7k lets all help you get to 10k+ with your excellent channel. Of the early locos built in reasonable quantities that do not survive which would you like to see a replica built? Perhaps also a model.
Well done Anthony on 7k subscribers! Got 1 question for you, Given the major impact that the 1923 grouping had on Britain’s railways, what would the network have looked like today had it not happen. Were there any earlier attempts of a grouping or nationalisation of the companies and if so how would this have impacted Britain’s railways.
Congrats on 7K! You deserve at least a couple more zeroes on the end there, methinks ;). My question is this - what little-known railway event, be it a great success or tragedy, would you like to see more widely recognised, both in and out of railway circles? So many seem to go sadly unnoticed... Thank you for the videos you produce, and for your dedication to making early railway history more accessible for us all!
Congrats Anthony! I have a very important question for you to answer. If you were to open an abandoned shed and find an 1830s L&MR locomotive preserved inside, what would be your choice of survivor?
Hey Anthony, what did Sandy and Potton Railway/Wantage Tramway "Shannon" look like when first built, in terms of livery? Or in other words, what did George England Blue really look like?
Why do you think so many early locomotives had crank axles and inside cylinders when they must have been such a technical feat compared to a straight axle and outside cylinders?
Questions for the Q&A: What's your favourite Great Eastern steam locomotive? Favourite 0-6-0 Goods loco? What was the first Diesel shunter ever made? How was it to operate Rocket? What are your 5 favourite steam locomotives? How many of Planet's class were built? Also, Congratulations! 😀😀😀
I've been wondering for a while, what are the merits of wooden wheels on engines? Some early engines had wooden wheels, some even with a mix of metal and wood, do they have different things they're good for? Or did it just take a while for the technology at the time to catch up and make iron wheels more practical to produce?
Which lost early steam locomotive would you like to see a modern replica built of? Congratulations on your milestone, I hope to see more Australian locomotives!
Always lovely to listen to your tellings of for the most part, forgotten railway history! Do you have a favourite childhood/childrens book about railways and trains?
Congrats on 7k! What are your views on the rise of "digital" railway modelling, such as train simulators, over the last decade? Have you ever used these programmes, and if not, how come?
Were traction engines chramptons and did they infringe the patent?? Did the chrampton patent only include railway locomotives and so was the blue circle 9449 a chrampton locomotive??
Glad to be one of those 7,000, Anthony! I've enjoyed both your videos and your books. I'd be interested to hear you go into detail about the competition between locomotive firms in the global market. I know during the latter half of the 19th century and the early 20th locomotive manufacture was big business, and if I'm not mistaken, North British conglomerated from Sharp Stewart, Dubs, and Neilson in order to compete with Baldwin's capacity and lessen US influence. Do you know of other momentous decisions in locomotive history that were influenced by the whims of a global economy in its infancy? And if that's an overcomplicated question, what's your favorite locomotive exported from England? I'm from the US, and one of my favorites of ours is that Ryam Sugar Davenport 0-4-0 that's at Statfold now. The only operating Davenport, to my knowledge.
Congrats on reaching 7K Subs. And I do have a question about the North Staffordshire Railway locomotives. What was their worst ever built locomotive that didn't perform well?
I’m from Venezuela and there some interesting steam locomotives there, I would love it if you talked about the “Ferrocarril La Guaira y Caracas” And it’s locomotives. Thank you.
congrats to another 1000 subscribers! well deserved Anthony! :) here's my question: why did it take the railways so long to establish the roofed cab for the engine crew?
I’ve been looking over the fleet list of the LNWR Precedent class and found at least 3 locomotives named after US Presidents. Can you explain the naming of these particular locomotives?
A few questions Did the prime minister have a private coach in the early days of steam? Favourite express locomotive like Mallard or Flying Scotsman? Which countries that used to have railways that no longer exist? Where the rhythm She coming down the mountain where she's comes originate from?
My request Anthony is what was the best/most important engine in Australia (I am Aussie) or in the U.K (my fovourite) or the world. I tried to make it easy. Or (he he) what you think is the most important/interesting development in railways to date (practical or not so). As always Anthony thank you for your magnificently researched and informative work. You deserve every subscriber and I believe you will achieve many more. A well earned congratulations. . P.S. Your efforts have given me (and others) much enjoyment. Thank you for this too Anthony.
