Richard Trevithick`s Steam Locomotive

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Ай бұрын

This a replica of Trevithick`s Steam Locomotive and is an exhibit at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea. It does a short run a few times a year, It was constructed from original plans in about 1981. DJI action 4 used along with a Rode Videomic Go II using a straight USB connection from the microphone.

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@bcgrittner 13 күн бұрын

A while ago I bought a model kit of this locomotive. It had no instructions. This video is a big help.

@jamesrea8454 24 күн бұрын

Glad to see the ladies getting into steaming.

@RinoaL Ай бұрын

It's a shame the video is such low frame rate.

@howellmorris9740 Ай бұрын

I`ve got problems with my laptop. It was continuously crashing with Corel Videostudio 23.This maybe the cause of the jerkiness.

@christopherlawley1842 23 күн бұрын

It's appropriate fo the movies of the time, colourised

@BritishEngineer 21 күн бұрын

@@christopherlawley1842🤡

@conradharcourt8263 18 күн бұрын

@@christopherlawley18421804 was 91 years before the Lumiere Brothers screened their first film Films shot in the 1920s that are often shown when discussing early locomotives, show replicas of Rocket and other locos built by the'Big Four' railway companies in the 1920s and have I think been mistakenly assumed by some to have been filmed one hundred years earlier!

@MervynPartin 15 күн бұрын

@@howellmorris9740 I have both Corel Videostudio 16 and 19. The higher the number, the less functions are provided (without extra purchasing of add-ons) and crashes are more frequent so I generally use 16 which also doesn't constantly carry ads for more Corel merchandise . A real pity as the earlier versions had far more functions installed and were generally very good editing suites.

@StrangeScaryNewEngland Ай бұрын

Magnificent. It's a testament to the men who built these machines to have this thing still running and in existence. Thank you.

@sebastianthomsen2225 Ай бұрын

it's a replica

@nexpro6985 19 күн бұрын

I've owned cars older than that.

@StrangeScaryNewEngland 19 күн бұрын

@@sebastianthomsen2225 If it's a replica the video lies at the start when it says "1804", implying that this one *is* from 1804.

@sebastianthomsen2225 19 күн бұрын

@@StrangeScaryNewEngland it is called clickbait

@ttm2609 17 күн бұрын

I hope you included the lgbtetnsz brigade in your comments

@darleytransportandtravel6353 19 күн бұрын

It's interesting that it has unflanged wheels and a flanged track.

@AnubhabKundu Ай бұрын

Although the footage is jerky, the original content of the video, the working replica of the loco in action, is awesome....first time seeing one of these.

@howellmorris9740 Ай бұрын

Unfortunately, my laptop was playing up when editing so got to a point of frustration and decided not to spend any more time on it. It is run a couple of times a year so will try again in the future.

@lucasquintanilla1673 29 күн бұрын

@@howellmorris9740 it’s quite awesome to see a reproduction of the very first steam locomotive. Honestly, it’s quite nice to be able to see exactly how railroading as we think of it started. I know that there had been horse drawn railways before this point, but it was really the beginning of steam power that made, the railroad a important factor in society

@lawerencestimpson2280 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for this great clip!!!

@randomnickify 20 күн бұрын

Gods, I wonder how many people lost their limbs near monstrosities like that :D

@zapfanzapfan 24 күн бұрын

The humble beginnings. I wonder what Trevithick would have said had he seen today's TGV/Bullet train/etc. Where's the boiler? Where's the fireman?

@etherealbolweevil6268 16 күн бұрын

Where's my royalties?

@zapfanzapfan 16 күн бұрын

@@etherealbolweevil6268 🤣

@OTIB1 17 күн бұрын

Stephen son was inspired by this loco, yet Trevithick is ignored by the history books; WHY?

@emilealpha2392 7 күн бұрын

That fly wheel looks SO dangerous, lol

@johnbristow8099 25 күн бұрын

I appear in this video as I was also shooting for my film of this loco.

@danw1955 18 күн бұрын

After watching this a few times, I'm starting to see how this works. The slide valve is actually tripped by an extension off the piston rod, and appears that it can also be tripped by the operator to regulate speed and direction? It must be fairly low pressure steam, considering the size and stroke of the piston. Amazing how far the technology has come since then!😉

@ttm2609 17 күн бұрын

You're so clever

@user-gk8gg1zt7l Ай бұрын

Very good video, like !!!

@larrybremer4930 22 күн бұрын

Just look at all those places to lose a digit or limb. I am guessing it uses only 1 double acting piston, so I guess that huge wheel is for the operator to manually rotate it a little if he has the misfortune of being stopped at top or bottom center of the stroke. That is why later locomotives use two (or more) cylinders that are offset from each other (ex: 2 cylinders are 90 degrees offfset in wheel rotation) so one is always in a power stroke.

@lubey111 19 күн бұрын

Ah I was wondering why that wheel is so huge. I thought maybe it was a flywheel, but that makes sense about being a manual crank for the operator.

@jorgesabater8640 29 күн бұрын

It would be nice to have drawings and an explanation on how it works.

@christopherlawley1842 23 күн бұрын

Google is your friend

@MervynPartin 15 күн бұрын

Nice to see it in operation. Was this loco the one that operated at Cardiff's industrial museum?

@r.gordontrueblood3188 Ай бұрын

Trevithick`s Steam Locomotive did not have flanged wheels. The rails were flanged instead.

@Nastyswimmer Ай бұрын

As they are here.

@thisisbob1001 19 күн бұрын

Where and when is this please?

@Skarloeyandfriends 28 күн бұрын

first steam engine in the world also how to make an bow and arrow step 1:

@philpots48 29 күн бұрын

Are the tracks the same gage as used today?

@FuelFire 29 күн бұрын

Appears to be wider than Standard Gauge but I could be wrong

@howellmorris9740 29 күн бұрын

No idea sorry.

@Great_King_Rat 24 күн бұрын

Probably a different gauge, as what we now call "Standard" Gauge of 4ft 8in was introduced by George Stephenson, later increased by half an inch to reduce binding on curves. Trevithick would have had this engine built to fit the wagonway on which it was designed to be used, so could have been anything between four & five feet. "Standard Gauge" became universal (in Britain) after 1845, with the last GWR lengths being converted around 1892. If the track in this video appears "wider" (than 5ft), that may be due to a 4:3 image being shown at 16:9 ratio....

@johnjephcote7636 24 күн бұрын

4' 2" inside the plateway flanges and 4' 4" outside of plate on the Penydarren plateway. Today's metric standard gauge is 1435mm (4' 8 & 1/2").

@leonardosouza6290 Ай бұрын

Real first!

@nexpro6985 19 күн бұрын

zero to sixty... only a couple of hundred years have elapsed.

@trainspotterlive2133 Ай бұрын

Is it a replica

@howellmorris9740 Ай бұрын

Yes it is a replica but was constructed from the original plans in 1981.

@arlingtontrains7 24 күн бұрын

Odd tracks indeed

@choppergirl 7 күн бұрын

I see no practical application for this invention. Now if someone could invent some beige plastique like substance that could pick up images off of comic strips, and then you could bend and stretch said images into funny caricatures, *then* you might have something....