The Steam Elephant
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- Опубліковано 28 січ 2010
- Steam Elephant was a six-wheeled locomotive of approximately standard gauge with a centre-flue boiler having two vertical cylinders of about 9 inches (229 mm) x 24 inches (610 mm) set into its top centreline. The cylinders drove slide bar mounted beams which turned crankshafts driving the axles through 2:1 reduction gears between the frames. It had a tall, tapering chimney, the lower part being surrounded by a feedwater heater. It would have weighed about 7.5 tons and had a top speed of around 4.5 miles per hour (7 km/h) and a load capacity of about 90 tons over a short distance.
It is now considered[2] to have been designed by John Buddle and William Chapman for Wallsend Colliery on the north bank of the River Tyne in 1815 using metal components supplied by Hawks of Gateshead. It appears originally not to have been very successful at Wallsend, probably due to lack of adhesion on the wooden rails there, nor on trial at Washington. Following the introduction of iron rails at Wallsend, it had a working life there longer than many contemporaneous locomotives, until at least the mid-1820s.
There is evidence[2] that it was then rebuilt for use at the Hetton collieries, working there for a further decade. - Спорт
I wish it was filmed by a cameraman whose goal was to document how the engine worked rather that being artistic and evocative.
Please re-edit with natural sound and no music!
Absolutely agree... it's entirely unwatchable with that horrible thumping.
What a wonderful machine - a sort of half way house between Hedley's Puffing Billy and 'his' sister Wylm Dilly and Stephenson's Locomotion. Thanks for putting it back, and never mind the brickbats - I'm grateful to both the cameramen and the engineers who make these replicas of lost or forgotten pioneering machines for our enjoyment
Really enjoyed watching the vid especially as i worked on this project, supplying the "Patterns" for the Cylinders and Wheels. Most of the work was done by Dorothea Whaley Bridge, working initially from a print of a painting.
What a fabulous piece of machinery!
I love it. I visited Beamish in 1981 and would love to visit again someday.
A very unique looking locomotive
Would be much better with NO music
Far better, Graham.
Great movie terrible music bom video música terrível
That is a unique drive system...
Awsome video, I love watching old style steam locomotives like that.
Absolutely stunning! Can't believe what I'm seeing. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you for your comment,
it is an unusual contraption and made an interesting video which by the way looks really good in HD.
Graham Lockwood.
It's mind-boggling to think of everything they had to invent to get the engine built in 1815.
Absolutely. I have read in depth the work of the originator and his colleagues, John Buddle Jnr is my 5th Great Uncle, and he is the most understated man of his time. His ingenuity is beyond compare.
Music why?
Quite an interesting Loco. Thank you.
Whats with the irritating music , would be nice to hear the loco
The music is completely unnecessary and distracting. The sound of the loco working would be much more interesting. I was also very disappointed not to see good views of the entire side of the loco working. I'm an engineer and the full side view, including the connecting rods, cranks, etc. would be far more interesting than a few stupid views of birds, etc. The views from the carriage behind the loco also show nothing interesting. The loco itself is fascinating and reminiscent of "Puffing Billy", another loco from this period, and the workmanship is superb.
I am not a Railway enthusiast, this video was my person memory of a visit to a museum where I found one of the exhibits very interesting. This was never intended as a documentary video for railway enthusiast. I agree entirely about the music my choice as a background was not allowed by You Tube, this is one they sent me as a copyright free track. I'm sorry if less than 2 seconds of stupid birds spoiled your enjoyment of a 5.24 minute video.
I agree with you:-))
Nice visuals, ruined by the music. Please repost with the original natural sound, without any music good or bad.
Fully agree vis-a-vis the music. Completely inappropriate for the period and stomps on the glorious steam sounds.
this is my all time favorite engine, you should do a similar video with locomotion
She seems to be the closest machine to matthew murrays salamanca for the middleton colliery railway which was the 1st commercially successful railway steam locomotive in the world.
The original ran in the same year as the battle of Waterloo. Probably explains how the station got the name.
Interesting video and explanation. But what an AFWFULL music! Some period music would have been a better choice, by far... Remember that 1815 was Beethoven's lifetime. What would you think about the Jupiter Symphony ?
Graham please why oh why does every uploader feel the necessary to include some sort of thumping out of context sound track ? The Stem Elephant makes its own music.
What were you thinking with that very annoying musical noise!!!
