Chasing Nevada Northern no. 40

[@ShoresRailfan]

Thanks so much for posting this video. I was the rental engineer on the run up to Keystone and back and thoroughly enjoyed watching myself check off one of my buck list items. We met briefly at Keystone as I was taking video of the trip that followed mine. I was the guy admiring your HD camera.

[@debbiecomer594]

Great stuff

[@christopherpotter5963]

She’s a beautiful engine !

[@fotorolli]

Great video, brings back all those memories of the winter photo freights ...

[@edjarolin8054]

Very smooth camera work and great composition. Shot stills from many of the same locations when I chased the regular trains.

[@fritzrue]

That is just soooo beautiful! It just takes your breath away! And to think at one time these were commonplace...... .

[@flyingchicken40]

Thank you so much for posting this!

[@georgelewis7154]

In about 2014 I was in Ely and toured the museum. Some employees were restoring a steam engine and allowed me to wander unaccompanied around the roundhouse (actually a storage barn) I was surprised by that, as it was dimly lit and there were maintenance pits under several of the locomotives that I could have fallen in. I saw two cats, the resident mousers, that were the dirtiest, sootiest cats I'd ever seen. They looked very healthy, though. Good times.

[@patricktrulove1220]

It's nice to see an old steamer chugging through Nevada.

[@smilevideobritain499]

Absolutely brilliant viewing

[@PoetryETrain]

Thank you Carl, added to a playlist...

[@edwardmounsey9208]

Do they have any rolling equipment? Would be nice for excursions, etc. nice to get a wave from the engineer about seven minutes in!

[@CarlsTrainsStuff]

You're quite welcome. I remember our little chat. If you're interested in a DVD of the footage, just let me know.

[@24RulezJG]

The bell reminds me of Strasburg's #90.

[@CarlsTrainsStuff]

No. 40 has Baker valve gear. Most U.S. steam locomotives have Walschaerts valve gear or, on older locomotives, Stephenson. Wikipedia has a brief description of each.

[@WhyAyeMann]

40's valve gear arrangement, upon second glance, is rather strange. can someone give me more information about it?

[@michaelramsey82]

I believe it's Baker valve gear, a rare variation on the usual Walschaerts design. I'm not certainly exactly how it works.

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

Terrific filming. Is that a kind of modified Baker gear? :-)

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

Ah‚I just sa the other comment. :-) I've seen a similar range,ent in Walscheart's gear. A space saving thing?

[@JMcolts95]

whose tender is that at 3:37???

[@michaelmckenzie5232]

Is this up around winnemucca?

[@CarlsTrainsStuff]

No, Ely is about 190 miles southeast of Winnemucca, as the crow flies, and about 300 miles away by highway.