Quirks and Curiosities II

[@JamesandPeter]

Thanks all for the comments, Regards James

[@Albireo8]

The opening scene = a fresh delivery of old people to a tea room somewhere in Wales. Brilliant!

[@itsyaboybrandon7509]

Somewhere wales is a roblox game, that’s where a came from

[@catman351]

Reminds me of the bar scene in Star Wars except the characters are all locomotives.

[@philnewton3096]

what a rare luxury -no elaectro music disturbing the ambient sounds of people nature rhythms of steam -brill

[@donlewis6650]

I agree100 %. I wrote a complaining post to a beautiful soldier coming home surprise video that was ruined by screaching music playing the way through. So many good videos ruin by stupid music. Played at the wrong time.

[@philnewton3096]

@@donlewis6650 yes -As I paraphrase Joanna Lumley ;"Pipe Downs* "president said -`Who chooses the Muzak in cafes/public places /adverts / -its all done without the consent of the hapless auditor-?`- * Pipedown -the campaign for ridding us from extraneous noise in public life.-As I write Im enjoying the mix of delightful hissing -wheelslip- steam rhythms -children`s gleeful delight - birdsong-traffic subdued to rail/wheel rhythms-crossing minor thirds signals -pure Joy as Stanley Unwin might have said -

[@ablemagawitch]

Beg to differ.... These are background sounds(and beats) of the Gothic Industrial Music scene. Which also grew/splintered into the Steampunk Subculture/Club/Fashion/Music/CosPlay scenes. Part Dystopian, Part Victorian with a Science Fiction Element where the future evolved with Steam Powered . No outfit is complete without a pair of googles......

[@donlewis6650]

@@ablemagawitch ?????????

[@ablemagawitch]

@@donlewis6650 I think we may have different country's Englishes in affect to the power of different social circles and lifestyles not exposed to making even more complex of reference. Plus through the power of KZbin it may stated my reply to Phil was to you. Make even less sense. You would think Google/KZbin could make a better thread system for clarity in comments, it has only been around since before the Internet grew from Usenet/Newsgroups.... Where Phil said "...what a rare luxury -no elaectro music disturbing..." I was commenting on the irony that it actually is electronic music and not just music to Rail Fans. Although I agree 100% with sentiment of being thankful this video didn't have annoying loud free "electronic" music from some free youtube artist blaring all over the original sounds at an ungodly volume level, that for some reason seems to infect most uploaders. Given this isn't what most people think of as music but if something creates an audio sound discernible to the human hear, it is used in music somewhere. IE: Cow Bells, Seriously I have set up microphones for cowbells on percussion kit, but I digress... The sounds of Steam Engines and Industrial machinery is in itself a music genre. Those sounds are used in sub-genre offshoot from the 1970/1980's Gothic Punk movement that skipping several decades of musical & subculture lifestyle evolution splits and new subgeneres that formed from those and repeat the cycle to where it brought a music form known for the sounds of these trains , machinery and emulations and distortion of other instruments to more mechanical sound called "Industrial Music". Which "Industrial" overlaps with the Gothic Music fans and Morphed into the SteamPunk Fashion scene/genre/fandom. It falls in the judgmental of the person watching and listening of is it all just silly? to whatever floats your boat & makes you happy? to cool & sexy and great beat I can dance to this. The line about Googles is semi-joke because most industrial club outfits had work/welder's Goggles as part of their fashion look at nightclubs. Raves and Industrial music share fan base and roots and from this comes the googles and face masks for dust stirred up. Due to dust face masks also were often needed and which were accessorized to make them fashionable, Gas Masks were often used because of the tie into time period, horror film base fans. Which nicer refined ones are in the SteamPunk scene/genre/fandom world . Which is set in some alt Universe where Steam trains , dirigible airships and massive industrial age gear driven machines rule the technology tree. That the modern power method is still steam and with it we have some electrical things like computers but everything still relies on numerous gears and nice mechanical keyboards and are part of the fashion sense with a Victorian style England mixed in with Tophats and corsets . Add in a mix of Dr.Who for good measure.... A world where oddities like the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrocar and/or en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyro_monorail and Penny-farthing bicycles are normal every day modern items. The upside the weird science stuff is king and Nikola Tesla trumped that clown Thomas Edison with that Alternating Current as history should have turned out.. Edison is the VHS of VCRs war. Just because his current won doesn't mean it was the better format but I digress again... Lost & confused? The longer explanation was even worse of a club music sound and fans history of how it morphed through all the divides and the changes to where a factory and steam engines rhythmical sounds form a base for music style. Which often has their concerts and/or dance club nights in older abandoned Industrial complexes that are cheap to rent or can throw a party at that won't disturb anyone. Which CosPlay is short for Costume Play. The Biggest part being the Costume and that theme defining all far too numerous to go into fully subgenres/subculture scenes/groups in it. People dressing up in costumes/characters as a hobby usually refers to the crowd for Comic Books, anime/animation(still don't understand this split myself), TV and/or film characters and animal mascots aka Furies. Technically Military and Railroad Reenactors and Collectors who dress up for events fall into CosPlay. Although the groups are doing the same thing basically, each would swear what they're doing is different than those freaks.....

