1829 Stephenson's Rocket steam locomotive

[@denismth]

How the train managed to run on this track without derailing is unimaginable.

[@raptor2265]

Well, it is going fairly slowly - it that speed bump at 1:30 was certainly insane. Was it just that much effort to move the log out of the way?

[@nahjustaverage]

Derailing wasn't invended back then

[@MrHerrkac]

Because it's maglev. They added wheels only to avoid people dying from futuristic shock seeing it

[@alvit123]

actually the train did derail a Little bit Because if You look at the scene when the train goes over the giant log If You look closely at the wheels at the back of the Train's "tender" it derailed so the log only derailed the "tender" but not the Entire train as the rest of the train stayed on the tracks

[@G88442]

​@@MrHerrkac😂😂

[@ConnorwithanO]

They really did put the replica through its paces, didn't they. My jaw dropped every time it didn't derail.

[@williamfulgham2010]

In the filming of this episode, which was in the early 20th century, it may have derailed in the process of producing the comic, but of course that would have been edited out.

[@chrisgerardy2877]

My teeth rattled every time they went over a bump!

[@ranasheikhrana4616]

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[@williamfulgham2010]

@@ranasheikhrana4616 ???????????

[@nigelparker5886]

What have I just watched? Was it actually done and when!? Very funny and quite clever too! Anyone know now in September2023? Cheers

[@MelioraCogito]

These old Buster Keaton movies truly are, priceless relics. They don't make'm like this any more.

[@s.t.e_1855]

Where is the buster keaton in here?

[@MelioraCogito]

@@s.t.e_1855 Keaton directed and starred in this film, though he's not in this sequence.

[@Locoman3801]

How creative of those "old time" movie makers , how the F**k did that train not fall of the tracks while going over or around such bad track laying skills or obstacles? , I think that these people did a great job of such simple "cartoon type" stunts & with NO computer imagery either unlike today's techno stunt scenes ; well done to all who made this movie & Many Thanks for uploading this timeless film to the internet.

[@espr3dcor484]

The old guy had it figured out! He was able to get free wood - cut, split and delivered to him. Smart!

[@nagarajarikeri1198]

Ji

[@DeletedExpiration]

@@nagarajarikeri1198 ah yes! *JI*

[@--my-tech----vlog245]

@@nagarajarikeri1198 n

[@jennyanimal9046]

Hilarious

[@bryansolis2973]

His iq must be 1209

[@anzelikat6955]

watching this movie you do understand where the big things came from. Amazing video. Also you understand that these things were done by men who had their heads on their shoulders and they were not engineers but they believed in something that shaped the history. Big respect for them

[@bibekdas7449]

They were not? Hold on, so how did they apply physics?

[@zosiamaciejkakaty305]

Niesamowity filmik. Pomysłowość przodków bardzo kreatywna, najfajniejszy moment to ten z przejazdem przez złamane drzewo. No i ta wytrwałość pieska. Super.

[@scorekeepn]

700,000 views. Awesome. I love it that you folks are into railroad history.

[@wolverinejay3406]

Very very funny

[@palliaskamen5722]

Yes, trains fascinate me and this one is really different

[@danieljordan4320]

I’m in it for the donkey

[@blu3_enjoy]

thanks for uploading it

[@denismth]

My dad used to work in a rail company and we used to travel by train for free twice a year. We still live in the company house. We Dire Dawans (Ethiopia) have much attachment with trains as the city started along with the establishment of the company. Sadly now the company is almost dead 😔

[@WhyAyeMann]

I think the little brooms in front of the drive wheels is hilarious. An accurate and hilarious portrail of the hazards of early railroading!

[@BackcountryTrains]

For a one time movie that was a fine replica. It is not like people in a 1923 will walk out of the movie because it was not exactly like the real one. It look a lot like it and it is not like everyone is going to see that. And you can not argue that those where some of the best steam locomotive stunts ever. Hats off to the maker of it.

[@colindhowell]

Ironically, the lousy track conditions in the U.S. drove some major improvements in locomotive technology. The extensive use of a pivoted lead guiding truck in front of the driving wheels and of "equalizers" on coupled driving axles (to handle bumps in the track) were both American innovations developed to handle very rough track, but they ended up becoming nearly universal steam locomotive features.

