My grandfather, who died in the late 90's, was an engineer for CN RAIL from 1943 to 1985. He travelled from ottawa to many outlying areas such as algonquin park, montreal, toronto, etc(unsure of how many places he actually went to though). On one trip, the locomotive was travelling at over 60mph and derailed because of ice buildup, he ended up slamming into the controls and his arm went into the firebox, which was at full burn, his glove ended up melting to his arm and he had some burns on his arm but never lost his arm or any function of it. They had to cut the glove off to get his arm out of it. We still have the glove in storage, along with his retirement plaque. He always told us about how he felt operating the steam versus the diesel, saying the steam was like a living and breathing creature you had to tame or she would kill you in an instant. The diesel was boring, basically, to him. These steam locomotives are something to behold, if you have never been in the cab of one or even been near one, they are massive and beautiful. Oh, one more thing, to anyone who has visited the science and tech museum in ottawa - the locomotive out front? it's the 6200 steam locomotive - my grandfather put that loco there back in the late 60's once it was taken out of service.
It can't. Description: "Did a couple of (rough) calculations and worked out that this is how 70000 'Britannia' would be like, if she was doing 100mph in steam days. In reality, she was doing about 65-70mph."
@@cesarpalmos8235 True, but the conrods on the train probably weigh as much as the entire car engine (100's of kgs), whereas the conrods in a car engine are more like 1 kg. Regards Paul
@@cesarpalmos8235 So? The fact that they weigh more than the cars entire engine AND that they were designed with slide rules makes it 1000x more impressive...
The engineers that were able to design and put this machine together to achieve this deserve a lot more recognition than just a demonstration.Just incredible.
Imagine how tight the tolerances have to be on those drive wheels, to prevent a total disaster at that speed. It almost doesn't look real. But amazingly, it is.
@MetroMan [Yak Eugenio] From the video description above: "Did a couple of (rough) calculations and worked out that this is how 70000 'Britannia' would be like, if she was doing 100mph in steam days. In reality, she was doing about 65-70mph."
@@nkt1 It's true but the standard class 7 locomotives could have potentially run at 100mph given the right conditions. 90mph is more realistic but still, this video isn't entirely implausible
It isn't real. Video description: "Did a couple of (rough) calculations and worked out that this is how 70000 'Britannia' would be like, if she was doing 100mph in steam days. In reality, she was doing about 65-70mph."
My grandfather was a steam engine driver in india, he use to tell me how his clothes use to get black due to the coal which was used to operate the engine. Also the horn was pretty different, rather than having a switch horn they use to have a thread like thing which on being pulled produced noise. Now he is retired but till now he gets amussed on seeing old steam engines and starts to explain about their parts.
@@TheKalusko Connecting rod on that loco weighs in at around 1,000 kg. What's the mass of an average ICE con-rod - maybe 300grams? Also, when one of these breaks, people die.
Thats f%$king beautiful 😍. I remember as a kid when City of Truro came back to Truro. Went up to the station to watch her...left such an impression on me.
I only occasionally watch a few steam videos, but this is one of the best I have seen. Excellent vantage point to get an extended view of this engine flying along. Beautiful. Well done.
LOVE trains. This one is really something. We rode the Durango Silverton narrow gauge a few years ago. Not very fast, but one of the best checks off my bucket list.
@@SunsetChaser3 Have you ever seen a train doing 160 kmh? I'm pretty sure this isn't sped up. This camera man just knows his stuff and found a good spot for filming this beauty at full steam
My late Dad regularly drove 70040 " Clive of India" out of Stratford loco shed on the London to Norwich run , by the time I came along in 69 steam was all over and he was doing electrics out of Ilford depot , however between 45 and 95 he served 50 years but always had the fondest memories for steam.
loved watching this engine coming through Lancaster ,, heard the whistle , then I ran down to the railway a few streets away, ,, love to do this again.
LNER A4 No. 4468 "Mallard" hit 126mph in 1938. Along with other engines hitting 100 or over, such as Tornado, Papyrus, Flying Scotsman, The Coronation Scot, and more.