[@malofox1650]

4:45 I love how the small red one just awkwardly creeps around the corner!

[@jagc1969]

This video is so nice that I can't keep watching it again and again... Thank's for sharing.

[@laming2006]

From this Yank: Excellent video. LOVE the double Fairlie! Such wonderful countryside scenes and architecture! Incredible operation.

[@ulrichschuz2715]

Wunderbar, diese Fahrzeugschau! Was es alles gibt - man kann nur staunen. Vielen Dank für die schöne Präsentation.

[@CNMikado]

Ulrich Schüz Can someone translate this and btw Güten tag

[@NekoKawaii78]

Lovely video, thanks for sharing! Excellent work by all those who restored these beautiful machines! 🚂🏆👍

[@Ax89]

What fun! I had the good fortune to ride the Ffestiniog railway when I was in Porthmadog a number of years ago. A real treasure! Makes me want to go back again.

[@MililaniJag]

Quirks and Curiosities...Sure got that right!!! More plz! Knew about the Double Fairlie locomotive & Gravity slate train. The others are amazing!! Love the motorcycle loco! Cheers!!

[@petercarkagis3513]

to the staff of Quirks & Curiosities you have made magic happen

[@stephenkayser3147]

A wonderful effort. I have never seen this railway shown with so many details in such a short time. I did not know it had so many unusual engines. Makes we want to travel even more half way round the world to see it (Aussie). Beautiful camera and editing work. Very relaxing and interesting. Maybe do one with interviews and comments. Much appreciated.

[@mikedench1110]

Thank you very much for a really fascinating film! Oh how I miss that beautiful country of mine, I was a member of the Talylyn Railway in its early days. Happy memories.

[@JamesandPeter]

Thanks Mike, I love visiting Wales especially the FR. I have visited the Talylyn last year after a number of years of not going. Will be going again next year hopefully. Regards James

[@Pseudo_Boethius]

Its so wonderful seeing all those old locomotives fully preserved and in working condition!

[@dunxy]

It is wonderful, so much better than stuffed and mounted! These living works of art need to be used to stay well oiled and not develop corrosion, i feel much sadness when i drive by the few remaining in parks here in Australia.

[@jerrycampbell9376]

Fascinating collection, aye. Some history of the various pieces, even just with subtitles, would make this video even better.

[@SMTMainline]

What an interesting little railway. You did a nice job capturing it - steady recording and clear audio without the use of music.

[@stevenbanaan]

It is at the ffestiniog railway i believe, a railway that is quite large

[@antiussentiment]

Thanks for taking the time to shoot and share this. I'd not be able to enjoy this without your efforts. I really must get to an event like this on year.

