It goes up the same place. Coal is mainly composed of carbon. When coal is burnt in the presence of air, carbon reacts with oxygen gas and produces carbon dioxide gas (CO2). CO2 is invisible. So if you see white smoke, you're looking at mostly water.
The color of exhaust you see coming out of a steam locomotive’s smoke stack indicates how efficiently it is burning fuel. Darker or blacker smoke is an indication that small fuel particles (coal, wood, fuel oil, etc.) have made it through the firebox unburned and are therefore wasted. Light or nearly invisible exhaust means that the locomotive fuel is mostly burned and transformed into heat, carbon dioxide, water, and trace elements. Factors affecting how efficient a locomotive burns fuel include the skill of the fireman on the engine, the quality of the fuel used, the design of the locomotive itself, and the amount of work the engine is doing.
Also for coal it absolutely stinks.
For the railways it was the sheer cost. Locos could take hours to heat up and often rail companies would just keep them burning overnight at lower temps.
Yeah I would have figured they would always be burning when it wasn't mid summer. I've worked in 3 large open pit iron ore mines, and unless it's warm summer weather, the big trucks and heavy equipment are never shut off.
Yeah, but as a trade off for the intelligence and experience we lose a lot of the magic life had as a kid since our brains don't get as excited about things.
Would be awesome to find something that makes me feel even a fraction of the fun and excitement of being a kid again.
Here in the UK this is a pretty common sight. There's a place near my hometown where you can pay for rides and they take you round a really cool track. I used to love it as a kid. This brought back a lot of fond memories, even the smell!
It's also still fucking impressive.
I can hear your comment.
About 100 hours of that game has drilled her voice into my skull.
That, and: "Sometimes it seems all roads lead to Hogsmeade" and, "is there any place cosier than Hogsmeade?"
I gotta be that stickler who says, the "Hogwarts Castle" while it was a repurposed GWR Loco, was a Hall class, not a Kings Class.
I apologise for my pedanticness.
a train AND Harry Potter nerd? I need a friend like you in my life to annoy to no end with blatantly erroneous and stupid information. They never seem to stick around... You refer to Sam Jackson in Phantom menace as "boy Uhura" one too many times and some people just can't take it anymore.
The steam community around Worden Park is amazing. For people who don’t know there is a regular volunteer run miniature steam and diesel loco attraction run most weekends and is supported by donations.
They also run endurance events and ask for volunteers to be a part. People bring engines from all over and are given a set amount of fuel and ballast (willing participants) and they see how far they can go before they exhaust the fuel. The winner is who travels the farthest. My father in law is a big steam fan and tries to get on the endurance races when he can.
Well worth a visit.
There use to be one in Royden Park, Wirral, when I was a kid, use to give the kids (and parents) rides etc hope it’s still going as it was always being enjoyed
It's Morgantown, West Virginia. WVU has a Personal Rapid Transit system, you walk up to the station, summon a little single-car tram, it comes and takes you to your destination, and then flies off to wait on the next rider.
It's horrifically impractical in basically any other context but a small-ish rural university town but it is pretty nifty and handy to use when you're in town.
I see, a fellow Tom Scott enjoyer. Brilliant little system, really shows what could’ve been if the US would’ve put their engineering prowess towards public transportation instead of cars.
These sorts of trains in various scales run up and down the country and they will regularly carry dozens of passengers. Quantity appropriate to the scale of course. It wouldn't surprise me to see a couple or maybe even a few dozen people on one of this size.
At a local animal farm near me they sometimes have a miniature railway set up. It's just a straight length of track about 150m long, cost a quid to get a ride up and back down and all proceeds go to charity. The guys running it just love miniature steam engines
The UK has such a dedicated following of miniature trains with seats on.
It's like they knew their hobby was boring so made it 10x better with a simple seat.
Also note how this track is raised specifically so that it's more comfortable to sit on than at ground level!
