Rocket - Robert Stephenson - Rainhill Trials

[@CymruJedi]

I’d love a movie on the lives of Robert and George Stephenson that features a re-enactment of the rainhill trial

[@Vinemaple]

It'd be a better use of Chris Barrie's time and acting skills, too.

[@victorhughadlard1031]

Excellent Idea

[@Roughpup100]

Chris as ol George yes please

[@2428matt]

imagine if there was a second part to that, in present day where it shows the pain and striggles of trying to bring rocket to the national railway museum

[@nonsensefactory]

What a great idea

[@logotrikes]

It's interesting that Stephenson managed to get all or most of the basic elements of todays steam traction at first attempt...

[@kyle8952]

It wasn't his first attempt. He made many earlier steam railways for coal mines. This is just the first passenger railway, and the first standardised one.

[@pf32900]

Robert was building on the experience of his father and others. In engineering, hardly anything is a brand new idea and the same was true of Rocket. Richard Trevithick was the first to direct waste steam up the chimney in 1797 or 1799, and discovered that each blast of waste steam caused the fire to glow brighter as air was sucked into the firebox. He was the first to build a steam engine that moved under its own power in 1804. The mulltitubular boiler, which all subsequent steam locomotives had, came from Henry Booth's 'Twin Sisters' built at Lairds, Birkenhead, in 1827 but Robert was responsible for the separate firebox.

[@pf32900]

@@kyle8952 Those were built by his father, George Stephenson, before the partnership Robert Stephenson & Co was formed in 1823.

[@evocationist0420]

"a sad footnote" that line killed me

[@gladec3896]

My fifth grandfather Edward Robinson who was Stephenson's head gardener then was one of the first conductors. I love the narrator as he was Rimmer in Red Dwarf sci fi comedy I love. Great job on both!

[@Vinemaple]

Yes, but Chris Barrie is such a good actor that he's wasted in a documentary. I wish he could have played Robert Stephenson in a TV series or film instead of a documentary about railroad history that some Nat. Geo. hack decided to pace like an American reality show. If you're trying to remember where else you've seen Chris Barrie, he was the butler in the first live-action Tomb Raider movie.

[@teodumsas4906]

I like that fact than you know history about your family from the 1800s

[@pf32900]

In those days they were called guards.

[@TheWacoKid1963]

Most of us remember him as Gordon Brittas lol

[@zombieperk4807]

For those who were wondering about cycloped the loco Was immediately disqualified because it wasn’t steam power

[@GREATRJ1]

where it was still built and id asume incase the steam engines didnt prove successful and on 1 of its runs the horse burst through the treadmill and onto the railway lines good thing rocket won

[@CharlieCollyer]

Aww. I wanted to see someone make a replica to see if the horse could get it to work.

[@twistedyogert]

What was the idea behind cycloped anyway? Before steam locomotives were invented, teams of horses pulled trains so putting a horse on a treadmill seems pointless.

[@Vinemaple]

@@twistedyogert I get the feeling the creator was trying to make a point.

[@the4tierbridge]

@@CharlieCollyer it worked. But the horse fell through the treadmill once, and later died of exhaustion after working on it for a long stretch of time.

[@jeffreymcneal1507]

This is some things I'd like to know: hoses. You didn't go to the hardware store and buy a hose off the rack in 1827. The technology of a water tight, pressure tight, hose is no trivial thing. How was water piped from the tender to the boiler? Gauges. Again, you don't pull one off the shelf. Who developed the first accurate pressure gauge and by what means? So much of what is present in the Rocket had to be hafted from raw materials and individually crafted.

[@millenniumf1138]

Back then you didn't use hoses for high-pressure applications because they hadn't invented a hose that could handle them. Instead you would use soldered copper or brass pipe with reinforcing rings to carry high-pressure gasses such as steam. On the Rocket, you can see the copper tubing that carried the steam to the cylinders on the top of each cylinder cap.

[@scoon2117]

It's the invisible hand

[@idkimlikereallybored9533]

2:06 mark felton's intro music 😂

[@asp-ian]

the Rocket really is a beautiful creation

[@thomasflanagan2928]

The Stephenson's rocket is super unique They should have replicas of the rocket running on all railways in the world.

[@thomashambly3718]

@Stephensons Rocketno, the real rocket is in the science museum in London Edit: actually I think she was recently transferred to Newcastle.

[@Inactive157]

Definitely ...

