Enjoyed the sound of the steam engines working there way upgrade. Very similar to the Baldwin designed engine I was operating yesterday (12"=1' scale). Keep the videos coming.
@@edwardlove4300 Linked video is an overview of the prominent vendors in this scale: th-cam.com/video/yccmUiD5KGI/w-d-xo.html There is also a set of videos in our How-To playlist called, "So You Want A Live Steam Locomotive" which provide more information on the steam end.
I enjoy seeing your videos. Just out of curiosity, how much money would it cost to buy or build a steam locomotive simler to the ones in the video. Then how much would it cost to maintain and opetate that steam locomotive? If ther is a video on the subject could you share it?
A couple of the engines in the video, the H10's, are turnkey at $35k. Maintenance is fairly cheap until something breaks then you either have to know how to fix it yourself, or, pay someone to fix it for you. The brutal part is the track... somewhere in the 4-8 dollar per finished foot range. This is not a cheap hobby for the faint of heart.
@@kleetus92 ok. Thank you very much for the infomation. At least there are still people out there who can afford to run these locomotives for the enjoyment of the public.
Yeah, those kind of setups come in handy when operating on a large layout like this. Especially if you have to do switching-you can just stand at the switch and maneuver the train as needed.
Is it possible to have a live steam engine that can run on coal OR propane? Even if it took awhile to convert it (like add or remove a big propane burner to the firebox), it'd be awesome.
Josiah Walker no. Boilers are designed to run on one fuel or the other. The flu tubes are different sizes, there are special components added for boilers setup for propane, etc. if you took out the grates on a coal engine and just welded in a burner manifold you’d be pissing your money away in all the propane you’d be wasting because it would be extremely inefficient.
@@TheSteamChannel Not sure I'm going to agree with that... Plenty of guys converted to propane or oil, with train mountains fire ban... There's a locomotive in PA that has a slide out assembly that specifically allows you to change fuel types. Runs fine.
kleetus92 as I said before, if you have a boiler designed for coal firing and you just throw a burner on it to burn propane it will be immensely inefficient and expensive to run. There are a lot of propane burning engines at the ILS and there is much more to it than that. The size of the flues on boilers built for propane use have smaller diameters compared to larger diameters for better drafting for coal fired engines, they have arches, etc. Many people with coal fired engines have blown off that railroad once they put that ban into place. Try doing that on a northern or other large engine and see how it efficient it burns. Not to mention mutilating what could be a $50,000-$100,000+ machine to run on one railroad.
@@TheSteamChannel well thanks for the reply! sounds to me like you'd have to design the locomotive around a dual fuel concept, and obviously even then it might just be bad at both..? Train Mountain is near where I live, so I had hoped I could build one I could run there but run coal when I run elsewhere. Oh well!
Josiah Walker I’d recommend staying with propane in that case. You can add turbulator strips in the flues and do other things to improve operation. Just be sure to research very well all the options. Talk with guys that have fine tuned their propane setups and pick their brains on the subject. In the end- it’s all what works for you and is the most practical.
WOW! This was great. Your camera work is excellent.
Very scenic!!! Thanks for showing us!
Enjoyed the sound of the steam engines working there way upgrade. Very similar to the Baldwin designed engine I was operating yesterday (12"=1' scale).
Keep the videos coming.
Thank you for shooting this and putting it together!
I dig the Harley seat on the 2-10-2
I'd love to see this place. Can you please tell me the location. Thanks in advance.
Best wishes from Osaka Japan.
This is a privately owned railroad located in eastern Ohio.
@@TheSteamChannel how does someone get started in this hobby?
@@edwardlove4300 Linked video is an overview of the prominent vendors in this scale: th-cam.com/video/yccmUiD5KGI/w-d-xo.html
There is also a set of videos in our How-To playlist called, "So You Want A Live Steam Locomotive" which provide more information on the steam end.
Nice
would really like to know WHERE this is...
It’s a private railroad called Mill Creek Central in Ohio.
I enjoy seeing your videos. Just out of curiosity, how much money would it cost to buy or build a steam locomotive simler to the ones in the video. Then how much would it cost to maintain and opetate that steam locomotive? If ther is a video on the subject could you share it?
A couple of the engines in the video, the H10's, are turnkey at $35k. Maintenance is fairly cheap until something breaks then you either have to know how to fix it yourself, or, pay someone to fix it for you. The brutal part is the track... somewhere in the 4-8 dollar per finished foot range.
This is not a cheap hobby for the faint of heart.
@@kleetus92 ok. Thank you very much for the infomation. At least there are still people out there who can afford to run these locomotives for the enjoyment of the public.
Super nice :)
Would like to know where i can go to an event
@10:33 is the engineer controlling the train from a remote control?
SDRAIL Productions yes, he has a remote setup. Both locomotives are electrics
The Steam Channel wow that is great technology installed!
Yeah, those kind of setups come in handy when operating on a large layout like this. Especially if you have to do switching-you can just stand at the switch and maneuver the train as needed.
The Steam Channel yeah just like RCO for switching, makes the job really fast and easy to operate.
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Is it possible to have a live steam engine that can run on coal OR propane? Even if it took awhile to convert it (like add or remove a big propane burner to the firebox), it'd be awesome.
Josiah Walker no. Boilers are designed to run on one fuel or the other. The flu tubes are different sizes, there are special components added for boilers setup for propane, etc. if you took out the grates on a coal engine and just welded in a burner manifold you’d be pissing your money away in all the propane you’d be wasting because it would be extremely inefficient.
@@TheSteamChannel Not sure I'm going to agree with that... Plenty of guys converted to propane or oil, with train mountains fire ban... There's a locomotive in PA that has a slide out assembly that specifically allows you to change fuel types. Runs fine.
kleetus92 as I said before, if you have a boiler designed for coal firing and you just throw a burner on it to burn propane it will be immensely inefficient and expensive to run. There are a lot of propane burning engines at the ILS and there is much more to it than that. The size of the flues on boilers built for propane use have smaller diameters compared to larger diameters for better drafting for coal fired engines, they have arches, etc. Many people with coal fired engines have blown off that railroad once they put that ban into place. Try doing that on a northern or other large engine and see how it efficient it burns. Not to mention mutilating what could be a $50,000-$100,000+ machine to run on one railroad.
@@TheSteamChannel well thanks for the reply! sounds to me like you'd have to design the locomotive around a dual fuel concept, and obviously even then it might just be bad at both..? Train Mountain is near where I live, so I had hoped I could build one I could run there but run coal when I run elsewhere. Oh well!
Josiah Walker I’d recommend staying with propane in that case. You can add turbulator strips in the flues and do other things to improve operation. Just be sure to research very well all the options. Talk with guys that have fine tuned their propane setups and pick their brains on the subject. In the end- it’s all what works for you and is the most practical.