1875 Baldwin Locomotive Restoration NCNGRR #5

[@chuckinwyoming8526]

Thanks Juan, You are covering my 2 favorite subjects. I have a 15" gauge 1/4 scale steam railroad running around the grass runway past my twin lakes to my 2 airplane hangers on my little chunk of heaven ranch here in Wyoming...trains and planes!!!

[@kmcwhq]

Cool!

[@StortWeldingCoLLC]

Chuck in Wyoming, SOUNDS LIKE HEAVEN!

[@bernardc2553]

WOW Chuck 1 OF MY 3 favorite States AK. NV & WY (worked & have alot of family in wy) I always wanted to build a ride-on park model, for the local kids( &Me ), I've been building planes & currently a Model RR, would love to see it you have a Cannel You going to Train Mtn.next mo.?

[@0616ko]

Very interesting to see how these work, had no idea of their complexity. The train locomotive was an ingenious invention for it's time and still today. Thanks for sharing.

[@bobroberts2371]

For some British loco mixed in with other stuff, see the channel " Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels "

[@freedomfan4272]

@0616ko it's absolutely amazing the weight a locomotive can pull/push. In today times instead of having each locomotive occupied now its done by one person via the lead locomotive with computers.

[@StortWeldingCoLLC]

@Freedom Fan DONT THEY STILL HAVE THE "BREAK" MAN IN THE BACK? OR HAVE IVE BEEN WATCHING TOO MANY OLD VIDEOS??? 🤣🤣 THEY STILL AMAZE ME!!!! THANKS!

[@hankb9104]

During Civil War and during train robberies there were instances where they killed the engineer and then perps were unable to operate the train.

[@f35bonanza]

More input from Amy. Looks like she’s the brains behind the boss. Excellent content Juan!

[@antoniomilare7833]

It looks like this Engine uses the Stephenson’s valve gear as Opposed to the more commonly used Walchaert system. It is always interesting to study the comparison among them. There are also other Systems, like the Baker and Poppet valves. It is a joy to study them and understand how engineering has always being used to mive us around. These guys were geniouses.

[@alandaters8547]

Thanks for the comment, it made me look closer!

[@cr10001]

Walschaerts didn't really come into widespread use until the 1870's - 1880's. Up until then Stephensons was used on maybe 99% of locomotives worldwide. Baker came much later and I've always regarded it as a variant of Walschaerts, it just replaced the sliding block of the lifting link with a clever arrangement of bell cranks. Though Stephensons never really died out, Walschaerts and Stephenson each had their advantages (the technicalities of which are beyond me), as late as 1947 the LMS (London Midland & Scottish) built one of their numerous 'Black 5's' with outside Stephenson gear as an experiment. (And it's been preserved, I think it's still running).

[@garybensman1358]

Walschaerts was not yet invented in 1875 when this engine was built by "the Baldwins"

[@cr10001]

@@garybensman1358 Just to split hairs, it was apparently invented in 1844, but not used until 1873 (on a single loco), and (contra what I said above) it didn't really catch on until at least the 1880's. So you're pretty well right :) Interestingly, Wikipedia gives the first British-built use as a double Fairlie for New Zealand, the first use in Britain itself as a single Fairlie, and the first use in US as a Mason bogie. What all those have in common was, their engines were on 4-wheel bogies (trucks), which would not have given much room inside the frames for valve gear, so Walschaerts - typically mounted entirely outside the wheels - would have been advantageous.

[@leroyjones6958]

Yes. It is Stephenson valve gear. I wood-fired a little Baldwin mogul that ran between Tavares and Mount Dora, Florida a few years back. It was an old-west themed standard gauge train. It too had the Stephenson valve gear. It was built in 1907 and was originally purchased by a lumber company. The name of the train was "Orange Blossom Cannonball" The train was owned by Richard Grigsby of Reader Railroad in Arkansas. His train had been trucked out to the deserts of Nevada several times for various movie shoots. His train is featured in many movies such as "Brother where art thou" and several others. That train was running there between Tavares and Mt. Dora for 5 years from 2011 through 2016. Last run was in Feb. 2017. It was an honor and a privilege working with those guys! I learned so many unforgettable things by working there and being broken in as fireman. It was the hardest work I ever have done. For the lowest pay. But it was the best time in my life so far. I was 60 when I started with them. First firing gig at 60. Hard hard work but worth every minute of it! And, to their surprise, I very easily kept up with and outperformed the feisty 20 year old boys. Wood firing is all about doing more with less. She popped at 154 psi. Engine #2

[@marklaw1434]

I'm impressed with your knowledge of the workings of #5. Excellent camera work and sound. Please keep us posted.

