How Trains Changed The World | Power: Railways

[@RLMitchell]

I love the enthusiasm of the speaker. Especially at 19:46. He really enjoys trains, and wants everyone else to, too.

[@rajeevprasad1449]

LOL

[@thezachlambert]

For real. He had me at the intro with the mention of "HUGE LOADS".

[@Tanzadog1]

which is probably why Scott McGregor is the Managing Director of a Rail Tour Company and has done numerous railway documentaries :)

[@drstevenrey]

Let's not forget that the steam engine only ever became a success because of one Mr. Whitworth of gun manufacturing fame. He made honing possible for the barrels of his guns. This process of honing a perfect hole in metal made the steam engine really finally usable. Before all that, the loss of steam power was just too much. Once the cylinders were perfectly honed it really worked well.

[@andyharman3022]

And also perhaps the inventor of Whitworth threads? The British have made a lot of contributions to engineering.

[@ismoyont]

sip a water each time he said "powaaah"......

[@AnirbanSaha13]

😁

[@ismoyont]

@@AnirbanSaha13 and it's good for your health to right?

[@AnirbanSaha13]

@@ismoyont indeed 👌🏼

[@WILD4X4D]

I was drinking beer 🍺

[@mountainmanwannabe9495]

"Ive got the Powaah!"

[@jansupronowicz1300]

The old steam locomotives may have been less efficient than today's diesels and electric, but they certainly did have PRESENCE.

[@brothberg]

Right, they were much less efficient. The best locomotives in the late '40s had about 8% thermal efficiency. The best diesels are about 60%

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

Presence? Like a lung cancer will really grab your attention.

[@jansupronowicz1300]

@@TheDavidlloydjones I don't see analogy. Steam locomotives constitute a certain stage in railway development. They will not be returning and I am not advocating their return. All I am taking about is the visual impression.

[@charlesbosse9669]

I love everything about the steam engines and they're pretty big. I've been to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois, and there are steam locomotives there, and it's definitely worth the trip. We had a field trip when my son was in the Cub Scouts.

[@deamantas]

) mmmm0

[@JohnPaul-ii]

Definitely an Australian documentary. While there are some of the longest train journeys in the world in Australia , the country sadly lacks a true high speed train system.

[@Domikers]

for real, every time he said "loco" in stead of locomotive I experienced a little bit of joy

[@shauno1970]

Not enough population for the cost. Even the US doesn't have a proper high speed train.

[@bescotdude9121]

some might say that the V-line rail Network in Victoria is a high speed rail network because it can run at up to 160 kilometers per hour or 100 miles per hour

[@57thorns]

@@bescotdude9121 160 is a standard train speed. 200+ is high speed.

[@trainnerd3029]

There’s no market for it….Nobody wants it!

[@terrypbug]

And the 4014 just came back to life last year or year before I should say it was awesome to see it run down the track again

[@mrnemo204]

2019 actually

[@terrypbug]

@@mrnemo204 yeah the good old days back in 2019 lol it sure feels like 5 years ago now

[@KPearce57]

My Grandfather was Engineer on is a class "I-1a" 2-10-4 in Texas/Pacific I got to ride with him once, a memory I'll never forget, ir is now retired in Palistine TX hall of the Giants .

[@emilyadams3228]

I got as far as 2:32 & couldn't stand the whiplash speed-changing any more. Enough already.

[@billstrossman1134]

The first rack and pinion railroad in history was built on Mt Washington, NH, USA. Great engineering.

[@Mnrr6131]

12:12 the monsters of the rails. Still suprised they got 4014 running after all they put on.

[@michaelmckinnon1591]

That's 4002 not 4014 though

[@larrycarmody8325]

When I was 10 or 11yrs old, in the early 50's, there was a big steam engine train that came to our town to pick up wheat & corn, we'd lay by the tracks & put penny's on them & when the train passed over them they'd flattened out to 3 times there size, we'd talk to the Engineer asking him questions, one day I ask him how fast the train wld go, he told me it'd do about 125 miles per hour. WOW.!! that really impressed me, cuz 125 mph was really something fast for us.

[@smedleyfarnsworth263]

Larry I think he may have been exaggerating a little.

