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

This is a pair of Blackstone C-19s struggling up the Black Canyon grade pulling a load of gondolas. This video was shot at the Slim Gauge Guild in Pasadena CA.

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• Blackstone
• C-19
• C19
• HOn3

[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.

[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.

[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.

[shayengineer10]

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

[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.

[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.

[gbwdude]

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