He's working harder than he has to. Locomotive 1225 is equipped with a mechanical stoker that feeds the fire automatically, the fireman only has to hand shovel the thin spots and corners where the stoker has a hard time reaching. Most of the ride he'd be able to sit down, manage the water, and enjoy the cruise.

@@renegadeoflife87 Well, he was clearly working throughout these scenes. Making sure that firebox was hotter than the sun. lol.

Hi

didnt see a stoker pot but i cant believe that one fireman could be walloping that much coal

Looks better than most of what they make now

Well, there ought to be frozen lakes everywhere in Canada, no?

I think every conductor would want to do this...

What is the Canadian citizen and I want to do this

Of course, you should try it! XD

You need some serious balls to do this

Neo Machine too bad there was no witness sweating his ass off watching it drift

*MULTI-GLACIER DRIFTING*

NO TORAKU DORIFUTO!!!

MULTI-ICE DRIFTING!

Michael SHADI-lay down that fire son.

agree

(ﾉ_-;)…

I swear if this was a trailer I would be very interested to seeing the movie

@@Line_infantry I know! Loving Initial D, drifts, and Eurobeat, the movie fits the song perfectly. Makes it look way cooler than it really is.

Spazman2 he's done this a few times.... it ain't his first rodeo

I knew that this just happened to be the first one I watched

Dizzyshroom8 question is why would they build a track under a fucking lake when it will just be frozen over when they start the trip?

George the Templar probably built it over a frozen lake and assumed it would never melt lul

SehSevAn or maybe the water rised above the tracks when it was built then it froze over or maybe there was a bridge there was a bridge but it collapsed then the water froze

facts

While going terminal velocity of over 100,000 miles per hour

@@AmmyWulf It is 6 if you count the coal car, though that is pretty necessary for operation of a steam locomotive.

And no steering wheel to even manage the drifting mid way

Stolen

***And engineers

The engineer is the one driving the thing

The entire team are 3 badasses

@@southernrailwayfan1338 the conductor dabs at 0:50

We also need to appreciate the drivers, they turned a steam locomotive like a tank, and also managed to somehow put it in rails at 100 km/h!

Engineer: Ya see physicists tend to work in the theoretical, while us engineers work in applied. And when you apply weight and a hot hard metal wheel you cut a groove in the low friction surface thereby making it possible to drive a train on ice.

@@duddude321 Oh. but wouldn't the hot wheels melt the ice beneath, either causing the train to fall deeper, or cause a layer of water to lubricate the surface, reducing friction more, like ice skates do?

@@erikwoodruff5643 the wheels have a lot of weight on them, the would push into the grooves and displace most of the water. There would still be slippage, but it wouldn't be enough to ruin locomotion because the train doesn't really stay over an area long enough. The train is bleeding off speed the whole time though, make no mistake. It is putting out far more energy than what it's getting back in utility, at the speed it's moving the wheels are doing more for steering and drift control than acceleration and braking.

Ice isn't frictionless you dunce. If you try to something across a frozen lake, it's going to stop before it gets to the other side.

NOOOOOOOOO YOU CANT JUST DRIFT A 2-8-4 BERKSHIRE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ON ICE!!!! haha locomotive go choo choo

I C E

C E

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Back to the future reference ?😅

Ethpling Fun fact: if the polar express had rubber tires that would be possible Proof: The momentum of the coaches could guide the polar express left and right as well as the engineer changing the direction of the engine making it go left and right. And also this engineer is a God at driving the train, The method of changing direction of the train is to take the regulator/throttle in idle then put the automatic brakes on then put the reverser/the lever that changes the direction of locomotive to either reverse or forward and the take the regulator off Idle. And this dude is doing this every 2 seconds

The future is weirder than anyone expected lol no complaints though

2004 dumbass

1904: in a hundred years we will have flying cars 2004: 2-8-4 berkshire steam locomotive drifting on cracking ice at how fast now

*E V E N B E T T E R*

*quietly says* guys I haven’t been registered with the Union Pacific for years, he’s gonna be pissed when he finds out I picked up some kids and almost killed them.