Since his rather flexible cut off date seems to be in the mid 1850s, I would nominate the first Australian built first steam locomotive based on a pile driving engine when Stephensons were late in delivering locomotives to the Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway.
Bit of an out there question: I've been trying to work out how to introduce early steam technology including railways into a Dungeons & Dragons fantasy world. Moreso than just a surface level contrivance for fast travel or storyline set piece, I want to really capture how the advent of early railways deeply, fundamentally changes a society, even one of sword and sorcery. Might you have any ideas or suggestions on the topic?
Congratulations on the new milestone, well deserved for excellent content. My question is perhaps outside the usual timeframe but I would be interested to know your favourite post-modernisation unit/loco.
Congrats on 7k subscribers. My questions are why didn't knuckle couplers catch on in Britain and why did we persist with lower quadrant signals when they could give a false indication of line clear if they were weighed down by ice?
Ventilation shafts have been used in tunnels for a long time, but how did the London Underground vent the exhaust from their locomotives in the early days? We’re there specialized “fan rooms” (for lack of a better term) at and between stations to draw out the air or was it some other method besides none?
Bit of an odd question: Did anyone ever try to steal the designs of George Stephenson or any other pioneers, to try and outcompete them? Congratulations Anthony for 7K!
hi I’ve watched your channel for a couple years now and I seen you did a story on the Ballarat train and I do this no that’s why I live in Ballarat and I didn’t know about it and I’ve been watching your channel on steam trains a lot👍
We all know the Great Central's most famous lines, the London extension and the Woodhead Line were duplicates of the Midland Mainline and the North Staffs line through the Pennines, but what else did the North Staffs do that others did but, as to say, "louder"? Copied with more success of fame, so to speak?
Hi Anthony, as always congratulations on achieving this milestone, I feel happy to have started watching your channel very early on in your UA-cam career! I have three questions for your QNA today, the first being that: I know in Britain at least, there were a few examples of steam traction engines made for working on the railway, why was this done and how many different types were there made. My second question for you is that, out of the early examples of British 4-6-0’s, (like the GWR Saints, the GCR B series of engines, etc.) what is your favorite class? My third and final question is that, like the LNER J15, was there any other similar fully enclosed trams plying the tramways of Britain around that time? Thanks for taking my questions and I can’t wait to see where you’ll go over the coming years!! Best, Max Z.
Congrats Anthony on the milestone, just two questions from myself both of which are semi-related First one, given the recent output from a certain unnamed oo gauge manufacturer regarding the inaccuracies of models for Rocket, Lion & Tiger, it has me wondering about how accurate are the other replicas we have in preservation such as Sans Pareil, Planet, Locomotion, Novelty, Steam Elephant, etc. etc. Second one, how possible or impossible is to make newbuilds of locomotives like Perseverance, Twin Sisters and other locos that don't have existing examples or similar preserved. Is the only way to make one a 'best guess' scenario and does it mean that, even for the Rainhill 200th, a replica of Perseverance couldn't happen
+1 on this topic. The replicas use modern materials and practices to present a vehicle that has the form and appearance of the prototype. They are to be celebrated, yet in detail, they are not accurate. Consider just the springs. Stephenson used wrought iron, Planet replica spring steel. Given the change in material, the modulus of elasticity changes, dramatically. So the large mass of Stephenson's springs gives way to finer steel springs. Different mass, different size, etc. Where do those springs go? Period illustrations of Planet show the springs below the frame. Yet one of Stephenson's mechanical prints show all four springs above the frame. Armengaud shows the rear springs above, the forward springs below. The replica has them above. This is just one detail. I could easily go on and on. The replicas are modern representations of the original. Strictly speaking, they are not accurate. And I wouldn't change a thing. Hornby have produced commercial OO models. Rocket and Lion make every attempt to match the replicas, because that is what people see at the museum. It is a commercial decision: "what will sell?" Will Rocket with pistons lowered, sell? Will Lion without the copper dome, sell? We get further into the weeds with the carriages. The third class (blue) are just like the museum, and not as Stephenson depicted. In each instance, one can argue for more fidelity in depiction. Yet there are commercial realities. I, for one, am thrilled with Tiger. It readily matches the existing images of Lion, as found prior to copper dome. I think it captures the essence of LMR locomotives, albeit without running on steam and made of wrought iron. Hornby's models aren't perfect. The replicas at the museum aren't perfect. Neither can ever be. Accept the compromises. Enjoy them for what they are. And +1 on this topic
@@WhatAboutTheBee Lion and the coaches I can forgive. That's how they appeared in 1930, but Tiger is a work of pure fiction and should be advertised as such.
