Triple Steamup At The Colorado Railroad Museum

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On May 15th, 2021 for the first time ever all of the operating steam locomotives at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado were fired up at the same time. RGS #20 D&RGW #346 and D&RGW #491 were the three locomotives that were in this event. In this video, you will see locomotive pulling trains solo, doubleheaders, and a parade of locomotives. We are honored that we got to film and document this event.
Disclaimer: All of the shots taken from behind ropes were done with the permission of the crews and museum administrators we do not encourage trespassing and crossing ropes without permission.

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@PirateAdmiral-bx6sx 2 жыл бұрын

I wish we had a Railroad museum in Maui Hawaii

@Sonic.Mario.64 3 жыл бұрын

It’s nice to see 346 without her bear trap! Looks like the weather was perfect and moist for the cinders to fly without causing a fire! And holy moly No.20 was highballing fast. I never seen that speed on the loop at all! I dunno what her speed is but that’s faster then the diesel they use! Oh don’ forget the whistles! No.20 and 346 I think 491 too? They all sound different! It seem every time they run them (for me) their whistle is different! I also saw how they lighted up 318’s light to make it seem she was alive too. That was just cool to see how 318 got to be part of that. Oh my goodness this event was awesome!

@ColoradoRailroadProductions 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed This event was awesome. I would agree with the fact that the whistles sound different from event to event they sometimes interchange whistles. I also agree it was nice that they included 318 it is a very pretty locomotive. I hope they do this event again in the near future.

@Sonic.Mario.64 3 жыл бұрын

@@ColoradoRailroadProductions yes, 318 was amazing part. She always has been up on that hill facing the garden. When I saw the tanker cars and not 318 I was confused. And a person said she is at the round house. I wonder if they moved her after hours. 🤔 and I never knew she had a working light. 318 will be restored in the far, far, future. Can!t wait till that happens!

@ColoradoRailroadProductions 3 жыл бұрын

@@Sonic.Mario.64 Yes they did move 318 after hours on the Thursday before. Unfortunately 318 will never be restored its smokebox is to thick to build steam

@Sonic.Mario.64 3 жыл бұрын

@@ColoradoRailroadProductions strange, I remember when they used their diesel to pull the trains I heard the Narrator talk about her being restored in the future. And with that, how did she build steam before she was put on display or throw away when the narrow gauge came down?

@ColoradoRailroadProductions 3 жыл бұрын

@@Sonic.Mario.64 The issue is that it’s smoke box got a hole in it so it had to be rebuilt. The museum tried to do this operation twice the first time They got the smoke box too thin and the second time they got it too thick. Since then they have not attempted to get a smoke box that is in between. It has also been stated that the museum is happy with three operating locomotives. It would cost too much to restore a fourth.

@tootime576 2 жыл бұрын

Good video, though it's sad to see the direction the museum is going with all the ropes. You could see just about everything in the collection when I was a kid, and now whole sections are closed off.

@ColoradoRailroadProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Personally I don’t find it sad. They are just trying to prevent the Musem from getting lawsuits against them. If they get a lawsuit the Musem could definitely get shut down

@slanderedstone 2 жыл бұрын

@@ColoradoRailroadProductions and children can be really destructive, so that too

@austinniederjohn9813 3 жыл бұрын

What was the forth locomotive in the shed on the far right?

@ColoradoRailroadProductions 3 жыл бұрын

that locomotive is 318 it is no longer operational

@austinniederjohn9813 3 жыл бұрын

@@ColoradoRailroadProductions where is 315 at or is it getting overhauled

@Redwagon2012 Жыл бұрын

@@austinniederjohn9813 It's still in Durango

@Ronald.Golleher Жыл бұрын

346, 491, and 20 are the three operational right now, while 346 is currently down for 1472-day inspection/overhaul and likely won't run for the rest of the year with all the events coming up. 318 will need a new boiler to return to operation, something the museum likely won't do.