Ten British Locomotive Oddities
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2024
- From an early electric locomotive to experimental steamers and experiments in diesel mechanical traction, here's a look at ten one off British railway locomotives which failed to set the railway world alight.
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Thank You for your video, found it very interesting some of the locomotives I hadn’t heard of, it was only today that it was recommended by the tube
Enjoyed that Jon. I had expected to see "Big Bertha" herself #58100 within your selected ten. When after nine it did not appear I was then puzzled by its exclusion. You explained about that at the end.
Big Bertha was a special locomotive for me. Eleven and twelve year old rail enthusiast me would use my half crown pocket money to purchase a cheap day "Football Return" ticket between Gloucester and Birmingham in the early 1950s. That involved Big Bertha assisting my train up the Lickey Incline. Leaning out of the window looking under the footbridge the rail track appeared to go skyward out of sight. An illusion still vivid in my minds eye. I and my younger brother would make our way to the Guard's Van and so see Big Bertha in action. That until "Jobs Worth" Guard chased us out ...
Half-a-Crown. Two and six. Two shillings and six pence .. 2/6d. 12.5 pence decimal .. . Such value for a round return trip. Youngsters today don't know theyze born as the saying goes.. 👀... 😃
Second thoughts. Twelve year olds and younger travelling alone on the Railways. No big deal back then, Move on a decade or three and I would never allow my two sons to travel alone at that age. Such is progress. They are both keen Rail Enthusiasts and treated their old Dad to a nice day out at GWR Toddington a while back. It was a Diesel Event day. All the steam locomotives cold but very photogenic. Lots of free rides on the one ticket all day including ancient Diesel Buses and Coaches along the nearby Cotswold Hills. A good day had by all and nice to meet so many others with the same interests. Recommended.
I've rang that bell and look forward to some Big Bertha content ..😃
Really enjoyed this, it held my attention from beginning to end. Thank you. Would certainly be interested to see any future top tens you may post.
Fascinating video, thank you Jon. I particularly appreciated the absence of inappropriate music or false locomotive sounds, and your commentary was knowledgeable and friendly - well done.
Thanks for the video, very well researched. I hope you produce more and get a lot more views.
thanks mate, I'm working on a follow up at the moment,
Andy Kench q
Well done mate. Very informative on a vague subject. Enjoyed it very much. Looking forward to more later.
Thank you Jon. Enjoyed it thoroughly, as a retired Yank rail worker. I guess my fav unit is #4, the Gas Turbine GT3. USA also experimented with gas turbines; Union Pacific had a big, loud one. Your example even appears to have a "face." So I guess Rev. Awdry would certainly approve! Thx again, and hope to see Installment Two.
Loved it. Very interesting. Going to search now for number 2,
Barry.Devon,
Terrific Vid John....keep up the excellent work,as they say..MORE,MORE,MORE..Soon Forward...steve
Well done. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you.
Well done. I enjoyed this very much. Thank you
Forget the negative comments I enjoyed it immensely. Can't wait for the next one!
Great stuff, some of these locomotives would leave me speechless as to why and how they were built.
I'm American and have no problem understanding and following this very informative and interesting narrative. Please do more if you want. Much appreciated. 19:55 Looks tired.
Enjoyed all of the video the voice delivery certainly did not put me off but added to the style of your presentation, looking forward to your next release
Well done, for your first video of this kind. You did really well.
I never heard of the GWR 4600. It is a beautiful machine.
yeah she is a bit of a looker, better proportioned than the County tanks
Well researched, holds your attention through out.
Thoroughly enjoyable, thanks. Treasured photos in safe hands for posterity.
Well done- a good few photos I hadn't seen before, especially of the Decapod and the Leader. Did you know that O.V. Bulleid moved to Ireland, and built a turf-burning version of the Leader? Well, tried to build, anyway!
Excellent video with a wealth of information many would not be aware of. Don't underestimate your ability, it's more than most can do.
Loved it, well done mate
Thanks for the very interesting video - meticulously researched. Lets have some more please
Enjoyed your video. Keep it up.
thanks for the video! really enjoyed the information
I'm surprised that the Lickey 'Big Bertha' didn't make the 'A' list. Now there was a true 'one-off'.
Looking forwards to your next video!!!!
Don't be nervous, you're a mine of information, so relax and speak a bit slower,- and don't forget the cover for the mike. Thanks for an absorbing video.
What about the "standard 8", On June 12th 92167, already running with a boiler defect dropped its rods working back from Leeds. Repairs were denied as were those to 92160 several days later, both were quickly condemned."
Giving us a standard 2-8-2
enjoyed the video very much, nice not to have hideous music in back ground that many youtube producers feel is mandatory Thank you Jon
Really nice video. Thanks.
Great video!
Very interesting and informative. Excellent.
