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Dynamo Productions
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Registrace 11. 08. 2010
Dynamo Productions explores a wide variety of railroads through our CZcams videos and DVD’s. Our footage is shot in stunning high definition with spectacular surround sound and stellar editing and cinematography. We also provide railfans, photographers, and videographers a unique opportunity to experience living railroad history at the photo charters we host throughout the year at various heritage railroads. We strive to provide a world-class experience at an affordable price.
2024 and 2025 event announcements coming soon.
Our Crew:
Everett Meehling, Michael Hostetter, Jonathan Eau Claire, Daniel Day, Brian McDonnell, Andrew DeSabatino, Hunter Lohse, Jason Fields, Nick Martin, Hammer Lehmann
2024 and 2025 event announcements coming soon.
Our Crew:
Everett Meehling, Michael Hostetter, Jonathan Eau Claire, Daniel Day, Brian McDonnell, Andrew DeSabatino, Hunter Lohse, Jason Fields, Nick Martin, Hammer Lehmann
[4K] Day Out With Thomas at the Henry Ford Museum
Thomas the Tank Engine operates at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, MI. There are a number of places that operate Day Out With Thomas events in the United States, but Henry Ford is the only location you can see a fully operable Thomas operating on a turntable.
It's an interesting contrast. This fully operable Thomas typically runs at the Strasburg Rail Road in Strasburg, PA, where he is their smallest steam engine operating with a normal sized train pushing nine wooden coaches on a decent grade. At Henry Ford, he is the most powerful operating locomotive available. Thomas makes easy work around the loop of track around Greenfield Village, which recreates the 1860s era of Henry Ford's childhood.
It's an interesting contrast. This fully operable Thomas typically runs at the Strasburg Rail Road in Strasburg, PA, where he is their smallest steam engine operating with a normal sized train pushing nine wooden coaches on a decent grade. At Henry Ford, he is the most powerful operating locomotive available. Thomas makes easy work around the loop of track around Greenfield Village, which recreates the 1860s era of Henry Ford's childhood.
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Union Pacific 8444 & 3985 Doubleheader to Railfair '81
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The Union Pacific Steam program made its first appearance in California with its two excursion locomotives to the grand opening of the California State Railroad Museum for Railfair '81. To reach CSRM, the train operated under Southern Pacific run-through agreements from Ogden, UT into Sacramento. Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444 was already a recognizable steam locomotive in the west. This trip marked ...
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[4K] Strasburg Rail Road - Pennsylvania Steam Trains
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The Strasburg Rail Road operates on 4.5 miles of shortline between Strasburg and Paradise, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The railroad was originally chartered in 1831 and operated in freight and passenger service for the next century. The present day Strasburg Rail Road was turned into a primarily tourist operation in 1958. Steam operations began in 1960, and have continued for the decades sinc...
Canadian Pacific 2816 Steam Train
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Special thanks to Jeff Terry for providing his video from his Steam Heritage Video channel. This video is rendered in 1080, but likely can be viewed in 480. Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 2816, known as "The Empress," operating in the United States for the first time since its restoration in 2001. As part of "Grand Excursion 2004," the 2816 along with Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 261 represented the railroad s...
Southern Pacific 4449 - Cascade Daylight
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Southern Pacific GS-4 4449 "Daylight" leads an excursion from Portland, OR through the Columbia River Gorge and along the Deschutes River to Bend, OR in June 2017, in what is currently the most recent mainline excursion led by the world famous locomotive. The video starts a day before the departure for Bend, as the 4449 and crew get the consist ready to leave the following day. The first day sh...
St. Nicholas Abbey Heritage Railway - Barbados Steam Train
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The Saint Nicholas Abbey Heritage Railway is a tourist line in Barbados. This 30” gauge line was built in 2018 to honor the narrow gauge legacy of the Barbados Railway, which served the Caribbean island nation from 1881 through 1937. The new tourist line is approximately one mile long, with expansions in the works. The train travels from St. Nicholas Abbey to the top of Cherry Tree Hill, with a...
