Shot these the week before!
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I need to get out there more often.
More good pics!
Jon …them Shay pictures are excellent!
David Russell said:
More good pics! Jon …them Shay pictures are excellent!
Thanks. Everything came together; loco was running good, temps perfect for lots of steam; perfect early afternoon light, my camera auto-focus actually focused on the right subject and I set the ISO high enough not to get movement blur.
A few different ones on Facebook if you dare.
What’s Facebook?
David Russell said:
What’s Facebook?
It’s when you place your face in a book, and read… I do believe…
Jon Radder said:
I’d like to. What are the dates?
Jon the Dates are Feb 16, 17, 18th (Pres weekend). My goal is to take the kids Saturday for some running and trolley ride. Sunday Im going by myself to run my steamers.
Thanks Shawn. I’ll see if I can find that promo video and post an announcement of the Conventions & Shows forum.
Live Steam Shay in Snow VIDEO
We had the perfect amount of snow last night and it wasn’t too cold today so the C.V.S.Ry. decided it was time for Steam & Snow 2013. There wasn’t really enough snow to bring out the plow, but the Shay wasn’t able to push it out of the way. I need to fashion a small blade that fits over the step plate.
Here’s the video…
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/58856519[/vimeo]
The Candlewood Valley Scenic Railway took the opportunity of a light snowfall to boil some water and run their Steam & Snow Photo Special. Shay Locomotive #2 is shown making several run-bys at Coal Dump Curve on a chilly February day in 2013. Several times Shay #2 had problems with slippery rail on the steep curving grade, but conquered the hill in true Shay style.
John,
There is a problem with this video. It doesn’t play. 
I uploaded it again. Hopefully it plays for you now.
Kewl! I almost decided to to run a plow train but the weight of the snow had a lot of the shrubs bent over and their was a fair amount of accumulated debris along the ROW, so I nixed that idea for a warmer activity.
Awsome. I love the way a live steamer looks in the snow. That Shay looks great. If I didnt have my Forney apart I would have ran it in the snow. Redoing the cab and adding wooded runnig boards.
Did I hear Ken right. He almost decided to run a plow? He must have been dreaming that Lol
Jon Radder said:
I uploaded it again. Hopefully it plays for you now.
Jon,
That was a fine video. Well done! I liked it a whole bunch.
Thanks guys. I would have like to run on more of the railroad, but Mr. Shay was having trouble with slippery rail as you can see in the opening sequence. It does not like to get snow under the trucks and the counterweights dig in too. I ended up hand plowing that short section of track where the run-bys were done. Even then I had to dry the rails to get just those two cars up the grade without slip. I’m thinking of fashioning a small plow blade that will snap on to the front step. PVC board might do.
That little bit of video took three trips back to the shops for fuel and water. If I’ve got my numbers right we boiled away 625 ML of water and a half can or more of butane. :]
Love that steam spittin Shay. Very nice video with tremendous steam plumes. Good use of that 635ml of H2O.
Doc Tom
Are you all watching through the credits to the out-take?
Jon Radder said:
Are you all watching through the credits to the out-take?
Yes, did you damage the camera when the Shay hit it?
While it’s still officially winter; the local weather people call March 1 the start of meteorological spring. Even though the high sun angle and above freezing daytime temps have worked hard to melt away the winter snows, it’s still winter on my calendar.
I ran the full length of my track today with Shay #5 and a test train. I had to push the ladder back down in the usual places but that was easy. There is one spot just past where the track is encased in concrete at the walk crossing that I always get lift over time creating a sharp vertical curve. That section will need to get removed this spring and the track lowered back where it belongs. This will be the second rebuild of this floating section; I’m thinking of converting it to ladder and anchoring to the concrete walk.
I know this is a picture thread (I should, I started it) so after I warm up I’ll go back out with the camera and take a few shots.
Nice video Jon. The smoke plumes did look good
Watched through the credits. Still like the view of the Shay pushing up hill and slipping and grabbing with the heavy gear action.