Fireless locomotives were eventually quite successful, using "boilers" charged from a fixed supply eg in factories. Huntley and Palmer had a couple, and so did some breweries in Germany where steam was readily available. They were appreciated as being pollution-free. The Swiss company DLM has rebuilt a few for continued service in Germany.
Thoroughly enjoyed your video thank you. A couple of locos in there I had never heard of before. However you missed LNER 10000 "Hush Hush" ;-) Thanks again for an enjoyable 30 minutes.
Hush Hush will be the subject of an upcoming vid :)
Jon Wisbey I will look forward to seeing that.
Well there was some stuff in here I didn't know. How about a video of Stormtroopers being cut up for scrap?
Great video mate quality!
I had heard of the Great Eastern 'Decapod'. It is something you expect to see in a marshalling yard or a custom build for a industrial railway in another country.
Many years ago I bought a postcard of the GWR 4600, because I wondered 'what the hell is that?'
Incredibly Bulleid built a version of the Leader class for the Irish railways that burnt peat instead of coal. The Leader looks like a Tube train car on nasty steroids.
I really enjoyed your video- well done, ignore the 'nay-sayers' out there. I was a little surprised that LNER 10000 'Hush-Hush' wasn't in there but there was lots of stuff that I didn't know and I look forward to any other videos you do. Thank you.
The NER EE1 wasn't tested under power in Newcastle but on the Shildon to Erimus Yard line. The quayside branch in Newcastle was electrified with overhead power supply, but was only 3/4 mile long. The rest of the Newcastle area used 3rd rail electric supply.
What an amazing interesting and informative video. Well done Sir, very professional and great photos of the locomotives. First class. 🙂👍
Thanks for this great work ! But if you decide to do another one, please do iit sober.
@R F Jim Bowen on Bullseye? It was quite often 2 people from an inner city tower block, winning a speedboat!
Well researched in a honest, fact filled attempt. The extemporaneous approach and non pompous, non-RP speech is refreshingly natural. But despite that, a text might have been better. Still, most fascinating with facts and history I for one did not know. You sir, do know your stuff.
With looking at the GT3, I can't unsee the headboards...they look like eyes!!😂
Somewhere, a rude GT named Cromwell is giving you the stink-eye.
On a more serious note; Dovetail's Train Simulator made a pretty good virtual recreation of GT3, thanks to Victory Works. It ain't easy, but it's worth it.
@@QJ89 Is the sound correct?
@@bingola45 I imagine it is. Victory must have done their research and watched what few videos there are of GT3 in action.
Now when i go to the parts store i ask for a gizmo now do i get the one that can be around water after 12 or no??😝😝😝great video 👍👍👍
Great info.well done.
very good! carry on with more
Well researched I enjoyed video overall. Did you make the models??
Nice one Jon, look forward to the next.
(Sorry, but can I just suggest that when you record your narrative, you place the microphone at least another 6 inches away from your lips, as this would negate breath noise)
yeah, it is something I learned, and the fact I had a heavy cold when I did the audio didn't help either
really enjoyed it
we would love you to do a other top 10 British loco's or DMU / EMU etc, please
not many people are fanatics about diesels..steam steam steam..
James Smith What about the anoraks?
I noticed some viewers gave you thumbs down. I really don't understand why, just shows you can't please all the people all the time. Keep up the good work.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
It's amazing how a lot of the mistakes were not picked up at the design stage
These were they days before computer simulation or any modern tech, so I guess the best method was to test as you went along
Very interesting - I learned a lot
Apart from 1 small yard there was no ocerhead wiring in Newcastle meaning that the EE1 wouldn't have done much running there. Most of its runs under its own power were done between Shildon and Newport Yard.
Thanks for the info, when I get around to doing a remake I'll put that corrected info in :)
Great!! An unuasaul and different tack Thank you!! But agree with Uftonwood. I am not a GWR expert and cannot hear some details of #10, and I hear "1930" when talking about #9 and BR?
Nice change looking to the next video
Great video so darn glad no music being of an age hearing issues it was great to hear clear announciation also slow down a bit as your accent is broad but enjoyable but not too much or you'll lose your enthusiastic speech
If you like an idea seeing #1 and the electric odditys how about forms of motive power oil coal electric atmospheric didcot has part of it dug up next to its 7foot¼ railroad
But yes well done
Good, very good, enjoyed...
When a doped up London underground 1938 stock and merchant navy class love each other very much you get the leader class!
thanks for the video
Very interesting Oddities
hey thanks cool video buddy i liked it !
Greathistory,more please. Thanks.
#13 certainly summed up itself
Jon, I'd like to second the comments by Dennis Roy Hall. Well researched, making the topic the point of focus, as opposed to a presentation that's more wrappings than content. Imagine that. A UA-cam 'Top Ten List' with a lite, informal, adult commentary. Actual adult commentary. What a concept. It might start a trend.
