Train Mountain Railroad | 2022 Triennial | Part 21 | South Portal Rail Acrion | K-36 Rio Grande

We setup at South Portal and did some railfanning as trains headed out toward Hope Circle and moved around the South Portal Circle. Ernie leads off the video with his sharp H10 and it wasn't long before a beautiful K-36 thundered by and headed into the tunnel. Climb aboard and enjoy the rail action here on The Steam Channel!
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[@kleetus92]

It's amazing watching your videos how much other equipment I didn't see running while I was there. Truly can't be 2 places at once!

[@freedomrider30]

Thanks! 👍🏻👍🏻😎😎😎

[@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530]

Fantastic locomotives especially the Rio Grande narrow gauge steam locomotives. C 18 and K36 are my favorites

[@xianderthest8014]

I am wondering why there isn't something similar to Britain's great little railway here in the states, I feel that it would be successful here with how popular the mini rail lines are in all.

[@hbissonnette2577]

Can you do a video showing the difference between 1.5" and 1.6" scale and which is more prevalent?

[@jamesm6638]

Most of the world including the eastern US uses 1.5" (7.25" gauge), 1.6" is really only a thing in the western US where for some reason they use 7.5" gauge.

[@TheSteamChannel]

@jamesm6638 scale has nothing to do with it. Either truck setup could be used on equipment from either scale. Only a few areas on the east coast model in 7.25 gauge - and they are track locked because of it. Everyone else in the country uses 7.5” gauge as the standard.

[@TheSteamChannel]

1.6” is what most new builders are using. The equipment is a little bit bigger than true 1.5”

[@kleetus92]

It really comes down to modeler preference. And even at that, many liberties are taken with equipment size to make them easier to handle and transport you'd really be hard pressed to tell the difference without a tape measure... for example, the Pullman passenger coaches are about 2 feet shorter than true length, but are also just a tad wider than scale so people can fit inside the body without a shoehorn. And all of the above can run on 7.25 or 7.5 inch track. There's also a move afoot to widen the gauge to 7.625 (7 5/8)to reduce rail and wheel wear too, particularly in curves, but even on straight track the wheel taper should keep everything where it belongs.

[@TheSteamChannel]

It’s extremely noticeable. Look at Titan’s heavyweight passenger cars next to Railroad Supply cars. Or a LE ALCO northern or Hudson next to a Berkshire built on Jim’s 1.5” scale castings.