[@zombieperk4807]

They shouldn’t stop there, they should rebuild the steam locomotive population all over the world

[@GNRA1GreatNorthern1470]

@@thomashambly3718 she came to york in 2020 and moved to shildon last year

[@GearsNkupProductions]

That engine is a masterpiece and runs like a dream

[@nukeguygaming5578]

2:06 mark Felton production is that you

[@goldy_on_pc930]

Bro was bout it say hitlers grand father was shoveling coal

[@samgray3559]

Stephenson's rocket my favourite locomotive of them all

[@thomasflanagan2928]

The rocket is my favorite too

[@williampowell4422]

Same

[@davidscholz3041]

I've especially wanted to mention that I personally love this video talking about the famous Stephenson's Rocket that won the legendary Rain Hill Trials in October of the year 1829 with a specific 0-2-2 wheel configuration, exactly 2 cylinders inclined @ an angle of exactly 38 degrees, a total of exactly 50 PSI boiler pressure, a specifically measured 56.75" drive wheel diameter, and especially an average of an appox. 30 MPH top speed!

[@davidscholz3041]

I've especially wanted to mention that I personally learned that the famous Stephenson's Rocket worked from 1830-40 during it's career, but now happens to be on display @ a science museum in London, England! Although, it certainly is remarkably wonderful that they've especially managed to build a replica of the famous Stephenson's Rocket steam locomotive created by Robert Stephenson exactly 15 decades later with official brakes since it's the law! However, they certainly try hard NOT 2 even use 'em by tryin' really hard to be as authentic as possible by using the foot pedal on the footplate to inject steam into the cylinder on either side to stop!

[@davidscholz3041]

I've especially wanted to mention that I personally learned that a total of exactly 5 of the class for the famous Stephenson's Rocket were obviously built SINCE it's completely obviously clear that I personally read the specifications from my Smithsonian train book!

[@davidscholz3041]

I've especially wanted to mention that I personally decided to specifically have a great opportunity-takin' chance of installing official American origin-styled automatic buckeye coupling devices on the front of the Stephenson's Rocket as well as on the rear of the tender to officially haul American origin-styled rolling stock very easily as well as officially SIMPLY making the smoke box door 100% accessable by placing the funnel behind the smoke box door instead of in front of it meaning that it'll DEFINITELY be much easier for the crew to clean the smokebox very easily when necessary!

[@thefreedomguyuk]

"One little stasis leak in one old locomotive....And Kochanski HAD to be in that locomotive.." 🤓 Chris will always be among my all time favourites !!

[@Frovarian]

Stephenson’s Rocket wow not the first engine but a pioneering engine

[@PortmanRd]

Ah, yes.Trevithicks design.

[@thomashills2470]

Why do I hear Mark Felton at 2:10?

[@ManofCulture]

2:09 Mark Felton Productions

[@twistedyogert]

I still find it impressive how rivets hold the boiler together. These had to be water-tight under "high pressure". I don't know what they did but it is impressive nonetheless.

[@HamStrains]

When you heat metal it expands. Thus as the rivet cools once its head either side of the joint are formed it drags the two plates tightly together forming a reasonable seal. The closer you get the joint in the first place the better the seal is so it comes down to precision of prep work on the components and the metal used for the rivets and it's properties when heated and cooled. You are also permitted even under modern regulations a small degree of leakage. The boiler examiner will have you bring it up to twice working pressure by pumping water in, he or she will then set the stop watch and observe the pressure gauge for any fall off over a given period. This indicates both that the pressure vessel can contain twice the normal eorking pressure and that it isn't leaking in any serious way. They didn't test them like this back then however the presence of a certain degree of leakage was just as acceptable if not inevitable. In truth the only boiler i have seen that had no visible pressure loss exhibited on the gauge during the observation period at test was a modern welded job, but even this had a pinhole leak fixed up on a prior trial run of the hydro test before the official one with the inspector present and would have lost some just not enough to be visible on the dial gauge used. Rule 1 of engineering, it will always leak. No exceptions.

[@liammcgrath2306]

I’ve been on a train hauled by the replica rocket. It was only a short distance when she visited the steam loco works at Tyseley in Birmingham

[@bfmcarparts]

8:08 "foot note" Are you sure it wasn't a 'leg note'?

[@davidscholz3041]

8:16 I've especially wanted to mention that I personally like to mention that the results of the legendary Rain Hill Trials weren't mentioned back then meaning that nobody felt sure on which locomotive won the legendary Rain Hill Trials to gain the official contract to construct locomotives for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway as well as a specifically certain £500 prize as the Stephenson's Rocket from the year of exactly 1829 respectfully had no doubtably managed to reach a speed close to the specificational approximately 30 MPH top speed, but others say that the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket from the year of exactly 1829 respectfully managed to reach a certain 35 MPH top speed as that's basically faster than what's specifically been stated directly over in the specifications written down in my Smithsonian train book multiple times! And so, this basically gave me the idea of officially installing a specifically certain digital speedometer on the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself very much considerably well-known as the Stephenson's Rocket from the year of exactly 1829 respectfully to help measure the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket's top speed just to find out how fast she ACTUALLY went all those years ago along with having a police officer using a radar to help measure the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket's top speed more accurately!

