Steam Logging in Canton

[@FoxIslandRailroadCo]

This is quite possibly the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. Thanks so much for sharing this video, I knew it could be done but never knew anybody actually did it!!! 🔥

[@S0K0N0MI]

I love how such a little engine is still capable of handling such a comparatively huge log. Engineering at its best.

[@metalavenger23]

It’s all the pullies, massive torque multiplication.

[@ftcministriesworldwide]

A thousand views and two comments. Goodness. I have to say this might be one of my favorite live steam video's yet. The music, the enormous effort to get that log on the rails... Well done. My wife and I couldn't help but smile through the whole thing.

[@MichalisG1821]

Excellent use of RTC3’s soundtrack. I love it.

[@baeruuttehei1393]

I loved to see the complete process of loading the log on the dollies! Towing the log up the hill was great, thank you!

[@ovathehedgehogandava1840]

Imagine getting a log for a cabin and you see this delivering this for ya

[@timwhite4301]

It's honestly amazing how much power you can get from a steam locomotive. Well done go all involved

[@Plumblossom9546]

This is my nephew! He built that Shay himself from scratch, welding steel and copper. Took a few years-! His great-grandfather worked on the logging Shays at Cass WV.

[@dadsdiabetes1067]

Very Cool, also love the Railroad Tycoon 3 music.

[@P61guy61]

Now that is realistic railroad action. Thanks for posting. Great achievement. The trestle is awesome too.

[@Waldbahner]

Isn't it great to start such a steam loco from top of rail and finally operate her out in the woods? Congrats to your Shay loco. Seems to work and run very well. I used a steam powered gypsy winch on my loco for a while. Keep enjoying your loco and keep the spirit of railroad logging alive. Gerd

[@hunter8725]

Thats fantastic! And that's alot of ties in that log!

[@danielfantino1714]

Pretty sure Ephraim Shay would smile at it if he could see it, 150 years after its first one, specially at this tiny mini scale. Slow but tremendously powerful at any size and scale. Thanks for that REAL working session ❤

[@j-s.w7909]

Even the smallest railways and engines can still be really useful

[@CarlEdward]

Admirable work! My inner child is blown away

[@petermartijnheite-bauwens1632]

I like this kind of videos so much. As a railway fan in the Netherlands we don't see this kind of play here. So i'm a bit jealous hehehe.. Thanks for sharing this relaxing video it give me dreams of a living in America.

[@UneducatedEngineer444]

Well, that has to be the coolest thing ive seen in 2024 so far. I was just thinking the other day how much fun it would be to do logging with a live steamer.

[@69woodburner]

Great video! I have a 5" gauge 3 cylinder Kozo Hiraoka Shay. Lovely to see yours working with logs!

[@rescue270]

The million dollar toy that pays for itself!

[@ZakuInATopHat]

Using this video to convince everyone we need a live rail on the ranch. It CAN do REAL work if they let me have it.

[@Bud-uz1bw]

you might want to check the couplers, that shay didn't even know that log was there

[@jeffreyharkness8551]

Good to see small scale narrow gauge railroading. I hope you made something beautiful and constructive with that big tree.

[@SmithsMuseum]

Such small trucks and tie base holding up such a large log is amazing.

[@1STGeneral]

Kinda like a big woman in high heels 😊

[@SmithsMuseum]

@@1STGeneral don't you put words in my mouth

[@harrymurray2515]

This video is two years old today. Awesome.

[@johnniewelbornjr.8940]

Truly impressive and all about torque... Guessing this is in Tennessee? I used to occasionally go to the meets in Columbia to see what kind of steamers would show up. Such impressive machines! And the trackwork shown here is impressive, in its own right, for it's probably the best-engineered and smoothest I've seen. It would have to be to move such a load, especially around that curve. Alas, I don't get to see such craftsmanship today in northwest North Dakota, so I'm glad to see such vids. Thanks for sharing!

[@rvnmedic1968]

As a former track repairman on a short line in Upstate NY, his track work was superb. Cheers, Bob

[@danielfantino1714]

​@@rvnmedic1968 bridge too

[@nssrrailfan]

Amazing operation. I hope to build a backyard railway someday.

[@peterpocock9062]

I bet you blokes had a lot of fun with that! Very cool.😊

[@oliverezequieltimburwa6345]

Awesome tech. I ❤ steam and it's environmentally friendly.

[@fredtracy1673]

Wow, that is one tough little Shay locomotive!! 👍

[@MO-ke5yf]

It' s shay, its okay !!! Greetings from germany ! Fantastic operating....

[@RYNOCIRATOR_V5]

that train is really interesting, i've never seen an engine with external gears and driveshafts instead of coupling rods

[@Plumblossom9546]

He built it himself. 😊 Bought steel and welded it all. Took a few years. This is my nephew!

[@RYNOCIRATOR_V5]

@@Plumblossom9546 Nice!

