This is my nephew! He built that Shay himself from scratch, welding steel and copper. Took a few years-! His great-grandfather worked on the logging Shays at Cass WV.
@BNSFDash94 ай бұрын
Sounds amazing!! 👏🏼👏🏼
@HMSHOOD19205 ай бұрын
Oh yeah that shit is Exquisite.
@ComerProductions1939 ай бұрын
This looks like it was taken at eagle point? When was this?
@hunter872510 ай бұрын
Thats fantastic! And that's alot of ties in that log!
@P61guy6110 ай бұрын
Now that is realistic railroad action. Thanks for posting. Great achievement. The trestle is awesome too.
@Nicmadis10 ай бұрын
Big toys for big boys.
@indoor42010 ай бұрын
Sp awesome I l9ve your little train and awesome job on your tracks so cool to see!!!!
@JosueCalderon-zv8vg10 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 WTF mini mini tiny steam xD
@mundoverdeanimal10 ай бұрын
Aí é vida 👏👏👏👏
@jayantasanyal833410 ай бұрын
How much is the average power of these locomotives?
@hawaii310010 ай бұрын
The power of a block and tackle.
@moviexbug10 ай бұрын
Imagine tomorrow the civilization ends and in the future this site is dug up, what do you think the archaelogist will think? We used to have tiny humans in the past? 🤣
@moviexbug10 ай бұрын
Imagine tomorrow the civilization ends and in the future this site is dug up, what do you think the archaelogist will think? We used to have tiny humans in the past? 🤣
@MonkPetite10 ай бұрын
The little engine that could. Fun and sometimes hilarious
@danielfantino171410 ай бұрын
Just wonder in full scale world, what that log would measure ?
@danielfantino171410 ай бұрын
Pretty sure Ephraim Shay would smile at it if he could see it, 150 years after its first one, specially at this tiny mini scale. Slow but tremendously powerful at any size and scale. Thanks for that REAL working session ❤
@jeffreyharkness855111 ай бұрын
Good to see small scale narrow gauge railroading. I hope you made something beautiful and constructive with that big tree.
@Marc.Th.2511 ай бұрын
Great vid !
@petermartijnheite-bauwens163211 ай бұрын
I like this kind of videos so much. As a railway fan in the Netherlands we don't see this kind of play here. So i'm a bit jealous hehehe.. Thanks for sharing this relaxing video it give me dreams of a living in America.
@3RTracing11 ай бұрын
kind of shocking that you would drag that heavy log across your tracks. But overall a great exhibition of how to use tools, like block and tackles to amplify your power. Very nice shay, nice work on your railroad
@ervano79811 ай бұрын
A very good looking nice steam loco. What a kind of engine is this? I see on the right side two vertical cilinders, or is this a double expansion machine? And what on the left side? Where can i find more about this loco?
@danielfantino171410 ай бұрын
Inventor Ephraim Shay roughly 150 years ago. They were slow but really powerful and could run on very bad tracks. Shay locomotives were designed for logging opérations. Minus transmission they are exactly like modern automobile and truck. Vertical pistons turning crankshaft with universal joints up to différentiel to wheels. They were caller articulated. Shay, Heisler and Climax adopter 3 different principles to get same result. On biggest Shay even tender was powered.
@ervano79810 ай бұрын
@@danielfantino1714 Thank you for your answer / information. Interesting, now i can search further form more specifications. I own a german steam-loco type 23 (3,5 gauge) build by my father. Unfortunately the train is not capable to drive on steam because my father died before the loco was completed and ready to fire-up. And i am not the man who can finished the work, i am an retired electrician. The loco was completely ready to be tested on compressed air. Than we discovered some problems with the drive mechanism. Father successful made the necessary changings on the left side, but before the right-side was ready he died at 80 years. I regrette the loco wil never drive on steam, he became a honored place in my living room.
