It probably changed the world more than any other invention besides the wheel.

I believe the Saturn-V’s rocket engines would dispute this assertion.

@@ivorjawa Nah. That changed space more then the world. Hahaha

I agree. The complexity of a steam locomotive is beyond comprehension!

@@indridcold8433 Other than the pump perhaps

You would think being on the last car, you would be shielded from the jolting, because you have all the other cars absorbing the inertia.

@@viktordubowskii695 The last car is jolted the most, as the slack comes out of each car as the train accelerates, each car receiving a slightly higher jolt that the one in front of it.

@@viktordubowskii695 like said in the other comment, the reason slack action happens is due to the space between couplers and the drawbar spring. As the locomotive starts to move, one car at a time takes up the slack. If it is a long train, the locomotive could be doing at least 15-20 by the time the last car finally starts to move. Going from 0 to 15 in less than a second is a violent experience. Men riding in the caboose on freight trains had to prepare for it and make sure no loose objects were around.

@@Island_Line_Rail_Productions I can confirm that the last car, The Guard's Van in my case, was often snapped like a whip-cracker when the engine driver had to accelerate from standing. As the auto-couplers took over from screw coupling between wagons it became less dangerous but on one memorable occasion I was 'snapped' five feet through the air and hit the glass window of my van's door. Yeah, I got a four inch chuck of glass embedded into the right shoulder blade which I could not pull out left handed. I dumped the air brakes and even when the fireman tried he was unable to remove the offending article. " You have ruined your uniform shirt, Stevo", he remarked. Sooo, Control had to send a taxi a hundred miles to return me to the nearest aid post. " Don't bleed all over my seats," advised the compassionate taxi driver when he arrived. We had a couple of cold beers from his emergency kit on the way back to town. At the bush hospital, a lovely young nurse laid me face down on a gurney, jumped onto my back and put her knee into m, ma, muh, my spine so as to better gain the advantage. Something popped besides my eyeballs. A few sutures later and we all laughed about the size of the shard. All good. The other nurse on duty had called my wife to come to the hospital . All bewildered, The Good Wife appeared then was right confused when she took possession of my body. " They told me that you had been mauled in the groin by a huge wild dog, a dingo, " she said. Note, she also worked at this bush hospital and her workmates were a wild bunch.

@@StevenCampbell1955 That's a wonderful story, thanks for sharing it! I hope the recovery went smoothly

Nice. My grandfather was a locomotive mechanic on the Milwaukee road. Beautiful machines.

Music,, the engine is the music :)

@@user-dv1xe1uh7m yes, hope everyone appreciated that

Use some of the sand which they release in front of the wheels to improve braking

Drain cocks were open you can see the steam blowing out of the cylinders.

Well for me, it is art, as I have a painting of this loco in my room.

Technology used to be that way because there was a lot of pride in a product back then. Today, technology is as bland, cheap looking, and thrown together as possible. Look at how ugly cars are today as compared to the past. It is no wonder there is a push to make autonomous cars. Modern cars inspire falling asleep behind the wheel.

One of the best 👏🏼 👏🏼

Agree 100% - I say this about the Concorde also.

Diesels tend to spread the tractive effort out over more wheels, on this steamer only the 8 drive wheels are applying power, on the 3 or 4 multiple units that would be required to lug the same train using diesel all the wheels would be driven so the horsepower per wheel is less and tractive effort is higher. Not to say diesels don't slip it's just much less likely

@@user-tv7bm4qn3d Diesels also have a traction motor for each axle, and they are not coupled together. So when one slips it doesn't cause all the others to slip. Diesels had immensely higher starting tractive effort than steam locos did even early on. It took a steam engine like 611 to get to speed before they could realize their horsepower. Which then showed they were unbeatable until the diesels started getting higher horsepower across the band.

A modern diesel could pull that with one traction motor.

They do slip especially on wet, snowy, icy, or black rail, black rail being when the leaves fall on the track and make it almost impossible to find braking or power traction

@@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975 lol you wish

Steam is in a Class of it's own....This is Raw Horse Power from a Burning Hell on Wheels.

Especially the diesel ones.

steam is the real OG

That's why I love self driving electric cars with no driver or passengers! :-D

ScoutCrafter it's actually breathing........

I’m building and N scale B&o model railway and a Chesapeake and Ohio diorama this Christmas.

Absolutely right, that takes some concentration to hold it steady until it picks up momentum!

Good to still have you with us , May you live long to tell us great stories...

I grew up in Sterling Illinois. Still remember the steam locomotives moving scrap cars at the steel mill. Rock Island line and Northwestern

@@MrBusta-zj1ec Still here in 2021. LOL

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yeah the video is about the slippery trails alot of people think its because of the weight of the wagons xD

There is one at 6:31, but ya not a lot

6:31 OH DANG THATS SOME WHEELSLIP!!!!!!!!!!!!

