Bock Lumber #1 vs Autorack, 6-15-2024. Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum

[@kingofthepod5169]

When diesel is $7 a gallon but there's a pile of wood scraps for free on FB marketplace.

[@rescue270]

Yah, but you'd need a helluva lot of wood scraps to feed this thing.

[@evan12697]

@@rescue270 pallets are plentiful haha

[@rescue270]

@@evan12697 Careful... ...pallets made of cypress wood are worth money to overseas shippers!

[@SynchroScore]

Where is diesel $7 a gallon? Also, she's oil-fired.

[@rescue270]

​@@SynchroScore Looks like a load of firewood in the rear hopper to me.

[@davidwhiting1761]

Dude this is the type of shenaniganery you'd expect to see on a model train layout. Amazing to see this kind of movement happening in the real world.

[@chrismiller5198]

Life imitating Art.

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

That's railroad museums for you - you'll get that kind of mixing and matching.

[@BenRichards227]

Don't let anyone tell you how to run your model railroad. There's a prototype for everything.

[@dave6695]

I am SO glad this rare and HIGHLY unusual move was captured on video.

[@d-fender4489]

This is a great example of how little engines can do big things.

[@TrainsAreReallyCool]

Never overlook a Little engine!

[@hudsonfan5426]

The little No.1 looks like a toy compared to the auto rack car! It's a great comparison to see how much the rail industry has changed. From a vintage steamer to a new auto rack car. Epic video!

[@GreatMidwesternTrains]

And the power the little steamer can put out as well!

[@JohnPatterson-kz8jr]

Why is it pulling an auto rack?? Was it donated to the museum??😢😮

[@GreatMidwesternTrains]

@@JohnPatterson-kz8jr if I were to guess maybe some storage because I think they used to do that at the Illinois Railway Museum

[@JohnPatterson-kz8jr]

I'll buy that.

[@trevormaxwell8134]

It does doesn't it 😂😊

[@TrainiacProductions]

When an HO scale consist appears in real life?! Seriously awesome catch and beautiful documentation!

[@atshinkansen7439]

And that locomotive practically looks like N scale compared to the autorack!

[@Lazarus7000]

Nothing like seeing old equipment still doing what it was meant to do! Warms my twisted heart, it does.

[@fredjacobs]

A wood burner in revenue service! Totally awesome!

[@Jamersonde]

Oil burner with wood for looks only.

[@karlrovey]

It was converted to oil.

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

It could be unconverted.

[@voidjavelin23]

​@@MilwaukeeF40C they are converted to oil burners, Hoosier Valley already confirms that

[@TexasTedS]

This is awesome! Like the Little Engine that Could in HD Video!!

[@roberthuron9160]

Childhood dreams made real! Never say,never,and sheer willpower,plus God,moves mountains! Thank you 😇 😊! Beautiful paint job on the little one! TLC,will get you everywhere! Again thank you 😊!

[@kupferbergbahn7952]

What utter drivel. I assume you skipped English back in school?

[@roberthuron9160]

Poetic language is a lost art,and now,is held in utter disrespect. There are far too many people,who can tear others apart,and find nothing good,about absolute strangers. Too many writers/authors nowadays,go for the lowest common denominator, and have made sex scenes in every format,if only to sell their wares! The coarseness of the current generation is a reflection on the schools,parents and teachers,and the elites/politics of this age. Ponder the future,its has become most hellish! Thank you,for the attention! Thank you 😇 😊!

[@stuff___idontknow2610]

Seeing that tiny little engine pull a modern freight car that's twice its size is the weirdest and coolest thing I've seen this week

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

In fairness, an empty autorack - while very voluminous - probably doesn't come close to outweighing the flatcars heaped with timber that this engine would have pulled back in the day.

[@furlosifurfox5794]

very cool video! beautiful little 0-4-4 forney! great to see her out working some!

[@asteroidrules]

Hauling at pretty good speed, and running cab forward too, nice display of what these little engines can do.

[@AINGELPROJECT667]

It's easy to forget those little engines were designed for pulling cars full of logs -- that's a lot of weight

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Yeah. The autorack may dwarf her in terms of space occupied, but it's still just a single car _and_ it's empty. In her day, she would have been moving multiple flats stacked as high with timber as they could get away with.

