*_New videos are in the works!_* Sorry it has taken so long, but this has been a very busy year for me so far! *_An Update:_* • In January, _The Walt Disney Company_ found me and presented an offer I could not decline to join their roundhouse crew that takes care of the 5 steam locomotives as well as the steamboat at Disneyland. • The roundhouse at Disneyland is very much so off limits to the public so creating videos there is not permitted (as of right now). • I travel back home (Colorado) very frequently to help out as well as do contract work with the various railroads in the state (Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, Colorado Railroad Museum, etc.). • During these trips to work on the locomotives out in Colorado, I come up with new ideas for videos and collect all the footage I can to create them. Thanks for everyone's patience and new videos will be out very soon! -Jeff Berrier For more content from me, see my Instagram: instagram.com/denver_and_rio_grande_western/?hl=en Or my new FaceBook page: facebook.com/JeffryPBerrier/
@sundevil02715 жыл бұрын
Excellent--congratulations on your new job and thanks for sharing such fantastic videos. I have watched them several times--enjoying every minute!
@korkunge5 жыл бұрын
You have a verry COOL JOB! my man!
@MasterBear25 жыл бұрын
Congratulations!! It is evident that you are fulfilling a lifelong dream! Your work with steam locomotives is one of the ways to preserve that chapter of American transportation history. With your contract work, and the work at Disney, it is evident that you are very good in what you do! Maybe we should also bestowed upon you the title of “Traveling Engineer.” May your job give you great success and happiness!
@jerryhayesii12165 жыл бұрын
Thats a nice looking shay
@racrx75 жыл бұрын
You gotta do what’s best for you, but leave it to Disney to prohibit any video taking that in somehow doesn’t make them $$$$. Best wishes!👍🏻
@YoungHeartedSoul6 жыл бұрын
Such a complex machine for it's day. Today we may have more complex machines like an airplane but that doesnt require mechanical labor like running one of these great huge mechanical marvels, hats off to you. love your videos. they are so well detailed and informative. Thomas the train has my full respect now too.
@ad3564 жыл бұрын
airplanes and steam locomotives were still being developed at the same time. steam wasnt phased out until the early 1950's
@Big_John_C6 жыл бұрын
I can see why my dad and grandfather's loved being engineers, thanks for your dedication in preserving those pieces of history. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
@HobbyOrganist6 жыл бұрын
My maternal grandfather "Cap" Kelly ran a steam locomotive for the Long Island RR, and then the first diesel that replaced them
@jassheen53186 жыл бұрын
I love that you captioned details of what you're doing in your videos. They've totally demystified steam locomotives for me. I've learned so much. Thanks and keep them coming!
@sinclairopaline6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for ALL the videos,without your trouble to set the camera Everywhere we would not get to see this awsome stuff sitting clean behind the iPad. To me ,impatient as I am at work like this, it’s so much trouble to work, weld , grind,build, much less moving a camera and narrating. So thank you for showing us this awsome steam machinery of a time past . Without guys like you it will be lost. The malineals of today will never appreciate this or ever care about STEAM. I LUV THIS STUFF WADE, IN Louisiana
@sinclairopaline6 жыл бұрын
Another thought, it’s not just a machine, it’s a living thing. One has to care about it as you do,wipe it with oil to prevent rust, like lotion on our hands and body. This shows an attitude that people are losing. Most workers are just there for a check. You show a great quality as an engineer, patient ,caring ,climbing all over that engine. Good man! Wade
@stamrly4186 жыл бұрын
Wonderful display of people who care and know what they are doing. The behind the scenes view of what goes on before the passengers are seen and board the train. Lovely video, showing a steam loco in all glory, rust leaks and steam just as they are, a working beast. The fireman working round the firebox with coal before starting put me back on a footplate and had my hand twitching to have a shovel in my hand once more. Great work all round. Amacf
@josegarzon17566 жыл бұрын
St A & M Rly ii
@Poppi20063 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jeff for the videos. My dad started as a fireman on steam locomotives in the late 1930’s. By the time I came along, he was an engineer. Eventually, the company phased in diesel. I am happy to say that I was the son of a locomotive engineer and proud of it. Now, to binge watch your channel. Earl
@ianpatrickmchugh7876 жыл бұрын
Your videos are absolutely the best of their kind that I've ever seen on KZbin! It's the kind of thing I've been searching for years for. Thank you so much for taking the trouble to make them!
