France's unusual articulated engines - du Bousquet Locomotive

In today's video, we take a look at the du Bousquet locomotives, some of the biggest and most impressive tank engines in France
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[@TrainFactGuy]

"Also, you know what they call steam locomotives in Paris?" "What do they call them?" "Locomotive à vapeur" "Locomotive à vapeur? Man, it's like those French guys got a whole 'nother language"

[@tr673]

I only know this reference through an internet clip, but damn if it isn't hilarious "TYPICAL LOCO THUGS!"

[@W4lmartbag]

I remember hearing this in a movie about pulp and fiction but it was diffrent LoL

[@tee6025]

I guess the steam engines where heavy smokers

[@hozkahilgarri3936]

"Yeaaahh." "Yeah."

[@bussesandtrains1218]

'why does no one speak english?' 'because they're spanish'

[@ConstantlyDamaged]

They were built and worked to spec for the task at hand. Can't ask for much more in a locomotive.

[@templar_1138]

Railway history doesn't bring up France very often. It was nice to see something about them.

[@jerrysgardentractorsengine2243]

And whenever France IS brought up, it’s usually about Montparnasse

[@templar_1138]

@@jerrysgardentractorsengine2243 Yeah, even ToT is guilty of that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIa0d5ZolKeXbMk

[@jimihendrix991]

@@jerrysgardentractorsengine2243 ...or onions

[@mackiefarrell]

God I love trains. All of them, especially the quirky and unusual ones.

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

me too! 😊🚂

[@amr1919ms]

Como yo😊

[@omnicity43]

Professor Layton …, you sir have good taste !

[@pacificostudios]

I've studied trains for over 50 years, and I've never heard of this type. I especially love that the footplate is more like a porch.

[@mikego18753]

They must have been quite good. Thumbs up&thanks. Vive la france.

[@spencers5898]

Is it just me or were the cabs on these engines *enormous* ? Also respect for the use of Professor Layton music.

[@jeannedarcalterberserker8620]

I only learned about this locomotive from Trainstation 2 again and it's quite fascinating. It looks like two locomotives crashed together and had a large boiler in between them. Fascinating tho. I didn't know some were built for broad Gauge. If you're considering French steam locos, how about the PLM Duplex? That's a fascinating one I'd like to hear.

[@hugos5114]

the one that is not actually a Duplex? :p

[@user-xsn5ozskwg]

48 (+22)'s a pretty decent number for such a specially-built design, and honestly they look pretty good given what they are.

[@rubiconprime1429]

Just realized that Big Boy in French would be Grand Garçon, which is funny since it keeps the alliteration.

[@TritonBrickRailway]

PROFESSOR LAYTON MUSIC!!! You have great taste!

[@BHuang92]

How about covering the 5AT Advanced Technology Steam Locomotive, the steam locomotive for the 21st century?

[@enrique5167]

Second that!

[@Combes_]

Or modern steam in general

[@wyndhamcoffman8961]

It's a neat concept, but there isn't a lot going on with modern steam. Personally I'd like to see some railway rehash Kitson-Still's diesel/steam hybrid concept.

[@Combes_]

@@wyndhamcoffman8961 Red Devil, Argentina, A.C.E. 3000, André Chapelon, 5AT, CSR 130, DLM, ETC.

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

I want to build a Vulcan Duplex with a boiler wrapped in carbon fiber, just because.

[@carltonleboss]

0:31 looks like two engines undergoing mitosis

[@ianmarkham8824]

No one…. REIGNS like Gaston! Designs TRAINS like Gaston! No one builds articulated FRAMES like Gaston!

[@ElJorro]

We never know how we'll be remembered

[@Mr_Magolor]

Great choice of music, by the way

[@nikospapageorgiou57]

I love 'non standard' locomotive designs! I wish more footage was available...

[@albertofranchi6408]

Beautiful

[@lukechristmas3951]

Another great unique locomotive class covered today! I don't know which I find more intriguing from all the du Bousquet locomotives built, the native French or those exported to China. Honestly, it's quite remarkable that an engine of this design was only native to Western continental Europe and China with not one setting a wheel on American or British metals. I do believe I first heard of these engines by just browsing all of the locomotive pages on Wikipedia.

[@geocachingwomble]

I think it’s ironic that fairlie’s proved to be fairly problematic because they obviously lived up to the name

[@MrBlackydeath]

Actually the Saxon railways also had one pretty similar type of engine called the Sächsische XV HTV or DRG 79 001 and 79 002, you should check out 😊

[@robertwilloughby8050]

The French Railways (can't remember which ones. but they nearly all survived into SNCF days) had some SCREAMINGLY HUGE passenger tank engines that were quick, in fact, very quick, and pretty darned reliable - but not exactly economic. Maybe you can do them?

