Watching Stephenson gear and seeing the oil burner from the back is always mesmerizing. I've also never seen a lead truck that looks like that - quite neat! Thanks for taking the time :)

@theimaginationstation1899

Жыл бұрын

Has a very 1880s vibe.

@BRIANumber7

Жыл бұрын

I recognize that profile picture anywhere... Good to see you Hyce, keep up the great work!

@weird1012

11 ай бұрын

HYCE I see you have decided to pop into all train videos on the web

@thomasdecker7631

11 ай бұрын

Did a little research. This locomotive was originally built as an 0-6-2T by H.K Porter in 1897 and was converted/backdated for movie use in 1964. That would probably explain the odd design of the lead truck as well as its welded construction.

@mollyengelmanmedia

3 ай бұрын

@@thomasdecker7631 the major changes to this loco were done by Crown Metal Products and they tended to do some, um... interesting things.

This was an angle ive never seen. Everthing working together. Awesome girl! 🎉🎉

Wow this was neato!!!! Watching all them rods, wheels, mechanisms, leaf springs all WORKN at the same time, and seeing the firebox glowing, 😁👌💪🇺🇲👍

As someone young interested in the field of engineering and mechanics I find this very interesting and fascinating... Also, I'm not sure how I got this recommended to me, but I'm glad I did... This video and channel is very underrated!

I do think these kind of "behind the scenes" views of running steam machinery is very neat to watch. Relaxing too.

deep in my heart i know my love for trains fills my soul completely. i literally was having massive anxiety,i turned this on and it lulled me into a nap. thank you. will definitely be on repeat

This was really interesting. I especially liked the shots of the inside valve gear.

This is the best illustration of compensation I've found. Thanks for film ing it and posting it.

Great work Molly!!! Like to see more!!!

@mollyengelmanmedia

3 ай бұрын

I'll be at this railroad again in a few weeks. There's always the possibility of revisiting the slightly-sketchy-GoPro cam

Wow, this is amazing! Awesome video!

Broke the "100 Views" number and just subscribed. Awesome views of this locomotive. So many great angles. Did you/they find what was sought after?

@mollyengelmanmedia

Жыл бұрын

I haven’t heard back from the guys on this yet. They’ve been busy with other projects (moving SPRR). But I know this will help!

@mollyengelmanmedia

3 ай бұрын

It's been almost a year since I filmed this and I have not heard if the issue has been identified or resolved. The crew and volunteers at the Pacific Coast RR have had their hands full with other projects (including moving the former Swanton Pacific!) and restoring another steam locomotive. I'm sure I'll hear more about it when I'm there next month for the Best of the West Show.

Who knew there was a little bogie on top of a pony truck?!

Completely off topic, but I love that I met another person named Molly who is also a train nerd Also excellent video! I loved seeing these shots haha

@mollyengelmanmedia

Жыл бұрын

There's a few of us Mollys out there in the train world, but not many!

What a great video and idea! God bless you for doing this. I hope you do many more Do a trolley car next. Check out Orange Empire.

As I can see this is an oil burner, with a Stephensonian valvegear, must be a retrofited old engine. Otherwise really cool video!

@mollyengelmanmedia

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know what it’s history is, but I believe it was built by Crown Metal Products.

@Patriot1776

Жыл бұрын

An oil-burning steamer is much preferred out west vs. a coal burner. There are zero concerns with burning embers being blasted out of the stack and starting trackside fires with an oil burner.

@arongyorffy3070

Жыл бұрын

@@Patriot1776 Yes, oil burners are much better suited for dry environments, where possible trackside fires are a concern. Where I live (really far from the USA) we only have 1 oil burner steam engine because the fuel for it is really expensive nowadays

@Patriot1776

Жыл бұрын

@@arongyorffy3070 I live at one end of what used to be the Murphy Branch of the Southern Railway in the U.S. The preserved steam locomotive that runs on the trackage is fueled with waste motor oil sourced from area oil change garages. So even that's prohibitively expensive where you are?

@arongyorffy3070

Жыл бұрын

@@Patriot1776 As I said, I live on the other side of the planet, where oil in general is pretty rare, so every type of oil products cost more than in the USA. In my country most oil-burner steam engines used mazut for fuel until recently. In 2020 enviormentalist gourps lobbied the goverment to ban mazut, which they did. Waste oil was already illegal to burn here for a long time. So nowadays we can only feed our oil-burner steam engine disel-oil. 1 liter of disel oil costs about 2 dollars here, so in order to fill up the 11 000 liter fuel tank of our oil-burner steam engine you need to spend like 22 000$. Coal is just simply cheaper, and is not yet banned by radical enviormentalist.

Those wheels on the front pony look quite worn, you can't see much of a 'cone' on the tread and not sure what's going on with the line where it's almost delaminating!

@mollyengelmanmedia

Жыл бұрын

That wheel has apparently been repaired before, and is exactly why we put the camera on it.

@fredlotte2601

11 ай бұрын

It looks like each wheel has its own bearing. They aren't fixed to the axle as would be the case for a normal RR axle. So the taper shouldn't matter and neither should the diameter (within reason). Maybe the axle position is canted slightly so that the wheels don't roll in the direction of travel. If only one wheel has problems then maybe the axle is bent. Great video.

Why is the suspension on pivots? To maximize wheel->track contact or something?

@spacebarbepressed6552

Жыл бұрын

The suspension is on pivots because the different axles are linked together by the suspension. This helps evenly distribute the weight of the locomotive across all of the wheels and maintain traction. When one wheel hits a low spot, the wheels ahead and behind it allow it to drop down, and the same thing happens when a wheel is lifted up, the others push down

This is great footage! With your permission, may I sample about 10-20 seconds of your footage from inside the frames? I’m working on a Lego build of a locomotive with inside frame valve gear and want to show what I made vs the actual prototype. You would get the proper citation and a link to the original video in the description.

@mollyengelmanmedia

10 ай бұрын

Yes! just please do link to my original video and let me know when you publish your project, I'd like to see the comparison

Excellent. What was the issue, and did this help solve it?

@mollyengelmanmedia

11 ай бұрын

The pilot truck has some very odd wear issues. One (or possibly both) pilot wheels were repaired previously but the root cause still remains, for now.

Did they ever diagnose the issue they were having with engine 3 using your footage?

@mollyengelmanmedia

11 ай бұрын

I have not heard back on that just yet. Plus, most of the guys have been preoccupied moving the Overfair equipment to Santa Margarita Ranch.

@PaigeWylderOwO

11 ай бұрын

@@mollyengelmanmedia Fair enough. Let us know if you hear back

So you didn't need to get permission to attach a foreign object to their equipment ?

@mollyengelmanmedia

Жыл бұрын

Special circumstances. I was part of the crew, filming a promotional video, and had permission from the GM. DO NOT DO THIS WITHOUT PERMISSION!

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Thanks for this film - regards. I would love to see this steam locomotive filmed from the side of the working wheels, just like in this link: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pamLu6qHddnclZc.html Could I ask you for such a film? I really like the locomotive you filmed. Best wishes.