Dollywood Express #192 September 2010

After seeing her sister #190 last weekend, and to make up for my lack of railfanning this year, I decided to head to Dollywood to see #192 in operation for the first time since last Christmas. No tripod, and not a lot of footage as I was short on time this afternoon.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• dollywood
• express
• 192
• 70
• white
• pass
• yukon
• pigeon
• forge
• tennessee
• mikado
• 2-8-2
• steam
• locomotive

[Nascarking24]

What exactly is a Crown Sheet?

[SmokyMtnSteam]

@Nascarking24 I believe it is the piece of metal at the top of the firebox. If it get to hot it lets water from the boiler in, which is instantly turned to steam which expands and makes the entire locomotive go BOOM and kills anyone nearby.

[TNtrainboy15]

What day did you go?

[SmokyMtnSteam]

@TNtrainboy15 Yesterday

[TVRM610]

good to see this one back in one piece, now...TVRM is now the only tourist railroad in Tennessee that doesn't have 2 operating steam locomotives.

[SmokyMtnSteam]

@TVRM610 No, someone left water off of 70's crown sheet awhile back, 192 is the only one operational again. However, of all the museums with SOU steamers under restoration, TVRM is the only one still working on theirs.

[dwtrainman]

@288jh good ole 70 is having some running gear work done as well as some welding work to the firebox. They should have her out in about a month or so. I was there about a week ago and saw that she had some problems with the running gear. I am going to put up a video with some pics of 70 soon.

[Thunderhead925]

God, I love hearing this train.

[SmokyMtnSteam]

@288jh From what I understand 70 got left unattended and her crown sheet overheated.