I am amazed by the tractive effort. A wonderful engine indeed.

That was absolutely brilliant. I was also amazed at the traction. It makes you realise how much work and planning ahead the old drivers and firemen had to do to keep a consistently high speed journey going, on the old steamers. Best 9 minutes spent recently.

I think the engineer is learning quickly! LOL

Nearly everyone likes model trains, but ones you can actually ride on are even more cool!!!

the original Rocket form rocked like this model and was modified by the Stephensons to eliminate this action by lowering the pistons. Success.

I drove on this track many years ago with my Britannia Oliver Cromwell, it was good to see the track again!!! I must admit I never noticed that there was a gradient!!! This little engine did do well to pull a passenger........very good driving

Marvellous, the way the boiler rocks on the chassis makes it seem almost human! Thanks

The tractive effort produced by such a small drive wheel/rail contact is amazing. I don't know the potential power output of this unit but just to be able to pull that weight with so little downforce available on those driving wheels is amazing.! As said in previous comments - this little unit is powerful, now scale that up to the likes of Tornado or Flying Scotsman and you can see why they became the preferred power units for so many years.! One thing to bear in mind though is that despite the means of power - albeit, steam, electric, or whatever - the tractive effort and wheel/rail adhesion is still the most important factor - not only with getting going (accelerating) but most of all slowing and stopping.!

I really like the sound it makes. His train sounds like steam engines from old western movies. Color and black and white movies.

Brilliant! Love how it spat on the camera lens.

It was this run that made Thomas the Tank Engine realize his new job really sucked.

I think I can, I think I can. .........great model.

Make a tapered chute out of some old tin to help get coal into the fire box. Much easier and less messy than trying to use a shovel all the time. I made one out of an old quality street tin lid.

i bloody love this loco. and i love these videos of it. you need more :P but nice one buddy your getting it! :)

Seems to steam very well! And an interesting choice of livery there...

Amazing how powerful that little engine is

That little locomotive can pull a grown man? No helping it along? Just imagine what kind of power a real steam locomotive had then, if something the size of a shoebox can do this... 😌 Quite amusing.

Rocket!! Lovely little steam she is, but she must be very hard to keep going.

I think that is a brilliant little engine. Sounds good as well when it is working hard. It can be tricky to maintain water, pressure and a hot fire on larger engines, so I think you did amazingly well. On larger engines you can add coal while leaving bright areas of fire. I would imagine the firebox is so tiny on your Rocket, that one scoop of coal blackens most of the fire.

amazing little engine

i love how it wobbles like how the real engine would have done! thats a nice little detail

It is doing its famous side-to-side thing. Cool!

Ahh lovely commuting to work in the morning. Fire and water what else do we really nead.

Really nice model

Beautiful

THAT little engine is a DAM workhorse!!

The runner brought a dog this time to see the action.

Brilliant vid

I live near where the original was made !! I can see a lot or torque movement of the engine

woow, so cool :)

Time flies by when I'm the driver of a train

Nice machine. how much coal per km consumed?

The hammer blow on the original must have played havoc with the trackbed over Chat Moss! I amenvious.

That is quite the speeder

And where is this again? Is this in the UK? I noticed a German (?) registered BMW parked close to the track.

Few tips that may help: Its important to keep the fire hole door closed as much as possible. To this end I would use a shoot rather than a shovel. Check the blast pipe nozzle, may be a little large. Reduce the ram size on the axle pump if possible. Is the lubricator working ok? Also check there are no air leaks round the smokebox.

lovely

That is hilarious!!

I saw you steaming up and then assumed the "Rocket" would run off on it's own ! Then l realised you were still attached ! The scale speed was probably in excess of 50 mph ! And l guess you built this from scratch ? Fabulous workmanship! Thanks for sharing ......was that your BMW ?

The Rock-it :)

BMW 2002Tii? Had one of those. Loved that car.

Once moving would using coal that you had pulverised much more not help to keep it going rather than waiting on the larger lumps to catch and burn ?

Tractive force!

what is the gage of the wheels. what is its scale? Fantastic loco, why is there so much background noise?

Insanity knows no bounds. It's darling though...

What Gauge was it and hwo much did it cost picrijogil?

Amazing that this little machine can pull your weight and that there is enough friction so that the wheels don't spin. How does that work? Doesn't look like the machine ist heavy enough to get that much pressure on the wheels.

No wheel slip going up hill! But seriously, I think that poor little engine is being overworked! Amazing power of steam.

Rock and roll

imagine what happens if you fall off the engine while your on the high part of the track

Stephenson should have called it the Rocker, not the Rocket !!

Cool WHY am I watching this??!! Lol

Who took the time and money to build the elevated concrete track ? Must have been a true train enthusiast ??

Aren’t you burning fossil fuel and emitting CO2? Bad, bad boy! (just kidding of course)😛 On the positive note: it is very pleasing and satisfying to watch! I enjoyed it immensely.👍

Yeah it doesn't seem like that little locomotive would have enough guts to pull a grown man

where can I buy it or the drawing ?

Wow look at it go

Nice model but seems to use a lot of coal

Why is it Red? Rocket was Yellow

very poor dsign that was soon replaced on the original , the rocking motion destroyed it

Is it supposed to be wobbling

i worried abt your rocket's body is very shaken and you need to looking at it and put it correct and it will looking smooth running

Looks a bit of an uncomfortable driving position especially on a raised track must have good balance

is there no governor on that thing?? seems to me a governor would keep you from having to mess with it all along,,,seems to be a royal pain in the ass,,,,,but what do i know??

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Your not a very good fireman!