It's great to see that Rimmer has mastered a topic. Undeniably he will always be a smeghead however it is a fascinating documentary taught simply. Thank you to all involved; for a look at the efforts of the guardians of this history and some stories of the history itself. Good Work Chaps!
There can be nothing but admiration for the long line of British achievements in technology. They changed the world. Newcomen’s engine was the real game changer. Sure, there were earlier experiments with steam, but this was a prime mover that worked. It opened avenues for improvement, adaptation and innovation
The biggest contribution Newcomen made to the world was something that's vital to nearly all modern engines, before newcomen steam powered pumps were around like a steam pump built by Thomas Savory or as he called it in his patent "machine for raising water by the appellant force of fire" but all the valves and taps that worked it had to be opened and closed by hand, operating it would be a matter of Close valve A Open valve B Close valve C Open valve D Close D Open C Close B Open A Repeat ad infinitum Newcomen worked out how to use the momentum of the engine to open and close its own valves automatically using belts and cams, or as we call it valve timing, something that nearly all engines from steam to petrol and diesel engines need to work.
@@whovianhistorybuff Nothing but the highest praise for Newcomen. However, we hear that the valves on the early engines still had to worked manually, usually by young boys who could be hired cheaply. The self-actuating possibilities were apparently actually worked out by an unknown twelve-year old who found the work unbearably boring
SocratesAth yeah that's something that britain is good at. it is the country most connected to a lot of it's history that i know of. it probably helps that a lot of inovative stuff came out of britain in the past, so there is a lot that should be conserved i guess.
If this were in America it wouldn't still exist. We have no love for our past; we knock it doiwn, throw it away, replace beautiful old buildings with ugly functional. We tear down statues and images of our past because they're "politically incorrect." I envy you Brits your respect for tradition and history.
@@mikewhitney8615 There is a working steam engine train in my town that does holiday oriented events, one being the Ghost Train which is a house of horror on wheels, and the other being the Polar Express, and before it started being a tourist attraction it was an ore train that hauled or for decades. The station has a diesel engine for work and the steam engine as a fully functioning museum piece. America isn't bad, just some areas look move on from the past.
People who move on from the past become airheads like so many Americans are today. They know nothing of their history, nothing of the provenance of their ancestors, nothing about what made America a great nation long ago and, from the looks of your spelling, you must be one of them. Postwar America was the beginning of our downfall, especially once it devolved into the drug-infested, politically-correct, fantasyland of the 1960s. Once America was a beautiful country filled with beautiful buildings, charming towns, uncluttered countryside, and reasonably knowledgeable people. In the 60+ years since the end of the war (I'm talking about the Big one, not these neocon disasters of today), the U.S. has deteriorated in a heretofore inconceivable way. Most young Americans are so ignorant they can't even tell you why we speak English. (Hint: it has something to do with England). The depths of stupidity in this country are beyond plumbing any more. How sad! And, no, I'm not a Trumpie, and the fact that so many mentally defective baby boomers voted for this obscene fraud is testament to what I've been saying here. I voted for Bernie Sanders in hopes he can save this nation from the oligarchy that has so tragically beset us. But, of course, the filthy Clintons stole the nomination away from him, and in 2020 they'll do the same and hand it to that peckerwood Biden. @@virtuouscookieeater
This is by far the best documentary I've ever seen give it to the Brits for preserving their beloved history the rocket train the humor of the narrator.. this could be a box office movie.. very good
What about Mr. Brittas? If you aren't from the UK that was a great series he did. It was called The Brittas Empire about a bungling incompetent leisure center manager. Leisure center is posh for swimming pool. Here's a link for people that have never heard of it. This link is my fave episode where he unwittingly foils a big drug deal at the leisure center. ruclips.net/video/gx0ao2RGLFk/видео.html
I will state here for all to see that 'The Brittas Empire' is by far the funniest show i've ever seen. After having watched it on BBC via my local cable TV provider, i quickly purchased the DVD set from BBC as well.
Regardless of what you may think of him, the fact even today all these years later he is so readily recognizable as Rimmer says a lot about how well he played that character.
Guys you just cannot imagine how much I love these documentaries just Brilliant informative educational n historically amazing for someone like me who knows nothing these are God send thanks
Might be the best documentary I've ever seen. Would love to make a replica of one these bad boys and make a tourist railroad with all the abandoned track in this country laying around.
What a fantastic watch! The way that Chris Barrie presents these programs makes it really easy to take in the information and fun to watch! Although there was a little tinge of sadness at the part where he drives the replica of Planet. That took place at Manchester's museum of science & industry, located in the original Liverpool road station, but due to a new loop of mainline track connecting Manchester's two main stations, Victoria & Piccadilly, Its no longer possible for the museum to run Planet as the remaining stretch of track is too small. Not that the museum isnt worth a visit anymore! far from it! Thankyou very much for uploading these!
