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[@laurieharper1526]

Great. Love your classic US steamers. All the best from England.

[@mikado4786]

Holy cow! They must have been going over 25mph on that last shot! Jerry thank you for bringing this to us! I always love your videos!

[@2quintly]

Beautiful ! She sounds great and appears to run very well. Great video.

[@everettthepetractionguy4222]

Great footage of a beautiful steam engine. Nice, clear shots and beautiful scenery. 👍😉

[@SomeplaceOrAnother]

Thanks for the train ride👍 it was fun to watch the old pass 😀

[@stephensfarms7165]

Thanks Jerry for another video of #493, fuel oil burner. Great footage of 493. Keep it up. Love watching her running. Thanks 🙏👍👍👍👍

[@conradscowbells1431]

Great video! A beautiful Locomotive in one of the most picturesque settings on earth! I hope to ride the Durango & Silverton one day.

[@N-Scale]

Such beautiful Locomotives and also shows us that even prototype turn tables are off level and tracks are uneven on opposite sides of the table. Thanks for sharing. Mike

[@brucer9572]

Fantastic! As in, fantasy. As in fantastical. A beautiful video. Thank you.

[@RWP236]

Awesome photography Jerry. Ridin and followed the D&S many times and it never gets old…

[@jordonchadwick]

Thank you for your videos I’ve followed you for a while. So happy 493 is back in steam!

[@DaleThePig]

At 11:41, it is absolutely incredible how spot on those valley shots look like the RMRRC fan trip trains during the 50's and 60's we've all seen on those green frog tapes.

[@ronhagewood9233]

Good thanks

[@wizardofodds8239]

Looks like a Foreground model that's just arrived from P-B-L! Only it's bigger, heavier, noisier, smell-ier, and much more BEAUTIFUL!! Thank you D&SNG RR! Let's get past this "fire sale" issue, and keep on riding and supporting the steamin' Narrow Gauge railroads!

[@hassell212]

Thank you Jerry for the Amazing vídeo love steam locomotives

[@rosco5003]

Greetings from England, excellent steam video Jerry, I note 493 is oil fired - perhaps a sign for the future. I have been fortunate to travel on this railway twice so far but not in the winter, it looks so magical at this time of year.

[@Tamara9DH]

Всем добрый день слышала раньше о такой подвижной платформе но вижу в первые . Очень понравилось . И как хорошо , что ещё такие поезда существуют .👍💕💕💕

[@johnc1975]

One of my earliest memories was of a steam locomotive in the early 50's. I was only about 2 years old. My mother had taken me to the N.Y Central train station in Auburn N.Y. to meet one of her relatives. I remember the big wheels, driving arms and steam of the engine. It scared the poop out of me, probably literally, and fascinated me at the same time.

[@benwise6517]

Was it a Dreyfuss Hudson!?

[@baldwinloco12]

love 493's whistle!

[@brianfalzon6739]

Sounds like a mix of a GTW 6, RDG 6 and SOU 6 altogether.

[@TrainChamber]

@@brianfalzon6739 The whistle itself is a Nathan 6, while the base is a replica of a Southern 6

[@M21L35]

Brings tears to my eyes...acknowledging that the early might of the Nation was so very much dependent on its ability to promote commerce by conveying everything vital to its growth, while imprinting forever in people's minds the sights, sounds, & thrills that railroads, specifically steam engines, were the workhorses that helped make Our Country grow & prosper. God Bless 'em for that.....& thank you Jerry Day, for this spectacular video.

[@fakenoobyup5492]

My heart is pounding as if a beautiful girl was looking at me !!! Very nice vid !!!

[@bestamerica]

hi F Y... ' how old girl look at you F Y

[@nathancorcoran5347]

Great video. 493 did a good job on it's passenger train run at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.

[@randallfawc7501]

Beautiful machine!!

[@richardyanco3229]

My grandmother's house was adjacent to the old Boston & Albany, New York Central yards in Boston. I can still remember the smell of the old coal-fired steam engines that were always in the air

[@organbuilder272]

That was at South Station. The B&A was the go around Boston for the freight going north. There was an old switch tower at the Woburn wye. Charlie Smith was the night shift operator there.

[@richardyanco3229]

Robert, it was actually in Allston in the Beacon yards. Our house was on Pratt Street which was off of Linden Street. The yards have been moved out to Worcester and those yards are owned by Harvard and they are in the process of building a large development. It was part of the mainline that went out to Framingham, Worcester, and Western Mass. They used to "hump" those freight trains all night long and there was a loudspeaker on day and night. Somehow or other we were able to sleep through the noise and the banging.

[@ishirotanaka]

I Like how they added the large frontal snowplow on the front pilot of the locomotive. I hope they leave it on and never take it off.

[@dannyholt105]

Nice video Jerry! I live in Florida, but someday I want to come ride that train! Hope to see you around. Cheers, Danny

[@nancycrayton2738]

What a beauty!

