Chasing Thomas the Tank Engine (2010, 1 of 2)

[osrx1]

Sweating my balls off in this video working with Al. It sucks Al is no longer with us, he was a great guy to work beside. He always had some stories of he past OPP life he was willing to share with me.

[msk578]

Actually there is a real Thomas steam engine. search Thomas The Tank @ Esbenshade Road

[disneyrangerblue02]

I only wish we, as a country, had enough money to actually build a real-working steam locomotive to portray Thomas instead of using steam dummies.

And speaking of Thomas, I wish we could save enough money for the UK to build a fleet of brand new LBSC&R E2 locomotives. (Or at least an evolutionary improvement.)

[zatchHBK85]

This is a much better version of Thomas than what I've seen

[disneyrangerblue02]

@zatchHBK85 Oh, so you're into steam dummies, huh?

[zatchHBK85]

@disneyrangerblue02

This ain't no steam dummy. I like this Thomas better than what I've seen in other videos, except the fact that his eyes don't move

[disneyrangerblue02]

@zatchHBK85 Well if it's not a steam dummy, then what is it?

[chrisvazquez7]

@zatchHBK85 His eyes can move. But they usually only make them move when it's stopped at the station as children are closer.

[claire1667]

malfunctioning crossing at 5:14

[chrisvazquez7]

@claire1667 It is the result of rusty rails.

[chrisvazquez7]

@claire1667 Because the rails are used to detect the train, so the crossing goes off. It uses electric circuits through the rails to do this, and if the rails are rusty, the electric current won't be able to travel through the rails as easily. The current is weakest at the end of the circuit (furthest away from the crossing), so that's probably why it turned off for a second there. As the train gets closer to the crossing, the circuit will be stronger.

[claire1667]

@chrisvazquez7 that being fixed right now?

[chrisvazquez7]

@claire1667 No. This is a tourist line, and so trains only run on it during the summer. Rusty rails is not much of an issue, because the trains aren't going fast. If the rust is enough to disable to crossing signals all together, they can stop and flag the crossing.

[emerydiamond]

@chrisvazquez7 This is not how track circuits operate and you need to learn more about theory of AC / DC track circuits before you post stuff like this.

[chrisvazquez7]

@emerydiamond Sorry Dan. I thought this is what somebody told me once. I must of misunderstood them. I still don't understand how track circuits work even if the explanation the person gave me is correct. Maybe you can clear up how they work for me so I don't need to spread misinformation...

[JayJr2007]

At 5:36 .. looks like that guy is taking home a christmas tree .. LOL

[chrisvazquez7]

@JayJr2007 Yeah I dunno what they were doing lol. There's a tree nursery very close to that crossing. They may just be planting some trees in their yard...

[ConrailSD70MAC]

That's 1000000X bigger than my n-scale version of Thomas!

Was there a small yard at 0:28 to 0:45 in the past?

[chrisvazquez7]

@ConrailSD70MAC Yes, good eye. That used to be quite a large yard in fact. Probably about 10 to 15 tracks wide. It was the St. Thomas yard for the London & Port Stanley Railway.

[osrx1]

Hey that's me!!

[crazeejay2006]

Nice one Chris.