@danielfantino171410 ай бұрын
My pleasure if it can help you. So sad story, but in your family and in your heart it stays or she stays. One day may be her right side will be fix too. On that day she´ll steam and move by herself for the first time. She´ll pull two generations Dreams and works. Dad and its son. So strange how cold dead steel can be so magic.. Anf then, who knows, she can survive you too. Old steamer can wait, very patiently, sleep so long until a spark bring them back to life. One day....she will
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman11 ай бұрын
Great video...👍
@markwat11 ай бұрын
Thats over 200lbs ofwhite oak log
@markwat11 ай бұрын
2000
@timsch5811 ай бұрын
Super 👌
@oliverezequieltimburwa634511 ай бұрын
Awesome tech. I ❤ steam and it's environmentally friendly.
@alm770711 ай бұрын
I am in awe!
@danielthrasher705211 ай бұрын
That was so cool.🤠
@BlackHeart3749811 ай бұрын
There's a reason shay locomotives were used for logging purposes during their mainline days and there it is
@MO-ke5yf11 ай бұрын
It' s shay, its okay !!! Greetings from germany ! Fantastic operating....
@GermoV11 ай бұрын
Really? On the phone while driving a train?
@dmitrijandreew28311 ай бұрын
Какой классный паровоз!
@dmitrijandreew28311 ай бұрын
Детализация это железной дороги впечатляющая!
@heyherb11 ай бұрын
Impressive. That log is easily 5000 pounds
@krzysztofjaskulski602211 ай бұрын
*Jakie to fajne wlasna kolejka aż serce mocniej zabiło* 😎👍👏❤
@michaelcarrier437411 ай бұрын
That is one of the coolest things I have ever seen!
@baeruuttehei139311 ай бұрын
I loved to see the complete process of loading the log on the dollies! Towing the log up the hill was great, thank you!
@junkyardjimmyriversiderecy672211 ай бұрын
Is that a shay engine?? I've been on a full size one at Cass railroad WV purpose built just for logging . Come to the mountains of west Virginia and take a ride.
@Plumblossom95463 ай бұрын
This is my nephew. We took him to Cass when he was 4 yrs old and it changed his life! 😅 He welded that Shay from scratch himself! My grandfather worked at Cass way back in the day; he would be tickled to see his great-grandson logging with a Shay!
@whosonfirst130911 ай бұрын
The little engine that could.
@christopherleblanc959911 ай бұрын
impressive
@lembriggs107511 ай бұрын
Such an intelligent way of logging here! Only took about 7 minutes to haul that giant log. Won’t you tell me if you can? Is life so hard to understand? Why’s the fat man always dancing while the thin man pays the band? Lord have mercy, on the working man! 😎
@joelhare350811 ай бұрын
This is awesome. I've been dreaming too small!
@imafackinjunglist11 ай бұрын
Don’t let Barry Scott see this.
@RYNOCIRATOR_V511 ай бұрын
that train is really interesting, i've never seen an engine with external gears and driveshafts instead of coupling rods
@Plumblossom95463 ай бұрын
He built it himself. 😊 Bought steel and welded it all. Took a few years. This is my nephew!
@RYNOCIRATOR_V53 ай бұрын
@@Plumblossom9546 Nice!
@ZakuInATopHat11 ай бұрын
Using this video to convince everyone we need a live rail on the ranch. It CAN do REAL work if they let me have it.
@brianburnett504911 ай бұрын
Neat.
@Aqua_Hoshinoト永ジ11 ай бұрын
so this how you login to steam pretty easy right :')
@jaimesolis980211 ай бұрын
Oh hell yeah!! Guys please share more.I love this
@jaimesolis980211 ай бұрын
Where are you I would love to visit.
@Plumblossom95463 ай бұрын
@@jaimesolis9802 This is a railway park in Canton, GA. The logging was a one-time project, though.
@patriotcanuck648511 ай бұрын
Amazing!
@UneducatedEngineer44411 ай бұрын
Well, that has to be the coolest thing ive seen in 2024 so far. I was just thinking the other day how much fun it would be to do logging with a live steamer.