The Final Run of Nevada Northern #40 on the Steptoe Valley Flyer

After several days in Ely watching trains, we arrive at the somewhat sad final run of Nevada Northern #40 before its' being torn down and inspected and rebuilt.
For the final run they recreated the "Steptoe Valley Flyer", the passenger train that ran north every day to Cobre and the interchange with the Southern Pacific. The Consist is chair car #5 and Baggage express #20, the only original passenger cars still running on the Nevada Northern.
Because of the pandemic few seats could be sold, be we were lucky to bag a pair. There were 2 run-buys as part of the trip to Keystone Junction.

[@gregoryfrank6706]

#40 Is my dream locomotive but I'd rather see her restored and fixed then on static display or scrapped I love #40 and the steptoe valley flyer and the whole railroad

[@ToyManTelevision]

She will be running in about a year. Good as new.

[@johnbean5094]

You two are not only multiskilled, you succeed in taking us on some amazing steam journeys. Nice to see you muck about so much. John.

[@jimkammerer8028]

YOU BOTH ARE THE VERY BEST TOURISM FOR THAT AREA. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR VIDEO AND YOUR TIME JIM KAMMERER OF PHILADELPHIA PA. 😁😷😷👍👌🚂🤗🙏

[@robertdavies5501]

Excellent I may never get there to see Ely but this vision satisfies the optic Nerve none the less 👏👏👏😎😎😎😎❤️❤️❤️❤️👍

[@ToyManTelevision]

Well if you ever do it’s really something to see.

[@shrink908]

Good luck on the repairs, old girl.. steam locos should never die, they are wonderful machines with a lot to teach modern machinists and operators.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Should be amazing 🤩

[@cbgadget4740]

Loved the video, classic locomotive. Thanks for sharing, Cary

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi. Isn’t that just a great locomotive? Any Baldwin 10 wheeler is gorgeous. This looks so much like a narrow gauge Baldwin. But they all look very similar. But this one with the big tall drivers and thin spokes is just stunning

[@66ralphy]

that was precious thankyou both

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi. Thanks for watching

[@1800clyde]

Oh! those train cars . . . they are so lovely. That's what happens when quality material and excellent craftsmanship meet. Thanks for taking us with you on your travels. Oh! and 40 will be back better-than-ever ;)

[@ToyManTelevision]

Love the hardwood and finish. Wow!

[@krissfemmpaws1029]

That was enjoyable and interesting seeing the inside if the seat car was great. All the little things like the woodwork just add to the feeling of stepping back in time. In the early 60s I remember Great Northern having daily passenger service from Blaine at the Canadian border south to Bellingham and I'm sure beyond. One of our neighbors use to take the train to Bellingham daily for work. He worked a few blocks from the station in Bellingham. I remember him grumbling when GN planed to stop this service. After that it was just freight service. Somewhere in there Amtrak came into being but it was a limited schedule. Watching your videos of things like this bring up long forgotten childhood memories... and a trip back in time for a brief moment. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@ToyManTelevision]

We kept a passenger train after Amtrak took over. D and RG kept running the zephyr for years. Dang I loved that train.

[@krissfemmpaws1029]

@@ToyManTelevision the passenger service was a couple times a day run as I remember. At the time there was no transit bus service from Bellingham to Blaine. There was Greyhound but it at odd hours. Amtrak still has passenger service from Seattle to Vancouver B.C. but it's once or twice a week I remember. It's not a daily run.

[@robertemmons2260]

This video was amazing! I love how you two were able to get out and enjoy your time with the last run of No. 40 before the 15 year rebuild. Like all great machines, locomotives need TLC too. It'll be well worth the wait to see No. 40 running in two years again. I have to compliment the railroad company for allowing your photo op by a run by. That's something that is not usually heard of, especially with railroads. Thank you for another great video! I loved how this one was dedicated to the final run of No. 40 before it's rebuild. Cheers.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi Robert! Yeah this was so much fun. I’m in the middle of this stupid pandemic, a chance to get out of the house and in fact in this case get out of town. We’re sort of really down at this point because with the virus taking off again we’re really staying in. So our next few shows at least will just be us staying in! So I’m trying to learn how to dance so we’ve got something interesting to showto show

[@robertemmons2260]

@@ToyManTelevision stay safe and healthy. Don't do anything to compromise your health. Many of us are moving our projects indoors because of the cold. Besides, I'm sure that you still have a ton of stuff in your attic.