@jaysonflesher86666 жыл бұрын
I used to work a preserved railroad here in the UK it is great fun working with machines similar to this
@racrx75 жыл бұрын
Like feeding and watering a giant pet! Thanks for your efforts in providing and educating us from a era past👍🏻🇺🇸
@Beaver-16 жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff Jeff. Thanks again for giving us a glimpse into your work. 👍
@manuelkong102 жыл бұрын
I think this isn't just a JOB for you....this is Really a labor of Love.
@MrDamonviolette6 жыл бұрын
I visited a train museum in Portland that restores trains just last week, it’s was super cool. Keep up the good work people
@F-Man6 жыл бұрын
Absolutely tremendous. Brilliant. Astonishing. Your work and that locomotive are certified superlative generators!
@davidsprofitt6 жыл бұрын
As far as hands-on jobs go, you have a good one. What a rare experience to be able to see a true steam engine up close, let alone work on one. I'm sure you have several jealous viewers.
@lukesplanet3 жыл бұрын
This is awesome. Working on 1800s locomotives while recording and sharing content with modern technology.
@interactii6 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy these videos, Jeff. I quite like the title-based narration too. Feels like you are right there in the shop watching.
@HobbyOrganist6 жыл бұрын
Yeah the best part of NOT having some silly voice narration OR stupid music track!!! Ok, so who can identify what the levers do? I think I figured out the long horizontal one is the throttle, and maybe the tall vertical lever is the brake, but what about the two smaller brass levers to his left that he opened and shut?
@connorkilpatrick62832 жыл бұрын
@@HobbyOrganist tall lever is the gears-forward back- and the two small ones are the brakes. Sorry for being 4 years late.
@dixieboy56892 жыл бұрын
>> 38:30 : I loved the warm welcome to the engineer from the townsfolk as he headed through the station area. !!
@bw4t5 жыл бұрын
I've much enjoyed your videos, Jeff. They bring back great memories of running ex-Florida East Coast #113 in Miami, Florida during the late 80s/early 90s. 113 was a light Pacific, oil-fired, and was very much my "baby." Absolutely loved that engine! Alas, unless some munificent benefactor comes along, she'll never run again. Requires a major rebuild, including a new firebox and new tires. Someday I hope to have a chance to run a steamer again. Watching you and seeing the cab, I can STILL feel my hand on the throttle and brakestand, and all the little (but important) things that must be remembered when running, like keeping an occasional eye on the hydrostat, and opening the cylinder cocks once in a while. And knowing that the blowdown is a very effective means of extinguishing a small trackside wildfire that thank goodness was on the same side of the engine as the blowdowns! Passengers got quite a show that day.
@DeltaCL4 жыл бұрын
Just recently discovered your videos and enjoy them very much. A dream come true, really! I grew up in Durango in the 60s. My friend and I would ride our bikes down to the roundhouse to see the locomotives (all K-28s at that time as I remember). Now, as a mechanical/aero engineer, I really appreciate seeing your videos on the inner workings of my beloved D&RGW engines. So cool! I love the cab ride videos as well. My brother and I plan on riding the Cumbres Toltec this summer. I've never been there to see it in person. Keep the videos coming and congratulations on your Disneyland gig.
@jandejong64986 жыл бұрын
Jeff: give my compliments also for the person who made this video!!
@pbr28052 жыл бұрын
It is exciting watching him play with the adjustable wrenches!
@joseleoneldamasceno20756 жыл бұрын
being next to a steam locomotive is the maximum! working on your maintenance is for few good work at all
@Mrcrowntown6 жыл бұрын
Ive worked on steam tractors before, but always envied working on a steam loco.
