Larry Goldsby and his 7.5" gauge Live Steam C&O T-1 at Turkeyville on October 23, 2021
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- Larry Goldsby visits the Mid Michigan Railroad Club at Cornwell's Turkeyville, in Marshall, MI on October 23, 2021.
The whole day, from start to finish, was plagued with delays and minor issues, making for a very late start on getting steam up on the big locomotive. Tom Bee joined Larry on the trip. After leaving Larry's house, they got bogged down in University of Michigan Football Game day traffic, en route to the railroad.
Once arriving, the choice of unloading at the new drive-thru unloading area may have been a dubious one, as it took considerable effort to get the locomotive & tender extricated from the trailer and situated on the track, (though the other unloading area would take nearly as much trouble, possibly more) it then had to be towed about 1/8 mile to the steaming bays. On the way, the first derailment occurred due to a missing guard rail and steam locomotive and the riding car ahead of it both picked the frog and derailed. The locomotive's pilot truck and the first three drivers went on the ground. Ultimately, we were able to coax it back on the track by pushing/pulling/tugging it backwards in combination with using Larry's specially built lifting device.
Coming through the yard, there was a questionable joint where the was a kink, but concerns proved unfounded. The locomotive was shoved onto the turntable and delivered to the steaming bays for preparation to fire up. Poor planning for which kits and tool boxes to bring over from the truck & trailer added to the delays, particularly in getting water and boiler chemical into the boiler so the fire could be lit.
Once everything was in order, the locomotive had no problems steaming. Pressure came up smoothly and all of its mechanical needs and preparations were taken care of to facilitate its operation.
After the locomotive was ready to move, Larry brought the locomotive out on to the mainline, where some other club members brought the cars we had assembled to pull. Since Larry was wanting to get pictures and video of his locomotive operating, I was given first crack at operating this massive live steam locomotive. My only other comparable experience was operating Bill Dobbs' 2.5" scale K-36 #483 [coal fired, at the time] a number of years earlier at Train Mountain. This was only my 2nd time operating an oil burning live steam locomotive, and I was definitely feeling out of my element, with the first being Larry's C&O 4-6-4 Hudson, #315, over a dozen years earlier.
I set out around the railroad and all was smooth and good up until I tipped over the summit of the hill and the fire went out. I hadn't touched it yet, so Larry had apparently set it too low. Because I was unfamiliar with the details of firing this locomotive, I handed it back over to Larry after only traversing about 1/3 of the track (just past the tunnel). He relit the fire (torch was very low on fuel) after I was unable to relight it.
Larry heads off with the train and I'm riding on the tender behind him, filming. We come to the grade crossing near the containers and the drive-thru unloading area and he throws the switch to go from the outer main to the inner main and... DERAILMENT because the points didn't move all of the way over! Only 30 minutes after we started... stopped because of a switch that has been problematic for years and still hasn't been addressed.
Rerailing the locomotive this time took LOTS of teamwork and some creative thinking coupled with a determination to make it happen quick. Total time to rerail the locomotive this time was about a half hour. As an aside, another issue we encountered while rerailing the locomotive this time, the fire went out again! This time, the torch would & couldn't relight because it was out of fuel. Fortunately Pat had his little torch handy he uses for lighting his cigars. While it wouldn't be able to reach far enough into the locomotive to relight the fire directly, it did let me light a pair of twigs covered in diesel fuel that were long enough. A single twig didn't have enough thermal mass to light the diesel fuel, so it would put the fire out on the twig! But a pair of twigs burning together worked! I later joked that Pat had the spare key for Larry's Texas!
Once we were back on the track, we took off again. As we came down the hill that ducks under the two trestles, I was reminded of my frequent derailments in the area with my equipment, including my ten wheeler, when we derailed for a 3rd time, this time at the bottom of the hill. I was determined to make this as brief of an experience as possible. So I jumped in and worked to get the locomotive back on the track in a mere THREE minutes, 1/10th of the time the previous derailment had just taken. Fortunately and by the grace of God, this was the last serious issue we had for the day.
See the video for the rest of the details.
I love how the graveyard has a grave that says ben dover 😂
Awesome locomotive you have there.
What a monster! Very cool.
Murphy's law was present and active . Glad things settled and you had a run.