[@farleymusclewhite411]

Jerry, I don't know if you bother reading all of these but thanks for NOT using a big zoom lens during approach and departure shots. I got the real sense of what a viewer at that location would see and experience whereas with the zoom it is impossible.

[@jerryday2658]

Farley, I was a US Air Force photographer and photojournalist for 22 years and then a writer and training developer for HP for 18 years. I started shooting 16mm movies for the Air Force in 1960. I agree with your comment. I normally am shooting stills at the same time as the video, so I put my Nikon on quiet mode and let the Sony capture it without zoom. Sometimes I do pan to follow the train. When I was first shooting 16mm in the 60s, had a Bolex with three lenses, no zoom, so I never got zoom happy....SMILE

[@organbuilder272]

Nicely done, Jerry. Beautiful background as well and the sound of the whistle echoing off the surrounding mountains. Rocky Mountain high. You might have taken so close ups of the engine. It looks like a very well planned restoration. It would be nice to see as much of the running gear and cab as possible if you have not done this already.

[@jerryday2658]

Many still photos like that are on my Facebook page.

[@privatebubba8876]

One of favorite things to do is ride the D&S to Silverton in the summer and the Cascade run in the winter.

[@vpnels]

Beautiful video. I have a question that perhaps someone here can address. What is the high pitched whirring sound that I hear from the steam locomotive? I'm not talking about the steam hiss, or the huff-huff. You can hear it in the first minute or so of the video. It sounds like a fan or a compressor. I've heard it on other steam locomotives, also. I'd really like to know what the source is. You can really hear it well at about 6:50.

[@renegadeoflife87]

That's the dynamo. It is a small steam turbine generator sitting just ahead of the cab that provides the electricity for the headlight and the instrument lights inside the cab. They run at a few thousand RPM and make that whistling-whining noise heard in almost every steam locomotive video. Some locomotives like the Big Boy actually carry 2 of them to get enough electrical power for all of the FRA-required equipment. Here's another video showing it in detail. Most engines it is right in front of the cab like this, and almost always has its own steam plume showing its location. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqmcgmuGpc10jNE. The video is actually of D&RGW #491, sister of 493.

[@vpnels]

@@renegadeoflife87 Thank you! Very helpful answer. That has been a question for me for a long time.

[@lokomac8]

Great job, Jerry, as always!

[@erikhobby6542]

I Can't wait to see this in action soon!

[@theoutcast187]

Question. Bell. I see a bell rope, but at least from 11:00 onward, we hear the bell, and the bell isn't moving, nor is the rope. Has this got an air actuated clapper?

[@jerryday2658]

Yes the bell is operated by air, but can also be rung by the fireman

[@csxnstrainman]

Awesome video! Seems like 493 ran pretty well.

[@agwrr71productions79]

With a K-37 on the D&SNG, it's like going back in time to the 80s.

[@jackolope2217]

I wonder how fast they were going in the last 2 shots?

[@doninventura9474]

Mans best efforts cannot duplicate the great sound of a steam whistle.

[@privatebubba8876]

Didn't man create the steam whistle?

[@J3scribe]

She sure is a beauty!

[@SteamCrane]

Looking at the last shot, I get the impression that she passed the test!

[@CraterFilms]

Do they let passengers walk to different cars while the train is moving?

[@wackyroger]

You done did gooood again.

[@jerryday2658]

Thanks Roger, you will have to come catch her with your drone sometime.

[@terranceroff8113]

And the guy in the pickup having a jaw dropping moment and go to his self... yep Country life.. little bit different pace...

[@jerryday2658]

pickup?

[@danielboone3770]

This is a really great trip! The Cascades? What's not to love here?

[@jerryday2658]

Cascade, Colorado

[@divox9pqr]

Likewise...I remember the steam engines of the Norfolk and Western in Cincinnati. The first thing we’d do when got to GrandMom’s on Clarion St was to go down to catch a glimpse up close as they came around the bend. Sixty yrs later the tracks are gone, and a scenic boulevard has taken their place. Xavier U owns most of the property around there now....That’s progress?

[@CraterFilms]

What engine's cab is that sitting outside the roundhouse?

[@patrickoguinn4553]

Thanks Jerry Day

[@whitcraft2]

Awesome video Jerry. Looks like we hop scotched each other.

[@jerryday2658]

I saw you, guess we did jump over each other. I came back to catch them coming home.

[@brianfalzon6739]

Wow, and that whistle sounds like a Southern 6 Chime or RDG 6 Chime. Glad that 493 has returned to steam.

[@howardnielsen6220]

We backed packet in and camped along the tracks What a fun treat

[@jbr496]

Last time I saw 493, it was on a siding in Silverton. What happened to the proposed trade with the Cumbres & Toltec in Chama? Didn’t they think 493 was too big for the tight turns on DS?

