Revival Steam

Geared locomotives were not the only type of locomotives working on logging railroads. Conventional rod engines also worked in the logging industry. In today's episode, we will feature a selection of rod locomotives working on different trains in Oregon and California. This will be an exciting episode you won't want to miss. Enjoy. Photo Attribution: Clark Kinsey, Public domain, via Wikime...

The Shay. The Heisler. The Climax. These three types of geared locomotives were the symbol of logging Railroads in America. Many along with the logging railroads have since disappeared, leaving behind a handful of survivors. In this episode, we will listen to these locomotives as they perform a new chapter in the revival steam movement. We will visit different railroads in California, New Mexico,...

The Rayonier Railroad was the last logging railroad in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. to use steam locomotives. Now imagine that we can relive those days on the Mt. Rainier Railroad. This episode will feature sounds from the fictional future as Rayonier Steam, both original and tribute, makes a grand return near a mountain that gave the railroad its name. A long-lasting tribute to logging steam...

We imagine returning to the West Side Camp Railway in August to hear more steam engines at work on their home rails. The stars will involve Shays #8, 9, and the big #10. It is a show that you will enjoy. The sounds from these engines are incredible, and they will make you imagine what it was like during the logging days in this area of the redwood forest. Photo Attribution: 1. NearEMPTiness, CC BY...

How about taking a steam train to your favorite campsite? Imagine that this will happen on the fictional West Side Camp Railroad. This episode features a once famous narrow gauge logging Railroad, and imagine that this railroad will have a new lease of life. You will hear the sounds of geared locomotives working hard on camp trains in early May, marking both the tourist season in the redwood fores...

Spring and the smell of steam and smoke in the forest-filled mountains of West Virginia are in the air. We are about to start a Spring Break with Cass Shays for this, our second logging episode for the Revival Steam Podcast. We will hear trains fighting up a mountain or calmly moving along a river. This is a Spring Break in the future that you would like to enjoy. Attributions: Photo:  Gordon Legg...

Have you ever wondered what it will be like to hear the sound of logging engines in revenue service again? Wonder no more as you will listen to the sounds of gear-logging engines on the world-renowned Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia. It is here we will begin the first Logging-themed RS event. Imagine revived freight service on this scenic system through the country's most spectacular ste...

The narrow-gauge railroads of America were an essential part of American transportation for many years. They transported goods and people to areas that usual standard gauge tracks cannot reach. 90% of these tracks are gone, but what if, in the future, we can bring them back? This episode will take us to states like Maine, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Colorado. We will hear what it...

As we await the logging saga, we will present the first of several single episodes for the podcast. We will start in the east. Railroads: 1. MDDE 2. Everett 3. EBT

In the western states of the U.S., the once sugar-hauling steam kettles from Cuba will have new homes to show the world what a Steam locomotive can do. This is the final episode of the Cuba American Steam locomotive saga. We will visit Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Oregon to hear the sounds of steam from Cuba. They will claim new homes, and this spring RS event will be another good sign of th...

Part Two of the Cuba American Steam Standard Gauge saga takes us to Wisconsin, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Tennessee. We will imagine hearing steam on four railroads that will welcome steam sugar kettles from Cuba onto their tracks. It is all during a fall spectacle of leaves in their brightest of colors. Listen, imagine, and enjoy.

Part one of three episodes depicts standard gauge Cuban Sugar Kettles back in the country of their birth and serving the Great Lakes region states of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. It is a beautiful snowy winter when we will witness this action, so listen and enjoy. Note: Standard Gauge is actually 56-inch gauge, not 48-inch. Important Note: CCL permission from Blackthorne57 Written Permission from...

(Originally published November 10, 2023) Ever wonder what it would sound like if steam locomotives from Cuba would find new homes in America? This episode will answer those questions as we start with the narrow gauge. Have a drink of fruit punch or lemonade ready as we travel to the states of Colorado and California, as we imagine hearing Cuba Narrow Gauge sugar kettles finding new homes to operat...

(Originally published September 13, 2023) America is a land for everything, including bio-fuel-burning steam locomotives. Its influence has been felt by generations of Americans even after revenue service steam operations ended in 1960. In this RS Episode, we imagine we take a cross-country trip from the East Coast to the West to witness RS Events during one late summer. It will contain steam loco...

(Originally published September 9 2023) Generations of rail fans have felt the influence of Thomas the Tank Engine since 1984. Thomas is a steam engine that has taught us many things. Every steam locomotive in preservation today is still valuable for preserving our past. Imagine that their usefulness can be expanded into a limited revenue service. This episode makes us imagine one future springtim...

(Originally published September 9, 2023) Imagine you are at a station in America, waiting for a special train to arrive. It is filled with gifts ready to give happiness to smiling faces waiting at the station, including you. The train arrives, and the complete excitement is released. You are prepared to get what you want after being good all year. What if this were to come true in the future? This...

(Originally published August 5, 2023) It's Jamboree in Arkansas as we visit the Arkansas Southern Railroad with old and new natives to this scenic state in the western part of the Southern U.S. Most of it is yard action, but we will feature a good piece of line action near the end. Having a trio of steam locomotives in one state on this October visit is a reason to celebrate the return of reve...

(Originally published August 5, 2023) California has beautiful coastlines, rugged mountains, deserts in the southwest, and lots of railroading action. Come with me and imagine three Revival State events that the RS team chartered in late August in the future. We will hear an old veteran return to her original home on the Santa Maria Valley Railroad. Then, we travel to the foothills of the cascades...

(Originally published July 18, 2023) What would it look like to travel back in time and bring something valuable back to the future? How would it affect people today and tomorrow? This episode will answer those questions as we continue the Short Line saga of the Revival Steam movement. We will again take a cross-country trip from the Midwest to the Coast of the Pacific. We will witness revenue ste...

(Originally published June 26, 2023) The RS movement is beginning to expand more rapidly. This episode will feature RS events in Minnesota and West Virginia, and we head west to visit our first western RS events. The states include Washington State, Oregon, and California. Most of the whistles heard are five-chime whistles. You will certainly enjoy this episode as we expand the influence of the RS...

(Originally published June 17, 2023) It's time to sit by the fire and warm up because we are doing our first-ever winter RS events in three states. We will visit Vermont to record a veteran in her once-famous retirement pasture land in the snow. We will then visit my home state of Michigan in the northwest region of the lower peninsula. There will be a steam locomotive there that has never exi...

(Originally, June 6, 2023) We return to the East Broad Top Railroad in Pennsylvania to spend a day with the local freight train pulled by #14. We will also feature a bonus near the end of the episode. #14's whistle is our favorite among the other mikes and will inspire you more for our future Revival Steam Movement.

(Originally published May 28, 2023) We returned to the Bonhomie and Hattiesburg Southern twice in different weather conditions. We chase #300 in a severe thunderstorm and travel with #250 in beautiful autumn colors. You will always remember the sounds of steam in these different weather events.

(Originally published May 19, 2023) We recorded six locomotives on five different railroads throughout the South. We are stepping on the accelerator on the RS Steam movement to return steam to revenue service, short lines first. The cheerful and quirky whistles of these tea kettles ring in celebration to the beginning of a new era. And I am honored to share these sounds with you. NOTES: 1. The pic...

(Originally published May 19, 2023) We move to the launching pad for the RS Movement on the East Broad Top Railroad. 33 miles long through beautiful Pennsylvania countryside, this 3ft narrow gauge railroad has recently returned and imagine a step further to bring revenue steam-powered trains back to America.