[@railroadvideoguy]

From A Buster Keaton movie. Buster had replicas built for the movie

[@candicearce3858]

Our Hospitality was the film, love it!!

[@paularowe7651]

Testing of the proposed HS2 line has begun. There have been a few cut backs appparently!

[@Jesse-B]

The railways haven't changed much. Little gem of a film.

[@johnsimpsonkirkpatrickhist1372]

An amazing piece of history. Ten out of ten!

[@rogergriffith286]

Great fun - very whimsical. The locomotive and carriages look very authentic.

[@johnsergei]

+Roger Griffith The track looks more like current Australian mainlines.

[@cheesypotatoes9627]

John Sergei Ikr

[@johnnyfreedom3437]

I really get amazed at some of these old boilers. Steam power was first generated about 500 years before they figured out what to do with it!

[@johnnyfreedom3437]

Did you see that first spinning little boiler with two outputs? That's all they had for 500 years before they figured out what to do with the steam! The first boilers were just tea kettles! There really weren't tubes, just a fire underneath the water tank!

[@NathanielKempson]

That trackwork, would be deemed safe by NCB standards

[@digimaks]

AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!!! And so by BNSF too.

[@genericclass4058]

Its way back in early iron horse days of course there that great

[@jacobschahczinski1441]

Lol

[@niloantonio3661]

the tenacity of that dog is unbelievable 😄

[@alvit123]

The fact the "dog" wasn't on the train with It's owners Get Me triggered

[@scorekeepn]

Thanks for the comment, this movie was in in the middle of the night and I hit record once I realized what I was seeing, I agree with steamboy51. I didn't catch the movie early enough so missed a few of the railroad scenes. Have to check to see if the film is public domain, it might be

[@scorekeepn]

@@gabrielboateng1292 he needed fire wood, so he started throwing things at the guy running the locomotive, who threw back all he had, which was fire wood!

[@bibekdas7449]

Silent movies are still shown in TV?

[@mike-rayner-videos]

totally amazing how things haven't changed very much

[@BruceLeanTrades]

What do you mean?

[@geopornicus3944]

wait, what ?

[@scorekeepn]

Well, two rails

[@connormclernon26]

Bruce Lean people opposed to public transportation?

[@callumhardy5098]

Yes I suppose the sun still exists

[@JDmoney00420]

That was my grand pappy throwing those rocks.

[@nightlightabcd]

But he got fire wood in return!

[@johntapp9670]

@@nightlightabcd work smarter, not harder, I always say.

[@espr3dcor484]

Very smart man!

[@huntersvideos905]

Prove it liar

[@MaybeHarvey]

I’m stupid I just read the description

[@SYVRRy]

Another great feature by Buster Keaton. I enjoyed very much both this one and "The General".

[@kennewton9369]

Love the dog closely following the train, ha!

[@davidfmelbourne3473]

It's actually the prototype for the new high speed rail connection between Sydney and Melbourne. Very advanced.

[@TheDemocrab]

Psh, as if we could ever get the track from Melbourne to Augury half as smooth as this is.

[@dannygillingham7904]

This is the neatest thing I've ever seen, yet!!! love this!!!

[@ronduff4325]

It's amazing how the coaches stay on the tracks..

[@thegreatdivide825]

This replica is powered by a Model T Ford engine and gearbox, notice the differential on the trailing wheels behind the firebox. Also notice the loco doesn't chuff steam from the chimney as it ambles along

[@林蒲田]

Even though an old film, it is really creative and interesting .

[@themagicminstrels476]

I laughed my ass off

[@robkunkel8833]

2:00 Note: They did straighten the track for the film footage shot from the side. An amazing film. I wonder if the wheels were made with a different design to help accomplish the rickety track visual?

[@huntriss]

This is adorable. That's the only word I can think of to describe it! The whole railway built over a log as a bump in the track. Priceless!

[@harri2626]

Amazing footage, and such skill in creating this train and trackage. Buster got some of his ideas for "The General" from this.

