Smoke, steam, piston rods pounding up & down. Great stuff. The driver is good too. The original loco was built in 1813. TRAIN RAILWAY RAILROAD
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@Zebred20013 жыл бұрын
To think that every time someone climbs into a high tech vehicle from a jet fighter to a spaceship the experience of preparing it for departure by throwing switches and starting systems goes back to these steam pioneers.
@paularowe76512 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Richard Trevithick who started it all off in @1803!
@michaelnaisbitt16396 жыл бұрын
Amazing that it works but it did. Man and machine 200 years ago. Great video. 👍🚂😀
@mchagnon76 жыл бұрын
Special thanks to Benedict Cumberbatch for operating the locomotive for us!
@brianrigsby79002 жыл бұрын
Amazing she still runs!
@brianrigsby79002 жыл бұрын
Or he since it’s called billy😅
@TheKodakman2 жыл бұрын
The original ran for many years. Then it was put in the Science Museum, London. This replica at Beamish is quite new.
@angelgonzalo28854 ай бұрын
Habría sido fantastico tener una vista general de la locomotora y no solo de la chimenea. Lastima!!
@musicurio6 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for sharing! I spent much of my leisure hours in the '60s when 7 or 8 drawing this locomotive and its contempories over and over again. You could say I as obsessed!! I never imagined that one day it would be possible to see and hear what it would actually have been like in motion. Just amazing, thanks again.
@TheKodakman6 жыл бұрын
If you visit Beamish Museum you can ride on it yourself. They also have working replicas of "Locomotion", "Steam Elephant" and various old trams & buses.
@musicurio6 жыл бұрын
TheKodakman thanks
@MrHewes44 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been on that loco it’s in Newcastle beamish Museum
@NigelDixon1952 Жыл бұрын
Thanks, a great video.
@scottm542510 ай бұрын
I think the wind noise was louder than the engine!
@christianlanz1680 Жыл бұрын
Excellent Video, make more of them. I wish you a Happy New Year.
@CombraStudios5 жыл бұрын
At one point in history this was the best means of transport in the world
@TheKodakman5 жыл бұрын
Railways are still a good means of transport.
@CombraStudios5 жыл бұрын
@@TheKodakman sure yes! I mean, in its time it was either this awesome steam beast or horse, travelling on land. Or sailships over the sea
@LutzDerLurch4 жыл бұрын
Not really. It was a cheap way for moving coal.
@VT29steamtrain4 жыл бұрын
@@LutzDerLurch well, this one, many locomotives after transported passengers
@NJPurling3 жыл бұрын
Puffing Billy was an iron cart-horse. No faster than shown here but it was a roaring success. It & Wylam Dilly both lasted around fifty years at work. Billy was made 18134. Wylam Dilly came later in 1815 and has improvements Billy does not. This locomotive does take a minor liberty with historical authenticity as Wylam was 5ft gauge and the replica is clearly standard gauge as it has been to other railways.
@martinlintzgy13613 жыл бұрын
Surprised how quiet she is I expected more rattling and clanking
@hebburnlad16453 жыл бұрын
Built by my grandfather 🚂
@AlexThePatriot2 жыл бұрын
Sad that the original will never run under its own power ever again
@steventhornton4716 Жыл бұрын
All 12 mph of it
@JanMolin7 жыл бұрын
the diesel generator in used fore the modern brakes, the original had none!
@ashleydemoss46096 жыл бұрын
Jan Molin Jensen every steam loco has brakes.
@ncopictures71825 жыл бұрын
Not the ones built at that time.@@ashleydemoss4609
@Gigastorm12311 жыл бұрын
~sigh~ i love this kinda stuff... so much..... ~likes and favs~
@beepbkp69814 жыл бұрын
*w* *a* *t*
@TheKodakman13 жыл бұрын
@Hallaran Yes, the original Puffing Billy was built in 1813. At that time the Land Speed Record was about 5 miles per hour.
@Rebel96686 жыл бұрын
Nahhhh, horses could go faster than that.
@dubsy10263 жыл бұрын
I can go faster than that
@philnewton48442 жыл бұрын
Why no View of it from the Trackside?
@TheKodakman2 жыл бұрын
My other videos were taken from the trackside . Search for "Puffing Billy" &"Beamish Museum".
@ncopictures71825 жыл бұрын
Can I use the audio from this video for something? I will gladly credit you.
@ncopictures71825 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!@@davidwilkinson7175
@Journeyman-Fixit13 жыл бұрын
Great video, High tech transportation almost 200 years ago?
@MrNoUsername4 жыл бұрын
Looks a bit like Locomotion No. 1
@Wreckedftfoxy Жыл бұрын
hey wait a minute why is there a engine in the tender
@TheKodakman Жыл бұрын
The small diesel engine is for the modern brakes which have been fitted for safety reasons. The original loco did not have brakes but because it ran at only 5mph that did not matter too much.
@GNRA1GreatNorthern14707 ай бұрын
The tender is in the front, the chimney and firebox are on the the front
@danielday31627 жыл бұрын
What is the gasoline engine used for?
@TheKodakman7 жыл бұрын
I do not know. The loco obviously runs on steam power & there were no gasoline engines back in 1813. It is probably something to do with modern safety requirements.
@danielday31627 жыл бұрын
I'll bet its a water injector. Those old steam engines probably didn't have them
@kalvinchester40686 жыл бұрын
Daniel Day they actually had water pumps and steam powered water injectors
@ianprince16986 жыл бұрын
Went on this recently, the modern petrol pump is for modern brakes for safety reasons , at Beamish museum.
@NJPurling4 ай бұрын
@@ianprince1698 Probably a compressor and air tank in the replica Chaldron wagon. 5 mph doesn't sound like much but it is the speed a heavy horse can manage. Because of the Peninsular War the price of feed for horses had massively increased. Thus locomotive use became more attractive. The locomotive could keep up this speed as long as fuel & water supply permitted, & feeding & watering the iron horse was relatively quick.