Excellent video, very good views of the old girl. She is impressive. Running at speed with a clear stack, if a machine could be said to emote 3751 leaves one with the impression she's enjoying herself. Beautiful locomotive.

TrainTrackTrav ALL VERY TRUE! I LOVE 4-8-4 LOCOMOTIVES!

TrainTrackTrav its a BEAUTIFUL locomotive

TrainTrackTrav at 4:39 that blue old Ford and the train priceless👍

Viyuyinn Valar no. in fact, if the diesel was pushing the 3751-1 THE TRAIN WOULD USE THE DIESELS HORN 2 THE DIESEL WOULD BE STRUGGLING TO PUSH THE LOCOMOTIVE AT 65-70 MPH. STEAM LOCOMOTIVES HAVE A LOT OF RESISTANCE. 3 WHATS THE POINT OF THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE, HUH. 4 THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE IS RUNNING. LISTEN TO THE HISING... THOSE ARE THE DRAINCOCKS IN THE PISTONS.DRAINCOCKS ARE USED TO RELEASE EXTRA STEAM AND WATER VAPER.WITHOUT THEM, THE PISTONS WOULD EXPLODE. ALSO THE DIESEL WOULD HAVE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST

I feel the same about cars from the same era- nothing like them.

Dirty? 😂 You moron

Amen I so agree!

I think part of it is you can _see_ what’s driving it to a degree. There are lots of moving parts, an audible and distinct sound, and above all it has a lot of _pressure_ behind the sounds that it makes. Same thing with a pipe organ. You can’t truly recreate the sensation of getting hit by the pressure in the sound waves these machines generate when they are in use.

Apparently it's been made efficient, it doesn't produce much smoke now.

That's the beauty of steam. Built to last a lifetime

i agree

can i burst your bubble ? altough i wont argue it is a beautiful sight at the very least and am happy to see she is still around

Have you considered TRT?

Just so Majestic. I long to see the future but the past is so amazing.

shut up freakin damn❌❌👺 SHUUT UPPPP 🤬

Gotta hang your elbow to be cool. Feeding her all the onions. 😂

In Los Angeles no less..........

That thing is chilling. Going nowhere near it's topspeed.

She isn't keeping pace with the traffic.... she just cruisin! She can go 100 mph!

Especially with that blue car driving next to it too.

La cosa es que todo ese vapor contamina por el hecho de ser vapor de carbon, si utilisace energia a base de la geotérmica y tuviese un diseño así seria mejor

5:42 I love this shot. It's a glimpse into the era of when the car was brand new, and it's still running. Racing this beautiful iron horse.

​@@andreykaleth4383🤓🤓🤓

​@@andreykaleth4383 this locomotive burns oil instead of coal :]

YES!!

While driving, possibly

Dilly Dally he was prolly in the backseat

True

👏👏👏👍👍👍👍

You mean the engineer.

@@TheAnunnaki-NYC conductor is also correct.

@@TheAnunnaki-NYC conductor rides the head and on freight trains depending on what road this is, he might not be there

El Othemany the conductor is the person in charge of the train the conductor keep track of the route the engineer is the “driver” of the train the one that operates

OOOOOHHH yeah

Sounds like my grandma

Along with all the thermodynamic calculations to drain your sanity away.

And these bad Larry's spent the entire mid 1800's building our continent wide empire.

@@qasimmir7117 cant even imagine how many equations are needed to find the thermal efficiency of this 😭 the rankine cycle for this must be astronomically large

The proper people have a badass video with a young man named alex on a huge steam engine that was the water pump for a city on the east coast It was literally left with the entire building untouched for 100 years when the city gave alex permission to restore and get everything working properly again for demonstrations If they allow links i will find it and link it for you

Nothing is more powerful or awe inspiring than 800t at speed. The best part? Not a single electronic prone to failure gadget.

Yes

Mhm

It's like were in 1960

I see it

Straight out of the mid-to-late 1950's

Poetry in motion.

Honestly these things are just efficient. Those cars have 200-300 bhp, they might be able to pull a decent camper trailer weighing maybe a ton; the 3751 has 3200 bhp, and it's able to pull a few thousand tons, at 100+ mph.

