beautifull whistle on this one I have 2 whistles in my train room that I wish I could hear blown a former GN 5 chime and a CB&Q 5 chime unfortunatlly the only complete one is my CB&Q one
@gaycowboy31 Right on man. Next to this 6 chime, my favorite whistle in the GN 5 chime. I have been wanting to buy a replica of one, but can't afford it.
@traindude109 yah thats cool I had to pay alot for each of the whistles I got one is complete and the other is missing the bottom half with the air valuve somone screwed a common household pipe stand to mount it however my CB&Q one is complete its the GN one I want to hear GN is one of my Favorite railroads besides the NP I know both whistles are the real one and the MD Replecas they are railroad marked I paid almost $5000 for the CB&Q one and almost $3000 for the GN one
@brandeoregon We did not run this year as we were performing heavy maintenance on the 19 and our passenger equipment. We are not our of business and plans are to return for a 2011 season.
I'd say since she's a strong 2-8-2, she'd go at least 50 with a regular freight. I sure hope "The Little Railroad That Refused To Die" can keep on goin'. I've wanted to see the Yreka Western for myself since I was little, and I may not meet my wish. I hope I'm not right.
Mmmmm....not quite. First of all you would need to do the needed repairs to the locomotive, and you would need a line to even attempt to operate that kind of speed, and the Siskiyou Line is most certaintly not it. Her 48" drivers were meant for power, not speed.
But hey what do I know, it's not like I work on her or anything...
40 mph would be fine number for her provided she had class III track. We will never though! Made for power. Logging engines have a way of hopping at higher speed due to the stress that put on their spring rigging over the many years of service because of lack of maintence on track(low joints curves spreading out) because the company wasnt concerned about speed. Unless she's had a complete running gear rebuild since retired from revenue service.
Here's a rule of thumb I picked up about getting the approximate top speed of a steam locomotive. You take the size of the drivers and add 10% and that will give you an ball park max speed for the engine. So for a 90ton mike with 48inch drivers like the 19 the top speed will be around 50MPH. However, I doubt that engine has ever gotten up the fast and it would take a good engineer who knew what he was doing to do it. She's logging engine, logging engines don't go fast.
This brings back memories of ridin it, I've got some old pictures of me and my brother on the same engin, number 19, back in the 90's. I'm in Ashland, OR so I'm not that far away.
but I think it would have been cooler if they made up the same consist she pulled in Emperor of the North, and have the 19 wearing the same markings from the movie.
That would be cool, but we don't have any of those types of cars on the Yreka Western. Besides she is a logging loco, so why not have her pull logging cars right?
beautifull whistle on this one I have 2 whistles in my train room that I wish I could hear blown a former GN 5 chime and a CB&Q 5 chime unfortunatlly the only complete one is my CB&Q one
gaycowboy31 5 months ago
@gaycowboy31 Right on man. Next to this 6 chime, my favorite whistle in the GN 5 chime. I have been wanting to buy a replica of one, but can't afford it.
traindude109 5 months ago
@traindude109 yah thats cool I had to pay alot for each of the whistles I got one is complete and the other is missing the bottom half with the air valuve somone screwed a common household pipe stand to mount it however my CB&Q one is complete its the GN one I want to hear GN is one of my Favorite railroads besides the NP I know both whistles are the real one and the MD Replecas they are railroad marked I paid almost $5000 for the CB&Q one and almost $3000 for the GN one
gaycowboy31 5 months ago
is this railroad still landlocked or is the connection still there with the old SP I heard CORP no longer runs the old SP tracks
gaycowboy31 5 months ago
So glad to hear she'll be running again! I look forward to visiting, when i'm in the area!
Gunny761 1 year ago
Are you still running in 2010 or are you out of business?
brandeoregon 1 year ago
@brandeoregon We did not run this year as we were performing heavy maintenance on the 19 and our passenger equipment. We are not our of business and plans are to return for a 2011 season.
traindude109 1 year ago
where the engine going?
