SAR Red Devil and Class 25 Condenser 1986.
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Rather too much hand held camera and excessive wind noise, but hey ho, it's amateur video!
A few clips recorded on the Kimberley - De Aar main line in South Africa of two of the most interesting steam locos then servicable, beginning with the re-built class 26, the Red Devil ... in erm ... blue! The loco, hammering along, sports a decorative headboard but I regret I don't know for what, maybe the Trans Karoo Express. Soon after the sole operable Class 25 'Condenser' appears on the stopping service so a chase began to several other locations. At the close we see the blue 'Red Devil' working a fast fitted freight.
Great stuff, thanks for posting. I know both these locos extremely well having been a fireman in Kimberley for years. i was the very last fireman to work the Condenser in 1992. She has never worked since, very sad.
Thanks again
tremendous. I love the way on the condenser it doesn't "chuff". You can clearly hear the steam turbine driven draft fan in the smoke box whistling like a giant turbo.
drawingboard82 It does chuff but it's muffled.
@@samanli-tw3id Chuffing but not up the chimney but back to the condenser.
I think the turbine sound comes from the five turbine fans on the condenser.
Howling like a jet airplane instead of chuffing like a steam train.😃
@@miriamlana833 Like a diesel locomotive... Especially when starting a train
Magnificent footage of two outstanding and unique locos - let's face it - South Africa led the railway world with it's huge variety of classes and at the time our railways were also the arteries that kept our financial lifelines at a peak. Wish it were possible to return to those great days...
South Africa is a land of plenty for all. Without discrimination. Mining interests have sought to tribally or racially divide people but all South Africans are entitled to their land and its resources.
The Condenser concept truly worked well. I often wonder why the US railroads never gave it a try in the arid US regions. I still marvel at just how well the SAR steam fleet performed and was maintained. Thank you for this sharing this video. Love the content and how it was filmed.
It did work well but I think the maintenance on these locos were quite high especially on the smoke box fan.
@@Jo52Da maintenance is actually lower on this trains because condensing water removes the corrosion and scaling problems but it's not worth the cost of the system.
Steam trains were very cheap to run thanks to low price of coal.
If you have to pay high upfront costs, diesel is much better
Perhaps the nearest thing the U.S. railroads used to a "condenser locomotive" was the Pennsylvania Railroad's, single S2 steam turbine, locomotive #6200.
So, thats a 25C in action, I'm impressed. Quiet and no fuss when going about its business. The condenser seem to loom larger and would swallow the locomotive.
I love this video! I think it is an outstanding piece of footage - Your hands were pretty steady.
I prefer my steam videos with minimal editing anyway - there is a sense of realism having footage that has not been done up with floating menus etc.as it sometimes can distract from the content.
2:13 Think you see a steam locomotive , but hear a jet aircraft!
Terrific video all around. Though, the scene at 2:25 is absolutely remarkable
Great soundtrack from the car, sounds like you were pacing a Boeing 747!
JUST LOVE THAT STEAM.
Beautiful!
Brings back memories of "Mindae Louis..."
Very nice and impressive 😅😊
Superb video, thanks for sharing. Brings back happy memories of the 1991 steam festival. 3511 was probably the most unusual loco anywhere in the world.......
I, too, have happy memories of the 1991 festival. Sitting on the platform edge at Modder River watching the evening parade of steam. Then, in the following days, chasing them up and down. Ah, great days.
It is truly a shame that no condensing engine hs been mantained in working order, at least one would deserve a good restoration for how rare they are
Efficient steam traction at its best. What Western Europe missed out on!
Yep, they tried to be "modern".
G0IMB Western Europe tried all-steam turbine locomotives but they didn't prove efficient.
Lovely Express steam action.
I love steam trains
love this, always been in awe of these condenser loco's, sounds like a jet plane when running at speed. Its a shame that they converted most of them to a conventional locomotive.
Fascinating locomotives!
Brilliant, thanks!
Awesome footage!BIG LIKE!
Het as kind baie op hulle gery tussen watervalboven en watervalonder was my lift om te gaan swem het by die waterval
This steam is very interesting.
Without ,,puf puf" .
Piekna Historia! Pozdrawiam
where are the days wow
Wow, wow, wow !!!
Sounds like a tea kettle at the beginning!
FFS it sounds like an electric! Awesome footage!
Lorenzo Pantani More like a jet aeroplane.
was this before or after the 1986 Cape Venturer steam excursion? I remember hearing that was why the Red Devil was painted blue.
n wonderlike stoomreus mors geen stoom nie word na agter geneem verkoel die stoom sit om in water en word weer gebruik seker een van mees gevorderste stoom reus wat daar was pragtig manne ek verlang weer terug na my jare as jong man
And you know what Jan, the Germans used the same kind if condensers (on 2-10-0 goods engines) in the early 1940s, for the same reason: extended range. Can't help wondering what Red Devil would have been like with a condensing tender...
Which presure is in its boiler?
15,5 bar for a Class 25 and Red Devil too
Damn Maar die lokomotief kan hardloop So mooi Enige motor sal sy wiele moet optel om by te bly Baie mooi
how many coaches was the class 25 pulling
Great video !
Was "red devil" already de-modernized at this time ?
What do you mean?
Personally, I wonder what all it would have changed if one of the 25s got modernized like 3450. Probably would have eliminated their problem of damaging their fans with particles of unbernt fuel, but what else?
Never knew we had turbine locos. Were all class 25 'condensers'?
Not turbine locos but the smoke box had a turbine fan and the condenser 5 steam driven turbine fans for cooling the steam exiting the pistons. Otherwise normal steam locos.
Not all 25's were condensers, we had 25NC's (non condensers) and later on the Condensers were changed to non condensers recognisable by the round top of the water tank. The were called "Worshonde" because of the round tops of the tank.
@@Jo52Da I saw many of them but didn't know their 'sausage dog' nickname! Very apt.
Bly maar mooi wens hulle kan trug kom
Steam roller
Sounds like a diesel 🤣
日本と全然違う。