So happy to stumble on this channel, for how little subs you have I did not expect such a quality level of editing and filming, Can't wait to watch more.
Wow, thank you! We're pretty new to the TH-cam game so far and with only 4 fulltime employees, we're a bit pinched for time to edit between everything else that needs to be done, but we're starting to hit our stride. Hoping to get up to publishing twice a week.
I love the openness and transparency about the behind-the-scenes challenges it takes to keep a railroad running. Other institutions could learn from this approach.
Thanks! We care about the industry as a whole and we're worried about it's future. Heritage institutions take a lot to keep running - we're hoping to spark a bit more conversation about how to be sustainable, get people involved, and keep these things operating. It's always good to share the sunshine and roses, but there's a lot more rainy days in between. We're lucky to genuinely like our coworkers and have a great volunteer crew - makes the tough stuff decidedly more bearable.
Now to most folks this wouldn't be of interest, but I thought it was damned interesting. Real problems diagnosed & repaired & the 70 put back in steam, tested & ready to pull the Holiday Timber Train the next day. You guys are awesome!
This video reminds me when I came to the railroad in 2019. 70 was supposed to be pulling the train that day but the person working in the main station said “polson logging company number 70 was supposed to be running today, but they broke it”
For real. Andy, Bill and a few others spent days fighting an epic fight with garland in our passenger cars. It sounds silly, but those are the thankless jobs that keep the place going. Probably less entertaining for our TH-cam audience though...
If you are needing a local machinist, get a hold of me. My brother is a machine shop supervisor in Fife, and has a shop at his house. He comes up to Ashford every Friday to spend the weekend with our parents.
Magnificent catches inside the cab of the steam locomotive, i like it 5 stars, keep up the great work, my new friend, you earned a new subscriber, Greetings from Portugal to the USA.
It changes a bit each time depending on the circumstances and the part of the plan not planned upon, but we never miss it. It should be known that Chris fed the 70 a bit of left over Thanksgiving prime rib on fire up before the revenue trains. Small offerings and superstition are critical to our success. Steal (steel?) away, friend, steal away!
Unless I miss my guess that burner is like a MONSTER oil furnace burner, instead of 100 000btu it's probably more like 1.5 million btu (guestimate), not very different than the ones I've seen in heating plants over the years .I assume that burner has an orifice and that there is some form of air (pump or your infamous compressor) injection to atomize and spray the fuel towards the back of the firebox. If everything fuel side seems ok, it might be the way the entrained air is directed that blows the fuel spray to the side, is there an air nozzle behind the fuel nozzle. Air fuel ratio look about right by the flame color. Only other thing I can think of is a defect in the fuel orifice itself that deflects the fuel spray to the side. Cheers, Happy new year
You Guys ever thought of installing a Brass and Aluminum foundry....WE MADE A MAIN SIDE BEARING FOR JACK BACK IN 1989 OR SO that we made up in our foundry ....We can still remember Jack Questioning us on "WHAT GLUE THE BEARING TOGETHER "?....SO WE CAN USE THE OLD BEARING AS A PATTERN......HE WAS GRATEFUL WHEN BLACKIE PULLED UP WITH A 'FREASHLY. POURED WARM NEW SIDE BEARING"....JACKIE SAID "TOMMY AND HAROLD IS.........SOMETHING......ELSE??????😊😅😮😢🎉😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Ah chicken soup out of chicken crap a very common railroad repair considering I've had to do an emergency air line repair as the head mechanic was too cheap to buy new correct length hoses he opted for used so we had to do a blue flag repair over a frog... so yes I know the pain
@@mtrainierrail Snoqualmie collection was wild for a 6 year old to explore. All the locomotives, and the passenger cars, and one mile of track . Nice to see it got a new lease on life.
This was all shot on Thanksgiving Day - Andy in the video was volunteering but not too many folks want to give up time with family and friends to volunteer…
Yup! Not all days and all weekends but many! A few volunteers have “regular” days of the week and others drop in for our scheduled weekend work parties when they have time.
@@mtrainierrail that's good, otherwise there would be no hope of keeping anything running by yourself's. It is far more work than just two of you could manage
Honestly? Diesels….gross. Also honestly? It gets used around the yard, for deadhead moves, and MOW. As far as the public goes, we’re a steam railroad and we’re pretty darn committed to only running steam for revenue excursions.
This video reminds me when I came to the railroad in 2019. 70 was supposed to be pulling the train that day but the person working in the main station said “polson logging company number 70 was supposed to be running today, but they broke it”
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So happy to stumble on this channel, for how little subs you have I did not expect such a quality level of editing and filming, Can't wait to watch more.
Wow, thank you! We're pretty new to the TH-cam game so far and with only 4 fulltime employees, we're a bit pinched for time to edit between everything else that needs to be done, but we're starting to hit our stride. Hoping to get up to publishing twice a week.
I love the openness and transparency about the behind-the-scenes challenges it takes to keep a railroad running. Other institutions could learn from this approach.
Thanks! We care about the industry as a whole and we're worried about it's future. Heritage institutions take a lot to keep running - we're hoping to spark a bit more conversation about how to be sustainable, get people involved, and keep these things operating. It's always good to share the sunshine and roses, but there's a lot more rainy days in between. We're lucky to genuinely like our coworkers and have a great volunteer crew - makes the tough stuff decidedly more bearable.
