King's Island and Miami Valley Railroad Ride and Cab Tour 5/16/19

[@AhmearClayIombo-dj6di]

Awesome Cab Tour

[@kadenrobinson7067]

Damn that stack talk

[@Rlotpir1972]

They need to rebuild the whole thing from scratch and have it circle around the whole park with multiple stations.

[@That_One_Guy_In_A_Band]

For a Crown product, she's surprisingly well proportioned. Crown locomotives tend to have undersized drivers, I feel, but this one feels like a proper narrow gauge steam locomotive.

[@nssteampunk4865]

Built in 1972 for the theme park, and modeled after the General.

[@That_One_Guy_In_A_Band]

@@nssteampunk4865 Ahhh, that explains a lot. Yeah, I suppose when you have a real locomotive to work off of as a basis, it's easier to get certain proportions more "correct". That being said, I actually quite like that standard Crown locomotive look, with the smaller wheels and stubbier proportions, they remind me of art I made as a kid.

[@nssteampunk4865]

I do not know everything about steam, but I do enjoy riding behind them and being invovled with hands-on operations. Plus electric is my second favorite (interurban) and diesel is my third favorite (streamlined units).

[@That_One_Guy_In_A_Band]

@@nssteampunk4865 I actually help operate a narrow gauge steam locomotive for the Railroad Museum of Long Island. It's quite fun, though as I'm sure you can imagine, also quite difficult, if for no other reason than we only really operate in the summer, and with such a small cab... Well, there's a reason we have to take breaks about once every 30 to 60 minutes...

[@nssteampunk4865]

Awesome. I have ridden Walt Disney World Railroad, Durango & Silverton, Cumbres & Toltec, Georgetown Loop Railroad, CP&LE, King's Island, the Hawaiian Railway Society as well as the famed East Broad Top Railroad. These narrow gauge railroads are amazing gems in size and in design. Especially with colored locomotives.

[@Aviationgeek1000]

we have a crown metal product steam locomotive here at the Omaha zoo

[@therealpredator7355]

There is a bird nest on the jail thing next to the two story house and ive seen it in 2016 and i can kinda see it!

[@therealpredator7355]

=o

[@nssteampunk4865]

Wow

[@theodoremcklean4455]

very cool... can you use this to get aroumd park?

[@nssteampunk4865]

Yes you can :)

[@TheBestTrainsAreReal]

I thought that was a motorized steam loco!

[@nssteampunk4865]

This is. Pure. Steam power.

[@rockyfanatic6846]

NS Steampunk how were you allowed in the cab

[@nssteampunk4865]

They let you tour the cab after the ride at Losantville or you can also tour while getting off at the water park.

[@rockyfanatic6846]

NS Steampunk I was about to go to kings island for a band trip but it got canceled due to the pandemic

[@nssteampunk4865]

These steamers are powered by propane.

[@MetroNorth203Productions]

awesome!

[@nssteampunk4865]

Thanks for watching. Hopefully 2021 will be a better year.

[@thecarolinianrailfan8339]

Nice.

[@nssteampunk4865]

Thanks for watching. Hope you can make it to Kings Island someday.