Central Pacific's Jupiter - Golden Spike National Historic Site Winter Steam Festival

The 2017 Winter Steam Festival was dampened by warm weather that meant very little snow, but the Jupiter performed marvelously. Since I was volunteering for part of the event I was allowed a ride in the tender.

[@florianchurch]

A wonderful memory! Thanks for this video.

[@DillonTrinhProductions]

oil or wood?

[@GreatBasinCarShops]

Wood, just like the original

[@beautyshinenme]

Love❤

[@TroublesomeSlateTruck]

Wow.

[@SierraRailway]

Are these Winter Steam events done annually? I looked over their website and could not find an event this winter, though I may have overlooked it.

[@Stussmeister]

Very nice. I had the honor of seeing Jupiter and #119 four years ago (though not in winter) when the site was much more crowded than usual. I've also done a little bit of research on the Transcontinental Railroad (my profile picture likely indicates that I'm a railroad nut), and found out that Jupiter was primarily used for light passenger service.

[@mehulParmar-go2vf]

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[@13thBear]

Sure is pretty, but the shrill whistle hurts my ears!

[@FuelFire]

That's a Baldwin hooter (single chime) for ya. Most locomotives of this type had a hooter whistle back then. Eureka and Glenbrook have hooters as well but they're not as loud iirc.