@jandejong64986 жыл бұрын
Before I forget: HAPPY NEWYEAR,Jeff, also for all the crew-members!!
@dixieboy56892 жыл бұрын
What an incredibly filmed video. Excellent in all regards. Im a train nut , so this is right up my alley. Thx. I was enthralled by it all. respect from MAINE USA .
@PowerTrain6116 жыл бұрын
Great video! Love your series. Visited the CRRM last summer with my dad and saw 491 under steam on display that day. I would like to see a video about putting the engine to bed for the night, I've wondered how that's done. I've heard of a few methods (banking the fire, capping the stack, "breaking" the injectors, etc.), but would like to see how you guys do it. Keep up the great work, Jeff! Cheers from Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
@mochs38696 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see this too, as well as what has to be done to take her down all the way cold.
@brentloftis37466 жыл бұрын
Keep your videos coming. This is a lot of fun to watch. Thanks for taking the time.
@Ruxor79505 жыл бұрын
I don't know if you'll see this comment but, if you do, I just wanted to tell you this. I'm a pretty frequent visitor at Disneyland and I've seen you and another roundhouse crew member running Ernest S. Marsh (my favorite locomotive) occasionally. You guys seriously put on quite a show and demonstrate how a locomotive should truly be run. Its awesome to see such a love and passion for steam power that it has rubbed of onto me. Starting in October, I'm going to start volunteering to do maintenance on Ventura County Railway #2 at the Orange Empire Railway Museum.
@pitatutube6 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video of all works that have to be done to run a steam locomotive. Descriptions, camera work and cut are perfect, thank you. You are a very young team running this aged engine ;-) Thank you for preserving and running this relict of a important phase of our engineering history.
@no23mk26 жыл бұрын
Great work and great footage. Thank you.
@jcblll456 жыл бұрын
Jeff, I have watched & enjoyed all 3 of your videos hopefully, there are many more to come. I especially enjoy your shooting and editing technique.
@hoophil6 жыл бұрын
Wow what a great video Jeff! Thanks for sharing with us!!
@davidgriffeth49123 жыл бұрын
You sir are a professional. I hope you make a good living doing this. I would trust my safety to your good hands. This video put a smile on my face And I wish they would bring back steam locomotives on a limited basis. They are feats of engineering and there is a beauty in their ruggedness.
@AEXRT652 жыл бұрын
I like the petrol lamp inside the cabin...❤️❤️❤️ This video is living history. Thanks. you make me feel so good watch this video.
@kevp96016 жыл бұрын
WHAT CAN I SAY, HAVING THE AMERICAN STEAM TRAIN ENGINEER JOB REALLY IS FOR EVERYONE OF AMERICA!!!! AND WE LOVE STEAM LOCOMOTIVES SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D
@rolandalfonso69545 жыл бұрын
This. Was. Glorious. ...and I was thinking about the people that had to have performed a full-on F.R.A. Certified restoration. Mad Skilz, labors of love.
@Hailexx6 жыл бұрын
Got into this channel from your starting up the train video, this is another great one to watch. Thank you for this!
@user-zz3tt7xq9s4 жыл бұрын
This is where engineers and repairmen get very good practice.
@P61guy616 жыл бұрын
Great video for those who can only dream. Thanks for posting.
@williamsantangelo4 жыл бұрын
You guys are the best PJLINY! THANK YOU!
@gp3yt6 жыл бұрын
Awesome Jeff - I enjoy these videos! So funny, just as I was thinking to myself "man if that were me I'd take some oil and a rag and wipe down the rods...then, lo and behold at 10:05/06!! Nice to know I'm of the same mind as the guys I look up to.
@ayensdreamer5416 жыл бұрын
so good to see a man who truly works and cares about the machinery it is the old way I have a million questions but only two I will ask is this your favorite ? do you have names for the engines ?
@slehar6 жыл бұрын
Wow! Excellent video. Great history. Like re-living it all over again.
@dezertraider6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jeff,I was confused thinking the push rods where stainless steel,I cant believe the amount of work you do to fool a old man in thinking they are not SS.LOL.Very cool..Ty73s
@SpaceBuckaroo3 жыл бұрын
Outstanding. It's not as easy as people might think.