[@amyjojinkerson6745]

I absolutly love travelling on the rails

[@myassizitchy]

I bet u do

[@mazdaman2315]

Me to nothing else quite like it rail over air travel any day

[@peterszar]

I've seen films about the American RR and British rail systems, even a few about Australia, but I have never seen one that included the Canadian RR's. Those are some tall mountains. All in all, this was a very interesting and informative video, covering a full gambit of rail systems.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

I'd certainly warch one but don't think the CBC will be producing a docudrama based on Pierre Bertons' The Last Spike any time soon.

[@RailPreserver2K]

Rocky mountain express is a good film

[@xtr3m3fLx]

@@buckodonnghaile4309 Why? Has he been cancelled?

[@nitrogasm]

Good day from California! This is a good documentary because it includes rail history from other countries, not just the US or UK.

[@paulklemer]

Big boy breaths fire 🔥

[@diesel581]

11:45 YES. Go big. ;) Love the way how they say it too. Big boy.

[@rayfridley6649]

@43:15-Rack and pinion middle rail is closely similar to the cog railway. In America, there are two such cog systems. One is the Mt. Washington, NH railroad and the other is the Pikes Peake railroad in Colorado Springs, CO.

[@trishave5639]

This is an absolutely fascinating video.

[@sunrisespartan1765]

this was an amazing video

[@brad4013]

Fantastic documentary. I enjoyed watching this so much.

[@nilesanders5110]

My late father Donald Anders (electrician) spent some time maintaining the Santa Fe rotatory snow plow.

[@benjroof]

Super,many thanks.

[@cryoine7194]

10:10 hits me a bit hard when u remember that that time will never come again, sadly I may never get to experience it

[@britishneko3906]

"rail powah" wow STONKS

[@dinstar-as3228]

Well done... very informative and enjoyable to watch

[@vanshikarathi8742]

I agree

[@nicholaspatton1742]

I thoroughly enjoyed this program.

[@anandiarvind9030]

My father was railway engine driver Mr Mohan Moklur he started his service as a Fireman on steam engine he was metric pass from North court college Solapur he was a very good English talking man so he trained many people driving steam engines when I saw this video my heart filled with love abt my father I m proud of my father I salute him thrice ❤❤

[@JosephStalin-hv8en]

Here in the philipphines they melted old steam locomotive and replace it with diesel im lucky to get a steam wistle as a souviner

[@johnstudd4245]

Hey Joe, how did you get out of Hell?

[@FutureRailProductions]

Speed and Powah!

[@davidarundel6187]

New Zealand Government Railways, started losing their steam locos in the 1960's - as a kid with mum, riding the South Island Daylight Limited, to catch another steam train from Christchurch to Lyttleton, for the over night boat, then in Wellington, over the road to the station, for the next leg, starting electric, & changing engines, to steam hauled, thru to Auckland. There's next to nothing of trains in New Zealand now, & those which are here, ain't cheap, & the cartridges are second hand, instead of made in NZ.

[@K1TT3NM1TT3N5]

This was such a good documentary I watched all your painful 1 minute ads

[@geoffmooregm]

When you see a long video with 20 ads, skip to the last 10 seconds, let the video end and then hit the restart button. No ads on the second play.

[@K1TT3NM1TT3N5]

@@geoffmooregm god bless you good sir

[@stoptheinsanity2806]

Geoff Moore This suggestion did not work for me. After several attempts, I did not watch.

[@geoffmooregm]

@@stoptheinsanity2806 Hmmm are you letting it play until the end after you skip close to the end and using the restart button on that shows up in the middle of the video? I am using the app on my phone and it always works. No exactly sure if a web browser works the same or not.

[@stoptheinsanity2806]

Geoff Moore thx for the note. I am watching on the KZbin app on my iPad. I did exactly that sequence on this and other videos. It does not work. It might be the app version, or macOS version. I appreciate the information though. I feel the same way with multiple ads.

[@Hispandinavian]

An an American, I really envy the rail system in the UK, Europe and Japan. Our passenger rail service over here is rickety AMTRAK. This is especially so west of the Mississippi. I love riding the train.

[@N_scaler]

Over here in the Northeast (CT) we have Amtrak, Metro-North, Shoreline East, and CT rail.