[@leroyjones6958]

Very Nice! Lots of respect for a career aviator asking all the right questions about how a steam locomotive works.

[@melissasueh.]

As a longtime railfan, I love seeing these old machines working. We live closer to Cheyenne, WY, where UP has their steam engines, than we do to California. I remember my dad taking us to Roaring Camp, near Santa Cruz, where a friend of ours had been a locomotive fireman when he and dad were in college together. They have Shay and Heisler geared logging locomotives, as well as side rod driven locomotives like these. Thanks for sharing this, Juan.

[@ianmorris8534]

Hi Juan, I was born in '63 and can remember travelling by steam as a child here in the UK, and started my adult life working on steam powered ships in the Royal Navy, did my "boiler ticket" and never went near steam again untill I joined a preservation society at a Victorian water pumping station about 6 years ago. (man, did those guys build things of beauty!) Today, through you, I learned a whole lot more about something I'm interested in, and I think it's fair to say, EVERYBODY who watches your videos learns something new about the eclectic variety of things you're interested in and passionate about. Thank you, Juan, for sharing!

[@toma5153]

Gotta say you really cover the waterfront. Every topic is interesting. Thank you.

[@reddog-ex4dx]

HA! I've never heard of a steam locomotive as being "airworthy!" Great commentary, Juan. There were a lot of things brought out that I didn't know about and I've been watching trains since I was a kid!

[@V100-e5q]

In German we have the term "eisenbahnfest". (railway approved) Which means all the stresses which railway operations force on equipment will be taken without harm. The operators learned this lesson when they tried to adapt presumedly cheaper components from automobiles. The run on wheels too, don't they?

[@cr10001]

@@V100-e5q Something that surprised me when I had a cab ride in a main line locomotive, was the sheer magnitude of the vibration. So now I know why everything on a loco has to be massive and firmly anchored to not break or shake loose. Not only was this 80-ton loco bouncing around like a rally car on a forest track (and this was on NZR's main line), but the vibration was surprisingly high frequency - it wasn't chuff chuff chuff, it was brrrrrrrrr. I worked out that at 50mph with 5' drivers, they were doing close to 300 rpm, which at four power strokes per revolution was 1200 per minute or 20 cycles per second, hence the brrrrrrrr. And at full throttle and cutoff, the piston thrust would be around 20 tons. I would have loved to be on the loco when it was tackling a bank, but the section I was on was mostly downhill/level.

[@StortWeldingCoLLC]

@reddog 458, I CAUGHT THAT ALSO!!!!! FIGURED JUAN HAS SAID THAT A MILLION TIMES!🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@johnborden9208]

I'm fascinated by the wonderful technology that was developed way back in the "horse-and-buggy" era. This engine was built only a decade after the Civil War! Railroads absolutely revolutionized the world! Thanks for this video.

[@mileshigh1321]

Nice to see their restoration almost finished! Success that all works when she first steams up! As a teen I worked on a historic steam railroad, and a couple of times got to drive their steam engine as well as being her fireman!

[@Charles-ox3yv]

Thank you Juan, this is a wonderfully done video, I’ve been fascinated with steam locomotives since I was about Pete’s age. Although we didn’t run steam locomotives, I had the privilege of working for a great railroad for 38 years. Growing up close to Midway airport in Chicago also sparked an intense interest in aviation, that’s why I believe your videos to be the best of the best. Thank you again

[@bcgrittner8076]

I’m pretty well read on steam locomotives, but I sure enjoy a periodic review. Back in the day the boilers were riveted, but, for safety, longevity, and reliability, boilers are now welded. That may not be entirely authentic, but it takes a sharp eye to see that difference. Go to Felton, CA and ride the Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad. They have some very old and very unique equipment.

[@cr10001]

I noticed that. All-welded boilers were a relatively recent development, about the mid-20th century I think. I'm not sure an engineer would agree that welded boilers are necessarily safer. Welding can introduce significant stresses into the shell, it may even introduce cracks, and cracks can run right across a weld, whereas a line of rivet holes can act as a crack stopper. A properly made, tested, inspected and maintained welded boiler is certainly safe, but so is a riveted one. And badly maintained or corroded ones of either type are dangerous. The chief advantage of welding is in the considerable saving of weight and labour (and probably it's easier to find skilled welders these days than riveters).

