5 of the Weirdest (Failed) Locomotives | History in the Dark

[@Ohiotrucker1]

(British Rail furiously taking notes.)

[@SamutheHamu]

Oh … NOOO!!’

[@noah9172]

You HAD TO say it.

[@caydenworley5002]

I’ll take your entire stock

[@KingOp0ssum_II]

Sorry mate BR doesn't exist anymore

[@Ohiotrucker1]

@@KingOp0ssum_II I know it's a fun running joke on this channel

[@Zombiehunter2_0]

10:52 It's like a Double Fairlie but someone got water on the blueprints and mistook the cab for a third boiler.

[@kimpatz2189]

The A111A boiler worked best because the steam dryer is a superheater in its infancy. The steam before the superheater era was a wet steam. Someone thought you could dry it off for vapor elimination and more heat. The modern superheater puts more emphasis on larger surface area as compared to A111A steam dryer design that looks like a feedwater heater.

[@trainguy2155]

Am glad that someone is now finally giving these unusual locomotives some attention next you should talk about the Hohenzollern Nº 447

[@papabull5550]

The Fasolt I think is more like the Fontaine cause the Fontaine had a fiction driving setup. Except the Fontaine was an attempt to make the train run faster and the Fasolt was a attempt to have a train that ran slow with more torque.

[@philvanderlaan5942]

British rail : the free space on the history in the dark bingo card ( maybe in the prehistory in the dark bingo card as well ) Belgian cab forward: there is old school and then there’s I don’t know what this is. it’s home school Dark Home school.

[@sambrown6426]

6:13 Try telling that to a D&RGW K-37. Their trailing axle is the most loaded axle, and their adhesion seems perfectly adequate.

[@PiersDJackson]

Just remember that the precursors to British Railways, namely LNER, GWR, LMS and Southern Railways individually were in the upper part of the top ten largest company stables in Britain, until after the second world war. The Scamell Mechanical Horse, it's derivatives and clones, were specifically designed for the last stop transport, as an almost direct replacement for horses. Imagine you've got parcels, luggage or other such freight that needs to get from the train platform to it's final destination, originally it would have gone from the train car to the horse drawn cart (or porter's trolley) and then out on the streets to the delivery address; the horse and cart are able to turn in their instep, almost, or at least within the width of the platform; the Mechanical Horse mimics this ability, with the patented Scammell automatic hitch. A good video all in itself.

[@HATECELL]

The best thing about the Impulsoria is that it turns a horse to be beckoned into a force to be reckoned

[@maltesephil]

I recently saw an old disney movie "the great locomotive chase" based on a true story. Maybe do a video on the top 5 locomotive chases?

[@dexter1981]

(Buster Keaton smileys in Heaven)

[@joshuabessire9169]

My question for the Impusoria is how you keep the horses from pooping at the station?

[@hdezn26]

So how does one blow the whistle on the Impulsoria? No idea, all the horses voted Neigh on that add on.

[@Jojokun78]

That Belgian locomotive looks to have a steam boiler from a ship.... Look at the boilers for Battleship Texas and other era ships and you'll see what I mean.

[@flyingmonkeydeathsquadronc968]

It also seems more like a test bed for light rail than a real attempt at a solid locomotive

[@herborty8658]

It looks like a Brotan boiler to me - a type of boiler with a water tube firebox. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotankessel (no english version available yet)

[@Jojokun78]

Yeah, it could be a light rail attempt. A weirdly done one at that.

[@Jojokun78]

Good grief, I never thought of that. Thanks for pointing that out.

[@restojon1]

That Fasolt strikes me as a similar principle as propelling a self-propelled wheelchair. You are essentially the "engine", you apply power to the driving wheels by grabbing them (friction, essentially) and pushing or pulling the wheels in the desired direction. If you need to be pushed by someone else, you remove your "friction drive" from the wheels and you can be pushed or pulled in either direction.... Let's play "spot the disabled engineer.... OOOH OOH ME ME!! I WIN!" Lol

[@alexlegaspi9352]

*BR Modernization Schemes Intensifying*

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[@srajfnly2]

I would have liked to see Impulsia go against Tom Thumb

[@merafirewing6591]

A duel of the century.

[@Xalerdane]

3:42 Whenever I see a cab-forward steam engine, I want to start slapping people while screaming about this thing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine_order_telegraph

[@cdev2117]

According to german Wikipedia the "Fasault" (Alsace-Lorraine type T2.1 wheel arrangement C or "0-6-0" 🙄 build by Vulcan in Stettin) wasn't scraped but later converted into a type D4 later retyped as T2, these would stay in service until 1919. Also I love how these engines look like they were generated by a broken A.I. picture generator.

[@Noah_Levy]

11:15 I burst out laughing at the same time as you!

[@jappedut9009]

The number 2 engine must have been incredible tall it has 8 steps op to the viewing point ❗

[@harrisonallen651]

It’s always good to experiment at the end of the day

[@grahammoore5876]

Belgium makes strange steam locomotives

[@ImaIrishtank]

3:57 Belgium built things differently K?

[@dougstubbs9637]

The Impulsesoria was a four horsepower model, about as powerful as my lawnmower.

[@drewzero1]

The average horse can make about 15 horsepower, so it works out to more like 60hp. That's about the same as a classic VW Beetle, or half of the power of a modern car.

[@kathika945]

@@drewzero1 how long time a horse can produce 14hp ? Please reply🙏🙏

[@yeoldeseawitch]

can you do a vid on the B&O roundhouse collapse? its 20th anniversary is approaching soon

[@pkat]

The A111A would probably be a 0-2-6-2-0 The Raub was probably designed for 7 foot gauge rail. The staircase inside the cab shows that the cab was 2 stories tall I've seen several designs for the 4 horsepower hay burning locomotive.

[@donnawoodford8018]

oh, brother.

[@LemonSpacebirb]

British rail: write this shit down

[@abyssminiaturestudios6103]

A horse powered Choo Choo lol

[@TheSudrianTerrier653]

that's the cycloped on steroids

[@andreww2098]

@@TheSudrianTerrier653 Yeah, they've probably been around longer than steam trains, if it was a choice between this or trying to sail your wagon down a track then giddyup neddy!

[@MGower4465]

At least you know the horsepower output without estimations

[@TheSudrianTerrier653]

@@andreww2098 I’d prefer flying down the rails in strong winds on spooners boat ( a railway wagon powered by wind) by the use of a sail)

[@andreww2098]

@@TheSudrianTerrier653 you can only go one way though you can't Tack on rails!

[@MonsieurPhilippe1]

No. 4 possibly is a 3-Drum marine boiler too generate more steam, efficiently.

[@Dallen9]

Raub central Power locomotive.... looks like a geared locomotive... Which if it is explains why they weren't prevalent until the 1870's and 1880's..... A double Farlie before before the double farlie and it was a Geared loco? Raub may have been a Quack ahead of his time.

[@Eric_Hutton.1980]

Only four horsepower. Not at all that powerful at all.

[@andreww2098]

Each Horse has up to 15 HP, so 4 horses = 60 HP

[@Austriantrainguy]

A111A would be an 0-2-6-2-0

[@ILOVECALGARY2024]

If I was a train, I would be in this video but my creators would be proud because I tried

[@kristinschmidt7413]

(AEG Taking happyly notes)

[@fanofeverything30465]

*Happyly taking

[@wdubbelo]

your lack of dutch locomotives is concerning go on like this and the church of NS 7742 Bello will brand you a heretic