Great video, FastFlyingVirginian. I would love to visit this tourist railroad in West Virginia. They have great Shay locomotives and their Climax No. 9 as well.
Cass has probably got tractive effort numbers for each locomotive listed somewhere, but I'd say around 200,000 ft. lbs. Only catch is, it's all low-speed stump-pulling oomph, like a diesel 4WD with a granny gear.
@@FastFlyingVirginian Oh yeah, I know it's all slow, but they were never made for speed either. I don't know what grade Climaxes can go up, but I think I read somewhere that Shay's can go up 12-15% grades while loaded. Which is just crazy.
Those echos from 2:15 - 2:31 gave me so much chills
Awesome Video! Glad to Attend this Amazing event!
Thanks! It was a great time to make my return there.
Great video, FastFlyingVirginian. I would love to visit this tourist railroad in West Virginia. They have great Shay locomotives and their Climax No. 9 as well.
This was my first time back in 15 years; it's been far too long. Hopefully the next visit is sooner.
Good stuff! I was there that day as well! The Climax definitely had more thunder than the rest.
Thanks! The train I rode on my first visit in 2005 had a Shay and the Heisler, so seeing the Climax in action 'completed the set' for me, so to speak.
@@FastFlyingVirginian Ive seen both a Shay and Climax. Im hoping to see Heisler 6 to complete the set of logging engines for myself as well
Great Video, thumbs up and subscribed
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How many crew men were needed for that!?
10, at a minimum. At least one of the engines had a third riding along shooting video.
No Heisler this year?
No, sadly. It was over in Durbin.
Where was western Maryland #6
Good question. I know Heisler 6 was up in Durbin, not sure where WM 6 was though.
What do you recon the pulling power on the quintuple header is?
Cass has probably got tractive effort numbers for each locomotive listed somewhere, but I'd say around 200,000 ft. lbs. Only catch is, it's all low-speed stump-pulling oomph, like a diesel 4WD with a granny gear.
@@FastFlyingVirginian Oh yeah, I know it's all slow, but they were never made for speed either. I don't know what grade Climaxes can go up, but I think I read somewhere that Shay's can go up 12-15% grades while loaded. Which is just crazy.