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Tom:
That sounds like a lot of fun! Perhaps we'll see you there. This weekend is our big annual BBQ fund raiser at the Hopland fire house. hoplandfire.org I've got a buddy with a speeder, maybe he'll be interested in coming too.
mike90045:
Sept 13 2015 2nd day of the Willits Roots of Motive Power show. They've got lots of steam gear running, a geared "V2" Mining steam locomotive hauling passenger cars around the track, steam shovels, steam rollers, and a giant 6 cyl Estep Diesel (cyl #5 runs on crankcase blowby) used to run a winch.
(not my pics)
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mike90045:
Upcoming Sept 7 & 8 2019, Northern California. 95490
The Roots of Motive Power steam museum here in Willits https://rootsofmotivepower.com/
Estep 6 cyl diesel
https://rootsofmotivepower.com/donkey/donkey-washington-iron-works-estep-diesel-yarder/
it's job, was to replace steam donkeys and haul felled trees into the railway yard for loading onto cars for transport to the sawmill.
I did not get a video of it starting, it's an air start, and they had a couple tries before they got it going. Took half an hour to recharge the air tank for each attempt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmoLKbiUnHw
This last year, a fishing vessel sank at dock, with another Estep in it. They salvaged the engine from the bay a couple weeks later and discovered it was submerged in the bilge for 20 years. They were going to restore it, but now, just clean up and have it be a static display.
also on my youtube, are a couple other machines, steam roller, a geared mining locomotive
https://rootsofmotivepower.com/locomotive/locomotive-heisler-steam-bluestone-mining-and-smelting/
which has it's 2 steam cylinders axial mounted at a 45 degree incline on either side, like a Vee 2 engine. They drive a longitudinal shaft which geared to the big driver tires. Steam now has real torque !
It's unbelievable fun being here the days they fire it all up and show off the gear.
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