Murphy's Law is ALWAYS present and active on the rails... ESPECIALLY with steam locomotives!
@@PowerTrain611 Sometimes Murphy's law is present and active when the damn thing is sitting idle.
Who decided to blot out the sweet steam sounds with music?
What a beautiful machine.
Very cool, Larry
Very nice video 👍
The c&o t1 was a stretch out Erie Berkshire
Too bad they weren't hauling the public with it. That is a loco that could easily handle of train of 20 or more adults at once.
The exhaust note says 3 cylinders….could it be????
I'd kill for an engine like that.
Hi. I have a different question that you might be able to answer?? Here in Green Bay, I would like to build a 1:8th scale loco model of the G.B.&W. D-47 class 2-8-2 Mikado's that were built I'm 1938 by ALCO. However, they were built with Unique driving wheels that were 64"inches in Diameter, so this would be in a scale of 8" inches in Diameter, and with BOX-SPOKE centre's. But there is already the slightly larger loco built to the higher scale of 1.625, that is 1&5/8" to compensate for the slightly wider track guage of 7&1/2", but whereas the True Scale guage of track would be 7&1/16" inches. But the Larger Mikado is based on the U.S.R.A. Classes built around 1918 in WW1. AND WHICH also has a much larger diameter boiler, however, it would be necessary to build a new boiler with its own smaller diameter, plus the different arrangements of the steam domes, and sand domes. Therefore, is there a Special Company. That can make New Paterns and Castings for the BOX-SPOK DRIVERS that are only 8 " inches in Diameter????? Please send your answers here. Or G.mail.com...thank you! GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.!!!!! AMEN. W., 11.3.21, A.D.
Yes, but it is very expensive. You can get almost anything if you're willing to pay for it.
Note the spelling
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxpok
The closest I know of already being cast are Boxpok driver for the UP Challanger that finish at 8-5/8"
Do you think he'd ever sell that beast? Also, the eccentric crank on the right side appears to move more than on the left. Could just be me.
Music detracts from the video
how much track does he have to run it at his place?
None, a significant number of people in the hobby have no track at home. What you often find is that people who have steam locomotives rarely have a personal railroad, and vice-versa. Each requires a tremendous amount of time and dedication.
The Mid-Michigan Railroad Club has about one mile of mainline.
I have a question please: How is it fired? With Oil or LPG? It runs very clean for solid fuel.
It burns oil, specifically diesel fuel.
@@a5wr1ght Do you know where to find a fuel injector used for this locomotive? I’m trying to find one for an engine myself and I’m having the hardest of times finding one
@@peridot675 the one on this locomotive was made by the guy who built the locomotive (LarryGoldsby). Hop on Facebook and ask in some of the live steam groups.
@@peridot675 the term you are looking for is not "injector" but "atomizer". Named so because it makes the fuel into microscopic particles so they burn easily in the air. You're not pumping it against any pressure, just burning it openly in the firebox.
Where is this locomotive today?
At Larry's house in Michigan
Any blind drivers ?.....how about the lateral motion?...how much is there
#3 wheelset is blind. Tire width is a bit too narrow. Overall it should have more lateral movement.
How do do you make a blind driver wider, than what the casting already is ?....a completely flat wheel, with no flange ??
@@hoppercar you make a tire that has a wider tread than a standard width tire. For full-size, standard tire width is usually 5.5" (including the flange). Blind tires may be 6.25" or possibly more.
Seems to me that extra width tire would either rub the frames on the backside, or interfere with the connecting rods on the front side ?
@@hoppercar that just depends on the total amount of clearance, how much lateral is desired, and if that was planned for in any way in advance.
Mais
No Track safety, No signals, no respect and no riders !! Nice loco and peration, but a bad performance considering what coud be hapening here and in this video. Maybe in the future you gys will mature enough to put in block signals and space your trains more safely.
Safety is #1, that why i gave you a down vote. Head my warning.
P.S. Take a keaf blower to the tracks before you want to run in the fall and get all those slippery leaf's off the tracks first, that is anothwr safety issue/
Fear not Eric in Thailand. The railroad has been in operation close to 40 years with no collisions. Maturity takes many forms, for example maintaining a stopping distance is no more than 1/2 the clear vision ahead.