Steam Engine 315
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- Опубликовано: 11 ноя 2009
- The Durango Railroad Historical Society announced in March that they are restoring Durango's long-neglected narrow gauge 2-8-0, former Denver & Rio Grande Western No.315. This class C-18 Consolidation, built by Baldwin in July 1895, has been displayed at Durnngo since 1950 and is the only steam locomotive in town not owned by the Durango & Silverton. No.315 was originally Florence & Cripple Creek No.3. the Elkton, and in 1917 was acquired by the Denver & Rio Grande and became D&RG 425. After the D&RG merged with the Rio Grande Western in the early 1920s, No.425 was given its present number, 315, and worked out the remainder its life around Gunnison, Montrose, Ouray and Salida, Colorado.
In the late 1940s No.315 was assigned to the Durango yard as a switcher, along with No.319. When larger power became available, both C-18s were retired on October 13, 1949, and No.315 was donated to Durango for display. No.319 was destroyed in a staged head-on collision on the Silverton Branch during the filming of the movie Denver & Rio Grande. Another C-18, No.318, survived the collision and is being restored at the Colorado Railroad Museum.
No.315 was first placed on display in September 1950, and just five years later the 2-8-0 was borrowed to appear in the movie Around the World in 80 Days. Due to mechanical problems (reportedly a cracked or broken cylinder) No.315 was not under steam during the filming, but was pushed around with a motorized box car with smoke blowing out the stack to make it appear "live." Shortly after the movie wrapped, the Consolidation was returned to the park wearing the gaudy paint job, large diamond stack, box headlight, and phony cowcatcher from the filming. When Durango officials complained to the movie producers, the engine was repainted into a more authentic D&RGW scheme, but the fake stack and headlight remain to this day.
Over the past five decades No.315 has deteriorated badly, and was in such rough shape by 1997 that members of the San Juan Large Scalers club asked the city about painting and caring for the engine to honor a member who had recently passed away. Since then, the organization has refurbished the 2-8-0 to its circa-1930 appearance and repaired its rotted pilot beam and cowcatcher. They wish to take the restoration a step further, and have reorganized as the Durango Railroad Historical Society, hoping to return the engine to steam for use on the Durango & Silverton during special events, such as the railroads annual Railfest held every August. The City of Durango, which owns the locomotive, has given their blessing for the project and pledged to help with funding for cosmetic repairs.
The first task is to perform a thorough boiler inspection costing between $6000 and $8000 which will be done at the Durango & Silverton roundhouse. After the inspection, the decision will be made to restore the engine for operation, or just cosmetically. Odds are if the 106-year old boiler is in good shape, a full restoration will be done. Funding is a major concern, and DRHS Director Lynn Daogherty recently wrote in a letter to the Slimrails email group that, "If it looks reasonable that she (315) can be put into operating condition but the funds aren't available, we'll do the cosmetic restoration with that goal in mind, such as adding a working air pump, etc." Costs to put the C-18 back in running order are estimated to be between $150,000 and $500,000.
The five year restoration was completed about two years ago, so yes as you can see by the video, 315 HAS BEEN RESTORED. 
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All these steam machine are something! I can not understand why that is some sort of magic.
Exploding boilers don't usually come from cracks, but low water. The fire in a locomotive is hot enough to melt the boiler steel. Water can't raise above the boiling point until it has turned into steam, so the jacket of water behind the steel keeps the metal from melting. Deprived of this protection, the steel will overheat and begin to sag. If the steel ruptures, or water that comes in contact with the hot steel, there is a titanic explosion that could blow the boiler over a mile away.
What a great video !! It's good to see old 315 chuggin' again. Thank you for posting it .
best video of 315 ive eva seen
315 has been under steam for the past 2 and 1/2 years.
I think I can! I think I can!
I always thought(& still do) that steam engines were awesome.
Commooonnn Puuulll!!!!
