When I was a kid (I’m 70) I used to love visiting my Grandparents in Wayne ,Nebraska. I’d have my bedroom windows open as there was no A/C . And at night I’d hear the steam whistles from way off as they got closer or farther away . Such a wonderful but lonesome sound. Thanks for your video.

As a foamer myself, knowing how a steam locomotive works, I have to say this video is very nicely and well done.

these videos are so high quality. cant wait until they get more popular and you get the recognition you deserve

I learned two things! First is the super heated steam pipe placement, and the second was the sand storage! Great video!

I learned a lot. Thanks. Correction: Coal was the dominant fuel for almost the entire history of the steam locomotive, not oil. Engines were getting converted to oil as they were fading out, being replaced by the diesel electric locomotives.

This is so high quality. 800 views on something this great is an atrocity. Would have loved to see some details on the boiler though. That part has always puzzled me.

what a fun video! i've always been a fan of steam trains but never knew quite exactly how they worked, this video covered my thoughts regarding the design of these locomotives. it's also fun to mention how steam locomotives use all the major elements of nature to run (fire, water, air for steam, and coal/oil for earth!)

It’s honestly surprising how simple the system is, very fascinating.

That piston demonstration is way better than any other that I've seen. Most diagrams just don't describe the steam flow so well.

INCREDIBLE!!! i have a strong feeling this channel is going to be VERY big soon, and you deserve it! bravo for the amazing videos!!!

This is one of the best animations I've seen. The detail is really remarkable!

finally some useful content in the era of garbage media

This is by far the best video I have found explaining how steam locomotives work. 10/10

After watching many videos on the working of steam locomotives, this video gave me deeper insights into its functioning. Thanks for making it insightful.

your channel is a hidden gem, dude. I love it.

This is such a good concept for a channel, amd so nicely executed

To me the most insane/amazing part of this whole video, is that someone actually designed and created this beautiful peace of machinery.

Nice. Your cutaway of the end of superheater flues cleared up a lot for me. Small fire tubes, out of contact w the water, within a big fire tube. The combo of big tube's low surface area for their volume, and the fact that the inner tubes are not in contact w the boiler water, means the air has tons of have tons of heat as it enters the superheater.

Excellent video. It makes one realize how much incredible engineering went into such a “primitive” locomotive.

Watched 1 video of the "Big Boy" push a diesel engine up a hill and get recommended this..... I'm not disappointed

beautiful animations and very well explained!

wow, this video is absolutely amazing and extremely informative. I finally think I kinda grasp steam locomotives now!

Very good graphics and an excellent narration/explanation. Well done, Sir.

Very good graphics and an excellent narration/explanation. Well done, Sir.. beautiful animations and very well explained!.

The engineering that went into the design and building of these beasts has always amazed me. We have 3 of them at our local museum and they are massive! The info board on one said it could do 160kmh!!! You think of how fast steam and pistons are moving at that speed. 😳

Thanks, this is very nice to watch and explains things really well.

Dude, you did an amazing job on this video Being a steam freak, this is always a good watch

Holy steam god I never thought it was this complicated What a marvel of engineering

best explained and animated video, well done :D

Thank you for this video. I enjoyed it very much. Not only was it clear, I really learnt something. Very very fascinating, well explained and engaging.

Great vid, also those are some nice renders! Especially the flower at the intro ❤

Well done! I learned from this vid. Always thought steam locomotives were magnificent machines. Thanks for the vid- this clearly took a lot of work.

This is a great and simple introduction to stream locomotive principles. Great job!

Thank you for the explanation! I had a basic understanding, but this clarified a lot. New subscriber 😉

Best video I’ve seen about how a steam train works and this isn’t even a train channel

Always wondered about this! Turns out it's actually a "1-cycle" engine, so cool. Thanks for the video

really nice presentation, good job with the 3D stuff ;)

The graphics are really good. Now all I need is a narrator with a nice, smooth American accent.

Let that whistle go loud and long! Let the world know that steamers are here to stay!

This is a great video. I learned a lot from it. Thanks for doing this!

As far as I'm concerned the steam locomotive was the esthetic peak of industrial engineering.

Modern CGI and old fashioned steam power...... intriuging combination. A good, well made video.

Thanks for putting this up.

VERY INFORMATIVE, GREATLY ENJOYED! THANK YOU 👍

That got me all steamed up, well done.

This is an excellent video on the subject!! Well done/

Perfect explanation.

Pretty good animation, and good to learn the basics. If you wanna learn more complex stuff, not so much

Very nicely done!

This was wonderful. Thank you.

Great video and great explanation. 👏👏👏

amazing animation! thanks

1am and I have work in 6 hours. Good thing I’m learning about this instead of sleeping

I loved Your Thomas intro.

Thank you. Well done. After a recent visit th the RR Museum in Sacramento, CA , I was curious on the mechanics of operation. Good explanation. 2024

Excellent thoroughly informative. 👍

My granpda owned a 16 inch guage Hudson Steam Locomotive. I loved that thing and Ive always windered what a breakdown would look like!

amazing content you will make it far

The fact that you used a ATSF engine and got it right, well done!

I would argue that it actually isn’t outdated. For passenger transport it is. But so is diesel for that purpose. Steam trains are actually more powerful than diesel trains and are actually generally simpler in design and function. However, the problem is energy waste. Diesel engines are more fuel efficient. But steam engines also use cheaper fuel. You can go back and forth though.

This is well done thankyou

😮 Fantástico vídeo. ¡GRACIAS! ❤

When from one video I learned more about steam locomotives than I knew before from other sources.

Good information, thanks.

Outdated? A few days ago 4014 proved his worth once more.

