15 LARGEST Steam Powered Vehicles

[@PhotogNT]

I was incredibly impressed when noticed on a documentary I saw recently that the Titanic’s pool was still full of water after more than 100years.

[@robertdipaola3447]

I like that, very funny!!!-- scientists still can't figure out how the titanic pool is full of water having been sunk all those years ago!!!

[@captainotto]

Pool water is too cold. Heater needs replacing. Poor lighting in the pool room. Other than that, 10/10 would swim again.

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

@@robertdipaola3447 And it haven't been cleaned for years!

[@williamromine5715]

I grew up in Rawlins Wyoming(I'm 81) which has the Union Pacific RR dividing the town in half. As a kid, I saw the Big Boy on many occasions. Although it was big, didn't realize it's significance.

[@stupidhead9117]

At church?

[@OfficialTrainzGod]

do you remember seeing any of the preserved ones?

[@williamromine5715]

@@OfficialTrainzGod sorry, I did not.

[@williamromine5715]

@@stupidhead9117 Sorry, I don't understand your reply.

[@shashidharmurthy2226]

Yes sir,l am 67,l have also grown up looking at the massive sound & size of the steam engines, now l do feel the electric,diesels are no match in classic way to these steam giants😅

[@kaedenthecsxamtrakandthoma8318]

2:58 northfolk and western y6b 12:57 Pennsylvania s1 16:43 Yellowstone 18:12 Union Pacific big boy 19:43 Allegheny class

[@Train_Tok_Man]

*Norfolk*

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

15:52 Correction: Not 44, but 50 John Deere bottom plows. To me, the Big Boy will always be the greatest train ever built.

[@GalaxyFur]

Fun fact: The Big Boy is the largest steam locomotive ever built when you factor in all the different ways a steam locomotive is measured. So overall on "average" the biggest is the Big Boy. But the United States was lucky enough to have the top 10 largest locomotives of all time like the Yellowstone and Allegheny on that list.

[@didyou555]

You're forgetting about the Erie triplex

[@ThunderboltSirenStudios]

​@@didyou555 the Erie triplex wasn't the largest it was the strongest. And if were going by engine and tender length, the Pennsylvania S1 is the longest, with a combined engine and tender length of 140 ft.

[@jamesboettcher4367]

I got to see 4014 drive through my area. my dad filmed it with his drone. it was quite the honor and I will remember it forever.

[@SpadeofSilver]

ive seen the Big Boy 4014 and can most certainly say that it is massive

[@Mike-DuBose]

The worst maritime disaster to date isn't the Titanic with 1,500 dead, it's the MV Wilhelm Gustloff with 9,000 dead.

[@khuramali9146]

Yes, very sad, but Leo DiCaprio died on the Titanic.

[@deer180]

​@@khuramali9146indeed

[@khuramali9146]

@@deer180 I just bought a sandwich from Mack and Spencers’. Had to tell you No reason

[@Mike-DuBose]

@@khuramali9146 Leo didn't die on the Titanic on Apr 14, 1912. He didn't even die in the 1997 movie, his character Jack Dawson died. You will be happy to know that Leonardo DiCaprio is still among the living!

[@putnamehereholdmadoodle]

​@@Mike-DuBosetom Cruise was on that boat

[@darrellbedford4857]

The sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff with a loss of over 9000 lives is the worst maritime disaster in modern history, not the Titanic.

[@lemmyspeaks]

But it was a Nazi owned ship and despite being a passenger vessel not a whole lot of people are going to sympathize with that.

[@saucy743]

Titanic was the most influential and revolutionary ship to sink. It's sinking paved the way to modern ship safety features. Plus it was the first time that a ship of such big caliber sunk even with her design which could hold up to 1/4th of the ship flooded without sinking. And the MV Wilhelm was overshadowed by the fact it was carrying also nazi officers and it was nazi germany's ship. Barely anyone sympathized with Nazi Germany in 1945.