@@Poliss95 As mentioned in my comment, Lion was photographed before the cooper fantasy of 1930 was installed. You will find those images in Trans. Liverpool Engineering Society, Vol L, 1929: 'Locomotion - Coal to Oil, 1838-1928' by lt. Col. E. Kitson Clark. Lion, as photographed, has various features which have been modeled by Hornby in Tiger. Mr Dawson has argued that Lion was heavily remodeled between manufacture and preservation and the photographs merely represent Lion as found, that it is not representative Tiger. That's an extremely narrow view which I do not share. Unless you assume that nothing of Lion is true, then Lion retains form and structure which present as useful guidelines for others within class. I find your argument perplexing. You accept Hornby's other era 1 models, given the museum replicas. Yet the museum replicas are demonstrably false, with period mechanical drawings showing futility. Yet the model that is most representative of an actual LMR locomotive, as found and photographed, unacceptable.
The boiler carried by Lion is unique to Lion. It was made by the Mersey Docks & Harbour Board in 1866. Tiger simply did not exist at that date. It had been scrapped in May 1850. We know what the boiler of Lion and Tiger looked like and its nothing like that on the preserved Lion. There's a gap of 16 years between Tiger being scrapped and Lion being fitted with the boiler it now carries. The contemporary description and depictions of sister engines to Lion and Tiger do not show a high crowned firebox. Can you show me primary evidence that Tiger carried the same boiler as Lion does today?
You're forgetting Armengaud doesn't show a Stephenson Planet. They show a Fenton, Murray & Jackson locomotive. Works drawings in the Stephenson archive in York show the springs above the frame, exactly as does the Chevalier de Pambour in his series of detailed drawings of a Stephenson built Planet on the Liverpool & Manchester. I think, perhaps, you're getting too hung up on Armengaud rather than going back to the original drawings at York. :-)
Congratulations my good man, words cannot do anywhere near as much justice as you deserve for your hard work and effort. Now as for my questions, it may come as no surprise that you may or may not know that I was a real railway Conductor! (yes I was it's not just a nice username) But to be more specific I was a streetcar/Trolley Conductor or Trams as you lot in the Kings country refer to them as, would you at some point cover the history of the early Tramway era of England? It's well within your time line limit of the 1860s to 1910s. Also on a side note that mustache is impeccably perfect!
7k lets all help you get to 10k+ with your excellent channel.
Of the early locos built in reasonable quantities that do not survive which would you like to see a replica built? Perhaps also a model.
Well done Anthony on 7k subscribers! Got 1 question for you,
Given the major impact that the 1923 grouping had on Britain’s railways, what would the network have looked like today had it not happen. Were there any earlier attempts of a grouping or nationalisation of the companies and if so how would this have impacted Britain’s railways.
Congratulations! My question is why were early smokebox doors so tiny- surely this made it difficult to clean the uppermost tubes in the boiler?
Congrats on 7K! You deserve at least a couple more zeroes on the end there, methinks ;). My question is this - what little-known railway event, be it a great success or tragedy, would you like to see more widely recognised, both in and out of railway circles? So many seem to go sadly unnoticed... Thank you for the videos you produce, and for your dedication to making early railway history more accessible for us all!
What’s the best moustache you’ve sported and why? And should others have more moustaches, particularly on railways?
Congrats Anthony! I have a very important question for you to answer.
If you were to open an abandoned shed and find an 1830s L&MR locomotive preserved inside, what would be your choice of survivor?
Hey Anthony, what did Sandy and Potton Railway/Wantage Tramway "Shannon" look like when first built, in terms of livery? Or in other words, what did George England Blue really look like?
