Lake George Steamboat: Minne Ha Ha

[@rogerrendzak8055]

The beautiful calliope completed, the whole steam ensemble. If I was ever, in that area😏…………

[@JJZBULLITT109]

I have fond memories of being up at Lake George as a little boy with my family. I remember riding the Minne Ha Ha and Ticonderoga. I'll never forget the calliope! I miss Gaslight Village and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

[@shannon7179]

Was on her the other day first time in 40 years. Great video

[@arfriedman4577]

Nice to see. My parents took our extended family n this boat when I was about 4. I recall it so well.

[@kstrains]

Great sounding whistle! A fun boat ride! Thanks for sharing!

[@TrainChamber]

I love those whistles and it was a whole lot of fun. Thanks alot for watching and commenting

[@SuperBaconFishing]

Awe, It's been 17 years, since I was on that Boat! Great memories!

[@kaitlyn_2009]

Great video of my beloved boat as well!

[@TrainChamber]

Id love to see her out on the water again soon. Thanks for the nice comment!

[@kaitlyn_2009]

Your welcome

[@StrMinneHaHa]

What a great video of the boat! Thank you for sharing :)

[@TrainChamber]

Im glad you enjoyed! Thanks for commenting!

[@michaelhoenigmann8463]

Can't wait to come back. So much fun

[@ArkansasLocomotiveWorks]

Bruh that whistle is the voice of a banshee, I love it.

[@TrainChamber]

But its not a banshee lol

[@ArkansasLocomotiveWorks]

I referred banshee as the a ghost lol

[@TrainChamber]

@@ArkansasLocomotiveWorks w a t

[@fannyprice7529]

Beautiful beautiful Minnie HaHa

[@tristanrailproductions]

Nice Steamboat I love it! Great Video!

[@TrainChamber]

Thanks im glad u enjoyed

[@rainbowrailroadcrossing7798]

Such a gorgeous vessel

[@anthonybenedetto9315]

Thank you for putting this amazing video together. It is now my new favorite KZbin video! Fantastic job with it. It really catches the feeling of the experience here.

[@TrainChamber]

Im glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching!!

[@PennsyPro]

Although she has a diesel engine, she definitely has the sound of steam! Neato. Thanks for sharing.

[@TrainChamber]

Shes a real paddle steamer. Her diesel engine is used for docking. The whole cruise on the lake is powered by real steam.

[@anthonybenedetto9315]

The Diesel engine and single prop was added to the vessel when it was lengthened in 1998 as emergency backup propulsion should we lose steam pressure or encounter heavy winds coming into the dock. The Minne Ha Ha operates to this day as a genuine steam powered sternwheeler just with an emergency modern backup diesel for safety reasons.

[@michaelstrohmaier1612]

​@@anthonybenedetto9315 I read somewhere you're the captain that loves to use the Lunk? What days are you at the wheel?! I'd love to be able to get some videos of that whistle. In my 15+ years of visiting Lake George I think i've only heard it in person once. It was refreshing to hear the Crosby all summer last year, too. Can you tell the Mockingbird is not one of my favorites? LOL.

[@anthonybenedetto9315]

Michael S yes you are right; although the Crosby is my favorite! Unfortunately I’m not working this summer. However if you ask any of the captains to use the “high pitched” whistle, they’ll do that for you! Some of the Captains don’t know the brand of whistle so if you say Lunkenheimer, they might just blow any of the 3. Lol.

[@michaelstrohmaier1612]

@@anthonybenedetto9315 Awesome, thanks! I will definitely ask them to use it. Any idea if the Mockingbird is getting put back up, or if they're holding off with the crazyness going on?

[@wolfyk95]

I was on it at maybe 6 years old, loved it! That and I believe the village had a civil war cannon or fort, something like that. And an icecream shop. Really nice memories.