[@d3str0i3r]

@@ZeldaTheSwordsman which is also why maintenance was so expensive on steam engines back then, you didn't have to keep them pretty or baby them to return them to the museum, you pushed them as hard as they would go

[@Hopen111YT]

This is exactly like a forklift pushing an airplane

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

Airport tug

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

Roller bearings are your friend. 😊

[@Blaze-hh7vw]

Bruh! this is legitimately an actual representation of The Little Engine That Could 😂

[@west_side_9]

That forney is MOVIN!

[@F59PHI451Productions]

“Little engines can do big things!” Is the definition of this locomotive.

[@shaunbolton4662]

What a beautiful little locomotive! Never seen this one before. Thanks for posting this!

[@MervynPartin]

That was great on all counts- beautiful loco, plenty of action, and the camerawork.

[@Shipwright1918]

Old girl's doing what she was built to do, the work of the line. Very happy to see it!

[@Harry_Potter5972]

Wow. This little steam locomotive is pulling freight cars stronger than we thought.

[@iancurry5376]

It's about tractive effort and how the locomotive is running on a seemingly flat surface steam locomotives are way more powerful than diesel locomotives but more expensive to run so bad for the bottom line

[@rayhankazianga6817]

​@@iancurry5376 untrue I fear, your run of the mill road diesel can outpull a y6b these days

[@seand7894]

The rolling resistance is so low, a person can grab a car like this and move it by themselves on flat track.

[@thatoneguy611]

It’s moving a single empty car

[@danedawes7122]

I wonder if that little steam locomotive can haul in articulated autorack, which is longer and heavier.

[@the_retag]

Probably. Youd be surprised what a loco can handle

[@ThePTBRULES]

Even in 1908 this thing was considered a baby.

[@tracynation2820]

Awesome. Can't wait to see the look from some of my model railroad friends when I pull an autorack with an antique steam locomotive, then show them this. 💙 T.E.N.

[@Lakeside1943]

Craziest thing I ever saw ! Mighty fine video !

[@andyconnrock]

Oh do go on! A little dude like that gettin' to it and showing em how the big guns do it! LOVE IT! Ride on, little guy!

[@cmansker]

We need more train bell.

[@PennCentral13]

Me hauling salt in the 1860’s in Railway Empire 2 be like:

[@galaxyrailfanning7860]

So cool! Definitely something you don’t see everyday! Great catch!

[@Steamteamrailworks88]

If there is a live-action version of "The Little Engine That Could" film, definitely Bock Lumber N.o 1 would play as Little Engine

[@workinghardusa]

Great video Brian, well done!

[@EngineerDaylight]

The little engine that could has come back

[@arlingtontrains7]

Very cool and interesting!

[@paulsmith5398]

Thomas would be jealous, Sir Topham Hatt would be furious! But.......The Little Engine That Could would be cheering Bock #1 with all its might!

[@Jhromanjr]

To be fair Thomas has been known to cause lots of confusion and delays.

[@paulsmith5398]

@@Jhromanjr how well i know, i used to watch the show with my kids. My son could have cared less about trains, but my daughter is married to a CN engineer, and she knows more railroad jargon than i do❗

[@RedPigSpartan]

Nah, both Thomas and the little engine would be proud

[@paulsmith5398]

@@RedPigSpartan its kind of interesting how some entities are bringing itty-bitty ancient steamers out to strut their stuff, by moving modern railcars that are several times their size. Guess they gotta show the 4014 that theyre still capable of doing what they were built for❗

[@HighballMachineWorks]

Lil doot 1, freight car triple its size 0. And I suppose that as a Hoosier myself living only half an hour away from the museum, I should probably find a time to go and see the doot in person.

[@KnapfordMaster98]

this is the weirdest thing I've ever seen, I love it. The deep exhaust beats around 3:00 are awesome.

[@samuelbistline4973]

Great video Getting it done. Love it.

[@ArxCyberwolfPC]

You know what they say... little engines can do big things!

[@AlKohalak]

And a working wig wag signal to boot! 1:57 Great stuff!!! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@englishtwister]

A cute little engine. It reminds me of Choo Choo the Yard Switcher.

[@uncleyoda1834]

Look at that lil guy Putting’ in that work. It’s like when you have your kid help you with something small. Sure it may be menial at best, but it feels like an important job to them and that’s all that matters.

[@LJRailfan-Gamer_07.]

Is it me or does No.1’s bell sounds like an EMD bronze bell that’s being rung by a cord instead of an air compressor

[@brianbarker2551]

That's the craziest thing I've seen in a while.

[@yankeefist9146]

How cool is that?!