Why do you think so many early locomotives had crank axles and inside cylinders when they must have been such a technical feat compared to a straight axle and outside cylinders?
Questions for the Q&A:
What's your favourite Great Eastern steam locomotive?
Favourite 0-6-0 Goods loco?
What was the first Diesel shunter ever made?
How was it to operate Rocket?
What are your 5 favourite steam locomotives?
How many of Planet's class were built?
Also, Congratulations! 😀😀😀
I've been wondering for a while, what are the merits of wooden wheels on engines? Some early engines had wooden wheels, some even with a mix of metal and wood, do they have different things they're good for? Or did it just take a while for the technology at the time to catch up and make iron wheels more practical to produce?
Can you do a video on pre-1st WW compartment carriages with two and/or three axles? Does a train of such carriages exist in the UK?
Which lost early steam locomotive would you like to see a modern replica built of?
Congratulations on your milestone, I hope to see more Australian locomotives!
Congratulations on the 7k dear Anthony! I have started following you since you had about 1,200 subscribers, keep growing on UA-cam and much success!
Well done Anthony! major milestone at 7K subs. Congratulations.
Thank you very much!
How original of a machine is Wantage Tramway Shannon/Jane, I know she was modified by the LNWR and rebuilt twice by the GWR before preservation.
Congratulations! Where did your interest in the hobby start, and what interests you so much in early & pioneering railways?
Always lovely to listen to your tellings of for the most part, forgotten railway history!
Do you have a favourite childhood/childrens book about railways and trains?
Congrats on 7k! What are your views on the rise of "digital" railway modelling, such as train simulators, over the last decade? Have you ever used these programmes, and if not, how come?
Were traction engines chramptons and did they infringe the patent??
Did the chrampton patent only include railway locomotives and so was the blue circle 9449 a chrampton locomotive??
Many congratulations Anthony!
My question is, what do we know of rockets life after she left the LMR?
Glad to be one of those 7,000, Anthony! I've enjoyed both your videos and your books. I'd be interested to hear you go into detail about the competition between locomotive firms in the global market. I know during the latter half of the 19th century and the early 20th locomotive manufacture was big business, and if I'm not mistaken, North British conglomerated from Sharp Stewart, Dubs, and Neilson in order to compete with Baldwin's capacity and lessen US influence. Do you know of other momentous decisions in locomotive history that were influenced by the whims of a global economy in its infancy? And if that's an overcomplicated question, what's your favorite locomotive exported from England? I'm from the US, and one of my favorites of ours is that Ryam Sugar Davenport 0-4-0 that's at Statfold now. The only operating Davenport, to my knowledge.
Congrats on reaching 7K Subs. And I do have a question about the North Staffordshire Railway locomotives. What was their worst ever built locomotive that didn't perform well?
Congrats Anthony on gathering another 7k! I wanted to ask: Do you have any interest in covering more early American locomotives? Maybe a Rogers 4-4-0?
Congratulations on 7K! What are some ‘preserved’ locomotives that ended up being scrapped?
I’m from Venezuela and there some interesting steam locomotives there, I would love it if you talked about the “Ferrocarril La Guaira y Caracas”
And it’s locomotives. Thank you.
congrats to another 1000 subscribers! well deserved Anthony! :) here's my question:
why did it take the railways so long to establish the roofed cab for the engine crew?
I think Anthony has already answered that in one of his videos.
Congratulations on 7k
In your years of research, what has been the most interesting bit of railway history you’ve looked into?
I’ve been looking over the fleet list of the LNWR Precedent class and found at least 3 locomotives named after US Presidents. Can you explain the naming of these particular locomotives?
A few questions
Did the prime minister have a private coach in the early days of steam?
Favourite express locomotive like Mallard or Flying Scotsman?
Which countries that used to have railways that no longer exist?
Where the rhythm She coming down the mountain where she's comes originate from?
My request Anthony is what was the best/most important engine in Australia (I am Aussie) or in the U.K (my fovourite) or the world. I tried to make it easy. Or (he he) what you think is the most important/interesting development in railways to date (practical or not so). As always Anthony thank you for your magnificently researched and informative work. You deserve every subscriber and I believe you will achieve many more. A well earned congratulations. . P.S. Your efforts have given me (and others) much enjoyment. Thank you for this too Anthony.