[@stevemellin5806]

It's going to come back better than ever . thank you . nice video . Have a great week ☺️

[@ToyManTelevision]

It will be so great 😃

[@TonyLasagna]

Beautiful video , those run bys were fantastic!

[@ToyManTelevision]

We sure had fun on the trip. With social distancing in the virus and everything we’ve had to be so careful. But Ely is a 3 Hour Dr. from here and we know how to stay safe once we get over there. And surprisingly Eli is really really aggressive in maintaining good health standards. Better than Salt Lake City or any other place we’ve been.

[@TonyLasagna]

@@ToyManTelevision glad to hear it! you still managed to do a fantastic job as always. hoping you guys get to the east coast soon, if not, i will be out west next year for sure. Need a selfie with the toy man, even masked 😆

[@PowerTrain611]

Sad to see her go, but as my Grandpa used to say "It's not goodby, it's so long." When she returns she'll be good as the day she rolled out of Baldwin's shops in Philly.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Yup!! I wish they could go back to the American iron green boiler jacket. But at least dark green paint.

[@stevenbeardsley218]

Just awesome you guys thanks .

[@gunnyusmc4957]

Wow awesome video i know that had to be a blast id been all over the train checking everything out 😎 awesome video my friend take care

[@tomklock568]

Great as always! Thanks so much

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks. And now as we are stuck in, the show will be sort of stuck in with us.

[@ritaloy8338]

I will have to make it to Ely to ride the Stepto Valley Flyer in a couple of years with Nevada Northern 40.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi. Yes if you can get your way out there do make the trip.

[@DillonTrinhProductions]

What about 93?

[@thomasweekley9209]

Good bye for now #40. We’ll miss you till you come back. Great video coverage.

[@ToyManTelevision]

It will soon be back and we will be there to cover it

[@jamesf791]

I agree it's sad that 40 has to go, is not going away forever, just temporary. It's sad, but necessary for steam engines to have their boiler rebuilt. But don't forget about 93 and now 81 is back. I'm happy more and more steam engines are being restored. Thank you both for sharing your stories with us.

[@ToyManTelevision]

And when 49 returns that will be three locomotives

[@ToyManTelevision]

Interestingly they have a fourth locomotive! Or should I say fourth steam locomotive because we have a lot of diesels. But they were able to acquire 040 mine locomotive a few years ago. Little saddle tank locomotive. And yes they started a rebuild on it years ago. Doesn’t have that much wrong with it but everything else is taking president

[@andrewfraser4347]

They are pressure kerosene lamps, you can see a vertical cylinder on either side with a pump handle at the top of each. The larger cylinders hold the kerosene. You pump pressure into the system, it then draws kerosene vapour out of the larger cylinders piped up to the lamp head, where it’s lit. Great video as usual you guys.

[@ToyManTelevision]

That makes sense!!!!! I thought the tanks must hold kerosene but the lamps are gas jets. So sort of like the Colman lamp. But with a gas jet. Thanks!!!!!

[@larryarcher4502]

You say you were really lucky, I say you were really smart something to the old adage he who hesitates loses. Tickets became available you grabbed them simple but sure fire approach nothing works better than a good plan! Your whole collection and your adventures shows the effort you put into things. You too are like apple pie a la mode you work perfect together, I can tell we all look forward to your postings, you're an inspiration to all ! Please stay safe and keep enjoying life..

