In this video, we talk through how to fire up Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 at the @crrm , focusing specifically on the fire and how it builds and changes. This locomotive is a coal burning locomotive, which you start on wood and then transition to coal. There's great footage showing what the fire does with explanations of what's going on along the way, along with fun dialogue between myself and others at the museum, notably my great friend @guppybob .

If you view this in full screen, apologies for the focus on my home camera shots - it's a touch soft, and didn't look that way in the preview window... maybe it's time for me to shell out for the full version of Resolve to be able to preview the shots in full screen.

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0:00 Intro
1:29 Clean out the firebox
10:37 Starting the wood fire
12:40 Hooking up the circulator pump
20:53 Talking about fireups with Brett
27:27 Fire Rake Cam
28:18 Starting to add coal
29:40 Slo-mo Fire Rake Cam & Combustion Explanation
31:28 Steam, blower, forced draft
37:02 Coal Scoop Sizes
40:40 Slo-mo Shovel Cam
43:44 Clean fire, front right, handedness
45:35 My favorite Shovel Cam footage
46:18 Hydrostatic Lubricator Desc.
48:13 Starting Air Compressor
50:42 Leave Roundhouse, Ashpan cleaning
53:46 Outro
54:36 491 runby uphill working hard