BUT RIDDLED BY INCORRECT FACTS DUE TO INCOMPETENT RESEARCHERS, SEE MY CORRECTIONS ABOVE, IN CLEARER UPPER CASE DUE TO POOR SIGHT DUE TO DOUBLE VISION < THIAROID PROBLEM CAUSING THIS > MAKING LOWER CASE UNCLEAR TO USE.
I found it truly amazing that technology spread at an incredibly fast pace almost two centuries ago. Within two decades from the first run the steam locomotion arrived in Itsndia and regular train service began - with the permanent infrastructure on ground as well as the rolling stock. That'd be a breakneck speed even for today's projects of similar size using all the modern technology. Truly truly a great feat. It was all done for money for sure, but that's beside the point.
My mum was proud of her first job ( 1939 ) as a typist in the railways office at Stockton; the building where the first ever railway ticket had been sold.
Awesome historical train video. The working examples of original & replica units were fantastic to see and everyone involved in the maintaining or building of such should be commended greatly. I learned a lot from this video and as a rail enthusiast who has rode trains all around the world, it was important for me to learn about the British originators, designs & concepts during this evolutionary time frame. Thank you so much for posting it. AA++ Rating
Well, those low-pressure steam engines were actually very safe (according to safety standards at the time...which were pretty terrible). Of course, high-pressure steam engines - which were actually very dangerous in comparison - were put on personal transport and shuttled people around an over-crowded city. Just ignore the occasional explosion.
us, the British, are a nation that values our history and its good we've brought back the original greats that brought about these revolutionary changes in the world with these replicas for everyone to see and learn from, but we are now also building brand new steam engines. The people that built BR 60163 Tornado, the first BR locomotive for 40 years, are currently well into building a brand new LNER P2 Class locomotive called "Prince of Wales" and it is NOT a replica because it is continuing the class and will be numbered 2007.
We now may find all these steam engines funny things, but just think about them for a few moments, and then they become a fantastic invention back then.
Thank you! I respect your privilege to have a differing opinion without holding a grudge or bad feelings toward you. I respect your difference in opinion as well! Have a good Memorial Day Weekend!
I've learnt more about the industrial revolution here than I have at school, and all in a shorter time too. just goes to show how much you can learn in a nearly 50-minute video.
Both Newcomen's and James Watt's engines were condensing engines, not expansion or "pressure" engines. Both produced the power stroke by using the vacuum produced by the condensing of steam in a cylinder. Both designs used a "walking beam" to convert the downward motion of the cylinder on its power stroke into a lifting motion for pumping water from mines. The cylinders available at that time were very crude, and could not contain high pressure - there is a piston from a Watt engine in the science museum in London. As I recall, the piston is a rough casting, about 5 feet in diameter, with a concave outer rim. The concavity in the rim was wound with rope to act as a seal between the piston and the cylinder wall. Watt recognized that the Newcomen engine was inefficient since it required the cylinder to be heated and cooled for each power stroke. Watt improved upon Newcomen's condensing engine by adding a separate condensor to the power piston, separated by a valve. Hot steam entered the cylinder while this valve was closed, then the valve would open when the piston reached the top of its stroke, allowing the steam in the cylinder to enter the condensor. The condensing action was aided by a spray of cold water in the condensor, and the cooling water and condensed steam were then drained from the condensor while the piston was being raised by steam pressure. Thus, Watt's design allowed the piston cylinder to stay hot and the condensor to stay cold, giving greater efficiency and allowing faster engine operation. Watt also developed a connecting-rod design that allowed the up-and-down motion of the engine to produce rotary motion, without infringing upon another's patent on the usual connecting rod and crankshaft design which is common today.
I thought that what (excuse the pun) distinguished Watt from Newcomen is that it was Watt who went on (after greatly improving the condensing system) to use steam pressure rather than condensing vacuum?
No. I believe that Richard Trevithick was the first to use "strong" (high pressure) steam. And the first to take paying passengers on a steam train (Catch-Me-Who-Can).
@@ominösersüddeutscher For the speeds at the time, having dead-straight tracks wasn't really a requirement. Considering they were still struggling with building over rough terrain, we should be thankful they even worked at all.
I'll be honest, I wish the steam age was brought back😞. I know steam machines are less efficient, but they definitely beat modern machines for fascination.
Good News: A steam locomotive can use anything that burns as fuel, biofuel, vegetable fuel, and even better... TORREFIED BIOMASS!! Which is a lot cheaper, cleaner, and a lot more efficient than other bio fuels. Which means diesel locomotives can be easily replaced back by steam locomotives. Which means that we could see the rebirth of the steam era. www.quora.com/Do-Steam-engine-locomotives-have-any-advantages-over-any-form-of-modern-locomotive-engine
@@Nick-xm1ux what if there was a steam generator inside and then electric traction moters on the driving wheels? that would solve many of the steam locomotives issues
Many thanks to England and its fine legacy of providing quality transportation to the masses and its excellent status as the founding father of the modern railroad - which culminates in the railroads of today across the globe.
Nicktrains thompson Now is this the reason why you have an obsession with wagons? This is the modern era, not the time of the pioneers! We Americans tend to like our cars.
