Steam, smoke, and pure chaos — this isn’t your average locomotive.

[u/Bodzio1981]

Forget train horns at crossings—this one sounds like it’s warning of the apocalypse.

[u/NegotiationThen5596]

Beautiful and Reminiscent of a time gone by.

[u/LuxInteriot]

I think it's super musical, not creepy. Maybe just a little.

[u/BathSaltJello → u/LuxInteriot]

The train is singing the song of it's people

[u/smurb15 → u/BathSaltJello]

Toot toot my good engine

[u/El_Maton_de_Plata → u/smurb15]

I think it's saying,Thomas!

[u/MeadowShimmer → u/LuxInteriot]

I was waiting for the scary part. Just enjoyed the train while I was waiting

[u/bzzard]

Once I was wild camping in the forest. Turns out there was open mine loading station nearby ....welp, turns out they were using this whistle to communicate somehow. 1am to 6am Scary shit. But kinda cool memory to have.

[u/pobodys-nerfect5 → u/bzzard]

What’s the difference between wild camping and regular camping?

[u/Bear-Ferr → u/pobodys-nerfect5]

Wilderness camping is without a campsite. Typically backpack in.

[u/bzzard → u/pobodys-nerfect5]

While bike touring in this case. You just pick a place in the forest for a tent overnight. It's usually illegal.

[u/Witty-Transition-524]

What a beautifully engineered machine! I miss "solid state" machinery and being able to see the works. The push button, screen on the dash, no e brake handle, no steel bumper havin' crap sucks. 

[u/TheAserghui]

For anyone who wants to nerd out about this specific locomotive or it's scenic route:

https://mountainrailwv.com/shay-5/

[u/mmmUrsulaMinor → u/TheAserghui]

Thank you!

[u/LeftHandedScissor → u/TheAserghui]

Am I missing something? Those don't look like the same trains.

[u/TheAserghui → u/LeftHandedScissor]

The one in the video is first shown going in reverse first

When its driving forward in the next part, you can see the drive shaft along the side. It's the same locomotion as the train from the website.

Also the tinderbox has the same name as the website: "Cass Scenic Railroad"

[u/DemandImmediate1288]

The engineer must be the masochist who blows his whistle near my house at 3 AM every morning.

[u/LeftHandedScissor → u/DemandImmediate1288]

I'm like 2 buildings away from a crossing. Some conductors seem to get it, 2-3 horns fine. Some though will lay on 5-7 times from like a mile out, come off it bud.

[u/DemandImmediate1288 → u/LeftHandedScissor]

We always get the same sequence- 2 long. 1 short, 1 long- but it's a matter of how long. The nice guys do a quick 'tooot tooot toot toootbit that 3 am asshole loves drawing it out for 30 seconds.

[u/Tra1nGuy]

I FRICKING LOVE SHAYS

[u/Salty_Fisherman7070]

Steam engines are awesome. So much power, so many moving parts!

[u/SodaPopPlop]

Wow, thx. I never saw a 6 cylinder steam locomotive before.

[u/PC_Trainman → u/SodaPopPlop]

Only three cylinders. Shays only have cylinders on one side. The other side is kinda empty looking

[u/SodaPopPlop → u/PC_Trainman]

Ah, ok, thx

[u/PC_Trainman → u/SodaPopPlop]

No problem. They're really quite unique beasts. Almost nobody walks around to the other side to take photos. All the interesting stuff is on the cylinder side.

[u/Brepgrokbankpotato]

Black five reporting on

[u/PC_Trainman]

Eerie & mournful. The echo down the holler really emphasizes that feeling.

[u/eltron]

Were these machines, with the vertical driving gears, limited in their design and or manufacturing? I’m in to the Pacific Northwest and majority of my ancient local trains were those style of drive. Was wondering if anyone knew more what that was called.

Other than looking extremely dangerous, don’t get a sleeve caught in there, it’s very unique.

[u/TwoWheels1Clutch]

It sounds like Native flutes.

[u/r23dom]

black sabbath the wizard

[u/EasyCZ75]

European steam train whistles are awesome

[u/ChimkenNuggs]

Sounds like a Super-bike reving to the redline

[u/MrScabs69]

Sounds like it could be used during the intro for a prog rock song.

[u/anon184749]

🏎️

[u/VernalPoole]

Blast from the past! Literally

[u/SadBit8663]

Who wrote this caption in the video, like an 8 year old?

[u/Leafington42 → u/SadBit8663]

Bro doesn't understand humor or ai generated articles smdh

[u/SolidHopeful]

Nice

[u/XandMan70]

That's.....

Awesome!!!

[u/that_guy12346]

I love that whistle it's beautiful and riding on a beautifully weird and wacky locomotive to boot. This is the kinda stuff I dream about.

[u/HoneyGunner007]

Why did I hear the bitconnect guy? I love… bitconnnneeeeeeeect!

[u/cmslobe]

Imagine a bear and deer making eye contact to the terrier of the sound, getting closer.

[u/Outside_Interest_773]

2nd Shay tonight