East Broad Top - Operations and Preservation | Circa 1956 - 1990
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The East Broad Top is the oldest surviving narrow gauge railroad in the United States with its first trains operating in 1873. Running from Robertsdale, PA and through Rockhill Furnace and over to Mt. Union, it was the last 3' common carrier east of the Mississippi River. This video comes from the 8mm movie camera of Don Kehl, and was provided by Hunter Lohse by way of the Western Railway Museu...
![[4K] Everett Railroad Steam Train](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ChJ7qFaezHI/mqdefault.jpg)
[4K] Everett Railroad Steam Train
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The Everett Railroad operates a number of steam led passenger specials out of Hollidaysburg, PA with 2-6-0 11. The "Steam to the Cove" Specials operate a majority of the line to Martinsburg, where a wye provides a rare opportunity for 11 to face forward for the entire day of operation. Former Bath & Hammondsport 11, built by Alco in 1920, was built to go to Cuba, but stayed in the US to operate...
California State Railroad Museum Steam Train
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The California State Railroad Museum is considered by many to be one of the finest railroad museums in North America. Located along the Sacramento waterfront, this large indoor facility houses some of the most historically significant pieces of railroad rolling stock on the West Coast. The museum was incorporated in 1976, with the core collection being focused around equipment that had been gat...
Rio Grande - Closing Days of Narrow Gauge Steam
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REUPLOAD The Denver and Rio Grande Western became one of the last narrow gauge operations still going strong by the 1960s. In 1961, noted railroad photographer Don Kehl took his 8mm move camera out to Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico to document the regular day to day operations on narrow gauge. You’ll see the main K-36 and K-37 workhorses as well as K-28 473 on the Silverton train, pl...
Durango & Silverton Winter Steam Train
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"The Cascade Canyon Crusader" The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad operates steam on the rails of the Denver & Rio Grande Western from Durango, Colorado to the spectacular Cascade Canyon.
Strasburg Rail Road - Dead of Winter
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A different take on America's oldest shortline.
Strasburg Rail Road - The Early Tourist Era
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The Strasburg Rail Road is the oldest continuously operating shortline railroad in North America. Chartered in 1832, the purpose of railroad was to connect the community of Strasburg with the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad at Leamen Place Junction. Operations between Strasburg and Leamen Place started in 1852, and the railroad was quick to get rid of steam with the purchase of Plymouth 1 in...
[4K] Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train
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Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train operates a coal mine tour and a steam train operation out of Ashland, Pennsylvania. This 42" gauge operation brought anthracite coal out of Mahanoy Mountain to the hillside, with coal dumped down the hill to the standard gauge railroad below. Leading trains on the original Pioneer Tunnel line is 0-4-0T 1 "Henry Clay", a 1927-built Vulcan tank engine. Origi...
[4K] Pere Marquette 1225 - Return of the REAL Polar Express
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Pere Marquette 2-8-4 1225 returns to the mainline following major repairs. The 1941-built Berkshire operated in Michigan for the majority of its service career. It has operated in excursion service since the 1980s, and notably was the sound and visual model for the titular locomotive in the 2005 movie "The Polar Express." In the years following, it has led Christmas-themed trips out of Owosso, ...
East Broad Top 16 Steam Photo Freight
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East Broad Top 16 Steam Photo Freight
Steam on the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad
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Steam on the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad
Southern 4501 - Steam Returns to Georgia
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Southern 4501 - Steam Returns to Georgia
[4K] South Simcoe 136: 140 Year Old Steam Locomotive
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[4K] South Simcoe 136: 140 Year Old Steam Locomotive
[4K] Norfolk & Western 611 - Virginia Scenic Steam Train
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[4K] Norfolk & Western 611 - Virginia Scenic Steam Train
[4K] Torch Lake - 150 Year Old Steam Train
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[4K] Torch Lake - 150 Year Old Steam Train
Lehigh Valley Coal Company 126 Steam Train
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Lehigh Valley Coal Company 126 Steam Train
[4K] California Western - Days of Steam on the Skunk Train
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[4K] California Western - Days of Steam on the Skunk Train
Iowa Traction - Electric Freight Power
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Iowa Traction - Electric Freight Power
Midwest Central Railroad - Iowa Narrow Gauge Steam Train
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Midwest Central Railroad - Iowa Narrow Gauge Steam Train
Number 40, classic Baldwin Locomotive !