[@V100-e5q]

@@cr10001 All steel pipelines are welded. And they run for hundreds of miles. So what are you talking about? Every technology has its ups and downs. If done wrongly it will fail.

[@cr10001]

@@V100-e5q I'm just disputing that a welded boiler or structure is inherently safer than a riveted one (which is what the original poster stated). Certainly a welded boiler is usually cheaper and a little lighter than a riveted one, these days. However, welded heavy-walled pressure vessels require extremely close control of welding procedures, metallurgy and design detailing to assure safety. That's as I understand it, but the subject of fracture mechanics and crack propagation is highly mathematical and a bit beyond me at the moment.

[@airailimages]

Great introduction for this locomotive before it ran at Steam Up in Carson City. Thumbs up!

[@quadsman11]

Thanks for the over screen text and graphic Brownie ! I genuinely want to be able to understand this technology ! To this day, the awesome power of steam has got to be respected ! The minute that you don't, it can bite you in a heartbeat ! That is why they called these old gentlemen who operated these steam locomotives, engineers ! We don't give those generations the credit that they deserve ! Remember, they did every inch of these designs with just their intelligence, and slide rules ! Not a computer in sight ! Thanks for keeping up with this restoration progress ! Has been great to see her get under steam again !!!

[@frankthomas855]

Nice video Juan. Thanks for sharing this and thanks to the NCNGRR for taking the time to explain all they did. Awesome job everyone!

[@wesryman]

Very cool. Got to see the Big Boy in the park in Cheyenne 2 years ago. Absolutely amazing feat of engineering

[@loboheeler]

Big Boy was scheduled to make a first time NorCal tour in June, but it got postponed by UP to meet the supply shortage issue. They should have hooked up a 100 car trains, as 4014 Big Boy is the most powerful freight locomotive in history!

[@jonathanchalk2507]

We will take any steam trains you got, and bit of local history, many thanks to Amy and the volunteers. More please 🙂

[@BensCreations78]

I took my family here in Feb 2020. We received an tour of the museum, grounds and shop by extremely knowledgeable docent. We saw number 5 in pieces. Awesome to see it completed.

[@craignehring]

Pretty nice to get this old iron back into limited service. Hard to imagine this is the iron that built our world yet it is!! For some other cool locomotives check out the Shay for some really unique steam powered units

[@georgefranklin3222]

Great tour. Thank you for asking the questions that I would have asked. Always wonderful to see an old machine come back to life instead of going to scrap.

[@gracelandone]

I believe helping to preserve the minutiae of maintaining and utilizing this technology is a great contribution of your channel. There is a straight line from conceiving, building and running this engineering to that of conceiving, building and running the aviation engineering of today. Thanks for showing the big picture.

[@archstanton9206]

Juan, if this is up your alley and you are not already aware, UP has restored a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy, #4014. It is coming our way this summer, across Donner Pass and will stop for sure in Roseville for folks to see. Might stop in Colfax, the schedule was set then UP pulled it back, but it is coming. I can't wait to see "our' NCNGRR locomotive under steam again, I love this stuff.

[@johngeorge1294]

Juan history is so important if we are to appreciate the future. Your videos are excellent and remembering steam engines quite well and I enjoyed this one. Growing up during WW2 I also grew to admire those who flew planes. My late uncle was a crew member of a B 24 which was shot down. He survived thanks to the French helping him. Thanks again.

[@edgarmuller6652]

You are definitely amazed by machinery. Great job for the restoration crew

[@dereksmith1803]

Wow. Beautiful machine. LOTS of elbow grease has been put into that thing. Great piece of history.

[@lawrencedavidson6195]

A lovely treat again today. Many thanks Juan, for an even better steam engine video today. I'm glad this train is now "airworthy" lol. I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Fun fact: steam engines are "one stroke" engines. That is every stroke of the piston is a power stroke. Greetings Juan from MBJ airport Montego Bay Jamaica.

[@straybullitt]

Wow! Almost 150 years old and she is going to steam up again. That is a event! It's wonderful that there are still people around who volunteer so much of their time to restore and maintain these machines for future generations to enjoy. 🙂

[@Grandpa82547]

She's not really 150 years old, anymore. Thanks to a lot of loving volunteer work, she's almost brand new again!

