I love the enthusiasm of the speaker. Especially at 19:46. He really enjoys trains, and wants everyone else to, too.
@rajeevprasad14493 жыл бұрын
LOL
@thezachlambert3 жыл бұрын
For real. He had me at the intro with the mention of "HUGE LOADS".
@Tanzadog12 жыл бұрын
which is probably why Scott McGregor is the Managing Director of a Rail Tour Company and has done numerous railway documentaries :)
@jansupronowicz13003 жыл бұрын
The old steam locomotives may have been less efficient than today's diesels and electric, but they certainly did have PRESENCE.
@brothberg2 жыл бұрын
Right, they were much less efficient. The best locomotives in the late '40s had about 8% thermal efficiency. The best diesels are about 60%
@TheDavidlloydjones2 жыл бұрын
Presence? Like a lung cancer will really grab your attention.
@jansupronowicz13002 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@charlesbosse96692 жыл бұрын
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.
@deamantas2 жыл бұрын
) mmmm0
@ismoyont4 жыл бұрын
sip a water each time he said "powaaah"......
@AnirbanSaha133 жыл бұрын
😁
@ismoyont3 жыл бұрын
@@AnirbanSaha13 and it's good for your health to right?
@AnirbanSaha133 жыл бұрын
@@ismoyont indeed 👌🏼
@WILD4X4D2 жыл бұрын
I was drinking beer 🍺
@mountainmanwannabe94952 жыл бұрын
"Ive got the Powaah!"
@drstevenrey2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
And also perhaps the inventor of Whitworth threads? The British have made a lot of contributions to engineering.
@JohnPaul-ii3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Domikers3 жыл бұрын
for real, every time he said "loco" in stead of locomotive I experienced a little bit of joy
@shauno19702 жыл бұрын
Not enough population for the cost. Even the US doesn't have a proper high speed train.
@bescotdude91212 жыл бұрын
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
@57thorns2 жыл бұрын
@@bescotdude9121 160 is a standard train speed. 200+ is high speed.
@trainnerd30292 жыл бұрын
There’s no market for it….Nobody wants it!
@terrypbug4 жыл бұрын
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
@mrnemo2043 жыл бұрын
2019 actually
@terrypbug3 жыл бұрын
@@mrnemo204 yeah the good old days back in 2019 lol it sure feels like 5 years ago now
@larrycarmody83253 жыл бұрын
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.
@smedleyfarnsworth2632 жыл бұрын
Larry I think he may have been exaggerating a little.
@KPearce573 жыл бұрын
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 .
@billstrossman11343 жыл бұрын
The first rack and pinion railroad in history was built on Mt Washington, NH, USA. Great engineering.
@rons477818 күн бұрын
Big Boy is giving joy to many every year in its operating season people line up all along it’s routes
@emilyadams32284 жыл бұрын
I got as far as 2:32 & couldn't stand the whiplash speed-changing any more. Enough already.
@rayfridley6649 Жыл бұрын
@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.
@Mnrr61313 жыл бұрын
12:12 the monsters of the rails. Still suprised they got 4014 running after all they put on.
@michaelmckinnon15913 жыл бұрын
That's 4002 not 4014 though
@marvwatkins70292 жыл бұрын
@48:55: Was it least formerly Electric Motive Division of GM.
@peterszar3 жыл бұрын
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.
@buckodonnghaile43092 жыл бұрын
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.
@RailPreserver2K2 жыл бұрын
Rocky mountain express is a good film
@xtr3m3fLx2 жыл бұрын
@@buckodonnghaile4309 Why? Has he been cancelled?
@amyjojinkerson67454 жыл бұрын
I absolutly love travelling on the rails
@myassizitchy3 жыл бұрын
I bet u do
@mazdaman23153 жыл бұрын
Me to nothing else quite like it rail over air travel any day
@nilesanders51102 жыл бұрын
My late father Donald Anders (electrician) spent some time maintaining the Santa Fe rotatory snow plow.
@nitrogasm4 жыл бұрын
Good day from California! This is a good documentary because it includes rail history from other countries, not just the US or UK.
@diesel5812 жыл бұрын
11:45 YES. Go big. ;) Love the way how they say it too. Big boy.
@K1TT3NM1TT3N54 жыл бұрын
This was such a good documentary I watched all your painful 1 minute ads
@geoffmooregm4 жыл бұрын
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.
@K1TT3NM1TT3N54 жыл бұрын
@@geoffmooregm god bless you good sir
@stoptheinsanity28064 жыл бұрын
Geoff Moore This suggestion did not work for me. After several attempts, I did not watch.
@geoffmooregm4 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@stoptheinsanity28064 жыл бұрын
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.