It was 1968 or 1969 and I was a little nipper. Mum n dad went to Stratford market, and I pleaded with them to let me sit on the station and watch the trains go by till they finished shopping. Off they went and I went exploring, and found a long tunnel going under the tracks. Into I went and emerged by a big engine shed. I looked through the very filthy window and I could see steam locos, so I entered via a missing window glass. I think there were 4 lines of locos in there , one of which was Britannia. I climbed all over it and wrote my name above the firebox in about 1/4 of grime. Well over 60 years later, I remember it as if it was yesterday
Except that since most of the steam engines running on our main lines are at least 50 years old, the owners do not want to put the extra strain on their prized possessions by taking them to a speed which was rarely achieved in the days of steam
I have indelible memories aged 9 of footbridge-trainspotting LNER 7000 Britannia Hook of Holland Express. It would hurtle through Romford in the early evenings of 1951.
If this doesn't give you goosebumps and make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end, and jump around the room punching the air shouting YESSS, while kicking furniture over, you have a heart of stone and are probably dead all over.
There were several steam engines 'Back in the Day' that could do 100, here in the US, The Daylighter here in Portland being one of them. Sadly, there is no roadbed in this country still in good enough shape that they could prove it. -Veteran '66-68
I had to watch that over several times just to relish and absorb the mechanical emensity of the engine. Truly amazing from a steam locomotive, pulling that load and at that speed.
They used to rely on gravity feed, with the engineer going round the loco squirting a drop here and there, but I think the later ones were pressure-fed.
@@ponnadaanshuman2003 That's wonderful to hear :). I credit that little blue tank engine, as well as a (relatively) local tourist railroad, with instilling a deep passion for trains and railroads within me.
Yes, it was my childhood I now know almost all types of locomotives in and outside of India. Thanks to everyone on the island of sodor, and thank you for keeping my childhood alive. 😊
@@ponnadaanshuman2003 Indeed :). I have a Pinterest page dedicated to steam locomotives around the world, and while I have a couple of Indian steam locomotives on that page, I, being a US citizen and therefore not knowing a great deal about steam engines in India, had to do a fair amount of research.
great, the steam engines that once ran the tracks of then British India, are very similar to British steamies, They are almost the same, although it is kind of sad that our government has stopped all steam engines long back and is now focusing on high speed trains
Seeing the smoke approaching fast at the beginning is so cool, like a beast tearing through the wilderness. Its incredible to see such heavy machines fly like that, almost surreal.
There is this beauty about locomotive-hauled trains when compared to Multiple unit trains. And the steam locomotive is the most elegant locomotives of all types.
This is a stunning video of massive power and speed ... all brought to rein with the brilliant minds that could put it all together. !! Great. Thanks USA 2021
Just come across this on Here. Last Time I saw this steam engine I was about age 11 or 12 in short pants, stood Trainspotting with my mates, probably at the end of Our Street in Reddish Stockport or on Stockport Edgeley Station. Amazing..... seems like yesterday !
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Now that's a lot of heavy spinning iron. To me, it's amazing how it stays together.
It's amazing how the plastic things stay together nowadays.
I agree!
Engineering in itself is amazing
Not really it all screwed in 🤣🙄
Jim Bell sounds like you have no idea what inertia is
My grandfather, who died in the late 90's, was an engineer for CN RAIL from 1943 to 1985. He travelled from ottawa to many outlying areas such as algonquin park, montreal, toronto, etc(unsure of how many places he actually went to though). On one trip, the locomotive was travelling at over 60mph and derailed because of ice buildup, he ended up slamming into the controls and his arm went into the firebox, which was at full burn, his glove ended up melting to his arm and he had some burns on his arm but never lost his arm or any function of it. They had to cut the glove off to get his arm out of it. We still have the glove in storage, along with his retirement plaque. He always told us about how he felt operating the steam versus the diesel, saying the steam was like a living and breathing creature you had to tame or she would kill you in an instant. The diesel was boring, basically, to him. These steam locomotives are something to behold, if you have never been in the cab of one or even been near one, they are massive and beautiful. Oh, one more thing, to anyone who has visited the science and tech museum in ottawa - the locomotive out front? it's the 6200 steam locomotive - my grandfather put that loco there back in the late 60's once it was taken out of service.