Great production and great presentation 👏. Descendants of those wonderful poineers should also be included in these videos. It would be interesting to know how they feel about their ancestors whose achievements brought revolutionary changes to human lifestyle.Not only the descendants, general British people should also be proud of their countrymen's achievements. Other people should also focus on these innovations. They shouldn't pay heed to one-sided propaganda against imperialism.
As a loyal fan of Red Dwarf here in the states, I'm a bit surprised to admit that I didn't recognize Rimmer. He looks better now that he's not that character anymore. Good seeing him, though!
Michael Bowman it is nice seeing Chris Barry as someone other than a total smeeeeegheeeeeead. Because I'm sure he's a nice bloke, with interests I relate to. There are still a plethora of Rimmer-esque expressions he pulls, but it's Chris, being Chris, playing with things he enjoys. Similarly with Tony Robinson. Baldrick is my favourite Blackadder character, and to see him be so anti-baldrick in timeteam n his other docos is excellent. I'm sorry, Chris, Tony. You shall forever be Rimmer n Baldrick. But loved and appreciated for your buffoonery and civility. Of course your bloody knighted. Good game sir.
It was interesting seeing the transformation of how a 1769 stationary steam engine, being adapted to fit into some type of a moving vehicle. I just can't imagine doing that, with the state of what they had to work with way back then. Just the Metallurgy alone could kill you, you no idea how strong stuff is.
Chris Barrie is excellent. Talented man. It's unfortunate the videography is from hyperactive ADD directors/post editors. It's an excellent interesting topic. The constant video shaking, over edited, unable to see the machines properly, is preposterous. It's a documentary not an action film.
@Hi I'm mayonnaise The vending machine : Modern combustion engines have pistons and rods Mate. I know what your saying though. Nice thing about Steam engines is that every stroke is a power stroke Vs 2 and 4 Cycle engines. I wouldn't want a steam engine car though, lots of work and maintenance, takes about 15-20 minutes to lit the boiler and to get hot enough. There is one Boiler car that had a ignition system and fast boiler times with automatic steam regulator. Very expensive and rare. Of course Jay Leno has one, the Doble E-20.
You jump onto your coach and hang on it's door, the door swings out with your weight upon it and hurls you in front of the oncoming locomotive. At least, that's what happened to him, he fell and the locomotive struck him and knocked him into the track ahead, then ran across his thigh.
People get run over by vehicles travelling at that kind of speed all the time, particularly trucks and buses. 15mph is pretty fast by human scale - it's the speed Roger Banister had to beat in order to post a sub-4-minute mile run after all, and about what a horse or typical cyclist can comfortably sustain over long distances. And it's very fast indeed if you've slipped over on slippery, slimy cobblestones as a carriage is rolling inexorably towards you, even with the driver hauling on the reins with one arm and the brake lever with the other, all entirely in vein. Even if the driver nearly manages to stop the carriage, "not quite" stopping it is enough to cause a lot of damage because the fairly narrow, metal-tyred wagonwheel of a heavy coachbuilt hansom carriage rolling over your skull at just 1.5mph will still crush it like a sugar wafer, killing you instantly. ....I may have got confused with another video about Marie and Pierre Curie (the latter died that way), actually, but the principle is just the same. The ballast, sleepers and rails of a train line are not the easiest things to walk on, let alone pick yourself up from if you fall, trains can't steer to avoid you *at all*, 15mph is not any slower in that context than any other, and... most crucially... early steam trains had extremely poor brakes... in fact, hardly any to speak of at all on the engine itself (throwing the regulator into full reverse and spinning the brake handle to screw some wooden blocks against the wheelrims is about it) and *nothing* on the wagons and coaches following on behind. Just another set of wooden blocks that can be pushed against the wheelrims of the guard's van/brake van/caboose, if it even had one. If the guy fell down less than, say, 100 metres in front of the oncoming train, he may have had serious difficulty getting up and not being hit even without panicking and the unfamiliarity of the situation.
tbf tho you needed them big for your mountains, England is relatively flat and the hills in Scotland aren't enormous like America so we built our trains accordingly.
@@formidable38 That is an issue for the British railway. We Americans built our engines to be heavy, and our loading gauge to take the weight, which means we could get more tractive effort out of our engines, hence why they became so much more powerful than British engines in the long run. We also built most of our tracks to follow the curvature of the landscape with very few tunnels, so that meant we could also build our engines taller and more robust. Then add us Americans taking advantage of the Mallet articulation design, and we could build our steam engines to pull 5 miles of freight of flat track across hundreds of miles. To get the most out of a locomotive, you need it to be heavy.
Big happened because we decided on the "bogie" and coupler instead of the buffers. Bogies (trucks) are a lot heavier, so to make up for the weight to freight ratio, we made the cars bigger.
When I was born I MAGICALLY liked trains, and that’s what I’m born for, liking trains
oh same
I used to love watching this when I was 4, Thanks algorithm gods
"Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast"
What a guy!
What a guy!
What a guy indeed!
What a homo-sapien!