[@billyyank2198]

Fun fact: the pool on the Titanic is still filled with water.

[@gavinkonikowski1308]

I’m watching this instead of doing my ap English group slide presentation, thank you

[@calvingreene90]

All of the largest steam powered vehicles are ships.

[@juergen07091973]

I think also that all of the biggest steam vehicles are supertankers.

[@torquetrain8963]

@@juergen07091973 biggest vehicles of ANY propulsion. Steam is king.

[@torquetrain8963]

Arabelle steam turbine. Weighs over 5,000 tons. I believe after all of the housing is included it may be closer to 10,000 tons? Horsepower is in the millions. Never found the lb ft of torque. So the Arabelle turbine weighs more than 2-3 times as much as the RT96 Sulzer 14 cylinder diesel which is the largest diesel. So steam rules. Period.

[@amtrakp4242]

18:16 I did see Big Boy 4014 in real life, and trust me, don’t be so close to it when it is in steam.

[@Igoriann]

They usually activate cocks after stopping to prevent buildup of water from the steam trapped in the pipes.

[@brendenburke272]

The DM&IR Yellowstone was heavier than the big boys and could pull more weight than them and an interesting fact about the alleghenies 2-6-6-6 locos is that one exploded and with the massive boiler getting tossed off the frame and the cab getting pushed back a few inches and was rebuilt and returned to service before getting scrapped when the time of steam was up.

[@09JDCTrainMan]

The Yellowstone's tenders weighed more than the Big Boy's tender (438,000 lbs vs up to 436,500 lbs), but the Big Boy locomotive w/o tender weighs more than the Yellowstone w/o tender (762,000 lbs for the first 20 Big Boys vs 695,040 lbs). The Yellowstone does have more adhesive weight than the Big Boy (560,257 lbs vs up to 545,200 lbs). Some research does wonders. Also, the Allegheny that blew up (1642) was not repaired.

[@brendenburke272]

@@09JDCTrainMan i might have gotten the Allegheny confused with another c&o locomotive that blew up

[@09JDCTrainMan]

@@brendenburke272 Ah, that was T-1 2-10-4 number 3020. It was repaired since the C&O didn't start retiring them yet, as it blew up in 1948. 1642, on the other hand, blew up in 1953, when the Alleghenies were being retired.

[@jamesberry3230]

and the Erie's Triplexes beats them all, 384 tons and 160,000 lb. drawbar : Allegheny 352tons & 110,200 lb. drawbar, Yellowstone 318 tons& 140,000 lb. drawbar, Big Boy 351 tons & 135,400 lb. drawbar C&O class M-1 617 tons and 98,000 starting tractive force; N&W Jawn Henry 586 tons & 175,000 lb. designed drawbar (199,000 lb. drawbar on test); UP had similar steam turbo-electric engines

[@scottfindlay2625]

Any way you look at it the Big Boys and the Yellowstone were MONSTERS I did have the very enjoyable opportunity to ride the 4014 on its maiden voyage to Ogden Utah, i took a bus up to Cheyenne and rode it down back to home, what an exhilarating experience. To this day i still can't believe how big that Locomotive is.. If you ever get the chance to ride one of their excursions i would highly recommend it.

[@Rotorroutechannel]

Tractores a valor 🤔 legendario bro 👍👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯💯 brutal bro junto con los trenes y transatlánticos

[@overpoweredsteamproduction513]

Thanks for mentioning 2156

[@lucianene7741]

TT Jahre Viking, 657,000 t, 458 metrs in length, propelled by steam turbine.

[@MrDpracing]

Charlie Sheen sure does know alot about steam powered vehicles.

[@xmodgaming5995]

This man just said Lime locomotive works

[@Leopez02]

Steam Power Vehicles are truly interesting. I like big ships defenietely im interested of Titanic, Essd Atlantic and Esso paficit because trafic disasters are interesting stories and I like Japan and Atlantic sea IS great. 🌊🚢

[@pontushaggstrom6261]

You forgot the The Seawise Giant supertanker, the biggest steam powered boat ever made.