Amazing story thank you
Toronto and Montreal are "outlying areas"?
@@spikespa5208 they are when you're on the railroad. Also, I was just generalizing the different areas he went to
Salute to the railway engineers, what a legend!
Your Grandfather was a legend, man!
It really is amazing how a 100,000 pound pressure cooker can go that fast.
It can't. Description: "Did a couple of (rough) calculations and worked out that this is how 70000 'Britannia' would be like, if she was doing 100mph in steam days. In reality, she was doing about 65-70mph."
That’s still pretty fast. And there have been plenty of steam engines that have broke 100mph.
It costs a lot more than 100k
Let me translate for ya mate! 40,000 kilos.
@@VinnyMartello Kilo-schmelo. It's 100,000 pounds.
Who needs adult sites when this exists?
KingKramer she makeing me hard lol 😆
Hahaha same thought came into my mind!
Pure filth
You know it took me a while to realize what he was typing about.
How boring is your sexlife when you write such things? XD
The connecting rods look like they are literally about to fly off.
Think how mallards look liked at 126 mph then lol
It's no where near the speed your rods in your car engine are going at 60mph
@@cesarpalmos8235 True, but the conrods on the train probably weigh as much as the entire car engine (100's of kgs), whereas the conrods in a car engine are more like 1 kg. Regards Paul
@@pauln1557 100% Correct!!!!
@@cesarpalmos8235 So? The fact that they weigh more than the cars entire engine AND that they were designed with slide rules makes it 1000x more impressive...
When this baby hits 88 mph... You're gonna see some serious shit!
Only when a flux capacitor is installed 😉
With the new, revised, updated, 2.0 version of MR. FUSION.
@@spikespa5208 ripping up time and rail with 1.21 Giggawatts
The train skewed into a tangent right at the end
Welcome back to Bottom Gears mates
The engineers that were able to design and put this machine together to achieve this deserve a lot more recognition than just a demonstration.Just incredible.
Yes, no cash grab vacuum tunnels necessary. Just brains n brawn.
The connecting rods flipping from top to bottom faster than the eye can see is a thing of beauty.
Imagine how tight the tolerances have to be on those drive wheels, to prevent a total disaster at that speed. It almost doesn't look real. But amazingly, it is.
The video has been sped up.
@MetroMan [Yak Eugenio] From the video description above: "Did a couple of (rough) calculations and worked out that this is how 70000 'Britannia' would be like, if she was doing 100mph in steam days. In reality, she was doing about 65-70mph."
@@nkt1 It's true but the standard class 7 locomotives could have potentially run at 100mph given the right conditions. 90mph is more realistic but still, this video isn't entirely implausible
I think the perfectly balanced wheels have a lot to do with it!
It isn't real. Video description: "Did a couple of (rough) calculations and worked out that this is how 70000 'Britannia' would be like, if she was doing 100mph in steam days. In reality, she was doing about 65-70mph."
Simply the best ever filmed footage hope this footage will become a timeless classic.
I just smoked a joint, had a glass of wine, and found myself tearing up at this video while sitting on the toilet. What the hell am I doing lol
I don't know either, but I feel ya bruv
Fun fact:
This train could reach 200mph.
You just have to set the playback speed ar x2
Well I be damned 😄
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
One Particularly Smart Ape Not funny
Yes it is
ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
"He did it, I'll do it! He did, I'll do it!"
*Express theme starts playing*
"I should think he'll knock himself to bits. I heard something rattle as he went through."
My grandfather was a steam engine driver in india, he use to tell me how his clothes use to get black due to the coal which was used to operate the engine. Also the horn was pretty different, rather than having a switch horn they use to have a thread like thing which on being pulled produced noise.
Now he is retired but till now he gets amussed on seeing old steam engines and starts to explain about their parts.
