Although the footage is jerky, the original content of the video, the working replica of the loco in action, is awesome....first time seeing one of these.
Unfortunately, my laptop was playing up when editing so got to a point of frustration and decided not to spend any more time on it. It is run a couple of times a year so will try again in the future.
@@howellmorris9740 it’s quite awesome to see a reproduction of the very first steam locomotive. Honestly, it’s quite nice to be able to see exactly how railroading as we think of it started. I know that there had been horse drawn railways before this point, but it was really the beginning of steam power that made, the railroad a important factor in society
@@christopherlawley18421804 was 91 years before the Lumiere Brothers screened their first film Films shot in the 1920s that are often shown when discussing early locomotives, show replicas of Rocket and other locos built by the'Big Four' railway companies in the 1920s and have I think been mistakenly assumed by some to have been filmed one hundred years earlier!
@@howellmorris9740 I have both Corel Videostudio 16 and 19. The higher the number, the less functions are provided (without extra purchasing of add-ons) and crashes are more frequent so I generally use 16 which also doesn't constantly carry ads for more Corel merchandise . A real pity as the earlier versions had far more functions installed and were generally very good editing suites.
After watching this a few times, I'm starting to see how this works. The slide valve is actually tripped by an extension off the piston rod, and appears that it can also be tripped by the operator to regulate speed and direction? It must be fairly low pressure steam, considering the size and stroke of the piston. Amazing how far the technology has come since then!😉
Just look at all those places to lose a digit or limb. I am guessing it uses only 1 double acting piston, so I guess that huge wheel is for the operator to manually rotate it a little if he has the misfortune of being stopped at top or bottom center of the stroke. That is why later locomotives use two (or more) cylinders that are offset from each other (ex: 2 cylinders are 90 degrees offfset in wheel rotation) so one is always in a power stroke.
The wheel is useful for manual adjustment of dead-centering, sure, but its real purpose is to add enough momentum so that the engine can get itself through the top-dead-center/bottom-dead-center zones while running. You often see such large flywheels with single-cylinder engines. Of course Trevithick knew that having two cylinders would eliminate this problem, but he was focused on making (relatively) compact, simple engines.
Probably a different gauge, as what we now call "Standard" Gauge of 4ft 8in was introduced by George Stephenson, later increased by half an inch to reduce binding on curves. Trevithick would have had this engine built to fit the wagonway on which it was designed to be used, so could have been anything between four & five feet. "Standard Gauge" became universal (in Britain) after 1845, with the last GWR lengths being converted around 1892. If the track in this video appears "wider" (than 5ft), that may be due to a 4:3 image being shown at 16:9 ratio....
I see no practical application for this invention. Now if someone could invent some beige plastique like substance that could pick up images off of comic strips, and then you could bend and stretch said images into funny caricatures, *then* you might have something....
A while ago I bought a model kit of this locomotive. It had no instructions. This video is a big help.
Magnificent. It's a testament to the men who built these machines to have this thing still running and in existence. Thank you.
it's a replica
I've owned cars older than that.
@@sebastianthomsen2225 If it's a replica the video lies at the start when it says "1804", implying that this one *is* from 1804.
@@StrangeScaryNewEngland it is called clickbait
I hope you included the lgbtetnsz brigade in your comments
Glad to see the ladies getting into steaming.
Very interesting , this earliest of all stam engines. Thanks for sharing.
Although the footage is jerky, the original content of the video, the working replica of the loco in action, is awesome....first time seeing one of these.
Unfortunately, my laptop was playing up when editing so got to a point of frustration and decided not to spend any more time on it. It is run a couple of times a year so will try again in the future.
@@howellmorris9740 it’s quite awesome to see a reproduction of the very first steam locomotive. Honestly, it’s quite nice to be able to see exactly how railroading as we think of it started. I know that there had been horse drawn railways before this point, but it was really the beginning of steam power that made, the railroad a important factor in society
It's a shame the video is such low frame rate.
I`ve got problems with my laptop. It was continuously crashing with Corel Videostudio 23.This maybe the cause of the jerkiness.