[@torquetrain8963]

Absolutely correct.

[@sd4594]

The 150 case 1/1 scale model is an exercise modern manufacturing capabilities. The castings were made from 3d printed patterns.

[@jesseusgrantcanales]

Funny hearing you from Simple History, this is awesome however!:)

[@abcdef-qk6jf]

The USSR apple cutter is the worlds biggest steam machine. 1000 feet long, 300 feet wide and 30 feet high. It cuts apples into perfect quarts and were made to cut the apples into three equally big pieces...

[@torquetrain8963]

RMS campania and Kronprinzessin Cecilie had the largest reciprocating steam engines ever built.

[@nicholasblye6553]

Compared to the PRR T1 the S1 since it was so heavy the locomotive couldn’t even move, it just kept wheel slipping, the T1 wheels were 86 inches

[@debilus7921]

Don't know why, but the design of the PR S1 reminds me a lot of the Snowpiercer, they look a lot alike :3

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

Excellent video, likes from me😄.

[@willtaylor1395]

how dose the russian boat translate to ..50 years of victory... of a war they started... switched sides and still lost

[@imransharif443]

Nice

[@jessederflinger4991]

Your voice is perfect & any company should hire as it's spokesperson!! HahA

[@juergen07091973]

Also you forgot the biggest in one piece constructed ships, the ULCC Batillus and their sister ships....

[@scottfackler8415]

I think you missed a rather large cruise liner in the SS United States, the current holder of the Blue Riband.

[@Thedrek]

Not the current holder, but still the fastest ocean liner made to date.

[@scottfackler8415]

@@Thedrek It is still the current, and final record holder . The Blue Riband was retired with the last of the cruise liners. There have been other unofficial crossings that are faster, but they do not meet the requirements for the Blue Riband.

[@robertdipaola3447]

You forgot to include the SS UNITED STATES as a supership, it set the world record for the fastest ocean liner, its engines ( steam turbine) were so advanced they were too secret during ww2 war effort, its speed, continuously,was well over 35 knots

[@MrSardine17]

Surprised that the SLS core stage did not get a place. Not the largest or heaviest steam powered vehicle, but surely the fastest:)

[@keithdeley7236]

Just had to be American they have to have everything bigger than anybody else.

[@bobbymckechnie7572]

N and W were proud of 2156, untill they realised and remembered bigboy existed, and then, bigboy pulled the heaviest load ever pulled by a locomotive, matching, and outmatching, 2156, although she had her day in the spotlight, 2156s owners agreed that bigboy was larger, better, and stronger, u.p said they are equal, but, we all know in our hearts 4014 is the king of strength and size

[@hmsjr0154]

Of the Allegheny class number 1604 resides at the B&O museum in Baltimore Md

[@jacksonyoung906]

2 days ago i went to the titanic museum when we were on vacation in Tennessee

[@bullettube9863]

You seem to forget that the Nimitz class aircraft carriers are propelled by steam turbines! The Gerald Ford is the latest US carrier to be propelled by steam turbines. And of course the largest battleships the Yamoto and Iowa classes were also propelled by steam. Those Russian ice breakers were nothing but trouble, their nuclear powered boilers leaked radioactive poison through out the ship resulting in the slow death of most of their crews due to cancer etc.

[@warhorse1956]

At 8:40, "Santa Clause and HER elves" ? Say what??

[@ToledoRailfan]

Since many large machines are a female gender, maybe he already used to saying ahe that he said it?

[@warhorse1956]

@@ToledoRailfan Yeah, I was thinking that too since he was calling the icebreaker a, 'she'. But these days you never know, and I thought some clarification was in order. I like to know who I'm dealing with.

