Hot and Steamy - Caution
It's a while since I posted something from my steamy video collection. Edited to be suitable for all audiences. 😂
ArishMell · 70-79, M
Thankyou for showing this!
I didn't know any of these auto-trailers sets had survived, let alone restored to running order..
Which railway?
[For anyone a bit puzzled by the apparent lack of a locomotive, these were designed for short branch-lines with no locomotive turning facilities at the terminus. The power-coach has an integral boiler, motion-work and driving-cab. The rear of the two-coach train has a second cab used by the driver for the return trip, with its controls linked to the "power-car" end. A sort of steam multiple-unit. The vast majority of branch-lines though were worked by short trains drawn by conventional locomoties "run round" the train at the terminus by using a parallel track, without turning it round. A steam-locomotive runs equally well in either direction, but a journey of even a few miles in reverse must be very uncomfortable for the driver. ]
I didn't know any of these auto-trailers sets had survived, let alone restored to running order..
Which railway?
[For anyone a bit puzzled by the apparent lack of a locomotive, these were designed for short branch-lines with no locomotive turning facilities at the terminus. The power-coach has an integral boiler, motion-work and driving-cab. The rear of the two-coach train has a second cab used by the driver for the return trip, with its controls linked to the "power-car" end. A sort of steam multiple-unit. The vast majority of branch-lines though were worked by short trains drawn by conventional locomoties "run round" the train at the terminus by using a parallel track, without turning it round. A steam-locomotive runs equally well in either direction, but a journey of even a few miles in reverse must be very uncomfortable for the driver. ]
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
@FreddieUK Be careful... it can be addictive! I once spent about two late-night hours learning how to scrap ships, India style - and how to use steel plate cut from a hull, to make a replacement bucket for an excavator.
(That was wonderful to watch. The chap who did it, mainly on his own, had very steady hands, and was a real expert at flame-cutting shapes to chalk lines and welding them together with very simple equipment. I'll not look at a 'Harvest Morn' conflakes carton again without thinking how he cut templates from one! The finished bucket fitted the tractor arms as if made in the original factory.)
(That was wonderful to watch. The chap who did it, mainly on his own, had very steady hands, and was a real expert at flame-cutting shapes to chalk lines and welding them together with very simple equipment. I'll not look at a 'Harvest Morn' conflakes carton again without thinking how he cut templates from one! The finished bucket fitted the tractor arms as if made in the original factory.)
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
BeachGirl47 · 26-30, F
I dont understand what i am looking at
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@BeachGirl47 I think it's called an "auto-trailer".
It's steam-powered but instead of using a separate locomotive to haul the train, it uses a leading coach with the boiler, machinery and driving-cab in a compartment at the front end. The trailing coach has a driving-cab at its rear end, with controls linked back the underfloor engine, so the driver has a clear view for the return trip.
Think of any modern train. The steam auto-trailer's principle is used in the present-day trains that have their electric motors or Diesel engines under some of the coach floors, and a driving-cab at both ends.
It's steam-powered but instead of using a separate locomotive to haul the train, it uses a leading coach with the boiler, machinery and driving-cab in a compartment at the front end. The trailing coach has a driving-cab at its rear end, with controls linked back the underfloor engine, so the driver has a clear view for the return trip.
Think of any modern train. The steam auto-trailer's principle is used in the present-day trains that have their electric motors or Diesel engines under some of the coach floors, and a driving-cab at both ends.
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
@BeachGirl47 See the video I posted elsewhere in this thread for a complete explanation.
ninalanyon · 70-79, T
Where is that?
Convivial · 26-30, F
I'm surprised they allowed that 😜
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
emmasfriend · 46-50, F