@christianevangelista6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another amazing video! Happy holidays and have a great 2018! Hope to see more!
@bigskyguy16115 жыл бұрын
Fascinating video series. Very cool and great to see young people doing this work to preserve the history and knowledge.
@j.michaelpriester8973 Жыл бұрын
Zen and the Art of Steam Locomotive Maintenance
@tom76016 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, thank you!
@chuckneal61284 жыл бұрын
Great video! Awesome to see a K37 live on.
@jandejong64986 жыл бұрын
Dear Jeff! Of course i could write a whole story about your videos; but i say: AMAZING!!! greetings from Holland.
@cavemanballistics63385 жыл бұрын
That young man knows how to operate that locomotive!
@3superpar5 жыл бұрын
Looks too young to know how to operate a locomotive, must have had a really good teacher.
@rebelregan74876 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!!
@allamakee13975 жыл бұрын
Excellent Camera work -- editing is wonderful. So much can be learned from your filming skills.
@paulw43103 жыл бұрын
I just found your videos. Fantastic! I'm an airline pilot but I've always secretly dreamed of being a train engineer...steam only of course! Thanks for your great videos and to your devotion to these great machines!
@sgdummy6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. It's a lot easier to understand now why engineer used to be such a dream job.
@SuperAWaC6 жыл бұрын
this is my dream job
@marionforge27692 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the videos. Very astonishing
@jamiehumphrey25876 жыл бұрын
Amazing video man!!
@anjinsan20525 жыл бұрын
Fantastic job, Jeff! All three videos are outstanding. The photography and editing is excellent as is the depth of the content, showing the grit and grime of these magnificent beasts and the herculean effort necessary to make them run. If only you could include the heat and smell, too. My only gripe is with youtube itself and the placement of their stupid ads over your text. Nice work.
@jamescarew6826 жыл бұрын
Fascinating video, excellent photography and content. Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing.
@YVO0073 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this wonderful video. Good work.... YVO
@nearjet6 жыл бұрын
Another great video Jeff! Definitely a beast from the Good Ole Days! Merry Christmas!!
@gandanglily16 жыл бұрын
love what you get to do buddy, living the dream
@lorrainedimmock40963 жыл бұрын
Very atmospheric and informative video, great stuff.!
@crazyhorsetrading86556 жыл бұрын
once again a fantastic video. Thank you
@dave78346 жыл бұрын
Jeff, Thanks again for the nice video. Keep going!!
@justtim97673 жыл бұрын
Another silent video, nice.
@scottjohnson65636 жыл бұрын
Interesting to view, family worked on the Wabash line after the Civil War.
@semidemiurge6 жыл бұрын
You really captured it. well done
@sjrr1246 жыл бұрын
Thanks again for another great video!
@donengland91406 жыл бұрын
Hey, we need more videos! Excellent work!
@wkjeeping905310 ай бұрын
You have it easy for a fireman. I had wipe down the whole loco before oiling and greasing, while the fire was started. Also had to clean the smoke box once a month and Firefox cleaned of clunkers before starting a fire
@kroghsmachineshop47086 жыл бұрын
Really really interesting, enjoyed every minute of it and only the music from the train, great 👍😊
@shyryTsr2k5 жыл бұрын
You probably won't see this, however what are the requirements to becoming a locomotive engineer? I'm thinking about going into the field. I've always been great at working with my hands and I can possibly use my experience of building robots (competitively) to help me in this profession. I suppose that's quite a time travel going from working on new tech to tech hundreds of years ago haha. Thank you so much for keeping these huge beautiful machines running fresh like the day they were built. 🙏
@Steven-vo8tk6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for a great video. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
@ebtmikado6 жыл бұрын
Another good, and informative one.
@VT29steamtrain4 жыл бұрын
I just love being on the footplate.
@pantherplatform6 жыл бұрын
Those adjustable wrenches you were using look like the tools the guy at jiffy lube used on my 2018 BMW 750. That's probably why the light is on.
