One word: “Yes”

Amen

It’s the water and grease:)!

William Charles+ - Very high pitched though the 3 notes could be reproduced. They would probably be at least 2 octaves above middle C on piano.

robert shaw thank you for being musically inclined

GrillsBear Adventures How much Does one of these engines cost

@Curtis Capers that Challenger was $350,000

@@TheSteamChannel That cost more than my house 😳

Eager Aurora that's an articulated engine not a duplex

Well compared to the rest of the world. Most miniature railways are much smaller in track gauge so this is quite large.

Hundreds of thousands

pagansforbreakfast it’s one and the same really. Godshall Custom Machine built this Challenger which is a small outfit in Pennsylvania made up of experienced steam building hobbyists. Each build like this is completely custom per the buyer. Godshall’s offered a run of smaller H10’s which were built in a run all together...ready to run in primer... but the pricing was still $25,000 a locomotive. Most people running steam do not cut checks for the engines in this hobby. They are the tinkering/trades type who enjoy the build process, have the tooling, and like spending their weekends work’n on their locomotive kit. Generally, a build can take 8-10 years +

The Steam Channel holy butt that much

@@TheSteamChannel I would love to see a model of 3985 like this what do you think?

@Billy Lauwda cheaper but not as fun 😉

ZACHARY MIKKO - #1 - You should not take anything - That is stealing. #2 - Regardless of scale there are proper procedures in the operation of a locomotive. One of them is not breaking the drivers loose - Any good engineer would agree. Are you attempting to condone bad operating practices by attacking me? - Wrong is wrong regardless of scale.

+ZACHERY MIKKO - I have great respect for steam. I lived in a time when the RR ran on steam. For people like you to take the time, enormous effort and expense to build and operate these things is nothing short of heroic not to mention the cost. I don't care who built that - or any other engine. I can't see that anyone has built many, many, many of them - they take years each unless built from kits - if such is available. I am certain no experienced driver would deliberately break the wheels out. Nor would they run the engine cold. That is what surprised me. I don't think there is a posting that does not speak of the dangers of starting a cold engine and the need to open the cylinder drain cocks right from the start and running for quite a distance before closing them. My comment was born of surprise that an operator would not use a lighter hand on the throttle new or not, and would not run the engine without the drain cocks open to give enough time for the cylinder assembly to properly heat up.. I did not start to damage anyone's reputation, skill or experience. I made a comment based on my surprise. And yes, if you scale down a locomotive you have to scale down the tolerances and that has a practical limit. Can I sooth anyone's bruised feeling by saying - Good-Oh for even daring to build such a monster? Attacking you or anyone else. What would be the gain? I envy you for your toys and ambition. How many of those engines can you build is a lifetime. If may is 5 then he has built 15. If it takes 4 years for each - that is 60 years of continuous work. How old is this gentlemen. AND those wheels were turning when they pushed the engine out onto the track. So let's end it. One cylinder was tight and he was a little hasty in the heating process. I feel certain that whatever the problem - it has been resolved. Whatever happened, the engine looks beautiful, he had fun, the engine runs and there were no wrecks. I suppose you could call that a good day.

It reminded me of that one scene in last of the giants where a big boy's rear engine starts slipping.

Will the rail get damaged if an engine does a slip?

No in this scale

Its really personal opinion when it comes to fuel type. For me nothing can compare to the smell of coal and the glow of the firebox that only coal can give. Also gas burners tend to be very noisy and drown out that glorious steam bark, not to mention smell terrible.

If you check our Facebook Page, there may be some photos of the cab in the Buckeye Limited Convention photo album.

sabo The valve gear on the rear set was incorrectly timed, so that set was running in reverse while the other set ran forewards

Rotaxd, either. The power generation is up to the engine designer/owner.

Many engines do have real steam operated dynamos (there used to be a guy that made and sold beautiful scale models of the Pyle National). Many operators choose to use batteries because it works well and with LEDs a small battery can last all day.

Something like that challenger or the ALCO Northern would easily be over 2,000.

Mark Noonan Yes. I'll have three videos of the northerns in the beginning and I'm still sifting through the rest of the footage so many more of general operations.

Adam Zaidi it depends on the locomotive. The challenger would be north of 2,000 pounds + tender. A northern without fuel and water 1,300-1,500 for the engine.

It’s clearly identified in the video title as a UP challenger.

Draft so the fire doesn't go out. Once its boiler pressure is built up a steam blower takes over and they can disconnect it from the air.

sharkheadism ah ok. That makes perfect sense. At first, I thought maybe it was to pressurize the brakes or something similar, but that makes much better sense. Thanks.

Current Batches Correct

Most owners build their own.

It’s not the same locomotive

The Steam Channel I know his was for sale and the one shown also has the same number 3977. Thank you for the clarification.

+Joyce Imanol De La Rosa some are electric with sound systems, others are gas over hydraulic. I find the sound systems rather annoying myself.

He prefers his locomotive sound like a lawn mower lol

There is nothing like the hum of a mower 😂👍

Its really annoying when it drowns out the "real" sound of steam engines.....

thats is the reson why i am in love with steam trains they are the coolest things on earth today.

Same

I hope u have 100 k