I have fond memories of the 18. When my grandparents would take me and my sister from Carson City to Disneyland, we always drove through Independence and would catch sight of #18 sitting in the park. Only once did I get to see her up close in those days. Later in life, when my school choir took a trip to Anaheim one year, I was confused when in her spot I only saw a white tent. Afterwards, I was able to look her up and learn about her restoration. Naturally, seeing her in Carson City under steam, and being able to ride behind her was a real dream come true.
Seeing 10 operational steam locomotive both standard and narrow gauge in a railroad museum in Nevada was just as fun as the Victorian Iron horse roundup at Cumbres and Toltec. Another thing that made this evening the best is how the Nevada State Railroad museum has a huge Virginia and Truckee collection. I love it! Oh the V&T. What a railroad. SP 18 is so recognizable because she spent so much time on Durango and Silverton as a training locomotive to teach firemen to work an oil fired steam engine as all of there current locomotives in the roster are converting to oil fired. It is kinda sad that it’s no longer coal as coal was meant to be the original fuel source. But the D&SNG wouldn’t want to be held liable for setting the woods on fire would they?
Yup. We did a show on the oil conversion by a bunch of railroads. Fire danger. But also fear about the cost of coal. It’s trucked in anymore. And that’s expensive. But with mines closing often it’s trucked 200 miles. And could end up 500 to 600. So oil….
You're knowledge on the histories of the Southern Pacific, Virginia and Truckee and other narrow gauge railroads is outstanding! I totally enjoy watching your videos on the 'Steam Up' locomotives mainly because they're "stinkin' cute"! 😁 I'll be looking forward to seeing that one more steam locomotive in your next show before you move on to "something else". Steam locomotives are just plain AWESOME!!! There's nothing like 'em! ☝️👀
Thanks!! This was so fun. We wanted to head to laws after the show and come home that way. But the 110° temperature there made us say….. naw. Anyway everyone from there was here! So it would have been a real ghost town. And easy bake oven all in one. So later…
Never the less SP #18 is still a fascinating locomotive. It was fun seeing her on the Durango and Silverton. And it was fun seeing 18 at Nevada State Railroad as well. The Slim Princess.
Love this channel to bits: this couple always puts me in a good mood. I'm sure you have bad days like any couple, but your "work together" attitude on these videos is really an inspiration.
Thanks! Bad days happen. Been our observation that most bad days are fueled by bad attitude. So many people in an angry state all the time. Political baloney, social media, even traffic makes people angry at “them”. The “others”. But the anger only makes the angry person miserable. Politicians must be the most unhappy people in the world. Anyway thanks!! Stay happy!
We restored the 18 while it was sitting in the park. 18s home is a musuem they built for it in independence. It going to laws was for an event although they are putting in good work over there at the laws musuem
I remember my father taking me to Laws when I was about 8 years old when we go fishing about Bishop that was about 56 years ago and then I took my son to Laws when he was about 5 that was 19 years ago it definitely don't have to make a trip out there sometime next year 👍👍
Omg! Beebe and Clegg in their private car 'Virginia City'! What an iconic photo of the most proliffic railroad photography couple in the 30-60s of the US! What a stunning addition!
It was a joy to watch all of the videos of the Great Western Steam Up. I like hearing of old steam equipment being restored instead of being scrapped. The No. 18 is a beautiful machine, and it's history is remarkable too. After your next, (and last) episode of the Great American Steam Up, it's going to be sad to see this series of videos end. But, we must all move on and welcome in new things to discover and marvel over. Thanks again for another great video! You both do an amazing job creating and bringing us these videos.
The first episode of the old western tv series Annie Oakley, titled "Annie and the Brass Collar", has some footage of the sister engine to the #18, the #9, running out in the Owens Valley. The depot and yard at Keeler was also used for exterior shots. Episode 10 "The Cinder Trail" also has quite a bit of train footage from the Slim Princess line, including the old ore loading ramp.
The turntable at Laws has a rail that it follows on the outside of the circle to hold up the ends of the bridge, while the one at Carson has all the weight in the center. Two different styles. Great show as always, Dale! Keep it up!
Great video as always but I want to correct something stated during the video. The Locomotive was restored at Independence and only briefly operated at Laws and the group that restored her has been in the process of building a permanent museum/railroad in Independence for 18 to operate at permanently.
Wow, from Laws, to Durango & Silverton, to the Great Western Steam Up! That #18 has really made the rounds! Weren't the Virginia & Truckee kicking themselves after they sold off the Carson & Colorado, because then a big mine got started/discovered shortly after that?