@@misfit4373 But it is by far the longest string of a modern excursion train pulled by a steam engine unassisted that I've ever seen. So many excursion trains have very few cars, and even then have a diesel helping.

Stephen Thomas hell J-Classes pulled more then this back in the day and did over 100MPH doing it

@@HeavyTanker-vx4oq Not typically... 100mph is was rarely ran in the USA even due to speed limits in most areas.

@@Wingnut353 100 mph was more common than you might think. The Milwaukee Road diamonds at the crossing of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern at Rondout, IL had a speed restriction- “Slow to 100 mph”

@@duffmiver2636 Either side of this sign: Now that must have been an impressive place to spend the day.

@@HeavyTanker-vx4oq If you are referring to the modern era i guarantee they never pulled anything this long and 100% unassisted by a diesel locomotive like this one

This is an old post, but I'm doing the same thing. I remember riding behind the 611 in the early 80's. Truly a perfect blending of beauty and power.

It could have been a woman?

@@romeo9017 What?

Stephen Charles - doubtful

6:31 OH DANG THATS SOME WHEELSLIP!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is, if Amtrak could keep it on the tracks. Ouch!

Can't blame Amtrak for the noodle track they are forced to utilise.

Yah, 18 heavy steel passenger cars is just overwhelmingly incredible. 12 would be hard to pull. I was expecting a diesel assistance as a pusher at the back but none!

It would take 9 diesels at least. Maybe 10.

@@ackmino obviously you dont know much about trains. It would take 1 diesel engine to pull this, and more.

Henry Jurkiewicz 611 j class steam locomotive

22 total cars follow the 611 in this video.

@@thomast8539 I counted 20 plus the auxiliary tender. I don't count the regular tender either.

@@ecoRfan yeah how dare he try and say those tenders were cars! What was he thinking?! Btw I counted 48 tenders and 3 firms. Clearly you need corrective lenses

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Was waiting for something to slip worse or break. What a dice roll!

Bruce Nitroxpro ‘88

Now I understand the expression, huffing and puffing

Agreed, that driver did well to catch the wheelspin

...and a lot of sand...

In this corner we have one of the grand passenger locomotives the NS 958 alongside its partner in crime, the Engineer. And in the other corner we have the Norfolk Southern double header with its partner, the CEO of Norfolk himself! Let's put these giants to the test! *3 hours later* And the winner for all 10 sections iiiiiiiiiiiissssssssss................... THE NS 958!!!!!!!!! Anyone surprised? Well you shouldn't be. (A monster of an engine + an amazing driver = unbeatable RAW POWER! >:D)

Nick Carter Here a video of an idiot that should have gotten his a** fired!!!! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fNpihadqyMW4Y2g.html

Nah, this is wheel grinding to get rid of flat spots.

I highly doubt you are related to Robert Claytor. The ballast had nothing to do with this accident. The wheels on passenger from passenger cars 8 through 21 of the 23 car consist picked the points on the switch at the east end of Juniper. If you read the PDF of the accident report, page 35/61 states the results of the test on the switch stand - the switch stand would not lock, it had significant amounts of foreign material and rust with no evidence of lubrication. This may have been due to the prototype ballast cleaner ( page 21/61 ) damaging the switch during operation. Pages 53/61 to 55/61 list all the major findings for this incident. You can find this PDF by searching NTSB RAR8705.pdf

I lived beside the tracks, and did every other day.

Joseph Maxwell m’8

Steam begins caused much less pollution than oil machines, cars, busses, boats etc.

They transported most of The war materials to the ports in wwii. I think some saw 1 million miles.

@@petitonton The trouble with the ole' steamers is that they run on coal...but I'm pretty sure they can be made to run on charcoal just as well...

Totally Fem Metal Channel duh it's a excursion for crying out loud.

HEY IDIOT!!!!! I have been involved with excursions since way back in Graham Claytor days and as a kid spent many hours in the cabs of 722, 630, and 4501. One thing I know about Southern RR/NS steam program is.... IT KEEPS IT ALL NS. Even that Berk from C&O aka CSX suddenly became SR, so dont go tryin to push my buttons or you might just come off looking like a dumbass. MEANTIME, over the past 20 years its amazing how many classic trains from the streamliner era have been resotered and THAT IS WHERE MY REMARK WAS HEADING. Dont let my channel fool you. That is just one of several registered and trademarked channels I have and did not realize that was the one I commented from.

THE STEAM ENGINES SHALL RISE AGAIN! *1 day later* THE STEAM ENGINES HAVE RISEN AGAIN!

