Milwaukee Road steam locomotive 261 full throttle action
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 makes a spectacular full throttle departure from Red Wing during its 2006 excursion from Minneapolis along the scenic Mississippi Valley.
For more about the 261 locomotive go to 261.com/ and for SVS Film DVD's see svsfilm.com/
As well as trackside views, we watch Steve Sandberg, president and chief operating officer of the Friends of the 261, the engineer in charge of locomotive 261 give the 'Highball' command. With speed increasing, both fireman tend to the fire by manually topping up the fire and adjusting the flow of coal via the mechanical stoker.
The Friends of 261 is now incorporated as the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America which owns a fleet of railroad passenger cars including the Skytop glass-backed observation car 'Cedar Rapids' and the Milwaukee Road full length 'Super Dome', both of which can be seen bringing up the rear of the train in this video.
You have to have more raw uncut footage somewhere! This is fantastic.
Hello Charles. Many thanks for your kind comments. Yes there is a lot more on the 'cutting room floor', but I do have a full feature DVD - details at svsfilm.com/261dvd.htm
Funny seeing you here!
man im dead
I had the privilege of climbing into the cab during a fuel/water break in Fond du Lac, WI in the mid 90s when I was 5 years old. A family friend and engineer for the Wiscosin Central had connections and was able to get me aboard. I remember how tall the ladder into the cab seemed to a little boy like me. Also remember the inferno in the firebox. To a five year old it looked like the pits of hell itself. Memory for a lifetime. Hope to see the brute in person again
Hello. I agree it is a wonderful machine and it is amazing that it has been preserved in full working order thanks to the Friends of 261.
Jerry, I swear i see you everywhere I go on the internet haha, 261 is definitely quite a performer
0:50 they're shooting grease into the cranks because they don't use roller bearings to connect the connecting rods to the wheels. I presume that roller bearings get hammered to death by those connecting rods at speed, so they ditched them.
261 is my favorite locomotive
I hope you enjoyed my short film. Thanks for your interest. John McIvor svsfilm.com
Sweet!
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it.
My brother, Jim French used to work on this engine.
At 0:32 what exactly do the 2 black gauges say under them? It’s just a bit blurry
Hello Adam. The left hand gauge is marked 'White - equalizing reservoir, red - main reservoir'. The right hand gauge is marked 'White - brake pipe, red - brake cylinder'. Many thanks for your interest.
Brake pressure gauges, they look like they were added way later in its life
@@KB-2323 Yeah.. to Stay To-Date with FRA Laws, they replaced the Brakes and gave it new Gauges, it's the same with pretty much every other Mainline Steamer.
@@maxwellsteam5810 Those gauges are just modern type air brake gauges. They didn't have to "replace the brakes" or FRA laws.
I thought 261 had a mechanical stoker🤔
Yes 261 does have a mechanical stoker as I mentioned in the video commentary. Hand firing helped to top up back corners of the fire not reached well by the stoker. Thanks for your interest.
@@svsfilm I must have missed that part in the video 😅
Yep. Took 2 years but figure out but I did indeed miss that part 😆.
Could have done without the arrogant nationalism comment, but otherwise great video! Thanks for posting this, it’s history in the present!
Steve Sandberg said it 'tongue in cheek' for my benefit as a bit of fun. He is the driving force behind the preservation of that locomotive and the beautiful passenger cars based in the Twin Cities. Glad you enjoyed the short film despite that. Thanks for your interest. John McIvor, svsfilm.com