[@SynchroScore]

I know it will probably never happen, but it would be hilarious, when we at IRM get the stoker on Frisco 1630 working, to take it out to Belvedere and pull a trainload of new Chryslers with it.

[@paulsmith5398]

As it says in the Bible, "Ask, and you shall receive". Well, hmmmmmm, maybe the big wheels at IRM could get together with the folks at Chrysler, and get that stoker repaired, so 1630 could put on a REALLY BIG show❗That would be THE publicity stunt of all time❗

[@SynchroScore]

@@paulsmith5398 I'm a member of the Steam Department, although I haven't checked in on everything in a while. The stoker engine is currently removed and disassembled. It would certainly be a hoot, but there are two problems. First, 1630 was originally built for export to Imperial Russia, where the track gauge is 5'. After the Bolshevik Revolution, the new Communist government withdrew from the Great War, and declared they wouldn't pay the old government's debts. The "Russian decapods" as they became known were converted to standard gauge by fitting extra-wide tires on the driving wheels, which would interfere with self-guarding frogs and certain other special bits of trackwork. Of course, the main problem with doing that is the track is owned by Union Pacific, and even if it is essentially a really long industrial lead that features at most a couple trains a day, they're likely to be a giant PITA about anybody else using the trackage, especially another steamer.

[@paulsmith5398]

@@SynchroScore ohhh, yeah, those Russkies always throw a metric monkey wrench in the works, and i could see where U.P. would throw a hissy-fit in several ways, namely that Frisco is part of BNSF. Ive heard through the grapevine that 4014 will be coming through Rochelle, etc, sometime this summer, but i could care less!

[@paulsmith5398]

OK, how far fetched would IRM be willing to go, to put on a show for 4014? How about using the 3-truck Shay to pull a string of autoracks out of Belvedere🤔🙄😵😨😱🤣🤣❔

[@SynchroScore]

@@paulsmith5398 Very farfetched, I'm afraid. The Shay doesn't like to go long distances, bearings can run hot.

[@LouisPhung999]

To quote a blue LBSCR E2 engine: little engines can do big things!

[@optimal_key]

That E2 was very wise indeed.... Its a shame all of his braincells were taken away in his most recent form though

[@3xfaster]

I love that whistle, sounds just like what I get when I blow across the top of a coke bottle.

[@gusshadleythelunaticfromar7125]

This Is Too Cool. Nice Locomotive

[@FunAngelo2005]

Little engines can do big things

[@maddennis55]

A standard guage Forney? Only seen pics of the narrow guage version.

[@voidjavelin23]

theres many standard gauge forneys that operate on metropolitan commuter railroads

[@csxtrainfan319]

A great to see that one little steam engine can move a nearly 20 ft tall autorack, I also like that wig wag at 1:54

[@paulbergen9114]

That train is living up to the words C&O For Progress. From the steamer that looks like it was in the Civil War and a modern auto rack. That car is a bit unique in that the reporting marks are TILX for the builder Trinity Industries but that the font on it is the style for TTX. Perhaps a prototype. Great catch!

[@warhawkjah]

Imagine the absurdity sitting at a RR crossing, expecting a modern freight chain and you see this moving down the tracks.

[@utahrailroadsofamerica1991]

WOW!!! Now That's A Little Engine That Could 🚂

[@daveyboygee]

The Bock grabbed that whipper snapper by the couple and put him in his place.

[@fredjacobs]

Great video!

[@ZeektheGeek5996]

we need more herritage railroads to use steam engines to haul normal ah freight it’s so cool

[@armandoperez7967]

I love this little steamer! That auto rack is still relatively new and it is already graffitied. Something must be done about the tagging.

[@CharlesBrown-dd8vz]

I kind of expect the autorack to be full of DeSotos and Hudsons.

[@davidwhiting1761]

3:17 When you see the line of cars behind the autorack and realize this little guy might be responsible for putting most if not all that equipment back there at some point.

[@katerinakittycat3849]

Wow its true "little engines can do big things." That auto rack is a lot bigger than the engine and it managed to pull it

[@VestedUTuber]

The neat thing about these little Forneys is that their particular wheel arrangement puts most of the locomotive's center of mass exactly over drive wheels, while a conventional 4-4-0 "American" tends to have the locomotive's center of mass somewhere in between the front drivers and the pilot truck. As a result they have a LOT more adhesive force than a comparable 4-4-0, which in turn lets them be driven harder. They're also designed to be able to run cab forward, and were often used in push-pull commuter service including along lines in Chicago that would later be replaced by the city's iconic "L" system. It's not as obvious with Bock Lumber #1 as it has a tall bunker, but the Forneys used on these commuter services had shorter, deeper bunkers.