Quite a fellow indeed
It's great to see that Rimmer has mastered a topic. Undeniably he will always be a smeghead however it is a fascinating documentary taught simply. Thank you to all involved; for a look at the efforts of the guardians of this history and some stories of the history itself. Good Work Chaps!
That's just Chris Barrie
There can be nothing but admiration for the long line of British achievements in technology. They changed the world. Newcomen’s engine was the real game changer. Sure, there were earlier experiments with steam, but this was a prime mover that worked. It opened avenues for improvement, adaptation and innovation
That is true, Britain 🇬🇧 was the original innovators of everything even firearms.
High Tea was a great contribution to society.
The biggest contribution Newcomen made to the world was something that's vital to nearly all modern engines, before newcomen steam powered pumps were around like a steam pump built by Thomas Savory or as he called it in his patent "machine for raising water by the appellant force of fire" but all the valves and taps that worked it had to be opened and closed by hand, operating it would be a matter of
Close valve A
Open valve B
Close valve C
Open valve D
Close D
Open C
Close B
Open A
Repeat ad infinitum
Newcomen worked out how to use the momentum of the engine to open and close its own valves automatically using belts and cams, or as we call it valve timing, something that nearly all engines from steam to petrol and diesel engines need to work.
@@whovianhistorybuff Nothing but the highest praise for Newcomen. However, we hear that the valves on the early engines still had to worked manually, usually by young boys who could be hired cheaply. The self-actuating possibilities were apparently actually worked out by an unknown twelve-year old who found the work unbearably boring
I'm pleasantly surprised by the fact that all these fully functional replicas exist!
SocratesAth yeah that's something that britain is good at. it is the country most connected to a lot of it's history that i know of. it probably helps that a lot of inovative stuff came out of britain in the past, so there is a lot that should be conserved i guess.
And the metalwork is art.
If this were in America it wouldn't still exist. We have no love for our past; we knock it doiwn, throw it away, replace beautiful old buildings with ugly functional. We tear down statues and images of our past because they're "politically incorrect." I envy you Brits your respect for tradition and history.
@@mikewhitney8615 There is a working steam engine train in my town that does holiday oriented events, one being the Ghost Train which is a house of horror on wheels, and the other being the Polar Express, and before it started being a tourist attraction it was an ore train that hauled or for decades. The station has a diesel engine for work and the steam engine as a fully functioning museum piece. America isn't bad, just some areas look move on from the past.
People who move on from the past become airheads like so many Americans are today. They know nothing of their history, nothing of the provenance of their ancestors, nothing about what made America a great nation long ago and, from the looks of your spelling, you must be one of them. Postwar America was the beginning of our downfall, especially once it devolved into the drug-infested, politically-correct, fantasyland of the 1960s. Once America was a beautiful country filled with beautiful buildings, charming towns, uncluttered countryside, and reasonably knowledgeable people. In the 60+ years since the end of the war (I'm talking about the Big one, not these neocon disasters of today), the U.S. has deteriorated in a heretofore inconceivable way. Most young Americans are so ignorant they can't even tell you why we speak English. (Hint: it has something to do with England). The depths of stupidity in this country are beyond plumbing any more. How sad! And, no, I'm not a Trumpie, and the fact that so many mentally defective baby boomers voted for this obscene fraud is testament to what I've been saying here. I voted for Bernie Sanders in hopes he can save this nation from the oligarchy that has so tragically beset us. But, of course, the filthy Clintons stole the nomination away from him, and in 2020 they'll do the same and hand it to that peckerwood Biden. @@virtuouscookieeater
I'm still looking for his collection of 20th century telegraph poles. Chris is a good presenter. I love it.
What about him looking into the definitive history of pockets?
This is by far the best documentary I've ever seen give it to the Brits for preserving their beloved history the rocket train the humor of the narrator.. this could be a box office movie.. very good
12:01 “and what about the brake?” “Oh, don’t worry about that.”
Oh god...
Did Trevitick forget that horsedrawn stagecoaches have brake levers?? or didn't he figure out what safety valve is?
@@DiscothecaImperialis Yep
I just can't take Chris Barrie seriously. I always see Rimmer. Gift and curse of Chris Barrie.
What about Mr. Brittas? If you aren't from the UK that was a great series he did. It was called The Brittas Empire about a bungling incompetent leisure center manager. Leisure center is posh for swimming pool. Here's a link for people that have never heard of it. This link is my fave episode where he unwittingly foils a big drug deal at the leisure center.
ruclips.net/video/gx0ao2RGLFk/видео.html
Seconded! Brittas was a wonderful show, one of the finest BBC comedies of the 90s. - My DVD box-set comes out regularly.
I will state here for all to see that 'The Brittas Empire' is by far the funniest show i've ever seen. After having watched it on BBC via my local cable TV provider, i quickly purchased the DVD set from BBC as well.
Oldest british steam engine
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Regardless of what you may think of him, the fact even today all these years later he is so readily recognizable as Rimmer says a lot about how well he played that character.