Even Though I'm just a Nerd, I'm gonna point out some things you missed: 1: About The Airbrakes, Pressure Releases it rather than Bite 2:The Steam powered bell does not really move the whole bell, It only moves the Clapper 3: You Missed on How the Injector Works is a steam pump that sucks Water to the Boiler(It's kinda hard to explain without a visual aid) 4:Please A More Chimney Boy Whistle :)

Wonderful video

Very good edit👍

Very interesting to see how the locomotive works

Interesting video!

Steam locomotives are always lovable 👌🏾❤

Steam locos are educational, magnificent and nostalgic . .

I love steam engines! They are indeed marvelous pieces of engineering and cold starting a more modern engine is quite a time consuming process, in part because steam literally drives everything on that engine and there are a ton of valves and so on that have to be opened and closed in a particular order to do a proper startup. The one thing that railroads could have benefited from, which was never done because it was decided that it would be difficult to integrate, is multi-stage pistons. Here, we have an illustration of a typical two-stroke piston. Once the steam is used, it is exhausted or recirculated through a condenser (rarely) prior to being returned to the tank. The steam that is exhausted still has a good deal of energy in it. By increasing the surface area of a successive piston and reducing the stroke length, you can still take advantage of that extra energy to operate a second, third, or even a fourth stage before reclaiming the water. Multi-stage steam engines (not locomotives, just general engines) are fascinating and significantly increase the engine efficiency, although the efficiency and power of any steam engine is still far below that of an internal combustion engine, which is why they aren't around anymore. However, one thing steam engines have in SPADES is torque which made the ideal for certain categories of devices.

Very interesting to talk about to talk about the other components. I would like to see someone do a video of a tank engine without steam cylinders on the side.

Thanks great video ❤❤❤

your gonna blow up soon. i know.

This is real mechanical engineering. A marvel

Great video and very informative. Something I do feel was slightly glossed over is the importance of the water valves that control the introduction of water into the boiler. Too much water and the fuel to steam conversion rate becomes suboptimal. However this pales in comparison to not enough water which is when steam engines tend to fail catastrophically. It wasn’t just the higher efficiency of DE-Engines that put the steam engine on the shelf, the higher safety Standard also contributed massively.

Amazing chanel, keep it up

There is one preserved railway here in Australia I love and that's the Puffing Billy railway. I've also gotten into the Wilesco brand of steam toys that run on fuel tablets. Another thing that my partner and I like doing is going to any steam rallies So to me steam power is not outdated Love the video ❤

a very nice animation video

When he mentions "The temperature and pressure inside the boiler is monitored at all times" the video is showing a sort of cylindrical device attached to the side of the boiler with a pipe going to it. It might be confused that this is a temperature or pressure sensor and it is not. It is a boiler check valve. This is where water is added to the boiler under pressure and this check valve allows water to flow in if the water pressure is high enough, but not let boiler water ever flow out the opposite direction..

You missed a visual description of the blast pipe operating. Which makes the classic chuff chuff. The sudden release of used, but still under pressure steam, surging from the driving cylinder to the blast pipe where it mixes with the smoke and explodes up the smoke stack. To me, this surge of waste steam from the blast pipe up the smoke stack in synchrony with the drive rods is the very essence of a railway steam locomotive. The sound changes intimately with how hard the engine is working. Seeing this animated would have been awesome. This vented steam is used to create draft. It is also why steam locomotives use so much water as the used steam is lost and not re-condensed. Water replenishment stops are more frequent than coaling stops. Otherwise it is a great video. 🙂

Steam May Be Outdated But Steam Sure Is The Most Beautiful, Coolest And Best Way Of Transportation. Steam Is The Best!

I thought I will make fun of this for not having the right terminology but I was sterilized to see this is 100% accurate

Easy to understand.

The opening eye catcher at 0:10 shows the flowers getting pushed in the wrong direction... It's like they get sucked into the oncoming train instead of getting dragged into the train's headwind.

So cool, never knew they used sand for better traction

One omission is the ejector connected to the bottom of the 'smoke stack.' As steam leaves the pistons it vents upward in the smokebox thru the stack. The ejector creates a suction in the smokebox that draws the firebox smoke thru the boiler. Without an ejector, there would be no flow thru the boiler.

In Vienna Museum of Science and Technology you can see such a cut in real, very impressive, everything in motion and explained several times a day

Mainly what causes the chuff chuff sounds is the sounds of the poppets that control the flow of steam to be let into the piston

Thank you 😊

The names of wheel arrangements shown are correct and are the most commonly used names. However, specific railroads sometimes used a different name. For example, the Southern Pacific was NOT going to call its 2-10-2's "Santa Fe's" (Santa Fe being a rival). So, they called them "Decapods" even though that is more correctly a 2-10-0. Usually, they shortened it to just "Decs." The 4-8-4 probably had the most names. "Niagra" on the New York Central. "Greenbrier" on the Chesapeake & Ohio. "Pocono" on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western. "Wyoming" on the Lehigh Valley. "Dixie" on the Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis. "Golden State" on the Southern Pacific. "Potomac" on the Western Maryland.

i knew this fact but its nice to give facts to people😊

I like your 50's piano bar music. Pass me a 7 and 7!

0:16 OUTDATED? You outta ya mind fr

I cant explain it but these videos feel like elevator music and it’s so good

While they are mostly nostalgia, UP 4014 recently pushed a broken down freight train WHILE still pulling its fully loaded tour train. Steam may be old fashioned but it’s still got it 💪

How is the oil pumped into the firebox? Incredible video!

Great video but I would like to mention that steam locomotives are sometimes pulled out of storage/museums for clearing the train tracks of snow and ice because they are/were better at the task than the modern trains at the time (or there wasn't enough locomotives that were capable at the time). Happened in Sweden in 7 to 12 years ago, can't remember it to well because I was a child at the time and couldn't find any articles from a quick search.