[@TrainChamber]

We did all of that when we were there! The fort, the ice cream. One thing i wanted to try tho was paragliding

[@jasonmatthew9194]

The Fort is from the French/Indian War of 1755

[@vinniet2828]

Always interesting that this vessel has 3 different whistles. I would love to ride the Minne Ha Ha some day as I love riverboats! (Been on a couple from the Gateway Clipper Fleet and the one from Disney World but not an actual steam one)

[@TrainChamber]

Ive been to a few other ones and that one at Disney. This is a different style video from my normal videos, and i think from now on when i se a steamboat ill make a video

[@vinniet2828]

@@TrainChamber Cool! What's your favorite riverboat/steamboat you've seen/been on?

[@TrainChamber]

@@vinniet2828 The one in this video, The Minne Ha Ha

[@vinniet2828]

@@TrainChamber The Three Rivers Queen from the Gateway Clipper is my favorite riverboat. She's so beautiful! If the one at Disney wasn't attached to rails I would say that one. I really don't go to a lot of railroads or riverboat cruises because I am an amusement park fan and I really don't want my family to drive 5+ for a boat. The Gateway Clipper is the closest option for me.

[@TrainChamber]

@@vinniet2828 Ah ok. Im more of a railfan but im open to different things

[@berkshirerailfanproduction5155]

I rode the Minne Ha Ha back in 2015.

[@TrainChamber]

It was a nice ride

[@berkshirerailfanproduction5155]

Yeah, I go to Lake George every summer

[@TrainChamber]

@@berkshirerailfanproduction5155 I was there for the first time last summer

[@berkshirerailfanproduction5155]

Awesome! I love going there. I go during Fourth of July weekend.

[@kaitlyn_2009]

Hope I get to see this boat operating in July!🤞

[@johnfedeyko515]

It’s already a operating right now

[@kaitlyn_2009]

Okay :)

[@clarin30ify]

Nice!

[@gardenrailroading]

Loved the video, specially the Calliope!

[@TrainChamber]

Thank you for watching + Im glad you enjoyed! The steam Calliope is a great touch

[@MPT_Productions]

strange sounding whistle... what kind?

[@TrainChamber]

She has 3 whistles, 2 are heard in this video. The First one is a multi-tone where a lunk and 2 hooters blow at the same time. The 2nd one is a flat-top 3 chime, and the last one that I didnt catch was huuugeeee one chime

[@MPT_Productions]

Train Chamber gotcha

[@anthonybenedetto9315]

Train Chamber the big one is the Mockingbird whistle. The Minne’s signature whistle actually heard in most videos. This year the captains are mixing it up! 👍

[@TrainChamber]

@@anthonybenedetto9315 He was blowing it this year but mainly after dark is when i heard it

[@anthonybenedetto9315]

Also the 3 chime single bell whistle is a Crosby. If you don’t open the valve completely she barks a bit which you can hear on the long landing whistle; but she is a really beautiful sounding whistle. The higher pitched three bell lunkenhiemer was off of the Army Corp of Engineers Steamboat: Iroquois and is pushing 150 years of age! I rarely open it up all way and only use it for saying hello to people and I do a few quick toots opening the valve maybe a quarter of the way. However when a boat decides to stop right in front of us the Lunkenheimer is the go to whistle because it really gets peoples attention! I really love the Minne in case you haven’t noticed. 😊👍

[@darynboyd7551]

I didn't understand why it's Minne Ha-Ha the description said it's a bit of a pirate ship so but they don't do any pirate acting?

[@lizhogoboom9175]

I been there I do in July 10 or 11

[@RailFoxMedia]

_Quick Joe, cue Steamboat Willie....._ *whistles*

[@TrainChamber]

Those whistles are *phoam*

[@SouthernRaiIs1186]

Cool, how do you like my profile picture?

[@TrainChamber]

Looks pretty gud

[@SouthernRaiIs1186]

Train Chamber thx

[@nationwiderailfanproductio9593]

The end should be a meme

[@TrainChamber]

i guess

[@motormouth2472]

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