Cuunnttt I swear on the lives of 10,000 gazen children love locked in a currently preheating oven that i came to this video from insta too. Fuckin funny how that works ay😂

I just saw the same video! And I am SO jealous of that operator!! What a gorgeous train!

Same! Just saw the reel today. Epic

Wow 😳😳😳

1940's

The wheels on this engine were installed on it in 1941. It was built in 1927 with 73 inch diameter driving wheels, and upgraded with its current 80 inch diameter wheels in 1941.

A 1800s wheel can't carry a big locomotive

This is the old school bullet train lol

Greta unhappy

I can 100% guarantee every person on either side of that highway took notice if that gorgeous machine

The smell alone is unique..

eu acho os trens de antigamente mais bonitos que os de hoje em dia.

Up there with flying a space shuttle

@@mfamus2272 Dunno, there isn't that much to do in a space shuttle (they acutally consdiered fully automating it but didn't for basically pride reasons on the shuttle, our current launch systems with SpaceX are fully automated with manual controls via touchscreen that aren't typically used).

@@Wingnut353 I believe there was a shuttle commander who preferred to fly the re entry by hand.

And they get to use the HOV lane, too!

id view it comedical

Welcome to the Train Geek Club. We're glad to have you!

The track was there first. Urban Development resulted in the highway being built around it.

So, the arm that controls the valve is near its center in this shot, which reduces the valve travel to its minimum. This minimizes the amount of steam being pumped into the piston cylinders. Gives it just enough to maintain its current speed. Plus, the more efficiently the steam is produced/heated, the less of it you'll see, as true pure steam is invisible (and insanely scalding hot)

Shut up 🤬❌lo❌❌❌ t SHUT!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

This is I'n America I saw a FedEx truck

@@slinkeyj3 The steam isn't scalding hot. Think pizza oven temperatures, thats all the hotter it is when it leaves the boiler. And it cools down as it expands in the engine.

It's gotta feel so good to blow that whistle...

Same. How's that work?

@@KingreX32 Google

If you listened to a British steam whistle, the American steam whistle wins bar none.

Are u a joker ?

@OllieandJamie Adventurers: Slide Rules are quite acurrate. . . .

It takes a year if I’m correct to make a steam locomotive back in the day

slide rule and human ingenuity. We were always pretty smart monkeys until we got so smart that we built machines to think for us. Then the decline started.

@@fakiirification Yeahh sad how when we reached the peak..

Great explanation

Not a monstrosity, a masterpiece

She’s been restored. Tons and tons of work put into this beast. So much respect for the crew that takes care of her.

@@lekoman Correct thanks for commenting. Correct also to the original comment.

@Alushy The Tyrant .....and to think I am on my third iPhone.

@@glennwilliams6522 That's on you for trusting an overpriced device and brand.

@Alushy The Tyrant ...lol. Don’t I know it. I was going to use smoke signals but Greta Thunberg threatened me...

Those are some very kind words. Thank you very much!

I was going to say the same OSCAR for best cinematgraphy (n after effecta editing cuts perfect elevation angles n perspective) LAST BUT NOT LEAST steady hands OMG ❤ Edit I couldnt stop but watch till end this nice piece of STORY TELLING

And the length of the vid too. We all got a good look!❤

No gimbal? Wow. Great job!

100% chance that this thing has only survived because of meticulous preservation. This meme of stuff from a long time ago being more “built to last” than stuff from today needs to die.

@@alt8791 So you're trying to tell me that, say, a 2022 ford truck is going to be around and running in 50 years? You can take a 1940's truck, drag it out of a field it's been sitting in for 30 years, and get it up and running. Not going to do that with a modern truck.

@@conrioakfield414 _[citation needed]_

@@conrioakfield414 like, your entire concept of stuff from a long time ago lasting a long time is the stuff that’s survived a long time, and you’ve forgotten about everything that hasn’t stood the test of time (which is most things). This is survivorship bias in its purest form.

@@alt8791 No, my entire concept is having lived a "long time ago". In my 60+ years of life, I have personally watched the quality of everything become cheaper.

This locomotive uses Type E Superheating technology developed in 1924. The steam is 900 degrees F (482 C) and is virtually invisible.

I love the Tesla, but man oh man, that locomotive is going to be running until they run out of fuel for it.

