The Rise of the Diesel-Electric Locomotive | The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation

[@davidhollenshead4892]

Correction, Steam Locomotives used wood, coal, or oil fired burners. When they were replaced by diesel electric locomotives, most steam locomotives were fueled with oil, similar to heavy bunker crude...

[@crr311sux5]

Yep

[@rudiralla9630]

Or with fired firemen?

[@ellieinspace]

This is so well produced , great job

[@kylefagan9585]

Is this mo rocca?

[@DominicA24]

Lucky, he got to stand on the Allegheny locomotive

[@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs]

Before trains a stage coach would travel at 5mph for maybe 60-70 miles progress in a day. That would require stops in “stages” for fresh horses. With the train came the ability to travel 30mph almost all day and night. Hundreds of tons of goods, food, could be transported. Steam was romantic until you heard of a boiler explosion.

[@trainroomgary]

Like • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂

[@MrRailroadrunner]

Considering you guys have an Ingersoll Rand box cab, I think you missed an opportunity. Those were one of the very first diesel locomotives to be successful, and a mention would have been somewhat inciteful.

[@bonniemoerdyk9809]

I got to drive one too! (way back in about 1969-70)

[@JosephStalin-hv8en]

Lier

[@itsyaboybrandon7509]

*we traveled the plains with trains*

[@menguardingtheirownwallets6791]

Steam trains were the ONLY thing available at the beginning, but then there came the generation of Alternating Current electricity, and along with it came electric locomotives. That was good, but it took a lot of money to string up electric lines over large areas. In congested cities it made sense, but out in the sparsely populated mountains, it made very little sense to electrify a railway. Then came the introduction of new diesel engines, and suddenly it was possible to haul with you the electrical generator that would power the electric locomotive; that was the birth of the 'Diesel-Electric' (or more appropriately titled; 'Diesel-powered Electric') locomotives.

[@bungamerahmuda5064]

Which one is more powerful, diesel hydraulic loco or diesel electric loco? Is it true that diesel electric locomotive are more "fragile" during rail floods?

[@Tsass0]

What about the earlier USA electric lokos?

[@Papasmurf7597]

The guy 'running' a railroad locomotive,,, in the USA, is the 'ENGINEER' ! NOT the 'driver'. The gentleman operating the railroad locomotive, in England,,,,, is the 'driver'. AND, in the USA, we 'RUN' a locomotive, NOT drive it.

[@Papasmurf7597]

BTW, there were 'GAS ELECTRIC/DISTILATE ELECTRIC' locomotives before diesels electric locomotives.

[@M1chael42O1]

Nobody cares! Same shit.

[@JosephStalin-hv8en]

I like steam engine they are not be stolen easily while diesel the robber just press the button and on his way😂😂

[@therealhardrock]

1:36 And when diesels came in, it terk their jerbs!

[@stoyanhaydushki1796]

The train at 0:21 isn't diesel its a Bulgarian BDZ EMU series 31 train!

[@edwardtyler1456]

If you really think about it engine never use toxic things they were fine for the environment

[@camerong5513]

host has annoying, insincere style, poor pronunciation and less than pleasing voice.The music in the video is distracting. Why the surtitles? The "trains were mostly diesel". Firstly, how often is a diesel a train? Secondly, the steam era existed for over 150 years, around the end of which point rail usage sharply declined, as the electric/diesel era replaced it. What a painful, virtually pointless video

[@bonzolo2358]

I couldn’t agree more to be honest

[@Gocrybozo]

The steam created more jobs which is good back then

[@WindsorRailProductions]

well he got in shit for not paying attention to the track

[@nibblesfromanimalcrossing]

Today, there is only 1 Steam Locomotive operating in the United States, The Union Pacific (No. 844)

[@jimbosc]

There are others operational - like #4014 Big Boy which is out touring the midwest with #844 - but in terms of being "in service for a Class 1 railroad" - you are correct

[@spartangoku7610]

Oh boy, you better sit down.

[@ivannicolas5811]

Isn’t Southern Pacific (No. 4449) still operating as well

[@erikhobby6542]

there are still lots heiritge railroads and museums with operating steam locos in the u.s.

[@M1chael42O1]

it's not like NKP 765, N&W 611, UP 4014, SP 4449, etc etc exist or anything like that.

[@PacoOtis]

Pitiful video with an absolutely horrible script!

[@bosniaherzegovinaball6001]

I hate disels and eletric locos

[@crr311sux5]

Triggered. Diesels are better