[@hugos5114]

would that be the PLM's 242TA to TD?

[@robertwilloughby8050]

@@hugos5114 That's the ones! Didn't the Est also have some very big tanks too, though?

[@hugos5114]

@@robertwilloughby8050 I remembered that from some content i did a while ago, sure isn't train of thought but still happy to have done it, if you want to check it out ^^ kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHmyfYeFmpp-atEsi=mCsALh53ah-LF-U6 As for the Est, it never got such locomotives, but the Alsace-Lorraine company (which was a separate administration in the regions previously occupied by germany) built nearly identical ones, the T20s. These were the last tank engines built for the company.

[@DaisukeIdoITA]

"... and Fairlies were proving to be fairly problematic" 😉😆😆

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

BA DUN TISH! 🥁

[@Robert_the47]

Thank you for making a vid on these lads Common train of thought W

[@PuzzlingHousing56]

Railway Inventors have crazy imaginations also you missed out on Fairlie Problematic as a pun

[@BulletWanderer]

He did do that pun though 😂 You meyer've missed it.

[@harryschubert2490]

Another interesting video with lots of information and pictures from Douglas Self's website.

[@ShinGhidorah17]

I love French Locomotives. Especially the 2-4-0s, like the one that crashed at Montparnasse in 1895.

[@davidrichie9570]

Great series of videos. Suggest you get some help pronouncing “Che in.”

[@mrsteamtrains2193]

Perhaps you could do an episode on the Edward stein locomotive

[@troybayliss2032]

Damn only 6 comments in 33 minutes?. Well, imma make it 7 comments in 33 minutes

[@kelseystickney8663]

You should do just one video where you discuss train terminology. That way someone (like myself) who is interested in trains (but knows nothing about them) can watch your videos without being distracted by Googling every-other word. Haha

[@AGSGuy]

Nobody builds engines quite like Gaston

[@mearalain3006]

Great

[@alicehodges9964]

The Steam Engines Look Very Impressive

[@attilatasciko4817]

Thanks , but missing the Hp or kW . Show the most powerfull - Strongest steam locomotive pre W.W.1. in entire Europe , the Hungarian made 4 cylinder Mallett system steam locomotive by MÁV class 601 . -> 2,950 hp [ 2,200 kW ] .

[@jimsvideos7201]

Just when you think you've seen everything.

[@IAmMisterTterevel]

SuperChunk Tank

[@templar_1138]

I wish this had occurred to me earlier: France's Big Boys. So Garçons Gros?

[@philippevinot4798]

Bonjour et merci de rappeler ce nom d'un grand ingénieur

[@notknightbean]

this is the 2-6-6-2 at home locomotive.

[@jimyang9805]

I noticed that there is a large locomotive in America the locomotive is a 2-10-10-2 atsf engine a 3000 class well can you pls do these locomotives.

[@garryferrington811]

The Virginian had six 2-10-10-2's that worked. They were massive monsters.

[@Q8Bart]

Du Baguette Locomotives 🚂🚂😉

[@arthurmaxson2863]

another example of "the french copies nobody and nobody copies the french"

[@mikestudioz216]

0:27 Pun Intended

[@KenanTurkiye]

I ❤ 🚂🚃 trains 🚄 🚅 trams 🚈🚞 take a ride, I have a folder on ''transportation'' (folder 4) I think you will love them too :)

[@xinlu2806]

These look like an AI generated image of a steam engine lol

[@acersalman8258]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@harrisonallen651]

The French Magnifique

[@Iknowwhoyouare396]

would a steam train taste yummy guess I will have to try it out.

[@cleanerben9636]

when looking at the pic my brain is telling me that the boiler is articulated

[@Go0read256k2]

.... Idk i'm first Edit:i'm still watch da vid i'm gonna edit this later

[@multifan75]

Looks like the Fairlie engines were _fairlie_ problematic LMAO

[@olhemi1]

🙂☕👍

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

Not going to lie, if we Hungarians came up with our 601 class a bit sooner, chances are we could have sold them in Western Europe as exports Double Fairlies proved to be Fairlie problenatic. WOOOOOW. SUCH AN ORIGINAL JOKE.

[@Silverlink28]

Why does this guy use American terms?

[@darksars3622]

E

[@NodrogMacphee]

Churchward , of GWR fame experimented with French compunds too en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_102_La_France