Even at that they could just use some smoke machines and electric motors, and people would be none the wiser

@@Chevroletmontecarlo Or they could use electricity to heat the water.

Nice to see you here Obi Wan. I see you everywhere on Star Wars channels, naturally haha. Assuming you live in North America, you should do more research into these magnificent machines. They’re really cool, and the non-profit groups that run and maintain them are always in need of donations to keep their living history alive.

@@theuncalledfor to inefficient

Show him the video and your job is safe forever. Only a heart with no beat would be unmoved.

@@MarsFKA or one that wasn't impressed that there employee decided racing a historical locomotive going 60mph was more important than getting to work

@@kiuperhyper5795 I’d just quit if I worked with people like that

@@MarsFKA Right on, right on man. 🙂👍

Hopeful they would just be sorry, that they weren't there too.

The locomotive actually produces compressed air and it was used for running air lines on train cars just like new locomotives

That’s the main reservoir tank. Used for more than just operating the grease gun. The air operated bell and the air operated brakes, reverse gear and anything else air powered gets its pneumatic pressure from those tanks, which are just refilled by the steam operated air pump.

I'd have such a difficult time focusing.

Where I live, old fashioned passenger trains including steam trains regularly cross a big highway exit. They have all sorts of lights and bells set up to warn people, when I'm fairly certain the biggest danger is probably cars hitting the train!

It would be an expierience

Jay Wattley i would be so to see that where i live its just Diesel engines

Racerpacer2004 In Finland we only have trains that are powered by electric

You got that right sir. Whether you're a railfan or not, steam locomotives are truly a sight to behold.

Looks like UFO Borg technology

i’m a big fan of trains but man, that thing is gorgeous

The size. The sound. The heat radiating off that boiler. And most of all, *The Power.*

you know what's even more amazing had Dickens who's running the train also ran the historic return of the big boy to the rails when it came out last year and made its Journey around America... but what's even more impressive is Big Boy is two of these trains together that's how big that locomotive is just Google Big Boy 2019 Union Pacific excursion.

Old school Chevy Suburban 😎 this was a awesome video for sure!

Yeah the Chevy station wagon almost got my attention as much as the train lol

I was thinking how you feel great driving on the road with your vintage car and getting approbation from other people. Now when you get approbation from someone driving another classic car you feel on top of the world. Now imagine driving and getting approbation from the train engineer.

That was such a lovely moment thanks for pointing it out. Funny to think about two pals meeting up there hahaha

I though the exact same thing!

I'm impressed steam power get the hell out of the way! 👿

Hes probably doing 65-70 mph and its capable of 80-100 mph but I'm near positive the operator would be in deep, hot stinky doo doo if he went that fast

Watch one being a snow plow with smoke and noise and waves of snow is a great spectacle

Agreed

Well said....

Correct! :D Check the Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 :)

That qualifies more as a fact than just an option...

People don't realize just how massive thise monsters are. Most people are familiar with your average Diesel engine, most of which are quite a bit shorter than those old steamers. And unlike the Diesel that has all the electronics and equipment where the boiler should be, every inch of that things main tube is combustion space. The sheer horsepower that engine creates is astounding

@@andrewshepherd1537 It wasn't as easy to link locomotives together to increase tractive effort back then, so they just made trains bigger and bigger instead.

@@joshjlmgproductions3313 well it certainly paid off lol. We have diesel engine freight trains around here, and I have never seen one move that fasteven hauling empty ore and rock cars, they still move just a little faster than 30. That monster had to have been doing 60, maybe 65, if the speed limits are still the same in that area as when I was there last. Just gives credence to the phrase "They just don't make 'em like they used to"

@@andrewshepherd1537 This train was almost definitely not hauling much to slow it down, and as for why most modern trains move slow, the speed limits are surprisingly low, almost never more than 50 MPH. Though, sometimes they temporarily allow steam engines to go faster to make sure they still can. Edit: Also, people have calculated that this train was going around 57 MPH.

@@joshjlmgproductions3313 that's still impressive for such an old piece of equipment. That thing had to have been built in, what, the mid 60's at the very latest? Assuming it was built that late, it still makes it older than my mother, and it still runs not only that efficiently, but that quickly

Ha funny you say that as steam power is still to this day being reinvented over and over again all a nuclear reactor is is a big steam engine

They will not go quietly into the night, no sir.

