1 1/2" Scale Hudson & Hiawatha at ILS
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- Here are the sights and sounds from the Illinois Live Steamers 2013 Labor Day Run. The Hiawatha was one of several steam locomotives that graced the rails, and scale New York Central Hudson #6620 also came for a visit. Thanks for watching The Steam Channel!
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This could be used as a miniature for a movie!
Beautiful engine.
That locomotive needs to be brought back from extinction.
Very refined steam mechanism as well as stunning looks .
I would have loved to see one of the Locomotives in preservation. There's just something about it that really appeals to me
If only there were plans available
I think this is neat, but I get a chuckle every time I see a big guy riding on a tiny train. lol
Love that IC GP38 at the end!
7:32 kids get a steam blast lol
Gorgeous engine! I am really infatuated by the Milwaukee Road's class F7 steam locomotives.
Here's what wikipedia has to say about them: "They comprised six (#100-#105) high-speed, streamlined 4-6-4 "Baltic" or "Hudson" type steam locomotives built by Alco in 1937-38 to haul the Milwaukee's Hiawatha express passenger trains. Following on from the success of the road's class A 4-4-2s, the F7s allowed the road to haul heavier trains on the popular Chicago-Twin Cities routes.
The F7s are major contenders for the fastest steam locomotives ever built, as they ran at over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) daily. One run in January 1941 recorded by a reporter for Trains magazine saw 110 miles per hour (180 km/h) achieved twice-in the midst of a heavy snowstorm. Baron Gérard Vuillet, a French railroading expert, once recorded a run between Chicago and Milwaukee where the locomotive reached 125 mph (201 km/h) and sustained an average 120 mph (190 km/h) for 4.5 miles (7.2 km).[1] However, the British locomotive LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard is officially accepted to be the world's fastest, with a run recorded at 126.1 mph (202.9 km/h) in 1938.
The Milwaukee F7s are accepted as the fastest steam locomotives by a different measure-scheduled speed between stations. In 1939, shortly after they were introduced into passenger service, the Twin Cities Hiawatha schedule was modified such that the engines would need to run the 78.3 mi (126.0 km) between Portage and Sparta, Wisconsin in 58 minutes-a start-to-stop average of 81 mph (130 km/h).[1]
First-built #100 was also the first withdrawn from service, on November 10, 1949; last-built #105 was the final one in service, withdrawn August 10, 1951. All were scrapped."
Bummer.
It's one of my steam loco fantasies that an exact replica of a Milwaukee Road Hudson F7 gets built and does a test run that breaks the verified Mallard steam loco record. I'm sure it happened that this loco ran faster than the 126 mph record but we will probably never know.
I really do miss seeing this Hiawatha Hudson at LALS. I remember back in the day before Russ had it shipped out of SoCal. I really miss seeing it pull the Pullman cars on Sunday at LALS 🙁
I miss seeing it at ILS... the gentleman who bought it hasn’t had it out since this.
That is one of the most awesome trains I have seen on this channel so far. and the second car looks like it is made of Lego
A small Hiawatha how cute
Amazing! And to think that I thought Mamods and Wilesco's were expensive! Great video!
Awesome
Thank you for the information. 🇦🇺🇦🇺
Wow ! Splendid trains, and engines...Each and every one. Thanx for great video...
( I play old, original records & classic TRAIN songs on channel you may enjoy ! But trains have always been my love...Jimmie Rogers train music coming soon !
Very awesome!
Maravilhoso. Estas réplicas perfeitas são o sonho de qualquer apaixonado por ferrovia. Parabéns pessoal da White Creek Railroad. (Wonderful. These perfect replicas are the dream of any railroad enthusiast. Congratulations staff of the White Creek Railroad.)
Joe,....the Propane fuel is burned, heating the water into steam, which is used to propel the steam locomotive.
This is so cool !
Hello
was surprised to find people in USA who are involved with steam as in the UK....c heck t his guy, mrcrispin
he is a 20 year old machinist at Rolls Royce and he is working on building his own locol
I wish u would do a video wit dat train at 1:12 cause got damn she's gorgeous.
I have a few up. Look through the channel home page.
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Any updates on the status of the Milwaukee Road F7 engine? Would really like to see it running at any live steam events this year.
That engine hasn’t run since this video was taken to my knowledge
@@TheSteamChannel That's too bad. Do you happen to know the owner?I'd be interested in contacting him to learn more about his engine and the build process. Thanks!
@@CheeseheadMotors the current owner is not the builder, it was purchased from a hobbyist in LA.