CGiordano464 1 year ago
....a nice video and a nice sound. Thumbs up !!!
reitoe 1 year ago
always great to see steam! Nice video
goldcreekfilms 1 year ago
how fast could this steam engine go?
nismo350gt 2 years ago
I'd say since she's a strong 2-8-2, she'd go at least 50 with a regular freight. I sure hope "The Little Railroad That Refused To Die" can keep on goin'. I've wanted to see the Yreka Western for myself since I was little, and I may not meet my wish. I hope I'm not right.
SierraRailway 2 years ago
Mmmmm....not quite. First of all you would need to do the needed repairs to the locomotive, and you would need a line to even attempt to operate that kind of speed, and the Siskiyou Line is most certaintly not it. Her 48" drivers were meant for power, not speed.
But hey what do I know, it's not like I work on her or anything...
traindude109 2 years ago
40 mph would be fine number for her provided she had class III track. We will never though! Made for power. Logging engines have a way of hopping at higher speed due to the stress that put on their spring rigging over the many years of service because of lack of maintence on track(low joints curves spreading out) because the company wasnt concerned about speed. Unless she's had a complete running gear rebuild since retired from revenue service.
DouglasSteam40 2 years ago
@traindude109 cool video My god that is a Cool sounding whistle I got goosebumps listening to it but I love steam anyway anyhow small and large
gaycowboy31 2 years ago
Here's a rule of thumb I picked up about getting the approximate top speed of a steam locomotive. You take the size of the drivers and add 10% and that will give you an ball park max speed for the engine. So for a 90ton mike with 48inch drivers like the 19 the top speed will be around 50MPH. However, I doubt that engine has ever gotten up the fast and it would take a good engineer who knew what he was doing to do it. She's logging engine, logging engines don't go fast.
sp4294 2 years ago
Wasn't she on consignment to Ozark Mountain Railcar? I saw her up for bids on their site...
MarkConductor775 2 years ago
@MarkConductor775 yes she went for one hell of a price too
gaycowboy31 2 years ago
She is no longer on Ozark and staying in Yreka. We have currently started taking her apart for her annual inspections come April or May this year.
traindude109 2 years ago
That's the magic of Hollywood
traindude109 2 years ago
This brings back memories of ridin it, I've got some old pictures of me and my brother on the same engin, number 19, back in the 90's. I'm in Ashland, OR so I'm not that far away.
AshlandMan 2 years ago
if i won the lottery, i would buy this locomotive...
nismo350gt 3 years ago
Well she won't be leavin' anytime soon thankfully ;)
traindude109 3 years ago
By the way Matt, who's that dork standing in the middle of the road as the train rolls by? ;)
sp4294 3 years ago
Well I don't know.....must be some lonely fireman looking for an engine.....
traindude109 3 years ago
Yeah, most likely.
sp4294 3 years ago
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DanielVolker 3 years ago
The only way the #19 would leave (for good) is if they tore out the rails and the Yreka Western was abandoned. She is safe.
pieman97405 2 years ago
the old days of steam are never forgotten when there is a steam photo frieght
MilwaukeeRoad261 3 years ago 2
like going back in time!!
Espeelover 3 years ago
Wow that was great
SPRRguy99 3 years ago
Thanks
traindude109 3 years ago
That video turned out great Matt!
sp4294 3 years ago
I know it! Then again, it did have Pancho in it ;)
traindude109 3 years ago
Great!!!!! some trackside footage!!!!
trainboy94 3 years ago
but I think it would have been cooler if they made up the same consist she pulled in Emperor of the North, and have the 19 wearing the same markings from the movie.
trainboy94 3 years ago
That would be cool, but we don't have any of those types of cars on the Yreka Western. Besides she is a logging loco, so why not have her pull logging cars right?
traindude109 3 years ago
Yeah, but it would have been cool to recreate the movie.
trainboy94 3 years ago
Yes I suppose, talk to the PLA guys next year, lol.
traindude109 3 years ago
But they run a different excursion with a different locomotive every year.
trainboy94 3 years ago
Talked to Henry and he said they hope to come back next year. Hopefully it happens.
This past weekend was their "Shasta Shortline Steam Tour"
traindude109 3 years ago
Right now, I am trying to convince the Railroad Museum to do a photo freight, hopefully it will happen.
trainboy94 3 years ago
Nice!
SLSF1522 3 years ago
*****
ubuibiok 3 years ago