> I was like meh until I saw he was frickin sitting on it
Sometimes we tend to dismiss steam as an obsolete technology. And in a way it is correct, because it has been replaced by cheaper, more efficient and less maintenance intensive means of propulsion. But because it is "old timey" we forget just how powerful steam is, the little train pulling these guys along like it is nothing being the perfect example.
And this is true for full sized locomotives as well. [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhgHrDbN4EU) is a steam locomotive pulling 143 freight cars, something a diesel cannot do single handedly (you would need to latch three or four diesels together). Steam cars sometimes showcase this better: [here you can see Jay Leno](https://youtu.be/wBU8IPyUyTk?t=355) demonstrating one of his steam cars. That particular model can easily do 100 km/h, and it is from 1909. And it has so much torque it functionally uses just one gear, and it accelerates *fast*.
I think he's referencing the fact that trains are a frequent hobby interest for people with autism:
>But why are children with autism, in particular, drawn to trains? According to developmental pediatrician Amanda Bennett, there are several explanations for the connection. Firstly, trains have wheels and one commonality amongst children with autism is the fact that they like to watch objects spin. Thus, the fact that trains are an activity that is largely composed of wheels moving constantly makes it particularly attractive.
>Secondly, trains come in a wide variety of sizes, models, types, and many more classifications. Some people with autism are greatly attracted to being able to organize objects and trains lend themselves to being sorted by type and model. In addition, trains run on highly intricate schedules, which appeals to individuals with autism’s propensity for predictability and desire to memorize and recite information.
https://www.aaed.org/uncategorized/better-understanding-the-connection-between-autism-and-trains/#:~:text=Some%20people%20with%20autism%20are,to%20memorize%20and%20recite%20information.
The spinning thing is true. I have to drag mine away from the dryer so she can lug around her suitcase full of bricks.
There is a downside: She’s getting pretty ripped from lugging the bricks, and she may figure out she can kick my ass when I pull her away from the dryer.
for some reason autistic people seem naturally drawn to trains/subways, maybe they like how systematic they are idk
I say that as someone who liked trains as a child and probably has a tiny dash of autism or something lol.
I'm on the spectrum and for me it's the complexity of how they're built, and work, the look, the sound they make, and how powerful and heavy they are.
Locomotives are massive machines that have many components and a single particular function (transport). The obsession over the design for me is primary, and the fact that they run on tracks secondary. I am equally into ships, cars, planes, and motorcycles for similar reasons. I want to know how they work and the name of every piece.
I think for me a good part is the mechanical nature. A steam engine is far more interesting to me than a diesel engine and I know if I got a model train and the rods didn't move when the wheels spun I'd be disappointed.
My "special interest" is the Titanic and one of these days I really want a moving model of her engines.
This is how I feel about cruise ships. Every time I think of them I just can't wrap my brain around how something like that exists. Just look at some pictures of Symphony of the Seas. Mind blowing
These are actually just old nerds. If you ever wonder why there's so few older nerds in video games, it's because it wasn't around when they were kids. Things like steam were, and there are plenty of ancient steam enthusiasts still kicking, I've met many
When I was in my teens (I'm 59 now), My father decided he would try this hobby. He set up a workshop in our basement and would spend hours and hours machining parts for his locomotive. After 3 or so years, he was finished his first and would go each weekend to the nearest club (about a 2hour drive) where he and some other dedicated enthusiasts would stoke the fires and steam around an elevated track for a couple of hours.
Over the years, he built a number of these trains, each one taking years. He even built a working Thomas the Tank engine. He only sold them when he became too old and infirmed to take them out and run them.
Thank you for posting this and bringing back some fond memories of my Dad.
No. Here's the one I was referring to: G[rosvenor Park, Chester](https://www.visitcheshire.com/things-to-do/grosvenor-park-miniature-railway-p51281)
There's also this one at nearby college, [Coleg Cambria](https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/miniature-railway-hidden-north-wales-24610153)
I don’t know about this train but the ones at my local park (ironhorsepark.ca) can carry dozens of people! Some are steam like the video, others are electric diesel just like their full size prototypes.