@chucksandos89396 жыл бұрын
Very well work, thank you!
@johnsiders78196 жыл бұрын
Ive said it before great to see a young person working with this old machinery !! I wonder why they do not nickel plate some parts to keep them from rusting ??
@rogervoss48776 жыл бұрын
If you're thinking of the side rods I saw him wiping down, my guess is that the cleanliness is also an inspection for tight fasteners & possible stress/fatigue cracking.
@johnsiders78196 жыл бұрын
That's only marginally true look at the N&W they had stenciled on every tender BLACK SMOKE IS WASTE if you fired them right they smoked not too bad look at some of there vids on here they ran with a clean stack a lot and always in tunnels if they could plus they took pride in how they ran there engines the fireman's on them now over fire a lot for photo ops I have hand fired some and there is a art to doing it right .
@davidhoar36356 жыл бұрын
Did you not notice that video you posted that he's going up a grade with a rather heavy load? Of course it'll be smoking up heavy. When you take into account the weight, the strain on the engine and what the fire is doing, that's normal. What John said is true, Black smoke is waste! Not to say I don't like it, but if you look at old passenger trains, especially high speed ones, once they were up to speed and the reverser was set for max efficiency, there was almost no smoke. He is correct on the black heavy smoke being used for photo ops now. Don't knock someone for age when they actually know what they're talking about Steve.
@davidhoar36356 жыл бұрын
Yes they were, because diesel is much more efficient. Whole different animal.
@johnsiders78196 жыл бұрын
Yes I remember the end of steam as a kid . I my self have hand fired old locomotives rail fanning also qualified on several diesel units my brother retired from CSX pulled strings and got me a lot of time on there equipment I hope to visit this railroad and maybe get a cab ride I am only 61 YO Own a metal fab biz and co own a small fleet of trucks 50 that are leased to a heavy haul out fit we move all those long wide and tall superloads on multi axel units my now departed partner was involved with a test unit of fluidized combustion at AEP he was there lead software engineer at that time Its VERY clean (the Germans use it a lot at there power plants they retired all there nukes ) if you have a good draft and the right fireman you can get a clean burn along with the cut off right settings no its not going to be like you have scrubbers on it like a PP does but I think you could build a coal fired locomotive utilizing those 2 technology's even upfit older ones but these old machines are just fine for what they are used for .
@jdgfilms95956 жыл бұрын
My Dads Great Great Grandfather work on the Colorado & southern narrow gauge Railroad
@gp3yt6 жыл бұрын
At 16:51 - this Class K-37 2-8-2 Mikado most likely got fitted out with Superheating when she was rebuilt in Aug 1928. If that is true, then prior to that it was Saturated Steam. Especially being originally outshopped in 1881 (before Superheating), and this locomotive was not built for speed (as the saying goes).
@TheBestTrainsAreReal4 жыл бұрын
And this is why I want to be come a engineer or fireman at my local railroad museum, the Strasburg Railroad
@JWitt306 жыл бұрын
How did you learn so much of this at the age you are, it's pretty extraordinary.
@mrkongsimr6 жыл бұрын
Thank you . Clever ,strong and a handsome guy you are !!!
@james81565 жыл бұрын
Wonderful videos!!!!
@wetdedstuocm6 жыл бұрын
First time here and this was very good..I have some catching up to do..Merry Christmas..
@ayensdreamer5416 жыл бұрын
thank you great job
@tonka80805 жыл бұрын
I’d love to see how you shut down one of the engines sometime.
@allenhughes126 жыл бұрын
You are awesome!
@debrajsays6 жыл бұрын
Awesome Stuff !!!!
@claybair49046 жыл бұрын
jeff, i worked on that R&R in 1970.
@PilotSpOB6 жыл бұрын
Keep em up!
@ezequielsantos.ezequielmot89056 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏👏👏👏very cool.
