Steam Locomotive Controls [4K]

New videos are in the works! Sorry it has taken so long, but this has been a very busy year for me so far! An Update: • In January, The Walt Disney Company found me and presented an offer I could not decline to join their roundhouse crew that takes care of the 5 steam locomotives as well as the steamboat at Disneyland. • The roundhouse at Disneyland is very much so off limits to the public so creating videos there is not permitted (as of right now). • I travel back home (Colorado) very frequently to help out as well as do contract work with the various railroads in the state (Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, Colorado Railroad Museum, etc.). • During these trips to work on the locomotives out in Colorado, I come up with new ideas for videos and collect all the footage I can to create them. Thanks for everyone's patience and new videos will be out very soon! -Jeff Berrier For more content from me, see my Instagram: www.instagram.com/denver_and_rio_grande_western/?h… Or my new FaceBook page: www.facebook.com/JeffryPBerrier/

Possibly the best documentary I've ever seen. Excellent videography, editing, and sound. But what was most striking to me is the lack of vocal narration... It clearly conveys that deep sense of reverence and respect this good man has for this beautiful ol' girl. It lets her speak on her own terms, with her own "vocabulary", and no interference. And what a beautiful vocabulary it is. Living, breathing, indeed. Thank you.

This exemplifies what I love about YouTube. There is nothing this entertaining on tv. Perfect watch with my morning coffee and cigar.

I have stood in the cabs of many dormant steam locomotives, and been perplexed by the plethora of unlabeled valves, until now. It is most difficult to find this information anywhere else. Thank you, and keep up the hard work!

I am so impressed, I can't believe my eyes. This art must be handed down. There can't be any book or class that teaches this.

I never realized that I had it so easy being a fireman and engineer on diesel electric.  This video shows what it really took to be a head end crew member on steam!  Very good video!  Keep up the good work!

Thank you so much for these videos. Just the facts are presented - clear and straightforward - no "fluff", no silly music.

My Grandfather was an engineer on the NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM . He operated everything from Switchers up to and Including the Mighty 4-8-4 Niagara's After watching your videos ,I cannot even Imagine what the Cab and Locomotive controls in a "Niagara" were like ... WOW Your Videos are Amazing ! I had No Idea how complicated a Steam Locomotive operation was . THANK YOU so very much for your Amazing Videos !!!

30 psi ≈ 21 kPa; 60 psi ≈ 410 kPa; 90 psi ≈ 620 kPa; 130 psi ≈ 900 kPa; 37 100 pound ≈ 165 kN, 6000 gals ≈ 23 m³. Awesome video!

Ouch. I watched all three today and just wow. Not just the loco but the controls and how you do it. The time taken to set up the camera record the action must have taken a long time. Then to edit it into a flowing story that showed the process, just lovely all round. Looking forward to more. This quality takes great effort and not a little time, so I’ll wait for the next one. Keep it up. This is worth a medal from the preservation world.

Amazing just how different American locomotives are from British locos - not only in styling but also in the actual controls available. I volunteer on a heritage railway here in the UK, and was curious with the very industrial looking locos that you have - ours are covered in lots of very nice playing to hide all the pipes and valves, but it makes for a lot more polishing! And wood in a steam engine in the U.K. makes for a very rare find - almost everything is of metal construction! Particular curiosities are the sanding dome (which in the UK does not exist, and is merely a box on each side of the loco down on the walkway), a dynamo (only on retrofitted locos, otherwise they relied on and still rely on paraffin lamps), steam heating (here all steam is for the loco, not for comfort, and we expect the fire to be hot enough to keep us warm!) and the amount of compressed air equipment (here almost everything is manually operated - especially the firebox door and cover - and compressed air is very rarely found with our locos relying heavily on vacuums). So very interesting, and thank you for sharing this insight into the locos over the pond. Can't wait for more so I can learn all of your American locomotive secrets!

This entire video can be concluded in one simple word: AWESOME!

I think it’s safe to say, these videos are instant classics. Thanks Jeff, great work. 👍

This is what the internet is for right here. The preservation and sharing of bad ass history.

The number of things you can do with steam (and the technology to harness the power of it) to me is fascinating (i.e. - the number of functions they have engineered into a single (quite complex) device such as a locomotive using only steam power). You can generate electricity (Dynamo - never heard of it before -amazing), heat, cooling, locomotion, compressed air, braking, and so many other functions (which I don't even know). 1928, the year of my Mother's birth.

Jeff, Your two videos are fabulous!!! Not only do they show a unique view of how the engine works and all that is takes to make it run and some of the maintenance points, but your shots are very artistic and well planned and annotated so we know what you are showing us. You know you must be the envy of many steam buffs like myself. Thanks so much for making these videos!

thanks for solving the sand dome mystery. For years Ive been asking people who might know about the extra dome on locomotives, and nobody could say anything beyond the steam dome. This video is the ONLY one so far providing an in depth info on every accessory.

Awesome! What a nice in-depth look without all the “fluff”. Great job to all ya cats over there keeping these machines running with your obvious passion, blood, sweat and tears. Thanks!

I'm pretty sure is more complicated to run such a machine than a Disel one. This is amazing. This used to be a regular job for the railway companies, now is something rare.

Great work Jeff! I've been in and around steam and all other forms of railroading for most of my life. You have made some of the very best videos to be had in terms of quality and information given. Extremely proud of you! As for the 491 I have a special place in my heart for the engine after reading the story in October 1969 Trains Magazine of the crew getting stranded on Cumbres Pass on board 491 in a snowstorm in 1951.