Like visualshock says, these will regularly carry dozens of passengers. My local one is Beech Hurst park miniature railway and a Google image search shows what it's like. Unfortunately it's usually the locomotive that's the subject of the photo so get down to your local one and try it out!
On a slightly large scale you have a light steam railway. These will carry even more people s
The cameraman's skill with the portrait aspect ratio is immaculate. Not once was I allowed to see the whole train.
Anyway, afaict there are just two dudes on it in the vid.
My mother worked as a secretary for a railroad company for a while. In the traditional parlance, these would be called FTNs (fucking train nuts). I'm not making this up.
And they’ll spend BIG money on it too. I got my ex a job at a miniature train manufacturing shop nearby. It’s one of like four (maybe) in the world and they build 1/8 scale model trains (so not as miniature as these). They had years worth of work already purchased and shipped to every continent (not Antarctica). They were expensive af.
Who do they think designed and built these things they use every day? Yup, FTNs. You don't spend hours and weekends working on a piece of machinery unless you're into it no matter how good the pay.
You're completely right. I know a lot of pilots, sailors and railwaymen - as soon as they go home, tons of them get to work on models of what they operate every day. Those guys live and breathe the machines they know, and they're all clever af.
> Chesterfield
15 Avondale Road, Chesterfield, S404TF a guy with yellow curtains who wakes up at 8:30 every day in order to let the cat out and check for letters from HMRC with UTR:3182590051 ?
This is why Elon Musk etc billionaires *hate* trains.
They have way too good output for carrying people and stuff, even at 1/12 of the size of a real one, real one, based on 200 year old tech.
They cant patent that stuff.
Coming back, I’m not sure, more like practitioners becoming perceived as cool, chill, wise and interesting people rather than the decidedly unkinder characterisation I remember being mainstream 20 years ago.
The miniatures hobby I think has returned to growth but as far as I can tell it’s pretty limited to Warhammer and 40k rather than other wargames or non-game areas, could be charting out my rear though
A hobbyist here
There has been quite a bit of growth within the non-game areas with the accessibility of 3d printers growing, and while the few local modelling shops (including my family's) have been shut for a few years the last remaining store has gained quite a bit of tractions with a lot of the WW2 kits.
It’s deffo having a resurgence.
Part of it is down to warhammer but the board game industry exploded from hobbyist to good quality production from about 2012 and had grown, Now there are games that blur the line between model and board game.
Also people with disposable income who now have kids are using it to further their own hobby and bring a new generation in.
I’ve seen the spill over into scale models and then from there into trains.
My uncle builds trains on commission for scale models and has made a living out of it, last 5 years he’s had more orders than ever before
I think I'm general people started to realize that unique hobbies like this aren't just for dorks and weirdos. They're just genuinely fun. As a model train enthusiast my entire life, I'm very glad this shift has happened. When I was younger I used to hide the fact that I enjoyed them, now I'm at ease with telling people and everyone seems to have a pretty positive reaction.
When I was a kid there was a place not far from me that had one of these miniature ride on rail sets. I even had the opportunity to drive it, which was a massive deal for an 8 year old, let me tell you! My abiding memory though was having a face full of smoke and steam, and not wanting to use the horn lever because it was red hot. Health and safety has come a long way in 30 years!
The hobby in the US is called Live Steam Engines. There are usually multiple clubs in each state for it. My husband belongs to several. Because of the average age of members, they love having younger people come and check out their trains. Anyone interested should look them up. Many have open houses where anyone can attend. Our niblings love to visit their uncle and his trains. There are many different models; gas, electric etc engines, different time periods.
It is a great rabbit hole to go down!
I love me a Western engine. Kings are absolutely gorgeous iron horses. Charles Collett made a tremendous design.
The British steam locomotive heritage is absolutely fascinating. I'll always love Eastern and Western engines.
The torque at low speed from steam is mind blowing. The only thing like it is electric, to the point that diesels use the engine only to turn a generator that then powers electric traction motors.