[@markfortin421]

WOW...you made MY day!! What a wonderful collection of personal steamers...like driving a coffee pot ! I could DEFINITELY fall in love with any one of these, what a blast (no pun intended) it must be to own one....you could cart it around in a kids wagon. 💥✌😂

[@TheBandana1969]

Incredible!! Greetings from India to the wonderful people who have preserved this incredible railway system

[@_wood]

One small engine called "Fernilee" attracted my attention. Stockport water board built Fernilee reservoir and Errwood reservoir in the Goyt valley near to Whaley Bridge. Errwood dam was built in the 1960s. Fernilee was built earlier the old but the "High Peak railway line" track bed closed in the 1890s was used to run construction trains to the dam construction sites. The engine you show must have been use in the construction of one of these two dams.

[@garylangley4502]

You weren't kidding when you titled this Quirks and Curiosities. Some of those would have made good characters for Thomas the Tank Engine stories. Well done!!

[@Gauge1LiveSteam]

Great show. Thanks for putting this together. Would love to see the Lister in action.

[@ichabodon]

First time seeing this. Marvelous. Thank you to all preservationists

[@stevesellers-wilkinson7376]

Some really interesting locos and rolling stock! Thank you for sharing!

[@stevesindustrialadventures799]

That's how to commute sat on the slate :) love it! What an amazing video. Thank you for capturing this! Cheers

[@deaniweenie]

This film made me smile

[@NJPurling]

A good few of these look like the result of an engineer with a workshop, a large scrapyard given an assignment to create a light locomotive for shunting. The two air powered locomotives, which I believe are 'SID' and 'Whistling Pig'. They look like they were meant for use in a mine, that'd have had a ready source of compressed air to power drills & hammers. The transplanted Fordson Standard tractor was definitely the heavyweight of the bunch.

[@johnbondza]

The smallest lightweight engine was the motorbike, possibly about 20hp. 1970s vintage. The "compressed air engines" could have been fireless engines. We used them extensively on mine/power station work. Load them up with 20 tons of superheated water at the powerstation and you could use them underground in coal mines which had a risk of methane fires. They were very inefficient because they used saturated steam but could operate up to 4 hours without a recharge, much longer than compressed air. There were a couple of Lister cargo cars (10hp) converted to locos. I scrapped about 30 tons of Lister cargo cars in the early 1980s. Most obstinate mechanical devices ever made.

[@WardXmodem]

Excellent! Thank you very much. The back-to-back built-as-one steam locomotives - sure wish I could find more on that - whether it was built as an attraction, etc. Very small, probably not for some practical use.

[@davidjones332]

Quite the reverse! The Fairlie patent double engines were built to haul massive trains of empty slate wagons back up to the mines at Blaenau Ffestiniog. The gradients were so steep that most of the downhill journey to the dock at Porthmadog was gravity-assisted but the locos then had to hold back the weight of a loaded train.

[@WardXmodem]

@@davidjones332 WONDERFUL answer! Thanks for your knowledge and taking time to reply!! *****

[@MrDaiseymay]

It got better by the minute. Amazing, amusing. and so British /Welsh

[@davidredfearn664]

I love those old narrow gauge trains. They make the larger trains seem boring.

[@tritanicwolf518]

Yeah.

[@lisethyblue2926]

Some great machines here. Got to love the gravity train!

[@geoffhalstead1811]

Excellent with none of the usual MORONIC music 👍👏

[@WaltANelsonPHD]

Beautiful reversible steam engine with passenger ger cars at 6:40, 8:15 and 10: 40. Street running at 9:15 is a real hoot. Thanks for posting!

[@rosesmellpoo]

Fun fact those locos are the double farlie class and there are many more of them that were preserved/restored on that railway

[@sausagefingers714]

id love to see a steam engine that could make an espresso on the go

[@dunxy]

Just wow, so much interesting stuff running in this video my mind is truly blown! We dont really have much even close to this here in Australia. Ive never seen a fireless loco in the flesh and vertical boilered stuff is insanely rare, i think i rode one when i was a kid called "the coffee pot" but no idea if its still operating decades later.