@jameskinglion6 жыл бұрын
thanks for sharing I work on the 4-8-4 #261 I my work is mostly on the passengers cars
@marcinwasilewski44926 жыл бұрын
Hi Jeff! You've made a great video. I have a few questions: 1. Why the throttle needs to be jerked? I'm asking because my only practice with steam engines is from MSTS. 2. What is the wrapped pipe on the boiler side? It looks like kind of steam condenser. 3. Do the blower must be always turn on at to keep fire in the firebox when loco stays idle for a longer period of time? 4. What happens when you put to much water in the boiler? 5. Why is the leakage from the tender? Thanks, and I'm waiting for more videos
@HaddaClu6 жыл бұрын
You can jerk the throttle if it is a floating throttle. It allows a little steam to enter the cylinders just enough to move the locomotive in small increments
@SteffenReichel5 жыл бұрын
I am not Jeff, but I will add some points: 1: Jerking the throttle is just to control the amount of steam to the cylinders on slow operations. Steams entering from the throttle valve the following super heaters, which are a huge space. If you open the throttle to wide, there is so much steam feed into this space, so the cylinders will do much more revolutions under steam power, as you wanted, so you fill the superheaters by jerking the throttle - or pumping. So the steam enters and with a delay, the cylinders get this steam, and operate. You reopen the throttle, just so inject another impulse of steam from the boiler - and so on, so you can control the engine pretty well, especialy on engines without a front throttle. 2: It's not a steam condenser, this is a air cooler. Compressed air from the air compressor/air pump is usually warm, and occasioanlly hot. So to prevent damage to the fittings and reservoirs, many US locomotives use air coolers, just to ensure no overheating of the air lines and reservoirs. 3: No, you can shut down the blower, if no drought is needed. this depends, on how much heat you need. If you stay longer in the station, the fireman will slowly reduce the blower to minimum, and if the locomotive stays much longer, he will shut it of. But to raise the fire, and raise temperature - thus rainign the pressure, the blower is adjusted, just to ensure a good draft and thus a good combustion of the coal. Usually locomotives stay in stations with a little blower, just to keep the fire alive, but on several stops, i.e. before the trains starts rolling down a longer gradient, the blower remains shut, as no strong combustion and firemans work is need, but will be opened BEFORE the driver wil reopen the throttle, because after long downhill rides, the fire needed to be put back into full working order, and this required some time, approximately about 15 minutes... during this reworking the blower is open, just to ensure the fresh coal is well lit and the pressure is raised, BEFORE the driver will reopen the throttle. 4: A serious problem. If the driver opens the throttle, the same happens with a soda can, which was shaken: The gases in the liquid a kept in the liquid by the pressure. As sson as you open the can, the pressure drops and the gases from a huge amount of bubbles, like in a wild jacuzzi... in a soda can the can will just spill over, but in a boiler this spill over will cause water entering the superheaters and fill them up. Because boiler water is a kind of liquified steam, this huge amout of water will evaporate uncontrolable, causing non stopable wheel spinning really wild, could blew of the superheaters or blew of the cylinder or valve lids... So such a spill over or carry over as firemans call it, have to be avoid under all ocations, so keep the water level down... A good fireman doesn't require to adjust the water level by the blow down valve. Usually you open the blow down valve, because to remove the slurry and mud from the foundation ring, which build up because of salt and lime content in the water. The water level is usually adjusted by operation of the water pump according to the steam demand by the driver - so you regulate the water by feed pump operations. 5: Well you might spot, that Jeff just overfilled the tender and had a little spill over. So the water level if more of usual in the tender, so because of overfill, some parts get hit by a water level to high and water will spill of any point... as the water level will come down to normal, this little "leakage" will just not occur... so a tender slightly over filled with water, then water might come of some ventilation holes, probe holes or even some not sealed fitting of water draining pipings leading back into the tender... this happens and isn't serious, just a sign of: There is a little to much water in the tender tank....
@SonuKumar-yv6zh2 жыл бұрын
super
@Calou-Calou6 жыл бұрын
Un grand merci pour le partage de cette très belle vidéo qui est très intéressante . Vivement une prochaine vidéo . Encore merci. ( À big thank you for sharing this very beautiful video very interresting...eagerly a next video. Thanks again ) 👌👍