I went on a day trip with the Climax a few years ago on one of the first public trips, we returned from Gembrook to Emerald where it terminated late evening our cars were at Emerald, it was very cold, my coat was inadequate, I was glad to get into the car. I thought it would be a slow trip but the Climax ran very well on the mainline.
Good video Lucas, I barely knew you were chasing the climax as well thought you only saw it at Belgrave, looking at the spots you went to I won’t have known, I do spot myself from a distance in a few shots.
Who's a cute little Climey-Wimey? You are! You are! Yes, you are! If you think that this is interesting look up Cass Scenic Railway Shay No. 6. The ultimate geared locomotive (aside from a single prototype in Germany that never got anywhere and a proposed prototype in the US that stayed on the drawing board).
Good question! The chuffing sound you hear when the engine isn't moving is from the steam powered air compressor located on the left side of the locomotive, just in front of the cab, below the running boards. Sometimes you can even hear it while the engine is moving but it's chuffing is distinctly different from the cylinders that move the loco. This locomotive has air operated brakes. In case you'd like to know, this air compressor fills a long cylindrical air reservoir on the right side of the locomotive, also under running boards. The air pump is a little complicated in how it operates, but here is a basic explanation as to how it operates: You'll notice the pump has two cylinders stacked on top of one another. The top cylinder is the steam cylinder, and the bottom one is air cylinder. These two cylinders have a piston inside each one and they are connected together by one piston rod. So as the steam pushes the piston in the top cylinder up and down, it pulls and pushes the piston in the air cylinder. The valves that control the piston's direction in the steam cylinder are on top of the steam cylinder which can be seen just above the running boards. Edit: As the engineer uses the compressed air in the air reservoir to brake, more air is required to keep adequate pressure in the air reservoir. A mechanism called a governor connects between the air reservoir and the pump. When the air pressure in the reservoir drops below a certain pressure, the governor causes the compressor to pump more air into the reservoir automatically.
I went on a day trip with the Climax a few years ago on one of the first public trips, we returned from Gembrook to Emerald where it terminated late evening our cars were at Emerald, it was very cold, my coat was inadequate, I was glad to get into the car.
I thought it would be a slow trip but the Climax ran very well on the mainline.
Nice one Lucas😃
Great video Lucas. Good to see the Climax locomotive running again. It's a very impressive locomotive.
1694 is the only 2ft 6in Climax, and the only Climax operating in Australia too apparently.
Outstanding! Thankyou 👍
Another fantastic video that you have done Lucas you got me in the picture quite a few times lol. And got you at in my one at clematis.
Good video Lucas, I barely knew you were chasing the climax as well thought you only saw it at Belgrave, looking at the spots you went to I won’t have known, I do spot myself from a distance in a few shots.
Cass scenic has all 3 logging engines in operation, shay, heisler and climax :)
Yeah Cass seems to be a really good setup for geared engines. Thanks for Watching!
@@762Media42 its was once a logging road that turned tourist hauler in 1960, ive been 3 times over the years and loved every minute of it :)
How different that the fireman is throwing wood into the firebox instead of coal.
Hey Lucas another good video but just wondering are you going to bring out the streamliners video yet
Hey Nathan. I probably will soon. Just haven’t started editing that one yet
No problem I just wanted to know thanks
Who's a cute little Climey-Wimey?
You are! You are! Yes, you are!
If you think that this is interesting look up Cass Scenic Railway Shay No. 6. The ultimate geared locomotive (aside from a single prototype in Germany that never got anywhere and a proposed prototype in the US that stayed on the drawing board).
Great
There are only around 6 or seven operating Climaxes in the world This is one of them Not very fast but heaps of fun
This is one of them eh? Well I didn't think it was three of them. 🤣
What’s that heavy panting sound even when they’re not moving?
Good question! The chuffing sound you hear when the engine isn't moving is from the steam powered air compressor located on the left side of the locomotive, just in front of the cab, below the running boards. Sometimes you can even hear it while the engine is moving but it's chuffing is distinctly different from the cylinders that move the loco. This locomotive has air operated brakes.
In case you'd like to know, this air compressor fills a long cylindrical air reservoir on the right side of the locomotive, also under running boards. The air pump is a little complicated in how it operates, but here is a basic explanation as to how it operates:
You'll notice the pump has two cylinders stacked on top of one another. The top cylinder is the steam cylinder, and the bottom one is air cylinder. These two cylinders have a piston inside each one and they are connected together by one piston rod. So as the steam pushes the piston in the top cylinder up and down, it pulls and pushes the piston in the air cylinder. The valves that control the piston's direction in the steam cylinder are on top of the steam cylinder which can be seen just above the running boards.
Edit: As the engineer uses the compressed air in the air reservoir to brake, more air is required to keep adequate pressure in the air reservoir. A mechanism called a governor connects between the air reservoir and the pump. When the air pressure in the reservoir drops below a certain pressure, the governor causes the compressor to pump more air into the reservoir automatically.
Fantastic one Lucas! Well, the climax video be on DTL?
thats the climax from tyers junction