From "All coronavirus, all the time!" news coverage? Yeah, don't we all!
Well here's a good distraction with lots of happy stuff! It's the Penn Rail Video site!
I'll start you off with this one, New Hope & Ivyland #40 doing some smart running!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WLIt97u1VY
The rest are here, you can pick out your own. https://www.youtube.com/user/csx6000
Have fun! I'm going to!
Better this than what Steve Otte's doing over on the Model Railroader side, enforcing escapism by forbidding any mention of the 'current unpleasantness' at all.
So, if you are on the MR forums, Oceana was never at war with Eastasia?
Anyway, here's a similar post from the RYPN forum:
Diesel Videos for Shut-InsNeed to kill some time while on lock down. Here are a few I found for the Diesel Heads among us.GENERAL MOTORS DIESEL: THE MODERN POWER DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES BURLINGTON ZEPHYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC5o3VNlJnsFirst start in 72 years WWII 1942 Cleveland Diesel 8-268Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Dw6aSzdWkMAN F6V35 World War 1 U-boat diesel engine load runhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5opnhfG35zoGM 1938 Diesel locomotive Promo Filmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcRLugrGjBw16 Cylinder 645 E7 EMD diesel Boneyard to Dyno (slides of complete rebuild w/ run video)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qXU4xYGYSICleveland 8-268 Twin Diesels - Telegraph Control- Uchuck Motor Vessel (Beautiful old Clevlands)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjZl_5tN_ucGM EMD (Electro Motive Division) V12 tvåtaktsdiesel i Tångeråsa (a V-12 you can take to the next hit n miss engine show)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxPBw6MkeAICanada Made GM-EDM GT18L-2 Taking Massive Curve On Bangladesh Railway (Amtrak wishes they could get ridership like this)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLPMch1diRcATSF 841 starts for the first time at the Illinois Railway Museum ( RSD-15 first start in 15 years with chunky style exhaust) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7hDzyfHz2UHardcore SMOKING ALCo's : Indian Railways EXCLUSIVEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwa8jP9fa1Y
I'll add a few extras.
SD40 start:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxSklJP_-D0
EMD 710 jet engine sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X96zwiEUBI8
And if you like German cars, I have just the locomotive for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZLe1zBxkag&t=339s
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
Just the way it was growing up in Burlington, CNR, CPR, TH&B, little trains, big trains. When Diesels came all the charm disappeared. Nothing was ever the same.
Overmod Better this than what Steve Otte's doing over on the Model Railroader side, enforcing escapism by forbidding any mention of the 'current unpleasantness' at all.
He parachuted in, to 'moderate' the TRAINS Forums...
After a few days (maybe, weeks(?). They shot him back to the children's side of the business In his short term trying to 'moderate ' the adults' on this side of the Forums... He was about as unhappy, and unwelcome, as the current virus, going around... I think, that was about the time that Murphy Siding, and Selector took mental health breaks, from 'moderating'???
Sam,
You mean to say those beatings did not improve morale?
This will cheer you up- it's my thing, the narrow gauge railways of Eastern Germany: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COqFD6Eu9pQ
I've done the entire Harz system about 10 years ago- I have got to get back there. It's a serious operation, without a doubt.
Miningman Just the way it was growing up in Burlington, CNR, CPR, TH&B, little trains, big trains. When Diesels came all the charm disappeared. Nothing was ever the same.
CSSHEGEWISCH Miningman Just the way it was growing up in Burlington, CNR, CPR, TH&B, little trains, big trains. When Diesels came all the charm disappeared. Nothing was ever the same. Nothing was ever the same when Will Woodard developed Super Power steam to advance from USRA and earlier designs. Nothing was ever the same when steel cars replaced wood. Progress always involves change.
In 30 years, if we still walk the Earth, we will be wondering why the railroads ran such short 15K foot trains........
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
GERALD L MCFARLANE JR Overmod Better this than what Steve Otte's doing over on the Model Railroader side, enforcing escapism by forbidding any mention of the 'current unpleasantness' at all. It's their site and they're allowed to police them as they see fit, I personally see nothing wrong with forbidding the discussion of the current events on any site dedicated to a specific hobby. Why bother when there's thousands of other sites talking about this ad nauseum, I literally avoid internet news because I'm tired of it already.
This forum deals with the REAL WORLD that REAL RAILROADS operate in - you can't divorce the present conditions of the world from the REAL WORLD. All those employed individuals on here have to deal with the present conditions as do all railroaders that are on here. Reality is REAL, not a TV show.