Unbelievable. Thanks to the work of Captain Dick 200years ago, we now can now put smegheads in space. Lovely to see Chris present this :)
"Sir, could we take a break for a while, it appears my intelligence circuits have melted..."
Noob
Holly: That’s Kryton!
"We'll never get through this all if you keep taking your breaks!"
Got to love history of steam engines
Aggre
As a steam train sys that
Yes
Agreed
Guys you just cannot imagine how much I love these documentaries just Brilliant informative educational n historically amazing for someone like me who knows nothing these are God send thanks
The fact that I am shocked at how sincere Chris Barrie can be, is a testament to his acting skills on that show he's really well known for.
With him not being a smeg head? Lmao
Check out his (top gear) vid on the E-type Jag.
Absolutely wonderful video history of the beginning of the industrial revolution and the birth of modern transportation. The railroad.
Might be the best documentary I've ever seen. Would love to make a replica of one these bad boys and make a tourist railroad with all the abandoned track in this country laying around.
4:47 sori MON
4:55 majk čurajjn
4:55
Oldest british steam engine
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Something like this?
www.visitnsw.com/destinations/north-coast/port-macquarie-area/wauchope/attractions/timbertown-heritage-theme-park
What a fantastic watch!
The way that Chris Barrie presents these programs makes it really easy to take in the information and fun to watch!
Although there was a little tinge of sadness at the part where he drives the replica of Planet.
That took place at Manchester's museum of science & industry, located in the original Liverpool road station, but due to a new loop of mainline track connecting Manchester's two main stations, Victoria & Piccadilly, Its no longer possible for the museum to run Planet as the remaining stretch of track is too small.
Not that the museum isnt worth a visit anymore! far from it!
Thankyou very much for uploading these!
BUT RIDDLED BY INCORRECT FACTS DUE TO INCOMPETENT RESEARCHERS, SEE MY CORRECTIONS ABOVE, IN CLEARER UPPER CASE DUE TO POOR SIGHT DUE TO DOUBLE VISION < THIAROID PROBLEM CAUSING THIS > MAKING LOWER CASE UNCLEAR TO USE.
I now have a whole new appreciation for Richard Trevithick.
YE, he wasnt a looser, rather was pioneer
Fantastic programme, many thanks to all who made this wonderful window into the past possible.
The Steam Engine is indeed the greatest British invention!
Agreed!
What about the internet ?
@@Senyrar IDK
Algore invented the internet. (sarcasm)
One of the greatest inventions in world history.
I thoroughly enjoyed that! Took me a a couple of minutes to get over Chris Barrie (Rimmer) as presenter, but his wry humor worked!
...a true piece of british engineering history.....magic....
"But what about the brakes.???" "Oh, don't worry about that...." I love it, just as I loved all these videos.......
Wonderful! Every minute. Amazing. So much like the development of airplanes 100 years later.
Fantastic explanation of the evolution of steam power and its transformation of the entire world.
Very nice . Right after watching a doc on shinkansen , watching this increases my respect towards these machines . அருமை . Bravo .
I found it truly amazing that technology spread at an incredibly fast pace almost two centuries ago. Within two decades from the first run the steam locomotion arrived in Itsndia and regular train service began - with the permanent infrastructure on ground as well as the rolling stock. That'd be a breakneck speed even for today's projects of similar size using all the modern technology. Truly truly a great feat. It was all done for money for sure, but that's beside the point.
Just like heavier than air flying machines. Once the principles were worked out, the floodgates were opened and progress went into high gear.
question, do you know where I can find the intense violin theme that plays at 34:57? I would rather like to find it.
My mum was proud of her first job ( 1939 ) as a typist in the railways office at Stockton; the building where the first ever railway ticket had been sold.
Awesome historical train video. The working examples of original & replica units were fantastic to see and everyone involved in the maintaining or building of such should be commended greatly. I learned a lot from this video and as a rail enthusiast who has rode trains all around the world, it was important for me to learn about the British originators, designs & concepts during this evolutionary time frame. Thank you so much for posting it. AA++ Rating
Magnificent Heritage and documentary.
Absolutely great documentary. Excellent.
thank you i live in poland and i turned on the english natgeo and i mised this one. so thank you.
What a fantastic series; I hope ALL of them are available on YT here.
Steam engines are dangerous.
1700s: *BUILD BIGGER!*
Well, those low-pressure steam engines were actually very safe (according to safety standards at the time...which were pretty terrible). Of course, high-pressure steam engines - which were actually very dangerous in comparison - were put on personal transport and shuttled people around an over-crowded city. Just ignore the occasional explosion.
@@13minutestomidnight i wonder when the safety value was invented? Alot of steam engines used them to prevent well the boiler from going boom
I love Barrie's docs! They are extremely informative and interesting.
John and Carolyn Healey he's a good host. genuinly interested in the content and lots of knowledge. much like james may, i love him as well.
That's because he is a genuine Mechanical Nerd. He loves old machines and has a number of his own including a Harley Davidson Military motorcycle.