Lmao

Falcon Fury tho

Yes sirrrrrr

XD i agree

They predict dab

that conductor is dabbing

When the train you're working on travels to the frickin North Pole every year, you're bound to pick up some sick skills along the way.

You mean hot chocolate.

Magnus the Red you mean steam

yes trains can drift

Hold my Coal

Aian9597 You can’t hold steam

Captain Crunchy LMAO

Captain Crunchy LoL. Very funny. I bet this is an every day activity for him.

Get it? “Trains” everyday

This is the reason why they ride it only on Christmas.

*no pun intended*

steam locomotives can actually go up to 600 tons (1.2 million lbs) in weight, so it's even more impressive.

@Aidan Giese I think the weight of the cars is included in the average weight, though I'm not sure. Edit: just remembered the number of cars also varies throughout the movie.

*60 ton* Bruh wat

same thing

3 feet of ice for an ✈️! It must be able to hold up at that thickness!

I mean consider the fact that coal locomotives, what this train is, have a top speed of about 201 MPH plus on ice u are correct he needs a raise

@@tintedterminator my boy risking his life for them kids give this man a raise😂🤣

We can consider his chief was...Santa? Maybe. I rise from Santa, that would be great

This was my first present on my first Christmas ever

I was born in 2004...

@@AlexGNR cool

14 years after it was realised, its still making an impact, and a great meme, its pretty much the longest lasting meme I have seen from a movie! (As of 2018 cause 2019 is almost right around the corner)

@@bluefoxy6478 it 2019 now yeaaah

Henry Ly Deja vu I have been drift in this ice before

Higher on the freeze, and I know where’s the place to go~

friend: ok fine you cant drift a plane tho air canada flight 143: i think you might be wrong about that one

No, your friend is right cuz this train is 440 tons

Actually 8000 Tons

@@robbie5629 the ice is extra *T H I C C*

FrenchiestSpy That means I solve problems

Not problems like what is drifting

I solve practical problems

For instance, how am I gonna get across a giant lake frozen over tracks getting me to the north pole? The answer?

use a train and if that don't work use more carriages

Lil Lemonade Friend: You can't drift a train Me: Hold my hot chocolate FTFY ;3

A steam train may not be able to drift, but a certain steam train from the 1920's can do a burnout. The name of this train is the "Mallard" here's a link to where it does it's burnout kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eM1hrLOenbrLioU.htmlm56s

Blender Bach NEEEEEEERD

Friend: you can’t drift a tank Me: hold my beer

I may be a Nerd but It won't change the fact that I know many interesting things.

Tank controls? What do you mean?

@@WinterGamesYT the wheels on each side rotate independently

@@amandaandrade7777 so your saying, if we put a browning m2 and a 130mm cannon on that bad boy engine it'd be a tank?

@@The_Raptor 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@The_Raptor I'M DEAD 🤣🤣🤣🤣

jakop Those concussions are minor inconveniences.

They pukes

I LOVE TO DRIFT IN TRAIN SIT BELT ON JACOB I LIKE YOUR COMMENT

VX

The only error the editors made is that they didn’t show how the passengers were reacting when the train was drifting! So the people who what the movie on Netflix can say that the passengers where cheering, but a particular one was warning them that a drifting train means it’s off the track! So maybe it is true.

multi-Pole Drifting confirmed

Wanna Race?

404BYTE Now that's pretty fuckin impressive. If you could do that with a 12,000 tonne speed bomb, you'll have more chances of getting laid

404BYTE Bitch this is what drifting is a train multitrack drifting on a bloody lake

I'm curious. Who's the anime girl?

A real Train in the ice XD

I WANT IT

Dont give disney any ideas

I would NEED to see that

Why would u say something so controversial yet so brave

i know right!