[@n5ifi]

Nothing better than watching guys play Choo Choo than maybe doing it yourself.

[@banwariaggrwal866]

I remember chhook chhook gaadi

[@n5ifi]

@@yeo5811 Oh dear........I'm shaking in my choo choo

[@n5ifi]

@@yeo5811 hahaha

[@cabcar82]

Very interesting locomotives and other things.

[@kittymervine6115]

this is just incredible! My husband and I are planning the ultimate train vacation (while staying place for the Virus lockdown) and this makes the list. I hope we eventually get to go, but this is delightful.

[@rogerb5615]

The F&WH: Ofttimes mistaken for the world's largest garden railway layout. Delightful!

[@nikolai60]

Watching the little fireless engines rove about is great, they're such oddballs even compared to other oddballs.

[@RavennaRailfan4070]

Quite the unique locomotives, excellent video

[@acw71000]

An amazing collection of little locos James. Well captured

[@JamesandPeter]

acw71000 Thanks very much Austin, there will be a part two on Wednesday which is stills from the event with running commentary about each loco as the "Quirky cavalcade" was a disaster for video/photos as they use the main platform for trains to up the line so just recorded the commentary and will Super impose on the video instead. Regards JamesandPeter

[@JamesandPeter]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/faS2YZeFlsqrg8k

[@HSMiyamoto]

The scene with three men standing on a "locomotive" is reminiscent of the four lads moving a old bathtub in "Last of the Summer Wine." - The Fairlie is a real beauty!

[@JustClaude13]

I like the little compressed air mining engine at 1:07.

[@sausagefingers714]

yer thats a cool one.. i think i seen 2 compressed air engines? a black one too somewhere.. i'm curious how much range they have

[@chubeye1187]

@@sausagefingers714 they had full size ones to work in chemical plants, I believe they could do a full shift

[@painmagnet1]

@@chubeye1187 Range is measured in yards. You pump them up with shop air at every stop or two.

[@wi11y1960]

Usually they were used in munitions factories where an open flame could have meant destruction.

[@JustClaude13]

@@wi11y1960 They're also good for coal mines and weaving mills where flammable dust builds up. Coal mines can use fireless cookers, where the "boiler" is filled with hot water and steam at high pressure and released to produce steam at lower pressures, but of course weaving mills can't have the steam around the fabrics, so they used compressed air. www.whippanyrailwaymuseum.net/exhibits/equipment/engines-a-powered-rail-equipment/fireless-cooker-0-4-0f-no-7240

[@ufoengines]

Neat ! I really dig the compressed air powered loco . Thanks for this post . Patents 672256, 3190554 .

[@eifionjones559]

quirky and curious but so fantastic and interesting , da iawn wir. thanks for showing. Love the one with a vertical boiler

[@curtnicholson7771]

Does anyone know what size gauges of track we are seeing in this video? It appears the beginning of video is a little rail park with a smaller gauge. But later on in the video it appears to be possibly a slightly larger size but my guess may be wrong but appears to be the size in this country as to the various shots down by the sea and city views and trains moving at pretty good speeds. This is a great video of some great historic equipment.

[@rogerc.roberts4705]

Should be meter gauge.

[@CeiliogWaspflake]

The Ffestiniog Railway, North Wales UK. Gauge 1 foot 11.5 inches (597 mm).

[@voidjavelin23]

The railway uses 2 foot narrow gauge, the line was previously a quarryslate line

[@johnrettig1880]

Those two steamers near the end looked like they were towing an Ice-cream truck ..... Lol I know that it was another engine .

[@ramblingrob4693]

Like a railbus

[@bobm549]

Thanks for the audio . Perfect !

[@johnsweeney6072]

What a great place for elderly children to play well done boys 🇦🇺👍

[@shivaprasad6311]

Woooowww!! They are beautiful 😍❤️👌🏾

[@mattywho8485]

That little "Lister" @3:07 is awesome !!!

[@cameronknapp7315]

Some of these trains 🚂 are so funny 😆 looking 👀. It’s ok 👍, I like funny 😁 looking 👀.