[@michaelcarrier4374]

That is one of the coolest things I have ever seen!

[@joelhare3508]

This is awesome. I've been dreaming too small!

[@owenjones9659]

plz do more of this kind of stuff, i absolutely love it!

[@3RTracing]

kind of shocking that you would drag that heavy log across your tracks. But overall a great exhibition of how to use tools, like block and tackles to amplify your power. Very nice shay, nice work on your railroad

[@austinmetro6317]

Best i have ever seen, and the music is grear😊

[@colin5296]

That Loco is just like my Dog ,thinks its bigger than it is ! Outstanding,

[@jaimesolis9802]

Oh hell yeah!! Guys please share more.I love this

[@jaimesolis9802]

Where are you I would love to visit.

[@Plumblossom9546]

@@jaimesolis9802 This is a railway park in Canton, GA. The logging was a one-time project, though.

[@AINGELPROJECT667]

“Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world. ” ― Archimedes "...and if you give me a steam locomotive too I can pull the whole shebang up the side of a mountain." ― Also Archimedes, probably.

[@krzysztofjaskulski6022]

*Jakie to fajne wlasna kolejka aż serce mocniej zabiło* 😎👍👏❤

[@MillBrookRailroad]

That's quite a haul!

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Great video...👍

[@darylcheshire1618]

I noticed the gears instead of pistons, Puffing Billy railway has a Climax loco which is 2’6” guage which was used by the Forests Commission.

[@hawaii3100]

The power of a block and tackle.

[@GuyWebster-so6ub]

with the Railroad Tycoon music!

[@zacharyrollick6169]

Well, I declare. That the most handsome little Shay I've ever seen.

[@WA1LBK]

VERY Prototypical! 😊 The Shay looks gorgeous (am I correct in assuming that it will eventually get a cab?). It very obviously has prototypical tractive effort! Loved the use of block & tackle to drag the log up to the grade, also the use of 2 log buggies to handle the “oversized load”! 😊

[@handlaidtrack]

Now that is how to move logs!

[@tonyromano6220]

Man that looks dangerous AF! And way cool!

[@gregwarner3753]

Where are you located? What is your website? What gauge? Where did you get that wonderful SHAY locomotive? FWIW - I grew up (65 years ago) with an home made amusement park railroad outside of Albany, NY in the 50's & 60's. I was doing the maintenance when I was 10 years old as my step-father was too drunk most of the time to be useful. The railroad was 20 5/8" gauge. The passenger cars could carry 2 kids per seat or one adult. The engines were powered by 5 hp Wisconsin air cooled industrial gasoline engines with chain drive to the wheels. The engine looked like steam but, thankfully, were not. This video reminds me of the happier parts of that time. Any help locating the remnants of that railroad would be appreciated.

[@Plumblossom9546]

This is a private railroad park in Canton (NW) Georgia. He built that Shay himself! Welded from scratch.

[@ethanyotter7874]

Work smarter not harder! The most I’ve ever done was at bitter creek on a clean up day and we were taking out full trash cans of pine needles on a train with flatcars.

[@jacobramsey7624]

This guy should get a steam donkey to get logs alongside the track. However, this is very cool nonetheless!!

[@ShadowGamingReviews]

Railroad tycoon music is the perfect touch.

[@alm7707]

I am in awe!

[@junkyardjimmyriversiderecy6722]

Is that a shay engine?? I've been on a full size one at Cass railroad WV purpose built just for logging . Come to the mountains of west Virginia and take a ride.

[@Plumblossom9546]

This is my nephew. We took him to Cass when he was 4 yrs old and it changed his life! 😅 He welded that Shay from scratch himself! My grandfather worked at Cass way back in the day; he would be tickled to see his great-grandson logging with a Shay!

[@MonkPetite]

The little engine that could. Fun and sometimes hilarious

[@dmitrijandreew283]

Детализация это железной дороги впечатляющая!

[@ProfessorTravis]

Came for the log pull, wowed by that bridge.

[@kleetus92]

That's some pretty impressive rope work to get that up there and not pull the engine off the tracks at the same time. I assume that was static and not dynamic rope, right?

[@daanbos5918]

That’s my favourite kind of locomotive

[@Marc.Th.25]

Great vid !

[@dunxy]

Very cool! How heavy them logs???

[@Bud-uz1bw]

That one could be about one ton

[@danielfantino1714]

Just wonder in full scale world, what that log would measure ?

[@RichardStageJr-tt6qs]

The power of pulleys🙂

[@JalenHermes]

Doing it with a shay engine. On point!

[@ervano798]

A very good looking nice steam loco. What a kind of engine is this? I see on the right side two vertical cilinders, or is this a double expansion machine? And what on the left side? Where can i find more about this loco?