[@edndimu4417]

Very informative and interesting, could you please make a video on the Kenya-Uganda railway

[@Thomas_TdK]

This is from a tv channel, not a KZbin creator

[@chuxtuff]

This is a great video and I enjoyed watching it!! It's got something for everyone that likes trains...

[@geisterfahreruberholer2171]

This is way too focused on English and North-American trains. All of the echievements by Germans, Japanesen, French, Italians...not even mentioned.

[@gundamator4709]

totally true, and those country are all better at passenger rail, but when it comes to freight there is nothing like the US class 1 railroads.

[@Dev-g9z6z]

This is because all of the record breaking trains on on the English and American railroads. I mean, is there anything like the big boy anywhere in Europe?

[@geisterfahreruberholer2171]

@@Dev-g9z6z The quality of your English is comparable to the qulity of your statement. This "documentation" is biased, totally negletting the world. When it comes to freight trains, this is decent. For passenger trains, EU and Japan laugh about the US

[@geisterfahreruberholer2171]

@@gundamator4709 this is a fair statement. Freight trains are good in America. Passenger trains are a joke there. EU and Japan does way better in these terms

[@Dev-g9z6z]

@@geisterfahreruberholer2171 I understand that passenger rail in the U.S. is a joke, im just pointing out the power of our locomotives. I also dont appreciate the fact that you insult my English while making your point.

[@danielbliss1988]

Nice little footage at 5:45 of the 150th anniversary of the Rainhill trials with the reproduction "Rocket". Type 4 "Peak" diesel in the background of that shot too.

[@TigerDominic-uh1dv]

I enjoyed this Trip 😊

[@billstrossman1134]

Interesting about Canada: It was not possible for western exploration was not possible because of the Laurentian Shield until the railroad was built. Having ridden the "Canadian" from Vancouver to Montreal (That segment no longer runs) I enjoyed the ride immensely!

[@LarryTheRoleplayerTM]

2:40 what's up with that guy's ONE HUGE TOOTH lol

[@michaelmckinnon1591]

John Elway has teeth so big, he'd have to go to the vet for dentures and that's why he got the nickname "Horse Teeth".

[@visualonestudio]

I love this guy's Aussie accent

[@krunalbaria7322]

Thank you so much I appreciate your work I will ask my kids to watch this amazing documentaries instead of watching stupid tiktoks ❤

[@6181green]

They don't seem to learn anything productive on there...

[@Canadazeus]

They aren't ALL stupid! Most though.

[@bruceringrose7539]

@Bryan Michael With respect, hopefully you will also learn how to use punctuation, learn proper spelling, and construct complete sentences.

[@hardyakka6200]

The first steam locomotives did NOT depend on high pressure. Like the deep tin mine pumps that operated on vacuum to move the piston after the steam condensed. They did not have strong enough boilers until later.

[@stringpicker5468]

None of these, such as those of Trevithick were ever practical locomotives. By the time of steam railways the James Watt principles had greatly increased the efficiency and Robert Stephenson's revolutionary use of the multi tube boiler ensured the required amount of steam. Boiler pressure steadily increased as steel became better understood.

[@lindalakota38]

Trains didnt die in usa the personal train travel died sadly but freight i think will always move by trains

[@stephenhoward8433]

2mins in and wat was said is spot. even now the rare times i hear a steamtrain i still drop everything to go look

[@stevewheatley243]

These trains did my hobo heart good.😁

[@marvwatkins7029]

@48:55: Was it least formerly Electric Motive Division of GM.

Great docu

[@veritas41photo]

I have seen the Big Boy up close and personal, in a stop in Evanston, Wyoming. Massive. Monumental. No words can do it justice. Too bad the Age of Steam is gone forever. Progress. Bah.

[@anoopkhandekar799]

super doc

[@thomasburke7995]

I most enjoyed how this was presented from an assui point of view.. well done.. the only omission is the absence of the more powerful but flexible east coast steam traction of the 1930's and 40's that ran the much steeper grades of the Appalachian mountains..

[@carolprice1389]

Thank you I didn't know that information!!!

