Actually much more complex and elegant than this film shows -- imagine stripping one down to bare and rebuilding it, as required by code ... or the "firewheels" to "re-tire" a driving wheel. They look like one piece, but they're not!

Exactly. I was thinking a coal fire under a water tank that produces steam when boiling, but nope

They were actually living things

Also known as a contraption.

Please note how longlasting was the service in comparison to the working (on rail) time. The efficiency was so low

All your ansisters and your elders serve indian railways man and what are you doing in Austreliya?Only telling stories to the childrens of Austrelia...

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Where are you a fitter? Im in the US in Cleveland.

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Hey Woody is this a full time job on a working railway or a vintage touristy railway. I'm sure it is daunting, I know the British Railways has a very large workforce but they were obviously needed to achieve those turnaround times.

@@greenrosenz full time job as a fitter on operating steam locomotives

You be surprised that China operated past year Y2K on steam trains. They still built steam trains up to 1998. Imagine having steam trains and MagLev operating in china country in the same decade.

@@truthful3777 I actually witnessed the steam trains in both China AND India (the Maharaja's ?) I think the Railway museum (York ) had one of the China steam and carriages trains.. Still got pics somewhere.. 👀

A problem in the U.K. is that we needed short distance trains so having to build special long distance lines really was uneconomical when You can run trains bypassing the local stations at 125 mph+

Yes, the cost of labour alone made steam financially impossible when diesels were available to do the same job.

These guys loved their work..73020 is so cute!

Very Good video

Nothin good about it..these men had it rough.

People thought about it a lot -- that's why the lococomotives were designed to facilitate the cleaning processes. It's also why diesel locomotives so quickly replaced steam.

So many undergraduates student in period of university get married from age 20 to 30, and then after bachelor degree and master degree graduation, they worked in factory. Their age were 30 years old. It's factory internship employee training and apprenticeship.

Pete Dube maybe you didn't know about situation.

These people have family.

Never mind, you took a train ride!!

Not sure what you mean. This locomotive is a 4-6-0, not a Pacific (4-6-2) and it doesn't have Caprotti valve gear (a few members of its class were fitted with it, but not this one).

Davil - Yes indeed, very labour intensive, but in those days coal was VERY cheap as a fuel source and there was a need for a lot of jobs in the post-war era. More importantly though, the ash and burn products in the engine were WILDLY carcinogenic plus the dust caused horrendous lung disease for the poor buggers that climbed in and out of the fireboxes! But it was indeed a most wonderful sight to see an engine in full steam. I'm old enough to remember seeing the last of them in the 1960's and travel on them with my parents.

The railroads used to make a gobs of money. They could spend money like water, look at the old railroad stations. When business dried up because of vehicles and airplanes efficiency and cost cutting became very important. Look how many railroad companies have died off in the past 80 years.

@@K-Effect right but, there are advantages of steam that it can use anything combustable and makes more power the harder you push it, though lots of the work in theory could have been trimmed down, if you look at what Argentinian engineer Livio Dante Porta did with steam locos, its fascinating he got lots of the maintenance down, and combustion much more efficient with a gasmaker firebox, and using better pistons with diesel quality sealing, you also have the exhausting system, he made advancements in that as well, please read up on what he had to say if you are interested in steam power, he died in 2003, but he wrote many treatise on steam and thermal dynamics once that was applied it did wonders, and he had several that followed his footsteps, like Davidson Ward though, and many took from the lessons he taught. sure steam is labor intensive but it was one of portas engines that produced the highest power to weight ratio even more then a diesle electric engine, and lots of the down time could be taken out with the things porta talked about, and though in theory they could develop even another generation of steam locos, that used techniques and advancements that had yet to be reached, as even his engines and advancements were only generation 2 at least at the time of his death. but please read up on him, he was a no bull kind of fellow but said by one person I know at the historical railroad I help out at to be just as nice a person as he was good at engineering.

manga12 I heard that the man could have developed steam engines more efficient but still looking like the beautiful traditional steam engines like 73020 .Wish there were engines like that in USA .I’d love to hang out with one like I did several times with Union Pacific 844 who they keep as a pet.A place like Sodor would be paradise for me !!!!

yeah and now we have got all these people unemployed claiming benefits while the yuppies run the country

this is the other side of your fun and games on your vacation. a lot of hard working people making your vacation happen. i hope you think of this when you recall your vacation times. heaven forbid the amount of hard tedious dirty and oft unsafe work these men had to do just to earn a wage. i would bet not one of them was unhappy to see the end of the coal trains and all that went with it.