Aryan Kishore yes ! I Love how the pistons move

Not on American tracks.

Wait till you see an LNER A4. The sleek fashion of modern Diesels with all the sights, smells and sounds of a bygone era.

@C caymer Barely half the speed

But we do NOT have 'bullet trains" in America. We have diesel trains moving at half the speed of the old steam locos.

I dont think they had to slow down much ! Any body know how fast ? I figure she's making near 60 !

tbf, who wouldn't?

@@afork2600 Where's your bro Spoon at?

How much water is consumed to produce the steam and how far can she travel before needing to take on water?

It’s freeway in Cali

Back again!

​@@misterflibble6601you need to see 4014's recent show of power shoving a freight train. and 2102 blasting out. both videos get loud chuffing barks.

That's Ed! one of the great steam engine operators he's the one that ran the big boy during its excursions since it's come out of hibernation.

I love how he's just like "Hello, fellow motorists... don't mind me"

It’s beautiful! The AT&SF 3751-i wish that the camera person would’ve said something about how fast they were driving when they were next to it. I’ve been on engines that were only going 60 or 65 mph and it felt like 100. This baby is huge and looks like she was at least doing 65 or 75. (I just read that she’s capable of 100 mph). (I love using the pronoun “she“ when we’re talking about something powerful and awe-inspiring and beautiful). So does anyone know if it is now living in San Bernardino or central city LA? I really want to visit it.

wow you must ve really liked this machine , the way you humanize this locomotive

Greenfield Village in Michigan has multiple Desil engines that all work, are well maintained to a T, and were owned by Henry Ford. They even have a turntable for the trains to pull out onto from the Roundhouse they are parked in. The Pere Marquette turntable weighs 42-tons, and I was able to move it with my thumb alone. One of the locomotives is the 1873 Torch Lake, the oldest running steam engine in the United States. Those old-timers were scary smart.

@@danielflessas Unfortunately, the locomotive is not accessible to the public. It’s securely stored at Redondo Jct. in Los Angeles, right next to the Amtrak shops and yard. 3751 is also currently in the final stages of a federally mandated tear down, rebuild, and re-certification. The locomotive is only accessible to the public when on display. The last time it was on public display was I think 2017.

@@danielflessasThe Locomotive was traveling at 57.12 mph @ 5:15

Right? This pops up in my feed about once a year or so, and I always watch it!

Exept the car is 60 years younger than the train

If I could have that shot on my wall in my apartment.... Man.. That is a great moment.

WHO WILL WIN?

@Mark King who?

@Mark King oh lol

Said by great grandfather to his great grandson

Threw that one under the tracks.

TRUE CLASS IN SPADES.❤️

This is a fantastic comment.

🎶🎶"I've had the time of my life...."🎶🎶💖🚂❗

That train is older than that car by a long shot

@@Unknown_Ooh true, locomotive exist before even car was built

I thought 3751 was on display at Kingman. Another resurrection or my mistake?

@@davidblesh1136 3751 served in passenger duties until being retired in 1957. The locomotive was then placed on display in San Bernardino until it was restored to operating condition in 1991.

@@dremwolf5419 Thank you, Dremwolf. I did some checking and found my mistake. The steamer on display in Kingman was Santa Fe 3759. DWB

Just noticed... woww

With the car too

I was about to say that lol

@@symphinitystugiii3476 ya ☺️☺️

Looks like a movie shot

Because it is raw primitive technology. Everything is upfront so it is easy to maintain, you get to see all the guts and the moving parts without opening the "box". This is also why clear glass computer cases became popular. People don't want to see boxes doing things, they what to see the guts and what makes stuff work.

Right there's a beauty to the mechanisms, it sparks curiosity and fascination, you're watching how everything works, and you see that it all makes sense. Satisfying to the logical and artistic parts of our brain simultaneously.

It harkens to a different time, an era with a different mindset from that of today. Things built back then were straightforward, simple and honest and were designed to be so by people who were artisans as well as engineers with years of knowledge, both practical and theoretical, intuition and skill - all of which was naturally translated to their eyes and hands in penning something that simply “looked right” for whatever task they set out to accomplish. As a result, technology from this age is more characterful - more human, in a way - ingrained within it by the people who designed and created it. And that’s something that no longer exists in the modern age. That’s why we, as a species, have begun to grow more and more attached to things heralding from these bygone eras, such as vintage cars, vinyl records and steam locomotives like the one in the video - all of which are seeing a surge in popularity once again. But those are just my thoughts on it all. :)

These are great answers. Congrats.

