The Train made to Sell Chicken - Santa Cruz Portland Cement No.2 "Chiggen"

[@TrainFactGuy]

It took everything I had not to make a remark about how the entrance to the limestone quarry was called "The Glory Hole"

[@johnathonmcjohn3]

NAAAAHHHHH😭😭😭😭

[@minecraftgamer7351]

😅..😅. Hahaha

[@cnmn1692]

Freaky tunnel

[@HyperCat72]

Im sorry *what*?

[@SteamTrainsNStuff]

Glorious

[@ChristheXelent]

She made a great sight at the Great Western Steam Up at Carson City in 2022. Pity that sort of gathering is logistically difficult to pull off regularly

[@thomastrainzfan4444]

“Chicken!” -Scout, TF2

[@ThatChargerPursuitGuy]

"Chicken." *Boiler Explosion* "We'd like to take a moment to annou--" *Boiler Explosion and screaming* "All our trains keep blowing u-" *Another Boiler Explosion*

[@thomastrainzfan4444]

@@ThatChargerPursuitGuy thats what i was thinking of 😭🙏

[@HighballMachineWorks]

Scout: We both got buckets of chicken, wanna do it? Random chick: Eh, ok (Expiration Date)

[@1964catt]

Pancakes

[@jerrysgardentractorsengine2243]

>consult with Hyce for the Lone Ranger video >does a video chronicling the galloping geese >now a video chronicling the history of a locomotive that’s owned by one of Hyce’s friends

[@AnimeSunglasses]

Nice to see Railtubers coordinating!

[@VictorTanzig1]

Chiggen: "Don't call me chicken!! It's Chi-ggen."

[@thomastrainzfan4444]

😭

[@marty6779]

Lupin the third reference?

[@vanlampham2557]

Oh cool it’s victor tanzig

[@Vallyent]

Yooo its nice to see you around Victor

[@pokemontrainermichael5551]

Yo what up

[@Electric_Souls]

4:44 Hyce: Challenge accepted

[@jbw4997]

They probably already have tbh

[@burdizdawurd1516Official]

"What's up guys, this is Hyce, and today on K-37 Kitchen I'm cooking a whole chicken in 491's firebox while she warms up for the day." Do it Mark, do it! I dare you!

[@obelic71]

Footplate crew are known to bake eggs and bacon on the shovel and take hot boiler water for coffee, tea and boil eggs. We did bake pizza's in the natural gas heated industrial steam boilers. So there is already a cuisine tradition, we just need some Chicken recipes.

[@ivanthevaluable2559]

I was literally going to comment on that...

[@HighballMachineWorks]

NEXT EPISODE OF K-37 KITCHEN, WE COOK CHICKEN ON THE CHIGGEN!! If Hyce was allowed to place a GoPro on the boiler of a Heisler to film the valve gear, then maybe for the next Great Western Steamup he can ask permission to be even STUPIDER!

[@Hyce777]

Bet.

[@HighballMachineWorks]

@@Hyce777 I’ll bet you the 10 packing peanuts I owe JohnDoe, smokeboxed chicken breast

[@Beutepanzer]

​@@Hyce777HES HERE

[@dustin_4501]

Interesting new Thomas The Tank Engine character.

[@optimal_key]

Victor.... Victor is based off this engine..

[@dustin_4501]

@@optimal_key No Vic was based on Minaz No. 1173, though this engines look similar to Victor.

[@TrainGuru]

Oh, I have been waiting for this for a long time. I am a Santa Cruz County native, and Davenport is a short five-mile drive. Seeing the old cement company plant is surreal. It continued to be used until 2010, when Union Pacific ceased operations on the branch line after Cemex, a Mexican cement company, shut its doors on the site. Chiggen did return to Santa Cruz in July 2014 to run on the Santa Cruz, Big Trees, and Pacific Railway based out of Felton. We have been eager to see the engine return for a short visit in the future. However, the engine is now at the California Western, also known as the Skunk Train, in Fort Bragg, as that is also where Mr. Pappas is employed as the general manager of the railroad.

[@legothomasgame]

I will note that Chiggen did operate in Snoqualmie Washington for a few years at the Northwest Railway Museum. Around 2019 it went to California. I got a few Images of it running there. Should also be in the local paper.

[@TheGs4_4449]

I’ve seen her in person! Was a guest locomotive on the Skunk Train! Really fun time :)

[@oliverdelaenfield2]

This was an hour from me! I never ate there but I remember driving by it as a kid! I’m so glad to know it wasn’t scrapped. There was a Dairy along the same highway that also used to have a (somewhat larger) locomotive out front but I can’t remember where exactly, the location has since been demolished for more strip mall garbage.