[@davidscholz3041]

I've definitely wanted to mention that I personally thought 'bout officially restoring the original version of the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket from the year of exactly 1829 respectfully to win the legendary Rain Hill Trials to win the official £500 prize along with the specifically certain kind of important contract to construct locomotives for the very much well-known Liverpool & Manchester Railway to its completely obviously 100% former glory be exactly like it's been back the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket's heyday, and especially as I've absolutely incredibly remarkably wonderfully awesomely amazingly outstandingly easily decided to install some excellent modifications to stabilize the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself very much considerably well-known as the Stephenson's Rocket to help the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket from the year of exactly 1829 respectfully to win the legendary Rain Hill Trials to gain a certain £500 prize along with the official contract to construct locomotives for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway to travel more smoothly with the cylinders bein 'completely obviously placed on the original 38° angle like they certainly were obviously back in the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket's heyday! Although, it's completely obviously clear that I personally think that I'll still keep the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket's smokebox door very much considerably 100% accessable meaning that it'll DEFINITELY be very easy to clean out the smokebox very easily when necessary!

[@davidscholz3041]

8:16 I've especially wanted to mention that I personally decided to build a certain new tender for the original version of the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket from the year of exactly 1829 respectfully to specifically win the legendary Rain Hill Trials to gain the official £500 prize as well as the official contract to construct locomotives for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway to it's completely obviously official former glory with an official exact same copy of the tender from the locomotive's own official replicated twin from 15 decades later that's basically been fitted with official modern brakes that the folks @ the National Railway Museum in York in Great Britain try hard to exactly NOT even use by trying really hard just to be basically as authentic as possible by simply using the official old-fashioned foot pedal method of stopping the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket from the year of exactly 1829 respectfully to specifically win the legendary Rain Hill Trials as it certainly injects steam from 1 side of the inclined @ 38° of an angle cylinders to the other WHILE trying really hard to compress the steam to come to a safe stop as mentioned by Chris White @ the National Railway Museum in York in Great Britain in another video on KZbin by Tom Scott that I personally had recently seen multiple times However, the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket's new official tender will basically be obviously fitted with a certain set of officially official automatic buckeye coupling device on the rear to be exactly 100% absolutely incredibly remarkably able to pull American origin-styled rolling stock very easily with no trouble as well as a specifically certain air-compressor that'll certainly be easily connected to the handbrake to apply the official modern brakes of modern-day American origin-styled rolling stock on official CSX trackage very easily!

[@TheSecretChateau]

My grandmother was George Stephenson's great neice x 4.

[@alexdeane2528]

Cool 😎

[@alexdeane2528]

Sexist idiot

[@Zombie-apocalypse818]

Cool 😎

[@neeshalprasad5851]

@@TheSecretChateau sexist ew

[@TheSecretChateau]

@@neeshalprasad5851 - A demonstrably stupid comment to make. Explain to me exactly how my comment is "sexist"?

[@awesomeaustin531]

2:09 Mark felton?!?!

[@davidscholz3041]

8:16 I've especially wanted to mention that I personally just suddenly came up with the idea of officially recreating the original version of the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket from scratch as well as having the opportunity to upgrade it with official modern brakes as it's completely obviously 100% absolutely incredibly remarkably clear to be the law, but it's completely obviously clear that I'll personally also apparently use the old-fashioned foot pedal method of stopping the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket from the year of 1829 respectfully to win the Rain Hill Trials whenever we're gonna be traveling tremendously well light-engine WHILE traveling tremendously well @ the stated approximately 30 MPH top speed as I've done some research 'bout the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket from my Smithsonian train book multiple times, and especially since that completely obviously includes whenever we're gonna be traveling tremendously well during several tender first running journeys!

