videoarizona Posted January 29, 2019 Share #1 Posted January 29, 2019 (edited) Took the RSV up to Phoenix last week. It will sit up there so I can enjoy the Spring... mountain and desert runs from that area. Found out my clutch is slipping in 5th if I hit it hard. So next week, I'll get with Earl, skydoc_17 , and order a clutch kit from him. Then I came back to Tucson....and came across this.... What is it??? Scroll down.... It's a 2-6-0 steam locomotive...from the early 1900's.... Boy, not very comfortable to sit in...just a pad on a metal bench! But oh so much fun to read the history... http://tucsonhistoricdepot.org/?page_id=277 That's it for me for now. We leave in morning for a week at Lake Patagonia State Park to camp, hike, drink and eat...with the Lake Pleasant Sailing Club...RV division! Our third outing with the Coleman CTU-249RB LOL! See youse guys and gals in a week...unless I can get some WIFI at the lake...then I'll try to send pics... David Edited January 29, 2019 by videoarizona puctuation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyinfool Posted January 29, 2019 Share #2 Posted January 29, 2019 I was going to guess a steam loco control panel before I scrolled down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowrollwv Posted January 29, 2019 Share #3 Posted January 29, 2019 I knew what it was as soon as I saw it.( memory not gone yet) They use to run by my grandparents house every day when I was a youngster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kretz Posted January 29, 2019 Share #4 Posted January 29, 2019 I was going to say it's the pwer plant for Yamaha's next gen Venture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted January 29, 2019 Share #5 Posted January 29, 2019 I was going to say it's the pwer plant for Yamaha's next gen Venture! Now THAT is a good one Kretz!!:clap2::rotf::rotfl: Literally had me cry laughin brother!! What the heck,, went back to the early 1900's,, may as well go wayyyyyyyyyyy back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted January 29, 2019 Share #6 Posted January 29, 2019 Took the RSV up to Phoenix last week. It will sit up there so I can enjoy the Spring... mountain and desert runs from that area. Found out my clutch is slipping in 5th if I hit it hard. So next week, I'll get with Earl, skydoc_17 , and order a clutch kit from him. https://www.venturerider.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=115399 Then I came back to Tucson....and came across this.... https://www.venturerider.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=115400 What is it??? Scroll down.... It's a 2-6-0 steam locomotive...from the early 1900's.... https://www.venturerider.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=115401 Boy, not very comfortable to sit in...just a pad on a metal bench! But oh so much fun to read the history... http://tucsonhistoricdepot.org/?page_id=277 That's it for me for now. We leave in morning for a week at Lake Patagonia State Park to camp, hike, drink and eat...with the Lake Pleasant Sailing Club...RV division! Our third outing with the Coleman CTU-249RB LOL! See youse guys and gals in a week...unless I can get some WIFI at the lake...then I'll try to send pics... David OUTSTANDING BROTHER!! Hope you have a GREAT trip (you deserve it!!) out there!! Sorry to hear about the clutch but hey,, LOOK WHAT YOU PUT THAT POOR THING THRU :dancefool: All the best on the repairs!! As far as the Locomotor,, unlike these other superior intellengent lop eared varmints and being an old Boiler Maker I was gonna guess a boiler.. I guess I was sorta kinda right cause those Locos were all about steam and that is what a boiler is all about... Hey VAz,, you look down right natural sitting there at those controls! GREAT PICS!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cecdoo Posted January 29, 2019 Share #7 Posted January 29, 2019 When I was a kid I looked out my bedroom window onto the Reading RailRoad Outer Station across from the "Swinging Bridge" it was always a thrill when an old steam locomotive came in. Steam and smoke everywhere. Great memories, Thanks! Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted January 29, 2019 Share #8 Posted January 29, 2019 When I was a kid I looked out my bedroom window onto the Reading RailRoad Outer Station across from the "Swinging Bridge" it was always a thrill when an old steam locomotive came in. Steam and smoke everywhere. Great memories, Thanks! Craig I use to OWN Reading Railroad!! I loved playing Monopoly:big-grin-emoticon:!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kretz Posted January 29, 2019 Share #9 Posted January 29, 2019 Now THAT is a good one Kretz!!:clap2::rotf::rotfl: Literally had me cry laughin brother!! What the heck,, went back to the early 1900's,, may as well go wayyyyyyyyyyy back Glad I was able to repay some of the laughs you've given us Puc! When I was a kid I used to sit on the back wall of our street house yard & watch the steam trains go by. We lived four or five houses up from the main Darlington - Stockton railway line (First public railway 1825) in the UK. It had expanded by then of course but unfortunately in the '50's already steam trains were starting to disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvester Posted January 29, 2019 Share #10 Posted January 29, 2019 Before I looked at your post VAZ I said to myself "JAIL". Since I know you associate with one scoundrill named Cowpuc, a known gunfighter around these parts, who also has a way of associating good folk with cur coyotes with broken ear cartilage. After reading the post I feel that the locomotor gives substance to my original thoughts. The locomotor pulled trains of cars which were destructive to the broken ear cartilage sub-canine. I rest my case, you are both scoundrills...and possibly descendants of Troglodytes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted January 29, 2019 Share #11 Posted January 29, 2019 Before I looked at your post VAZ I said to myself "JAIL". Since I know you associate with one scoundrill named Cowpuc, a known gunfighter around these parts, who also has a way of associating good folk with cur coyotes with broken ear cartilage. After reading the post I feel that the locomotor gives substance to my original thoughts. The locomotor pulled trains of cars which were destructive to the broken ear cartilage sub-canine. I rest my case, you are both scoundrills...and possibly descendants of Troglodytes. Takes one to know one and moment by moment it appears that YOU have a pretty good start at knowing em all ya lop eared sneaky varmint Sly!! :rasberry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Posted January 29, 2019 Share #12 Posted January 29, 2019 "Boy, not very comfortable to sit in...just a pad on a metal bench!" And if the boiler had a 100 pounds of steam pressure on it, you would be sitting next to a 338°F radiator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvester Posted January 29, 2019 Share #13 Posted January 29, 2019 Takes one to know one and moment by moment it appears that YOU have a pretty good start at knowing em all ya lop eared sneaky varmint Sly!! :rasberry: See, that is what I posted about. Scoundrills associating good "God Fearing" folk with sub-canine adjectives. I feel it is time for a posse to be formed to round up these scoundrills and bring them to justice. And I am now characterized as "sneaky". What a low way to deal with one's adversaries. They are just sneaky. A God Fearing good folk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimmer Posted January 31, 2019 Share #14 Posted January 31, 2019 (edited) Just thought I would add this to the steam engine information. The Union Pacific Rail Road is just completing a complete rebuild of a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy and will have it back on the rail and under steam May 2019. This is one of the largest steam engines ever produced. Here is a link to the site with more information about it. https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/4014/index.htm Rick F. Edited February 3, 2019 by cimmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kretz Posted January 31, 2019 Share #15 Posted January 31, 2019 Here's a link that some of you steam buffs may be interested in. I saw the Sir Nigel Gresley, Mallard & The Flying Scotsman in Steam at York Station many years ago. It was the last time all three ran together. A speed record of 126 mph seems pretty tame nowadays! Times move on! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2354692/Mallard-surviving-sister-locomotives-come-celebrate-75th-anniversary-speed-record.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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