Since his rather flexible cut off date seems to be in the mid 1850s, I would nominate the first Australian built first steam locomotive based on a pile driving engine when Stephensons were late in delivering locomotives to the Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway.
Bit of an out there question: I've been trying to work out how to introduce early steam technology including railways into a Dungeons & Dragons fantasy world. Moreso than just a surface level contrivance for fast travel or storyline set piece, I want to really capture how the advent of early railways deeply, fundamentally changes a society, even one of sword and sorcery. Might you have any ideas or suggestions on the topic?
Do you have a favourite narrow gauge locomotive? Anything bellow standard to 15 inch gauge.
Congratulations on the new milestone, well deserved for excellent content. My question is perhaps outside the usual timeframe but I would be interested to know your favourite post-modernisation unit/loco.
Congrats on 7k subscribers.
My questions are why didn't knuckle couplers catch on in Britain and why did we persist with lower quadrant signals when they could give a false indication of line clear if they were weighed down by ice?
Ventilation shafts have been used in tunnels for a long time, but how did the London Underground vent the exhaust from their locomotives in the early days? We’re there specialized “fan rooms” (for lack of a better term) at and between stations to draw out the air or was it some other method besides none?
Bit of an odd question:
Did anyone ever try to steal the designs of George Stephenson or any other pioneers, to try and outcompete them?
Congratulations Anthony for 7K!
Congrats. Why early locomotives? Why not another period? What's the reason for the niche?
hi I’ve watched your channel for a couple years now and I seen you did a story on the Ballarat train and I do this no that’s why I live in Ballarat and I didn’t know about it and I’ve been watching your channel on steam trains a lot👍
what's your favorite type of steam locomotive wheel configuration?
Mr. Dawson, What is your favorite Welsh Railway Locomotive?
7,000 down and only 993,000 to go.
Well done.
We all know the Great Central's most famous lines, the London extension and the Woodhead Line were duplicates of the Midland Mainline and the North Staffs line through the Pennines, but what else did the North Staffs do that others did but, as to say, "louder"? Copied with more success of fame, so to speak?
Hi Anthony, as always congratulations on achieving this milestone, I feel happy to have started watching your channel very early on in your UA-cam career!
I have three questions for your QNA today, the first being that:
I know in Britain at least, there were a few examples of steam traction engines made for working on the railway, why was this done and how many different types were there made.
My second question for you is that, out of the early examples of British 4-6-0’s, (like the GWR Saints, the GCR B series of engines, etc.) what is your favorite class?
My third and final question is that, like the LNER J15, was there any other similar fully enclosed trams plying the tramways of Britain around that time?
Thanks for taking my questions and I can’t wait to see where you’ll go over the coming years!!
Best, Max Z.
Congrats Anthony on the milestone, just two questions from myself both of which are semi-related
First one, given the recent output from a certain unnamed oo gauge manufacturer regarding the inaccuracies of models for Rocket, Lion & Tiger, it has me wondering about how accurate are the other replicas we have in preservation such as Sans Pareil, Planet, Locomotion, Novelty, Steam Elephant, etc. etc.
Second one, how possible or impossible is to make newbuilds of locomotives like Perseverance, Twin Sisters and other locos that don't have existing examples or similar preserved. Is the only way to make one a 'best guess' scenario and does it mean that, even for the Rainhill 200th, a replica of Perseverance couldn't happen
+1 on this topic.
The replicas use modern materials and practices to present a vehicle that has the form and appearance of the prototype. They are to be celebrated, yet in detail, they are not accurate. Consider just the springs. Stephenson used wrought iron, Planet replica spring steel. Given the change in material, the modulus of elasticity changes, dramatically. So the large mass of Stephenson's springs gives way to finer steel springs. Different mass, different size, etc. Where do those springs go? Period illustrations of Planet show the springs below the frame. Yet one of Stephenson's mechanical prints show all four springs above the frame. Armengaud shows the rear springs above, the forward springs below. The replica has them above. This is just one detail. I could easily go on and on. The replicas are modern representations of the original. Strictly speaking, they are not accurate. And I wouldn't change a thing.