Now to most folks this wouldn't be of interest, but I thought it was damned interesting. Real problems diagnosed & repaired & the 70 put back in steam, tested & ready to pull the Holiday Timber Train the next day. You guys are awesome!
I love how Polson 70 can pass off being a narrow gauge locomotive on a standard gauge frame. She's roughly the same height as Tweetsie no. 12.
Shhhh!!! Don’t let her hear you say that!
Same size as California Western 45 as well.
Welcome to the world of steam,I was a boiler technician in the Navy and worked on 1200 psi boiler and stuff
This video reminds me when I came to the railroad in 2019. 70 was supposed to be pulling the train that day but the person working in the main station said “polson logging company number 70 was supposed to be running today, but they broke it”
Oy vey! That's believable. We might argue that she was on strike rather than we "broke it" but she might hear us...
@@mtrainierrail lol
Volunteers working on thanksgiving.
Mad respect to you guys
For real. Andy, Bill and a few others spent days fighting an epic fight with garland in our passenger cars. It sounds silly, but those are the thankless jobs that keep the place going. Probably less entertaining for our TH-cam audience though...
If you are needing a local machinist, get a hold of me. My brother is a machine shop supervisor in Fife, and has a shop at his house. He comes up to Ashford every Friday to spend the weekend with our parents.
Magnificent catches inside the cab of the steam locomotive, i like it 5 stars, keep up the great work, my new friend, you earned a new subscriber, Greetings from Portugal to the USA.
Thank you very much!
@@mtrainierrail my pleasure.
@@mtrainierrail enjoy my videos of the Portuguese trains.
@@mtrainierrail it would be nice to have you as my new subscriber.
Hello Chris!
Thats a beautiful locomotive
Love these looks into the MRR ops! Would Rowdy mind if I borrowed his prayer?
It changes a bit each time depending on the circumstances and the part of the plan not planned upon, but we never miss it. It should be known that Chris fed the 70 a bit of left over Thanksgiving prime rib on fire up before the revenue trains. Small offerings and superstition are critical to our success. Steal (steel?) away, friend, steal away!
@@mtrainierrail I've noticed that saying good morning and talking to my engines like they were my girlfriends/wives puts them in a great mood
@@mtrainierrail Railroaders aren't superstitious! We're just a little 'stitious.
I’ve always talked to my engines…sometimes a strong threat works when they’re being stubborn
Unless I miss my guess that burner is like a MONSTER oil furnace burner, instead of 100 000btu it's probably more like 1.5 million btu (guestimate), not very different than the ones I've seen in heating plants over the years .I assume that burner has an orifice and that there is some form of air (pump or your infamous compressor) injection to atomize and spray the fuel towards the back of the firebox.
If everything fuel side seems ok, it might be the way the entrained air is directed that blows the fuel spray to the side, is there an air nozzle behind the fuel nozzle.
Air fuel ratio look about right by the flame color. Only other thing I can think of is a defect in the fuel orifice itself that deflects the fuel spray to the side.
Cheers, Happy new year
You Guys ever thought of installing a Brass and Aluminum foundry....WE MADE A MAIN SIDE BEARING FOR JACK BACK IN 1989 OR SO that we made up in our foundry ....We can still remember Jack Questioning us on "WHAT GLUE THE BEARING TOGETHER "?....SO WE CAN USE THE OLD BEARING AS A PATTERN......HE WAS GRATEFUL WHEN BLACKIE PULLED UP WITH A 'FREASHLY. POURED WARM NEW SIDE BEARING"....JACKIE SAID "TOMMY AND HAROLD IS.........SOMETHING......ELSE??????😊😅😮😢🎉😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for the video and your efforts to keep things going. I particularly liked the explanation about the burner and it's issues.
I love the videos! Keep up the great work.
Well that got messed up at the worst time. Jeez
That's a railroad for you...
“Unscheduled rapid disassembly”
Ah chicken soup out of chicken crap a very common railroad repair considering I've had to do an emergency air line repair as the head mechanic was too cheap to buy new correct length hoses he opted for used so we had to do a blue flag repair over a frog... so yes I know the pain
Was this locomotive once part of the Snoqualmie collection? I think Ihave seen it before circa 1970.
Yes, it was there until acquired by Tom Murray for MRSR in the late 1980's.
@@mtrainierrail Snoqualmie collection was wild for a 6 year old to explore. All the locomotives, and the passenger cars, and one mile of track . Nice to see it got a new lease on life.
Where are your volunteers?
This was all shot on Thanksgiving Day - Andy in the video was volunteering but not too many folks want to give up time with family and friends to volunteer…
@@mtrainierrail you have regulars on weekdays and weekends?
Yup! Not all days and all weekends but many! A few volunteers have “regular” days of the week and others drop in for our scheduled weekend work parties when they have time.
@@mtrainierrail that's good, otherwise there would be no hope of keeping anything running by yourself's. It is far more work than just two of you could manage
There are four full time employees at this point but yes, it’s still a struggle even with our volunteers!
Why don't you use the alco more often? Must be alot easier to maintain than the steamers.
Honestly? Diesels….gross.
Also honestly? It gets used around the yard, for deadhead moves, and MOW. As far as the public goes, we’re a steam railroad and we’re pretty darn committed to only running steam for revenue excursions.
This video reminds me when I came to the railroad in 2019. 70 was supposed to be pulling the train that day but the person working in the main station said “polson logging company number 70 was supposed to be running today, but they broke it”