How do those trolley poles stay on the wires!
7:23 Zach(Strasburg 89):Now that I Pulled my Coaches,I Have to Go to the Engine House to Get my Sleep
The 4000s are baldes
I recognize that bell, and the Locomotive itself, It's from the 1956 Disney movie "the Great Locomotive Chase". That's Baltimore and Ohio #25
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honestly it looks like 1951 , which is awesome
Awesome video of Thomas!
Glad you enjoyed
SP 18, The Slim Princess. The Hero Of The Durango & Silverton.
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That's a really nice looking consolidation steam loco. ❤🚂
The train at 12:11 was going really fast for a steamer, and it takes a lot of work to get a steamer to go really fast (points off for the diesel assist). For those who don't know, hot fire pit + insufficient water in the boiler = KABOOM! Too much water in the boiler also = KABOOM! Making a steamer go fast means lots of watching gauges and making adjustments to prevent KABOOM! That should tell you what kind of job engineers and firemen had back then. Not too mention the maintenance crews who work to prevent more kabooms. Despite how idealized steam trains are, those smokestacks belching those plumes of black smoke were a major reason why they were replaced with diesels. It's especially bad going through tunnels. lots of train workers probably died of black lung disease. And the reason why they wore those coveralls was because they'd get dirty with soot. Kids' stories always make diesels the bad guys, but it's more because of how many workers they put out of work than anything "evil." The firemen and those maintenance crews had their jobs made obsolete, but overall, we live in a better place now. Nevertheless, steam trains built America hence why there's so much of a fascination for them, especially when you know what goes into operating them.
0:49 is the whistle show between Thomas and the Steam Crane!
I rode this train with my grandsons back before the COVID crisis...We rode in one of the restored passenger cars and it was an experience I'll cherish forever!
R.I.P. 5632
Great video with Thomas :)
Thanks
Im split between the whistle on big 6 and the whistle on #5.
I remember watching the documentary that was made in 1995. The climax was just a rusty body on a chassis. They really turned her around.
Big 6's whistle is just... M Y S T I C A L
Very cool video of Thomas! I enjoy your content! Keep up the great work 👍
Thanks
@@DynamoProductions-trains np
Pretty much the only standard gauge steam loco that I’ve scene in person, the Baldwin, Porter, Shay and Histlier. I’ve attended Railroad Days in 2018. There are only 2 standard gauge steam locomotive in New Hampshire that run on a regular basis. That being WMCR Climax 6 and ex-Canadian national 7470 at the Conway Scenic Railroad. (Neither The COG Railway, Storyland, Santa’s Village nor Canobie Lake Park count as they are narrow gauge and the cog does not count either because it’s not standard gauge)
40 has same bell as 90
2:19 I thought it was a 4501
when he comes to strasburg can u make a video of him there
We have several videos of Thomas at Strasburg already.
Glad I got to work with the Strasburg Thomas while I worked at the village, it was beefy engine to run and fire too overpowered for there of course!
7:07 watch that while listening to the Thomas and friends theme.
A fantastic video and a great museum. 🎥👍👍👍😎
Glad you enjoyed it
Strasburg Railroad Thomas the Tank Engine (A.K.A Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal #15) operating at the Henry Ford Museum over at Green Field Village.
FIZZLIN' FIREBOXES!!
Strasburg Railroad Thomas visiting! I like it!
Can you please do more of Greenfield Village? I love going there and your videos are just so good!