[@michaelmckinnon1591]

And the Western Railway System which had to climb the Rockies in some circumstances

[@jmajors8958]

Technology is improving rapidly

[@beatbox20fmj]

Flying Scotsman got me hooked for the rest of the episode

[@43nostromo]

Can you do a video on "The Golden Age of Ballooning?" I'm so excited about that, I can hardly wash! Still, what is washing when you can learn about such a great scientific breakthrough?

[@joachimsingh2929]

Watch. Not wash.

[@kalebennis-davis5263]

@@joachimsingh2929 yes hopefully he washes even when excited

[@KGopidas]

Interesting and informative.

[@tyronemarcucci8395]

He's never make it as a pirate, he can't say ARRRRR. Luv ta OZ,

[@sulu8050]

21:36 “Canadian Pacific”, shows a Canadian National

[@dr.billmcdonald426]

La plata West cam

[@SnaccDaddyy]

Is that Leigh Diffey doing the narration, Mans usually commentating racing hahahaha

[@militantpacifist4087]

The little engines that could.

[@KevinRay_man]

22:30 ...trying to act like we didn't see you just sneak a dog wearing eyeglasses lookin both dapper and logical af into the documentary...we saw...and we appreciate it. Lol 😆

[@mtsenskmtsensk5113]

The Danish great belt link has now been beaten in length by the Russian road and rail bridge linking to crimea at 18 kilometeres. This was an outstanding feat achieved in only 4 years and it is now the longest in Europe.

[@Sgnairport]

When has Russia been in Europe?

[@Locomonarch]

How can you reuse a fantastic shot of an 1890's South African Locomotive running in a desert 4 times and not give a mention to them? Are we forgetting how important the railways were to the colonial expansion of the empire into Africa?

[@chicagonorthwesternrailfan5043]

The big boy is huge and so famous

[@christianhoffman7407]

29:45 if it is a cart made by Mitsubishi then it would be a Double Stacked Mitsubishi. If said cart was hauling chocolate chips that would be insane. It would be a chocolate chip double stacked Mitsubishi.

[@ญัติผิวขาว]

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[@LICHBKLYN1]

That Mallard was nice.

[@jamesjohnmoss8130]

This is a great video, but I feel there is a colour/ contrast issue. Non the less still a great film!

[@michaeljoseph9881]

No you people forgot. The old Black Diamond that used to run from Buffalo all the way to down in the Philadelphia that they would go a 110 miles an hour and that. Was a custom build you know passenger passenger train?

[@CoryAY82383]

garret is interesting but she can't beat UPRR 4014 or DMIR M3/M4 class

[@davidrayner9832]

The Beyer-Garratt is a far better machine than a Mallet, proven by every country that ran them. They never got to be as big and that's the Big Boy's only claim to fame - its physical size. Had UP, C&O, N&W or similar made (or had made) a Garratt the size of a Big Boy or an A, it would've put those in the shade.

[@scottsmith7051]

I just love Mr. McGregor.

[@ManMountainMetals]

Conner?

[@scottsmith7051]

I love that guy too, how did you know.? Ground and pound, that's his weakness though.

[@jimbronson687]

At around 4:50 it shows electric light rail trains and says no longer powered by steam. I get the point but then it is a wrong point. Where does the electricity come from??

[@pearsooo6972]

Nice

[@Ricky-manic]

And flying scotsmen is still in operation

[@savagex466-qt1io]

As a young kid with nothing better to do. Id love to walk the tracks and pick up the chunks of sulfar and burn them lol

[@michaelmckinnon1591]

Get ready for the smell of rotten eggs if you do js

[@frankcrawford416]

Don't forget the saturn 5 rocket for power.

[@timlilijinsheng4070]

1:10 *LAUGHS IN 6700 HORSEPOWER*

[@glenkelley6048]

A question I have had for many years------How do the bend train rails AROUND CURVES?

[@sharkheadism]

They'll easily bend on their own. They're not very rigid

[@hadesdescent6664]

I watched this on Via Sat History,or National geographic channel as part of the series on several topics! I know the guest experts in history that one can see in various Viasat History series of documentaries. This topic in form of historical documentary needs way more explanation and dedicated series of videos, or very long one (2part of ~2hours long at least)!

[@georgew.5639]

A steam locomotive is potentially a big bomb too.

