Great video friend, makes you think how the railroad men worked so damn hard, imagine in the snow, blizzards, night time, they did it, hats off to them.
Great concentration to follow the engine crew's work. Lots of busy work to keep them running properly; certainly not a 1 person job! Reminds me of when in 7th grade, I'd stay in the basement running my Lionel trains in every possible configuration and complication way past the time when my folks asked me to come up. I'd still be down there with the lights out at 10:30 after the evening news, watching the head lights shadows on the walls. I didn't think the Shay crew wanted to stop ever.
Beautiful video! It was an amazing ride! The engineers had to work together to keep her running I see. I can only imagine if they were gonna be pulling a steep grade how they would have to gauge it even closer to keep from stalling on the grade. I'm so jealous that you got to ride and I didn't...lol
@modeltrainman12345 I was curious because... since it looks like it was connected to the "firebox/furnace" I thought it was used as throttle to let in/out air to accelerate the influx of oxygene to the above_
Ive been riding on this engine countless times. That engineer's name is Randy - one of the best that work there.
aperturemicah 2 weeks ago
I love it, engineer notches up the jacobs bar right out of the station. Uses the jacob bar for the throttle, while throttle itself is maybe only 5%.
wi11y1960 2 months ago
Great Video!!!
I love the Shay locomotive! I have a Shay from Bachmann in H0.
TIEPILOT0815 6 months ago
That was a fun trip : >). Is that a continuous loop they'r runnin' ?
The sounds are great . .
canyondogh 7 months ago
@canyondogh yes it is a rather short loop as 2 laps take around 15-20 min to run
SkipW 3 months ago
Great work, Skip! Thank you! It's very hard to work on steam locos ★★★★★
Mars7777777 8 months ago
Great video friend, makes you think how the railroad men worked so damn hard, imagine in the snow, blizzards, night time, they did it, hats off to them.
beowulf3075 9 months ago
Great concentration to follow the engine crew's work. Lots of busy work to keep them running properly; certainly not a 1 person job! Reminds me of when in 7th grade, I'd stay in the basement running my Lionel trains in every possible configuration and complication way past the time when my folks asked me to come up. I'd still be down there with the lights out at 10:30 after the evening news, watching the head lights shadows on the walls. I didn't think the Shay crew wanted to stop ever.
2010windmill 9 months ago
after 14 is restored, i wonder what steamer would be next??
Strasburg1991 9 months ago
Beautiful video! It was an amazing ride! The engineers had to work together to keep her running I see. I can only imagine if they were gonna be pulling a steep grade how they would have to gauge it even closer to keep from stalling on the grade. I'm so jealous that you got to ride and I didn't...lol
radoliz2 9 months ago
Great catch!!!
gjhgjh 9 months ago
@gjhgjh Might be the Only time it is fired up this year
SkipW 9 months ago
This is a fantastic video.
Thank you.
reitoe 9 months ago
Excellent video!!! Thanks for making it!! :-)
sabeth17 10 months ago
very interesting!
aleu650 10 months ago
That big long Handel would be the throttle.
tomnaro 10 months ago
Looks like a complicated thing to drive a steam loco! Thanks Skip.
1339LARS 10 months ago
as usual enjoyed ur vid skipw, I enjoyed watching teamwork between engineer and fireman
edwardcdaves 10 months ago
I didn't know #12 was operational, is there anything at the museum that doesn't run? Cool video, do you have any footage from the outside?
mafarnz 10 months ago
@mafarnz Shay 14 has some minor glitches, and I have video outside and from the caboose will try to get it up this week
SkipW 10 months ago
what is that big long handel they keep jiggling?
rampagedm 10 months ago
@rampagedm The lever looks (in my humble opinion) like some sort off a "air vent" to the furnace.
Anyone feel like ribbing me it´s OK!!
1339LARS 10 months ago
@1339LARS that would be the throttle.
modeltrainman12345 10 months ago
@modeltrainman12345 I was curious because... since it looks like it was connected to the "firebox/furnace" I thought it was used as throttle to let in/out air to accelerate the influx of oxygene to the above_
1339LARS 9 months ago