[@gregprince2523]

What History Juan!!!! Wowzers we can only hope some of our youngsters will pick up the torch and carry on!!

[@johndoudna7055]

Thanks, Juan. Your enthusiasm and appreciation of history and your community is contagious and heartening to see!! Living large in the only ways that matter! Much appreciated.

[@howardnielsen6220]

Juan Thank You from La Pine Oregon

[@phillipmaguire4671]

Thanks so much Juan for this lovely video. I like old steam trains... It's all very interesting, both the aviation videos you normally do and something different from time to time, like this excursion today.

[@NjalLaing]

Will be awesome to see her fired up, looking forward Juan😊

[@charleshaggard4341]

Thanks Juan. I really enjoy your excursions...

[@scsteinbrecher]

Thanks for the “how it works” detail!!! Pretty cool stuff for the 1880’s!!!!

[@goose8494]

Credit where it’s due …Amy seemed to have a good technical handle on this machine

[@scsteinbrecher]

Yes, she knows her stuff…..

[@cr10001]

Nice video, Juan. You covered almost all the mechanical features well, so very informative. I liked the touch of including the animated diagram of Stephenson valve gear.

[@danielkeirsteadsr1241]

I love that stuff. My Aunt took for a few days in 1955 when i was five yrs. old. I saw the steam train coming across her back yard. When i saw it coming i ran back to the back door of her house. That was the last of the steam trains.

[@Stoker58]

Glad you’ll be on site for her return to steam. Excellent walk through by the shop Foreman. You seemed to have caught on pretty quickly yourself!

[@renegade44040]

I'm staying tuned Juan.

[@Xpyburnt_ndz]

AWESOME vid Juan!!! Thank you for all your work on your vids, very well planned and thought out.

[@geofiggy]

Hey JB, my son is a model rail roader and I can't wait to share this with him. 🤟🏼🖖🏼

[@seanpacificrailroad3700]

I’m sure your son‘s gonna enjoy this video I sure did and I love model railroading also😀

[@skyepilotte11]

Labor of historical love...fine review Juan..

[@idnld1588]

I was waiting/hoping for Sheldon to bust on the scene and provide his commentary… Long time watcher/follower, Juan. Had the privilege of meeting you at Smoky Bar store fall 2021. Great content as always.

[@frederickwise5238]

NOW YOURE TALKIN MY LANGUAGE I follow your videos and have learned a lot about planes and flying BUT IM AN OLD B&O MACHNIST WHO WORKED SOME OF THE LAST STEAM IN OHIO!!! Thank you for the tour thru the valve gear. All I worked was Walschert. This was interesting. I'll be waiting for them to get this guy under steam. This 27ton 2-6-0 may not be as exciting as a 4-8-8-4 articulated Big Boy (380tons) but Steam none the less. RIGHT ON!!!!! Came back to thank you for introducing me to another great old country song. "Hot Buttered Rum. "

[@dalecomer5951]

The NGNRR video #2 the other day left me with a mild case of _locomotus interruptus_ but this one made up for it. Thanks.

[@iannarita9816]

Being a rail fan this is of great interest. That they've got the hydrostatic test done and the boiler inspection certificate indicates they will soon be at the beginning of their FRA(Federal Railroad Administration) 1478 day cycle (I think that is how long til the next major inspection, equivalent of a TBO). The reason for conversation to an oil burner is a matter of liability. Both wood burners and coal burners shoot fire embers out of the stack. In places with dry wooded conditions, this is a major hazard. The Durango and Silverton in Colorado is currently involved in a major liability after a large, expensive (2-3 Billion dollars of damage) fire. Western steam tourist operations have been converting there locomotives to oil fired since or not running their wood and coal fired steam locomotives.

[@johnchristensen4665]

We have an annual State inspection to include a hydrostatic test. I believe the FRA requirement is a major inspection every 15 years.

[@ericfielding2540]

The wildfire danger is an excellent reason to switch to oil burning for steam locomotives.

[@jcl410]

Being a narrow gauge railroad, does FRA even have jurisdiction over them?

[@utubewatcher360]

Excellent Juan!! all these years having been a resident of Grass Valley , Nevada City and Penn Valley I have never visited the museum. I love the railroad and the smell of those trees, need to pay that place a visit. thank your for sharing that with us

[@jessewalter8738]

Glad to see a narrow gage steam locomotive in its native track. In invite anyone who finds themselves on the east coast to visit the East Broadtop Railroad, a narrow gage railway that originally hauled coal out of the PA mountains. Shops, Locomotives and Rolling Stock still in place. Hoping for a steam-up this year of one of the steam locomotives.

