I have got to see the tender of one of these former KCS Articulated Steam Locomotives which was back in October 2023 while in the car before and after starting and finishing each days at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois.
To get those locomotives from Texarkana to Shreveport, they had to be cold, water drained from the boiler, and towed across the Caddo Lake bridge at a walk because the weight of the locomotive dry was at the load limit of the bridge.
Thanks for your very interesting and informative video presentation about these locomotives. I stumbled upon your channel and subscribed to your channel.
It is sad that none of the KCS Mallets have survived. Be looking forward to seeing the video on the GB&W Mikados. One of my favorite short line railroads in the US.
The boiler explosion you mentioned happened between Marble City and Bunch, Oklahoma. My future father-in-law heard the explosion while eating, he and the family he was living with went out to investigate and helped the injured.
thanks for telling me! the book I read never gave a location for where the explosion had happened, so I just thought the location had been lost to history.
Nice, these are pretty underrated locomotives, and I've seen the tender myself. I'm making a video about an obscure class myself (though more a weird aspect of it than the class in general), so I feel you in that information can be hard to come by.
Those tender trucks are pretty unique. Never seen a design like that before. Very similar to the Barber S2 design seen on many freight cars, yet so different...
I belong to an organization the has the only surviving Southern Pacific New Orleans built Mikado. After WW1 the SP built 11 Mikados in it Algiers shops and 1 in Houston. Algiers is part of New Orleans on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. There are several videos of her out running on the KCS and other Class One Railroads in Louisiana and Mississippi. Search SPX745 Steam Locomotive. She was rebuilt in the early 2000s and operated between April 2004 and April 2019. She should start her next rebuild in the near future as grants have been obtained and those moneys should be available pretty soon.
With D slide valves for the front cylinder, they must have been very slow engines as most operators found 15 mph the fastest that the valve could handle in compound mode. Uniflow just wasn’t a train thing, thou worked well in the Marine environment. Have fun.
I am very interested to see your video on the Green Bay & Western 2-8-2 engines from Alco 1937. Later, ALCo copied these in the 1947 production of the French 1-4-1R locos to recover from the destruction of World War 2. Several still operate in preservation in France and Switzerland and Germany. Very interesting.
Your getting down to the reason I clicked on this video. That's what you should do. No set up is why I will come back to your videos. Thx. Too much idol talk is what ruins many videos for me and other people that don't have time to listen and view off subject. I'll be back. Useful info content! Yes!😊
Very comprehensive. Thank you. One wonders, we know of the U.P. Big boy and it's restoration and touring. Are your locomotives here, Big Boys, as well , and are there any left ?
Stubled across here. Subscribed. But please, no more of the theatrics. That explosion l9oked nothing similar to a boiler explosion. Looking forward to the next video. And for God's sake, keep doing your own narrations... none of that crappy computer generated voice track stuff.
I have got to see the tender of one of these former KCS Articulated Steam Locomotives which was back in October 2023 while in the car before and after starting and finishing each days at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois.
Volunteer and crewman at IRM, I always wondered where that thing came from.
@@SynchroScore hell yeah. one of the best museums!
That ridiculously loud explosion noise was truly unwarranted.
god thats a beautiful engine, i also like the editing, i shall watch your career with great interest good sir
To get those locomotives from Texarkana to Shreveport, they had to be cold, water drained from the boiler, and towed across the Caddo Lake bridge at a walk because the weight of the locomotive dry was at the load limit of the bridge.
Thanks for your very interesting and informative video presentation about these locomotives.
I stumbled upon your channel and subscribed to your channel.
It is sad that none of the KCS Mallets have survived. Be looking forward to seeing the video on the GB&W Mikados. One of my favorite short line railroads in the US.
that video will be out in a day or two. I got a little busy that's why it took a while
The boiler explosion you mentioned happened between Marble City and Bunch, Oklahoma. My future father-in-law heard the explosion while eating, he and the family he was living with went out to investigate and helped the injured.
thanks for telling me! the book I read never gave a location for where the explosion had happened, so I just thought the location had been lost to history.
@@WMRRCO I don't remember where I saw the information, I did see it somewhere, but most of that information comes from my father-in-law.
Thank you for the slice of history!
This is a great video. Just when I thought I knew everything, you blew me away with KCS articulateds.
So I subscribed.
A subject engine I knew nothing about, but an enjoyable video just the same. I like your content. Looking forward to be hearing about the Mikes.
2:58 EXPLOSION JUMPSCARE
Nice, these are pretty underrated locomotives, and I've seen the tender myself. I'm making a video about an obscure class myself (though more a weird aspect of it than the class in general), so I feel you in that information can be hard to come by.
The first compound articulated locomotives had messy looking exteriors. Running at higher speeds must have applied a high drag force.
Not gonna lie, these are some pretty handsome looking locomotives. Now if only they could be made in O scale.
Excellent video! Thank you!
I had no idea KCS ever had articulated 'locos' !
Those tender trucks are pretty unique. Never seen a design like that before. Very similar to the Barber S2 design seen on many freight cars, yet so different...
I belong to an organization the has the only surviving Southern Pacific New Orleans built Mikado. After WW1 the SP built 11 Mikados in it Algiers shops and 1 in Houston. Algiers is part of New Orleans on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. There are several videos of her out running on the KCS and other Class One Railroads in Louisiana and Mississippi. Search SPX745 Steam Locomotive. She was rebuilt in the early 2000s and operated between April 2004 and April 2019. She should start her next rebuild in the near future as grants have been obtained and those moneys should be available pretty soon.
Thanks,great work.
4:00 what the hell would restoring a tender can do? The main engine needs to be there, that tender is gonna most likely stay retired
With D slide valves for the front cylinder, they must have been very slow engines as most operators found 15 mph the fastest that the valve could handle in compound mode. Uniflow just wasn’t a train thing, thou worked well in the Marine environment. Have fun.
I am very interested to see your video on the Green Bay & Western 2-8-2 engines from Alco 1937. Later, ALCo copied these in the 1947 production of the French 1-4-1R locos to recover from the destruction of World War 2. Several still operate in preservation in France and Switzerland and Germany. Very interesting.
Your getting down to the reason I clicked on this video. That's what you should do. No set up is why I will come back to your videos. Thx. Too much idol talk is what ruins many videos for me and other people that don't have time to listen and view off subject. I'll be back. Useful info content! Yes!😊
Very comprehensive. Thank you. One wonders, we know of the U.P. Big boy and it's restoration and touring. Are your locomotives here, Big Boys, as well , and are there any left ?
I lived in Grandview Mo for three years when I was a young boy. Why were the two engines double headed ?
it was to commemorate the opening of the line to that town I believe
@2:58 RIP Headphone users
Even without headphones it scared the crap out of me😂😂😂😂😂
I have hearing loss already and this has caused me harm. My inner ears are hurting from it !! I've reported the video to RUclips/Google...
Stubled across here. Subscribed. But please, no more of the theatrics. That explosion l9oked nothing similar to a boiler explosion.
Looking forward to the next video. And for God's sake, keep doing your own narrations... none of that crappy computer generated voice track stuff.
Railroaders prefer a tender behind.
Well done, very handsome locomotive. What is that on the tender in some pictures, A structure just aft of the fuel bunker.
It is called a "dog house" and is used by the head brakeman.
@@royreynolds108 you beat me to it, nice
So no explanation of the two larger tender designs applied to some of them? Enquiring minds want to know?
I wish I had an answer for you. information is very hard to find on these locomotives
What's an articulated?
2:51?
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