Iam too from India, which🚆did he work in?
@@seepranavg he use to work in south eastern railways in Bihar.
I'm proud of my great-grandfather who was a "A grade driver" in Indian railways and he used to drive this steam locomotive in 1935 in indian railways.
0:43 I waited for this, so MARVELOUS !!
When Dumbledore wants the students there earlier
budgie
0:23 as if some souls are chanting,
“See? 100mph!”
“No, that’s the pressure gauge!”
Steam train: 100mph
Connecting rods: 🫨
The steam just pouring out that stack like silk as it screams down the rail is gorgeous.
That is one quick steam engine! Back in the day, this would’ve been equivalent to the Japanese Shinkansen!
Now that’s a gorgeous piece of engineering
Thats amazing ! And to think of the Mallard going at speed !
Beautiful machines !!
I was expecting the tie and connecting rods to come flying off at any moment. There's some serious centrifugal force there.
Its nothing compared to the engine in your car. Car engine does this at 800 rpm. You just dont see it.
@@TheKalusko Connecting rod on that loco weighs in at around 1,000 kg. What's the mass of an average ICE con-rod - maybe 300grams?
Also, when one of these breaks, people die.
@@poruatokin ok, its heavy i get it. But engines parts you can even see at its best. You can still see this.
Hence the giant wheels on the later models. Reduced wear and tear on those bearings and rods, while doing impressive speed.
@@TheKalusko shut
“Express coming through!!!!!”
-Gordon the Big Engine.
THAT HAD ME LAUGHING SO HARD
Thats f%$king beautiful 😍. I remember as a kid when City of Truro came back to Truro. Went up to the station to watch her...left such an impression on me.
I only occasionally watch a few steam videos, but this is one of the best I have seen. Excellent vantage point to get an extended view of this engine flying along. Beautiful. Well done.
Nice photography and video. Truly wonderful and mind blowing. Thanks.
LOVE trains. This one is really something.
We rode the Durango Silverton narrow gauge a few years ago. Not very fast, but one of the best checks off my bucket list.
Holy shit! That's impressive. I have never seen such a good clip in which you can actually see the speed. Good job!
It’s fake.
@@SunsetChaser3 nope
@@Porsche_Addict05 It is lmao. Clearly sped up you idiot.
@@SunsetChaser3 Have you ever seen a train doing 160 kmh?
I'm pretty sure this isn't sped up. This camera man just knows his stuff and found a good spot for filming this beauty at full steam
@@Squee7e Look at the cars at the end lmaoooooo.
0:43 We all know that the engineers did it not only for the fans...BUT FOR THE RAILFANS!! Splendid capture, Full Steam Ahead! It's quite perfect. :-)
Or level crossing is coming up
That sure raises the hairs. Good distance to appreciate the speed. Lots of clips are too close. Love the little "Peep, peep" at the end.
My late Dad regularly drove 70040 " Clive of India" out of Stratford loco shed on the London to Norwich run , by the time I came along in 69 steam was all over and he was doing electrics out of Ilford depot , however between 45 and 95 he served 50 years but always had the fondest memories for steam.
Transport Fever 2 rekindled my interest in Steam Locomotives..
How i love the whistle. Thank you for sharing
Us: Hey look at us were doing 75 mhp!
Uk: Pathetic
France: "don’t even dare call it a train"
@@michka841 Yeah, France and their TGV's lol
If you seriously want to bring up the UK vs US steam argument, I would like to introduce you to the PRR T1 and Milwaukee F7
@@minh-khanguyen7209 The UK built locomotives that were elegant and fast, the US Ugly but brutally powerful. Can't we all just be friends? :D
This whole argument is invalid anyway. If you re-read the description, the video is b/s anyway as it is sped up. lol
Excellent. Great location and superb panning.
Ok admit it the hairs stood up and you got goose bumps didn't you if not then I'm sorry for you, you missed a treat.
I didnt
loved watching this engine coming through Lancaster ,, heard the whistle , then I ran down to the railway a few streets away, ,, love to do this again.