[@LouT1501]

The lesson is that you don't run the boiler out of water. They did a lot of work to convert from wood fired to oil fired, kudos to the folks there. She's a beauty that will look even better once everything is done. If you're ever up in Oregon, Lebanon, check out the steam engine that George Lavacot rebuild with a lot of help over 38 years and then sold to the Albany & Eastern Railroad, an ex-Santa Maria Valley 2-6-2. They are using it in regular excursion service and switching freight cars now ant then.

[@randyj6245]

Glad to see her ready for steam. Gotta make a trip over there. It is easier to fire an oil fired steamer. I hope you show it fired up. Nice new welded boiler! Nice job Juan.

[@kevinmadore1794]

There is a learning curve associated with oil. It definitely takes more coordination with the Engineer's throttle movements. That said, oil is more convenient to load and a load of fuel will last much longer than with wood. It will also be less strenuous for the Fireman. The fire risk is lower and as the gentleman noted, you can kill the fire quickly if there is a problem. With the increasing fire risk in many parts of the country, I think that in the future, quite a number of coal and wood-burners will be converted to oil-firing.

[@randyj6245]

@@kevinmadore1794 very true 👍

[@TheGospelQuartetParadise]

I grew up in Fresno in the 50s and we lived about a mile from the Southern Pacific main line, and we had a roundhouse. Those whistles in the middle of the night sounded so sad sometimes. I remember my favorite locomotive that used to come to California occasionally was 4449. We used to see 3751 on the I-10 occasionally. Glad to this that this locomotive is on the road again.

[@chriswraythefineprint8238]

I remember the first time I walked up #5 not long after they trucked it back up there. It looked good until you got close and saw that huge hole the movie studio had cut in the firebox to run a propane burner in there for a fake fire effect. That was really disheartening to see. That was about 1989. All these years later and it has come a long way. So glad to see what can be done with committed people. Chris

[@vk2ig]

That's movie people for you. A couple of decades ago I had them calling me about wanting to do some filming around a satellite ground station for some movie they were making. They had no idea of the satellite ground station environment, so I educated them. Then they wanted to know if they could pull these things down, move them to where they were shooting the movie, erect them, do their shooting, tear them down again, move them back to the earth station site, and re-erect them and put them back into service. They just could *not* understand the magnitude of what they're wanting to do, no matter what way I tried explaining it. In the end I told them it would be cheaper for them to order new antennas from a manufacturer and put them wherever they wanted.

[@charleshulett7587]

Air worthy...I like that...

[@ellend7680]

Wow. Beautiful engine. Thank you for bringing this to us

[@jamesnelson7415]

Outstanding video, Juan! Amazing coincidence, another 310C owner who also loves steam locomotives (and motorcycles)! I'm looking forward to seeing No. 5 under steam.

[@jcl410]

It's really cool to see a boiler without the lagging (insulation) covering every thing up! Thanks for the cool video

[@bluetopguitar1104]

Very cool video for explanation of how a steam loco works. As always a great job. After airplanes, trains are a big love of mine. Thanks!

[@KurtElliott]

*I worked on the transfer table for a year at the Sacramento Railroad Museum restoration shop, we have over a mile of welding on it!!!*

[@thomasjunkins6491]

Sweet. I love anything RR. Have a great day Juan

[@johnb7490]

Very informative, thanks Juan. Amazing what they could do back then.

[@wylieneal1380]

Glad you got to show us the #5, enjoyed it.

[@changefromabill1637]

Juan you somehow cover topics that are of major interest to me... I live in Baldwin, AR named for the engine that ran the St. Paul Branch line from Fayette Junction to Pettigrew in the late 1880's. A few of the old stations are still standing to this day but are fading fast. A section of the track I found as a kid is still being used as a small anvil in my shop to this day. Still looking to find out where the old engine ended up. Great vid as always!

[@jcriseling5781]

Amy seems quite knowledgeable; when you go back for an update, perhaps we could hear more from her perspective.

[@hoosierplowboy5299]

Amazing how this thing works. Love those old steam engines... thanks, Juan...

