Wow.
https://youtu.be/Zwdbx_Cra3I
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
Well, at least he did not loose the crown sheet. That we know of!
Mac
Grandmother of all valve blows. I never saw a cylinder cock open, which might be part of why the poor dumb bastid can't get the Johnson bar to take up any intermediate position... in between the steam blow and his thinking the throttle has only two positions he's getting enough priming to fill a swimming pool.
And then he thunders over the switch...
like the flat wheels he is making for stops.
Looks like they'll have fun until someone gets maimed or dead.
Rick
rixflix aka Captain Video. Blessed be Jean Shepherd and all His works!!! Hooray for 1939, the all time movie year!!! I took that ride on the Reading but my Baby caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride.
blue streak 1like the flat wheels he is making for stops.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph! What a bunch of yahoos!
I wouldn't let that bunch near my O Gauge layout, much less a real steamer!
I should forward this to Juniatha. On the other hand, maybe not. She'll have a nervous breakdown seeing steam run like that!
Overmod Grandmother of all valve blows. I never saw a cylinder cock open, which might be part of why the poor dumb bastid can't get the Johnson bar to take up any intermediate position... in between the steam blow and his thinking the throttle has only two positions he's getting enough priming to fill a swimming pool. And then he thunders over the switch...
So you are saying that there must have been water in the cylinders that was not let out through the cylinder cocks? And that water was lifting the slide valves accounting for the large escape of steam through the stack on starting?
I thought it was mismanagement of the blower, but this explanation makes more sense.
As the locomotive was being operated, this "blow" of steam appeared to diminish. I guess the other thing was the wheel-slide stops and the overrun of the extent of the track.
If GM "killed the electric car", what am I doing standing next to an EV-1, a half a block from the WSOR tracks?
Paul Milenkovic the overrun of the extent of the track.
the overrun of the extent of the track.
I'm gonna use that one at work!
At least the (relatively) light weight of this locomotive should make it easy to recover.
In the words of Bugs Bunny - "What a maroon!".
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Flintlock76
No, don't. She wouldn't comment on it anyways,
Sara
I'm surprised a rod din't come flying toward the guy with the camera. "Duh...let's put all the power down to the rail! "
Same me, different spelling!
Sara T Flintlock76 No, don't. She wouldn't comment on it anyways, Sara
Hi Sara!
Well, she did to me, privately. She couldn't watch the whole thing. I don't blame her, I could barely watch the whole thing myself!
It was like a horror movie, you want to stop watching but you just can't!
How by all that's holy could a pack of idiots get their hands on such a beautifully restored locomotive like that? "It passeth all understanding."
PS: The only horror movie I WAS able to stop watching was "The House on Haunted Hill" when I was eight years old. I was so scared I ran across the living room and buried my head in the sofa cushions!
SD70DudeAt least the (relatively) light weight of this locomotive should make it easy to recover.
Overmod SD70Dude At least the (relatively) light weight of this locomotive should make it easy to recover. You hear them in the audio discussing how they're going to get the, I think, Bobcat to yank it back. Sure hope they don't forget the injector while they're running around!
SD70Dude At least the (relatively) light weight of this locomotive should make it easy to recover.
You hear them in the audio discussing how they're going to get the, I think, Bobcat to yank it back. Sure hope they don't forget the injector while they're running around!
As a group - they should not be allowed within five miles of anything. Repeat ANYTHING.
Interesting how the YT comments include insults along with Trump and Biden. It always comes to that, no matter what the subject is.
54light15 Interesting how the YT comments include insults along with Trump and Biden. It always comes to that, no matter what the subject is.
It's like that on a lot of YouTube sites, sites that have nothing to do with current events or politics. Some people just need to get lives.
That's why I like havens like this one.
Boilers of any size should not be toyed with by yahoos like these guys.
Reminds me of an event that happened not far from me in Ohio.
https://www.dli.mn.gov/workers/boiler-engineer/inspector-report-antique-boiler-explosion-medina-ohio
Read all those defects. 125# Safety valve upon testing would not lift even at 200! Fusible plug sealed with "compound". Main steam gauge at least 25# off. Staybolts with 1.5 thread engagement.
Killed five people. Ya' can't fix stupid.
Regards, Ed
The explosion of the boiler in Ohio in a steam tractor is the reason that the repair methods for such boilers were put back into the National Board Inspection Code, a copy of which is on the shelf above me as I write this.
Like the man said:
"It's not a toy if it can kill you!"
Yeah, but look at even the "safe" toys of the 19th century: cast iron to smash with, gunpowder to blow up with, lots of kids were given knives. No, there's no substitution for common sense and it's something that has to be taught.
pennytrains Yeah, but look at even the "safe" toys of the 19th century: cast iron to smash with, gunpowder to blow up with, lots of kids were given knives. No, there's no substitution for common sense and it's something that has to be taught.
Well, yeah, but cast iron was the plastic of it's day, toys were made of it as it was inexpensive, easy to work with, and tough.
Gunpowder and knives? Maybe not for city kids (depending on the neighborhood) but it wasn't unusual for country boys to be out huntin' by the age of ten, and just about every one of them had a pocketknife. In fact, if a teacher in a country schoolhouse needed something to cut with all she had to do was ask the class, it was a certainty someone had a jacknife!
Different times. Better times? Worse times? I leave it up to all.
But you are right, there's no substitute for common sense.
gmpullmanReminds me of an event that happened not far from me in Ohio.
There are still people alive who used to bring their guns to school, so that they might pick up a bit of meat on the way home after school.
No, not deer. Squirrels, rabbits, some birds. These were generally .22's.
Ed
7j43kNo, not deer. Squirrels, rabbits, some birds. These were generally .22's.
And believe it or not muzzle-loaders were still in common use up to the time of the First World War. Muzzle-loading was cheaper than store-bought cartridges.
(It still is, actually. Maybe .22's excepted.)
Overmod gmpullman Reminds me of an event that happened not far from me in Ohio. You left out the appalling one: boiler plate wastage to ONE SIXTEENTH OF AN INCH.
gmpullman Reminds me of an event that happened not far from me in Ohio.
You left out the appalling one: boiler plate wastage to ONE SIXTEENTH OF AN INCH.
I can beat that! At the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station they let the head of the pressure vessel corrode down to 3/8 of an inch of steel cladding to hold back the 2155 psi of reactor coolant!
pennytrainsAt the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station they let the head of the pressure vessel corrode down to 3/8 of an inch of steel cladding to hold back the 2155 psi of reactor coolant!
https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/br0353r1.pdf
Appalling just the same! -- see fig.2. Some of the language in this is a masterpiece of euphemistic expression...
Similar wastage was observed in stored Q2 boilers...
True. But the overlying issue of allowing the boric acid to eat a football sized hole unnoticed in the first place suggests lax safety standards.
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