[@seymoarsalvage]

I've talked to Stathi Pappas before, super cool and knowledgeable guy! (also he picked the cheapest single note whistle he could find off ebay for the loco, just to make the foamers mad lol)

[@NCNGRR05]

Stathi is a great man, I’ve had a few conversations with him and am doing some 3D work for him right now. He currently has bought a narrow gauge porter saddle tank engine from Georgetown and is restoring it at his shops in fort Bragg.

[@Pixeltoaster-TV]

I've been to Santa Cruz a bunch of times! I think I actually saw the Chiggen after it had been restored once several years ago on the Santa Cruz, Big Trees & Pacific Railway. I don't think I ever got to go to Pollardville, unfortunately, but I have seen what I think are some of the old tracks that No. 1 and 2 ran on. They might have been different tracks though, I'll have to look on my next trip out there.

[@SouthPacificCoastRailroad]

Me too lol

[@WEM2016]

I used to drive past that restaurant all the time, and I loved seeing that engine. I still have that newspaper clipping from when it was moved. Very glad to know it was restored, and I hope to see it in action someday!

[@brenlc1412]

I really hope 1 & 2 can finally be reunited after so many years.

[@ChimpManZ1264]

Duck: I'm Montague but they usually call me Duck. Chiggin: I can relate! They called me Chiggin and Chicken. Duck: So what's the story? Chiggin: I advertised a Chicken restaurant. Duck: Oh! They only called me Duck because they thought I waddled. Chiggin: Oh!? Then I guess I can't relate!

[@sebforce1165]

Duck: Well 'at don't mean we can't still be birds of a feather, eh? I've been curious about across the pond, if ye'd indulge me? Chiggen: I'd be happy to! And you can tell me about your home, too!

[@KeatonPerrault-Carriere]

Mimikyu: really that doesn't really make sense cuz you're both actually pets for No 1 that privately owned steam locomotive yeah he actually made a deal with both of you for you to be his pets duck your the pet duck and chiggin is the pet chicken

[@That1FallenAngel]

Chiggen my beloved

[@Crazy_AL54]

I’m glad the chiggen has a video about itself ! Iv had the pleasure of working near it, and it’s a amazing little engine

[@johnathonmcjohn3]

chicken *_💥_*

[@ZuluFoxtrotBEAR]

We've got a "cousin" on display at the Kentucky Railway Museum, a 1923 Vulcan Iron Works 0-4-0TT, Louisville Cement No. 11

[@overpoweredsteamproduction513]

Honestly love this little locomotive, especially for its sound

[@North_Cascade_Railfan]

This is what my early childhood train was, it would run in Snoqualmie, WA.

[@wolfthegreat87]

I had the awesome privilege to be able to ride a passenger train pulled by the Chiggen, as a birthday present a couple years back when it made a visit to the California Western Railway (Skunk Train) to fill in for the Mikado 45, which was being restored at the time and thus wouldn't be available for the Month of Steam the Skunk Train likes to do once a year. I love saddle tank engines, so I was honestly happier to be pulled by the Chiggen than the Mikado. It was a wonderful experience.

[@Thinginator]

I am so disappointed to hear that Pollardville is no longer in business. It sounds like it would've been a fun place to visit. Glad the locomotive was saved and restored at least, but I kinda wish its days advertising a chicken restaurant/ghost town weren't over.

[@844SteamFan]

0:07 The first 20 big boys were actually equipped for passenger service too lol, could’ve used a better example. Don’t forget that the UP Challengers were used in freight and passenger service. Even the 9000 Class 4-12-2s were used in passenger service if necessary (I have a photo of this in a book I own).

[@Eli_Rail1]

I live were about 5 minutes away from where that restaurant was. You can still see the remains of the sign off of SR 99 after the building was demolished.

[@lukechristmas3951]

Let's not forget that Colonel Sanders got his start by selling fried chicken to railroad crews, so there is definitely a relationship between American locomotives and chicken dinners. An underrated steam engine. This video should help with some more country-wide and international popularity.

[@sawyerawr5783]

Met Stathi a couple times, really nice and down to earth guy. when No. 2 ran at the Northwest Railroad Museum she would have a rubber chicken stuffed in the front coupler...though I did suggest to him once that they put a barn-topper chicken wind vane on the headlight!