BaltACD GERALD L MCFARLANE JR Overmod Better this than what Steve Otte's doing over on the Model Railroader side, enforcing escapism by forbidding any mention of the 'current unpleasantness' at all. It's their site and they're allowed to police them as they see fit, I personally see nothing wrong with forbidding the discussion of the current events on any site dedicated to a specific hobby. Why bother when there's thousands of other sites talking about this ad nauseum, I literally avoid internet news because I'm tired of it already. This forum deals with the REAL WORLD that REAL RAILROADS operate in - you can't divorce the present conditions of the world from the REAL WORLD. All those employed individuals on here have to deal with the present conditions as do all railroaders that are on here. Reality is REAL, not a TV show.
The heck you can't, and the Model Railroader site has nothing to do with the Real World so eliminating talk about the virus from that site is a valid moderating point. I don't know where you come from but I find all sorts of instances of divorcing present conditions from the real world.
I work too, as a matter of fact I'm mandated to work since I'm considered a "Federal Emergency Response Officer", but work is a drag because everyone is sitting at home cooped up inside. I'm expecting a spike real soon in violent home crimes if this shelter-in-place continues much longer, just because of human nature.
There's talk of extending our shelter-in-place until the end of the month, this on top of the fact we've already been sheltering-in-place since the 18th of March. Six f'ing weeks of shelter-in-place, why not just turn everyone into hermits while we're at it. I get the older generation and people with certain pre-existing conditions are more vulnerable and susceptible to getting COVID-19 and potentially passing on, my dad is 88 so he falls in that category, but I'm of the mind to have those people shelter-in-place and let the rest of us healthier individuals go on about our lives.
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York1 John
OP: "let's talk about stuff other than Corona on this thread!"
Trains forum people: "Ok, let's talk only about Corona on this thread!"
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
The opinions expressed here represent my own and not those of my employer, any other railroad, company, or person.t fun any
Flintlock76From "All coronavirus, all the time!" news coverage? Yeah, don't we all! Well here's a good distraction with lots of happy stuff! It's the Penn Rail Video site! I'll start you off with this one, New Hope & Ivyland #40 doing some smart running! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WLIt97u1VY The rest are here, you can pick out your own. https://www.youtube.com/user/csx6000 Have fun! I'm going to!
Can I copy and paste long-winded dissertations of copywrited materials published elsewhere including the in-line links from the other source?
zugmann OP: "let's talk about stuff other than Corona on this thread!" Trains forum people: "Ok, let's talk only about Corona on this thread!"
Uh, yeah. Personally I'm not going to say another word about coronavirus unless someone asks my opinion of all the goings-on.
Loved everyone elses videos! Those diesel vids were interesting, and that German narrow-gauge one was very picturesque!
Convicted One Flintlock76 From "All coronavirus, all the time!" news coverage? Yeah, don't we all! Well here's a good distraction with lots of happy stuff! It's the Penn Rail Video site! I'll start you off with this one, New Hope & Ivyland #40 doing some smart running! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WLIt97u1VY The rest are here, you can pick out your own. https://www.youtube.com/user/csx6000 Have fun! I'm going to! Can I copy and paste long-winded dissertations of copywrited materials published elsewhere including the in-line links from the other source?
Flintlock76 From "All coronavirus, all the time!" news coverage? Yeah, don't we all! Well here's a good distraction with lots of happy stuff! It's the Penn Rail Video site! I'll start you off with this one, New Hope & Ivyland #40 doing some smart running! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WLIt97u1VY The rest are here, you can pick out your own. https://www.youtube.com/user/csx6000 Have fun! I'm going to!
C-O, if I understand your question it's OK to show the link to any possible copyrighted material, but not the material itself. We had a hassle over this a while back. Some of the stuff another poster was displaying was so old I couldn't believe it was still copyrighted but the moderators still went into a tizzy over it.
Best just to show the link, that way no-one gets in trouble.
And Mr. McFarlane, thanks for all you do as a FERO!
+1 to Zug's comment. Sing it Brother!
https://youtu.be/W5KC71NhYHg
These "Life of a Tram Driver" videos are strangely hypnotic. But I want to send them over some real air horns.
Geez... wonder what the accident rate is, cars and pedestrians. I now appreciate my job better!
54light15This will cheer you up- it's my thing, the narrow gauge railways of Eastern Germany: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COqFD6Eu9pQ I've done the entire Harz system about 10 years ago- I have got to get back there. It's a serious operation, without a doubt.
Suddenly I feel like putting up my Christmas tree...
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
This is only a fantasy, but what that tram driver needs is an air-powered paint sprayer -- or maybe one of those paint-ball guns.