Awesome!
+Alasdair MacCaluim thanks mate, not bad for my first attempt
Fascinating stuff, do more, sound a bit iffy.
Your 36001 Bulleid Leader info is not complete. The basic testing was done and proved many things that did work. The designer was hired, before the Leader project was finished, to build a new dual fuel [ oil or turf] locomotive aptly named the Turf Burner in Ireland. It proved that the basic leader design worked and in time, the area was electrified.
Hey Jon Wiseby, FYI The Ger Holden's Decapod is actually Hurricane from Journey Beyond Sodor and he is Actually a Ger Holden's Decapod
Any sound clips and where can I get the FELL DOCUMENTARY ?
The NER was the progenitor of the railway preservation movement in the UK. They had their own museum in York, close to where the NRM is today. Why it didn't end up on display is a mystery to me.
It's ironic as few of their designs survived only one went to Barry scrapyard
Can you make more locomotive videos like this please. Please respond when you get this please.
I intend to, but at the moment time and technology is holding me back.
do a follow up video. please.
Good initial try, but I agree with previous comments that using a script or talking points would certainly help you to prevent the mistakes you have had to correct with popup text. Just to illustrate, at 17:22 you mention "Churchill". If you are referring to the GWR chief engineer, I believe you meant to say "Churchward"?
Anyway, a thumbs up from me, especially if this is your very first attempt at a UA-cam video.
Ignore the critics Jon, you have done a splendid job and you are to be congratulate on your first video. It would be in retesting to see what sort of videos the idiots on here could produce
A very interesting video, although Fury was built by the North British Locomotive Company, not the North British Railway Company, which had ceased to exist by the time Fury was built.
Very interesting.
Particulièrement intéressant. Je connaissais un peu toutes ces locomotives mais je connaissais parfois très mal leur histoire, notamment la GT3, les défauts de Leader, le secret entourant la locomotive de Paget, etc. Des regrets pour la 2C2 qui était au mauvais endroit au mauvais moment. On peut en dire autant des locomotives des FS construites pour la Sardaigne vers 1990 et qui n'ont pratiquement jamais roulé.
I'm a yank, and despite Jon's accent I had no problem with the audio. Thoroughly entertaining and educational show, eh wot?
(gloshagloot) I should say so, old chap. :-) His speech was typical of an older Londoner. There are some far more impenetrable British accents, believe me.
The information was bursting to come out, spontaneous and unsanitised. As an "older Londoner" myself I found this very refreshing. More!
Hurricane from Thomas & Friends, is surprisingly based of the A55 engine.
Ha! The coaches were loaded with 🐖 iron to represent the passengers! (decapod acceleration trials).
Good vid, veryhard to wat h with head phones.....bomboom.....boom...boom
I wish all of them are back
I'm not sure that *Churchward's* 4600 class trial (actually *Holcroft's* to *Churchward's* specification using mostly standard *Swindon* parts - it wasn't really a prototype) belongs here. It wasn't really an oddity, just a simple extension of his vision that proved slightly less capable than his _small prairies._ Other than that I think it's an interesting excursion into the subject.
One of the many more than 10 you _might_ have included is *LNER* 10000, the _hush hush_ locomotive.
*I N H A L E*
5:17 is Hurricane from journey beyond sodor
Thanks mate...
scrapped Nov 1950, sorry about the slip of the tongue
brilliant stuff.what about lner hush hush?
There is a follow up coming at some point and the W1 will be included in that :)
Not bad for a first attempt. Better than mine was 🙂. I’d not even heard of the “Leader”
You weren't meant to. The nationalised BR and the government covered it up.
#9 when was this scrapped please, as if it was 1930, then British Rail wasn't about...by 18 years!
He ment 1950
Experimental engines like this have always fascinated me, but electric ones have always intrigued me more. Many of them were too far ahead of their time and were limited by their wires to show their full potential. The UK and Australia both have interesting histories in this regard.
It's a crying shame that No. 13 (aka Raven's Folly) never survived, nor his fictional Sudrian counterpart. (Look in to Loey Machan and the Extended Railway Series if you don't know what I'm talking about.)
I rarely have problems with uncommon accents but unfortunately I can understand yours. Phonetics trainning would help you a lot.
Each to their own, Iam proud of my regional accent
do more like this plz
You kinda forgot the W1, another high-pressure steam locomotive built by LNER and designed by Sir Nigel Gresley.
hush hush !
Jon you sounded like Keith hartley from shed 17 and project g-1
Interesting, do crack on with a follow up
Decapod is a 2-10-0, or is it different in Britian?
In the UK the term decapod is normally used just for Holdens 0-10-0 tank
Such excellent information derived from good research...
Deserves better presentation.
48timer
22:14 it look more like somebody took body of class 37 and just lose the part's so they put this on