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And with that job you could raise a family

Today nobody would do that work, what work? Surely your not talking to me!

@@PreservationEnthusiast in your dreams bud

@@PreservationEnthusiast oh really? If so then apparently preservation doesn't exist then

Never mention Asbestos it’s everywhere. Just making a point, no eye protection,ear muffs. No workers comp if you get sick or injured. Terrible dirty working conditions.

They were labour intensive but lovingly cared for ... Not like the boxes on wheels where they just swap out parts or just scrap them

Most of the men who worked on them did it out of love for the locomotives

@@austinniederjohn9813no. They would have starved if they didn’t work. Don’t suggest some nobility here.

So nice hard work and all of have cool work...still awaited today life.

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@@jhonmerrick6038 Comments like yours makes You Tube what it is today

I'm surprised they were never converted to oil burning like many countries steam engines.

Best coal in the world was in Scotland. Why import oil.

Mechanical stokers need finely-crushed coal rather than big lumps, otherwise they seize up. This means that the draught on the fire draws a lot of coals through the boiler and out of the chimney, making mechanically-stoked engines dirtier and less efficient.

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@@xr6lad Running a steam engine on oil makes no sense for a country with diesel engine industry. In that period Britain had to import almost all oil and the coal mines were still in operation, so there wasn't an incentive either. It was simply cheaper to build newer more efficient diesel locomotives, than converting them.

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But they wouldn't still be in service today, just like most of the diesels that replaced them in the 1950s-60s aren't still in service today.

I'm betting he got that from serving in the navy during WWII

Steam turbines get nowhere near 90% thermal efficency. Power plants typically report about 40% efficiency, which are amongst the best performing steam turbines. When people say that a "steam turbine is 90% efficient", they mean that the turbine is achieving 90% of the ideal turbine, which in this case would achieve about 45% thermal efficiency. The 6% efficiency of the steam locomotive is the true thermal efficiency, so you need to compare the 40% of the steam turbine to 6% (which is still bad)

Makes you glad that you weren’t born a choo choo .It must have been very unpleasant getting a washout or having flues cleaned

I agree whole heartedly these are sick ti.Mrs no more jobs for life

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I’m sure working with steam engines was fun .The engines were cute and loved the men back .I met Union Pacific 844 and got to hang out with him several times .Real diesels are inanimate and not like in the Thomas series .but Steam engines are half human .844 is .I would have loved it if there could have been some engines like 73020 in USA .He is so cute in the video .You can tell that he hated flue cleaning and washout . Engine wasn’t smiling when his face showed.He looked unhappy .When face showed later after screens were put back and was closed ,Engine looked like he was glad washout was over .Parts needed for seeing eating and breathing swing to left when smokebox door open remain intact and engine remains conscious .I’ll bet that film they didn’t use showed engine crying during flue cleaning and washout .The rids day high pressure sprays looked quite unpleasant .73020 was young .Born in late 1951 and movie in 1953.; I’ll bet with the movie crew there he behaved as badly as he thought he could get away with ..”I WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW HOW MUCH I HATE X DAYS !!! “Who could blame him. I felt culture shock when I saw what the engine had to go through twice a month . It looked a bit like torture although it was medically necessary and he had to hold still and take it .Once the washout was over ,they would have dried his tears and later given him a treat . Choo choos have mouths and they probably eat people food .After his dinner I think they gave him candy or ice cream .Engines can eat ice cream when not in steam.

@@barbaramoran8690 i like your imagination.

@MusicalElitist1 if someone cannot type, they're not a boomer. Geez. Can't believe some people these days. What if english isnt his first language? What if he is just a kid? What if you were in that situation, baby boomer?

I believe 73020 was scrapped in the early 60s unfortunately. Would love too see a modern remake of this vid with the same engine

@@lorumipsum1129 Late '60s -- withdrawn from service in 1967 and scrapped the following year.

I believe that trains were more fun during choo choo era 73020 is cute .Diesels are boring .I realize why they have to use them but I wish there were still some regular choo choo trains