Marty . . . nice video . . . thanks for posting. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-smile.gif)
Marty Scriven said:
Part 3: pile driver.
That was very interesting. “The high art of ‘screwing around’.”
Doc Tom
12:16 am 9-26-16 Just got home from hosting the second night shoot for the D&S’s fall photo special this week end. I’m all worn out… But neat video of 315. Thats me hooking the steam line up to the pile driver. Narrator error, the steam line for the pile driver comes off its own “Steam Tap” called “The Monkey tail” I don’t know why it’s called that.
Time to hit the rack for a few hours… I’ll do some follow up pic’s soon…
Thx, Dave. Was hoping you’d comment on video. You’re wearing the black hat? I’m really enjoying your posts.
Marty
I’m in Antionito tonight, after two days of 315 work/running.
Fired her up yesterday, and spent several hours of classroom time on C&T rules and operations.
Today we ran from Chama to Antonito to pre-stage cars and 315 for tomarow s private charter. We used today’s trip as an engineer school for the crew.
Yes i drove 315 on the line today… twice non the less.
TRUE LIFELONG BUCKET LIST STUFF
Just got home and back to the real internet( not the phone data link, Spoty at best in Chama and Antionito. GREAT ADVENTURE plus more to pass on.
Good video…#4 There are several innocent factual errors but it does a good job.
That whole area is my backyard play ground. And some people even ask why I live where I do. We have all of that area to play in, but we don’t have the snow to hassle with in the winter.
FACT CHECK:
The DRHS does not own the SN Bobber Caboose, It is private owned, and we did not do the restoration. We did lend a hand or two during the restoration.
The DRHS does not own the railcar Casey Jones. It is owned by the San Juan Historical Socity. They do run it occasionally. We do lend a hand to them. It was built by a mine so they could get into town easily and to be able to haul injured miners to medical help. They also own the Silverton Northern Engine house, and we have a joint usage agreement with them for, assistance on building repairs and maintenance, and for the storage of 315. The DRHS owns the track work that connects the D&S lines to the SN engine house, and the replaced SN rail line along Cement Street.
All the restored cars are ours, and are the ones that I have been working on over the past several years.
Dave Taylor said:
I’m in Antionito tonight, after two days of 315 work/running. Fired her up yesterday, and spent several hours of classroom time on C&T rules and operations. Today we ran from Chama to Antonito to pre-stage cars and 315 for tomarow s private charter. We used today’s trip as an engineer school for the crew. Yes i drove 315 on the line today… twice non the less. TRUE LIFELONG BUCKET LIST STUFF
Congratulations, you earned this …
I’m glad for you.
John
I was just sent another link to a video of our runs last month.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL95NjTGIPk
Enjoy
Thanks for the new link. This is some of the best narrow gauge steam footage I’ve ever seen. Awesome to watch 315 struggle to get the train up the grade - all with beautiful scenery. Just stellar!!!
I have to agree with Jim, that was excellent!
Great movie!
I rode the train the day before yesterday from Antonido to Chama. What a trip! Things look a little dryer or wintery. It was pretty chilly too. I didn’t have much time to explore the Chama yard, I wish I had.
Nice video Dave, were you the Engineer or Foreman on that run?
What a terrific video! Love it!
On the days that this video was shot, we were only doing fireman duty. So none of the crew had a hand on the throttle I was one of two fireman on the run from Chama (7863 ft.) up the hill to Cumbres on one of the days. Ya, that’s me hanging out the side on the way up ( I’ve got on the black arm gauntlets).
The climb up to Cumbres pass ( 10,015 feet ) is 14 miles of non stop 4% grade. You get no break all the way up. 4% IS HUGE for a real RR. Thats 4 feet of climb vertical for every 100 ft of run. To give a perspective, that is exactly the same as starting at the 10 yard line and climbing over the top of the 12 foot tall goal post at the other end. If you watch the video it’s kinda hard to tell until you get to the top of the pass at 5:35min in we hit the crest and level out, thats not a camera illusion, thats the real grade. I’m pretty beat as I get off to get water. It’s almost non stop shoveling for the 1:20 min run. A couple of tons of coal. Oh yah, the injector is on most of the way.
The ruling grade from Cumbres to Antionito is 1.42%, and there is actually a number of level runs, and even a couple of down hill sections. Just about the same elevation change but from Antionito to Cumbres but the run is about 48 miles. 48 one way 14 the other.
Thanks for the great video with weather to match!
I’m going to try and catch up on some stuff with 315. I’m so far behind on letting you all know. Been editing thru some pics (ok a lot of pics) but when your in the cab crewing, there isn’t time to be worrying about photos, and besides the FRA bans cell phones (and the camera thats attached) in the Cab!
Here’s a pic of 315 in the Chama Engine house.
Kinda late night. Not to bad for a cell phone photo.
And 315 where Boomer left her after his joy ride!
If you look real close you can see the bent axel on the fender after the wheelie or two!
Dave . . . great engine house photo !
Dave, great photos. Your photography background shows! The engine house photo is a seller. Should post on line and pay for some of the gasoline you use during the summer chasing the 315. Great image.
On that last photo, did you use HDR software? There’s no part of the image that is either too light or too dark.