[@davidscholz3041]

I've got a hunch that Robert Stephenson himself certainly would BASICALLY feel quite amazingly outstandingly impressively proud of me for recreating his own official creation of the famous locomotive designed by himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket from scratch with some excellent modifications including official modern brakes that'll CERTAINLY only be used when pulling official American origin-styled rolling stock very easily, but it's completely obviously clear that I'll personally only use the old-fashioned foot pedal method of stopping the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket whenever we're gonna be traveling tremendously well light-engine straight along official CSX trackage including during tender first trips, and especially since it's completely obviously clear that American origin-styled rolling stock certainly would BASICALLY ALSO DEFINITELY be much too heavy to stop using the official foot pedal method to stop by putting the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket in the year of 1829 for the legendary Rain Hill Trials to stop with really heavy American origin-styled rolling stock very easily as an official explanation of why I personally decided to absolutely incredibly remarkably install the official modern day air brake system to the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket as it'll DEFINITELY be a very specifically fantastic upgrade!

[@davidscholz3041]

I've especially wanted to mention that I personally did some math with help from my Amazon echo device to learn that the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket from the year of exactly 1829 respectfully to win the legendary Rain Hill Trials weights 4.3333 tons SINCE the locomotive was basically capable of hauling exactly 3x the weight of itself on all 20 runs from Liverpool to Manchester followed by the return trip to Liverpool in just under 6 straight hours as the famous locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson himself known as the Stephenson's Rocket achieved a certain approximately 30 MPH top speed as it's completely obviously clear to be very much considerably well-knowingly stated in my Smithsonian train book as clear as daylight!

[@Primed_loco]

very enjoyable video, i loved arnold rimmer teaching me about the rainhill trialsw whilst wearing a flatcap

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Looks like they chose the RIGHT NAME for this locomotive. When I was a young child, I my named my first cat _"Rocket."_ WHY I chose that name, I can no longer remember. But she definitely DID NOT resemble a steam locomotive...😊

[@kaifriedrich1763]

2:08 Mark Felton?

[@8704bretto]

I thought that too..!

[@masterfarr8265]

the king of the rails

[@nicholasmorrill4711]

Brilliant.Loved it.

[@jacobwaymo2297]

Why am I hearing the mark Felton theme

[@DavidScholz-bu1ix]

FANTASTIC!!!!!

[@DavidScholz-bu1ix]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!!!!! X3

[@philipcochran1972]

The site of the trials in Liverpool is disused and overgrown. Shame, a serious piece of history.

[@robertfrench4847]

Oh my i think I just found where the mark Felton productions intro music came from

[@aleksjenner677]

Looks like Ace Rimmer is presenting

[@sammy4282]

I was just listening to the video and knew I recognised is voice lol

[@williampowell4422]

No it's Chris Barrie.

[@timw6928]

Stoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.

[@HamStrains]

You remember that episode where Rimmer goes on a tour of the diesel decks then inflicts a slide show of it on kryten... yeah Chris here actually is that guy from that scene, he restores old diesel and petrol engines and has a serious passion for it.

[@alastairoxby8037]

what a guy

[@irfanqadir3840]

These steam beauties is really the mother of the invention of all future of all all locomotives and the the credits go to gharage

[@theaussieg2687]

I love it

[@DavidScholz-bu1ix]

I personally just suddenly came up with the officially well-knowingly clever idea of completely building a specifically wonderfully great newly improved that's basically still officially amazingly even more than 100% authentic version of Novelty alongside Sans Pariel alongside the officially well-knowingly obviously famously well-known Stephenson's Rocket from scratch with modifications that officially include automatic knuckle coupling devices to couple/uncouple from various types of American-origin rolling stock with no complete trouble whatsoever as well as a whistle alongside official modern air-brakes that'll basically make it much easier to stop safely as well as officially making the smoke box door easily accessible to basically make it easier to clean out the smokebox! Although, however, only 2 of these official steam-driven railway tender locomotives certainly will basically still be burning coal WHILE only 1 of 'em certainly will basically be officially burning fuel-oil instead of coal via fuel pump to pump fuel-oil into the firebox! In other words, the famously well-known Stephenson's Rocket alongside Sans Pariel certainly will basically be officially burning coal WHILE Novelty certainly will basically be officially burning fuel-oil instead of coal due to the awkward way to light the fire as well as maintaining it to make steam!

[@robnewman6101]

Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) a Skillful Politican became Home Secretary in 1822. And carefully made police reforms without arousing the public fear of intimidation. He believed in crime prevention rather than relieving on punishment as a deterrent. In 1829, Legislation was passed by Parliament to establish the Metropolitan Police in London, a single Force for an area roughly within a circle of seven miles from the centre of London.

[@thomasm1964]

Seven weeks to build the original even though Stephenson was operating at the very limits of current technology. Fast forward to the modern age and it takes us a year to replicate this basic engineering. And that ladies and gentlemen, is what we laughingly call "progress".

[@Joker96624]

The Rocket had both the looks and the strength. It wins in multiple categories.

