Odin: God of Steam

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

There was a group that were making a Bloomer class loco, they didn't know how to make the brass dome, some old guy said that " me and me mate's 'l do it", so they bought them the big sheet of brass required (that was really expensive) and those old guys used simple panel beating techniques to make the full-sized dome, not many people have the skills to do that now.

[@fanofhiro808]

Dane here Loves the video. Odin is a pridefull addition to the Danish preserved fleet, and absolutely beuatifull. Fun fact about Odin: The Odin class of locomotives is only one of two danish locomotive classes with inside cylinders only. The only other one being the C class 4-4-0 from 1903

[@RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS]

Even the buffers and six wheel tender are quite sizeable for the mid 1840s. Big cylinders, too, I like the little smokebox flare, very little metal used but it gives a very distinct silhouette. Interesting how narrow the footplate is compared to the period carriages. Very handsome locomotive, they seem to have quite a few of these characterful old chaps running.

[@obelic71]

Its funny to see that that DSB MY 1159 Nohab diesel in the background (built in 1954) is 64 years older then Odin! 😁

[@WhatAboutTheBee]

I thought Odin looked too nice to be 180 years old.

[@matthewtymczyszyn8948]

It's not bestialty per se...

[@123greasemonkey]

We should build one too. A working replica Patentee is just what we need in Britain.

[@obelic71]

You could lent our Dutch Patentee Arend (Eagle) for a while. She has been currently overhauled for here 80 year boiler inspection by law. She is a replica once build for the centenial celebration in 1938 and is now older then the original Arend (scrapped in1863) Be in mind se has GWR broad gage.

[@16jan1986]

The sad Story is that they scrapped the last 3 cylinder litra R at the same time the build this replica and wanted to scrap the last litra H now the railroadsmuseum has been turned into something like a Player Park not a serious Museum..... R946 never forgotten never forgiven

[@johnclayden1670]

Excellent as ever. Great work Anthony.

[@JonatanGronoset]

The wheels are 5ft but somehow appear so much more diminutive compared to that *_mmmmassive_* boiler. A handsome machine. Would prefer to see the chaps on the footplate in period apparel, though.

[@DrivermanO]

The opening of this railway was commemorated by a composition called "The Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop" by the great Danish composer Hans Christian Lumbye. He has been called the Strauss of the North. This is the link to an excellent performance - near the end you can hear the guard calling out "Roskilde"! It is one of, if not the best musical representations of a steam railway engine. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZbcd4qsmbiipM0

[@AnthonyDawsonHistory]

That's amazing! I certainly agree about it being one of the best musical respresentation of a locomotive. Wonderful! Thankyou for sharing.

[@mr_Mmph]

Heck yea Denmark represent! Absolutely solid choice of engine to cover

[@PebProductions46]

Great video as always, but "Odin: God of Steam" is such a powerful video title!

[@richardbradley961]

THANK YOU ANTHONY,, AUDIO AND VID VERRY GOOD, REGARDS RICHARD.

[@AnthonyDawsonHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@richardswiderski4985]

That is a good re build looks very nice.

[@ThatScottishAtlantic57]

What an interesting looking engine. Great vid 👍 Will you ever do a video on an early North British loco?

[@m0rtenpl1nd9]

My dad built that! :D Also. Though it is not possible to see. Between the frames there is a water feed pump. Because for safety measures we always have to have 2 ways of injecting water into the boiler. I hope everyone is happy with the wonderful replica... It did take 14 years to complete ;)

[@AnthonyDawsonHistory]

That's cool!

[@Mighty_Square]

Lovely video as always Anthony!

[@NJPurling]

As soon as I saw Odin I instantly thought 'Patentee', but then 'Where are the valve rods on the LH side?' Is this the last version with the 100 PSI boiler, and does the valve gear have adjustable cut-off.

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

love your work! 👍

[@AnthonyDawsonHistory]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

@@AnthonyDawsonHistory you are wellcome! 😊👍

[@dscott1524]

A bit nontechnical for me. This was part of locomotive evolution, so how far along was this? Some numbers would be helpful in this. For example: tractive effort, firebox area, heating surface, top speed, operating economy (meters/kg coal), maintenance requirements and expense, etc. Other videos of yours also seem a bit "fluffy", that is very light technically. Still you do bring these engines back into mind which is a very good thing. History should not be so easily forgotten. Cheers.

[@AdiPullen]

What a fantastic loco

[@mikebrown3772]

It's sad that GWR no 14 of this type which had been preserved at Wolverhampton was cut up in 1920

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Possibly at the authorisation of one WA Stanier, who had other preserved GWR locos scrapped

[@mikebrown3772]

@@LeslieGilpinRailways I think it was W H Stanier who organised the cutting up of the broad gauge museum pieces and he would certainly have retired by 1920.

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

@@mikebrown3772 I thought it was WA when he and Collett were Churchward's right hand men and before he went to the LMS

[@AnthonyDawsonHistory]

It was, yes.

[@Trainskitsetc]

Chunky lad

[@matthewtymczyszyn8948]

Do you have a comprehensive list of books you wrote? Some are on Amazon, others on Goodreads... I'm not sure where to start.

[@AnthonyDawsonHistory]

They should all be on Amazon - sadly the Amazon Algorithm does tend fo f*ck up occasionally and considers my books to have been written by a old chap who did National Service in the 1950s and I'm constantly having to fight the system. www.amazon.co.uk/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B0034OTMXK?_encoding=UTF8&node=266239&offset=0&pageSize=12&searchAlias=stripbooks&sort=author-sidecar-rank&page=1&langFilter=default#formatSelectorHeader

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

Are they trying to make the loco dizzy ?

[@FreedomLovingLoyalist]

Please tell me there is a model of him.

[@AnthonyDawsonHistory]

Sadly, there are no models of a typical "Sharpie".

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

:D

[@malcolmtaylor518]

Fabulous loco. A great reminder of the time Great Britain had real economic power and will to succeed.

[@superstepno835]

Odin is on Russian one

[@MJC19]

If they build another replica of this type I nominate that it be named Thör.

[@Trainskitsetc]

The Mecklenburg railway in Germany had very nice 0-4-2 named Thor

[@AnthonyDawsonHistory]

There are two locomotives in Sweden called Thor - one an lovely little Beyer Peacock saddle tank. The other a narrow gauge monster

[@MJC19]

@@AnthonyDawsonHistory " narrow gauge monster" now you've peaked my interest

[@misterflibble6601]

I'd go with Loki, then they could call it a Loki-motive

[@AnthonyDawsonHistory]

@@misterflibble6601 Congratulations. You've won the internet.