It's appropriate fo the movies of the time, colourised
@@christopherlawley1842🤡
@@christopherlawley18421804 was 91 years before the Lumiere Brothers screened their first film
Films shot in the 1920s that are often shown when discussing early locomotives, show replicas of Rocket and other locos built by the'Big Four' railway companies in the 1920s and have I think been mistakenly assumed by some to have been filmed one hundred years earlier!
@@howellmorris9740 I have both Corel Videostudio 16 and 19. The higher the number, the less functions are provided (without extra purchasing of add-ons) and crashes are more frequent so I generally use 16 which also doesn't constantly carry ads for more Corel merchandise . A real pity as the earlier versions had far more functions installed and were generally very good editing suites.
Stephen son was inspired by this loco, yet Trevithick is ignored by the history books; WHY?
Mother of inventions ❤👌👌
After watching this a few times, I'm starting to see how this works. The slide valve is actually tripped by an extension off the piston rod, and appears that it can also be tripped by the operator to regulate speed and direction? It must be fairly low pressure steam, considering the size and stroke of the piston. Amazing how far the technology has come since then!😉
You're so clever
Thank you for this great clip!!!
I appear in this video as I was also shooting for my film of this loco.
The humble beginnings. I wonder what Trevithick would have said had he seen today's TGV/Bullet train/etc. Where's the boiler? Where's the fireman?
Where's my royalties?
@@etherealbolweevil6268 🤣
Gods, I wonder how many people lost their limbs near monstrosities like that :D
It's interesting that it has unflanged wheels and a flanged track.
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It would be nice to have drawings and an explanation on how it works.
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Just look at all those places to lose a digit or limb. I am guessing it uses only 1 double acting piston, so I guess that huge wheel is for the operator to manually rotate it a little if he has the misfortune of being stopped at top or bottom center of the stroke. That is why later locomotives use two (or more) cylinders that are offset from each other (ex: 2 cylinders are 90 degrees offfset in wheel rotation) so one is always in a power stroke.
Ah I was wondering why that wheel is so huge. I thought maybe it was a flywheel, but that makes sense about being a manual crank for the operator.
The wheel is useful for manual adjustment of dead-centering, sure, but its real purpose is to add enough momentum so that the engine can get itself through the top-dead-center/bottom-dead-center zones while running. You often see such large flywheels with single-cylinder engines.
Of course Trevithick knew that having two cylinders would eliminate this problem, but he was focused on making (relatively) compact, simple engines.
Trevithick`s Steam Locomotive did not have flanged wheels. The rails were flanged instead.
As they are here.
the camera is much older than the locomotive
this thing needs some Doc Brown crystal logs...
Very good video, like !!!
first steam engine in the world also how to make an bow and arrow step 1:
Nice to see it in operation. Was this loco the one that operated at Cardiff's industrial museum?
Where and when is this please?
Real first!
zero to sixty... only a couple of hundred years have elapsed.
That fly wheel looks SO dangerous, lol
Richard's answer would be "Well don`t bloody touch it, then".....🙂
Are the tracks the same gage as used today?
Appears to be wider than Standard Gauge but I could be wrong
No idea sorry.
Probably a different gauge, as what we now call "Standard" Gauge of 4ft 8in was introduced by George Stephenson, later increased by half an inch to reduce binding on curves. Trevithick would have had this engine built to fit the wagonway on which it was designed to be used, so could have been anything between four & five feet. "Standard Gauge" became universal (in Britain) after 1845, with the last GWR lengths being converted around 1892. If the track in this video appears "wider" (than 5ft), that may be due to a 4:3 image being shown at 16:9 ratio....
4' 2" inside the plateway flanges and 4' 4" outside of plate on the Penydarren plateway. Today's metric standard gauge is 1435mm (4' 8 & 1/2").
I see no practical application for this invention.
Now if someone could invent some beige plastique like substance that could pick up images off of comic strips, and then you could bend and stretch said images into funny caricatures, *then* you might have something....
Sounds putty silly to me...
Odd tracks indeed
Is it a replica
Yes it is a replica but was constructed from the original plans in 1981.
Get a freakin' haircut!!!