This is faster than the modern engines in Philippines
Fastest steam record in the world is 126mph in England in the 1930s.
LNER A4 No. 4468 "Mallard" hit 126mph in 1938. Along with other engines hitting 100 or over, such as Tornado, Papyrus, Flying Scotsman, The Coronation Scot, and more.
This is faster than the highest speed limit in the UK
@@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts no the highest rail speed limit is 125 or 150
YEP TRUE.
It was 1968 or 1969 and I was a little nipper.
Mum n dad went to Stratford market, and I pleaded with them to let me sit on the station and watch the trains go by till they finished shopping.
Off they went and I went exploring, and found a long tunnel going under the tracks. Into I went and emerged by a big engine shed.
I looked through the very filthy window and I could see steam locos, so I entered via a missing window glass. I think there were 4 lines of locos in there , one of which was Britannia. I climbed all over it and wrote my name above the firebox in about 1/4 of grime. Well over 60 years later, I remember it as if it was yesterday
Excellent video and good the hear that you kept the whistle at the right speed therefore the right sound...
Except that since most of the steam engines running on our main lines are at least 50 years old, the owners do not want to put the extra strain on their prized possessions by taking them to a speed which was rarely achieved in the days of steam
@@ralph5407 I mean 100mph was not uncommon specially on the eastern region
Absolutely! The perfect horn , thumbs up all the way! Winner of the day .Thank you great video,till then keep whistling to get to your destination.
0:43 I swear that’s the Hogwarts Express whistle.
It's not but it sounds like it though
It's a chime whistle to be exact, similar to that on the A4s
funny thing, because of the blur, it almost looked like the school crest was on the tender.
@@razgrizraven it doesn't
@@razgrizraven it's the BR crest....
I have indelible memories aged 9 of footbridge-trainspotting LNER 7000 Britannia Hook of Holland Express. It would hurtle through Romford in the early evenings of 1951.
If this doesn't give you goosebumps and make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end, and jump around the room punching the air shouting YESSS, while kicking furniture over, you have a heart of stone and are probably dead all over.
I didn’t but ok
Flying Scotsman came under the bridge of my local park and I got a video. I love steam trains.
Amazing - all that speed and power from a bucket of water and a lump of coal....
Nice smooth panning and great close-up . . . . thanks 👍😎👍
There were several steam engines 'Back in the Day' that could do 100, here in the US, The Daylighter here in Portland being one of them. Sadly, there is no roadbed in this country still in good enough shape that they could prove it. -Veteran '66-68
Yeah, the PRR S1, NW 611 and New York Central Hudson could all do over 100.
70000 Britannia doing 100mph! so cool! amazing video :)
Beautiful. Simply beautiful.
I had to watch that over several times just to relish and absorb the mechanical emensity of the engine. Truly amazing from a steam locomotive, pulling that load and at that speed.
Looking at this I always think “is steam really so powerful ?” I mean look at the speed at which those piston are moving front and back
steam is really good for power and torque but its pretty unreliable compared to the standard turn the key and go diesel engines
Steam is great for torque, what's needed to move weight. However, steam locomotives are less than 10% efficient (output/input), thus their demise 😢
What an amazing and remarkable capture simply awesome!
How does oil ever reach the journals, with centrifugal force sending the oil in the opposite direction ?
They used to rely on gravity feed, with the engineer going round the loco squirting a drop here and there, but I think the later ones were pressure-fed.
If I’m not mistaken Britannia’s whistle was used as reference to create the sound effect for the Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter films
Almost looks like a
Model train with great scenery
Wow, the motion on those pistons,rpds and wheels is something else. What a beast, what a beauty!
Jesus flipping crist I’d love to see that train do 100mph in person!!! 🤩🤩
Easily one of the best train videos on the entire internet.
Nice capture.
Don't you just know that steam passenger trains are so gracious and reminiscent of a bygone era of travel...what a beautiful example
Late for Hogwart's.
damn that whistle made me teary eye hahaha sounds beautiful man!
