The J&L 58 Experience

[@EmmaRitson]

LOOKS LIKE AN AWESOME DAY

[@ChirpysTinkerings]

Thanks emma, it defenitely was a fun day and I had learned alot. The place was alot of fun up there and defenitely worth a visit again.

[@anthonykent7983]

That was awesome. Thanks for sharing your video. I am an ex-miner. And ran locomotives on the surface. The training was fun we had to run a fully loaded loco down a hill on GREASED rails lock up the wheels in to a full uncontrolled decent (well over double the normal running speed) then regain control and bring it to a halt before you hit the stop buffers at the end of the line. Such fun but scary the hill was also double the maximum grade the loco was rated for to get a total worst case scenario.. cheers

[@ChirpysTinkerings]

yea, I can say that I wouldnt want to have to try to do that test, lol. It had rained the night before and a few days before, so everything was soaking wet up there, so when we put the passenger car on it, it was really interesting to keep it from slipping the wheels, but just keep the throttle at the right speed and it'll grip easily enough, lol.

[@williamthrasher8540]

great show, I know that you enjoy do it. I hope you are feeling better today

[@ChirpysTinkerings]

Thanks, man. Yea, Im starting feel a bit better now I think, just getting tired of being sick and ready to get back to work on some projects, lol.

[@ironhead65]

You looked like you belonged there! Thank you for sharing a piece of your life with us!

[@ChirpysTinkerings]

lol, thanks man, it was defenitely alot of fun, lol.

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Hi Chirpy, Looked like a fun day out... Thanks for sharing. Cheers. Paul,,

[@ChirpysTinkerings]

Thanks paul, it defenitely was, lol.

[@Rustinox]

Well, that was facinating. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[@ChirpysTinkerings]

Thanks for stopping in and watching.

[@stevesrt8]

i kinda figured it would get pretty warm sitting next to the boiler lol. looks like fun though. pretty cool

[@ChirpysTinkerings]

You have no idea how hot it was, I got home and realized that the hair on my arm and leg that was near it were singed off quite a bit from the heat, lol. It was defenitely alot of fun

[@houseofbrokendobbsthings5537]

Very cool Chirpy.

[@ChirpysTinkerings]

Thanks dan, and thanks for stopping in and watching.

[@Unrivaledanime]

So cool great day

[@ChirpysTinkerings]

Hey paul, thanks and it defenitely was a very fun day, lol.

[@mwand89]

I hope they add more stretch of track to the property.

[@ChirpysTinkerings]

Yea, I do too. They were planning on it, but trying to acquire the property behind the track so they can extend it a bit more, but right now, they're mostly limited by that. They were going to add a few switches off and have some track going down to and through the box cars so they can be used as engine houses for 58 and the others.

[@AbdulRehman-cp7tu]

why the counterweight is used on steam engine wheel

[@ChirpysTinkerings]

They're usually cast in to the wheels to help balance out the weight of the connecting rods and such from when it's running and whipping everything around.

[@AbdulRehman-cp7tu]

@@ChirpysTinkerings thank you much in deed

[@ChirpysTinkerings]

@@AbdulRehman-cp7tu no problem.

[@jamesbuckner4791]

@@AbdulRehman-cp7tu could also be due to where the frames for the locomotive are located. K 37s are a rather famous example of outerframe locomotives. In this case it is to actually help with road adhesion. With what the train was expected to move There was all good chance that whenever it started out or tried to get moving it would have massive amounts wheel slip and thus not be able to start the train effectively.