[@jerryday2658]

The D&S traded 497 to the C&TS years ago for 482. There was a specific problem with 497 that was fixed.

[@jbr496]

@@jerryday2658 Thanks for the info. What have you heard about the K-37 class being almost too big for the tight turns and being too heavy for some of the bridges?

[@jerryday2658]

@@jbr496 Not true, do not know where these tall tales come from. The 493 has run over all the bridges now except the Elk Park bridge (built in 1964) with no problems. It has turned on the Durango Loop, the Event Park Wye and the Wye at Cascade.

[@kansasstatealerting717]

It’s alive!

[@stephensfarms7165]

Jerry. Do u know the difference in a k-36 vs a k-37. What are the differences? Thanks 🙏

[@jerryday2658]

Ronald it would take a book to explain the differences. My K-36 book is available and a friend will do a K-37 book.

[@stephensfarms7165]

Jerry Day ok, thanks. I know it has more power than K-36. 👍👍

[@jerryday2658]

@@stephensfarms7165 Only a bit more powerful, 37,000 pounds tractive effort vs 36,000 for the K-36s. A K-37 can pull one more car. The cylinders, frames, and running gear are the same.

[@stephensfarms7165]

Jerry Day awesome did not know that. Thanks for educating me on locomotives 🚂👍👍

[@heinzbergner]

The K-37s are 1928-1930 standard gauge locomotives re-gauged to 3 ft

[@randallfawc7501]

Looks like Durango hasn't gotten much snow this year!

[@erikhobby6542]

It barely snowed in January but north of Durango there is still quite a bit of snow

[@nathang7537]

Curious why she's got an Air actuated bell on the swing type stand with a cord?

[@jerryday2658]

That is the way the D&RGW did it. The crew uses the air when they are busy with other activities and the hand ringer is there in case the air fails.

[@nathang7537]

@@jerryday2658 wow eh, Interesting! The airline then must have to be disconnected or be rubber to allow it to bend then?

[@maxwellsteam5810]

Will she have the plow the whole 2020 season?

[@MPT_Productions]

No, it'll be removed come April or May for the summer season. As will 476's

[@jerryday2658]

D&S removes the plow pilots in the spring, same way the D&RGW did.

[@MPGunther1]

God Bless America

[@aphotographerfromcaliforni2661]

11:57 493: _Speed, I am Speed_

[@Philb68888]

Fantastic video. What camera did you use?

[@jerryday2658]

Sony HXR-NX80

[@johnneedy3164]

Looking good 👋✌

[@Philios2Glory1]

What is special about the 493?

[@silverstatehighiron]

It was just recently restored

[@MarvUSA]

Cascade where ? It would be nice if you would put where your at in the description.

[@jerryday2658]

Durango is in Colorado, so is Silverton.

[@张林-f9n]

Where is the country？？？？

[@jerryday2658]

USA

[@张林-f9n]

I'd love to travel by steam engine, we don't have it in our country now

[@bestamerica]

' wow beautifully train and trainbox trailers are so clean paint... no no graffiti spray

[@atlas8827]

majestic

[@tomcline5631]

Were the K-37s primarily freight engines? Seems to have fairly short drivers. Can't imagine this beast would be very fast,but could pull hard. Just curious,not very knowledgeable. Thanks

[@jerryday2658]

Yes the K-37s were freight engines, worked out of Salida from 1932 until 1950 over Marshall Pass and down the San Luis Valley to Alamosa. Narrow gauge is never fast, about 30 mph is max with K-28s on passenger runs. The max on the D&S is 25 mph.

[@ChristianHolmesPorter]

Even when the warm weather comes, I don't think 493 will go all the way to Silverton, because I remember hearing when 497 was on this railroad, it was having trouble going through the sharp curves around the Silverton branch.

[@jerryday2658]

That story has been debunked a hundred times. It is not true, there was a problem with that one engine and it was fixed.

[@guntherlackner3748]

Tolle Aufnahmen 👍 Austria

[@Nick-xm1ux]

I personally believe that the change to oil on some of the locos is showing to the world that steam is a lot more flexible, and better for the environment, than a diesel loco.

[@WHJeffB]

They could run their diesels on bio-diesel or synth-diesel and they'd be even cleaner than the oil fired steam engines.

[@daviddowling9830]

The amount of oil it takes to generate the heat to turn water into steam is a wash.

[@danielwalton4563]

C&TS 487! Rio Grande 488!

[@jerryday2658]

Don't understand your comment? What does 487 and 488 have to do with 493.

[@Economist96]

Ummm... where is “Cascade?” Is the the Cascade Range in Northern California?

[@bobbyjoehenry797]

Colorado

[@stuffmorestuff6647]

the the?

[@awildjared1396]

I'll bet one of the dislikes is Angus Paul lol.

[@tomedgar4375]

I rather see it run on oil than not at all but I miss seeing the stream of coal smoke when she is pulling hard

[@trainroomgary]

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