Wow! That was pretty cool. Even though she is not a true antique like the legendary riverboat Delta Queen, she is run by real steam engines. She's not all diesel.
If you don't know about Delta Queen, please look her up. She is currently operating on lease as a floating hotel in Chattanooga, TN. She is for sale by her owners in Ohio and the scrapyards are bidding. SOLAS won't let her sail anymore overnight so her owners don't want her anymore.
To TVRM610_You are wrong sir. The Mississippi Queen's "motivation" is as authentic, old style steamboat as can possibly be imagined. The paddlewheel is powered ONLY by high pressure steam from Bunker C/#6 fired high pressure steam boilers, there is NO DIESEL BACKUP. I suggest you spend some time researching items like this before you Parlor Talk, it does nobody any good. And yes, I know what I'm talking about, having cruised many times on the DQ, MQ and AQ...have you? How old are you?
My vote goes to the Belle of Louisville as the best as she is the most authentic...close second is the Delta Queen which needs to be saved from forced retirement! Contact your senators and represenatives and encourage them to support Senator's Vonovitch and Brown of Ohio to save the Delta Queen!
@TVRM610 She burned diesel fuel in her boilers but she still was and is a steamboat.You can have conversations in the engine room,it's so much quieter than a diesel boat.
Her sternwheel operates by the power of two Western rivers style reciprocating steam engines. They are not triple expansion, but rather horizontal sternwheel engines. They are run by steam, although the boilers are fired by a type of diesel fuel.
Wow! That was pretty cool. Even though she is not a true antique like the legendary riverboat Delta Queen, she is run by real steam engines. She's not all diesel.
If you don't know about Delta Queen, please look her up. She is currently operating on lease as a floating hotel in Chattanooga, TN. She is for sale by her owners in Ohio and the scrapyards are bidding. SOLAS won't let her sail anymore overnight so her owners don't want her anymore.
BlueEyedCubTN 1 year ago
@BlueEyedCubTN Hopefully the Delta Queen will return to the rivers as the corrupt James Oberstar was voted out of office.
baritonebynight 1 year ago
They just sold her for scrap not too long ago.
SuperCamaro5 1 year ago
Phil Westbrook was the cruise director for the 2006 season and is playing the calliope.
homefromtheboat 3 years ago
To TVRM610_You are wrong sir. The Mississippi Queen's "motivation" is as authentic, old style steamboat as can possibly be imagined. The paddlewheel is powered ONLY by high pressure steam from Bunker C/#6 fired high pressure steam boilers, there is NO DIESEL BACKUP. I suggest you spend some time researching items like this before you Parlor Talk, it does nobody any good. And yes, I know what I'm talking about, having cruised many times on the DQ, MQ and AQ...have you? How old are you?
krazyforrw 3 years ago 3
My vote goes to the Belle of Louisville as the best as she is the most authentic...close second is the Delta Queen which needs to be saved from forced retirement! Contact your senators and represenatives and encourage them to support Senator's Vonovitch and Brown of Ohio to save the Delta Queen!
baritonebynight 3 years ago
nice to see history being preserved, over here she'd have been mothballed years ago
roadwolf2 4 years ago
She's not really a true historical steamboat, she is 100 percent diesel and was built in 1976.
TVRM610 4 years ago
@TVRM610 She burned diesel fuel in her boilers but she still was and is a steamboat.You can have conversations in the engine room,it's so much quieter than a diesel boat.
doughesson 1 year ago
She's not really a true historical steamboat, she is 100 percent diesel and was built in 1976.
TVRM610 4 years ago
is she a true steamer or has she had a diesel conversion
roadwolf2 4 years ago
a true tripple expansion steamer with diesel back up.
salemcripple 4 years ago
Her sternwheel operates by the power of two Western rivers style reciprocating steam engines. They are not triple expansion, but rather horizontal sternwheel engines. They are run by steam, although the boilers are fired by a type of diesel fuel.
pianomanthree16 3 years ago 5
The best out of the 3 on the river
2wildfire2 4 years ago