Mark G correct! a steam locomotive is a slumbering beast and must be roused from its sleep properly.

They would of just thought it a job but they deserve respect. Tbh you don't just flick a switch

Nobody Well said. It's like a living breathing 🔥hot 🐉dragon! ***

haha i get it

I wouldn't mind that hella allot more interesting than siting writing reports all day

hughvane l

1.21 GIGAWATTS!?

+clhound 1.21 JIGAWATTS!?

Back to the future.

THE WHOLE BOILER EXPLODES!!!!!!! I have actually seen that train and my family got a private tour of that set Used to pass it all the time and was cot in the filming of the night shoots shut high way down for a couple hours Sadly the clock tower fell down and then the year we moved out of California that whole set burnt to the ground in one of many wild fires that year A bit of trivia the bullets used in the saloon were real not blanks

You lucky person, that is so cool.

As a young boy in the 40's before all regulations if you asked politely the engineer would let you ride in cab . the engine would pick up grain cars from village elevators and deliver down branch lines to CNR mainline. Those were the days when a prairie boy could get the thrill of a lifetime before safety rules spoiled it for next generation.

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Southmead Lad That's so screwed up!

You say that but consider this: we have had no derailments or boiler explosions since we have been dumping our arse filth in the firebox...

Southmead Lad. I've been playing with loco, ship, traction engine and stationary boilers for over 35 years and haven't had any problems either. We just follow best practice and common sense. We still don't dump in the firebox. Still weird.

perhaps we'll stop and see what happens...

Southmead Lad Lol. Good luck. All the best!

***** Not a pain in the butt at all. It's those extra things you have to do that makes them better than diesels! It's a labor of love. Think of the millions of people who lost their jobs when diesels came in. We are seeing history repeat itself in the supermarket with self service checkouts. The easier we make things, automation of jobs etc, the more unemployment. Steam tech will always be better in more ways than one ( :

+KiwiPowerNZ Steam locomotives are nasty, polluting, and high maintenance. Cut them apart, break them up, and melt them down for scrap!

***** I've seen that same comment on a lot of videos haha

***** Just because I hold a different opinion to you, that does not make me a troll. Break all steam locos for scrap now!

+KiwiPowerNZ Hardly accurate to compare a diesel engine to self service checkouts. They still require plenty of manpower to keep running.

Aleksandar Katic That's what a hydrostatic lubricator looks like in service, if a locomotive built with a hydrostatic lubricator remained in service on a big railroad more than likely the replaced the hydrostatic lubricator was replaced with a mechanical lubricator, which used steam only on a heating circuit to keep the oil warm and the mechanical lubricator pumped oil into the areas the mechanical department wants it to. And are adjustable to increase or decrease the oil flow to each individual point pumping precise amounts of oil which saved the railroads money. There are two mechanical pumps on each steam locomotive, one is marked engine oil the other is marked lubrication which supplies oil to any point needed for lubrication. Best example of modern steam power using mechanical lubrication to its advantage is Norfolk and Western class J passenger power which could run 500 miles before needing service, but that class of engine was all roller bearing on all axles and rods and when needing service generally took one hour to completely service the engine. So that takes us basically from 1860 when the hydrostatic lubricator was invented to the end of steam in the United States. The Norfolk and Western didn't retire steam locomotives because they liked the Diesel locomotive, they did so because all the companies that provided the auxiliary systems went out of business and it would have been too expensive to build all the systems themselves. Because of N&W belief in steam they were the last class 1 railroad to retire steam power in 1960.

+Steve Wright I almost did until I saw your comment.

+Steve Wright Would be fun to see if draft would naturally establish through the steam locomotive's boiler.Presumably it would, since many flues are higher than the fire and the chimney (smoke stack) would also increase draft.

Steve Wright if the wind is blowing the right way and the loco is still warm from the day before its not too bad, if not you just stay out if the cab as much as possible till you've got the pressure to crack the blower.

I've fired up a S class NKP class 2-8-4 using just natural draught with an ice cold boiler using old railroad ties cut up into 3 foot lengths and your looking at just to reach 150 pounds steam pressure right around 24 hours. Remember the boiler is a pressure vessel and with a boiler that size it expands more than an inch and 1/2 in length from ice cold to hot at 150 pounds working pressure being 275 PSI. The wood he used is a lot easier than using old railroad ties. I didn't have old journal waste to start the wood on fire so I improvised and poured right around 3 gallons of diesel fuel onto all the pieces of old ties I threw into the firebox and even using 5 minute fusses it still took two attempts to finally get the fire going. 19 hours later I finally had steam out the blower but no pressure on the steam gauge and even then you don't run the blower wide open. You close the firebox door and keep the blower low enough to keep smoke out of the cab and bring the boiler pressure up very slowly. The locomotive in this video has a small firebox where the engine I was waking up has 100 square feet of grate area and while it is stoker fired you can't use the stoker until you build up your fire and level it off then build up the bank in a horseshoe shape so when you go to work the draught doesn't tear the fire apart. Not a fun thing to do in March and you sure do appreciate the heat when you can turn it on in the cab. Yes diesels are easier to fire up but steam is like some else said you bring her to life.

Roy Reynolds This is a 70 tonne (69.1 long tons, 77.4 short tons) NZR Ja-Class 3'6" gauge 4-8-2, I believe it takes around 6-8 hours to go from cold to running (Don't quote me on that, I've only worked on much smaller tank engines on the same gauge.) Also, a propane fire in a steam locomotive?

Its still a relaxing video to watch

There are a couple of old 30's videos showing the ins and outs of making, starting, and driving the old locos. They are all very interesting

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