Trackside 140 - QJ Steam Locomotives At Bureau Jct., Illinois

[efastMixer]

i'd buy them for collection

[PereMarquette1223]

@Train2590 Their not for sale. IAIS still owns them and they will be at Trainfestival 2011, which I plan on going to.

[pennyf9]

Those locomotives are beasts! thats real railroading right there!

[cheechchongfan97]

The QJs were built by the Datong Locomotive works.

[ILSRWY4]

@langsamnervts 1435mm = 4 feet 8.5 inches

[briquetaverne]

I didn't realize that the Chinese had the same track guage as the Americans. What with the extensive British inluence in Phina's history I thought they'd have Europen guage tracks.

[NXTransitRailways]

tripple header

[GangsterMafiaMovies]

waaaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzzzza

[Swindly]

I properly operating Steam Engine will not blow black smoke. If the fuel is put in correctly the steam will stay white.

[eddgasket]

@Swindly most the time you have to build your fire up to get a high amount of pressure for the sudden amount of steam that is needed to pull away with a heavy load this cause's black smoke if you tried to keep your smoke clear you would have to stop to regain the boiler pressure

[pastryhat]

what a beast.

[dcp4486]

I shake my head in disbelief at all those fools marching over the running lines in front of the moving train.

OH & S (occupational health & safety)would have a heart attack if that sort of crap happened here in Australia.

[robertgift]

Hope they change out the crap Chinese whistles.

Why three engines? Ridiculous.

Do one engine on three trains.

Did they move engineer controls to right side of locomotives?

Glad these engines were saved.

In China, they would be run until worn out and scrapped.

[gaycowboy31]

I am headed to China at the middle of November we have been told we might get the chance to see the last two survivers of this class on home rails for an excursion but it hasnt been confirmed by the Chineese railway yet I trully hope they let us we will be seeing the surviveing SY class 2-8-2s working in a few steel mills and a small narrow gauge logging railroad but its the QJs over there I want to see if only for one day

[gp40mc]

cool!

[DeltaPhi79]

0:15. Oooooooooo that doesn't sound good.

and if I guessed wheel arrangement, is it 2-10-1 or 2-10-4?

[DeltaPhi79]

I meant to say 2-10-2 first.

[Xantec]

0:15, that rapid beat, its nothing serious, sounds liek the regulator was openned as the driver beaned it, causing the wheels to spin. (a bit like flooring the gas in your car at a set of lights trying to make a rapid getaway off the lights).

[Trainbrain1949]

Looks like 261 is a lot cleaner burning locomotive than the QJs.

[Soundwave3591]

@Trainbrain1949 i think 261 uses oil,, while the QJ's still use coal.

[mikes47jeep]

@Soundwave3591 no 261 is still a coal burner however it has a stoker, the QJ's are hand fired

[xxxDeath9572xxx]

Those 2 Steamres were sold to the IAIS

[yourweathertodayHD]

show em how it's done 261!

[bnsf261]

yea, u tell m bro.

[TrainbuffsEU]

That's what you would call a force. Great pictures. So sad that the QJ and Sj are in demise. What a loss. Thanks for sharing.

[A1l2l2e2n4]

The Datong works turned out the last QJs in 1989. In another 20 years, there probably won't be ANY QJs running anywhere in China.

[stumper001]

This steam engine looks so cool.

[murdochthebigengine]

You have no idea how cool that is

[LNERMallard]

Love the 261's whistle alot better.

[ripjump12]

haha the chinese didnt make good whistles. its soungs as if they are electric

[CSX6000]

They have selnoid valves... which forces all the steam into the whistle.

[buntik1687]

we should make it law 2 out of ever 10 locomotive are steam. Less OIL!!

[wenjilu]

OMG that chinese railway logo's so nostalgic

[raymondleeleggs]

Chinese lociomotives and rolling stock resemble american equipment which is rare for eastern countrys seince most have a british influence.

[SeniorMinch229018]

Another unusual lash up. 2 Qjs and the 261. Differant...But thats what makes it cool!

[rallygsc]

The Nice thing is American Coal is powering these loco's not foreign oil

[SeniorMinch229018]

Good old American coal! We are the Saudi Arabia of Coal!!!!

[Skeptician]

How do you know the coal is American? Australia also exports huge quantities of coal to China. Whatever the truth, just think how much CO2 and other pollution these guys generate in order to produce their spectacular performances!

[gaz318]

You think 3 steam locomotives register on the pollution scale compared to a billion Cars & Trucks ? lol.

That guy at 0:37 is standing a bit close!.

[istartedi]

"How do you know the coal is American?"  It'd be pretty stupid to import coal to Illinois, what with the Virginias and Pennsylvania so close; and I wouldn't be surprised if there is coal in IL too.

[Hiei2k7]

There is supposedly as much coal in IL as there is in Montana. It's all high-sulfur though.

Remove the sulfur and we have a roughly 75-year supply of coal in IL alone.

[stephond815]

Hey I was there also!

[TommyBNSF]

I was there.

[CWM2007]

I don't understand why American still use steamers to hall freight today.

[mikes47jeep]

we dont use steam for freight, we just run them for fun

[patana07]

hahahaha, that's too funny!

[patana07]

Some rich guys don't have nothing better to do, so they bought Chinese steam to run! =)

[trainboy99]

I was in the croud by the depot.

[granskare]

It should be Bureau, not Bereau but nice views indeed:)

[FranklinParkIL]

It seems to me that American built steam engines were far superior to the Chinese engines in that they could go faster and pull many more cars.

To see for yourself, watch this beautiful video of an American steam train: watch?v=O8BXipiLfwA

[guojp]

Qj was designed for freight transportation.Speed is not important for freight.And the locomotive is lighter the the American one,about 21 ton a axes.

[guojp]

the strength of locomotive decide by the number of driving axes,and the pressure for each axes.power is not most important for tloco.Qj has 5 driving axes but 21 ton pressure per axes.

[Timinator62]

nothing else says pollution quite like steam locomotive

Awesome machines

[trainboy99]

I was right there.

[tonylou]

Very good video, thank you. Could you help to check the 3rd driving wheel have flange, or without ? Thank you very much. /Tony

[PhilipGriffin1234]

Looking at photographs of the QJs, I can confirms that the third driving wheel is flangeless. Hope that helps.

Phil.

[CWM2007]

Ys, you are right. The 3rd driving wheel is flangeless. I am a Chinese, my father used to work on the railway bureau, and I grow up by the railroad side. It is amazing that Chinese steamers are still running on American land.

[RichardSwayne]

Cool

[dutchtrainmanserie22]

nice video.