When I first made the video of the Steam Elephant I tried several pieces of music but You Tube copyright policy would not allow me to use my choice. Since then the policy has changed so maybe I can redo the video and submit it again with a nicer or more appropriate choice. I will put it on my very long things to do list.
Repeat with Zero music!
Hi SteamCrane .. it is one of the many job that I will get round to eventually. I agree it is not the best musical track, I chose it when You Tube blocked my original background music. I chose it from a collection of even worse tracks that You Tube suggested. I thought the beat echoed the engine.
+Graham Lockwood why any music at all ?
I love this locomotive, great to watch and a fine piece of work to bring a forgotten engine back to life. Is the "Experiment" coach a replica of a old one, and why "Experiment"? Is it just a name, or was it really an experiment? Was it to see if the public would choose to go by rail, or pay more for a bit of shelter? I will HAVE to visit sometime and see it all! Many thanks.
I don't believe the original 'experiment' has survived, it was indeed an Experiment by Stephenson, which became the first passenger car. Since in the Stockton-darlington railway, where it belonged, was not very practical from the begining (the fault lied on the railway though), and there would have been not much of a reason to keep it when better passenger cars began to be built.
It was an experiment to see if steam railways could transport passengers in a satisfactory way, the Stockton-Darlington was still just a tramway for coal wagons pulled by horses, Locomotion N° 1 could be hired to replace the horse on the tramway, though it did carry passengers from time to time.
MisterTalkingMachine Thanks for that. I have just completed a mechanical diorama called Sleepy Hill which includes a whimsical train, a bit like some of Emett's drawings and models. The coach looks more like Emett than Stephenson, but I thought that the name "Experiment" would suit it nicely and added it on!
@@CaptBubble The Steam Elephant was in fact built by John Buddle Jnr & William Chapman for Wallsend Colliery, circa 1815.
It still works‼️
It isn't very old, as locomotives go.
I totally agree but at the time You Tube would not allow my chosen music. I chose from one of their equally poor music tracks that echoed the beat of the engine.
Wow just WOW!
Haha that thing is a scary machine! Somehow I don't think it would pass safety regulations today...
Surprisingly, the builders of the day, one being my 5th great Uncle, was one of the most safety conscious men of his day.
Alta velocità ? Ma chi ne ha bisogno quando hai una locmotiva come questa !!!!
Thank you ,love the music
The cameraman obviously is not a technician.
Please do it again with a decent camera, and avoid the too-close-up shots
That seems to be some sort of friction drive system at 4:03?
The music is too loud. It's very fool.
Graham, a friend of ours did the rivetting on The Steam Elephant but he does not have access to a computer as he can't get out of the house as he has mobility problems. He does however have a video player. Would it be possible for us to buy a copy of your video from you please?
annoying music
You are absolutely right, at the time I uploaded this video You Tube had a copyright policy and would not allow my chosen music even though I tried several pieces. I ended up having to use one of their listed pieces of music, most of which were worst than this one. I eventually chose this because the beat echoed the rhythm of the engine.
I thought the music was okay.
@MrGlockwood
I have books from about 1970 ish that have a few pictures of this loco, rather pictures of paintings and sketches.
Зверь-машина!
It seems like it's a 2-4-0.
steamboat style pistons
this train is very goodlooking, and indeed the music is anoying, but i know how anouying the other UA-cam "songs" are!
On Facebook there is a game called "TrainStation" and there you have your own station with a large collection of trains you can buy, and this train should defenitly be in TrainStation!
it now is on trainsstation
Looks like if locomotion had steroids
yes well video, but the music ruined all, with all my respekt
Hi R-C Weber. At the time of recording You Tube would not allow my choice of music. They gave me a list of copyright free music and this track was the best on offer so you can imagine what the rest of the tracks sounded like. I dislike the music but chose this because I thought it echoed the rythme of the engine. I do intend at some point to re-do the footage.
A provocative lead-up but lousy photography, music, and dearth of information. What was this, a dream?
Jesus Christ, stop moving the camera. People want to get a look at the thing, but you keep zooming in and out and changing the shot every two seconds so they cant see the damn thing.
nice song
Perhaps music as what John Buddle would have played in his day would be appropriate. He was after all, an accomplished musician. I'm sorry, but this music is aweful. Pity you had no choice. I'd like to find a good video of this enf=gine with no music. I want to add a link to my website. I'll keep looking.
Some of the worst camera work imaginable.
Loose the porn music!
Terrible rubbish music