491 popping her safety and then shifting like that when finally moving almost feels like her throwing a fit at the brakeman for taking so long lol.

Props to the engineer for neither slipping when starting nor smashing the cars when knuckling into 20

"We die like men, over"

JESUS THE CHUFF

The ol iron horse digging her hooves in and showing what steam power is about, she may be small, and have small wheels compared to the glory locos of the steam era, but she's no slouch, Love the 491.

I love how the engine crew was basically telling her that shes got this goin' up the grade. :)

Hyce, sometimes you find people that truly love what they do, can see it in your eyes and in your voice. It shows in your excitement in passing your knowledge to others. Keep up the good work

You know, ive always been more a fan of standard gauge steam power, especially the Pennsy, but lately ive been getting more and more into these outside frame narrow gauge locos. They have so much charm

Not the K37 sandwich we expected, but it's the K37 sandwich we never knew we needed. Also, "We die like men, over." needs to be in the eventual merch lineup. Lol

God dang, that shift is noticeable, let's go 491!

Loved hearing and seeing 491 being loud and proud!❤

I originally imagined 491 would be in wheelspin city with a train this heavy and going full throttle right off the bat.

I saw the engine shift right away by watching closely the patch of gravel by the signal post, she kicks over a good inch or two which indeed must feel profound when it happens under your own ass. Very neat to see an old engine like this really give her all and work at maximum capacity, I'm sure all the men who made her are smiling wherever they may be.

Damn that was cool watching Peaches set her teeth into that hill without even thinking about doing a burnout. Even with everything wide open. !!!!!!! My favorite part though was at about 6:32 when the chuffs of steam started popping out of the otherwise clear stack. I don't know if that's a good thing to see or not, but damn it looked awesome. Thanks for the video!!! :)

Really cool stuff! You do a good job of sharing the fact that there’s way more to steam-powered train handling than most people would think.

When she shifted like she did, that felt like her shouldering a heavy load, almost like a human would.

You have such a cool job, Hyce! Very nice stack talk from 491 shoving all those cars up the hill.

That was awesome. After she put her back into it I cranked the stereo and that just does not do it justice. Wide open with sand and she just walked it. I thought shed slip if wide open, but I guess not. Hyce and Dusty need to travel the world and run more engines. Their smoothness is amazing.

This was the icing on the cake for my day today. A Hyce upload with a historic moment after I rode New Hope & Ivyland #40. All on a Saturday. Thanks for making this day that bit better.

Nice stuff! That safety valve pop was just her way of saying "How dare any of you doubt me. And how dare the brakeman suggest we'd leave half the cars here! No, we go now, we go with all of them. I'll show them, I'll show them all!"

Man, 491 shifting like that was crazy! Also, how much she works by herself show how the D&RGW got a lot out of having a powerful 3ft gauge loco. Also noticed that every time that Dusty applied the air brakes that he signaled with two whistle blows- was that standard practice for all railroads during steam days, or just the D&RGW?

It's cool, We hope one day the museum can expand so the tracks can go further and 491 can really stretch her legs one day.

That was pretty cool to see. I was riding the Durango and Silverton and I can’t remember if there was a derailment or if they just had like a hotbox issue but they stopped on one of the steepest sections of the line. The noise that engine made getting the train going again was incredible.

I can tell this is an absolutely straight-laced, _completely_ professional operation. /s

Before you went up the hill somehow heard Kan’s voice in my head asking if you’ve done the calculations for the load.

Let's see if this registers on the Richter scale😂

My lord: that stack talk as 491 was starting on the hill gave me chills. That was amazing.

491: I’ve pulled 3 times the amount of cars up Cumbres by myself! I won’t break a swear Seriously, I LOVE hearing engines work their hardest

That was epic. My favorite sounding locomotives are the old roots supercharged 2 stroke diesel EMD’s but wow these engines come in at a close 2nd place for me when under a load like that. So good 👍

Also 491 wants to be put back to work after 60 or more years she's probley like yay I'm finally doing work

Yaay peaches finnaly gets to work her firebox off and have a bit of fun

Idk if its just a phase, but now I want to work at the CRRM, it'll take a couple years if I do, but as of right now I want too.

I'm not even a train guy but those first few slow chuffs when restarting, frisson! Great stuff as always, Hyce!

Wow, atta girl 491.

The diesel 4 cameo at 4:23 just made me crack up. 😂

She had her fire to do the job, thanks to you Hyce 😅💪🏻

I love it here so much, I was saying "come on 91, come on girl" thinking im crazy till i heard yall doing it too

It seems you were actually working 491.

A video idea if you have not already done it is to show us where you get the water from, how you treat it, and how you read conductivity, Oxygen scavenger levels, Polymer levels, etc. to maintain the boiler water. :)

Now this is what I call precision railroading! Would have been cool to see this switching operation in person also was Peewee helping to do the work too?

