How Does A Steam Engine Cross A Mountain Range?

How Does A Steam Engine Cross A Mountain Range? | How Do They Do It?

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4 жыл бұрын

The Ceres Rail Company runs a regular tourist service from Cape Town, but how exactly does a nearly 90-year-old steam engine manage to cross mountainous terrain?
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@MurderBong 4 жыл бұрын

'I think I can, I think I can ...'

@N-b-dy 4 жыл бұрын

Few will get this reference

@MurderBong 4 жыл бұрын

@@N-b-dy lol happy some ppl did!

@Juiced_okra 4 жыл бұрын

Casey.jr is happy

@francescoferrigno2339 3 жыл бұрын

I thiiiink iiiii caaaan, i thought i could i thought i could 😂

@subhashbhat2428 4 жыл бұрын

steam engine Mother of industrial revolution Its always interesting to see historical engines running

@RyanCogar 4 жыл бұрын

0:26 that LSD inspired pronunciation genuinely had me believing we had some kind of 80 ton Moth-type Pokemon. xD

@SterremanWillie 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice video! Only one HUGE omission ..... a little bit of the engine "talking" her way up the steep incline - the greatest music in the world!

@Jaidencharlotte 4 жыл бұрын

1:24 This is wrong In a 4-8-2 wheel arrangement only the 8 driving provide power. The others are only there to support the weight

@barklet6110 4 жыл бұрын

Thats cool

@rashedalsofani7941 4 жыл бұрын

Your smart bro

@charlesgault3777 4 жыл бұрын

The non-drive wheels guide the engine through curves and switches.

@ChristoFourie-jy1xd Жыл бұрын

Interesant vir jou💯

@shyaammohan8975 4 жыл бұрын

Train is like my home to me 🧡

@Massthetrainfanatic Жыл бұрын

0:49 you can see the class 26 (red devil) in the back ground

@cdmChase1 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine he left the hand brake off and the train rolled back down the hill!!!

@MediaRavenEditor2024 4 жыл бұрын

Nice.

@FlyingwithPeter007 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@thomasflanagan2928 3 жыл бұрын

5:16 “the mountain type has an extra pair of driving wheels, compared to most locomotives” Their are steam engines in America that have 4 pairs of driving wheels.

@sassmate8793 4 жыл бұрын

Is the steam still hot when it comes out? Like if I stood in that cloud of steam would I get burnt lol

@sassmate8793 4 жыл бұрын

Bane coulda said it less patronisingly but ok thx

@Nubby007 4 жыл бұрын

You can stand in there pretty safely. Because the Steam from the cilinder cocks is blown in such a big cloud it covers a large area and cools down pretty fast. It's kinda the same as a cloud, and clouds aren't really hot either.

@tomhughes_ 4 жыл бұрын

@Bane actually it depends. If the engine is working hard then there is a high level of superheating, so the exhaust will be mostly superheated steam as it exits the chimney. This is extremely hot and very dangerous. However, if the engine is not working hard eg going downhill, then the degree of superheating is less, and so the steam will quickly condense into vapour, which has a much lower temperature. So in theory under the right conditions, it would be safe to stand very close to the top of the chimney. It also depends on the outside temperature. Since we cannot see steam, the 'steam' most people refer to on a cold day coming off a loco is actually water vapour. If you can see a lot of water vapour, then the exhaust existing the chimney comparatively isn't as hot.

@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 4 жыл бұрын

Slowly. It does it slowly.

@bobbybooshay8641 4 жыл бұрын

On the train tracks.

@balijoko 4 жыл бұрын

Bailey

@ka8301 4 жыл бұрын

ask the driver

@balijoko 4 жыл бұрын

Jawa bali

@petersonoliveira8496 4 жыл бұрын

Boa tarde happy birthday trabalho bom vai amém

@shamsulalamdhaka 4 жыл бұрын

Liked

@dkt6408 4 жыл бұрын

I like trains

@traivo9403 4 жыл бұрын

@micutzugrx6594 4 жыл бұрын

First

@gfxminer4809 4 жыл бұрын

why don't create coal funnel to feed the burner, scooping 1 ton of coal per hour into the burner must be tiring

@notverygoodatthis8945 4 жыл бұрын

With modern technology yes this would probably be possible but you have to remember these engines are 90 years old and it took less technology to just have someone shovel the coal in than create an expensive funnel system to feed the fire, and another reason for this is instead of creating a funnel system you can replace the coal with oil which pretty much has all the benefits of a funnel system in which case the only reason there is a fireman in gas engines is to light the fire and ensure it doesn’t go out

@gfxminer4809 4 жыл бұрын

@@notverygoodatthis8945 just a plank of hardwood should be enough to make some kind of bridge between the coal and the slit, so he just need to push the coal through the bridge, no need to scoop it which looks more tiring and difficult