Dan thank you for the trip down memory lane. I think it's been 30yrs since I took the kids there when they were little. My youngest is 35 now. I was going to try and get there before I moved but didn't make it.
Great video, Dan! I loved seeing the EMD 40-Ton Switcher no.52 and the the Pacific Electric no. 1544. I just hated that you weren't able to get a better shot of the ATSF Doodlebug that was located in the same area but I would have lost my mind seeing that. The 'Western Pacific' schemed caboose (cool count 13) you said was a wide-vision caboose is actually an offset cupola caboose. The round-shaped tender is actually called a Vanderbilt Tender. I use to have one of these for my steamer back in the days of direct-current model railroading. Vanderbilt tenders have round tanks because they have to hold a lot of water. The radial bands of a cylindrical tank are better able to withstand the strain of carrying that much water than the right-angle welds at the edges of a rectangular tender. Fuel oil was carried in the smaller, squared forward section. Improved visibility is another reason Vanderbilt tenders have round tanks. Since Vanderbilt tenders are narrower at the back, that makes it easier for the cab crew to see their train when backing up.
Dan, there is only one word to describe this... outstanding! haha, or cool! I like watching some "steamer" gauge videos so next time try a Sunday for those. Everything was... cool!
5:26 what you’re looking at is one of the rarest diesel locomotives in the world this is a Baldwin RS12 locomotive one of two examples in operating condition this one was built in 1955 for the McCloud River Railroad as engine number 55 until it was acquired by the California western railroad in 1970 and re-numbered 56 it operated freight and passenger trains on the railroad for many years until in the 1990s it has been relegated to switching equipment in the yard after the Railroad acquired an additional EMD unit to replace its Alco locomotives number 56 was retired and donated to the travel town railroad museum it is in full working order as it occasionally is fired up for demonstrations or to switch the Museum equipment around the museum there is another Baldwin RS12 that operates in the state of Michigan on a passenger tourist Railroad I forget the name of it though
Looks like fun 👍🏻
Dan thank you for the trip down memory lane. I think it's been 30yrs since I took the kids there when they were little. My youngest is 35 now. I was going to try and get there before I moved but didn't make it.
Thanks JD, it was a great time. Wonderful weather and not crowded. It was fun to see the stuff I got to climb on as a kid. 😎
Great video, Dan!
I loved seeing the EMD 40-Ton Switcher no.52 and the the Pacific Electric no. 1544. I just hated that you weren't able to get a better shot of the ATSF Doodlebug that was located in the same area but I would have lost my mind seeing that. The 'Western Pacific' schemed caboose (cool count 13) you said was a wide-vision caboose is actually an offset cupola caboose.
The round-shaped tender is actually called a Vanderbilt Tender. I use to have one of these for my steamer back in the days of direct-current model railroading. Vanderbilt tenders have round tanks because they have to hold a lot of water. The radial bands of a cylindrical tank are better able to withstand the strain of carrying that much water than the right-angle welds at the edges of a rectangular tender. Fuel oil was carried in the smaller, squared forward section. Improved visibility is another reason Vanderbilt tenders have round tanks. Since Vanderbilt tenders are narrower at the back, that makes it easier for the cab crew to see their train when backing up.
Thanks Donnie!! I knew you’d have done good info on that stuff! Thanks for sharing. Sorry I didn’t get more of the Doodlebug. 👍🏼
Dan, there is only one word to describe this... outstanding! haha, or cool!
I like watching some "steamer" gauge videos so next time try a Sunday for those. Everything was... cool!
Haha thanks Tom!! I do want to get over there and check those out for sure! 👍🏼
Way cool Dan!!
Thank you! ❤️
5:26 what you’re looking at is one of the rarest diesel locomotives in the world this is a Baldwin RS12 locomotive one of two examples in operating condition this one was built in 1955 for the McCloud River Railroad as engine number 55 until it was acquired by the California western railroad in 1970 and re-numbered 56 it operated freight and passenger trains on the railroad for many years until in the 1990s it has been relegated to switching equipment in the yard after the Railroad acquired an additional EMD unit to replace its Alco locomotives number 56 was retired and donated to the travel town railroad museum it is in full working order as it occasionally is fired up for demonstrations or to switch the Museum equipment around the museum there is another Baldwin RS12 that operates in the state of Michigan on a passenger tourist Railroad I forget the name of it though
Thanks Ryan, great info! Thanks so much for sharing! I knew a lot of you guys would know what I was looking at! 👍🏼