thomas franchise.

is The Union Pacific big boy the king of steam, the 611 is the queen of steam why not a king to.

Is this locomotive still running like what flying Scotsman is doing I forgot what it's called again

I wish that someone will put the PRR B6 steam locomotive in game because it is my favorite American steam locomotive.

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