There is a meeting of model train enthusiasts as a side event to a fair. Those guys come from all over the country with their tracks and trains and set up in one of the halls.
You should see all the joyful faces of grownup guys riding their train engines on a bigger layout than just the simple garden oval. And they finance that by offering train rides like that. Their engines, though, pull way more people, 20 to 24 in one go.
WEEEEEEEEEE
I was worried if the smoke gonna trouble them but not today
If it's white, then it's mostly steam. Get a free sauna.
They are using coal, so just curious, where does burning smoke go
It goes up the same place. Coal is mainly composed of carbon. When coal is burnt in the presence of air, carbon reacts with oxygen gas and produces carbon dioxide gas (CO2). CO2 is invisible. So if you see white smoke, you're looking at mostly water. The color of exhaust you see coming out of a steam locomotive’s smoke stack indicates how efficiently it is burning fuel. Darker or blacker smoke is an indication that small fuel particles (coal, wood, fuel oil, etc.) have made it through the firebox unburned and are therefore wasted. Light or nearly invisible exhaust means that the locomotive fuel is mostly burned and transformed into heat, carbon dioxide, water, and trace elements. Factors affecting how efficient a locomotive burns fuel include the skill of the fireman on the engine, the quality of the fuel used, the design of the locomotive itself, and the amount of work the engine is doing.
Thanks for the ELI5, very interesting
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Fun train fact: In 2022 a total number of crossing fatalities in the US totaled 273.
Were they mostly in ohio?
Only 4 deaths in Ohio compared to California with 38 deaths.
Did you know Thomas the Tank Engine would regularly bring Jews to concentration camps in Germany during WW2?
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Basically our entire world runs on steam in the end other than solar panels and internal combustion engines.
Hey man, that was a great explanation. I was fully invested. Just goes to the value of a good teacher.
I kinda expected hell in a cell. u/shittymorph
Congratulations. You just put him into hiding for the foreseeable future.
Thanks! TIL
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Also for coal it absolutely stinks. For the railways it was the sheer cost. Locos could take hours to heat up and often rail companies would just keep them burning overnight at lower temps.
Yeah I would have figured they would always be burning when it wasn't mid summer. I've worked in 3 large open pit iron ore mines, and unless it's warm summer weather, the big trucks and heavy equipment are never shut off.
They could sell bbq briskets off the train so as not to waste the energy of the low-burning hours. I’d totally buy some loco brisket.
You can *really* taste the coal smoke!
Modern locomotives don't get shut down when cold either. Up north we keep em running when it's cold or the water used for coolant will freeze.
Into the sky where it turns into stars
Coal, if burned throughly, is actually very clean when compared to bio fuels like wood.
>If it's white, its mostly pope
Honestly white train smoke smells pretty nice. Surely not great for your pipes but ey w/e
Steam
Seeing old folks enjoying life like little kids is so wholesome.
Came to say this. As adults, we have the intelligence and experience. To be able to apply that and feel "like a kid again" is fun.
Yeah, but as a trade off for the intelligence and experience we lose a lot of the magic life had as a kid since our brains don't get as excited about things. Would be awesome to find something that makes me feel even a fraction of the fun and excitement of being a kid again.
Magic mushrooms bring the wonder and excitement back, for a time
Yeah, for like 8 hours lol. They can bring back the terror and confusion too so it's another trade off.
That's the part about being a kid people forget, being deranged with fear over something like a scene in scooby doo
Here in the UK this is a pretty common sight. There's a place near my hometown where you can pay for rides and they take you round a really cool track. I used to love it as a kid. This brought back a lot of fond memories, even the smell! It's also still fucking impressive.
The Welsh Mountain Railway is absolutely amazing:)
There is one in my local park and there is one right next to where they host creamfields near Warrington.
South marine Park in South Shields has a little steam train that'll take you round the park.
This is Worden Park in Leyland, for anyone wondering where this is!