If GM "killed the electric car", what am I doing standing next to an EV-1, a half a block from the WSOR tracks?
Paul Milenkovic This is only a fantasy, but what that tram driver needs is an air-powered paint sprayer -- or maybe one of those paint-ball guns.
Johnny
Flintlock76 No thanks to him. His activity seems to consist of ignoring the fact that infected people are asymptomatic for 4-5 days and some never show symptoms at all while being infectious. So, Mcfarlane, go on out there about your business as usual and bring a dose home to Pop. Maybe they will let you drive by and honk as they put him in the ground. Convicted One Flintlock76 From "All coronavirus, all the time!" news coverage? Yeah, don't we all! Well here's a good distraction with lots of happy stuff! It's the Penn Rail Video site! I'll start you off with this one, New Hope & Ivyland #40 doing some smart running! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WLIt97u1VY The rest are here, you can pick out your own. https://www.youtube.com/user/csx6000 Have fun! I'm going to! Can I copy and paste long-winded dissertations of copywrited materials published elsewhere including the in-line links from the other source? C-O, if I understand your question it's OK to show the link to any possible copyrighted material, but not the material itself. We had a hassle over this a while back. Some of the stuff another poster was displaying was so old I couldn't believe it was still copyrighted but the moderators still went into a tizzy over it. Best just to show the link, that way no-one gets in trouble. And Mr. McFarlane, thanks for all you do as a FERO!
No thanks to him. His activity seems to consist of ignoring the fact that infected people are asymptomatic for 4-5 days and some never show symptoms at all while being infectious. So, Mcfarlane, go on out there about your business as usual and bring a dose home to Pop. Maybe they will let you drive by and honk as they put him in the ground.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Murphy Siding Flintlock76 From "All coronavirus, all the time!" news coverage? Yeah, don't we all! Well here's a good distraction with lots of happy stuff! It's the Penn Rail Video site! I'll start you off with this one, New Hope & Ivyland #40 doing some smart running! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WLIt97u1VY The rest are here, you can pick out your own. https://www.youtube.com/user/csx6000 Have fun! I'm going to! One of the comments says the the locomotive is carrying over or foaming. What does that mean?
One of the comments says the the locomotive is carrying over or foaming. What does that mean?
If I remember correctly, "foaming" or "carrying over" usually means there's too much water in the boiler and not enough room for the steam generated. It leads to water getting into the steam passages and down into the valves and cylinders. Not good. It affects the locomotive's performance adversely and can lead to cylinder damage.
Do you remember which video had the "foaming" comment? A lot of times I don't bother with the viewer comments after watching a YouTube video.
Superheated steam with water in it is not good since water does not compress. I understand that on a superheated locomotive, water in the cylinders can blow the heads off. I recall a photo of a PRR locomotive in Trains years ago where that happened.
Flintlock76 Murphy Siding Flintlock76 From "All coronavirus, all the time!" news coverage? Yeah, don't we all! Well here's a good distraction with lots of happy stuff! It's the Penn Rail Video site! I'll start you off with this one, New Hope & Ivyland #40 doing some smart running! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WLIt97u1VY The rest are here, you can pick out your own. https://www.youtube.com/user/csx6000 Have fun! I'm going to! One of the comments says the the locomotive is carrying over or foaming. What does that mean? If I remember correctly, "foaming" or "carrying over" usually means there's too much water in the boiler and not enough room for the steam generated. It leads to water getting into the steam passages and down into the valves and cylinders. Not good. It affects the locomotive's performance adversely and can lead to cylinder damage. Do you remember which video had the "foaming" comment? A lot of times I don't bother with the viewer comments after watching a YouTube video.
How does too much water get in there?
From overuse of the injector, or injectors, the apparatus for feeding water from the tender into the boiler. Again if I remember right the boiler water glasses, or columns that indicate the boilers water level on the backhead in the engine cab, should show about 2/3'ds full, more or less, any more than that and you're inviting foaming and carry-over due to an over-filled boiler. If there's any experienced steam guys out there please feel more than free to correct me if I'm wrong.
I saw the YouTube viewer's comment and watched the video again. Honestly everything looked OK to me, the only thing I would question is all the steam appearing around the cylinders. Either there was a problem with the cylinder packing causing steam to leak, or the engine crew were running with the cylinder cocks open for dramatic effect knowing there was a camera crew on site.
Be advised, everything I know about steam locomotives comes from the books and other Forum posters, I've never had the priviledge of running one myself, so there's no way I can call myself an expert on this.
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