Oldest british steam engine
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To me, he will always be Rimmer, god i love this guy.
Super video nicely made thanks a ton. I wish in my childhood these were available
us, the British, are a nation that values our history and its good we've brought back the original greats that brought about these revolutionary changes in the world with these replicas for everyone to see and learn from, but we are now also building brand new steam engines. The people that built BR 60163 Tornado, the first BR locomotive for 40 years, are currently well into building a brand new LNER P2 Class locomotive called "Prince of Wales" and it is NOT a replica because it is continuing the class and will be numbered 2007.
Hope they bring back the e2 tank engine
@@davidjones341 As long as they paint it red.
I would like for them to bring back a Claud Hamilton locomotive
The Steam Locomotive still lives !
OMG I'M IN THIS!!!! Thanks, Guys, for giving me back my nostalgia!
Wow Richard, I thought you died nearly 200 years ago! Many thanks for inventing the train and mad props for learning how to use a computer!
We now may find all these steam engines funny things, but just think about them for a few moments, and then they become a fantastic invention back then.
woderful ...train is the best invention and following the devolepment is extremly fantastic
Holy crap I was taught the first automobile was invented in the late 1800s not 1802.That steam trike has got to be the first automobile
The first one was indeed the bike thing
@@skivvy3565that was 1885 I think idk which one your talking about
The first gas powered one is the Benz, dating back to the late 1880s, however the first self propelled vehicle was the Cugnot steam tractor of 1769
@@TheSudrianTerrier653 wow crazy!!
Very informative. Amazing replicas. Fascinating!
Jim LOFTS
Oldest british steam engine
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Nice video,thanks for sharing life with enthusiasm awesome
great clips Mechanical Engineering will be always stays at top rank rather than other engineering✌✌✌✌💪💪💪💪💪. I am a graaduate mechanical engineer.
Love the sound and power of steam
Thank you! I respect your privilege to have a differing opinion without holding a grudge or bad feelings toward you. I respect your difference in opinion as well! Have a good Memorial Day Weekend!
Can believe how well these parts are machined??
Love the old days. I love to see the old trains with my own eyes. My dream
4:12 wait so one of the first functioning steam powered engines was built by a man named Thomas? Maybe it’s fate
Ha
😏
thomas the tank engine is his reincarnation
😏😏😏
No wonder how Thomas is named... well... Thomas!
I've learnt more about the industrial revolution here than I have at school, and all in a shorter time too. just goes to show how much you can learn in a nearly 50-minute video.
"running almost silently" He says as he has to yell over it.
EXACTLY, HES BEING SARCASTIC
I know this might be a joke, don’t wooosh
Adam Chmielewski r/wOoSh
Joke btw
Weesh
That’s the British sense of humour in a nutshell.
@@adamchmielewski6162 r/whoooosh
wooow so much beautiful and historical old machines for england i like it this video
very entertaining and well researched and presented, excellent video
Garry Stebbings
Oldest british steam engine
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best British train ever, the InterCity 125 HST still going strong and still looking great after 40+ years of service!
Will be retired soon
I am a train and I approve this video
Wow, My best friend, I liked the video very much, thanks you for sharing, stay safe, stay blessed
Both Newcomen's and James Watt's engines were condensing engines, not expansion or "pressure" engines. Both produced the power stroke by using the vacuum produced by the condensing of steam in a cylinder. Both designs used a "walking beam" to convert the downward motion of the cylinder on its power stroke into a lifting motion for pumping water from mines. The cylinders available at that time were very crude, and could not contain high pressure - there is a piston from a Watt engine in the science museum in London. As I recall, the piston is a rough casting, about 5 feet in diameter, with a concave outer rim. The concavity in the rim was wound with rope to act as a seal between the piston and the cylinder wall.
Watt recognized that the Newcomen engine was inefficient since it required the cylinder to be heated and cooled for each power stroke. Watt improved upon Newcomen's condensing engine by adding a separate condensor to the power piston, separated by a valve. Hot steam entered the cylinder while this valve was closed, then the valve would open when the piston reached the top of its stroke, allowing the steam in the cylinder to enter the condensor. The condensing action was aided by a spray of cold water in the condensor, and the cooling water and condensed steam were then drained from the condensor while the piston was being raised by steam pressure. Thus, Watt's design allowed the piston cylinder to stay hot and the condensor to stay cold, giving greater efficiency and allowing faster engine operation. Watt also developed a connecting-rod design that allowed the up-and-down motion of the engine to produce rotary motion, without infringing upon another's patent on the usual connecting rod and crankshaft design which is common today.
I thought that what (excuse the pun) distinguished Watt from Newcomen is that it was Watt who went on (after greatly improving the condensing system) to use steam pressure rather than condensing vacuum?
You're right.
SO CAPTAIN DICK INVENTED THE TRAIN I USED TO GO ON
All true and very informative, unfortunately Chris' script had to fit into about a third of that length so the detail was dumbed down for brevity :)
No. I believe that Richard Trevithick was the first to use "strong" (high pressure) steam. And the first to take paying passengers on a steam train (Catch-Me-Who-Can).
