Coal Smoke and Tin Feathers: The LAST Coal Burner in Durango and The Galloping Goose

[@darringraham2613]

I miss the smell of the older trains, this video took me way back in simpler times 😊thank you.

[@Big_Diehl]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ИринаРатникова-т7п]

А еще его гудок🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 он неплвторим😊

[@ArkansasLocomotiveWorks]

Fantastic coverage of this event! Glad I could make a small quote for the production.

[@dylanjames554]

Fantastic footage as always! The RR has handled this transition remarkably, and deserves praise for it. I had multiple conversations with staff members when I visited this past summer. They are dedicated, concerned folks; exactly who we need to be running this operation. It's just too risky to burn coal, and I hope other railroads follow suit. We're very fortunate to have alternative fuel sources so that these time-honored traditions can keep occurring!

[@Big_Diehl]

Thanks for the Kudos!

[@zebrashark23]

It's not "risky". that's a lie.

[@Big_Diehl]

@zebrashark23, you must not live in the Southwest, we’ve been in a drought the last quarter century. We’ve gone from a wet spring this year to so dry in a month we’ve had fires popping up as the monsoon season has been quite lackluster. Even the Cumbres and Toltec is preparing for the future with oil burners… Even with the modified front ends on their locomotives they’re required again to wear the stack caps to trap errant cinders.

[@andrewreynolds4949]

@@zebrashark23 The risk seems to be greater from lawsuits over fires than the fires themselves. Court cases like they've had not that long ago are really draining on funding

[@gretchenchadwick8343]

My special needs son recommends torrefied biomass instead of oil 🛢.

[@railroad9000]

The wonderful sights, sounds and SMELL of coal fired steam working!

[@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530]

Excellent video, great the steam trains and the Galloping Goose rides. Fantastic combination of railway and landscape, it's one of my favorite videos of the narrow gauge railways. Thanks for showing and best regards from Germany.

[@Big_Diehl]

Thanks Wolfgang!

[@larrywyatt4595]

Very nice work Bill! Glad I stumbled in.

[@Kennedywh]

Great views with Needles in background. Highly recommend checking settings to ensrure 4K quality. It is worth it. Beautiful. Thanks for sharing...espeially on 100 plus het effect day..Goig to run this again in the layout room with coal smoke from a mikado filing the air.

[@CadensCustomWorks]

An amazing video!

[@RioGrande486]

Hey I hear D&SNG is planning to convert 478 to an oil burner and return her to service in about 2-3 years once work begins (in early 2024). Not only that, but after the 2023-2024 winter season, 481’s being converted to an oil burner as well!

[@Big_Diehl]

Yes, the ‘78 is getting its fuel changed as part of an overhaul. I was at the grand imperial in Silverton when it was announced.

[@RioGrande486]

@@Big_Diehl Nice! The Grand Imperial is a fine hotel.

[@longrider42]

I rode the Narrow Gauge, back when it was all steam. Glad I got to do that. Won't be the same with an oil burner.

[@Big_Diehl]

It’s all steam the rest of the year… Other than that, it’s still the same, except no cinders in the eye, which is always a plus!

[@cadendub7888]

2:03 Oh so that's where RGS 41 went lol

[@Big_Diehl]

Sshh... You didn't see anything... LOL

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

Probably the end of an era spanning since the railroads beginnings in 1881 as Coal becomes rare and the possibility of the Railroad’s Private coal mine closing, let’s just say I’m gonna miss coal fired steam on the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad I know that one thing will never change is hearing that D&RGW 5 chime whistle on number 481 probably my favorite sounding D&RGW whistle besides D&RGW custom three chime on number 473 and the C&S Lukenheimer 3 chime whistle on number 476 are by far the best of the best I have ever heard

[@gretchenchadwick8343]

My son recommends torrefied biomass instead of oil 🛢.

[@trenesdecolombiaPabloHiguita]

@@gretchenchadwick8343 doesn't give the required heat

[@gretchenchadwick8343]

@@trenesdecolombiaPabloHiguita alright then thank you for your reply God bless you 🙏🗡🛡🕯💎👑🤴🦅🔥🕊🥀🐑🐏🦁👼😇✡✝️ John 3:16

[@hikiy]

Why did you censor RGS 41's tender?

[@Big_Diehl]

There was a long running joke that it wasn’t there…

[@RioGrande486]

Ah, so I see 41’s cab has been censored…how odd.

[@Big_Diehl]

There’s no 41 in Durango… it’s obviously not there… 😉😉😉

[@curlew1000]

Fabulous. What are tin feathers?

[@Big_Diehl]

We’re referring to the Galloping Goose. Since a real goose would have feathers, and this is metal… Tin Feathers

[@curlew1000]

Thank you.

[@mumumaaaah]

Will you film the 2102 next month?

[@Big_Diehl]

Unless I get a sugar momma to pay my lost earnings from my job -and fly me across the continent… no.

[@Kennedywh]

Say hi to Zeph👍

[@matthewpowell2429]

What a wonderful sight. I hope they never convert her to oil.

[@Apollo580]

They are going to eventually. Embrace that change now

[@Big_Diehl]

The conversion to oil is days away now.

[@matthewpowell2429]

@@Big_Diehl So sad. Well, I guess there are still ones on static display as coal burners.

[@nicholasmedovich8691]

Would be nice if cleaner coal would be used

[@Big_Diehl]

It’s not the emissions from the stack that’s the biggest problem. The leftover ash is highly toxic and just can’t be disposed of like before. Plus there’s the cinder problem which is gonna cause trouble regardless of how clean it is.

[@CrkdFngrGngrBndt]

Maybe they will keep 486 or 478 a coal burner just for training of firemen purposes along with 481

[@matthewesler8379]

The would be good idea to skills alive

[@handyman5455]

I love that these engines are still around but im sad they are converting them to oil for phony reasons

[@Big_Diehl]

Hardly a phony reason… it’s too dry here anymore, and the problems getting the fuel.

[@dylanjames554]

55,000 burned acres of forest amid continuous droughts and rising temperatures are not "phony reasons". The railroad has done a good thing and we should be grateful that they continue these operations.

[@1TruNub]

​@dylanjames554 It is a phony reason because it was never proved whether The d&s cause the fire or not

[@zebrashark23]

They are indeed phony reasons. There is plenty of coal and oil burners can start fires too. The operator of the D&S is only concerned about one thing and it starts with an "M". He couldn't give a damn about history or rail fans. I would never spend one cent on the D&S.

[@Big_Diehl]

@zebrashark23, but the Cumbres’ oil burners are perfectly ok?

[@gretchenchadwick8343]

My special needs son recommends instead of converting the engines to oil 🛢 they should look into something called torrefied biomass.

[@andrewc1199]

Unfortunately, 481 will be converted to oil firing in 2024.

[@Big_Diehl]

Don’t know why that’s unfortunate that it can now run year round and doesn’t require a special fuel.

[@nealmeyering1742]

Way too much whistle blowing! Can't hear anything else. Otherwise it's a great video. I have begun to hate whistles. I like to hear the steam locomotive working.

[@jimmyhook4852]

Hey, I get that you don't like whistles.... but you must know this: Aside from amounts of the steam locomotive, whistle blowing is just as important because it lets those know when a train is coming. After all.... it's important you know. :/