Steam Speeder on the Walkersville Southern
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- On September 5th of 2015 Jimmy Baird took out his home built steam speeder on the Walkersville Southern for a test run. As well as testing the speeder he also gave rides. This all happened to be the same day we took a trip out to the Walkersville Southern to film.
In Walkersville Southern: To the North! you will see the other trains we filmed this day.
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Here in the US, railroads used speeders like that to inspect the quality/condition of the rails up and down the line. The really cool ones are the small-ish, home-built steam speeders that one can take out on various abandoned rail lines (which we apparently have a lot of).
Amazing! I cant think of abetter way to spend a weekend.
perfect, wonderful, congratulations !
Beautiful, what is it's towing capacity?
Awesome Video!
Pretty neat. That's very nearly a proper Grasshopper type loco, you should build some proper drawbars onto it and see how many little 2-axle wooden wagons it can pull, maybe with some bench seats in them for sightseers...
Awesome video. I actually happen to be in the same club as Jim. He's one of the reasons that I became a member of WSRR
Jimmy is a great man than can do great things with steel, steam and people! And if he wasn't there the day I filmed this, I would't be a volunteer at WSRR.
How often do you volunteer up at Walkersville? We've probably bumped into each other.
I started last year, but I've been on a break since the spring.
I see. We've been going up whenever Jimmy goes up. Our next trip up will be December 17th for the Santa trains.
Geared Productions CONGRATULATIONS! 👍👍👍👍
We see funnel with smoke, but not much of the engine...
That looks like a load of fun. It reminds me of the earliest UK locos. the Rainhill trials of1829.
you could almost dress up and where top hats lol. I thi k I would want a cast brass name plate on it.
Your not too far off there. Jimmy Baird built this to resemble inspection cars that would have been out and about in the 1880s. This would also be about the size of the original Tom Thumb, the new replica at the B&O Railroad Museum being larger than the original.
Re these on preserved private railway?
Nothing like steam, its dynamic it is almost personal
@@Steven_Rowe this railroad is public, we start up rides in may, although we are doing some dinner train rides in February
What the what?? This is amazing! Its both awesome and confusing! Is it a steam engine? Is it a speeder? It's both?!?! How does it run/work? What powers what?
+Big Jim Video Productions It is both. When I first saw it I described it as "The Tom Thumb meets a speeder." If I remember correctly a piston powers a wheel and that powers another wheel under the driver's seat finally going to a chain that powers the back axle.
+Geared Productions That would be a fantastic piece to bring to other railroads for rides - especially some of the smaller ones that don't operate steam that often. Is that something that the owner is willing to do?
+Big Jim Video Productions He has taken it out to different railroads, but Walkersville Southern is the closest one and he does run it at a gathering in Maine. One fact to note is that where you see the people standing is where normally wood would be.
I've literally only just discovered this, but my biggest concern is despite how awesome it is, what happens when CSX or Union Pacific comes barreling around the corner?
Read the description to find your answer.
Awesome bro
We need to hear the whistle!
How do you exactly build a home built steam speeder?
I. WANT. ONE. That looks like so much fun! It's even got that classic steam locomotive exhaust sound, too!
+Zephyr4501 Yes, I noticed that too. I think it has to do with the piston size, since the piston makes the fire hotter with each stroke. Usually on steam speeders there is very small pistons.
That's very interesting.
With the upright boiler, it reminds me of The Best Friend of Charleston!
Make sure the safety valve works, thats what did in the BF of C.
@@kpkndusa It worked on the Best Friend. The fireman got tired of the noise it was making and wired it shut, so I heard.
Anyone have technical details on this speeder? Looks like a VFT (vertical firetube) boiler supplying a simplex, double-acting steam engine, non-condensing but using exhaust steam for induced draft - just like a regular steam locomotive. The engine startup sounded like there are no cylinder condensate drains. Boiler probably generates saturated steam only; no superheating. Wonder if it could carry enough fuel and water for a whole day's run? Or if it could pull a tender? I'd love to fire the boiler and oil the engine.
Здравствуйте.В какой стране снимали дрезину на паровой тяге?Hello. In what country did remove the draisine on steam draft?
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Vary Cool, Thanks for the ride........
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Who are you? That looks creepy.
Unique to say the least, looks like fun!
Very unique indeed
A part s'amuser à quoi ça sert ?
Not one whistle blow? just that stupid bell? You guys are the WORST you gotta be KIDDING ME!
I was in charge of filming, not the speeder. It was the driver’s choice to not want to blow his own ears off. Small distance from his head to the whistle. :P
I think I would try to find or make a mainyanance of way flat car to add to it.
"Only YOU can maintain mayonnaise"
What State is this in ? Who built this speeder ? What years did it run ? What was it's main purpose ? How about some information ? Where is a narrator ? C'mon !
stop? asking? questions?
Would the owner be interested in traveling out of state to run on a different railroad?
The owner does travel to other railroads every once and a while with this speeder.
>^..^< Respectfully I say, Big Boys with their nice medium size toys...........
Cmon no whistle???
Dónde es eso.
I need one
What a great dive in the past!
Which country is this??
USA, in the state of Maryland.
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Saw this is May. Cool!
It is very cool indeed :)
(Late reply lol) Now that they have a cantilever crossing over Monocacy Boulevard I think it's hilarious for all the lights to go off for the speeder to cross.
Wait till they do a big speeder run and cars are stopped for a bunch of them. lol
no blowing of whistle?? BOOOOO
microbusss The whistle is too loud! It blows everyone's ears off!
But bells are annoying, whistles sound awesome!
Is this abandoned track or are you part of the railroad company? How do you keep from being run over by regular trains?
This piece of track is run by Walkersville Southern and they do excursions over the railroad. The two guys who own this speeder are apart of the railroad and know what's going on. Radios, slow speeds for the other trains, small trains and a passing siding keep the trains from colliding.
Geared Productions, Wow! That is so neat. I tried to get Norfolk Southern and our chapter of NHRS to work together to the same end but NS couldn't have cared less.
What a boring bit of film. No decent bits showing the mechanism, valve gear etc. The photographer appeared to love long shot of the chimney and bits of empty railway track. No history or background?
Harold Pearson The photographer was only 14 when he filmed this. Give him a break. :P