Zak-Z-Ninja ! Its hard af but possibly due to the weight and the going back and fourth possibly made it steer ?

@@bonsy246santiago4 yup... try it with car on ice... accelerate aggresively, (with manual of course) with straight wheels and then brake aggresively (but be careful and not too aggressive, C A R E F U L... practice it)

In the earlier 5-10 minutes of the film he and the fireman are shown to be bumbling idiots. And then this happens and the Engineer does a full Clark Kent with his attitude.

bonsy246 Santiago the only way this is possible is that each side of the train can turn independently making the train turn like a tank

when you realize the movie takes place in 1956 not 1940-1949

@@union_4014 Running in the 50s

@Jon Victor Min Yun Tham no, the movie takes place in 1956. the movie was RELEASED in 2004

WW2

@@kimtonginn747 no it’s1956

Dio Brando greatest in ZA WARUDO

*Checkmate atheists!*

look up "Drift Express" And the date

true beauty

Dio Brando yep

LMAO so True ngl.

Ice broke idiot

@@irulz3609 ok rude, we were just playing around

@@irulz3609 you missed the joke

@@irulz3609 your lucky there arent any redditors around

it would be fun to try to do a scale model of this, and actually see if it was impossible.

A plane drifting underground

@@GM-12 A ship drifting in spase

a car drifting in the ocean

A Japanese space battleship drifting on an artificial continent locating in the Red Spot on Jupiter

@@phucphangiatoan4873 true

its not frozen all the time but considering when this M A G I C T R A I N goes through here you kind of wonder

Sad but true

Quantum physics has entered the server. 😂😂

I did the math and that train is going about 185 mph

@@Smoothyoda i thougt you had to go around 250 to defy friction if your a 2 ton car( sorry im not that educated in this)

If you count the revolutions of the traction rods when the train is horizontal across the screen you can calculate its speed, besides it’s an animated movie what did you expect ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Stephen Mcgregor Its an animated movie about a train taking kids to santa, your right I couldn’t have expected more

Drifting? What is this drifting? Did you mean driving?

Train driver: for the memes yes

True

++

Lel

Did not expect to see you here lol

I dunno about hidden memes but if there's a way to go fast and sideways I usually do that. Like this. Rip good robocraft. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qMqhlpybl7uZfH0.html

you play robocraft nice

robocraft used to be nice

Nani ?! Kansai dorifto ?

Man I fucking love initial d.

I know right.

Takumi Fujiwara has anyone made initial d vaporwave yet?

Yes, look it up.

Why 12 hours before also can be pined?

Steam is the closest we've ever come to creating life as far as i'm concerned. If you've ever been on a footplate, you know that those things breathe, have a beating heart and know anger. Steam uber allis.

็//้/้้

รรรนนๆนรๆๆรรไ

Sorry I was distracted by some of your grammar

The polar express engineer: “dont try this at home” *gets his game face on* “we are meeting that deadline”

I now know why they never missed a deadline.

@@mr.ashenfire2624 They must be the first train to arrive on the station

“And luckily,no one was hurt “

The actual weight of this engine is about 400 tons. That makes it even more badass to think about even with the train behind him that makes it alot heavier.

it takes a keen ear to uncover how truly autistic i really am

Idk why but the ice scene is my favorite it's just so cool

I'm finding more moments like the end

@@battlecruiserna and a keen eye ;)

@@battlecruiserna its me, the boy who started this string of replys, im 10 now and im on my dads acc cuz i started this string of replys on my tablet and im on computer, just wanted to let u know how im doin and im gr8 ;)

A steam engine represents our mastery over the primal forces of nature, the same could be said about drifting, so when you get this fiery steam pumping behemoth going sideways over a lake at the command of your fellow man, you get some serious neuron activation. Also, whomever animated this did a really good job conveying the sheer weight and impact of the train, there are a lot of little things here that make it amazing. All I did was piece it together in a way that fits to eurobeat in order to change the narrative/perspective to match the one I had in my head.