Hi Dale & Karyn! Somehow I missed this video of yours until now. Did you ever make it down to the Laws Railroad Musuem near Bishop after I told you about Espee’s Slim Princess? I’m glad to see you highlighting the history of the Slim Princess. Although the tracks are long gone, you can still see remnants of the old roadbed in a few places running alongside Nevada state highway 360 between U.S. 6 and U.S. 95. -from Tom Pilling
Not yet!!! It was on our plans in July. But we ran outa gas. Not in the car!! In our buts! It was hot, we were beat, and well didn’t make it. But off to so cal soon. And I for one would love to take the scenic route home up the 396.
@@ToyManTelevision Understood, Dale. After your butts recover, U.S. 6 beckons to your south. Just take I-15 south to Santaquin, UT, and then go west on U.S. 6 all the way to Bishop, enjoying the Great Basin’s panoramic views along the way. Amazing Espee rail history awaits your discerning lens. And don’t forget the endless opportunities for screwing around that such a trip out west can offer you and Karyn! 🤣
Oddly it’s easy! The little short track off the turntable is deck high for a low boy trailer. Dan has two trailers for his locomotive and tender. And a “folding” ramp to pull onto the trailer. From ground level. Takes about 60 minutes. We show that on the “Santa train” show at bolder Nevada.
You’ve done a great job on these videos and I’ve learned a lot! I was wondering if the photo that appears around the 3:08 mark is of Beebe and Clegg inside their private car shown at around 4:37?
Now… that could be.. Beebe? It’s part of the collection of C and C photos, which includes some of theirs.. so.. selfie?? I’ll bet your right!!! Cause it looks like a standard gauge car.
@@weeniedogwrangler7096 I did a little more digging and there's another photo of the interior on page 107 of Beebe & Clegg's book, When Beauty Rode the Rails.
Hello I am a big fan of your videos. I am here in Germany and am looking for a nice western station. Unfortunately I didn't find anything here, and I wanted to ask if you could help me to find one in size G or give me some links. It doesn't matter if you have to build it together, on the contrary, it's really fun then. Thanks in advance Ralf.
The best one is made there in Germany! Hard to find. Sort of. Piko - LGB Silverton Depot. 1:22.5 scale. Karyn built one on the tuesday show about 2 years ago? th-cam.com/video/oCQcd3qWlqw/w-d-xo.html
I'd like to see Southern Pacific #18 run on the Huckleberry Railroad, I'd like to see how it,would look running on it, btw, I'm going to the Steam Railroading institute in Owasso, Michigan next weekend for my birthday, and I'm thinking about giving them a donation for a 4-6-0 steam locomotive they're restoring to operating condition, Chicago and Northwestern #175
I'm just curious what other railroad besides Carson and Colorado was a Southern Pacific owned narrow gauge? I was a Southern Pacific employee until Union Pacific took over and I never heard of any other narrow gauge besides the one in Owens valley.
I’m not sure what side of the bed you woke up on but LAWS had nothing to do with the restoration of SP 18. I would’ve expected research to have been before posting such a presentation.
Boo! You’ve added commercial interruptions from people making obscene profit of things most of us have no interest in purchasing. Will you soon be wearing McDonalds hats? Love your vids but not the you know what’s.
I have fond memories of the 18.
When my grandparents would take me and my sister from Carson City to Disneyland, we always drove through Independence and would catch sight of #18 sitting in the park. Only once did I get to see her up close in those days.
Later in life, when my school choir took a trip to Anaheim one year, I was confused when in her spot I only saw a white tent. Afterwards, I was able to look her up and learn about her restoration.
Naturally, seeing her in Carson City under steam, and being able to ride behind her was a real dream come true.
Yup. First thing is tent and remove the asbestos. But WOW!!
Seeing 10 operational steam locomotive both standard and narrow gauge in a railroad museum in Nevada was just as fun as the Victorian Iron horse roundup at Cumbres and Toltec. Another thing that made this evening the best is how the Nevada State Railroad museum has a huge Virginia and Truckee collection. I love it! Oh the V&T. What a railroad. SP 18 is so recognizable because she spent so much time on Durango and Silverton as a training locomotive to teach firemen to work an oil fired steam engine as all of there current locomotives in the roster are converting to oil fired. It is kinda sad that it’s no longer coal as coal was meant to be the original fuel source. But the D&SNG wouldn’t want to be held liable for setting the woods on fire would they?