Wheel spin!!!! X)
There's a few gremlins on the tracks. :)
Actually, there is a number a factors as to why a locomotive can spin it's drivers. One of the main things is the engineer opening the throttle too much, just like in a car when you give it too much gas, you can make the wheels spin. Wet rail, grades, and train weight can also affect this. In the video it appears the 315 is trying to start the train on a bit of grade and the train appears to be heavy too. It can be hard to start a train in this type of situation with out spinning the drivers.
Wonderful video!! Thank you so much! I also appreciated all the information about it.
maravilloso muy bien
Pulling a heavy train, over a bad rusty switch, that looks more the problem for the wheel spins!
The engineer likely opened the throttle too quickly, causing the spike in pressure to make the engine kick hard enough to exceed the traction of the drive wheels. It happens from time to time with steam engines, especially if the valve gear is set to one of the more aggressive timings.
It's awesome that the train has more than one caboose.
Yeah it has two in the front and one in the back
The third one is different from the other two in the front
Interesting info! Thanks for the comment!
I love trains. the noiser and rockier the ride the better. its too bad they didn't have a camera on the train
this year to get a ride on 315 during the railfest will be $348 o.0
its weird how even in the 40s this train was considered obsolete...and to most of us younger people 40s seems like it was an eternity to us O.O (im only 24)
There could be two types of explosions. The first over pressurization due to a failed safety valve or something like that. The other from low water in the boiler that exposes the crown sheet. The crown sheet is the inside top of the fire box that needs water above it. Low water below the crown sheet and the sheet can get red hot and fail under the pressure of the steam resulting in an explosion. Now a days they have two fuse plugs in the crown sheet which will melt if they get too hot.
All onboard trains leaving!
Cumbress and Toltec #19 diesel engine can be seen behind 315 at 3:43
I doubt it. These all have pressure relief valves that will vent the steam if the pressure exceeds some specific value. I heard if all else fails and the pressure goes beyond it's designed range it would likely crack a leak somewhere on the boiler and the steam would vent out rather than exploding. lol but if you mean not knowing how to operate it as in accidentally driving it off a cliff then it would probably make a decent bang.
Good job on the restoration to date. Did they get the sand blowers online since this video, given the constant problems of rust and oil on the rails?
well what you got to say to trevithick for bringing the locomotive to the us
@nickman888 it has to do with the pressure build up and throttle. It wants to go fast but the throttle wont let it, so it blows up the pressure by spinning the wheels...I think
Denver & Rio Grande 2-8-0 No. 315 was build in July 1895 by The Baldwin Locomotive Works.
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No Problem.
the "distinct noises" is slippage of drivers from lack of traction against rail.
Ok so she's up on the cumbres and toltec in this one.
that load was way to big for that lil steam train, id say that was the lil engine that could
Eco friendly ^^
@hypnofan35
How would it be heat recycling? Are you talking about recycling the exhausted steam back into the boiler?
sand, works wonders.
What causes the distinct chuga-chuga noises? Is it a cycle of the pistons?
how did they do rest of the trip? they have traction problems out on the main line? wouldnt wanna get her to a stop on a 3 percent grade somewhere!
they exploded commonly in the early days
There's too much train there for that little locomotive.
Anybody should know pulling cars for any engine on a curve isn't the easiest thing to do. If the engine and cars were in a straight line there wouldn't have been that much slipping at all
where the rims wore or the tracks slick?
@mountainlova1009 They're going to get passengers.
@Aspire198 lol burnout!!, wonder why its doin that? my guess its pulling over its capacity
she looks pissed
Soooo...how many anvils were on that shipment?
Gee turn on the sanders, I mean if you got sand.
That is an awfully small Locomotive pulling that long a train.
Was that engine used for passanger trains?
lmao wtf great video!!!
0:51 oof
why are they hauling so much random stuff instead of just testing it?
Why is the smoke box all rusty? Well these Baldwins always slobber out the stack for the first 50 feet after firing it up. It really creates a mess. After that, no problem. But the smoke box will never look nice, except when first painted.
narrow or standard?
Not quite.
Train Simulator 2013 look it up
What is the location ?
Antonito, Colorado.
So I can play PC games on a train now?
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