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Thanks Juan for the 1875 iron horse tour....!...Shoe🇺🇸

[@tomb2891]

Thank Juan, parents took us on the east broad top in the 1960’s and I carried the tradition with our children in the 1990’s. Hope to get the again along with the ones in your backyard soon

[@A_Renaissance_Man]

Excellent Juan, I really enjoyed this video.

[@fletcher3913]

She looks great. Nice restoration. Thanks Juan.

[@seanpacificrailroad3700]

Hi Juan I’ve been subscribed and watching all your videos since you did a video on the Crop dusters here in my hometown with my good friend I went to school with Matt and his rice farming channel I’m a huge model railroad and train guy I also like aviation but today It’s hard for me to subscribe in words how amazing your video is today on the Nevada county narrow gauge thank you so much sir keep up the amazing videos that you do every day😀👍

[@kpdvw]

Nice to see Juan getting steamed up about something other than avaition.... You are on the right track!

[@williamkurzenberger4607]

That's a great locomotive! I love all steam locomotives, but I really like the lines of the nineteenth-century engines. Good work, folks!

[@russell3380]

Beautiful engine! We are fortunate to have The East Broad Top narrow gage (3ft) RR here in Central Pennsylvania, . Mikado-type 2-8-2 locomotives. Back in the day it hauled coal , mail, timber, limestone, bark, passengers to the PRR mainline . Right next door to The Rockhill Trolley Museum. Check out the powerful Shay engines some time (vertical cylinders drive a horizontal drive shaft) if you care to see an "entirely different" type of steam locomotive. My Grandfather worked at the Altoona shops where he helped built K-4's, 4-6-2's, workhorses of the PRR.

[@eddieflxible379]

wow. that Baldwin looks amazing. I definitely need to check this place out when I have time.

[@bwyseymail]

This is an unusual locomotive for 2 reasons. First are the dual eccentrics diving the valves usually the valves are driven by a crank arm attached to the crankpin on the driven wheel. This is probably a Stephenson reversing gear where one eccentric is forward and the other is reverse. The Johnson bar controls which eccentric controls the valves. The other thing that shows that the is an old loco is the valve itself, Later locos working at higher pressures use a piston valve which is why they look like the have a smaller cylinder on top of the main cylinder. The slide valve is held against port face by the pressure of the steam so as pressures went up slide valves were abandoned because the higher pressures would cause too much friction and quickly wear the slide valve and the port face

[@cr10001]

With respect, not unusual at all, absolutely typical for 1875. It would be unusual if a locomotive of that era didn't have inside Stephenson gear and slide valves. Walschaerts gear didn't come into use until the late 1870's - 1880's at the earliest, and even after that many locos continued to use Stephenson gear. And piston valves didn't arrive until, I think, the 20th century. American locos typically had inside Stephenson gear driving outside slide valves (and cylinders) through rocking levers, like this loco. British locos typically had inside Stephenson gear driving inside cylinders and slide valves.

[@elizabethannferrario7113]

great video Jaun ,thank you , regards liz from UK 🇬🇧

[@kmcwhq]

The crankpins on a steam locomotive are "Quartered" meaning the crankpins are 90 degrees offset instead of 180 degrees offset. That way they can never stop with both sides pistons at top and bottom dead center......the engine wouldn't be able to start. When they are Quartered, there's always one piston that's mid stroke, thus letting the engine start from a standstill. ....

[@artemusdee]

Juan, you'd love Steamtown NHS in Scranton, PA. also the railyard in Cheyenne, WY where they just finished a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy, the most powerful land machine at the time. AND...just saw a B-17 and B-25 flying around St. George UT this morning. Best to you and yours always

[@johnfriend240]

Having fun playing with my buddies at the NCNG Museum I see. Now to get you to come out to the Sierra History Conferences held there!

[@brucevanderzanden9638]

Great video Jaun!

[@kevinmadore1794]

This 1875 Baldwin is essentially a sister to the Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company #1 "Glenbrook", which operates at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City. Both locos were built for that railroad and this one was later sold to the Nevada County Narrow Gauge. Glenbrook was restored to her as-built appearance, with a wooden cab and balloon stack, and this one appears to be under restoration to the NCNGRR configuration, with a straight stack and metal cab. I BELIEVE.....check me, Juan.......that the boiler we see on this engine now is the one which was originally built for the Glenbrook restoration, years ago, but did not fit her frame (not sure how that happened). Seeing that boiler re-purposed to get this engine running is a wonderful win-win. I would love to see her restored to FRA specs, so she can travel to FRA-regulated railroads, but I fully understand the cost issues with doing that. Glenbrook was restored to FRA codes and ran with the privately-owned Eureka & Palisade #4 last summer on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in an epic event that was incredible to ride and photograph. Still, I am very much looking forward to seeing this little gal in July at the NSRM event. NSRM does not require FRA, so a state boiler cert. will be all she needs. I am definitely placing the NCNGRR Museum on my to-do list. Thanks so much for the narrow gauge steam coverage.