[@SPNGLovato18]

I once saw Chiggen at the Great Western Steam Up on July 2nd, 2022! However about no. 1, it’s probably in the Central Valley although not in good condition

[@Mile_Noukin]

love that name 😂

[@omega_mlg1027]

“Shake shake, make me quack till I shake” some steam locomotive

[@stojicgaming893]

Should we summon Hyce to do an episode of K-37 kitchens with the chiggen and make chicken in it?

[@Mr.MurdochTimothySchmidt]

Here in Finland we have an old steam engine now serving as a railway museum sign Holder.

[@Brickticks]

Hmm, I feel like I’ve seen a Portland Cement Co. engine somewhere between Springfield Missouri and Wichita Kansas. I have traveled that route many times, and thus can safely say I remember seeing a saddle tank engine with the name of Portland Cement Co. written on the side of said saddle tank somewhere along the way.

[@richieturner0825]

I grew up in lodi and ate at the kitchen many times before it closed. I have memories sitting in the chiggen, as do my parents also.

[@TomRedlion]

I spent a few minutes during a vist to the Mt. Rainier Scenic's shops to help with the restoration.

[@TrevortheTrainFan]

Now you’re making me hungry 😋 for chicken! 🍗

[@bowlinerailfan]

Chiggen being on display outside of a chicken restaurant most certainly did make them some big "bucks."

[@UBG_Marine]

Stathi inspired me to buy an antique tug boat

[@V-max97]

Atlantic County Harley Davidson has an 0-4-0 just like that parked in front of it. Located on Route 30 in Absecon NJ.

[@alexanderpoirier3350]

Some older steam locomotives were decorated with antlers from deer, moose, caribou, etc. while some had small golden statues of eagles perched on top of the headlights with wings spread outwards. Perhaps #2 could have a small chicken statue on top of its headlight and its nickname scrawled somewhere, maybe on the boiler front a la Big Boy style.

[@HanhiEmo]

Pollards took good care of number two

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

Good video, like !

[@Sleep-is-overrated]

My grandfather had an 0-4-0 much like those engines, only difference being the materials the cab was made out of and that he bought it from a dockyard allegedly. Still though, cool to see the history of those engines from a small local rail line

[@vishouscat]

2:10 that's crazy, I just passed by the western railway museum of Rio Vista today!

[@nittygrittygarage5497]

“Hello, my name is Gustavo Fring, but you can call me Gus”

[@steam-powered-cyborg]

Hey there, good lookin'. I got a train of chicken.

[@BSKustomz]

0:30 *Where strangers become friends*

[@ShadowDragon8685]

It's a shame they didn't put it back in service, in its Pollardville livery. That would be something to see!

[@Arkay315]

1 and 2 need a family reunion

[@alexcanine4948]

crazy chicken train locomotive

[@subnormality5854]

Noticing a theme - first Geese, the a chicken

[@MCW1955]

I believe that engine is in the hands of the Sacramento Valley Railroad out of Folsom, Ca. I got to ride the first time they steamed her up and took it out. Feb. 20, 2022.

[@SheepInACart]

The issue with the idea of cooking in it, is its an oil fired engine, so you can't easily fire it with a food safe type of wood ect for a short duration as has been done with coal fired locomotives and quick to cook dishes. A chicken is also not quick to cook, so you'd need to use the expensive fuel for a long time, even just idling the locomotive in place it becomes a cost prohibitive stunt, much less a menu item. Crews back in the day where just used to being covered in and inhaling the toxic soot, so thought less of having some of it on their food, sometimes rationalizing it was more worth having something hot to eat than something clean, but even then it was rare, normally meals on the go where just pre-prepared and eaten cold if an actually kitchen wasn't available (as it commonly was a dedicated role/carriage for track work trains, and available at stations for logistics crews and drivers on shorter regular routes).

[@MaeCadamia]

I wish they kept the chiggen liverie

[@retroversals081]

I legit thought this episode was going to be about a steam engine being modified to cook chicken as it rode the rails.

[@rottenroads1982]

The Pollardville sign I am extremely Familiar with. Why? Because it’s basically home turf. I live in San Joaquin county, specifically just outside of both Stockton & Lodi. There have been many times I have seen that sign, standing all alone, and I never thought much about it. For years and years I never knew what that tower was about, but now I know that there was once a locomotive right in front of that sign. Also, I was born in 2006. So I basically never got to see the Locomotive named Chiggen. Lastly, if you want to see the Pollardville sign, it is still standing. Just go south of Eight mile road on the Frontage road east of Hwy 99, you will soon see it. I NEVER KNEW THAT THERE WAS SUCH HISTORY SO CLOSE TO HOME.