[@Tommy-pv1vh]

Can you not speek in canser

[@voidjavelin23]

cam you not like speak emojis

[@luisantoniomarrega1120]

Fantástica esta ferrovia. Abraço

[@soopy.m]

Well shot and so funny... Seth

[@JamesandPeter]

Little Sethie Thank you and yes some of the trains were funny. Regards JamesandPeter

[@kendalls.358]

It's beyond me how 83 people didn't like this gem!

[@donlewis6650]

Great video. Great sound. That you for not adding music. So many videos are ruined by added music. Well done.

[@austrorus]

is this a sort of - Club- where each builds his own engine or loco? they must have lots of fun there... but most of all. no funny music, no - we have a problem - comment! a great video! hat off to whoever did it!

[@DownhillAllTheWay]

8:10 - that looks like the Ffestiniog line going out of Porthmaddog. I used to live not far away.

[@rosesmellpoo]

That's the Festinog alright that's why those double farlies showed up

[@thegeneralissimo470]

They're adorable!

[@AJSSPACEPLACE]

3:43 that little loco is the first time I’ve looked at an object and thought of the word ‘Contraption’

[@TimsBitsnPieces]

What lovely and interesting engines. I would love to know more about some of these.. pitty there is no information about them. Where was this footage from ??

[@JamesandPeter]

www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Main_Page

[@voidjavelin23]

takes place on ffestiniog railway

[@gabrielmiller668]

1:12 that is literally a boiler on wheels... I love that 😂

[@PeterCompson]

Bloody fantastic ❤ Bet if the Chinese have seen this video, they are running scared that we bring some of these incredible machines through Europe there Eastward to China 🇬🇧

[@mickd6942]

It's the rail version of wacki races

[@ramblingrob4693]

That sums it up brilliant

[@Thomas1980]

wow...very nice video :)

[@mosaic6225]

Wonder if Harlech Castle will get a repaint like Moel Hebog did recently

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

Excellent video, likes from me.

[@neville132bbk]

Did I see a Fairlie locomotive pulling those black carriages? for more on Fairlies, using a 3rd rail and pinion system,,, until mid 1955, see "Featherston NZ, railway museum"

[@sanjayv8467]

Where's all this? Are tourists allowed therein. Will be very happy if you could share the place location. Would like to visit once. Will remind me of my childhood spent amongst the Steam Locos.

[@JamesandPeter]

Sanjay V Ffestiniog Railway , Gwynedd North Wales

[@voidjavelin23]

its ffestiniog railway, a 2 foot gauge railway in north wales

[@luizripper1967]

i love that so much, would like to live in a beautifull place like that

[@kamtasinku4367]

They have beautiful toys.

[@rosesmellpoo]

When the double farlie came up I was at first like:is that a double farlie? No it can't be. Then I skipped ahead and was like: HOLY SHIT IT IS

[@johnmartin6178]

I wonder what the sailing one did when it went through a tunnel, I hope it had pedals?

[@svennoren9047]

Used the mast and yardarm as poles to push through, perhaps? I'd like to see how it handled inclines...

[@johnmartin6178]

@@svennoren9047 LOL yeah probably.

[@rogerc.roberts4705]

@@svennoren9047 mules and horses, ole standby.

[@zirokikuchi9213]

素敵空間 Great and cute loco land

[@howarth004]

That s a great collection they have there ..Dave

[@JamesandPeter]

David Howarth Thanks David, there sure was a great collection on show. Liked Polar Bear and Samson. Regards JamesandPeter

[@omprakashverma1536]

Where these are .

[@stewartcampbell7794]

Wow , Had 2 Watch this Twice ; Sargent Pepper Meet's Dr. Who + Thomas the Tank Engine in One Hell'a Balou' "Krash" Collage ! This is Fun Although I am Quite Concerned about the Lack of Safety Belt's & Brain Bucket's , [ Helmet's ] , !? I am Amazed & Totally Entertained . Thankyou ! YYZ , 60 +++ Mohawk-Planker . lol .