[@Syclone0044]

Not much of a risk. How many businesses and schools still have boilers heating the water to heat the building also? I own the fabulous book “TRAIN WRECKS ..For Fun and Profit” and it documents dozens of train wrecks and even when they held exhibition spectator events where they’d build a temporary track and then set 2 steam locomotives towards each other at full throttle. The engineer would jump off once he got the machine set to full throttle, and the crowd would watch the spectacular collision. Yet, to my surprise RARELY did the boilers ever explode. It can happen, when it does, the boiler looks like a spaghetti of small pipes (from inside). The infamous “Crash at Crush”, Texas was one that did explode catastrophically, injuring many and killing a few. There’s a few awesome photos of the moment of impact and then the moment of explosion perhaps 250ms later. Many KZbin videos on the Crash at Crush.

[@billstrossman1134]

Not necessarily. Fire tube boilers maybe (although the flash from water to steam is self-limiting usually) but water tube boilers can handle higher pressures with little or no problem.

[@lisahaler8013]

Good

[@LGTheOneFreeMan]

I thought they were called "locomotives". "Train Engine" sounds like something redundant a 5 year old would come up with.

[@keithd5181]

No. The Train Engines That Revolutionised The World

[@ManMountainMetals]

This documentary is longer than a train......

[@TheLuvschool2]

I know every steam locomotive I see in the video.

[@herzogsbuick]

0:42 hehehehehe

[@thatonec_set3730]

Oh noes...

[@nikolaospeterson2495]

28.00 WHERE is this electrification in North America? (Or is this from a rail simulator like Trainz?)

[@kiwitrainguy]

The North East corridor: Washington-New York-Boston.

[@Die-Spezialisten]

Electricity mostly is generated by steam. Nuclear plants and coal plants are genereting steam which drive the generator turbines!

[@rons4778]

Rio Tinto should have kept the Flying Scotsman’s sister the Pendant castle here in Australia I remember it going across the flats at the highway crossing near Karratha

[@davidrayner9832]

No one maintains the museum now and it's gone to rack and ruin. Yes, it'd be great to still have it but I'd rather see it restored and running around the UK than rotting in the Pilbara. Also, Rio has no interest in doing anything but running income-producing ore trains and the Castle would take up space on the track and get in the way of said trains.

[@virendrachaudhary4251]

Love

[@DawnOfTheDead991]

6:29 the last generation of steam locos were oil powered.

[@sharkheadism]

Some were

[@QDTREEN]

Very professional and smooth presentation but I wouldn't expect anything less cos that sounds like Mike Goldman who's Australia's number one voice-over guy he made his break on Big Brother 2003 as the late night hosts he grasped the whole imagination of Australia cos he was able to talk about nothing very well and Big Brother's big fat juicy wallet competitions😂😁

[@awatsycamorefarmnearsiouxf7526]

Our muscles, a ship sails with the wind and animals were before steam.

[@buck9739]

That beast ate so much coal transporting coal. It’s like a drunk owning a bar.

[@carolprice1389]

Steam tenoligy is now putting out a tremendous amount of power.

[@izumishion6267]

I'm sorry but 49 minutes of video and you only mention the Shinkansen? Why?

[@meref9864]

1:59 thats how was first train xD

[@kristoffermangila]

Uk rail fans should be on the alert, because a group in the US wants to take Mallard's record...

[@frederickschulkind8431]

A Pennsylvania Railroad train did reach 127 mph.

[@amonmcranny2654]

Steam power dates back 2000 years? Please do tell?

[@francoismurrell4604]

i think they meant the technological advancements that allowed it to happen? not too sure but i think i recall that being said

[@michaelmckinnon1591]

@daniiel mlinarics *Egypt not Greece, look it up

[@andyharman3022]

You can't go faster than 30 miles an hour. You won't be able to breathe!

[@kiwitrainguy]

Then you'd better stick to horses.😄

[@notmycupoftea]

Interesting documentary. However, by trying to cover as many topics as possible made it a bit chaotic (at least in my opinon)

[@kiwitrainguy]

It's made for TV.

[@NoBody-ht1oh]

Freight is mostly moved by road in Australia. Get your facts right

[@peewii4326]

If you include minerals, ie. Iron ore, he is correct