Blackstone HOn3 C-19s struggle up the Black Canyon.

[shayengineer10]

Everything is great , except the white water rapids are wrong. You have 1 river, yet halfway through the video, the white water is going in the opposite direction as it flows over and around the rocks.

[rgs455atw]

@shayengineer10 Well actually it is two scenes stitched together. The river flows towards Salida, so in the beginning of the video the river is flowing against the engines. The second half the river flows with the engine because that is the way that it flows under the bridge. The two scenes are actually far apart in Colorado, but we cheat a little on the layout.

[shayengineer10]

@rgs455atw Ok...the ol' selective compression trick. Good looking scene.

[shogunballa14]

just noticed that one loco was an rgs and the other was a drgw. haha

I really love the realism regarding the out of phase chuffing, sounds very prototypical.

[rgs455atw]

@shogunballa14 Well, I guess if the RGS used DRGW engines, then the DRGW could use RGS engines ? Maybe not prototypical, I am sure the RGS never up the Black Canyon.

[shogunballa14]

@rgs455atw wasn't knocking you in any way. just observing, this is truly the most real sounding loco chuff i've heard that is a model. If I closed my eyes it sounds real.

[jimmyp42002]

@rgs455atw RGS bought a lot of D&RGW's surplus but never repainted them, K-27 455 wore DRGW lettering for a long time under RGS ownership. I have never seen any photos of the RGS and DRGW sharing power, they never really had a need to.

[rybredd]

awesome! is the track hand spiked? looks it in some places

[rgs455atw]

@rybredd Yes, the track in this area is hand laid and some of the switches are built in place.

[gbwdude]

I had a old Case tractor that sounded similar to these two lokies

[kddengineer]

Ahhhh! You got to love the sound of double-heading locomotives pushing their way up the "darkest" canyon on the Denver and Rio Grande Western! Great video and even better C-19s. Thanks for uploading this video. It made my day!

[harvardroger]

Fantastic! Love the river!

[piebstrains1]

@harvardroger Yes, that river is fantastic. When the video is running, it looks like the river is actually flowing. Unbelievable stuff, both the engines AND the river. And that canyon is pretty impressive as well.

[LWall2000]

Pretty impressive scenery!

[RDG179]

Love it ! The ''out -of-phase'' chuffing is awesome! That is EXACTLY how it sounds with 2 engines working together unless they have identical driver diameter. Awesome scenery. The only thing better would be to shut off the headlights, especially the 2nd engine. Big no-no back in steam days...''wasting fuel''.

Great display, and great video!

[rhbeadlejr]

I'd love to see the track plan.

[twinimaging]

Grear video.  The out of phase chuffing was a bit distracting

[shayengineer10]

The out of phase chuffing, is correct for doubleheading. Not all engines are 100% syncronized. You need to take into consideration the variables such as wheel slippage, one engine working a hair stronger then the other, and so on. You should hear 2 or even 3 old mallets working together.