OH MY GOD THE MUSIC AT 1:41 IS GREAT
15:42 The "Half in the Bag" piano music, "Fifth Avenue Stroll" by Glenda Austin.
MrJohndoakes I thought I only noticed
Superb presentation. I believe I have watched and enjoyed this at least 20 times and discover something new everytime!.
38:51 Not exactly the smoothest set of tracks I've ever seen.
Doesn´t bother the rocket...so...It seems fine?
@@ominösersüddeutscher For the speeds at the time, having dead-straight tracks wasn't really a requirement. Considering they were still struggling with building over rough terrain, we should be thankful they even worked at all.
@@vtr0104 yeah i mean as long it doesn´t bother the rocket and it works it´s fie with these tracks
Does anyone have any idea what the name of the song that plays at 34:57 is? (the intense violin track) I would rather like to find it and download it.
I'll be honest, I wish the steam age was brought back😞. I know steam machines are less efficient, but they definitely beat modern machines for fascination.
Imagine a small fusion reactor. We could have steam trains then that would only need water!
Good News: A steam locomotive can use anything that burns as fuel, biofuel, vegetable fuel, and even better... TORREFIED BIOMASS!! Which is a lot cheaper, cleaner, and a lot more efficient than other bio fuels. Which means diesel locomotives can be easily replaced back by steam locomotives. Which means that we could see the rebirth of the steam era. www.quora.com/Do-Steam-engine-locomotives-have-any-advantages-over-any-form-of-modern-locomotive-engine
@@Nick-xm1ux Sweet! Hopefully it does happen
@@Gearz-365 Hopefully so. The only thing we can do is support its development. ruclips.net/video/husCIDB-c2M/видео.html
@@Nick-xm1ux what if there was a steam generator inside and then electric traction moters on the driving wheels? that would solve many of the steam locomotives issues
Chris Barrie is good at this.
2 1/2 minues in and I'm all like, "Holy %#$& It's RIMMER!"
This is very nice, thank you very much for uploading it
I can hear the smegness in Barrie's voice. LOL
Not if you're a Starbugger.
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SteamTeamRedubUK who's Barrie
SteamTeamRedubUK what’s happening you were on 3 years ago sub to me
Chris Barrie - played Rimmer in Red Dwarf.
Many thanks to England and its fine legacy of providing quality transportation to the masses and its excellent status as the founding father of the modern railroad - which culminates in the railroads of today across the globe.
railway, not railroad. Get over your obsession with cars america!
Nicktrains thompson Now is this the reason why you have an obsession with wagons? This is the modern era, not the time of the pioneers! We Americans tend to like our cars.
fantastic video.. i love it
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I really hate you so much I love you getting terminated because you don't like it
Great production and great presentation 👏. Descendants of those wonderful poineers should also be included in these videos. It would be interesting to know how they feel about their ancestors whose achievements brought revolutionary changes to human lifestyle.Not only the descendants, general British people should also be proud of their countrymen's achievements. Other people should also focus on these innovations. They shouldn't pay heed to one-sided propaganda against imperialism.
As a loyal fan of Red Dwarf here in the states, I'm a bit surprised to admit that I didn't recognize Rimmer. He looks better now that he's not that character anymore. Good seeing him, though!
Michael Bowman it is nice seeing Chris Barry as someone other than a total smeeeeegheeeeeead. Because I'm sure he's a nice bloke, with interests I relate to. There are still a plethora of Rimmer-esque expressions he pulls, but it's Chris, being Chris, playing with things he enjoys.
Similarly with Tony Robinson. Baldrick is my favourite Blackadder character, and to see him be so anti-baldrick in timeteam n his other docos is excellent.
I'm sorry, Chris, Tony. You shall forever be Rimmer n Baldrick. But loved and appreciated for your buffoonery and civility. Of course your bloody knighted. Good game sir.
But he is still a smeghead
But a likeable smeghead.
Oldest british steam engine
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I love this series! Thank you!
Still can't get over Ace Rimmer talking about locomotives
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Love Britanniens there great👍🏽👍🏽💯
Not as big of a train guy as I was when I was young, but this is really interesting. Good bit of watching. :)
A very cool show - thanks to all who were involved. Robert in Seattle
It was interesting seeing the transformation of how a 1769 stationary steam engine, being adapted to fit into some type of a moving vehicle. I just can't imagine doing that, with the state of what they had to work with way back then. Just the Metallurgy alone could kill you, you no idea how strong stuff is.
1829: dang, 35 miles an hour, what are you, a speed demon?
2024: YOU'RE GOING 35 IN A 60... MOVE! SNAILS ARE PASSING US!
Smeghead rides again!
#smegmanonatrain
lol was like who the hell is this guy he looks familiar
Excellent documentary!
Some of the BGM in this is Kevin Mcleod! I recognise it from several RUclips videos.
So can you tell this one 04:32
Great video. Look forward to watching more of this kind!
