Virginia & Truckee railway: Virginia City to Tunnel #3

[Chris9017]

The bell on her now sounds totally different from when it did in the 90s. There must have been a new bell placed on her but made to sound like the old one. Her current bell sounds more sluggish and not as s clear as the one in this video does.

[SierraRailway]

Chris9017

I highly doubt it was REPLACED. maybe the shop crew did some cleaning, and the decided to machine it down on the inside to make it nice and smooth, I mean I'm sure that clapper does some good damage after 70 years of clanging.

[Chris9017]

@SierraRailway That would make sense. It sounds thicker now, but probably from repairs. But for sure it now bares a new whistle which is a 5-chime. I wonder what happened to the 6-chime.

[SierraRailway]

Chris9017

look a DouglasSteam40's reply to Miserlou57, he says what happened to it.

[Chris9017]

@SierraRailway Thanks. Who on earth would be crazy enough to steal a steam whistle? 

[SierraRailway]

Chris9017

I know who. its that Cockroach guy who's some scrap dealer, and tells people where to steal parts off steam locomotives. He has since disappeared from youtube, or at least has not crossed my path for several months.

[Chris9017]

@SierraRailway I think that's why he hates steam engines from bad experience on the V&T.

Is he really a locomotive scrapper.

[SierraRailway]

Chris9017

he's just a scrapper in general, he thinks that steam locomotives pollute the air WAY too much, when there are so many other places and things that do even worse pollution. oh well, he doesn't know anything.

[computervet]

That's funny that they stopped before the crossing; I wonder why? The conductor said the train before went all the way down to the depot, but this one had to stop at Tunnel #3. I wonder if it had anything to do with the crossing gates? They would have been new around this time, maybe they were glitchy. Crown Point Ravine was filled in in 1935, so I don't think that work was holding up the train.

[SierraRailway]

computervet

I have no idea, was not there to shoot this.

[trainboy94]

AWESOME STACK TALK

[SierraRailway]

What is "Stack Talk"?

[trainboy94]

The chug chug noise from the stack

[SierraRailway]

Yeah, since the 29 has been repaired, it sounds very odd to the beat of the chugging. But most of the videos are from a few months ago, so I'll find out for myself in another couple months. Who knows? maybe its gone by now. worked it in a little.

[DouglasSteam40]

It's slightly out of time. Thats why. But its in much better condition all around and realiable then it ever has been thanks to the new shop crew.

[Miserlou57]

I would imagine getting inside and readjusting the eccentrics is a monumental task they don't have the time or money for.

...and what happened to the whistle in this vid? Sounds like an old SP 6-chime...

[SierraRailway]

Miserlou57

I have no idea what happened to the whistle, but I'm sure its around the shop somewhere, maybe it wore out.

[DouglasSteam40]

@Miserlou57 Adjustment of the radius rod on the 29 is being done right now and a little alteration of the eccentrics was done. It isnt a monumental task at all really and money doesnt have anything to do with heating the rods and shortening or lengthening. Also the 6 chime was taken by the old CMO who sabotaged the 29.

[Miserlou57]

Interesting.... sabotage? sounds like there's a good story behind that

[Chris9017]

@Miserlou57 I think the V&T crew is putting it on the 18, she has a weird 3-chime on her now, however the 29 has a beautiful 5-chime on her now.