It’s always a place we enjoy visiting
Enjoyed watching the captures of the fully operable Thomas at the Henry Ford Museum 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Awesome
“We need to get the kids attention more! What do we do?” “I know let’s just add some stupid bubbles on the side!” But for real, it’s nice seeing strasburg Thomas venture out to other places.
Hopefully the symbols don’t burst their bubble
Nice railroad How long is the line .does it go longer . this one of my favorite locomotive d
The whole tourist line goes about 3/4 of a mile.
18:18 pere Marquette 1225
To be honest if Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 5632 was never scrapped at all it would’ve been displayed at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois to this day. I would’ve also been able to see it there if this did happened.
14:39 is that fire in the undercarriage normal?
That engine does that when it’s working hard.
@@DynamoProductions-trains two more questions, the steam trains appear to have incandescent lamps on the front so: 1. Trains from the late 1800s had electric lights? 2. How is the electricity generated?
@@therealhardrock Steam locomotives in the 1800s commonly had headlights where an oil was burned to make a flame to produce the light, however in the late 1800s and into the 1900s, steam locomotives began to use steam driven turbines, known as a dynamo (Latin word for power - and the appliance on steam engines we derive our name from). The dynamo produces electricity which powers the headlight. Many steam engines now use the dynamo to power the in-cab radio as well.
So why does the Western Maryland train have Diesel locomotives on the back instead of a caboose for historical accuracy?
Diesel helps on the grade and leads the train back. Also there’s not much historically accurate about a Mallet pulling passenger cars yet here we are.
@@DynamoProductions-trains Was the Mallet a freight train only? Also, steam trains wouldn't have had diesels helping them when they were in common use, so how did they deal with grades back then?
It was designed for slow speed freight. Today it’s suitable for the slower speeds of a tourist railroad. In the steam era labor was cheaper and the railroads had no viable alternative to steam power, so they rostered bigger engines and more engines, so multiple steam engines would be used. The WM for instance would use one H-9 type 2-8-0 for every 10 loaded hoppers on the Black Fork Grade, running 90 car coal drags with 9 locomotives to tackle that grade. Its not exactly ecomonical for tourist railroads to do the same, which is why most cases you find a diesel helper, rather than more steam engines.
@@DynamoProductions-trains How would they coordinate the use of multiple steam engines back then? You need all the locomotives working properly in tandem for maximum efficiency. Today it's easy, simply having computers that link the locomotives together electronically and automatically control the acceleration and braking accordingly, but back then, this would have had to have been done manually. Every loco would have to have its own engineer and fireman shoveling coal, plus they would all need to communicate with each other (and radios didn't exist for most of steam's history). All the engineers in all of the locos would have to make adjustments on the fly. Sounds like a logistical nightmare.
@@therealhardrock Skill, training, and whistle signals to communicate. And only one engine would control the train brakes.
That is one beautiful ten wheeler. So happy she is still alive so we may take a trip back about 70-80-90 years,
Pretty Cool But, The Noise And Smoke? I Imagine That Coal Burning Smoke Would Get Into Everything! Driving Back To Seattle From Alaska In The 60's The Dirt From The Road Got Into Everything Even Our Luggage!
Reminds me of the little train from 'Green Acres'!!
What about CB&Q 4000?
We don’t include engines that we don’t have footage of
I'm pretty sure there is footage of 4000. I may be wrong though. They are probably in the deep dark corners of the railfanning world.
Footage we do not have for our use.
Ok. Didn't think that they where private!
But nice video overall!
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Super video :)
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Great historical video, simply fantastic, these UP steam locomotives.
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I don’t know about anyone else, but I personally think it would be cool to see 4501 do something like this sometime soon.
A doubleheader between Union Pacific 8444 (A.K.A Union Pacific 844) and Challenger 3985 to Railfair 81 with a special excursion train.
Do you have footage of Santa Fe 3751 in 1995 and 1996?
Nope