That is more correct than you may suppose at the moment. Consider as we speak the following things are in full blown development: 1) a C&O mallet (1309) is being restored into operation 2) A BigBoy is half way restored into operation 3) The T-1 Trust has obtained the only extended distance Pennsy tender in existence and is a perfect match for the T1 class. This is a million dollar + savings and move ahead towards that project end as well as them being in posession of Baldwin drawings for that class for construction. 4) Over in Nashville, former NC&StL 576 is almost out of that perpetual cemetary as a major park revamping is planned and that engine is in their way + the restoration group is also the group that operates the Nashville commuter rail so shops and all are now available. This engine may be moved out of park as early as next easter. OMG, a legendary STRIPE aka "glidder" may live and breath fire once again!!!! 5) NS has had so much positive feedback from its steam program that it has realized DUHH> this is not about profit, its all PUBLIC RELATIONS. They are examining several of their former locomotive shops to determine which one gives them the best and cheapest answer for a steam locomotive facility similar to UP Wyomming. Shops in consideration are Atlanta (In old Pittsburg area south of downtown). Chattanooga (which gives them the added bonus of Tennessee Valley Railroad Society access, help, and facilities. There may be others, but Southern and NW were always frugal in that they could maximize effect for every dollar invested. NS also has enough retired facilities around to reopen and dedicate to steam with little cost towards this end.I am hopeful it will be Atlanta and then I can basically camp out there. After all, on cold nights, the fire will keep me warm.

WTF

funny seeing you here...

Big yes, but there's bigger ones

Yeah, Look at the 2 workers walking along side it. That machine is nearly 25 tall. Jeez.

Loc up the up big boy 4014 naw thats a big engin

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If I'm not mistaken, the engine in Harry Potter is also a real locomotive, "Castle Hall" is its name. Every so often it gets redressed into its harry potter paint and pulls the hogwarts express for real as an excursion train. I've stood beside N&W 611 and had pictures taken. The drive wheels alone are taller than me, and I'm 6 feet tall.

I thought about the size while watching the vid! At 1:27 there's one man standing on the ground, then a height from the top of his head to where the feet of the guy in the cab, then a couple feet more above his head. So I looked it up, height 16'2", roughly the 2nd floor ceiling level of a 2 story house. Monster massive, almost a million # with the tender, water, fuel. There's an FB group I follow, Machinist Museum, that has pics of lathes that cut WWII naval gun barrels. A man standing on the bed of the machine is absolutely dwarfed. Love that old monster machinery! :)

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and now you shall marry her lol

Im guessing you have not seen the mallard 4468 the fastest steam loco in the world 126mph

I've seen this train several times, as it used to stop across from my shop to pick up passengers while doing excursions for the Ohio state fair years ago. It is a beast, and it is beautiful. It also has a true steam engine horn that you will never forget. Much better than the Mallard, which sounds like a duck being strangled.

@@XxMRJDNo7xX SP 4449 at 70 MPH+ is faster! No comparison! I've ridden behind 4449 at full tilt! It's insane!

844 is a better lookin northern type

Hold my beer, and watch this................................

David Armstrong if anything it might be the fireman

@David Armstrong Lowered the gears? Lmao. You clearly know nothing of what you speak of.

David Armstrong yes, it was all the CVT wasn't it? 🤣🤣🤣

Yes one poorly skilled engineer, a good engineer wouldn't have stalled on the incline to begin with. But there are virtually none left that have a good skill set with steam. You want a good steam engineer you need to go to the coal mines of china.

It's Raid - It would have been funny if there was a wasp nest under the bridge... I'll bet they wouldn't be too happy afterwards!

Steam cleaning :-)

Did everyone a favor lol

@QuestionMan Where?

Holy cow, youre right!

Why did the train have to stop and backup? Why not traverse the wye at speed? Lots here that the uninitiated would enjoy knowing.

Jazz and Blues Cultural Heritage 5

What is the 'Poe wye', and what is meant by 'pulling it'?

Well the significance is this... 100 tons of steel having the balls to pull 600 tons of steel ! ... that's like a 10 year old boy throwing a full grown sumo wrestler around ! On 3 " wet sanding rails ... it's really impressive

Poe is a place name. A wye is used to reverse direction. A loop could be used to reverse direction but it would encircle a large parcel of land. A wye is track shaped like the letter Y with a switch at the fork. It will help for this video to think of it as an upside down letter Y. The two angled sections are connected to the main line with two more switches. A train backs into a wye from the mainline until it clears the switches and entirely in the un-forked stem of the Y. The switches are then thrown and the train exits the wye going forward onto the main line. After it clears the switches, the main line switch is returned to its normal mainline through position. Some trolley and streetcar end-of-line wyes were configured with spring switches that could be traversed safely at low speed without being switched. [IIRC the horse drawn street cars at Disneyland and Disney World had a reversing loop with a spring switch. ] And why back in, forward out? It’s so the engineer can see when he has cleared the switches when entering the wye.

That's with the valves on full travel

aserta Loco ? No it's a three colored poison turtle penis. DUH !