[@ToyManTelevision]

Wow!!! Thanks!!!! We do have fun doing it. We are really looking forward to traveling again. Short trips like this can be done but now it’s snowing and most everything is closed for the year. So.. models!! Except the Governor has ordered everyone to stay in. So we will be shooting the show as we build. Or build as we shoot. Or multitask. Anyway next Sunday back on the layout.

[@larryarcher4502]

Not snowing here but it sure got cold fast. I know what moving indoors means , cold been hard on me for 20 years I used to work in it and not bat an eye , too many injuries catching up with me. Oh well easier time working on the layout much more enjoyable as well! BTW you two have earned the many accolades against a safe!

[@struck2soon]

Excellent. Wonderful scenery, so unlike anything we would ever see in the UK.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hum... true. And heading north it’s 110 miles to the next gas station ⛽️. Ah but south it’s only 100. West it’s only about 60 miles. But if that place is closed it’s over 100 more to the next gas station. Don’t go east. Space aliens. So yes, or is it no? Anyway your right. Nothing like it in the UK. Or Europe.

[@struck2soon]

@@ToyManTelevision ...and of course you have sunshine. Again unlike anything we see in the UK at this time of year!(moan, moan) I meant to also add that No.40 has developed a lovely patina. “Well used but cared for” could perhaps describe it best. A really good example to base model weathering from.(I have saved a couple of screen shots for just that purpose!)

[@lescobrandon3047]

There was a show on TV last week called Ghost Adventures that used what I think was this loco and some passenger cars searching for ghosts. It was a night trip and included one of the bosses of the railroad being interviewed about ghosts along the pike and some attached to an old passenger car.

[@ToyManTelevision]

We recorded that and guess what we’re gonna be watching it here in just a few minutes!

[@simonalexandercritchley439]

Looks like a fun place to visit. One day when international travel is possible again ,maybe. Those interiors are beautiful. I am lucky though,I get to see "Paschendaele" quite often,one of our historic steamers,passes near my house. Keep having fun and stay safe.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Do make it if you can. Long way though.. perhaps some day they will build a tunnel through the center of the earth. Ah... or not. Sort of hot. Oh! They will launch 🚀 the starship in a few days. Cut the flight time to about 15 minutes. Expensive I’ll bet.. stay tuned. May work out.

[@lackawannarailfan]

Great video!!👍 It would be nice if the model train manufacturers make models of all of the exertion locomotives out there with the Dcc sound. As always great job!

[@GRE2057]

if you want something Scratch Build it or find somebody that can scratch build it for you! its not that hard to do if you set your mind to it!

[@lackawannarailfan]

@@GRE2057 Yeah that is what I might do. Thank you!

[@aaronlevering3158]

If you look at the NNRY historical site, they have a page for model railroading of the Nevada Northern. I made my version of 40 from a bachmann 4-6-0 with 63" wheels, close enough to 69" and custom decals and a scratch built tender

[@lackawannarailfan]

@@aaronlevering3158 Thank you that sounds like an awesome model good job!

[@ToyManTelevision]

While we were there someone did have a really nice model of number 40. In HO scale. Not sure how they came about it if it was a brass engine or something that they kit bashed or put together in some other way. But it was really neat

[@jimkammerer8028]

JUST A BEAUTIFUL LOCOMOTIVE. AWESOME NICE SCENERY GREAT DAY DAY FOR BOTH TO ENJOY THE TRAIN AND SCREWING AROUND TIME WITH YOUR SUBSCRIBERS ALWAYS INFORMATIVE AND INTERESTING THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU BOTH AND SHARING THIS TIME. JIM KAMMERER OF PHILADELPHIA PA THANK YOU BOTH AGAIN. 🤗🚂👌👍😷😷😷😁

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi Jim! Boy are you guys in the center of the news. Let’s skip that and play trains!! This was fun!!!

[@corbinyoung6979]

The light fixtures are likely gasifying kerosene lamps, or calcium carbide as stated in the video. As the kero moves down to the lamp from the middle tanks it heats up and vaporizes into a gas. I could be wrong.

