Fowler B5

[@greyghostkoga]

I love seeing big, old, fire breathing iron like this! Kudos to you and all the other folks who give them the love and care they need to continue to survive!

[@iancraig1951]

Cannot be over estimated the value of keeping this old machinery in good working order.. Its always a treat to see it trundling around...regards E

[@BruceBoschek]

Whoa! That beast is amazing! The speed and the sound are breathtaking. Thanks so much for sharing this John and great photography, Mick.

[@epd807]

Great video John and Mick! The old gentleman oiling the engine was wonderful to watch, the loving care he gave to all the moving parts, heart warming. I wish there was that love for steam here in the states. I don't think we could take a beautiful contraption like that out on the roads over here. Thanks John. As usual, my best to Debs and your Father. eric

[@gadget73]

+epd807 There is, but you have to shop in the right places. There are a fair number of tourist railroads, and plenty of antique farm equipment shows with a goodly selection of traction engines around the country. In pennsylvania, there is Rough and Tumble and they do a few shows every year, lots of steam.

[@swarfrat311]

John, Thanks for sharing the video of the traction engine. I love those things! Hope Debs and your Dad are doing well. Dave

[@gerilarryogle970]

Wonderful old engine. I second the thanks for sharing, John. Great stuff. Larry in CA.

[@aplinewalker]

Brilliant footage and nicely edited ,,,,,, many thanks

[@josephmagedanz4070]

Great fun to watch. Thanks for sharing, John.

[@Sodabowski]

Man, I love when you post these. Thanks a lot.

[@WAVETUBE84]

Wow, that was incredible, John! I bet you could do that all day. Looks like an amazing place to see!

[@garyc5483]

Looks like a great day out John. Thanks for sharing. ATB to Debs and your Dad. Gary

[@danielwerger5641]

WOW John, super cool.....! Thanks very much... Cheers, Daniel

[@KnolltopFarms]

I'll bet that takes quite a bit of forethought in order to drive, especially with some folks not knowing it doesn't respond like a modern car, LOL! Thanks for the great videos John...Aloha, Chuck

[@verdatum]

Gorgeous. Excellent footage. Nice editing.

[@johnbazaar8440]

Pretty cool. Parallel parking a steam locomotive. 😊 Thanks, John

[@Georges-MILLION]

Excellent John !!!!!!!!!! Georges

[@ChrisB257]

What a beaut traction engine. Interesting sound sometimes - almost as if some huge bevel gears grinding. Super video. "John in his element" :-)

[@oaxelo1]

+ChrisB257 It is gear driven. the rear wheels have huge gears on the inside, that's where the noise comes from. Absolutely normal for this type machine.

[@martinrohm5469]

Liked that a lot, Thanks John.

[@panchovilla1486]

Beautiful beautiful

[@SeanBZA]

Just how much work will it be to get that main gear set out, weld it up and reshape the teeth? Not make it a helical gear ( that would destroy the purpose, unless you used the Citroen patent to get the side thrust less gear system, doable now as the patent has long expired but was still in force when these were in use so a period upgrade) but at heast get a more hypoid gear profile to reduce the wear. Still will be noisy as it is open, but will last a long time. Might be somebody who can do the required metal spraying while it is mounted, makes less work, and just a 1/8in layer of harder wearing steel over that cast iron with minimal profiling would make it a sweeter machine.

[@SteamPowerMadness]

What's the difference between the fowler Road loco's? We have a 3" showmans engine as seen in my profile picture. It's based on 'The Iron Maiden', so it should be an R3, but for all I know, it might be an A9, B5, B6 or any other road loco

[@justtim9767]

Super nice John.

[@russculley3619]

Thanks John, that was great.

[@JackHoying]

That's a fine looking machine!! What is the weight of that flywheel?

[@thegrantclan]

Magic man 👍

[@gordoncadwell6486]

Superb

[@WMS345]

RIP Billy Trelor

[@GuyBarry1]

cheers John, thanks for sharing. what was the source of that whining noise from the engine? is it normal?

[@adjustablehammer3749]

Guy Barry it's the gears are worn dosent really affect anything except driver comfort

[@1jtolvey]

TOOO COOOL !!

[@cojones8518]

Recipe for happy day. Big Iron, fire, smoke.and steam. Thanks John. 3:56 RUUUN!! :D Don't be that guy at 5:45 folks. Standing in the middle of the road with all your attention on a camera. facepalm

[@georgiojansen7758]

beautifull

[@fumatelauna]

bella lì zio! ^_^

[@brandonfesser1893]

Got my steam fix for today. Thanks for that! Do pedestrians in England always walk in front of moving vehicles totally oblivious that they're in the way? I live in the U.S., and there's definitely a 'car culture' here where most drivers erroneously think pedestrians have no rights, but c'mon, it's a damn steam locomotive! I choose not to drive, so I'm always a pedestrian, and from my perspective those in this video just seem rude.

[@garyc5483]

+Brandon Fesser Not only England Brandon it happens all over the world. People on a day out are Deaf, Dumb and Blind. They need to enjoy themselves and wander about in a daze and sod everyone else, just walk in front of an engine or other people as and when they like. They never think that a big engine will slide on the cobblestones when braking and kill them.

[@spentacle]

+Brandon Fesser The museum designers have obviously done their job well if you think this is a typical public road. It is not, it is part of aa museum where most traffic is people with the very occasional slow vehicle moving about.

[@jimburnsjr.]

aye haha.... no worries these chatters are guilty of what they accuse.. in their own cute n funny way... which we can all be.. is ok... beautiful museum.. and i bet the people do love it.. as good as a ren fest.

[@chrishamlet4366]

lovely old girl but sounds a bit rough

[@abixxx1438]

fantastic beasts!

[@krivopolenoff5478]

ДА! КРУТО!