[@roberthuron9160]

Those Forney's were also used on the Manhattan and Brooklyn elevateds,plus on the Long Island and Staten Island lines! A real general purpose commuter engine! Very compact and powerful! Thank you 😇 😊!

[@Jleed989]

How do they take on water?

[@HappyJigg]

Does anyone know what the autorack was doing? Does the museum switch some industrial customers? Baby train retrieves autorack for UNKNOWN REASON.

[@thundercreekcustoms]

Howdy, I volunteer at HVRM. We do a lot of car storage, that’s what this rack was doing at the end of our railroad.

[@aidanburns7797]

Omg that is such a pretty little thing

[@danielsrailwayakarailroad259]

This is cool, I get to see a forney steam locomotive in operation on a standard gauge track

[@DCSk8er529]

4:29 Block Lumber #1: I need to rest after all of that. 5:25 Block Lumber #1: Ahhhhhhhh finally (Passes out)

[@blackstone1a]

Rivet Counters currently in shambles

[@Tcostello105]

This is to cool!

[@thundercreekcustoms]

Having worked on No. 1 for a few years now, I think that might be the hardest I've ever heard her work.

[@Heroduothecomedian]

Idk why but this is so cute watching that little steam engine pull that gaint autorack

[@russianfubar]

I love how the Drivers are the same size as the wheels on the autorack

[@5433g5]

Hilarious and I'm dumbfounded that little thing can pull that

[@sebastianbarthel2393]

It's like moving a Caravan with a Bobby Car!😅

[@paulsmith5398]

When it comes right down to being CUTE, the 4014 doesnt hold a candle to #1❗

[@TroublesomeSlateTruck]

Good Job. 👍🏼

[@ATrainVideo]

Cool video.

[@dougalexander5871]

I got the impression that, like a small dog, she’d found that autorack, taken it, and stashed it with her other toys.

[@frederickschulkind8431]

Tiny sucker. I'm surprised that it is powerful enough to pull an auto rack, even an empty one.

[@davidwhiting1761]

You'd be surprised what even a little dude like that can haul on level track with modern freight cars having roller bearings equipped on them, the low friction between a wheel and the rail, the very small drivers providing high torque in sacrifice of speed, and most of the locos weight being centered on the driving wheels giving it plenty of adhesion to pull that car. The empty car probably weighs around the neighborhood of 50 tons. Probably didn't even break a sweat.

[@ThePaulv12]

It's spectacle for sure but I'm completely unsurprised at how easily this little loco moved that one autorack.

[@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226]

Looks a bit like RROL😁👍

[@stevensolway1054]

This America 🇺🇸 built Forney 0-4-4t is almost similar to Oliver the Green Great Western railway , that Thomas helped to escape from the junkyard!!

[@Trainboy17]

This Forney Must Be A Professional At Switching

[@Rickybnsf]

Update: as of July 13, 2024. The autorack is still in North Judson, but has been moved to another siding since this video. I wonder if BOCK Lumber #1 moved it again 😂

[@iankravitz5723]

Seeing as how an empty autorack weighs 107,800 pounds, it shows you that even the small engines were built to work hard!

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

Good video, like

[@dsingh412]

What is this locomotive? i.e. class etc?

[@voidjavelin23]

its a standard gauge Forney arrangement locomotive made by Baldwin, formerly operated by Bocks Lumber Company

[@CHOZENBUYSACOUCH]

Why was it moving the autorack?

[@voidjavelin23]

hoosier held the autorack to storage

[@JohnPatterson-kz8jr]

Almost reminds me of the engine from the 2010 "True Grit" remake.😅😊

[@deaconfrost4100]

Ok I want one❤

[@kajusrieger9216]

Hat es eilig😊😊🤗🤗🤗

[@rolfchristensen8350]

Why is it pulling the autorack?,

[@voidjavelin23]

Hoosier Valley could storaging cars via autoracks

[@tehpw7574]

Was that location a main route at one time (before it became an isolated section of history)? Storing cars on otherwise unused track? smart business, I guess.

[@WeenyBeanyHere]

It's so smol!

[@thenewtrainboy5755]

Little engine can do big things

[@jerrysmith3515]

Looks like little #1 has a real job switching those cars around.

[@BinaryRetroClips]

Awesome👍

[@blu5118]

Happy little engine