Yup. We did a show on the oil conversion by a bunch of railroads. Fire danger. But also fear about the cost of coal. It’s trucked in anymore. And that’s expensive. But with mines closing often it’s trucked 200 miles. And could end up 500 to 600. So oil….
Southern Pacific #18 is a beautiful Slim Princess locomotive. 👸🏼🚂
Love the sp tender.
You're knowledge on the histories of the Southern Pacific, Virginia and Truckee and other narrow gauge railroads is outstanding! I totally enjoy watching your videos on the 'Steam Up' locomotives mainly because they're "stinkin' cute"! 😁 I'll be looking forward to seeing that one more steam locomotive in your next show before you move on to "something else". Steam locomotives are just plain AWESOME!!! There's nothing like 'em! ☝️👀
Thanks!! This was so fun. We wanted to head to laws after the show and come home that way. But the 110° temperature there made us say….. naw. Anyway everyone from there was here! So it would have been a real ghost town. And easy bake oven all in one. So later…
Never the less SP #18 is still a fascinating locomotive. It was fun seeing her on the Durango and Silverton. And it was fun seeing 18 at Nevada State Railroad as well. The Slim Princess.
Love this channel to bits: this couple always puts me in a good mood. I'm sure you have bad days like any couple, but your "work together" attitude on these videos is really an inspiration.
Thanks! Bad days happen. Been our observation that most bad days are fueled by bad attitude. So many people in an angry state all the time. Political baloney, social media, even traffic makes people angry at “them”. The “others”. But the anger only makes the angry person miserable. Politicians must be the most unhappy people in the world. Anyway thanks!! Stay happy!
Agree with what you say.
We restored the 18 while it was sitting in the park. 18s home is a musuem they built for it in independence. It going to laws was for an event although they are putting in good work over there at the laws musuem
Thanks enjoyed watching 👍👍
What an awesome Narrow Gauge Railroad! I had no idea this one even existed. Thanks for sharing it. :)
Great Museum and restoration job on 18.
Nicely restored.
I remember my father taking me to Laws when I was about 8 years old when we go fishing about Bishop that was about 56 years ago and then I took my son to Laws when he was about 5 that was 19 years ago it definitely don't have to make a trip out there sometime next year 👍👍
Really appreciate your knowledge of history on all of the videos you make. It makes everything come alive!!!
Omg! Beebe and Clegg in their private car 'Virginia City'! What an iconic photo of the most proliffic railroad photography couple in the 30-60s of the US! What a stunning addition!
The name is pronounced Loush-ee-us, not Lucy-us.
It was a joy to watch all of the videos of the Great Western Steam Up. I like hearing of old steam equipment being restored instead of being scrapped. The No. 18 is a beautiful machine, and it's history is remarkable too. After your next, (and last) episode of the Great American Steam Up, it's going to be sad to see this series of videos end. But, we must all move on and welcome in new things to discover and marvel over.
Thanks again for another great video! You both do an amazing job creating and bringing us these videos.
Hi again!! This was so fun. What a great show! And finally we saw 18 under steam. When we saw it at Durango they weren’t using it.
You guys sure got steamed up! Ha ha thanks for the videos, a lot of fun!
Very nice!
The first episode of the old western tv series Annie Oakley, titled "Annie and the Brass Collar", has some footage of the sister engine to the #18, the #9, running out in the Owens Valley. The depot and yard at Keeler was also used for exterior shots. Episode 10 "The Cinder Trail" also has quite a bit of train footage from the Slim Princess line, including the old ore loading ramp.
THANKS!!!!! Need to find it
@@ToyManTelevision The whole series is on TH-cam.
Love these videos. The history is fantastic and the videos are perfect. Thank you.
Thanks again! This was a fun one! We really way to get down to Laws. Be more fun if 18 was there. I’m thinking it will be headed back now? No idea.
nice video & i saw steam engine number 2 in fort bragg ca
The skunk! Great place.
The turntable at Laws has a rail that it follows on the outside of the circle to hold up the ends of the bridge, while the one at Carson has all the weight in the center. Two different styles. Great show as always, Dale! Keep it up!
Great video as always but I want to correct something stated during the video.
The Locomotive was restored at Independence and only briefly operated at Laws and the group that restored her has been in the process of building a permanent museum/railroad in Independence for 18 to operate at permanently.
Wow, from Laws, to Durango & Silverton, to the Great Western Steam Up! That #18 has really made the rounds!