[@danielfantino1714]

Inventor Ephraim Shay roughly 150 years ago. They were slow but really powerful and could run on very bad tracks. Shay locomotives were designed for logging opérations. Minus transmission they are exactly like modern automobile and truck. Vertical pistons turning crankshaft with universal joints up to différentiel to wheels. They were caller articulated. Shay, Heisler and Climax adopter 3 different principles to get same result. On biggest Shay even tender was powered.

[@ervano798]

@@danielfantino1714 Thank you for your answer / information. Interesting, now i can search further form more specifications. I own a german steam-loco type 23 (3,5 gauge) build by my father. Unfortunately the train is not capable to drive on steam because my father died before the loco was completed and ready to fire-up. And i am not the man who can finished the work, i am an retired electrician. The loco was completely ready to be tested on compressed air. Than we discovered some problems with the drive mechanism. Father successful made the necessary changings on the left side, but before the right-side was ready he died at 80 years. I regrette the loco wil never drive on steam, he became a honored place in my living room.

[@danielfantino1714]

My pleasure if it can help you. So sad story, but in your family and in your heart it stays or she stays. One day may be her right side will be fix too. On that day she´ll steam and move by herself for the first time. She´ll pull two generations Dreams and works. Dad and its son. So strange how cold dead steel can be so magic.. Anf then, who knows, she can survive you too. Old steamer can wait, very patiently, sleep so long until a spark bring them back to life. One day....she will

[@whosonfirst1309]

The little engine that could.

[@jayantasanyal8334]

How much is the average power of these locomotives?

[@redlight722]

I’m impressed. But I have also lived on a farm long enough to know if that rope goes. You are going to have a messed up locomotive or a very hurt operator. Not much protection there between you and it.

[@beeble2003]

Probably both. Ropes under tension store an enormous amount of energy. If that snaps, the half that's connected to the locomotive will snap back at huge speed, potentially causing worse than a "very hurt operator". Crewmen on ships have been decapitated by mooring ropes snapping.

[@redlight722]

@@beeble2003 I would at the least put a small section of chain across it. To catch it half way when it lets go.

[@terravarious]

Is there a longer video(s) showing the whole process?

[@mundoverdeanimal]

Aí é vida 👏👏👏👏

[@patriotcanuck6485]

Amazing!

[@brickleyyard4966]

Is this not exceeding the locos limits I don't know much about this scale so interested in knowing more

[@kishascape]

Advanced playtime for adult men

[@mundoverdeanimal]

Eu queria ser essa criança adulta ai 😂😂😂😂

[@GermoV]

Really? On the phone while driving a train?

[@Nicmadis]

Big toys for big boys.

[@jimhammer2012]

Doing what is was designed to do!

[@schwellenkleineisen]

nice train

[@beeble2003]

You're sitting right in the snap-back zone of that rope. That's very dangerous.

[@lembriggs1075]

Such an intelligent way of logging here! Only took about 7 minutes to haul that giant log. Won’t you tell me if you can? Is life so hard to understand? Why’s the fat man always dancing while the thin man pays the band? Lord have mercy, on the working man! 😎

[@heyherb]

Impressive. That log is easily 5000 pounds

[@christopherleblanc9599]

impressive

[@HMSHOOD1920]

Oh yeah that shit is Exquisite.

[@wesbrackmanthercenthusiast4695]

Instant like ,,using a shay as a logging locomotive , im actually trying to start a sawmill and I want to put my lumber yard 4/5ths of a mile away on my neighbors land because I don't have access that a log truck can use I can barely get my horse trailer in/out of the farm I'm planning on using that 1888 era frick circle sawmill to fund my addictions to steam engines and horse drawn equipment

[@timsch58]

Super 👌

[@JosueCalderon-zv8vg]

😂😂😂 WTF mini mini tiny steam xD

[@DartTyler]

At first glance I thought it would be a tutorial on how to login to Steam in Canton

[@imafackinjunglist]

Don’t let Barry Scott see this.

[@normansandds757]

well it is a SHAY so what do exoect lol

[@JeffreyStrader]

Hang up and drive!

[@Dudeface167]

Wow, that's some impressive word I can't say because KZbin will hide my comment right there!

[@Aqua_Hoshinoト永ジ]

so this how you login to steam pretty easy right :')

[@brianburnett5049]

Neat.

[@moviexbug]

Imagine tomorrow the civilization ends and in the future this site is dug up, what do you think the archaelogist will think? We used to have tiny humans in the past? 🤣

[@Temix-Official]

this engine feels heavy...

[@tomaszdudek8090]

W ten sposób ukrywali umysłowych od postaci które się przyglądają .Krzyż na szyji to za mało.Ton i tak.

[@terryatpi]

“COULD!”

[@danielthrasher7052]

That was so cool.🤠

[@markwat]

Thats over 200lbs ofwhite oak log

[@markwat]

2000

[@DavidLeon140m3]

could have made the video WITHOUT music

[@ShadowGamingReviews]

You kidding?! That's railroad tycoon music!