The consolidation was built by Ken Kukuk from castings by Eric Thomsen. The mogul was started by Richard and James Holmes from castings by Eric. It sat for years until Ken Kukuk took it to Los Angeles to finish. Jim Holmes and George Ashley built the tender. The Shay was built by Ken Kukuk, Ken Petersen and me, Johnny Hoffman in the 1970's as a tribute to the Holmes brothers and their Glenwood South Park and Pacific RR at Glenwood in the Santa Cruz Mountains. GSP&P number one was built by the brothers. Shawn has graciously stored the GSP&P locomotives on his railway since James Holmes passing. The engine on GSP&P number 1 is a real Stanley Steamer automobile engine.
The track crews have completed the trestle sans hand rails and laying track around the lower parking lot. About 50 percent completed. Unknown when we can run the public on this section. DOSH will want to do an inspection first. The owners purchased additional land up top for parking. A new station will be built to service the parking lot.
At 1:07, The Kid in The White mask was Me! Also, Did you go to The Redwood valley Railway 70th Anniversary Meet? By The Way, You should go to The Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad for An event Called Billy Jones Day that will Happen on July 24th this year. It's when The Steam trains Doublehead!
Wow. Amazing. We have been wanting to get out here. Now moved up on our list!! We have a friend, Danny Oldroid who has a grand scale of the Sanpete Valley Railway in Mt Pleasant Utah. Part of his track is laid on the original SPVRR (later D and RGW) grade on the Marysvale branch. Anyway he has brought his build of the Sanpete Valley Locomotive here on occasion. He doesn’t run his railroad much these days. But he has left it to the Wasatch Academy who will take over operations after he’s gone. And there are about five guys who have helped building and running. No matter. This is a GREAT RAILROAD. Really want to get out here.
It is fun to see others enjoying "my" engine. I am one of three friends who built the Shay. The other two are Ken Kukuk, who did most of the work, Ken Petersen, now deceased, and me, Johnny Hoffman. James Holmes made the stack pattern and had it cast. The GSP&P caboose was built by James Holmes and Dave Adams.
my first thought at your message about being easily offended was, Ohhhh I gotta watch! 🤣🤣 Those engines are adorable. Real but tiny. I'd like to know if that Shay has the tractive effort the real one did, in scale of course.
I am one of the builders of the Shay. I have pulled 28 cars one the Redwood Valley and at Ken Ken Kaeggy's RR near Sonora more than once. The GSP&P, for which we built the Shay had a 7 1/2 % grade which it handled with no problem. I can't give you tractive effort statistics because I don't know the formula nor the actual weight of the Shay.
Well done video. I've spent some time there with my uncle and have gotten deeper into the history of the railroad through him, from whats on the railroads website and basically watched every video I could find on the place. I would highly suggest you visit the Redwood Valley Railway next because if you liked hillcrest then you will understand where that vision came from. Redwood valley was the basis that Hillcrest was built off of and they have some of the best looking 15 inch gauge trains around and they have set some of the standards for their gauge and scale of trains.
I personally know CJ. He's a certified engineer at the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, though he rarely shows up because he works out of state last I checked. He'll probably be back for Billy Jones Day on July 24, when we expect to have both steam locomotives operating (last year, they were running on two separate trains, something that will never be done again for various reasons).
Well Done!!
Trevor!!! & CJ & Ken 💪
The consolidation was built by Ken Kukuk from castings by Eric Thomsen. The mogul was started by Richard and James Holmes from castings by Eric. It sat for years until Ken Kukuk took it to Los Angeles to finish. Jim Holmes and George Ashley built the tender. The Shay was built by Ken Kukuk, Ken Petersen and me, Johnny Hoffman in the 1970's as a tribute to the Holmes brothers and their Glenwood South Park and Pacific RR at Glenwood in the Santa Cruz Mountains. GSP&P number one was built by the brothers. Shawn has graciously stored the GSP&P locomotives on his railway since James Holmes passing. The engine on GSP&P number 1 is a real Stanley Steamer automobile engine.
The track crews have completed the trestle sans hand rails and laying track around the lower parking lot. About 50 percent completed. Unknown when we can run the public on this section. DOSH will want to do an inspection first. The owners purchased additional land up top for parking. A new station will be built to service the parking lot.
At 1:07, The Kid in The White mask was Me! Also, Did you go to The Redwood valley Railway 70th Anniversary Meet? By The Way, You should go to The Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad for An event Called Billy Jones Day that will Happen on July 24th this year. It's when The Steam trains Doublehead!
Great show of a fantastic railroad.
Thx
Looks like a great place to visit! Thanks for taking us along!
What a fun place!
Wow. Amazing. We have been wanting to get out here. Now moved up on our list!! We have a friend, Danny Oldroid who has a grand scale of the Sanpete Valley Railway in Mt Pleasant Utah. Part of his track is laid on the original SPVRR (later D and RGW) grade on the Marysvale branch. Anyway he has brought his build of the Sanpete Valley Locomotive here on occasion. He doesn’t run his railroad much these days. But he has left it to the Wasatch Academy who will take over operations after he’s gone. And there are about five guys who have helped building and running. No matter. This is a GREAT RAILROAD. Really want to get out here.
It is fun to see others enjoying "my" engine. I am one of three friends who built the Shay. The other two are Ken Kukuk, who did most of the work, Ken Petersen, now deceased, and me, Johnny Hoffman. James Holmes made the stack pattern and had it cast. The GSP&P caboose was built by James Holmes and Dave Adams.
This is fantastic, another bucket list item for sure!!
my first thought at your message about being easily offended was, Ohhhh I gotta watch! 🤣🤣 Those engines are adorable. Real but tiny. I'd like to know if that Shay has the tractive effort the real one did, in scale of course.
I am one of the builders of the Shay. I have pulled 28 cars one the Redwood Valley and at Ken Ken Kaeggy's RR near Sonora more than once. The GSP&P, for which we built the Shay had a 7 1/2 % grade which it handled with no problem. I can't give you tractive effort statistics because I don't know the formula nor the actual weight of the Shay.
What a neat place Dang John that boy of yours is quite the Engineer very impressive
Don't worry, Trevor. It isn't the size of the equipment that counts, but the power behind the shunt! 😁
Well done video. I've spent some time there with my uncle and have gotten deeper into the history of the railroad through him, from whats on the railroads website and basically watched every video I could find on the place. I would highly suggest you visit the Redwood Valley Railway next because if you liked hillcrest then you will understand where that vision came from. Redwood valley was the basis that Hillcrest was built off of and they have some of the best looking 15 inch gauge trains around and they have set some of the standards for their gauge and scale of trains.
John, one things for sure you guys have a blast everywhere you go. That place looks huge. Enjoy your pizza!
I personally know CJ. He's a certified engineer at the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, though he rarely shows up because he works out of state last I checked. He'll probably be back for Billy Jones Day on July 24, when we expect to have both steam locomotives operating (last year, they were running on two separate trains, something that will never be done again for various reasons).
How much do one of these trains cost?