[@blancolirio]

Correct!!

[@johnchristensen4665]

Kevin, in regard to the Glenbrook replacement boiler, the boiler fits perfectly on the chassis and the mounting points all match up. The error on the boiler design was that the transition section was set up almost three inches higher than the original boiler which made it unsuitable for an 1875 restoration. Since NCNG #5/Tahoe is being restored back to the late 1930's as she appeared before going to Review Studios, the higher transition is not a problem and does not affect the former SP cab that came off of NCNG #7, which only required a minor adjustment. John

[@kevinmadore1794]

@@johnchristensen4665 Thanks John! I always wondered about the back story as to why that original boiler for Glenbrook did not work out. As noted, repurposing that boiler to get Tahoe running is a wonderful win-win. Reviewing the website, it looks as if the NCNGRR group does have some rolling stock they can run behind her, leaving open some nice possibilities for NCNG photo freights in the future. This place is not all that far from Reno. I need to get out there and see the museum.

[@johnchristensen4665]

@@kevinmadore1794 I like to joke that Glenbrook gave Tahoe a boiler, likened to giving your sister a kidney, so she could live!

[@seven8n235]

Juan, that thing will never get off the ground!

[@Eduardomd54]

Never thought that The Pilot was interested in Railroading! I recommend you to find Ed Dickens in KZbin, he is just an amazing man . He explains very good, how does a Steam Engine works and the restoration of two big Locomotives of Union Pacific. He is the head of this Locomotives, and also the Engineer

[@scsteinbrecher]

Thank you

[@steve-o981]

Great stuff Juan. I know lots of cross-over aviation-fan/rail-fan guys. Planes, trains, and automobiles LOL...and boats/ships too.

[@what7587]

It's great to see a part of our nations history come to life. Love those old engines

[@Southern-author]

I am always amazed at the engineering [pun intended] that went into those old trains.

[@kb9liq]

That would be fun to see in person. My grandfather was a railroad man way back in the day and I'm sure knew everything about that

[@wild_lee_coyote]

One thing I always like pointing out, there is no gearbox on stream locomotives. The are direct drives and have the same power output at 0 as they do at full steam. Steam locomotives were common right up to the 1960’s and just as powerful as diesel locomotives, only lost out because they weren’t as fuel efficient and took a lot of water.

[@georgegilbert7347]

There were a lot of reasons diesels replaced steam, one of the big reasons was that steam required a lot more maintenance than the diesels.

[@jacquesblaque7728]

At 0 speed, steam recips output zero power. Drawbar force is one of the two factors of power, the other being speed (of drivers). Zero speed -> zero power. Even with N&W compounds, thermal efficiency was

[@vk2ig]

@@jacquesblaque7728 "At 0 speed, steam recips output zero power." Yep, work = energy = force x distance, and power = energy used per second. The other way of thinking of it is power = 2 * Pi * rpm * torque / 60. Either way, if the engine isn't moving then it's not producing power.

[@jossy573]

Very interesting JB. Kudos

[@thomasjunkins6491]

Love your videos Jaun sharing ❤

[@earlaagaard8175]

Fantastic old "Puffer-Billy".....those engines are just TREASURES!! Having said that, given the complexity there is NO WAY I'd want to run one!! KUDOS to all!!

[@samueljohnclark]

Engineering from that era was amazing!

[@sparty94]

love to see this old machinery still working.

[@markwhatley9955]

Fabulous! Thanks for sharing!

[@1shARyn3]

Who knew that you would be also into railroading ..... ;-)

[@shirmworm]

Fascinating - Thank You!!!

[@iannarita9816]

PS I sent the info on your vid over to John Abate cola of TSG Multimedia (railfan & model railroader). FYI

[@markwhatley9955]

My grandfather was a railroad engineer for the KATY route. They were burning coal then.

[@Ken_in_Wisconsin]

Thanks for the railroad video Juan. You're not such a bad guy after all, no matter what Dan says. ;)