[@ian_b]

I like that little one with the cogged wheels.

[@toainsully]

For those who want to know: This is from the Ffestiniog Railway

[@MrDaiseymay]

thanks, but where else

[@hairymarmite6419]

Wales Uk

[@jackforde4883]

So many unique engines

[@kcjones1313]

Great Video - good to see Polar Bear

[@JamesandPeter]

kcjones1313 Thanks very much, I too enjoyed seeing Polar Bear. Regards JamesandPeter

[@bututiti1384]

Great video !

[@VauxhaIIOpel]

6:03 Tiny. I like it.

[@TheCodeCutie]

where is this. I want to stop by and see for myself.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Max Skripp - Welsh Highland Railway. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@AtheistOrphan]

@@yeo5811 - Thanks for the correction.👍

[@robobkerman4922]

3:15 it's a railboat!

[@manfredwesteroth8241]

I would say that it's a sail train!

[@laurencefraser]

It's only a train if it's pulling (or being pulled by, I suppose) something else. Arguably two somethings. It's also not an engine. (No relevant mechanical bits) I have no idea if it counts as a locomotive or not (never have figured out where that word comes from). It might be a boat... If it's still sea (or stream) worthy... Maybe.

[@wq6737]

Die Engländer haben noch Kultur. Sie bewahren das Alte und pflegen es. Das sind wertvolle Hobbies. Daran müssten WIR uns ein Beispiel nehmen. Sehr schönes Video und so erholsam, weil keine Hintergrundmusik stört !

[@benwise6517]

4:59 Gasp! That looks like a Coffee Pot!

[@rosesmellpoo]

It is one

[@stokerboiler]

Railroading stuck in the 1830s.

[@jasonpoole2093]

Is that a compressed air loco at 3:39? What a fun railway!

[@raymondleggs5508]

cant have too much range on such a small tank

[@_tyrannus]

Probably straight from an old mine. :)

[@ramblingrob4693]

weird looking traction, Love the Garret

[@Jimyjames73]

Am I seeing thing or @ 3:15 is that a er er what ever you want to call it - a Loco with a Sail???

[@NJPurling]

There's evidence of the same wind-powered flat car creation done on a isolated standard-gauge railway at Spurn Point in England. The wind-powered vehicle had no proper brakes whatsoever. Given a stiff wind it must have been the original white-knuckle ride. They also had a converted car that was given flanged wheels.

[@Jimyjames73]

What no brakes - sounds a little dangerous!!!

[@JustClaude13]

@@Jimyjames73 You back the sail so it drives the cart in the opposite direction.

[@Jimyjames73]

Oh right - ok

[@granskare]

a dangerous system of connecting cars.

[@DJ_K666]

Nice to see Polar Bear on the Ffestiniog. When did that visit? It could really stretch its legs there...

[@billfusionenterprise]

has the on30 groups seen this?

[@joannegray5138]

Fascinating - especially the locos made from tractors and motorbikes. And, did I see a real life Ivor the Engine there?

[@bajkomajki7117]

People with a lot of time to spare. Since they dont socialize that much during the week days they work on these in garages after work. Hoo hooooo !

[@plagued_inferno6059]

I wish we had stuff like this in the US.

[@Polaris5664]

We do, Railway museums preserve all kinds of old locomotives.

[@alexgallagher4594]

So... a lot of acid was used that week it seems

[@3rdoldhen]

Where was this at? Fantastic imagination & skills...

[@ablemagawitch]

Here's a longer clip kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3OVnoClipKpfdE with information about the event, their locomotives and the "guestS" visiting Locomotives and rolling stock railroad cars . Its from 4 day weekend of 28th April 2017 to the 1st May 2017 the Ffestiniog Railway held their Quirks and Curiosities event, this is the sequel to the event held in 2010 . Make sure you click that show more option for information about the video, they name the trains and where they came from if you want to research any further. Makes "Train Mountain" in the USA not look as cool as it really is in comparison.