Battery Electric Steam Train
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- Опубліковано 27 лис 2013
- This film shows a special train departing northbound from Ealing Common depot and through Ealing Common station.
The train comprised battery electric locomotive No. 25, Metropolitan Railway steam locomotive No.1, Metropolitan Railway 1st class Jubilee coach No.353 (complete with passenger!) and battery electric locomotive No.45.
The train was heading for Ruislip depot in advance of the final steam train special event of the 2013 celebrations of it being 150 years since the 1863 opening of the first section of the Metropolitan Railway. The special steam event was scheduled for Sunday 8th December 2013 and the steam train travelled between Harrow-On-The-Hill and Uxbridge (LU)* stations.
*The other two Uxbridge stations fell victim to disinvestment, which in other words means closure.
It's really amazing that the London Underground runs their restored steam engines from time to time. I wish the NYCTA would find a still-workable Forney steam engine, restore it, and run it on the elevated/outdoor trackage. And couple it with the saved BRT open-gate cars. Wow.
London Underground doesn't own any steam locos, they hire them in from the volunteer groups who saved them & restored them.
Excellent shot, Simon!
i wonder if the live rails are arcing with all that moisture coming from the steam loco
Having seen the last 'D' stock on Sunday at Ealing Common, the black soot stain on the bridge left by Met 1. is still there!
I bet it will be there for decades!
There's still one at Baker Street too!
good video
Amazing how half the people on the platform don't bat an eyelid!
Thats possibly because they had seen people like me preparing to film something and heard the train's whilstle before it became visible.
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Good Job. 👍🏻
Thank you :-)
What station is that?
This train was filmed at Ealing Common
@@CitytransportInfoplus Ok.
What i don't"t understand is why they did not let it run under its power as it looked to be working and in steam
With heritage trains they always like to have at least two locomotives, as it means that if one has a problem the train can still travel / does not become stranded and block the line.
One very interesting aspect of a steam engine is that steam is required for any movement, even when dragged.
The driver of the steam engine takes power as appropriate along the way to operate the steam lubricator and keep the pistons and cylinders from wearing out rapidly.
Here is a clip where a diesel engine with a carriage heating boiler is used to provide steam for lubrication, backfed through the steam radiator pipe:
ua-cam.com/video/dxDnjM30kak/v-deo.html
because smoke in a tunnel is a bad idea
is this a garatt, then?
alas but no, a Garratt is very different - see here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garratt
Cool.
Nice video
Thanks :-) I was delighted to have found out in advance and been able to be there to film this. Very much not the type of train one sees very often, nowadays.
I was wondering if those yellow locos are converted underground stock, could anyone give some details?
I think the ones seen here were specially built, but in the past some service stock was derived from withdrawn passenger trains
Citytransportinfo is correct in them being specially built, apparently the design dates back to the late 1930's, but these one's were built by Metro Cammell the mid 1960's and by Doncaster in the early 1970's. (At least from what I can Gather there is very little information I can find that would be considered reliable.)
There's a fairly detailed wikipedia article.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_battery-electric_locomotives
Do they have underground freight services or somthing
not any more - these yellow locomotives are used for works trains, at night and other times - such as for major track maintenance projects
great shot liked and subscribed
Are those battery-electric locomotives converted from redundant tube stock or are they new builds?
London Underground 1973stock they are new builds. They were built in in 1985/6
why wasn't I there I live near ealing common but it's not my local station
OK I do believe I've seen everything now
sorry but this film is like a warm-up for the main event ...
the same passenger coach but with a steam, a diesel and an electric locomotive (yes, one of each!); also seen are a works train and several ordinary passenger trains
ua-cam.com/video/zSw8b0T7O-8/v-deo.html
Now there's something you don't see every day!
Wow an atheist who wants people to know their an atheist, how unusual 🙄
Where can I learn more about this?
You could ask questions on the District Dave forum
districtdavesforum.co.uk/
Also books such as 'London Underground Rolling Stock' - updated versions of this book is published every few years.
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I'm not sure that I understand? This is a steam locomotive whose heat for the locomotive's boiler is derived by electric heat elements that are charged by two cars (fore and aft) containing wet cell bateries?
This was a special journey to move the steam locomotive from one depot to another depot. They did not want it travel on its own so attached two battery electric locomotives. This train was not carrying passengers!
@@CitytransportInfoplus If it is being moved by the battery-powered engines why have they lit the fire in the steam engine?
@@samuelbcn Lubrication for the pistons is carried into the cylinders by steam so all such movements are made with the loco in "light steam", i.e. with just enough to carry the lubrication.
Rare working?
yes, it was an exceptionally rare working!
Third rail tho
I wonder if electric was ever considered for Tornado.
very unlikely, although I think that in the future the water that is used to make the steam will be heated electrically generated / sourced from a non-polluting energy source