geared engines featured at steam up

Explains the historical significance of North America's geared steam engines.

This mini-preview was created by producer Golden Rail Video with scenes from their feature-length documentary titled "Steam Up in the Mountains."

Features all three of the major geared locomotive designs in operation: the Heisler, the Shay, and the Climax plus two logging rod-engines built by Baldwin and by Alco. The exciting Mt Rainier Scenic Railroad in Washington State provides the back drop for the action.

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[123robbyd]

The Climax Locomotive Co. had a plan. They made and sold their locomotives cheaply and then profited by selling replacement parts. They also shrewdly quit making them early just as the demand for steam logging engines began to fall off. The other two companies went head-to-head in competition making significant improvements at great expense from which they never really recovered financially.

[123robbyd]

Here are the numbers of locomotives manufactured (as best we can reconstruct these figures):

2779 Shays were built between 1880, and 1945

1000 to 1100 Climaxes were built between 1888 and 1928

644 Heisler locomotives were built from 1898 to1941

[Bauschardchristian]

Why the hell Polybun do you have to complain about everyone else's videos I just got done reading some other comments of yours and a shay is better and weighs 80 tons there is no way unless hell freezes over that the good people at Cass will send a shay to Michigan for a damn state fair!!

[Rt254]

Lets let your mothers out of this. They have nothing to do with the loco's

And oh yes grow up. Neither one of you are mature.

[bigboy4016]

@Polybun Haha... I own one, just don't chose to use it... and you have no room to complain... you have ONE video... with NO audio, and is shaky as all Hell... so again... your argument fails

[Polybun]

@bigboy4016 At least I own a tripod and my mother isn't ... well no my mom's a whore too, but at least I own a tripod.

[bigboy4016]

@Polybun How old are you?... 32?... and you are that mature?... Wow... I am 18... just turned 18 last month, and I can be more mature then you... Wow... sad to see what I get to deal with...

[Polybun]

@bigboy4016 and a shay has some gears. Face it, your moms a whore.

[bigboy4016]

@Polybun How do you figure?... A whore is one who has had Sex more then once... your argument fails.

[Polybun]

@bigboy4016 Yea well, using that logic, your mom is close to a whore because she had sex once.