[@augiegirl1]

11:55 Of course, Rose calls out the Mauritania in the movie Titanic.

[@kdubwalrus6421]

You really should’ve included the case 150, but no hate

[@josemoreno3622]

heck yeah big boy 4014

[@drewplays4388]

Imo C&O-1309 is the best steam locomotive ever built

[@Hurc7495]

Wouldnt it be nice if they did a li'l fact checking before putting thease videos out.

[@danyalullah5856]

there were more than enough life boats on the titanic but when she sank most were less than half full

[@dawsonbyrd2205]

Well, you know, the Titanic was actually less than 883' long. To be precise, 882' 9" in total length.

[@snoapyfluff]

I hope N&W 2156 could get restored to operation someday I got to see the 2156 in St Louis and the PRR S1 had a top speed of 156 MPH

[@theshapeexists]

What about the seawise giant. Pretty sure she was the largest steam powered thing ever built

[@jeffjeannette9364]

To say the Titanic "lived" up to it's name is a stretch.

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

Well during the second World War, German, Wilhelm Gustloff lost 5348 lives in the Baltic, trying to flee from the advancing Russian troops, so The Titanic isn't even close to have lost most lives!

[@benediktmayr1701]

1:37 Doña Paz with over 4000 deaths was the worst

[@richardcall7447]

Correction. The "Arctica" was the first SURFACE SHIP to reach the north pole. The first vessel of any type to reach the north pole was the USS Nautilus, back in the late '50s. So, the US beat the Soviets to the north pole.

[@GalaxyFur]

Not to mention we have had our nuclear subs there too.

[@nandangyusupyusup7727]

real good yes saskreber

[@createrfilms6349]

Hi, brother can you please put time stamp in your video🎉🎉🎉❤

[@randoms2222]

Isn't this guys voice from........... A history yt channel.

[@Steamertankengine]

why is the AA20 steam locomotive not here? its large

[@torquetrain8963]

Good mention. The 4-14-4

[@stumpbumpers]

Casey Kasem, through back.

[@kirkkirkland7244]

Kinda strange that the Artica is red, white and blue???

[@torquetrain8963]

The Northern Pacific Yellowstones were also the largest and heaviest. Not the DM&IR

[@davewright3358]

Has anyone told you that you sound like solid snake from metal gear solid

[@3RTracing]

like so many so called rail road historians, you fail to do complete research. The Great Northern R2's were the most powerful steam locomotives ever built for revenue service in the US.

[@daanbos5918]

Rail and big nautical where the last to get off steam

[@SilverA90]

Steam is delicious

[@davidsmith1310]

Titanic is the worst PACETIME maritime disaster.

[@BLACKVIKNGS88]

You said Lima wrong. Not mad.

[@Cozz2707]

The thumbnail is sadly fake…. Big Boys wheels are about the size of a 4-5 year old toddler, not the size of a grown adult

[@HeathFarms]

Well a US aircraft carrier operates off steam technically and it’s not on here

[@davidgrenis638]

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE LOCOMOTIVES THAT WERE PARKED OUTSIDE THE FORNEY MUSEUM FOR MANY MANY YEARS UNTIL THE MUSEUM GOT MOVED OUT OF DENVER COLORADO DAVID ADAM GRENIS MAPLETON AVENUE BOULDER COLORADO

[@barnykirashi]

Warships are the largest steam powered vehicles in general.

[@donm2255]

I think the tankers have a significantly larger displacement.

[@Thedrek]

The SS Normandie was, and aways have been 1029ft long, not 983ft.

[@clementgoetke2385]

no aircraft carrier?

[@diannebates2157]

You want to know why the Artic ice is disappearing? How about all these ice breakers trying to break up the Artic ice?

[@Jackcook27]

None of the steam locomotive that you showed where the biggest it’s the Erie triplex

[@GalaxyFur]

They were definitely huge. But not up to the size of what was shown in this video. Plus the Erie considered them generally failures and quickly scrapped them. They were cool looking. But unfortunately they didn't perform as well as they looked.

