Hopefully one day you can make it to. Fort Wayne Indiana and get a ride on the Nickel Plate. Or see some of the other projects they have going on at the yard.
I talked with a Fireman on one of my trips on the Durango and Silverton train one time. He said he shovelled around 10 tons of coal per trip. That's a lot. He was not lacking muscles that's for sure. There are so many values, gauges, and knobs on that train it looks difficult to run. I'm sure it takes a lot of training to become and engineer on on steam train.
It does indeed take lots of training to be certified as an engineer, my time on the D&S as a fireman and brakeman was so neat and yes we shoveled around 5-6 tons of coal on a standard Silverton trip, pretty wild! The tender of the locomotive holds 8 tons of coal, so if they said they shovel 10 tons then they were just trying to show off 😉😂
Hey there! Thanks for checking in, with this being my personal channel, I like to share videos and content from ALL my hobbies and passions. As I stated in my 10,000 subscriber special video, though this channel will always primarily be dedicated to FJs, I also love trains and railroads! So I hope you are okay with the occasional train-related content since trains have always been close to my heart 😁🚂 but don’t you worry yourself too much, FJ videos are still my bread and butter!
This is wonderful! I've ridden the train many times, but this was my first look at what makes it go! What a wonderful experience to be an engineman!
This is so cool, I love it. 👍🏻. I also am a big train buff.
But I still want to know if you can get that thing up to 88 MPH. ⚡️😎
So glad to see a coal burner still in Service . Thanks for keeping one on coal. Great video
This was back in 2019, but I know the railroad ran 481 which is still a coal burner for a photo train last week.
@@FJX2000_Productions well, I hope 481 stays that way. 😒
lol now they are oil
Hopefully one day you can make it to. Fort Wayne Indiana and get a ride on the Nickel Plate. Or see some of the other projects they have going on at the yard.
My ex sold tickets, my son did maintenance of way and rode the pop-cars
Wow. Beautiful views of the river.
Thanks!
How do you get to the role of fireman? Do you have to start as a brakeman and work you’re way up or did you get hired directly as a fireman?
Yep you start as a fireman and work for at least a year doing that before you can start being trained as a fireman.
Calming thanks
I talked with a Fireman on one of my trips on the Durango and Silverton train one time. He said he shovelled around 10 tons of coal per trip. That's a lot. He was not lacking muscles that's for sure. There are so many values, gauges, and knobs on that train it looks difficult to run. I'm sure it takes a lot of training to become and engineer on on steam train.
It does indeed take lots of training to be certified as an engineer, my time on the D&S as a fireman and brakeman was so neat and yes we shoveled around 5-6 tons of coal on a standard Silverton trip, pretty wild! The tender of the locomotive holds 8 tons of coal, so if they said they shovel 10 tons then they were just trying to show off 😉😂
@@FJX2000_ProductionsThat was over 20 years ago. I could have gotten it wrong. My memory could have faded by now. Still, 5 to 6 tons is a lot.
What's this got to do with my FJ? Keep this up and I'll be dropping your channel
Hey there! Thanks for checking in, with this being my personal channel, I like to share videos and content from ALL my hobbies and passions. As I stated in my 10,000 subscriber special video, though this channel will always primarily be dedicated to FJs, I also love trains and railroads! So I hope you are okay with the occasional train-related content since trains have always been close to my heart 😁🚂 but don’t you worry yourself too much, FJ videos are still my bread and butter!
how can you not enjoy this?
With these gas prices, I want a steam powered FJ. (My 07 takes premium fuel)
Well done!
very nice Hayden. Enjoyed watching this !
Great video man!! Love it!
How hard was it to get a job with D&S? Cool video!
All you have to do is actually apply and then see where things go, so for me it was easy!