[@BlakesBees07]

I'm not sure who maintains the rails at 1:45 but fix them. Thet are so bent in one spot it's a wonder the loco didn't fall over!

[@supersandman86]

The next comic convention I see Chris at (he loves going to them) I'll have to ask him what it felt like to ride the rocket.

[@PlushBattleSeries]

Imagine just walking down the road and seeing rocket. 😂

[@Skatchward]

How the hell is it so fast, I get that it might just be the perspective, but no wonder they called it the rocket

[@spongeOfMystery4]

me precious train.......

[@skydive7054]

i have a book about trains that mentioned all 3 of these engines. novelty was fast and all, but it broke down all the time, so they had to scrap it.

[@lauradion3068]

Actually it found work on another railway and was rebuilt

[@GREATRJ1]

and to this day parts of the original novelty have been put onto its replicas like the wheels and cylinders and a 3rd cylinder was added to power the bellows when it went to work on the runcon gap railway plus there were engines built based of novelty

[@kaboom1321]

2:05 mark felton productions :D

[@joginns778]

In nineteen ninety eight my husband and two outhers were entrusted by the science museum of London to take rocket to Japan flying out of Heathrow London at over four hundred miles an hour first stop Tokyo onto Kobe into an old Bank which is a museum,

[@srcreeper02550]

Muito legal as criações do roberto steve e sua motor steve foguete

[@maestroLYT]

7:47 William Huskisson: stood still Rocket locomotive: So you have chosen death

[@pf32900]

Very few people had seen a steam locomotive before Rainhill and no-one had seen anything travel faster than a horse, so no: Rocket didn't have brakes.

[@otto_taylor]

had to watch this for schools

[@Machodave2020]

The Rocket became what a steam engine should be.

[@ramziahmed1677]

Intresting

[@TheWacoKid1963]

How many replicas of Rocket is there, there's this one, one at York that has demo cyt aways & a one built at Bowes railway museum in the late 1980s or 90s

[@zveniga]

Cool

[@zootrogers]

Rimmer?

[@Flyingscottsman]

my teacher's very distant uncle is rockets builder and designer

[@gregoryborton6598]

2:08 Unexpected Mark Felton

[@kopynd1]

not only railway lighthouses also bell rock

[@user-ol3tk3em4s]

No way a British person just used miles and feet 💀💀

[@brianbranson2306]

holy red dwarf bat man.

[@zapfanzapfan]

Where's the "H"? 🙂

[@bogdaneq]

?

[@anitathakur9340]

Between G and I

[@zapfanzapfan]

Red Dwarf joke, he was a hologram.

[@natashadickey6294]

This is an old train and it goes over 30 miles an hour like how was that possible in the 1800s

[@pf32900]

Engineering.

[@BuzbyWuzby]

What about Locomotion?????

[@pf32900]

That was a George Stephenson-style loco with improvements on his Killingworth locos. She was Robert Stephenson & Co works no. 3 and Rocket was works no. 19.

[@hackermanack3393]

Reject gas, embrace Steam

[@thomastheminecrafttrain2339]

1:29 Scotsman Is The Most Famous Stevenson Is One Of The Famous

[@golielee2084]

RIP huskeson

[@CymruJedi]

The presenter is so dramatic

[@andrewclayton4181]

Chris Barrie (?) He is an actor, specialises in comic roles like Rimmer in Red Dwarf and Mr. Brittas in The Brittas Empire.

[@OlavSchneider]

Who ever edited this video thinks its most interesting for viewers to see the same tracks scene over and over again. Why not show off more of the detail of the machinery?

[@stimpypimpy7392]

A sad foot note for the guy who lost his whole leg

[@pf32900]

And soon after his life as he bled to death.

[@stimpypimpy7392]

@@pf32900 I meant it was a good pun

[@golielee2084]

7:25 death on rails

[@MrMakeDo]

Bless him but I can’t see Chris Barrie as anything but Alan Partridge.

[@pf32900]

Alan Partridge is played by Steve Coogan.

[@zinckensteel]

smeghead! (love ya anyway)

[@smilesun3335]

S

[@michaelmayo3127]

Stephenson rocket won not; because his engine was a piece of better technology, but because it didn't break down.

[@menergy2001]

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[@agl..]

d

[@swagmanandy]

Nah, Jack Nevison and Black Bess beat these mechanical abominations hands down. And Cornishman Richard Trevithick was the Father of steam engines.

[@BrandonRogerRoger-kq4rm]

That would be that worst accident to get your leg, get crushed under trains wheel

[@konradgiesiger5247]

camera, regie terrible

[@rat_king-]

Boiler design stolen from trevitck