@cryoine7194 Жыл бұрын
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
@edndimu44174 жыл бұрын
Very informative and interesting, could you please make a video on the Kenya-Uganda railway
@Thomas_TdK4 жыл бұрын
This is from a tv channel, not a KZbin creator
@paulklemer2 жыл бұрын
Big boy breaths fire 🔥
@nicholaspatton17422 жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed this program.
@trishave5639 Жыл бұрын
This is an absolutely fascinating video.
@dinstar-as32284 жыл бұрын
Well done... very informative and enjoyable to watch
@vanshikarathi87424 жыл бұрын
I agree
@davidarundel61873 жыл бұрын
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.
@brad40134 жыл бұрын
Fantastic documentary. I enjoyed watching this so much.
@benjroof2 жыл бұрын
Super,many thanks.
@Hispandinavian2 жыл бұрын
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_scaler2 жыл бұрын
Over here in the Northeast (CT) we have Amtrak, Metro-North, Shoreline East, and CT rail.
@JosephStalin-hv8en4 жыл бұрын
Here in the philipphines they melted old steam locomotive and replace it with diesel im lucky to get a steam wistle as a souviner
@johnstudd42453 жыл бұрын
Hey Joe, how did you get out of Hell?
@chuxtuff2 жыл бұрын
This is a great video and I enjoyed watching it!! It's got something for everyone that likes trains...
@jimbronson6872 жыл бұрын
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??
@danielbliss19882 жыл бұрын
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-uh1dv10 ай бұрын
I enjoyed this Trip 😊
@britishneko39063 жыл бұрын
"rail powah" wow STONKS
@LarryTheRoleplayerTM3 жыл бұрын
2:40 what's up with that guy's ONE HUGE TOOTH lol
@michaelmckinnon15913 жыл бұрын
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".
@sunrisespartan17654 жыл бұрын
this was an amazing video
@hardyakka62002 жыл бұрын
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.
@stringpicker54682 жыл бұрын
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.
@FutureRailProductions Жыл бұрын
Speed and Powah!
@jmajors89584 жыл бұрын
Technology is improving rapidly
@anandiarvind90306 ай бұрын
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 ❤❤
@sulu80504 жыл бұрын
21:36 “Canadian Pacific”, shows a Canadian National
@dr.billmcdonald4264 жыл бұрын
La plata West cam
@krunalbaria73224 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much I appreciate your work I will ask my kids to watch this amazing documentaries instead of watching stupid tiktoks ❤
@6181green4 жыл бұрын
They don't seem to learn anything productive on there...
@Canadazeus3 жыл бұрын
They aren't ALL stupid! Most though.
@bruceringrose75392 жыл бұрын
@Bryan Michael With respect, hopefully you will also learn how to use punctuation, learn proper spelling, and construct complete sentences.
@43nostromo4 жыл бұрын
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?
@joachimsingh29293 жыл бұрын
Watch. Not wash.
@kalebennis-davis52633 жыл бұрын
@@joachimsingh2929 yes hopefully he washes even when excited
@thomasburke79954 жыл бұрын
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..
@carolprice13893 жыл бұрын
Thank you I didn't know that information!!!
@michaelmckinnon15913 жыл бұрын
And the Western Railway System which had to climb the Rockies in some circumstances
@billstrossman11343 жыл бұрын
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!
@anoopkhandekar799 Жыл бұрын
super doc
@visualonestudio Жыл бұрын
I love this guy's Aussie accent
@geisterfahreruberholer21714 жыл бұрын
This is way too focused on English and North-American trains. All of the echievements by Germans, Japanesen, French, Italians...not even mentioned.
@gundamator47093 жыл бұрын
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-g9z6z3 жыл бұрын
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?
@geisterfahreruberholer21713 жыл бұрын
@@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
@geisterfahreruberholer21713 жыл бұрын
@@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-g9z6z3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@stephenhoward84333 жыл бұрын
2mins in and wat was said is spot. even now the rare times i hear a steamtrain i still drop everything to go look
@stevewheatley2438 ай бұрын
These trains did my hobo heart good.😁
@RakeshKumar-iu6xw3 жыл бұрын
From 41:50 music name please
@veritas41photo3 жыл бұрын
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.
@christianhoffman7407 Жыл бұрын
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.
@tyronemarcucci83953 жыл бұрын
He's never make it as a pirate, he can't say ARRRRR. Luv ta OZ,
@mtsenskmtsensk51133 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
When has Russia been in Europe?
@timlilijinsheng40703 жыл бұрын
1:10 *LAUGHS IN 6700 HORSEPOWER*
4 жыл бұрын
Great docu
@militantpacifist40874 жыл бұрын
The little engines that could.
