3:20 Something that's always bugged me about this story. A quarter of an hour=15 mins. This story was (I'm guessing) inspired by the Blue Peter slip in 1994 when the locomotive erupted into a slip which spun the wheels at an estimated 140mph. The slip was over in a matter of seconds, however, as Blue Peter's cylinders collapsed and the valve gear flew apart. The driving wheels were also damaged by the slip. The driver sustained damage to both arms as the reverser whipped around and struck his arms after he tried to return the reverser to its neutral position to stop the slip as he couldn't close the regulator. The regulator was stuck wide open due to water from the boiler flowing into the throttle valve which forced the valve open causing the loco to prime which contributed to the cylinders' collapse. Blue Peter was withdrawn and it took some 18 months for the crew to repair the damage, including casting new cylinders, fabricating new parts for the valve gear and motion, and casting new driving wheels. Seeing as the Blue Peter slip was so violent and so quick to do that kind of damage, I'm not convinced that Gordon could have slipped more than a few seconds without similar results, especially seeing as his driving wheels are larger than Blue Peter's and thus should theoretically spin faster (unless anyone says otherwise Gordon's driving wheels should be 80 inches in diameter while Blue Peter's are 74 inches in diameter, though I tend to think Gordon's rebuild at Crewe should have left him with 74 inch drivers, making him a tad slower but giving him more tractive effort to make up for losing his middle cylinder - but that's for another subject). In just a few seconds either his crew should have been able to resolve the slip or Gordon should have sustained an enormous amount of damage to his cylinders and motion much like Blue Peter did which would have resulted in Gordon needing to go to the works for repair for a while. Not as long as Blue Peter was out of action seeing as Crovan's Gate would still have skilled professionals on the payroll working every day instead of a handful of volunteers putting in a few hours work on the weekends after lengthy fundraisers and a full-time dedicated foundry making new parts round the clock rather than having to contract out the work to different firms again after lengthy fundraisers. What took 18 months to repair on Blue Peter would take only a few days in Crovan's Gate, maybe 2 weeks tops if it was time for Gordon's overhaul. If I could ask Christopher 1 question it would be why he made Gordon's slip 15 minutes when realistically no locomotive slip has ever been more than a few seconds, even if they weren't as destructive as Blue Peter's. It makes little sense to me given what happens in real life.
@@woodenrailwayedward9507 it was based on a rather violent wheelslip a Black Five had a year prior where sparks flew out of the locomotives wheels and manage to severely shave off and damage its wheels.
MY BOOK 31 PERCY AND THE END OF THOMAS BRANCH LINE STORY 1: THOMAS PERCY AND THE DRAGON STORY 2: TOBY HEART OF GOLD STORY 3: HARD TIMES STORY 4: END OF THE LINE STORY 5: THE NEW HOME
Engine laughing at another train who froze to death because he said he was really cool the other day:
3:20 Something that's always bugged me about this story. A quarter of an hour=15 mins. This story was (I'm guessing) inspired by the Blue Peter slip in 1994 when the locomotive erupted into a slip which spun the wheels at an estimated 140mph. The slip was over in a matter of seconds, however, as Blue Peter's cylinders collapsed and the valve gear flew apart. The driving wheels were also damaged by the slip. The driver sustained damage to both arms as the reverser whipped around and struck his arms after he tried to return the reverser to its neutral position to stop the slip as he couldn't close the regulator. The regulator was stuck wide open due to water from the boiler flowing into the throttle valve which forced the valve open causing the loco to prime which contributed to the cylinders' collapse. Blue Peter was withdrawn and it took some 18 months for the crew to repair the damage, including casting new cylinders, fabricating new parts for the valve gear and motion, and casting new driving wheels.
Seeing as the Blue Peter slip was so violent and so quick to do that kind of damage, I'm not convinced that Gordon could have slipped more than a few seconds without similar results, especially seeing as his driving wheels are larger than Blue Peter's and thus should theoretically spin faster (unless anyone says otherwise Gordon's driving wheels should be 80 inches in diameter while Blue Peter's are 74 inches in diameter, though I tend to think Gordon's rebuild at Crewe should have left him with 74 inch drivers, making him a tad slower but giving him more tractive effort to make up for losing his middle cylinder - but that's for another subject). In just a few seconds either his crew should have been able to resolve the slip or Gordon should have sustained an enormous amount of damage to his cylinders and motion much like Blue Peter did which would have resulted in Gordon needing to go to the works for repair for a while. Not as long as Blue Peter was out of action seeing as Crovan's Gate would still have skilled professionals on the payroll working every day instead of a handful of volunteers putting in a few hours work on the weekends after lengthy fundraisers and a full-time dedicated foundry making new parts round the clock rather than having to contract out the work to different firms again after lengthy fundraisers. What took 18 months to repair on Blue Peter would take only a few days in Crovan's Gate, maybe 2 weeks tops if it was time for Gordon's overhaul.
If I could ask Christopher 1 question it would be why he made Gordon's slip 15 minutes when realistically no locomotive slip has ever been more than a few seconds, even if they weren't as destructive as Blue Peter's. It makes little sense to me given what happens in real life.
This book was published in 1987, so I don’t think it was based off of that
@@woodenrailwayedward9507 Whoops. Oh well. There's still no way Gordon could have slipped for 15 minutes, though.
@@woodenrailwayedward9507 it was based on a rather violent wheelslip a Black Five had a year prior where sparks flew out of the locomotives wheels and manage to severely shave off and damage its wheels.
bruh
I hope Andrew Brenner uses this for a Spencer story.
no
He didn’t
i wish
I love the intro.
Did this book come before or after Sodor: People History and Railways?
Oh, I don't think Gordon cares about those facts...
that's right fluffy pancake bunny
poor Gordon
1:03 1:32
MY BOOK 31
PERCY AND THE END OF THOMAS BRANCH LINE
STORY 1: THOMAS PERCY AND THE DRAGON
STORY 2: TOBY HEART OF GOLD
STORY 3: HARD TIMES
STORY 4: END OF THE LINE
STORY 5: THE NEW HOME
Based on a real event I believe.
You are indeed correct. There is a video somewhere one RUclips. Except Gordon got off pretty lightly compared to the original loco.
What happened to the original loco?
Follow-up question: What is the video called?
The original loco was called Blue Peter, here's footage from the incident on RUclips. ruclips.net/video/YjsNbzg1UaI/видео.html
@@tencents6 idk idk
@@Ravaloxianthunderbird yeah he didn't do that much slipping but the original ttain did a lot of it
the mallarrd is a gordon cousin spencer too
hhahahaahahha Gordon _ pacific is his full name hahahaha
treadmill
Series 4(1994-95) and 5(1998)
Narrated by: George Carlin and Alec Baldwin
1987
1986