Weren't the Virginia & Truckee kicking themselves after they sold off the Carson & Colorado, because then a big mine got started/discovered shortly after that?
Good times thanks for the great video
Always a great video!
Thanks again
Nice! Slim Princess chapter 395 ECV.. WHAT SAITH THE BRETHREN?
A plan to get down there. I used to travel the 395 weekly. At first from Tahoe to the 120. Then from pearblossom to interstate 5.
very satisfactory.
@@joebunik6042 and sooo recorded!
Hi Dale & Karyn! Somehow I missed this video of yours until now. Did you ever make it down to the Laws Railroad Musuem near Bishop after I told you about Espee’s Slim Princess? I’m glad to see you highlighting the history of the Slim Princess. Although the tracks are long gone, you can still see remnants of the old roadbed in a few places running alongside Nevada state highway 360 between U.S. 6 and U.S. 95.
-from Tom Pilling
Not yet!!! It was on our plans in July. But we ran outa gas. Not in the car!! In our buts! It was hot, we were beat, and well didn’t make it. But off to so cal soon. And I for one would love to take the scenic route home up the 396.
@@ToyManTelevision Understood, Dale. After your butts recover, U.S. 6 beckons to your south. Just take I-15 south to Santaquin, UT, and then go west on U.S. 6 all the way to Bishop, enjoying the Great Basin’s panoramic views along the way. Amazing Espee rail history awaits your discerning lens. And don’t forget the endless opportunities for screwing around that such a trip out west can offer you and Karyn! 🤣
I saw the Slim Princess when she was at Durango.
Ske a great looking locomotive but how do they load them on to trucks
Oddly it’s easy! The little short track off the turntable is deck high for a low boy trailer. Dan has two trailers for his locomotive and tender. And a “folding” ramp to pull onto the trailer. From ground level. Takes about 60 minutes. We show that on the “Santa train” show at bolder Nevada.
@@ToyManTelevision thank you for the information
You’ve done a great job on these videos and I’ve learned a lot! I was wondering if the photo that appears around the 3:08 mark is of Beebe and Clegg inside their private car shown at around 4:37?
Now… that could be.. Beebe? It’s part of the collection of C and C photos, which includes some of theirs.. so.. selfie?? I’ll bet your right!!! Cause it looks like a standard gauge car.
@@ToyManTelevision It is indeed Clegg and Beebe. The over the top interior marks the car as the Virginia City.
@@weeniedogwrangler7096 I did a little more digging and there's another photo of the interior on page 107 of Beebe & Clegg's book, When Beauty Rode the Rails.
Hello I am a big fan of your videos. I am here in Germany and am looking for a nice western station. Unfortunately I didn't find anything here, and I wanted to ask if you could help me to find one in size G or give me some links. It doesn't matter if you have to build it together, on the contrary, it's really fun then. Thanks in advance Ralf.
The best one is made there in Germany! Hard to find. Sort of. Piko - LGB Silverton Depot. 1:22.5 scale. Karyn built one on the tuesday show about 2 years ago? th-cam.com/video/oCQcd3qWlqw/w-d-xo.html
I remember my
I'd like to see Southern Pacific #18 run on the Huckleberry Railroad, I'd like to see how it,would look running on it, btw, I'm going to the Steam Railroading institute in Owasso, Michigan next weekend for my birthday, and I'm thinking about giving them a donation for a 4-6-0 steam locomotive they're restoring to operating condition, Chicago and Northwestern #175
Really want to get there. And Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford.
I'm just curious what other railroad besides Carson and Colorado was a Southern Pacific owned narrow gauge?
I was a Southern Pacific employee until Union Pacific took over and I never heard of any other narrow gauge besides the one in Owens valley.
I’m not sure and may be delusional. But I seem to remember one or more at the pacific.
Found it. Nevada-California-Oregon Railway
@@ToyManTelevision cool I'll look it up! Thanks!
I almost forgot they bought out the South Pacific Coast from the Bay area to Santa Cruz... But they immediately standardized it.
I’m not sure what side of the bed you woke up on but LAWS had nothing to do with the restoration of SP 18. I would’ve expected research to have been before posting such a presentation.
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Boo! You’ve added commercial interruptions from people making obscene profit of things most of us have no interest in purchasing. Will you soon be wearing McDonalds hats? Love your vids but not the you know what’s.
I haven’t added anything. We have all ways been monetized. But the BS scam commercials are all Google.