Operating a Vulcan Iron Works 0-4-0T Steam Locomotive

Thank you for showing this amazing locomotive. Vulcan was located in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. As a child my father marveled at watching raw iron enter the locomotive works and steam locomotives exit the other end. The Vulcan custom built locomotives, and, I believe, became the third largest locomotive builder in the world. Thank you.

Another benefit of oil is let's say the boiler runs out of water
With oil u can turn off the fuel
With coal u would either need to dump the fire on the sleepers or risk blowing the boiler up

Also if ur an engineer running a steam loco and the crown sheet becomes exposed and the boiler doesn't blow heaven help u when the office finds out cause u will be out of work pretty quick
Every time the crown sheet is exposed and the boiler doesn't blow the engine has to be put in the shop for a full boiler inspection

We have a Museum that has a couple 0-4-0 Oil fired Locomotives in operation I think they are Vulcans And two Shays as well. They rotate them so sometimes when you go you will be riding on the shay and other times it’s the Vulcans. Just wish they had the Climax up and running instead of on display would be so cool to one in operation

Brilliant piece of history together with a scenic route. Live it.

This is an amazing knowledge dump. Thank you for sharing that Mr Rucker.
Always love the vids from the train projects, just never knew so much history.
So awesome to see one actually running All the pipes and valves! Put together so carefully.
and now running this legend around... Hopefully that ol' gal will live many more years.

What a nice segment, very nicely filmed and edited. Smiling all the way through !!

Video was very enjoyable and informative, a pleasure through and through. Thanks from my son and myself!

Really love your videos. Thanks

Running it on biodiesel would be cool

Thank you for makeing verry well well done

Really cool!

STEAM TRAIN FANS WAHOOO

I mean-

Oh man! Those hillbilly style coaches gave me a laugh.Thanks for sharing that!

I know that sound well!!... Oil-fired boilers in-home/commercial heating systems in New England.

Great video. The locomotive is amazingly quite.

Love videos

The Union Pacific railroad had restored the 4014 Big Boy 4-8-8-4 to run on oil instead of coal. As you pointed out oil is better than coal. I also have an HO scale Rivarossi Big Boy numbered as 4001.

That's so interesting. I almost feel I could operate a steam train myself. Thanks, Keith.

Good old British 'two toots' for go ! However, the one toot is for 'stopping' not stopped !

Einfach nur FANTASTISCH!!!!!!!

What is the name of the museum

The strokes of the pistons seem to be staggered. I hear puff puff, puff puff. Sort of a gallop. Is this the case and why?

I understand the center dome is the steam dome. What are the other two domes?

So great shots of vintage steam in action. I am now old enough to remember hours long train rides by great Northern 4-8-4 and Pacifics of both CNR and CPR. This helps bring back memories, of how my late dad once brought me up into a cab as a friendly engineer was idling his Consolidate 2-8-0 outside the roundhouse in St. John, N.B. He let Dad send the great iron beast forward a few feet. Try THAT today on a main line locomotive! Who can forget that? I was maybe 6-7 years old.
Keith, now what IS the actual narrow gauge of this railroad? I did a search but nothing in the texts. Did I miss it?

Almost as charming as the Hooterville Cannonball :)

Thanks for the ride Keith!

What a beautiful little engine running in beautiful countryside....
and a Very good presentation by the engineer
Thank you

That was amazing....:-)

nice presentation but i would of liked to hear you explain how the locomotive goes forward abnd reverse the operation of the steam cylinders

It looks like it's running on 1.5 cylinders.

Blake Masters is NOT good for Arizona. Vote for Mark Kelly.

Nice steam locomotive

We road a coal fired steam locomotive in Cass West Virginia. It takes you up the mountain where they used to use it for logging. I asked the guy that shoveled the coal and he said it used 4 1/2 ton of coal for the trip. That one guy shoveled all that coal.

That was very amazing! :)

what about coke coal thats used in blast furnaces, im sure that could be repurposed into steam engine power

Excellent video with clear explanations plus an interesting ride. Takes me back many years when these engines were in common use.

Nice editing and a nice job with the explaining of the history and operational overview.
What happens when you retire?I hope you have a trainee in the wings.

Fun fact: The MCRR uses waste oil instead of bunker oil

Do you guys use knuckle couplers or link and pin I noticed on the front of the locomotive it had link and pin

I'm watching current (9-4-2023) video of you repairing a part for this locomotive. I wanted to know more about this machine and found this video. Very informative and entertaining. You haven't changed much at all in the last 9 years.

What a little Beauty

Your a very busy man: engineer, fireman and brakeman. Great video

Vul - CAN!

I enjoyed this again, making it a viewed, but subscribed already, long ago. Ron W4BIN

Great Video, Thanks for Sharing !😊

Thank you Keith, (No Fireman?)