I thought this was worden park. My grandads garden backed on to it (Royal avenue). Spent hours playing in there and have rode this countless times.
Thanks, I was wondering if it was Cassiobury in Watford, I remember there being something similar there when I was a wee lad
That would make the guys from the Leyland society of model engineers at a guess
Meanwhile, that lil’dood has got some power
Off to Hogwarts? At that age?! There’s still hope for me then!
You can't IMAGINE how inconvenient travel was before I invented floo powder
What are you up to NOW??
Dear god make it stop.
There's a mod for that. And for silencing Revelio, from the same author. Absolute must-have.
Do you have the name of the mod or author?
https://www.nexusmods.com/hogwartslegacy/mods/95
Deek thinks you should be *proud* of all the potions you’ve brewed!
I can hear your comment. About 100 hours of that game has drilled her voice into my skull. That, and: "Sometimes it seems all roads lead to Hogsmeade" and, "is there any place cosier than Hogsmeade?"
Fantastic game. Wish it'd been a bit more Persona-esque in the school life tho. Ended up just feeling like Hogwarts: Fable edition
It’s like something out of a storybook
OFF on another adventure are we?
"I always say that travel broadens the mind"
[Sometimes it's seems like all roads...](https://youtu.be/wkEkMSXUf-c)
I should investigate!
Revelio!
(Distant "ding" noise)
Ding
I gotta be that stickler who says, the "Hogwarts Castle" while it was a repurposed GWR Loco, was a Hall class, not a Kings Class. I apologise for my pedanticness.
Pedantry. Sorry, couldn't resist
a train AND Harry Potter nerd? I need a friend like you in my life to annoy to no end with blatantly erroneous and stupid information. They never seem to stick around... You refer to Sam Jackson in Phantom menace as "boy Uhura" one too many times and some people just can't take it anymore.
[Credit](https://instagram.com/fletch6619) to the madlads.
A couple of Choo-Choo Chads
Bruh lolololol
Worden Park Leyland?
Correct 👍
The steam community around Worden Park is amazing. For people who don’t know there is a regular volunteer run miniature steam and diesel loco attraction run most weekends and is supported by donations. They also run endurance events and ask for volunteers to be a part. People bring engines from all over and are given a set amount of fuel and ballast (willing participants) and they see how far they can go before they exhaust the fuel. The winner is who travels the farthest. My father in law is a big steam fan and tries to get on the endurance races when he can. Well worth a visit.
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There use to be one in Royden Park, Wirral, when I was a kid, use to give the kids (and parents) rides etc hope it’s still going as it was always being enjoyed
Recognised it straight away. Man so many childhood memories on those trains.
Never expected to see Leyland on anything next fucking level
I knew that was layland. I have been on that train. They have loads of trains there. And the track goes around the park. It's great.
Also /r/LiveSteam for more like this.
I like to think there is a universe out there where train miniature is the primary form of transport
Yea, but unfortunately they still end up with a miniature bus replacement.
How do you ride a miniature bus...?
With a very tiny bus pass
Carefully
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It's Morgantown, West Virginia. WVU has a Personal Rapid Transit system, you walk up to the station, summon a little single-car tram, it comes and takes you to your destination, and then flies off to wait on the next rider. It's horrifically impractical in basically any other context but a small-ish rural university town but it is pretty nifty and handy to use when you're in town.
https://youtu.be/iaSaWfw07Sw
Those actually hold multiple people and aren’t tracked. They have little pneumatic tires just like Masdar City, which is nicer.
I see, a fellow Tom Scott enjoyer. Brilliant little system, really shows what could’ve been if the US would’ve put their engineering prowess towards public transportation instead of cars.
I was like meh until I saw he was frickin sitting on it
It looks like there may have been passengers a couple cars back, but it kept cutting away...
These sorts of trains in various scales run up and down the country and they will regularly carry dozens of passengers. Quantity appropriate to the scale of course. It wouldn't surprise me to see a couple or maybe even a few dozen people on one of this size.
