Steam Locomotives Working Hard

Steam locomotives always face challenges on their journies, most of which are hills and grades. Even just a 1% grade, meaning the track rises one foot for every 100 feet of distance, can still pose a challenge to any locomotive and crew. In most cases, the engineer has to open up the throttle more than usual and that can make quite a show. I've encountered many locomotives in my days of photographing them, most of which put on quite a show. So please enjoy this compilation I put together of my favorite encounters of locomotives and crew showing off what they can do. Chapters: 0:00 - Reading & Northern #425 1:37 - Southern Pine Lumber #28 3:04 - Central Railroad of New Jersey #113 3:43 - Cumbres & Toltec #487 4:59 - Durango & Silverton #476 6:46 - Southern #4501 7:51 - Cumbres & Toltec #489 9:46 - Durango & Silverton #482 10:41 - Eureka & Palisade #4 w/ Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming #1 11:06 - Reading & Northern #2102 12:44 - Cumbres & Toltec #484 14:24 - Durango & Silverton #473 15:42 - Western Maryland Scenic #1309 16:27 - Durango & Silverton #480 18:02 - Denver & Rio Grande Western #315 w/ Cumbres & Toltec #484 19:30 - Grand Canyon Railway #4960 20:03 - Durango & Silverton #481 21:47 - Canadian Pacific #2816 22:22 - Cumbres & Toltec #463 23:45 - Dollywood #70 24:04 - Cumbres & Toltec #488 25:50 - Strasburg #89 26:13 - Durango & Silverton #493 Copyright 2024, Jack Fellure. Any sort of reproduction or reuse of this footage without permission will have consequences for those who decide to not abide by this request. I take a lot of time money, and effort into these, and I would appreciate it if you respect what I request.