The Golden Age of Steam Trains Part: 05

[PieMaster1994]

07:50 HA HA! I was just about to say "where's the S1?"

[Shipwright1918]

I like the Illinois Central railroad yard and start up sequence (the deep resonant chuffs of steam and the wheelslips sound great). More of an MKT and MoPac man myself, by the IC was a good road, too.

[andy126128]

mordern trains are dso dull

[Strasburg1991]

why would the Milwaukee road scrap all their streamliners??

[KH990j]

@Strasburg1991 operating costs, when passenger trains were in their decline it was costing their host railroads too much to operate them and not enough passenger revenue to back up the expenditures, but I still don't get why many railroads scrapped all their streamliners, they were a milestone. I guess too many executives were too busy focused on the pocketbook, than on the historical value.

[Strasburg1991]

same goes with the nyc and prr =(

[wichaisingthong]

The music is "Coronation Scot" by Vivan Ellis. Google "Coronation Scot:" and you will see the beautiful train and information about the music

[TheNw1218]

what's the title of the music on 2:03- 2:35?

[KH990j]

@TheNw1218 if you could find out too, I would like to know as well.

[Shangas]

@KH990j I suspect it was composed specifically for the movie.

[STOPTHEEU]

The heart and soul of steam /watch?v=sQu845BU_5Y&p=01D4CF6­FB1F68A7C&playnext=1&index=22

[lancorf2]

british trains rock and there the bring steam back to mainline trains and the us will never do that

[xxxIronHeadxxx]

I just dont know anymore....

[DaRkCaBoOdLe137]

they should of shown the a4 pacifics

[faulcon1]

Those colour shots of the streamlined Princess Coronations or Duchess are extremely rare. By the time most people started to film them the streamlining had gone. It is said that Mr Stanier ( the man who designed them ) did not like having to pander to the fashion of streamlining locos as (mentioned in the text) it got in the way of maintenance.

[ShaurntheSheep]

04:44 for Americans and a few others, that engine the coronation or duchess class isn't really streamlined the real engine is under the streamlining

[KH990j]

@ShaurntheSheep well that's how it was for most steam locomotives. I remember hearing that after the success of the streamliner on the Burlington route and Union Pacific, most other railroads converted their standard passenger locomotives to be streamlined. There are plenty out there that were designed to be streamlined, but it was mostly diesel locomotive (i.e. early EMDs) that were designed with streamlining.

[STOPTHEEU]

@ShaurntheSheep Personally I prefer the A4 classes. Mainly Mallard.

We did of course give you an A4. The Dwight D Eisenhower!

They haven't shown it in this :-(

[ShaurntheSheep]

@STOPTHEEU no i'm english

[MilwaukeeSDman]

Love the song!!!!!!

[TheDarkPhoenix23]

I love the fact that you can see the streamlined PRR K4 (you can tell by the flying, winged PRR logo) sitting behind the NYC engine (7:23-7:25).

[KH990j]

Yeah, I've caught that already, it is cool to see these two beautiful steamlined steam engines.

[TheDarkPhoenix23]

It sure is! What attracted me to your vid is my favorite train, the PRR S1! Of course seing the K4 and the Hiawatha were perks as well. :)

[theredraven]

The Duchess isn't the name of that streamlined class, Coronation is. Duchess was just the name many of the class carried (Duchess of Sutherland for example).

The third batch were built unstreamlined. All the others lost their streamlining after the war. Sutherland was however re-streamlined recently if you want to go looking for videos of it :-)

[SiriusHardware]

Just a minor correction, The 'Duchess Of Sutherland' remains in its un-streamlined form - it is 'Duchess Of Hamilton' which has been re-streamlined. It's currently at the national Railway Museum, York, and looks AMAZING.

[howardkevinm]

the S1 was a disasterous design. only 1 was built and it didnt last more than 5yrs

[WhyAyeMann]

It derailed itself by its own wheelslip!

[howardkevinm]

Really?? i didnt know that part. wow thats really bad design lol

[WhyAyeMann]

she's still a cool lookin engine though

[KH990j]

How could it derail itself with that immense weight.

[WhyAyeMann]

Im not 100% sure, its from a railroaders story I heard eyons ago. They also said that the T1 duplex would have been a success if it had people at the throttle drive her a bit differently than standard locomotives. (Just an extra fact.)

[mysteryman2580]

6:45 reminds me of Elvis

[Roncace]

what is the name of the Alfred Hitchcock movie involving that train chase

[JerichoRaccoon941]

It's the 1932 film "Number Seventeen".

[Roncace]

thank you

[robmasterman]

A Superb collection of vintage footage, thanks for sharing this wonderfully nostalgic material,,5* Bob

[NN2Blue]

Great video 5* I'm going to watch the rest! Thanks for sharing - Mike

[joeferrito]

I must say that even though I'm American I've got a helluva soft spot for UK Steamers.

[SteffanLlwyd]

And as a Brit I'm happy to admit that US steam was unsurpassed!

[MilwaukeeSDman]

@SteffanLlwyd THANK YOU!! I <3 YOU!!! (NO HOMO!!!)

[STOPTHEEU]

@joeferrito :-) At one time I thought all US trains were ugly and slow. After watching this I know how wrong I was.

All steamers are a work of art! :-)

Whats your favorite British steamer? :D

[xxxIronHeadxxx]

@STOPTHEEU I truly believe british steam is gay. Like drunk children designed them,

[STOPTHEEU]

@xxxIronHeadxxx If British steam is gay then you don't like steam engines...

Where did America get the idea of making a steam train if it wasn't a rough copy of our "gay" steam trains?

[KH990j]

@STOPTHEEU I wouldn't say British steam is "gay", but there are design differences; however, I'm not sure how I could describe the difference between British steam and our locomotives besides buffers/knuckle couplers and high/low pitched whistles.

[STOPTHEEU]

@KH990j Well hang on! Britain has many types of steamers!

Tender and Tank engines like most nations had/have.

When I think of British steam I think of the A4 classes! They are beautiful machines.

[KH990j]

@STOPTHEEU our Hudsons would probably be close to that class but when I think of an American locomotive, I think something like a Consolidation or a Northern class that's big, mostly black in color, held together by lots of large rivets and bolts, and looks like it would be used in the mountains.

[STOPTHEEU]

@KH990j There is an American A4. It was British built but we donated it to the USA.

There is also a Canadian A4 and a South African A4. A4s are the best engines ever built in my opinion.

[JBofBrisbane]

@STOPTHEEU - Don't forget Australia and New Zealand.

[STOPTHEEU]

@xxxIronHeadxxx Are you saying that George Stephenson was a drunk? :S

[AlcoholicSemenStain]

@STOPTHEEU you serious? british steam looks terrible. Americans designs of any road is superior to the best looking brit loco they can come up with.

[STOPTHEEU]

@AlcoholicSemenStain How can British steam look terrible when we created the first and the fastest? Get a grip lad! We know how to make steamers. The A4s are a work of art.

[AlcoholicSemenStain]

@STOPTHEEU Being first isnt being best.

[STOPTHEEU]

@AlcoholicSemenStain True but we were best. We made the worlds fastest!

[megatwingo]

5*****!

[ryan3571]

These are just fantastic, thanks so much for sharing!

[charade97]

Any idea what the music is called? I have heard it many years ago. Very good video-thank you.

[KH990j]

I don't know, I was also wondering what some of the songs on this video were called as well.

[zdrewbie]

@KH990j whats the name of the video who published it or some sort of lead please!!!

[KH990j]

@zdrewbie Burbank Video; they most likely don't exist anymore.