Nice stack bark I expected traction would be a problem considering load, curve, and 3.5%. That’s steep. Good job!

491 was like finally your giving me a challenge

491 May be old but she is still running and she dosent care how heavy the load is she wants to do work

I think thats the first time she worked so hard in a while, i love those chufs!!!

The power of steam .made my day thank you

MUSIC!!! Sweet stack talk!!!

I knew she'd do it all along, with all the freight she's hauled in her day I doubt she'd let something like that hold her down. 😂

Awesome video Hyce!

That was awesome to watch, nice to see these old girls still showing off every now and again. Can't wait for the next RRO vid, been building a new layout with a friend on their save, and can say that we have a 3% line running from the freight depot all the way to the coal mine. It goes around the mountain peninsula to the south of the depot, and over the gap that you and Kan's switchback starts. In total the trip to the coal mine takes 5 mins. or so, and my friend did the trip with 20 cars of beams at 17 mph.

Man. That sounds beautiful

Hi Mark that was sooo fabulous! OMG the 491 shift was wow! What a great moment that must have been in person! I so love 491’s sounds just amazing. Thanks Professor for this amazing video, and a shout out to Dusty too for a fab ride. I only wish I could be there. Cheers!

the sound

If a locomotive could curse, 491 would be throwing you through the ringer and back again, those chuffs sounded so angry

God the sound of the 91 absolutely powering up that grade must have been deafening you guys are absolutely awesome

Awe listen to that bark hood Ole 491 congrats on 70k

Hyce, I didn't realise that locomotives did that "shifting" effect. Thanks for the explanation.

Truly great video

5:46 I never seen a steam locomotive or anything other train does that it's almost like I alive that's crazy and cool

Way to go 491 good job

I’m not as much of a train expert, but the damn chuffs 😩

Nice video Hyce 491 worked hard up that 3.5% that sound when 491 got moving was a great sound "11 Cars, wide open!" i had to say it i will take the limes if it has to be limed

We need 491 on railroads online

That was awesome to see the engine shift, she did good.

I love that its called No Aqua XD

Unlimited Power!

Bro when you zoomed in on the slide on the locomotive 😮that must have felt insane inside her cab

That is cool

I heard that "This one goes to 11" there in the back ground

A-LA-MO-SA! A-LA-MO-SA!

Amazing

ALL THE CHUFFS!!!!!!!!!!

Big Chuff, like the reading, kinda, now you just need to get out of the circle and drive a big train on a long straight track.

Pretty sweet. So when will we see 491 going up Cumbries?

Get it 491

the camera really dosn't do the earsplitting sound of a safety valvue justice.

Drama at the loco, brakeman just see “here it comes”. Same event, two perspectives. I love it. Make her work, she loves it too.

If ever I need a stack or expensive firewood for a fancy party, you’ll be the first that I call. (Rusty to split it, you to light it 🤣)

Awesome video, don't see footage like that every day.

Hype I wish I could see you

I swear steam locomotives are like one of the most powerful things I have ever heard in my life

Bet Peaches was a Happy Ole Girl that day

Nice

PURE UNBRIDLED POWER!!!!!!!!!! lol

491 is a beast

@HYCE 491 wanted to boogie when she kick to starboard side

Nice.

One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

600 ton Train 🚂

First (Awesome performance from 491! Wish I could have seen that!)

It has been raining a LOT in Colorado this past week.

What is 491's max pulling weight vs what she was hauling in the video? Just curious how "on the edge" this was. Excellent video, not a train guy, but I stick around for your sheer passion alone. :) Cheers!

I make the argument most times that the k classes have some of the best stack talk there is and even though I will forever die on that hill, that just solidified it more. What do mean I’m biased towards the Rio grande narrow gauge I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Could you please make a video about the weight capacity 491 can pull and more of its history.

How much lateral in the driving boxes and how wide is the track at that location? Nice vid and nicely done.

Wow, peaches is actually being nice today.

that was awesome! well done guys. Off topic but what brand are your overalls? I like those strap attachments.

Figured I’d post my Question for office hours here just to cover my bases: what determines the position of the eccentric crank in comparison to the location of the radius rod in the expansion link. Take 491 compared to Georgetown Loop 40 for example. What about Baldwin Locomotive Works 26 with her normal eccentric crank position and inverted style radius rod?

Is that a UP coach i saw off to the side there? Also I imagine the NTSB would have a field day if an incident happened because the name of the spur was wrong on the radio caall

79 like yay another early one

Hyce where you at the Museum when Chris Eden Green came by? and have you seen any of his work? If so would you review his D&RG Mikado video?