[@BorodinRW]

За все время существования кино изменились только спецэффекты. Все зависит от качества сценария, идеи, таланта актёров. Отличный фильм !!!

[@srcreeper02550]

A rocket era tão lenta que o maquinista podia simplesmente sair dela e acompanhar correndo, simplesmente impressionante

[@NSaw1]

OMG I can't get over that off rail train! lol That track is crazy!

[@ra1lwayman]

That part when they were going over the log made me die of laughter!

[@ВладимирВостриков-й1в]

Спасибо! Отлично отвлекает от нынешнего сумасшествия.

[@parvezdivecha7467]

Amazing this is from here the journey by the railways started & Stephenson name will always be remembered because he was the one who invented it

[@vincentfalsaperla]

a very early film of 1920s with the great Buster Keaton. I watched it as a child...

[@scorekeepn]

You that old? LOL

[@KevinSmith-dx6xq]

The public library in my town showed silent films every Saturday in the 1960’s.

[@davidleebls1874]

Much better than today's TV and no commercials

[@carajopling2752]

stephenson is my great great great great uncle

[@cecilalesslie4054]

@@anniestephenson86 me too his wife Frances Henderson (Roberts mother) was my 5? Great grandmother. Esther Henderson. So he was an uncle by marriage and Robert a blood cousin.

[@RattelP1000]

Well this is cool you are kind of related

[@dean-gm1lg]

He's buried not far from where I live

[@carajopling2752]

@@anniestephenson86 Wow are you based in England?

[@fidelcatsro6948]

my Siamese is a great great great great descendant of Stephensons pet cat

[@wendyharper9454]

Dog: Gold. Donkey: Silver. Rocket: Bronze. Track: Unplaced. Hilarious film. Thank you.

[@MotiveLocomotive]

4:10 - The first parallel ride in history. ;)

[@a_leaf]

The fact that there was a director and cast and crew who thought to preserve in film for the 1923 audience what a 1829 train ride experience was meant they did not take for granted the expansion and technological advances of the railroad system. These men were looking back in admiration for the simple not in a feeling of superiority. Or they understood that future is not inherently progressive.

[@rapturebound197]

Unreal! The imagination and amount of work it took to do this short scene is truly remarkable. Here we are 100 years later and there are people confused about what gender they are. We went from crazy trains to crazy people. I'll take the crazy train days 😕

[@PoleTooke]

🙄 Transphobia really needed here?

[@rapturebound197]

@@PoleTooke you must be identifying as a licensed psychologist today ..one who is fully capable of rendering diagnosis. That is soooo cool! I never thought of going into the sciences. Thats so deep wow. Ok so in my case your determination was I have a "phobia". I love phobias! Thats cool Dr. Tooke but don't expect me to pay cash for your services. I'm a trans-cat today and I dont have any money to pay you with unless you take a bowl of tuna fish as payment. Tomorrow is a busy day for me doc..its my day to identify as the Queen of Scotland. So be sure to bow down when you come into my presense..and remain on bended knee until I acknowledge you or you'll be sleeping on your psychologist couch down in the dungeon. Haha. (Being queen can be a nasty business but somebody had to do it..might as well be me. Besides I look stunning with that crown on) Its wonderful identifying as we wish isn't it Doc! I mean I feel so much better about myself! I'm sure you do too. Free free free to be who we really are inside. That's all that matters isn't it!! And having your love, total support and unwavering respect to be whatever I identify as means everything to me. Thank you Dr. Tooke. Take care. Opps ..I mean - Meow. .

[@PoleTooke]

@@rapturebound197 Yeah, Ima just go ahead and also diagnose insanity for that text wall.

[@rapturebound197]

@@PoleTooke feeling triggered?! I know a good psychologist. You know him too.

[@PoleTooke]

@@rapturebound197 Not really anything to be triggered by, so no? Just you've gone off the rails is all. And, I don't know him. Proud atheist.

[@collisw8302]

My all time favourite locomotive. Crazy that it was nearly 100 years old when this was being made.

