Seen on the UPRR in July 1992: 3985 in Laramie, WY
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Uploaded by gothpapa on Apr 2, 2007
The 3985 is serviced and turned in Laramie, WY for the trip back over Sherman to Cheyenne, WY.
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The tune is "Green Onions" and was made into an R&R version by Booker T and the MG`s
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I saw 3985 on this run at Reunion Station in Dallas August 1992 and chased to Mineola the next day. Thanks for posting.
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maitnance and the cost to run them and cos they could take up 2 seven hours to get redy
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Mmm.... yep. A huge amount of heat energy has to be put into a boiler full of water before it makes even a single a bubble of steam. ....This energy which never contributes anything to pulling the train has the funny name of 'sensible heat'... no kidding! I think only one shovel full of coal in every thirteen did a useful job of work (rather than waste heat straight up the chimney). But steam still rocks!
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Well, that's just it: ¢o$ts killed the steamers. Figure that 5-10% of your steamer fleet will be disabled at any given moment for boiler de-scaling or similar procedures not required on an ICE. Plus, the dead-weight of water needed for steam generation means that they are far more energy-consuming per HP of hauling (and many later steamers were oil burners so the coal advantage is somewhat moot).
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when did the last big boy ever run
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They are.
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those water tanks look like the old fuel cars from the turbine engines UP experimented with.
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We were lucky in the UK because one scrap yard owner bought almost two hundred locomotives and kept them in a yard in South Wales, without cutting them up. They were nearly all were saved and put back into steam. But nothing as ace as a UP mallet...
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yeah US steam kicks ass. too bad only a handful of them still exist.
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What song is that? Who's the artist?
AODProds 4 years ago
Its from William Russo's Three Pieces for Blues Band and Symphony Orchestra, Op. 50 (1968), recorded in the early 70's, Duetsch Grammaphone LP 2530 309. Corky Siegel on harmonica and electric piano with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa. Don't know if its been done since then.
gothpapa 3 years ago