Hornby have produced commercial OO models. Rocket and Lion make every attempt to match the replicas, because that is what people see at the museum. It is a commercial decision: "what will sell?" Will Rocket with pistons lowered, sell? Will Lion without the copper dome, sell? We get further into the weeds with the carriages. The third class (blue) are just like the museum, and not as Stephenson depicted. In each instance, one can argue for more fidelity in depiction. Yet there are commercial realities. I, for one, am thrilled with Tiger. It readily matches the existing images of Lion, as found prior to copper dome. I think it captures the essence of LMR locomotives, albeit without running on steam and made of wrought iron.
Hornby's models aren't perfect. The replicas at the museum aren't perfect. Neither can ever be.
Accept the compromises. Enjoy them for what they are.
And +1 on this topic
@@WhatAboutTheBee Lion and the coaches I can forgive. That's how they appeared in 1930, but Tiger is a work of pure fiction and should be advertised as such.
@@Poliss95 As mentioned in my comment, Lion was photographed before the cooper fantasy of 1930 was installed. You will find those images in Trans. Liverpool Engineering Society, Vol L, 1929: 'Locomotion - Coal to Oil, 1838-1928' by lt. Col. E. Kitson Clark.
Lion, as photographed, has various features which have been modeled by Hornby in Tiger. Mr Dawson has argued that Lion was heavily remodeled between manufacture and preservation and the photographs merely represent Lion as found, that it is not representative Tiger. That's an extremely narrow view which I do not share. Unless you assume that nothing of Lion is true, then Lion retains form and structure which present as useful guidelines for others within class.
I find your argument perplexing. You accept Hornby's other era 1 models, given the museum replicas. Yet the museum replicas are demonstrably false, with period mechanical drawings showing futility. Yet the model that is most representative of an actual LMR locomotive, as found and photographed, unacceptable.
The boiler carried by Lion is unique to Lion. It was made by the Mersey Docks & Harbour Board in 1866. Tiger simply did not exist at that date. It had been scrapped in May 1850. We know what the boiler of Lion and Tiger looked like and its nothing like that on the preserved Lion. There's a gap of 16 years between Tiger being scrapped and Lion being fitted with the boiler it now carries. The contemporary description and depictions of sister engines to Lion and Tiger do not show a high crowned firebox.
Can you show me primary evidence that Tiger carried the same boiler as Lion does today?
You're forgetting Armengaud doesn't show a Stephenson Planet. They show a Fenton, Murray & Jackson locomotive. Works drawings in the Stephenson archive in York show the springs above the frame, exactly as does the Chevalier de Pambour in his series of detailed drawings of a Stephenson built Planet on the Liverpool & Manchester. I think, perhaps, you're getting too hung up on Armengaud rather than going back to the original drawings at York. :-)
Congratulations💗🏵🌺💐
Thank you! 🤗
Congratulations on reaching 7k.
Thank you so much 😀
@@AnthonyDawsonHistory your welcome from all of us. But also thank you for making such entertaining videos for us to enjoy and learn from.
another question. Can you do the video on the GER Y14/LNER J15, a steam locomotive with a 100 year old (more or less) unbroken world record?
Are there any locomotive in Australia that have caught your attention that you want to talk about?
Well done 7000🎊
How about an in depth on Fairlie patent locos or if if it's not too modern, Bullieds 'Leader' ;-)
And, as if by magic, a video appeared ua-cam.com/video/uj7wHJ-EU9k/v-deo.html
How reliable do you think the timings of Charles Rous-Marten were? I have serious doubts about them.
I have enormous doubts myself!
Congratulations my good man, words cannot do anywhere near as much justice as you deserve for your hard work and effort.
Now as for my questions, it may come as no surprise that you may or may not know that I was a real railway Conductor!
(yes I was it's not just a nice username)
But to be more specific I was a streetcar/Trolley Conductor or Trams as you lot in the Kings country refer to them as, would you at some point cover the history of the early Tramway era of England? It's well within your time line limit of the 1860s to 1910s.
Also on a side note that mustache is impeccably perfect!