Steam & Excursion > We run and heat with steam ...

This is the last departure of the Holiday Express of 2025, at Oregon Rail Heritage Center.
We are happy and sad to be done for the year.
This is a push/pull/pull operation; we have an historic SW10 on the north end of the train as well as Polson No. 2 on the south. 
From our station we immediately cross the MAX light rail line. This is one of two light/heavy rail crossings on the west coast, the other is in the San Francisco area. The interlocking is radio controlled.

Video taken with my phone and quality slightly reduced to fit file size limits here.

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Thanks for sharing your wonderful video of the Holiday Train.  Impressive lighting.

You heat the cars with steam, really!  That is quite impressive.  I know maintaining steam heat and the all the traps and parts is very high maintenance. Where do you find all the parts for the steam traps and other controls?

Great Video Mr. Caultey!   Happy New Year and keep m,e postd on your project.

Parts:  stash of left-overs from other (unused or scrapped) cars, or cars converted to HEP. We don't have a lot! 

Currently we're on a quest for a inter-car steam coupling gasket that is "in a box" that got put "somewhere" when we cleaned up the ORHC yard for the turntable project. There are only a couple of places it could have been put .....  :)
 

....inter-car steam coupling gasket....

That sounds like what I used to call a steam conduit gasket.  I'm old school and staid I know, but I remember we kept a good supply of them in stock.  We would go through 2-3 a week on the Lone Star back in the day.  Still, it had to be a pretty good leak for us to replace one.  A screamer by the diner or sleeper always got "fix-it" attention.