How much do they buy these steam engines? What are the price ranges of these tings? They got to be very expensive
You build your own so it all depends on the size, complexity, and detail level. At this scale you could build a small locomotive with not much detail for a few thousand bucks, or you could spend $400,000+ building a big boy with all the prototypical detail in the world. It's only as expensive as you make it.
Do you guys custom build those trains or buy them?
Most of them are custom built
You dont find em at Walmart!!!!! LOL Somebody had ta build em!!
ivd never seen something like THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what a beautiful Hudson but why give her an incorrect number. Just wondering
Very nice Steam engine!
Great design.....
sweet!!
The Hiawatha was a whole train, not just a steam engine.
Hey, Is this engine still out there? I recall it having many many many issues. Did the owner sell it on or move or is it being rebuilt?
+Andrew Magosky The locomotive did have some issues. The owner transported it to his home and its status has been unknown since. I do not believe the needed repairs were completed.
+The Steam Channel Where are you guys located at
They should rebuild an original full sized one. They did it in England.
Please tell me how much a train like he is driving costs. I would like to get one for my mother if not just something to collect. Thanks
mistertrucker these are built not bought. I've seen a close to competed one on ebay for less then 5 grand but they are not cheap or easy
Where is that place
Where is that place
can you guys do a how to run a diesel engine video and a how to run a steam engine using propane video someday
where is this? I want to go there and volunteer!
I know this comment is old but I gotta know, what do you mean by volunteer??
What gauge is this
7.5”
What is the propoane can for?
The locomotive is propane fired
now is hat a good thing or bad?
Joe Newstead It's much cleaner than coal, and it makes the locomotive much easier to run. It's not prototypical so some don't care for it.
Propane sounds like a brilliant solution! I would imagine that this scale makes a decent coal fire pretty difficult if not impossible.
The Steam Channel
Do any of them burn oil?
i want this at my home brother
I knew the Hudsons and Hiwathas weren't extinct
Michael Young
False statement,replicas are there but the real ones are now extinct
Ugh, the last fellow, even if it his engine, really distracting that he’s smoking next to a fuel tank like that.
The hiawatha is beautiful, but I prefer the class A atlantic type hiawathas #1, 2, 3, and 4.
Hawatha when in use was a trouble and in this scale model too seems a trouble
Why do you say that? Did they have service problems? I've never read anything bad about the quality of this engine while in service. As steam locos go, they seem to have been as good as it gets!
well there r many steam locos ins USA which were made just 3-4 and later retired after 2-3 months or 2-3 years coz of their traction or weight trouble and Hawatha too was one of them. but yes American companies never disclosed it coz they never wanted to show their poor quality in steam loco making.British Loco A4 was just 2/3 of Hawatha but had more speed and power than it, and 1/3 of Big Boy but still made 80% power of it. if Britain had made big steam locos like Big Boy i am sure it would be 2.5 times more powerful than the real one
Haha now I know you're full of it! The Hiawatha ran for over 10 years with regular maintenance and was nearly trouble free.
Not only was it is as strong as an equal sized British locomotive but it was probably faster than anything the British ever made. Yes the Mallard went 126 miles per hour once, but the Hiawatha F7 steam locomotives topped a 125 miles an hour for dozens of miles on a regular basis. Mallard rarely topped 100 miles per hour. And when it did it was only for a few miles at a stretch.
Remember that American locos had to go thousands of miles and across this huge country.They couldn't afford to break down. They needed reliable engines. The Hiawatha was no different. It had to run a route from Chicago all the way almost to Seattle. And it did this reliably for over a decade.
But nice try.
Well mate Britons never made as big engines as Americans. i have seen both Hawtha in pics and its measurements and compared it with the biggest British Steam loco Coronation series of LMS and Hawatha was bigger. and yes british tracks r more twistier and curlier than American straight laid tracks and on that British Locos managed an average speed of 90mph. in 1998 The Flying Scotsman was on Australia Tour and there on Indian Pacific Expressway there is the longest straight of a railway track of 340 miles there it at the age of 75 did an average speed of 108 mph the slowest speed that time was 97mph and fastest 115mph. for 3 hours running at that speed matters a lot and hats-off to the crew who made it running at that speed when u have to shovel tons of coal into the engine not like the American laziness that put the fire burning on oil so that u have to shovel nothing. and yes the fastest speed touched by a steam loco was by a German loco who topped the speed of 130mph for 5 mins but coz it was neither a measuring run nor an official run so it was never certified
as it goes the engine was acting up and there was on the actual train a bad crash. mainly down to human error but still
Looks like a hobby that requires your full attention, not to be taken lightly.
Yeah, not only your full attention but probably most of your Bank account as well!
c'mon , let that locomotive go faster
Someone stole trucks
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