@nikolaospeterson24953 жыл бұрын
28.00 WHERE is this electrification in North America? (Or is this from a rail simulator like Trainz?)
@kiwitrainguy Жыл бұрын
The North East corridor: Washington-New York-Boston.
@DawnOfTheDead9912 жыл бұрын
6:29 the last generation of steam locos were oil powered.
@sharkheadism2 жыл бұрын
Some were
@beatbox20fmj3 жыл бұрын
Flying Scotsman got me hooked for the rest of the episode
@michaeljoseph9881 Жыл бұрын
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?
@KGopidas2 жыл бұрын
Interesting and informative.
@Foersom_2 жыл бұрын
0:45 Copenhagen main station?
@KevinRay_man3 жыл бұрын
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 😆
@chicagonorthwesternrailfan50433 жыл бұрын
The big boy is huge and so famous
@lindalakota383 жыл бұрын
Trains didnt die in usa the personal train travel died sadly but freight i think will always move by trains
@glenkelley60482 жыл бұрын
A question I have had for many years------How do the bend train rails AROUND CURVES?
@sharkheadism2 жыл бұрын
They'll easily bend on their own. They're not very rigid
This is a great video, but I feel there is a colour/ contrast issue. Non the less still a great film!
@Ricky-manic3 жыл бұрын
And flying scotsmen is still in operation
@georgew.56394 жыл бұрын
A steam locomotive is potentially a big bomb too.
@Syclone00444 жыл бұрын
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.
@billstrossman11343 жыл бұрын
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.
@scottsmith70513 жыл бұрын
I just love Mr. McGregor.
@ManMountainMetals3 жыл бұрын
Conner?
@scottsmith70513 жыл бұрын
I love that guy too, how did you know.? Ground and pound, that's his weakness though.
@savagex466-qt1io3 жыл бұрын
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
@michaelmckinnon15913 жыл бұрын
Get ready for the smell of rotten eggs if you do js
@SnaccDaddyy4 жыл бұрын
Is that Leigh Diffey doing the narration, Mans usually commentating racing hahahaha
@CoryAY823834 жыл бұрын
garret is interesting but she can't beat UPRR 4014 or DMIR M3/M4 class
@davidrayner9832 Жыл бұрын
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.
@lisahaler80132 жыл бұрын
Good
@LICHBKLYN14 жыл бұрын
That Mallard was nice.
@amonmcranny26544 жыл бұрын
Steam power dates back 2000 years? Please do tell?
@francoismurrell46044 жыл бұрын
i think they meant the technological advancements that allowed it to happen? not too sure but i think i recall that being said
@michaelmckinnon15913 жыл бұрын
@daniiel mlinarics *Egypt not Greece, look it up
@carolprice13893 жыл бұрын
Steam tenoligy is now putting out a tremendous amount of power.
@meref98643 жыл бұрын
1:59 thats how was first train xD
@TheLuvschool210 ай бұрын
I know every steam locomotive I see in the video.
@awatsycamorefarmnearsiouxf75262 жыл бұрын
Our muscles, a ship sails with the wind and animals were before steam.
@keithd51812 жыл бұрын
No. The Train Engines That Revolutionised The World
@railroadhistoryarchives Жыл бұрын
why the blue filter?
@notmycupoftea2 жыл бұрын
Interesting documentary. However, by trying to cover as many topics as possible made it a bit chaotic (at least in my opinon)
@kiwitrainguy Жыл бұрын
It's made for TV.
@virendrachaudhary42513 жыл бұрын
Love
@rons47782 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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.
@rons477818 күн бұрын
@@davidrayner9832And the Rio Tinto locomotives are a dirty unkempt and a terrible reflection of the company
@Die-Spezialisten Жыл бұрын
Electricity mostly is generated by steam. Nuclear plants and coal plants are genereting steam which drive the generator turbines!
@hadesdescent66642 жыл бұрын
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)!
@hksp3 жыл бұрын
wat is that tunnel boring machine train in the thumbnail ??
@DaltonCypherUSATC50193 жыл бұрын
That's not a tunnel boring machine but good geuss, it's called a rotary snowplow, it's basically a big snow blower, there's still one operation to this day it's called OY at the Cumbres And Toltec Scenic Railroad .
@ManMountainMetals3 жыл бұрын
This documentary is longer than a train......
@hkmp5s2 жыл бұрын
@3:10 that guy is full of crap.
@annpeerkat2020 Жыл бұрын
Tend to agree about the detail from that unknown expert
@Locomonarch3 жыл бұрын
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?
@andyharman30222 жыл бұрын
You can't go faster than 30 miles an hour. You won't be able to breathe!
@kiwitrainguy Жыл бұрын
Then you'd better stick to horses.😄
@buck97392 жыл бұрын
That beast ate so much coal transporting coal. It’s like a drunk owning a bar.