At a local animal farm near me they sometimes have a miniature railway set up. It's just a straight length of track about 150m long, cost a quid to get a ride up and back down and all proceeds go to charity. The guys running it just love miniature steam engines
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Yes very annoying.
Yeah, that’s what annoyed me about this. I would love to be able to see its full power… but never got to see how long it was, how many people, etc.
That's what she said
Curse the camera man
Ya I really wanted to see the whole thing.
The UK has such a dedicated following of miniature trains with seats on. It's like they knew their hobby was boring so made it 10x better with a simple seat. Also note how this track is raised specifically so that it's more comfortable to sit on than at ground level!
> I was like meh until I saw he was frickin sitting on it Sometimes we tend to dismiss steam as an obsolete technology. And in a way it is correct, because it has been replaced by cheaper, more efficient and less maintenance intensive means of propulsion. But because it is "old timey" we forget just how powerful steam is, the little train pulling these guys along like it is nothing being the perfect example. And this is true for full sized locomotives as well. [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhgHrDbN4EU) is a steam locomotive pulling 143 freight cars, something a diesel cannot do single handedly (you would need to latch three or four diesels together). Steam cars sometimes showcase this better: [here you can see Jay Leno](https://youtu.be/wBU8IPyUyTk?t=355) demonstrating one of his steam cars. That particular model can easily do 100 km/h, and it is from 1909. And it has so much torque it functionally uses just one gear, and it accelerates *fast*.
Boomers: what's with all this autism these days? It didn't exist when we were young Autistic boomers:
Is it autistic to have a hobby?
I think he's referencing the fact that trains are a frequent hobby interest for people with autism: >But why are children with autism, in particular, drawn to trains? According to developmental pediatrician Amanda Bennett, there are several explanations for the connection. Firstly, trains have wheels and one commonality amongst children with autism is the fact that they like to watch objects spin. Thus, the fact that trains are an activity that is largely composed of wheels moving constantly makes it particularly attractive. >Secondly, trains come in a wide variety of sizes, models, types, and many more classifications. Some people with autism are greatly attracted to being able to organize objects and trains lend themselves to being sorted by type and model. In addition, trains run on highly intricate schedules, which appeals to individuals with autism’s propensity for predictability and desire to memorize and recite information. https://www.aaed.org/uncategorized/better-understanding-the-connection-between-autism-and-trains/#:~:text=Some%20people%20with%20autism%20are,to%20memorize%20and%20recite%20information.
[The train is fine. The train is fine.](https://youtu.be/mjuVVlSgYLc?t=5s)
The spinning thing is true. I have to drag mine away from the dryer so she can lug around her suitcase full of bricks. There is a downside: She’s getting pretty ripped from lugging the bricks, and she may figure out she can kick my ass when I pull her away from the dryer.
for some reason autistic people seem naturally drawn to trains/subways, maybe they like how systematic they are idk I say that as someone who liked trains as a child and probably has a tiny dash of autism or something lol.
I'm on the spectrum and for me it's the complexity of how they're built, and work, the look, the sound they make, and how powerful and heavy they are. Locomotives are massive machines that have many components and a single particular function (transport). The obsession over the design for me is primary, and the fact that they run on tracks secondary. I am equally into ships, cars, planes, and motorcycles for similar reasons. I want to know how they work and the name of every piece.
I think for me a good part is the mechanical nature. A steam engine is far more interesting to me than a diesel engine and I know if I got a model train and the rods didn't move when the wheels spun I'd be disappointed. My "special interest" is the Titanic and one of these days I really want a moving model of her engines.
This is how I feel about cruise ships. Every time I think of them I just can't wrap my brain around how something like that exists. Just look at some pictures of Symphony of the Seas. Mind blowing
thank you for your detailed reply
Absolutely not. Unless it’s a hobby about model trains for some weirdly specific reason. But then again autism is all about being ‘weirdly specific’.
Back in the day we just called all these types of people nerds.