[@ToyManTelevision]

From what I’m being told that’s exactly what they are! Makes sense because the railroad said that they were kerosene but they were clearly gas. So as it happens they’re both

[@SaintCoemgen]

Personally, I am excited. In two years, it will be like opening an early Christmas present when they roll 40 out again. Hope we are all here, safe and healthy, to see it happen!

[@ToyManTelevision]

I so hope they go back to the green boiler jacket. When this thing was re-built in the 1930s it had an American iron green boiler jacket. And when they first started running it here that was the same jacket that it had on it but then they painted it as it was so hard to maintain and they simply painted it black. Now I know they’re not gonna go back to a bare metal boiler jacket. But if they painted a dark dark green that would be really neat

[@hamiltonsullivan6563]

Agreed

[@World.of.Railways]

Amazing trains in wonderful landscape! Best regards from Germany, Railherbie

[@ToyManTelevision]

Stay safe there. You live in a beautiful place. We really want to visit soon.

[@the_retag]

@@ToyManTelevision weve got tons of steamtrains and they need every penny after covid shutdown Harz railway is a must, the steamtrains run hourly on a regular day unlike the museum trains

[@onepiececrazytrain]

Hey there Dale and Karyn! I was on that final Steptoe Valley Flyer run with you. Can't believe I didn't recognize you guys! Many apologies for a few of my photobombs earlier in the video (clueless guy in overalls at 2:14). One of the highlights for me was when all 3 engines and the Pontiac hi-railer did a photo shoot. And of course seeing Dirt and DJ is a must. Been a fan of your channel for a while now and finally remembered to subscribe. Keep up the AWESOME vids!

[@jonheller2307]

Thanks for sharing this. I first ran into the NN in 1976 on a road trip to Denver. It does not disappoint!

[@ToyManTelevision]

I knew of it. But one night on the news they told the story of the shops being given to Ely and they had a working steam locomotive that hadn’t run in 30 years. A few days later I was in Ely!!!!!

[@marykoferl5639]

Wonderful photographing of the Nevada 40, I enjoyed it tremendously!

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi! And thanks!!

[@ryanfrost3669]

Such an amazing railroad. It would be awesome to see trains running north agian. Who are those abandoned tracks owned by?

[@ToyManTelevision]

The Nevada northern owns the whole thing! It was in limbo for quite some time. Can I cut sold it to a different rail road and it changed hands a bunch of times in the mines wanted to reopen it. But finally everybody just gave up and turned it over to the museum. Just a few years ago

[@bobross4449]

Holy cow I knew about why 401 is gone thanks to that but holy cow welp lapal has a deal with nnrm to donate 401 after it’s retired

[@ToyManTelevision]

@@bobross4449 I’ve seen it. Years ago at the power plant still in Nevada northern colors. Their best ever colors too.

[@ulli1895]

So, Karen is not only a brilliant co-commentator - a brilliant car-driver as well :-) - Greetings from Dusseldorf/Germany and thank you for another entertaining video.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi! Can Americans come there yet? Some day we will get there. Really

[@charlesmcclure5994]

So much fun while screwing around, see you guys on Tuesday 😃

[@ToyManTelevision]

Model bicycles.

[@Ian-qs3fz]

I don’t think there’s any other youtuber whose content has as much rewatchability as the toy man

[@rrelectric5159]

Very Nice!

[@iannarita9816]

Thx again

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks for watching!!

[@valeriebassett3107]

Thanks for sharing, we love the steam trains!!! Great job with the video. Thanks again!!

[@williambryant5946]

Beautiful train! Inside and out. Wow! Y'all got VIP treatment.

[@ToyManTelevision]

5 was damaged in a wreck in about 94 or 5. But repaired. Without altering the original look. Cool!