[@rodneymcgiveron]

that's one of the best and funniest bits of film I've ever seen ....classic film,,,

[@AVportau]

nice old replica Rocket. love the movie set railway tracks... and the extras riding in the carriages did well hanging on.

[@vishwajitpawar4076]

Wonderful travelling with funny situations. Thanks.

[@morg52]

There is a trolley line in Mandan North Dakota, that runs out to Fort Abraham Lincoln, and back. This trolley line has a section of track that very much resembles the track in this footage.

[@thomasgriffin5340]

Liverpool and Manchester loco with Baltimore and Ohio passenger wagons. The tracks look like the Chicago Transit Authority after Bruce Rauner’s budget impasse. This train still goes faster and more reliably than the trains I take to work in Chicago.

[@Bassotronics]

For those saying it was amazing it never derailed, look closely at the tender’s back wheels @ 1:26

[@alvit123]

I saw that as the train went over that log

[@scorekeepn]

@toyotaprius79 check out the description of the video, it's REPLICA built for the 1923 film. Oh how I hate having to repeat myself

[@ashishgajbhiv1111]

Somebody show some mercy to the dog, plz. He is running all the way behind the train.

[@forrestcalkins93]

This is a great example of the poor track conditions back then

[@dubsy1026]

Chris&forrest funvideos the track conditions were far better than this back then, in the UK anyway, the locomotive went over 30mph in the early 1830s

[@dubsy1026]

Chris&forrest funvideos and the railways was the first mainline

[@charlesnelson8978]

I was told that the movie company did not build a very long stretch of tracks. After each section was filmed, the track was torn up and placed farther ahead.

[@poznanskidziad]

This is the same 'rocket' that was in thomas and friends! Wow

[@discbreakerchanel8180]

Its not like the Thomas and Friends locomotives are based on real engines or anything

[@aljol54]

As mentioned by others, these are scenes from the Buster Keaton movie "Our Hospitality", invented for comic effect (and not actually a documentary). The train later appeared (and was partly destroyed) in a film "The Iron Mule", directed by Roscoe Arbuckle under a pseudonym. Buster Keaton was involved, though uncredited.

[@janeofoegbu1863]

I just heard that the Stephenson rocket goes 36 mph and it was operated in Liverpool and Manchester railway .

[@FifaIconMaker3529]

jane ofoegbu the replica is in the Yorkshire railway museum and the real one is in London’s history museum

[@thomashambly3718]

26 mph

[@TheOnlyHollywood1]

It's top speed is 26 MPH

[@johngledhill2970]

It did reach 34 mph after it won the competition, when all the carriages were removed.

[@danielthoman7324]

@@johngledhill2970 after it won the competition the engine blew up.

[@billyjack8119]

Awesome! Loved every bit of it

[@heffoandjuff5903]

All I can see here is the panicle of danger. Being a Stationary Operating Engineer, I hope this engineer is keeping track of his steam pressure and boiler water level. He has no fireman to regulate the boilers operation. The engineer has to do it all including braking the train. I sure hope this locomotive had a safety pressure valve and in addition the engineer had to stop the train to fix the track? I know this is a movie but I just have to believe there were many fatalities during the infancy of trains during this time period as a means of transportation.

[@imhungry3446]

heffo and juff there was hundreds if not thousands of casualties in the infancy of steam locomotives. A lot of times gauges wouldn't be checked or in very few cases there wouldn't be any and you would have to hope you had released enough steam. And this could learn to boiler explosions

[@lawrencelewis8105]

And you had brakemen running on top of the box cars to set and release the brakes. Imagine doing that on a dark night, sharp curves and grades and its' snowing like hell and the running boards are covered in ice. George Westinghouse saved a LOT of lives.

[@admiralcraddock464]

There were, mainly down to very poor signalling.

[@edwardlee2794]

This how British leads the world in the industrial revolution. Ending great, literally. Thanks for the effort and keep up with the good work. From Hker worldwide

[@JanetWilham]

wow--thanks for this old video--love it.