[@jbw4997]

The Erie triplex is technically a tank engine making it larger. A 2-8-8-8-2T and the 2-8-8-8-4T

[@GalaxyFur]

@@jbw4997 The wheel arrangement isn't what determines the size of a locomotive. The Big Boy is larger than a Triplex.

[@jinkaili225]

You should name your KZbin videos 15

[@Pocketfarmer1]

Your comment depends on the definition of disaster. The sinking was an act of war, does that qualify as disaster? And for purposes of the video subject the Gustoff was diesel powered , not steam.

[@julesverne2509]

Yeah steam powered by a nuclear reactor on that ship breaker.

[@UQRXD]

When facts are not researched, just make it up A.

[@rayadams1312]

What a incredible true story a yet that guy who done all of them killings was only a small average looking guy who was totally out of control

[@tomrogers9467]

Sounds like an average day in America!

[@kirkkirkland7244]

Never rename a ship!!!

[@Noah-14-4-4-4-]

bruh the Allegheny is not the heaviest locomotive that goes to the Yellowstone class the Allegheny where the tallest locomotive also both Allegheny DID NOT go to the Henry Ford Museum 1601 went there 1604 went to the B&O Museum.

[@christopherbentley5216]

Titanic was launched 1911 not 1912

[@augiegirl1]

Uh, no. Titanic’s maiden voyage launched from Southampton on April 10, 1912. Unless you're referring to its “launch” from Belfast Harbor to its fitting-out berth in the River Lagan on May 31, 1911.

[@Jay0129]

So number 9 the arctica was nuclear powered... why is it on this list of steam power?

[@tomrogers9467]

Because the nuclear fission produces heat -- then steam - then turbines to the props. Therefore it is steam powered.

[@WildPhotoShooter]

@@tomrogers9467 Yeah , a lot of people don't know that nuclear power, just like coal oil and gas, is used to produce steam.

[@billyyank2198]

Video description: Throughout modern human history, scientists and engineers have been creating powerful steam engines to fullfill many purples. Um, what kind of "purples" need to be fulfilled?

[@t1m3f0x]

the unfulfilled kind.

[@fatdog2467]

When did Santa Claus transition to a woman???'8:40 Why can't people just enjoy being man. Heck, with all the extra benefits we get everywhere we go !?! Life just can't get any better!!😮

[@robertdipaola3447]

I think the greatest steam powered engines are on our nuke aircraft carriers

[@donm2255]

A Ford class carrier is about 100k tons. Those tankers could carry 500k tons. Their displacement is several times modern carriers.

[@robertdipaola3447]

@@donm2255 I'm talking about power, which would make nuke carriers on the top as far as steam power is concerned

[@donm2255]

@@robertdipaola3447 The title of the video is "Largest Steam Powered Vehicles." For ships that implies displacement. But if the metric is power, then your are right. The nuclear powerplants most likely produce more power than the biggest steam powered tanker.

[@robertdipaola3447]

@@donm2255 thank you for making that clear, I'm not sure if the carrier nukes had greater displacement, the nuke steam used condensed steam turbine for maximum power and speed, where as the tankers used steam pistons, no where needs the power, but larger and greater displacement

[@jamesdennis2004]

(DIESEL ENGINES WILL NEVER MET THE SUPERIORITY OF STEAM ENGINES). Steam engines have been better than diesels for years and that's not no matter how fast or large the diesel locomotive is!!!.

[@torquetrain8963]

Virginian Class AE had the highest tractive effort of any successful steam locomotive. The 2-10-10-2 had a higher starting and continuous tractive effort than the N&W Y6B. 176,600lbs of starting tractive effort. The 170,000 lbs starting for the Y6B was not proven and even so it still was less than the AE. The AE had a larger diameter boiler than any other steam locomotive ever built in the world at almost 10 ft. The front cylinders were 48 inches in diameter. The Y6B was NOT THE STRONGEST. THE AE WAS. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT AND STOP SPREADING MISINFORMATION. The Big Boy also was clearly not the strongest. The Great Northern R2 class simple articulateds also would give the Y6B a run for the money for second place strongest. The triplexes were failures and should only be considered experiments at best. Y6B was a great puller, but not the greatest.