[@robertweldon7909]

One of the ultra neat things about Heritage railroads is the wonderful restoration and care given to the locomotives and cars in their care. The chair car is a great example. I'm sure that No. 40 will receive the same attention. Maybe, one day, the entire length of the line will be restored too. ;-)

[@ToyManTelevision]

Well let’s hope

[@billgreer870]

Great. Thanks

[@hamiltonsullivan6563]

Lovely video!!! But I'll miss that old girl... it's kinda like taking her to the doctor but I'll be happy to see her in good health

[@ToyManTelevision]

You’ll be back really soon we will be there

[@hamiltonsullivan6563]

Let's hope so

[@bernardc2553]

Oh my my..you 2 just "Bonked" this whole series Outta the park! SOoo bummed I missed you 2 On this GREAT screwing around Adventure long live the Great Northern toot toot!!

[@ToyManTelevision]

This is been really fun. Now we’re kind of stuck in. So we’re going to be showing what we’ve been up to with the garage.

[@bernardc2553]

@@ToyManTelevision yup the with Cold stuff here too..I can't wait to see more treasures Dale I hope to have something running this yr. fingers crossed. ..

[@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226]

And where the firemen was setting was a long way down 😁

[@ritaloy8338]

Thank you for including Dirt and DJ.

[@bobross4449]

The railway kittys

[@karynfelix-the-Cat]

I love dirt! I first met Dirt when Dale took me there for the first time, and we went on the shop tour. Here comes this kitty, and starts following us around like he owned the place. He was incredibly dirty, and a bit crusty but very friendly. There is a very old soul behind those golden eyes... tons of knowledge... Like he has been an old locomotive engineer in some other space in time. Do go to Ely when you get a chance. Although the town is in the middle of nowhere, there is plenty of good lodging!

[@ritaloy8338]

@@karynfelix-the-Cat I have been to Ely Nevada before while traveling on US 50 across Nevada and into Utah after going Donner Pass. Seeing the Nevada Northern is on my short list of places I have wanted to take my wife to see. Now that I am more free to travel I will have to goto Ely for the both of us. I will also have to keep up my streak of never having been in Las Vegas Nevada, I have been Las Vegas New Mexico.

[@ritaloy8338]

I also will have to ride the Steptoe Valley Flyer in a couple of years.

[@Brian_rock_railfan]

Awesome video but also sad 😢 🚂👍

[@ToyManTelevision]

Not too sad. The locomotive should be back in a couple of years and should be better than it’s ever been. And if they go back to the green boiler jacket it’ll be really nice

[@K-Effect]

At 1:25 The guy sitting on the window ledge of number 40, if anything happened that would be a very hard fall

[@ToyManTelevision]

Yup. You really can’t see anything from inside the cab! So you need to lean out or even sit on the window sill.

[@johnbean5094]

Love your retrospectives Mr and Mrs Toy Man. May I say that with all those masks it looks like the err ‘baddies’ have taken over the train, although very relaxed about it! Reminds me of the cowboy westerns we saw in the 50s and 60s, exceptn your films are not black and white but super sharp widescreen. I wonder if a 'kitten' over microphone would help with audio windnoise, But hay, the wind suits your layback style. John, Brisbane, Australia.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi. We were shooting with our phones mostly. So no way to cut the wind. I have great mics and windscreens. But no way to use them. I did shoot a bit with my GH2 and I can use a good mic with it. But that screws up often and then I have no sound!! ARUG!! But as we mostly use our iPhones can’t do that anyway.

[@johnbean5094]

@@ToyManTelevision Hi, very kind of you to reply. You two look like you have so much fun messing about. And to think you've walked where Walt Disney once strolled ... and seen 4014 in steam!.. About wind noise .... I've used a mini dead kitten over my Olympus LS11 audio recorder to great effect. But .... I've never tried it over my mobile phone microphone! It may work. In past I've even used a man's sock held on with a rubber band to some effect! John

[@ToyManTelevision]

@@johnbean5094 hi. I once asked a film crew to give me their socks! We were shooting an outdoor play and I had decided to use PZM mics. 8 of them laid out on the edge of the stage. It worked great in Rehearsal but the day of the performance the winds started to kick up about an hour before the performance and I realized I had a problem. So I took off my socks and put them over two of the mics. Seemed to be working but I needed six more socks! Well 3 camera guys “kicked” in.