Because some of olden tech was built to be almost alive like man.

i love this footage, it shows me what our local Santa Fe # 2926 will look like when New Mexico figures out a route for her. i remember when she was derelict and forlorn, sitting in a little park in albuquerque, in the shadow of the freeway....then one day she was gone; 22 yrs of hard work later, and SHE'S BACK!!!!

What are you doing here?! I watched your Stand by Me animation on Minecraft and it was awesome.

CRAFTYFOXE?!!??!? You know, I never knew you watch train stuff- wait a minute..... I'm dumb! youtubers watch KZfaq too! 😂 I'm so dumb! 😂

action scene

can you make this train in minecraft

Must be interesting to see a car pull up next to your steam engine

Right!? Something about that shot is just timeless and legendary, super cool to see and also to hear that train

it shows true durability

Its like 2 old veterans meeting

It's like a flashback to 60 years ago, here in Seattle, Northern Pacific still used steam engines for local freight well into the 60s, when a Chevy truck just like that one would've been brand new, so you could've conceivably seen a pairing just like this.

A C10 and a steam train I wish a cabover was behind the C10 that would look awesome!!! I love cabovers

I was gonna say that too

The camera man apparently agreed as well. :)

Quite the money-shot

Good days? Look at the rest of the world - it was not that good.

True, except the train was from the 20's, the car was probably a 50's. Still does fit well.

That's why it runs so well.

I wonder where they got their math and understanding of science...? Ummmmm That's on the for the ages...

It is possible to build a better locomotive using computers and CAD software... If someone wanted to spend millions of dollars on building a modern steam locomotive using simulations, they could make one that's lighter, faster, and more reliable. We just don't see people putting that kind of effort in. The new tools we have make building and designing things easier and more accessible to less brilliant, motivated, and perfectionist people, so that people who use the tools now are willing to get into the business for weaker, more short-term motives. It's not like using slide rules and old tools builds a better engine, or that robots can't be used to work wonders far beyond what anyone could have dreamed of back then. Some day, we're going use computers and robots to build trains that run in vacuum tubes, not in contact with rails, and travel faster than airplanes. If trains can get more magnificent than that, I can't imagine it yet.

It is more of a case that back then, we didn't know how to barely build stuff. These days, we can engineer stuff well enough to get away with smaller safety factors and still keep it working at least to the design life. Downside is that now we can actually control design life instead of having to overbuild everything. Overbuilding costs money. Optimization costs money. Most engineers I've encountered don't want to ship stuff until it runs perfectly, but apparently good enough is best for the bottom line. Ultimately, I blame accountants for sacrificing everything on the alter to the holy bottom line.

Amy Mason. Modern steam locomotive? Only one thing would be viable to meet emissions. atomic power

Thanks for sharing your story. It was good. Respect from Indian 😇🙏🇮🇳

I'm from St. Marys WV and we have trains that go right through the middle of town! 🚂

Its really sad to lose a grandfather

@@herlindajayme6051 he passed in 1968 at the age of 92. One of his sons, my only remaining uncle, last of his immediate family, and a former railroader, will he 96 in March .

How lucky!

So sad

Go ahead and do it *this summer* . Steam-locomotive museums sometimes have ride alongs and if you ask the conductor nicely they will surely let you two ride in the front. The easier and more prevelant option is to ride on park railways. There's some beautiful steam engines out there (albeit not as massive in size but for him some of them will be life size) and as a kid I liked them even more than the real ones. Those conductors are even nicer and some will probably even let your grandson operate it for a minute. If you tell me what state you're in I can do some research and send you a list of some in your state :)

What State are you in?

I know how you feel. I used to be an engineer for CSX and when I worked in Memphis we would pass Kentucky Street on our way to the Mississippi River to go to Arkansas and on the weekends it was like a carnival. families down there with the kids and grandkids and some of them grilling like a picnic. And it made them so happy to hear the bill ring or the whistle sound and to see the smoke coming out of the stack when I grabbed another notch of throttle.