[@Jayhsia1215]

“Do you wanna free chicken nuggets” - Tangomangle

[@catdude7113]

If you have a pail of parts for it, wouldn't you have, a bucket of "Chiggen"?

[@MATT2productions]

I have heard of this Story before. I wasn't born to see hit but I have heard of it. I wonder if it's still around

[@raydunakin]

I've never heard of Pollardville before. It sounds like it was a wannabe Knott's Berry Farm.

[@Nowheres_Channel]

KFC has been awfully quiet since this video.

[@DangerAngelous]

Speaking of engine cooked food, what about steamed and smoked dim sims? I'd bloody love that

[@adamsorenson5489]

If you look at the end of the video of the Chiggen what it looks now. It carries its toy which is a rubber chicken in its front coupler.

[@stuff___idontknow2610]

2 of my favorite things in 1 😋

[@GoofyCharizard]

I feel like he should have at least have gotten a nameplate that reads "The Chiggen"

[@engineerskalinera]

To answer your question, I'm not sure if cooking in an oil burning loco would be very healthy. Maybe if you sealed the pot and cooked it by heat transfer. But on coal burners, shovel cooking is absolutely a thing

[@lieffian]

You could actually, locomotive crews would use the fire boxes to actually cook food while on the move

[@HMSHOOD1920]

Oh good, both were saved.

[@bostongeis5123]

What a happy ending :)

[@megaant7591]

I live not too far away from the Western Railway Museum. Next time I am there I will have to ask about it.

[@SONICX1027]

I bet Hyce might have done something similar to one of the engines he works with

[@devinpaul9026]

I've seen a video of somebody makin' a smoke box pancake on a coal shovel.

[@ShinGhidorah17]

Mrs Tweedy would be proud.

[@tee6025]

Chiggen the new rise of engines

[@LegacyIvyTerascale]

if i ever become a youtube like zeos by putting a video camera on my head to make clips on social media , i consider buying a steam loco to put in my studio room to get viewers attention . he used he's cat as clickbait and it worked , helped him moving from rented apartment to house , at least appearently

[@myp5horn]

I was able to see her in snoqualmie 10 years ago. I was able to meet Stathi Papas. He's a very knowledgeable and friendly person

[@HZStudios2023]

1:11 was this the inspiration for misty island rescue perhaps?

[@westinbridges7321]

We'd like to take a moment to announce that CHICKEN.

[@harrisonallen651]

The Chiggen Express

[@codystrainsnjazz]

Goose last week, chicken this week, Duck next week?

[@Austriantrainguy]

FunFact: The Austrian sentence "Geh' ma tschickn' (spoken like chicken)" translates to "Let's go smoke."

[@thomasdeturk5142]

Here is Percy the Green Engine

[@BHuang92]

Speaking of cooking chicken in a locomotive, how about the cookbooks for cooking food on steam locomotives?

[@nikolausbautista8925]

All I can think-of is: 1) The Chiggen might be able to make good "smoked" chicken, if it was burning extra virgin olive oil, and had a good smoking wood (apple, or some other fruit wood), thrown-in. And 2) How would it stack against Fish & Chips from an LB&SCR E2?

[@MVF_2024-]

huh i never knew about this in oregon when i live there

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

4:49 Hyce is 10 steps ahead of you, he's already smoked some ribs and I think a steak in his engine's smoke box.

[@primrosevale1995]

Wait, a poorly made trestle bridge that swayed near uncontrollably…Misty Island real???!!?!!???!!!??!?

[@LolLol-xy4rh]

Why has no one gotten a nameplate for it yet

[@pokemontrainermichael5551]

Oof thats kinda weird that a loco sells chickens lol

[@Robin_The_Red_Rabbit]

You know what I've encountered an engine that looks very similar to this and it was on a flatbed truck on the highway

[@DixieRailProductions4018]

NO WAY!!!!! MY LAST NAME IS POLLARD!!!!! 😱

[@TheStickCollector]

So this is what they meant by chicken tax. Clearly they thought that this was selling too many so they had to nerf it.

[@zacharyrollick6169]

Cooking in the smokebox? Have you been talking to Hyce again?

[@alanbeltran375]

Chicken Engines or Coal Nuggets

[@coolmikefromcanada]

... when you say banking i assume you don't mean the money type

[@Oviedo_Train_Trust]

Day 1 of asking train of thought to cover General Portland Cement Company #42

[@mlgodzilla4206]

What other bird will the next video be about

[@fleetwoodvo8673]

Hawk tuah