[@Drkush2022]

Moving the track to get around the donkey cracked me up

[@ccnt89]

My fiances grandmother (98) is the niece of Robert Stevenson

[@roberthuron9160]

The original English right of way,wasn't anything like the Oregon operating conditions! That same area,was used for the GENERAL,which came later! Keaton,like Stan Laurel,was a master,at comedic timing! Nuff said,thank you! Thank you 😇!

[@PoetryETrain]

Love this, so added to a playlist...

[@MrMKH2010]

Buster Keaton set the movie in 1830 and had the replica of Roket built for the film.

[@EvolutionOfTrance]

those trees are probably still there.

[@Finallybianca]

Not likely as this was filmed in Pomona if I remember what I read and thats all been developed.

[@Scythian1]

What a fabulous bit of film, and interestingly note the American style use of wood, rather than coal, for the fire. Thanks for posting.

[@darrylcook8793]

I love it watched it 3 times so far..I'm going to start pitching rocks at the beer truck.this is so funny.

[@direktorpresident]

The asphyxiated passengers emerging from the tunnel were a great parody upon our times! Genius! Thank you

[@ЕвгенийСиренко-й9х]

Замечательная комедия!

[@mickd6942]

Didn’t the original Rocket have it’s pistons moved to the lower position because they were found to be hammering the tracks , that is a very good replica when you consider it was just made for a film .

[@Loco-uh6hp]

4:16 The coaches can roll faster than the "rocket".. LOL

[@geebaco5671]

"rocket" means the locomotive

[@jacobkudrowich]

@@geebaco5671 obviously

[@bimalmondal6009]

Excellent, from invention to super modernisation people hardly think of.

[@MrRickbeachboy]

Robert Stephenson is a relative of mine on my mother's side of the family!!

[@Altair9678]

MrRickbeachboy, they we're probably engineers & "rolling over" in their graves at this new fangled sense of humor...let alone mine...thanks

[@TheOnlyHollywood1]

MrRickbeachboy So, can you technically take back the rocket for yourself

[@thomashambly3718]

@@TheOnlyHollywood1 no, my ancestor was William the conqueror (I'm actually more closely related to him than the queen is) but I cant walk up to old liz and say "can I be king now."

[@gulabsinghsingh7248]

George Stephens Not Robert

[@johncamplin1159]

OMG I KNOW THIS IS OLD BUT I THINK WE R RELATED

[@shahzadghumman6563]

That time was so simple and much better than 2021

[@rickreid81]

Great video. Enjoyed it

[@ana-mariaduran9051]

TODO EL VIDEO ES SUPER LOS CARRUAJES LOS PASAJEROS EL POLVO EL ASNO EL PERRITO QUE SUPER OBSERVEN Y RIAN Y SIGAN OBSERVANDO EL VIDEO

[@yozmunyee]

1:24 isn't the train derailing?

[@DanielLima-xj5jo]

Tempo bom onde não existia tanta maldades igual hoje.

[@DanReis3740]

Mas era difícil, as pessoas não tinham nenhum tipo de celularzinho ou computador pra tirar 10 na prova, elas tinham que aprender tudo na prática

[@McLarenMercedes]

So Buster Keaton was a train enthusiast and set this movie in the 1830's to include Rocket? I guess most people in 1923 didn't know the Rocket was a British locomotive and he thought it fit his slapstick comedy. Funny to think that the Rocket was almost a 100 year old antiquity in 1923, while this movie is only 90 years old. Puts things into perspective.

[@christopherlitherland4091]

I think all the passengers died of co2 poisoning in the tunnel lol

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

Christopher Litherland Notice that they all had black soot on their faces when they came out of the tunnel. They sort of looked like minstrel show performers.

[@damonsisk4270]

You mean CO poisoning? CO2 is not a poison.

[@ارتحالالغرباء]

Christopher Litherland sure

[@ana-mariaduran9051]

VIERON LOS DETALLES? EL GRRANERO LAS VACAS EL TUNEL Y..EL PERRITO Y EL ASNO EN LOS RIELES LOS PASAJEROS ES SUPER GRACIOSO !!!

[@rexluminus9867]

Christopher Litherland Luckily only once.

[@rizon72]

Looks like such a smooth ride.

[@oldbloke5277]

Bloody brilliant.