What a great soul you are. Thank you for your existence!

Plus the fact that all engines, like this one, are refitted to run on fuel oil, not coal.

I like to have the train exhaust and the tears of environmentalists, combined into one lovely, salty and smokey mess . 👍

@@iankravitz5723 Altho that makes little difference, you can fire bunker to make great billows of black smoke as well as any coal fire :)

Yes, and part of the attraction of trains is their *soot.* This one has a bit now and then, which is good. Too much soot, or soot all the time, though - no, not good. Wasted fuel is but part of the trouble, and no, romance or whatever makes for gladdened train-nuts (riding Amtrak turned me into one) is worth messing the place up.

Im gonna rain on your parade here. You're correct, when it comes to coal-run steamers. This is an oil-run steamer. You have to try real hard, or have serious problems, to see anything come out of an oil stack. Unlike a coal stack, where it is a serious effort to not have anything visible leave the stack. Oil steamers burn much cleaner, more completely, and more efficiently. Probably the biggest reason we converted to oil steamers in the first place. No more ash snow along the tracks.

Smart

Thats the same formula that I use! Correct!

Bro knows who Joe is

@@therookie9276 bro knows Obamas last name

I'm sorry to burst your bubble but are you the son of Albert Einstein

silverbird58 haha considering it was clocked at more than 100 mph, this was basically half throttle

@@SpudEater I'd love to see one of those things at full throttle.

The fastest one in the world was a Gresley A4 Pacific named Mallard. It reached 126 mph, and no other steam locomotive could beat it

@@Gearz-365 Well, people are getting interested in steam again, and want to bring back extinct classes. So, with more efficiency I think modern steam locomotives could beat the record. The new Peppercorn A1 Tornado recently got to 100 mph in 2017. It was the first steam locomotive to go 100 mph in over 50 years. 100 mph may not sound very great, but for steam it sure is especially now.

Those drive wheels alone I'd estimate are 2000+lbs each and theres 8 of them. I just looked up it dimensions and it weighs 470,000 lbs. Its coal tender weighs almost as much for a combined weight close to 1,000,000 lbs

While England holds the record for the fastest steam locomotive in the world at 128mph the NYC railroad had streamlined engines they called Hudsons that on the daily did trips at 123mph and could have probably gone faster than Mallard (the record holder) some people speculate

we only need 88mph...

@@adriannash2705 would be fun to have a new build and see if she could do it

@@connormclernon26 well theres a t1 replica in the works. Idk its status atm but i hope it gets finished soon

There are only a few engines it could have been in NY. Most recent was Nickel Plate 765 in 2015. There have also been Arcade & Attica 18, and Brooklyn Navy Yard #12. What you read about was most likely the ACE3000. This was a 1980s proposal to build a modernized steam engine that could produce power without relying on foreign supplies of oil. Unfortunately with the glut of cheap oil in the 90s the project never made any headway and now only exists as a dream that could have been.

Life was so much better in those times.

@@summer_bummers7252 it's actually considered a train cause it's pulling something

Tony Padilla no it wasnt lol

@@tpad6 hahahaha omg life back then was so much worse. This is the subset of good stuff that survived.

I'm also amazed you were able to drive that fast on an LA freeway without getting stuck in a traffic jam.

That was then. Now it's an electrified light rail line.

@@obkb1 So no chance to ever operate a steam loco through there again someday? Bummer.

i actually have the up line running through my backyard as well as the san diego line

@@adamandboomjustlikethat.ok2812 Cool!

It's amazing to me how the drive assembly remains intact. Watching this level of raw power up close is almost too intense! Ground power is so much more personal than flight.

Back when the Santa Fe was a great railroad. Robbie Krebs sure screwed THAT up!

Makes sense. Steam in any form has always been more on the torque-y side. For example, Jay Leno owns a few steam powered cars. One car only makes like 20 hp but puts out more than 20 times that in ft lbs of torque. Really is some impressive power.

Imagine if Brunel got his way in Britain, and the gauge was 7 ft 1⁄4. You guys in the states would have gone nuts and gone even bigger!

Wow! I knew they were more powerful than diesels but i didn't realize they were that powerful.

her sister has been restored, lives in New Mexico