[@johnbean5094]

@@ToyManTelevision Many many many decades ago my mother would say to me, "Pull your socks up!" when she wanted me to lift my performance or see increased effort at school or suchlike. So my socks would never have been available as a microphone wind barrier. ... I sent a copy of link of your Nevada Northern coverage, to an ex-school mate/cobber of mine. He runs a massive G scale Big Boy around his backyard. It has a foghorn whistle that stirs the neighbours.... regards again, Mr and Mrs Toy Man. John B

[@mickmcdonald5314]

You guys do such an excellent job. It used to be that as when he train passed in back of the Ely brothels that the girls.would.come out and wave and show their legs. It was all done in fun. Are they not doing this anymore?

[@ToyManTelevision]

Nope. Social distance?

[@evanf1293]

Hope to visit this place eventually and ride behind 93. Gonna be 2-3 years before 40 is back.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Plan is big event on Memorial Day 2022. Let’s hope!!!!!

[@billblomgren9618]

Next year, you can make he journey over to Orbisonia / Rock Hill Furnace PA...where the EBT's new owners are getting #16 ready for tourist operations, and doing a rebuild of #14. The 16 has been moved outside for events as a large heavy object..but their engineering crew went over the 5 narrow gauge steamers there (12, 14, 15, 16 and 17) and found 14 and 16 in better shape than the rest. The line shut down in 1956, so that is when everything ground to a halt.. The line got purchased by Kovalchick Salvage... And Mr K went in to the round house, and promised them they would run again. 12, 14, 15, and 17 were used from 1960-roughly 2000....12 was effectively worn out, so that was parked in the 90's as I remember. 14 and 15 were the "normal" engines used during most of tourist time.. but flue time on 14 (after rebuilding in the 70's ???) so it got parked, and 15 repaired and reflued..... Then parked in the early 2000's...

[@ToyManTelevision]

We were hoping to make it there this year but our plans of course still through. Perhaps next year

[@kenshores9900]

Did you notice on the layout section of Roy Smith’s Dispatch that there was a picture of Engine 40 in front of a model of the Ely depot? Did you see my question about N scale switch stands? Good video. Glad there are people like you and Karyn that record these events for the future.

[@ToyManTelevision]

No we saw those models. Pretty darn nice. The first day we were there they were set up on the table outside the depot. The guy who had built them with their showing them to people. Later they were on display in the engine shop

[@jameskinglion]

in 2001 I got to see a double header on Cumbers Toltec 489 the road engien with 488 the helper they had 487 tender's. Then 487 with 488 tender's pulling the westbound train

[@ToyManTelevision]

First train I ever rode there was a doubleheader

[@jameskinglion]

@@ToyManTelevision lol crazy

[@Evanstvideos]

Thats sad when will #40 be back in service i'd love to visit and photograph her in action?!

[@ToyManTelevision]

A year from May. We hope.

[@microbusss]

I hope someday the NN extends its tracks further than where it goes now

[@ToyManTelevision]

That’s the plan. Let’s hope!!!

[@microbusss]

@@ToyManTelevision yeah cause most of the track is intact!

[@magtwo1398]

Massive drivers! What was 40's Maximum speed?

[@ToyManTelevision]

Should have been about 90. But the track could not handle that. So about 60.

[@magtwo1398]

@@ToyManTelevision wow... Thanks!

[@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226]

Might be down but not out

[@moregltfirephotography4857]

Wow that is so cool. Any idea when this Steptoe Valley Flyer ran originally?

[@ToyManTelevision]

1909 to 1941.

[@moregltfirephotography4857]

@@ToyManTelevision ah ok very interesting place out there i wish i could see it unfortunately i live in Pennsylvania

[@ToyManTelevision]

Well we want to get there. We were coming last fall to leaf peep and check steam town and other stuff. So we will get there, you come here!

[@mychaldbeausoleil3043]

Are the scenic railroads required to put an ETD on their trains?