[@edwinhageman9377]

And! I'm kinda sorry! But if people would see that! Not enough life boats! And fact check all of history! & Jolly old England! ETC. &BEYOND! Human Life Was NOT a Concern or of Any Value Really back then!

[@augiegirl1]

I heard somewhere that Titanic actually had MORE than was legally required, because the expectation was that a lifeboat would make multiple trips from the sinking ship to the rescue ship.

[@TH3D4RKKNIGHT]

For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, And that he Rose again the third day according to the scriptures. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJv For by Grace are ye Saved through faith; and not of yourselves: it is the gift of God; Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 kjv For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; Whom God hath setforth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past through the forbearance of God. Romans 3:23-25 kjv

[@drgunnwilliams8239]

Stick your imaginary deity in the firebox. Irrelevant to the video

[@tomrogers9467]

And how the hell does that have anything to do with steam power??

[@torquetrain8963]

@digital witness. AMEN. Matthias Baldwin was a believer in God and was an avid tither. Ships were and I believed still are Christened. God gave man wisdom and an engineering mindset.

[@sergevtorino]

The 14th entry - 50 Let Pobedy is a nuclear powered icebreaker. Number 9th Icebreaker Arktika is a nuclear powered vessel. Both of them have nothing to do with steam engines, shame you did not do your homework. This video really makes me question the validity of any of your content.

[@skytide101]

How do you think a nuclear powered ship, sub or power station works??? A nuclear reactor doesn’t generate electricity directly, it generates heat, enormous amounts of heat, which is controlled, stopping the core melting down, by water passing through channels in the core. That water then turns to steam and is used to boil water in a second system. Steam in the second system is then used to spin steam turbines which THEN generates the electricity. How a ship moves, depends on whether the ships props are electrically driven by motors or by the steam turbines themselves. Basically, the nuclear reactor is only there to provide the heat necessary to make steam, instead of burning coal, oil, gas or wood.

[@sergevtorino]

@@skytide101 Thank you. I understand the process. One uses coal to create the heat, the other splits atoms in fission reaction. Those vessels are officially classified as a nuclear-powered icebreakers, not steam powered icebreakers. Therefore, the info in this video is incorrect.

[@36736fps]

@@sergevtorino Nuclear ships are all steam powerd in the same way as steam ships powered by coal or oil.

[@sergevtorino]

​@@36736fps Perhaps, but they are classified as nuclear-powered vessels, I will repeat myself once again. Stop debating on this issue, since there is nothing to debate here. It's a clear mistake. The classification of the author is incorrect.

[@36736fps]

@@sergevtorino There is plenty to debate here but you are too pig-headed to admit that . Goodbye.

[@roterakaten636]

1st. Not the titanic that sunk its its sister ship the olympic. Count the port holes on blue prints then count them on the ships. The titanic is in dock as a museum ship. Olympic is bottom of the ocean. 2ndly the Allegheny class the 2156 loco is a part of is actually thinking of being restored by UP like they did with the 4014 big boy and 3006 challenger

[@MattSmith-uw2pg]

do you mean 3985

[@damer4life528]

oh my god i will slap you if you think the olympic sank instead of titanic

[@Thedrek]

You are dead wrong about the Titanic, and there is several hundred ways to prove it.

[@kirkkirkland7244]

Wow how much stuff can you get wrong??? The Titanic is not the worst maritime disaster!!! Do some research before you put things out!!!

[@ulihanel7078]

2900 tons for an ice breaker ...this would be hardly a river boat...