[@colindhowell]

Early American lines, which Keaton was apparently poking fun at, maybe weren't *quite* that bad, but some came pretty close. They had a lot of land to cover and not much money, so they were often laid on the cheap. British lines were another story. Rocket's actual railway, the Liverpool and Manchester, was laid arrow-straight, with cuts being blasted through ridges and huge viaducts built over valleys. The British had huge amounts of capital to spend on such works.

[@joeconrad9147]

Colin howell are you familiar with the US rail system

[@JDdaDJstressed]

Oh look! An advert for Modern British Rail!

[@mclary9808]

That’s too cool !!! Those tracks look like the highways here in West Virginia!!!

[@andrew17641]

Does anyone perhaps know what ever happened to this engine?

[@howdoiputthecheeseintheove8437]

is either now kept at a mueseum or was scrapped

[@oke215]

+Timothy Z. Raffan Jr. scrapped but there is a replica in the national railway museum

[@curtisstroud3]

+luc snippe actually, the original rocket is in the Transport museum in London.

[@curtisstroud3]

+luc snippe I apologize, it's in the London Science museum in south Kensington.

[@oke215]

+curtisstroud3 yes there is a rocket to that rocket is made for this movie but the working replica is in the national railway musuem

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

Happy 192th anniversary to this locomotive

[@Denis-Gurinovich]

Прекрасный юмор!!!☝️👍Привет из санкт-Петербурга!😅😂🤣🤝😉👋

[@fidelcatsro6948]

wow its more satisfying to watch those steam pistons turn those wheels than watching rockets take off

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

Happy 98th anniversary to this documentary

[@CaffeinatedMoustache]

@Edu Yan Read the description my man

[@lourdesmary6505]

Intelligent , brain , hard working. People ,. showing their talent to the world. I like this

[@johncamplin1159]

I wish I got my genes from my uncle Stephenson 😂

[@johncamplin1159]

Smart genes lmao

[@majidali-wc6cj]

Becouse of these struggles today human beings are able to run train in speed 600 km/h

[@gulabsinghsingh7248]

Helo majid yes you are right But Please watch again this clip carefully It has some very different message in it If you find out real purpose of this short video You will be laughing whole day Haa Haaaa Haaaaaaaaaaa Haaaa Haaaaaaaaaaa Haaaa Please kindly reply

[@cpufreak101]

Unless you live in the US, we still top out at about 240 kmh

[@noepeckham9648]

@@gulabsinghsingh7248 What??

[@gulabsinghsingh7248]

@@noepeckham9648 what do you mean by WHAT? ????

[@noepeckham9648]

@@gulabsinghsingh7248 I was just a bit confused by your comment

[@indridcold8433]

Spindly little fellow. It is hard to believed this ungainly novelty became the mighty 4-8-8-4 articulated, beasts of yesteryear that breathed fire.

[@ХерасимТургениев]

А кто-то говорит, что в росеи дороги плохие. Вот в омэрике, то да 😅 ЮМОРИСТЫ однако 😅. Чёрный юмор🎃👍

[@digimaks]

Not really Stephenson's Rocket. It's Buster KEaton's immitation of Stephenson's locomotive, created for the film. Keep in mind Buster Keaton was making films around 1920's. AT that time there were heavy duty steam locomotives.

[@eco3361]

its like 1820s comedy

[@bluef1sh926]

It's actually 1923 comedy :V

[@eco3361]

i guess thats when they must have filmed it but the locomotive was built in the 1820s

[@bluef1sh926]

The original Rocket was donated to the museum in 1862. The one in the movie is a replica.

[@eco3361]

AliveC4T obviously

[@michaelnaisbitt1639]

AliveC4T And a poor one as well the original Rocket,s cyclinders were canted at a much steeper angle around 50-55 degrees this loco has it,s at around 30 degrees. But it's a 1920's comedy some perhaps for the film sake it's OK

[@wellnessforall6663]

Old man was throwing stones at the engine driver and when as retaliation, the engine driver threw back some logs of wood, the old man collected them to use them as cooking fuel. Very intelligent old man. 👌👌👌😂😂😂