[@ToyManTelevision]

Not in this case. In large part because they have a conductor in the rear car. And they can spot for the locomotive engineer when they’re backing up. But moreover in this case there’s only ever one train on the line at any one time. And that reduces the hazards a lot

[@HinckleyBranchRailfan]

Oh wait! Is it just on one Railroad?

[@ToyManTelevision]

Yes. They have a tremendous amount of track as you saw but they only use two parts of it. The lineup Robinson Canyon to Keystone and the line up the valley as far as McGill on the old Highline that used to feed the upper part of the mill. They’re not using the old Main line at all

[@HinckleyBranchRailfan]

@@ToyManTelevision, thanks! That’s my bad

[@katerinakittycat3849]

I would imagine on the final run they have to take it very easy on the locomotive.

[@tsufordman]

Probably not, mandatory scheduled maintanence intervals are set to happen way before any potential issues would arise, not when failures are imminent.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi. Actually nope. And that Baldwin is so robust. An Engeneer back in about 1920 made up 2 hours with the train by pushing it to over 90 mph!! And it had no problems.

[@katerinakittycat3849]

@@ToyManTelevision I don't think #40 could run that fast now without running a hot box or something

[@kentonyoung8811]

How far did the railroad go have you done a video of this?

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi. Just this one. It ran from the mines to Ely and Ely to Cobre at the SP. later connected to the WP. About 110 miles.

[@ludwigtails]

Wait so is that engine getting scraped? Or getting a overhaul?

[@ToyManTelevision]

Overhaul. Total rebuild. Boiler 15 year inspection but also lots of work on the running gear.

[@ludwigtails]

@@ToyManTelevision ah I see

[@Hogger280]

Pretty hard to "recreate" the run north to Cobre going south to keystone - completely different scenery and experience.

[@ToyManTelevision]

But.. someday. Perhaps. North to Cherry Creek? Hope. Hope.

[@Hogger280]

I wonder if the tracks are still there between McGill and Cherry Creek?

[@Buck1954]

Finally, the final, last final, finality, last, last final last run, finally.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Yup. Well not. People kept wanting to ride so they took it out again the next day!!!!! Anyway then they took out the super heater. So now it’s really really super really torn down.

[@jacobramsey7624]

Did the flyer have more cars?

[@ToyManTelevision]

Nope. Just as you see it!

[@jacobramsey7624]

@@ToyManTelevision o ok. Thanks for the feed back. Did you get to watch that video i sent to you?

[@rdsieben]

Looks like standard gauge tracks

[@ToyManTelevision]

Yup. Short line standard gauge

[@HinckleyBranchRailfan]

Noooooo! She’s gonna be retired?

[@bernardc2553]

Nope she'll has a fire in her Boiler in a few yrs, She's just going in for a re-build..

[@HinckleyBranchRailfan]

@@bernardc2553, oh my bad! Thanks

[@bernardc2553]

@@HinckleyBranchRailfan No worries, all good, Dale & Deb sure keep us on the right track..

[@ToyManTelevision]

Should be back on memorial day 2022. At least that’s the plan. They have a lot to do on it. Do usual boiler inspection and rebuild yes but there’s some running gear issues they want to resolve to. So let’s hope they don’t run into anything they don’t know about and it should be ready for 2022

[@bernardc2553]

@@ToyManTelevision have ya heard of any LOCAL train shows this damn China! still rounding up pts / track switches ect for my HO layout Dale..

[@Dallen9]

Might be a Gravity fed Kerosene lamp. they'd fill the tanks with kerosene and the kerosene would push with gravity into the ignition point.

[@ToyManTelevision]

That makes sense. The tanks look like kerosene but gas jets no wick. But I don’t know. But the railroad said they are kerosene

[@utahrailfan1946]

Ummmm... isn't kerosene a gas?

[@ToyManTelevision]

Well the gas burns. But I’ve not seen a kerosene that does not use a wick. But hum.. don’t know