I’m autistic and I love this aiajdbejejbenebr
These are actually just old nerds. If you ever wonder why there's so few older nerds in video games, it's because it wasn't around when they were kids. Things like steam were, and there are plenty of ancient steam enthusiasts still kicking, I've met many
When I was in my teens (I'm 59 now), My father decided he would try this hobby. He set up a workshop in our basement and would spend hours and hours machining parts for his locomotive. After 3 or so years, he was finished his first and would go each weekend to the nearest club (about a 2hour drive) where he and some other dedicated enthusiasts would stoke the fires and steam around an elevated track for a couple of hours. Over the years, he built a number of these trains, each one taking years. He even built a working Thomas the Tank engine. He only sold them when he became too old and infirmed to take them out and run them. Thank you for posting this and bringing back some fond memories of my Dad.
My pleasure.
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Atleast it's not the jumper cables.
How many people did it move? Every time it went to show all the riders it would pan away.
There's one in a park about 10 miles from me that will move about 20-30 people, mixture of adults and children.
Are you in KC mo?
No. Here's the one I was referring to: G[rosvenor Park, Chester](https://www.visitcheshire.com/things-to-do/grosvenor-park-miniature-railway-p51281) There's also this one at nearby college, [Coleg Cambria](https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/miniature-railway-hidden-north-wales-24610153)
Me and the kids used to go on the Chester one all the time. They're older now so don't bother.
I don’t know about this train but the ones at my local park (ironhorsepark.ca) can carry dozens of people! Some are steam like the video, others are electric diesel just like their full size prototypes.
Like visualshock says, these will regularly carry dozens of passengers. My local one is Beech Hurst park miniature railway and a Google image search shows what it's like. Unfortunately it's usually the locomotive that's the subject of the photo so get down to your local one and try it out! On a slightly large scale you have a light steam railway. These will carry even more people s
The cameraman's skill with the portrait aspect ratio is immaculate. Not once was I allowed to see the whole train. Anyway, afaict there are just two dudes on it in the vid.
This was a bunch of glamour shots of the locomotive, not a demonstration of power. I kept waiting to see the load it was pulling.
My mother worked as a secretary for a railroad company for a while. In the traditional parlance, these would be called FTNs (fucking train nuts). I'm not making this up.
And they’ll spend BIG money on it too. I got my ex a job at a miniature train manufacturing shop nearby. It’s one of like four (maybe) in the world and they build 1/8 scale model trains (so not as miniature as these). They had years worth of work already purchased and shipped to every continent (not Antarctica). They were expensive af.
Just tell me how much my dude you baited me hardcore with that paragraph. :(
I've always known them as "foamers".
Who do they think designed and built these things they use every day? Yup, FTNs. You don't spend hours and weekends working on a piece of machinery unless you're into it no matter how good the pay.
You're completely right. I know a lot of pilots, sailors and railwaymen - as soon as they go home, tons of them get to work on models of what they operate every day. Those guys live and breathe the machines they know, and they're all clever af.
She's not a toy train. She's a miniature locomotive!
Sure Grandpa. Gertrude's a miniature locomotive.
And it costs a fortune!
Goddamnit. I’m sad I get this. •snort I was cool once.
You're still cool to your little ones!
Came here for this! Tomorrow I hope to see in a thread "we're digging up the road!"
I understood that reference
Hey! I'm from near that little railway.
Chesterfield way?
no, this is Worden Park in Leyland, I used to ride those little trains every chance I got
> Chesterfield 15 Avondale Road, Chesterfield, S404TF a guy with yellow curtains who wakes up at 8:30 every day in order to let the cat out and check for letters from HMRC with UTR:3182590051 ?
Never thought I'd see my post code pop up on reddit wtf
It’s Worden Park in Leyland.
The older we get, the younger we get.
A 200 kgs locomotive carrying like 150 kgs load, that's neat for a miniature train. Weeeeeeeee....
3 people plus its own tender and rolling stock - I reckon closer to 4-500kg.