@@battlecruiserna speaking of little details, I noticed when it zooms in on the wheels when the engine is steering, you can see the 2 wheels in front of the driving wheels steer a little bit. So yeah, the people animating the engine did an amazing job, plus this movie is from 2004, and the cgi still looks pretty good I’d say

Spazman2 which movie is this?

The Polar Express

Spazman2 thanks!

a great movie

Spazman2 me too

Downysiff sparkle sparkle

Whell I did this back in the 50 in Russias winters with my boys and conductor, he was fired, but he got the train anyways because it was so broken that it was unuseble. But we did crak a cold one with the boys.

John Lorimer l

cool! was it fun?

Did you guys really do that? Isn't that a joke?

I went to see that when it came out. LOL!

The norm

"After getting hit by a shovel to cough up a pin that goes to the trains throttle"

Cue panty drop

Poorly Animates oh i forgot to add that lol

Wife:that's wonderful, sweetie. You want pancakes for breakfast when you get home?

I only just realized that

NoHomeLike 192.168.8.1 don't forget the conductor is standing on his feet when he's trying to be him, yeeeeeeahh~

It somehow took me two years to realize it, and the third g that clips it to my head, is this comment... GG TO ALL

I was wondering why I kept on seeing that guy dab

I slammed my head 50 times on the desk, then suddenly deja vu started to play and the whole thing replayed itself. thanks bro! now I'm in an infinite head-slamming-on-desk loop.

the first few seconds of this song bass boosted with my headphones makes me feel bullet proof

Are you a Russian?

Yes

🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

@@kayan5754 , почему нет?

This and Hot Chocolate number

Im sure the polar exspress gets upgraded every 10 years or so.

But imagine a drifting Shinkansen 700 series!

@@user-lf8qu9un8y Imagine a mile long train drifting

LMAO!!

Yess

What the!!!

He does

That dab is respectable

Cosporcos lmao

Wrong. It's 30 chicks, and also another 10 billion dollars are added to his bank account whenever he lays a finger on one of the train's levers.

This is the best comment of all time

Your Average Adam Taurus WRONG its 72 virgins

But who is "he?!"

Oh you mean controls

That one Fat Kid , same tradition since I was a baby

That one Fat Kid the trains moving too fast to fall through the ice

Carlos Molina , is that a bttf reference

Where were going we don't need "tracks"

tracks? where we are going we don't need. tracks

Hell yeah

Oh yeah on the drift 😂😂

He dabbed before i existed lmao

DAB BOI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Iron Horse Studios that's cancer mate

So are you.

Iron Horse Studios well... FUCK.

Polar Express: "Who needs tracks?"

George Jones jeremy! watch where you're spending your money!

I think that's money well spent

Natu Craves Video Games I know that's money well spent

I like Running in the 90's more, It's the one I ultimately picked over others but people have asked for the deja vu version and I had fun doing it so why not.

Ye I understand that and it Turned out to Be good and epic. Just saying i kinda like the 90s one abit more :3

Wrong vid

friendsANDsuch350 ???

Battlecruiser Plays i prefer Deja vu over running in the 90s any day

Modern problems require modern solutions

This is a more heartwarming version of the "come home i'm alone" meme. I guess because here they are all children.

I believe you

440 ton

*TRUST ME I'M AN ENGINEER!* *I THINK WE'LL PUT THIS THING RIGHT HERE!* *TRUST ME I'M AN ENGINEER!* *WHAT THE heck DID JUST HAPPEN HERE!* *TRUST ME I'M AN ENGINEER WITH EPIC SKILL AND EPIC GEAR!* *OH no I THINK I'M OUTTA HERE!*

And coaches made it almost 1,450 tons

that being said what do you think the casualty % is on the polar express?

Multi-Track DRIFTING!!???

*Multi-track drifting.*

MASAKA!!!!!

trackless drifting

Engineer: Tracks? What tracks?