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  1. SteamTec

    Valve gear remote troubleshooting

    How it started: After a period of calculating valve gears in MS Excel, many years ago I did some successful quick troubleshooting for a small 600 mm gauge steam loco's valve gear that was performing very poorly. We measured the piston and valve positions in 4 steps, I drew an Excel diagram...
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    Need help identifying locomotive

    I was browsing through the archives of the Henry Ford Museum and stumbled across a photo of their exhibit from 1941, featuring their Dewitt Clinton Replica. However, behind it was something I have never seen in the 2 decades I've been going to the museum. A narrow gauge tank engine with side...
  3. ProRailProductions2019

    Pere Marquette 1225 Tribute

    With it being Christmas Day, we decided to release our first 1225 Tribute. Featuring scenes from 2015, 2016 and 2019. We hope you enjoy this collage of passed videos! Video by: David McDougall Edited and Produced by: David McDougall Like us on Facebook...
  4. ProRailProductions2019

    NKP 765 Returning to Owosso (2010)

    Back in 2010 we see NKP 765 on return trip to Owosso on a Fall Color Tour sponsored by Steam Railroading Institute. Footage was taken on her Return Trip south to Owosso to Alma. Don't forget to hit subscribe and turn on the notification bell! Like us on Facebook...
  5. ProRailProductions2019

    Mountain Thunder: Western Maryland Scenic 734

    The day after we chased N&W 611 to Roanoke, we went north to Cumberland, Maryland to see 734 in her final days of steam. Now the 734 rests in Cumberland waiting to be rebuilt back into action! Filmed May 31st 2015. Don't forget to hit subscribe and turn on the notification bell! Like us on...
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    Southern 4501 passes Mount Vernon Mills in Trion, GA

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    GSMR 1702 works up a 1 to 1.25% grade at Cemetary Road

    7-11-20 Details in video description
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    GSMR 1702 at Bryson City depot and Tuckasegee River

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    Southern 4501 at Rock Springs, Georgia

    From 2019 on a Steam to Summerville excursion.
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    Cass freight and passenger runby at Spruce

    From 2019
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    Southern 4501 enters the Chickamauga Battlefield

    From 2019, Southern 4501 enters the Chickamauga Battlefield.
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    Southern 4501 begins the climb up Missionary Ridge with a short train

    From 2019 This trackage is the ex Central of Georgia Rome to Chattanooga main line. Now owned by the state of Georgia and operated by the C&C Railway which in turn is owned by the Genessee and Wyoming family.
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    Southern 4501 passes the National Cemetary in Chattanooga

    From 2019
  14. cultrevolutioner

    Uyuni steam locomotive cemetery

    video of my visit to this locomotive and wagon cemetery lost in the middle of the desert near the city of Uyuni in Bolivia, the images will show you up close everything you can see there
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    Steam In The Bonnies

    While China is known for modern railroading, it also features some steam train and I was able to visit one on a May 2019 trip. The location is 3 hours outside of the Sichuan Province capital Chengdu and the railroad is called Jiayang Coal Railway. The railroad was once built to haul coal and...
    • Ywolfgl
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    • Forum: International - Railway Photography
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    Jiayang Coal Railway

    Nestled deep in China's southwest interior lies the Jiayang Coal Railway. About a good 3 hour drive from the capital of Sichuan Province Chengdu, this 762mm (2.5 ft) is one of the last narrow gauge railroads to still operate in China. Powering the line are Class C2 ex-PKP 0-8-0 steam engines...
  17. ProRailProductions2019

    Pere Marquette 1225's Back to the Bricks Special 2016 (Full Chase)

    With summertime right around the corner its time for Summertime Steam Excursions to begin! For a Throwback YouTube post something different I am trying out, I combined the original two videos (North & South) to make a full chase video. We feature a full chase of 1225 on her first excursion of...
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    Steam in the Snow

    Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad train 216 doubleheaded by locomotives #488 and #487 on a snowy October 8th 2018 as they pass Coxo crossing and round Windy Point on the run from Chama, NM to Antonito, CO.
  19. Polson Logging Company #2

    Polson Logging Company #2

    Leaving Garibaldi, OR
    • Youngwarrior
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    • steam steam engine steam locomotive train
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  20. Polson Logging Company #2

    Polson Logging Company #2

    Leaving Garibaldi, OR
    • Youngwarrior
    • Media item
    • steam steam engine steam locomotive train
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives


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