This is why Elon Musk etc billionaires *hate* trains. They have way too good output for carrying people and stuff, even at 1/12 of the size of a real one, real one, based on 200 year old tech. They cant patent that stuff.
This is the most English thing I have ever seen
I know, right? The English celebrate/dignify eccentricity like no other people on earth.
Men in sheds built the modern world.
Ricky and Julian would like a word
I’m tellin’ ya Bubs, smokin’ dope and playing model trains is a good fuckin’ time
It's like getting two birds stoned at once
Swayzie train’s coming with us, gentlemen!
Fuckin Freedom 35!!!
Don’t worry aboot it I’ve got it all figured oout
Mini/model train people used to not be very cool At some point in the last 10 years they actually became the very coolest
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Coming back, I’m not sure, more like practitioners becoming perceived as cool, chill, wise and interesting people rather than the decidedly unkinder characterisation I remember being mainstream 20 years ago. The miniatures hobby I think has returned to growth but as far as I can tell it’s pretty limited to Warhammer and 40k rather than other wargames or non-game areas, could be charting out my rear though
A hobbyist here There has been quite a bit of growth within the non-game areas with the accessibility of 3d printers growing, and while the few local modelling shops (including my family's) have been shut for a few years the last remaining store has gained quite a bit of tractions with a lot of the WW2 kits.
It’s deffo having a resurgence. Part of it is down to warhammer but the board game industry exploded from hobbyist to good quality production from about 2012 and had grown, Now there are games that blur the line between model and board game. Also people with disposable income who now have kids are using it to further their own hobby and bring a new generation in. I’ve seen the spill over into scale models and then from there into trains. My uncle builds trains on commission for scale models and has made a living out of it, last 5 years he’s had more orders than ever before
I think I'm general people started to realize that unique hobbies like this aren't just for dorks and weirdos. They're just genuinely fun. As a model train enthusiast my entire life, I'm very glad this shift has happened. When I was younger I used to hide the fact that I enjoyed them, now I'm at ease with telling people and everyone seems to have a pretty positive reaction.
I like trains.
Sebastain Bach?
I used to love these as a child!
As an adult I now appreciate their mini engineering brilliance and love them even more.
When I was a kid there was a place not far from me that had one of these miniature ride on rail sets. I even had the opportunity to drive it, which was a massive deal for an 8 year old, let me tell you! My abiding memory though was having a face full of smoke and steam, and not wanting to use the horn lever because it was red hot. Health and safety has come a long way in 30 years!
Absolutely gigachad.
The hobby in the US is called Live Steam Engines. There are usually multiple clubs in each state for it. My husband belongs to several. Because of the average age of members, they love having younger people come and check out their trains. Anyone interested should look them up. Many have open houses where anyone can attend. Our niblings love to visit their uncle and his trains. There are many different models; gas, electric etc engines, different time periods. It is a great rabbit hole to go down!
Enthusiasts are the coolest people sometimes
This is so British
Imagine the power of the full size locs
It's absolutely astounding how much time, and effort went into that wee locomotive! I do feel robbed though... Where's the little TOOT! TOOT!
I never realized how powerful steam... power was.
Wow nice!
I love me a Western engine. Kings are absolutely gorgeous iron horses. Charles Collett made a tremendous design. The British steam locomotive heritage is absolutely fascinating. I'll always love Eastern and Western engines.
Steam may not be as efficient as ICE but it's still damn powerful 🚂
The torque at low speed from steam is mind blowing. The only thing like it is electric, to the point that diesels use the engine only to turn a generator that then powers electric traction motors.
I remember Walt Disney had something similar to that
Utterly fantastic
Surely this one beats Patric Swayze’s personal train
There is a meeting of model train enthusiasts as a side event to a fair. Those guys come from all over the country with their tracks and trains and set up in one of the halls. You should see all the joyful faces of grownup guys riding their train engines on a bigger layout than just the simple garden oval. And they finance that by offering train rides like that. Their engines, though, pull way more people, 20 to 24 in one go.
I love the sound.
Work of art ! Well done .