@telescopereplicator The chimney vents are angled backwards and the pressure of the steam to power a 7 tonne locamotive will burst out the steam at a great speed hence the directions of the steam.
@callmemarcer ??? They are NOT angled backwards, steam on these machines does NOT come out at high pressure (would be a tremendous loss of energy) and there is still the wind........
And even when they stand still the steam goes in both directions.
Please study more and do more research before you post a reply.
The locomotives in this movie are CGI. The people who made it probably overlooked this little error. No big deal.
@6:46- The railroads actually met at Promontory Summit, not Promontory Point, which is some 30 miles to the south. Otherwise, good feature, though I'd have liked to have seen them use footage of more period engines, and of the Golden Spike site.
at 5:49 thats Sierra railroad #2. A shay locomotive built by Lima Locomotive Works in 1922, wearing a fake box headlight and a ridicolusly tall diamond stack. BBC should have used Sierra Railroad #3, a 4-6-0 built by Rogers locomotive works in 1891.
The Chinese contribute so much to this railway, the "last spike" was driven on May 10, 1869, 13 years later, on May 8, 1882, the Chinese exclusion act was sign. What a shame to America.
Found this very interesting. Another fact they don't mention is that picture taken at the completion did not have a single chinaman in it. A sore testament to the feelings toward those great workers at the time. It's always nice to have an outside source document what happens in my country to shed light in different places. I enjoyed this.
what they do not mention in the documentary is that millions of dollars were spent going back and fixing the many errors that have been commited in building the rail road, most likely because of the competition to get to the finish line.
This was amazing. I'm an AP US history student and this really did a good job presenting info. I just watched 50 mins about the transcontinental railroad and it was interesting and easy to understand the whole way through
Thank you Jeremy Lin
NFCA32 1 week ago
it's the wind u dumbass
bombardierdude15 3 months ago
So basiclly after 100 years Chinese comes back to USA :)
majnos 3 months ago
at 6:49 you can see the smoke plumes from the locomotives each go a different way..... Even when they stand still.
Explain THAT !! ;-)
telescopereplicator 3 months ago
@telescopereplicator The chimney vents are angled backwards and the pressure of the steam to power a 7 tonne locamotive will burst out the steam at a great speed hence the directions of the steam.
callmemarcer 1 month ago
@callmemarcer ??? They are NOT angled backwards, steam on these machines does NOT come out at high pressure (would be a tremendous loss of energy) and there is still the wind........
And even when they stand still the steam goes in both directions.
Please study more and do more research before you post a reply.
The locomotives in this movie are CGI. The people who made it probably overlooked this little error. No big deal.
telescopereplicator 1 month ago
@6:46- The railroads actually met at Promontory Summit, not Promontory Point, which is some 30 miles to the south. Otherwise, good feature, though I'd have liked to have seen them use footage of more period engines, and of the Golden Spike site.
jayo1212 5 months ago
..and least we not forget how the INDIANS got fucked out of their land
starguard 6 months ago
@starguard y u care so much about that?? they had all that land and they at least couldn't share.
bombardierdude15 1 month ago
The chinese built half the trans-continental railroad and the they won the race to promontory point.
BatusaiJack 11 months ago
the end was very moving.
BatusaiJack 11 months ago
The Chinese are awesome
rq1997 1 year ago 21
at 5:49 thats Sierra railroad #2. A shay locomotive built by Lima Locomotive Works in 1922, wearing a fake box headlight and a ridicolusly tall diamond stack. BBC should have used Sierra Railroad #3, a 4-6-0 built by Rogers locomotive works in 1891.
pennyf9 1 year ago 4
@pennyf9 #3 was still under restoration in the making of this film
spfilms4449 1 year ago
Uh, it wasn't really Transcontinental if it stopped at Sacramento. Another 90 miles to the Pacific. Just sayin'
NebraskasWallpaper 1 year ago
The Chinese contribute so much to this railway, the "last spike" was driven on May 10, 1869, 13 years later, on May 8, 1882, the Chinese exclusion act was sign. What a shame to America.
Ryankkw 1 year ago
Found this very interesting. Another fact they don't mention is that picture taken at the completion did not have a single chinaman in it. A sore testament to the feelings toward those great workers at the time. It's always nice to have an outside source document what happens in my country to shed light in different places. I enjoyed this.
NickGreyden 1 year ago
what they do not mention in the documentary is that millions of dollars were spent going back and fixing the many errors that have been commited in building the rail road, most likely because of the competition to get to the finish line.
avalsonline 1 year ago
The manager on the C.P ALWAYS says: But damn we did it!!
1412yt 2 years ago
LOL guy with eyepatch at 2:54
1412yt 2 years ago
This was amazing. I'm an AP US history student and this really did a good job presenting info. I just watched 50 mins about the transcontinental railroad and it was interesting and easy to understand the whole way through
croatiansensation17 2 years ago
i agree, good documentary
avalsonline 1 year ago
Cool documentary!
I knew things got tough in some parts of the railroad construction, but I did not know it was this nasty!
Roncace 2 years ago