Britannia: look at me! Im doing 100mph!
The Flying Scotsman,City of Truro, Mallard and any steam engine that did 100 or more: aww that's cute
When i think about it. For their time. What a marvellous invention. I still enjoy them for this reason.
"He did it, I'll do it! He did it, I'll do it!!"
Gordon's train rocketed past and was gone.
I see that Thomas and friends reference there, great Thomas and friends fan here too.
From India
@@ponnadaanshuman2003 That's wonderful to hear :). I credit that little blue tank engine, as well as a (relatively) local tourist railroad, with instilling a deep passion for trains and railroads within me.
Yes, it was my childhood I now know almost all types of locomotives in and outside of India. Thanks to everyone on the island of sodor, and thank you for keeping my childhood alive. 😊
@@ponnadaanshuman2003 Indeed :). I have a Pinterest page dedicated to steam locomotives around the world, and while I have a couple of Indian steam locomotives on that page, I, being a US citizen and therefore not knowing a great deal about steam engines in India, had to do a fair amount of research.
great, the steam engines that once ran the tracks of then British India, are very similar to British steamies,
They are almost the same, although it is kind of sad that our government has stopped all steam engines long back and is now focusing on high speed trains
More people would surely use public transport if these marvels of engineering would be brought back . Beautifully shot video of this sexy beast
Needs a "GAS! GAS! GAS!" eurobeat remix version.
Why "Gas Gas Gas" when there's plenty of awesome and better eurobeat songs out there? ;)
Say no more pal.
@@ThomasG2-Chuklenuts Because GAS GAS GAS implies going at top speed. Which this train is close to doing.
Seeing the smoke approaching fast at the beginning is so cool, like a beast tearing through the wilderness. Its incredible to see such heavy machines fly like that, almost surreal.
They should have used this locomotive to push the DeLorean.
Coolest train video that I've seen in a while!
faster than most USA trains.
It depends on the loco, in america steam could have hit the 140s, in the 40s. Pun not intended.
@@jmtrainz2582 yes didnt one of the PRR duplex hit 146mph?
@@dibarel No, there's a lot of exaggeration in steam loco speed claims.
This is probably my favourite video on RUclips, it drives my OO hobby
Wonderful
There is this beauty about locomotive-hauled trains when compared to Multiple unit trains. And the steam locomotive is the most elegant locomotives of all types.
Blimey, that train's fast!
👍👍👍Very beautiful photography creativity
Amazing.
When there is an power shortage, but you still need to go to an important business meeting to go to.
Beauty.
The Brit's have a long, and glorious RR history. They manufactured some wonderful, streamlined, and beautiful locomotives.
PLEASE STOP CLICK BAITING. great video by the way
this is not click bait
Rail snow ploughs
That will always be my idea of a true train. Beautiful.
Oh it's real, it's damm real.
Is going about 70, read te description
This is a stunning video of massive power and speed ... all brought to rein with the
brilliant minds that could put it all together. !! Great. Thanks USA 2021
Gf:babe come over!
Me: I'm driving a train rn
Gf: I tied my parents on the tracks ;)
Me:
Just come across this on Here. Last Time I saw this steam engine I was about age 11 or 12 in short pants, stood Trainspotting with my mates, probably at the end of Our Street in Reddish Stockport or on Stockport Edgeley Station. Amazing..... seems like yesterday !
Great piece of simulation
Beautiful! Nothing like the sound of an old steam locomotive.
What is all this nonsense of 100mph?
Rea the description
because the USA is the greatest nation on earth. Metric system is for everyone else.
MisterTube78
But this is the UK.
@Indrid Cold Rule britannia. You noob nation!
Wow that’s amazing, thanks for sharing this video.
The whistle is like making fun of the traffic.
And that roar of the machinery, awesome.
High ballin' through the countryside. Beautiful.
Beautiful and elegant at speed , oh the romance of steam engines
Incredible engineering, a wonderful site to see.
Superb best ever video of such a handsome train
Never get tired of trains. They simply are fascinating to watch them roll by