8:58 "Hello, this is Chef John from foodwishes.com, WITH... Chicken Vindaloo!"
kudos to the brits for keeping so many of the super early ones around, the originals at that
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC does it again! 5 stars * * * * * for everything :-)
I thought Newcomen, Trevithick, Watt and the Stephensons did it?
This was very entertaining, thank you for the info.
Chris Barrie is excellent. Talented man.
It's unfortunate the videography is from hyperactive ADD directors/post editors. It's an excellent interesting topic. The constant video shaking, over edited, unable to see the machines properly, is preposterous. It's a documentary not an action film.
I'm only 1:42 minutes in and I get that exact feeling with the intro graphics
Great to see my favorite red dwarf star doing a doco on one of my favorite things
Ahhhhh, I love British docs
Smeghead teaches us about trains?
Awesome!
Arnold Rimmer aka "Smee-Hee" acording to Kryton...!
Great Doco. Very enjoyable. Now we know why people become "Train Spotters".
steam engines satisfy me because if there pistons and other rod components;-;
you make it sound like a sexual fetish... then again
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my homemade wanker device is based on the steam engine wheel rod thing.
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Modern combustion engines have pistons and rods Mate. I know what your saying though. Nice thing about Steam engines is that every stroke is a power stroke Vs 2 and 4 Cycle engines. I wouldn't want a steam engine car though, lots of work and maintenance, takes about 15-20 minutes to lit the boiler and to get hot enough. There is one Boiler car that had a ignition system and fast boiler times with automatic steam regulator. Very expensive and rare. Of course Jay Leno has one, the Doble E-20.
Me too
Is it not both ironic and fun that so many of the great British comedians make great documentary hosts!
I'm sorry, but how do you get hit by something the size of a small building, going only 15 mph?
You jump onto your coach and hang on it's door, the door swings out with your weight upon it and hurls you in front of the oncoming locomotive. At least, that's what happened to him, he fell and the locomotive struck him and knocked him into the track ahead, then ran across his thigh.
And a steam engine doesn't stop for a bit of flesh.
Perhaps the poor bugger was a cripple like us mate.
The engines didn't have whistles and were small and quiet. People today are hit by modern noisy trains much larger than a house.
People get run over by vehicles travelling at that kind of speed all the time, particularly trucks and buses. 15mph is pretty fast by human scale - it's the speed Roger Banister had to beat in order to post a sub-4-minute mile run after all, and about what a horse or typical cyclist can comfortably sustain over long distances.
And it's very fast indeed if you've slipped over on slippery, slimy cobblestones as a carriage is rolling inexorably towards you, even with the driver hauling on the reins with one arm and the brake lever with the other, all entirely in vein.
Even if the driver nearly manages to stop the carriage, "not quite" stopping it is enough to cause a lot of damage because the fairly narrow, metal-tyred wagonwheel of a heavy coachbuilt hansom carriage rolling over your skull at just 1.5mph will still crush it like a sugar wafer, killing you instantly.
....I may have got confused with another video about Marie and Pierre Curie (the latter died that way), actually, but the principle is just the same. The ballast, sleepers and rails of a train line are not the easiest things to walk on, let alone pick yourself up from if you fall, trains can't steer to avoid you *at all*, 15mph is not any slower in that context than any other, and... most crucially... early steam trains had extremely poor brakes... in fact, hardly any to speak of at all on the engine itself (throwing the regulator into full reverse and spinning the brake handle to screw some wooden blocks against the wheelrims is about it) and *nothing* on the wagons and coaches following on behind. Just another set of wooden blocks that can be pushed against the wheelrims of the guard's van/brake van/caboose, if it even had one.
If the guy fell down less than, say, 100 metres in front of the oncoming train, he may have had serious difficulty getting up and not being hit even without panicking and the unfamiliarity of the situation.
Great video. thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
I didn't recognize him without the H on his head
Can't help wonder how primitive the world would still be without us Brits inventing and innovating.
If only Stephenson knew where us Americans would take his design. We like em big. And the Alleghenys and Big Boys prove it.
They had to start somewhere. We didn't like them big as much as they needed to be big.
tbf tho you needed them big for your mountains, England is relatively flat and the hills in Scotland aren't enormous like America so we built our trains accordingly.
@@Anon54387 TBH, being the first was to prove to be our downfall. America had the loading gauge just right, ours is too small!
@@formidable38 That is an issue for the British railway. We Americans built our engines to be heavy, and our loading gauge to take the weight, which means we could get more tractive effort out of our engines, hence why they became so much more powerful than British engines in the long run. We also built most of our tracks to follow the curvature of the landscape with very few tunnels, so that meant we could also build our engines taller and more robust. Then add us Americans taking advantage of the Mallet articulation design, and we could build our steam engines to pull 5 miles of freight of flat track across hundreds of miles. To get the most out of a locomotive, you need it to be heavy.
Big happened because we decided on the "bogie" and coupler instead of the buffers. Bogies (trucks) are a lot heavier, so to make up for the weight to freight ratio, we made the cars bigger.