Grand Canyon Railway steam doubleheader at Quivero

[Dinosorable]

The 4960's whistle is perfect!

[Strasburg1991]

should they doublehead again

[Dinosorable]

@Strasburg1991 Yeah. They should also bring 4960's 2006 whistle back.

[stickdog100]

The GCR is running steam again. They converted the engines to run on waste oil.

[TheFowlyetti]

Scary sounding whistle

[Dinosorable]

@TheFowlyetti Yeah. Imagine that engine as a ghost train.

[TRUCKSANDTRAINS21]

this "Going Green" crap is getting out-of-hand!!

[Strasburg1991]

SMOKING!!

[SLSF1522]

Nice, gotta love that whistle. I can't believe that they quite steam. They should be put in jail for such a thing.

[3254man]

Yeah. This summer, I got to go in the cab of that Mikado and blow the whistle. Makes me cry that somone would be sick enough to get rid of them. Even an oil burning steam engine is less harmfull to the enviorment than a deisel.

[draysunburst]

Me and a few others have started a petition to bring the steam engines back. We're writing letters to Andrew N. Todd, President and CEO of Xanterra. Hopefully enough public outcry may get these beasts back on the rails- it'll be tough, but at least worth a try. And you are very right, an oil fired steam locomotive is actually less pollutant than even the buses they run at the Canyon's rim.

[Dinosorable]

@3254man But now, they brought that Mikado back. People have brought a lot of steam engines back. And they now also make miniature live steam engines. They're bringing it all back. :)

[Dinosorable]

@SLSF1522 At least there's still a lot of steam engines today that are taken care of to last for a long time. And at least they also make miniature steam trains today too. That brings it all back.

[natezemanek]

Nice !

[3254man]

how do you like those whistles

[Beaver456]

Man that whistle give me chills! Great Vid.

[WSOR10C]

hw fast were they going there? great video

[3254man]

looks like about 55 I think.

[trainmaster844]

Track speed is about 40, but I think they might have upped it to 50...

[3254man]

Now way. At least 55.

[JimTLonW6]

Great vid, love to know more about this Railroad, though I think I would enjoy a visit more without the bandits!

Jim

[GSpro]

Awesome videos.. you should def. make more of these 2 steamers.

[loachiever]

Great what camera did you use seemed hell of a good Telephoto.

[pgatonna]

I use a Sony Digital 8 Handycam. It has a 20x optical zoom, and yes it really works well.

[atractor]

Rocking!