BUILDING a BRAND NEW STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
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As of today, they are 41.3% complete and estimate they'll be done in 2030. They already have the boiler and cab done so it's looking like the project will be successful.
they have an entire tender already ,and they have started work on the frame, it wont be built as a single piece. its a whole bunch of pieces because obviously its way to hard to make a single cast now.
@@jimmythatguy thats one reason yes, but the primary reason for the split frame is so it can traverse curves better. That long of a rigid frame causes a lot of stress on the metal, having a bigger chance on cracks in the frame. Wich is a death sentence for the loco if not found early.
Excellent video nice to hear about this
People said it would take a decade to restore the 3985 if she was done under Union Pacific and she’s already close to the point of getting her boiler sandblasted. I get the facts about rebuilding this kind of locomotive heck I bet it probably would be the same way if a brand new big boy was to be rebuilt from scratch except the build an engine like that would probably take all the way to 2040. It’s still gonna be great to see one of the toughest streamliners return again
The project will be completed and fail. Why? Because to build a locomotive lacks the expertise to do that today. So if the reach to build it the mostly will have all the baby problems with it that was on solvable with experience but that experience is lost because death of the people with knowledge.
England did the same thing when they rebuild a member of the then extinct A1 peppercorn class and gave it the name "Tornado"
And the same folks are doing it again and have a third project to begin once the P2 is complete. I think it's safe to say that the T1 Trust were definitely inspired by Tornado.
Also in the process of building a 3rd one ontop of Tornado and Prine of Wales
Planet, the later replica of rocket, the replica iron duke... the idea was already old hat by the time tornado even started frankly. They just made a bigger faster replica.
The history of replicas of lost locos goes like 3/4 of the history of locomotives. 😂 pretty much the second someone scrapped one to begin with someone else was thinking and doing the replica thing.
*rebuilt
@@THE_flushingtoilet *built, tornado isn't actually an A1, nor is it a replca really, the whole thing is completely different spec to any A1 the LNER built. Not least because the LNER had it's own set of lost or unknown metallurgical standards for materials used that were not replicated in Tornado, instead modern readily available material specifications were evaluated and used. Also the construction methods diverge significantly in places as their are now cheaper and easier to work with alternatives(welding over riveting)
Ppssfftt...Freight Train Engineer here...our Units could reach 140mph too....if they fell out of a plane.😅
:-D
Technically any thing can reach that speed
Just once
Man if they break the steam speed record you can bet the uk will do everything to get that record back
They don’t have any engines capable of doing so, and their loading gauge is too restrictive to get much faster than mallard did on her special train…
@@CaptainCrutchidk if hs2 gets complete we have a hole line only question is will steam be allowed to use it one off
@@CaptainCrutchalso uk rail infrastructure can hold up to 140mph east coast , HS1 and the Chatham main line to name a few but the east coast is limited to 125 and HS2 could go at 225 so wouldn’t be so sure on that the question is an engine not the track
Me personally i think that an engine built with modern technology shouldn’t have access to the record yes its the same design but it will be built perfectly no imperfections which just didn’t happen in the 30s and 40s still the record is there for the taking all the same I believe they would hold a special event with mallard and t1 in like york or somewhere in the states so people could see the old record holder with the new
@@Thatspuremental Nah, manufacturing technology is always changing. If we're going to make that argument, how was it fair for a locomotive in the 1930s to compare to ones in the 1800's? If it's being built to the general T1 specs, seems fair play to me.
It would be awesome to see the official record for steam traction broken! The Brits have had it sat at 126 MPH for far too long. And we railfans know that even back in the day engines like T1, J Class, F7, and Hudsons were probably capable of breaking that. But it was never a matter of official record
An engine like the T1 is definitely no joke when it comes back I’m actually hoping they give it a full throttle run or at least a fun first highball. And if this engine does succeed we could be looking at the return and possibly even more of America’s best streamliners or passenger locomotives.
Like say, the NYC Hudson...
I was gonna say that!
Imagine the T1 and a Dreyfuss Hudson doubleheading together!
@@atshinkansen7439 if a new preservation trust ever comes forward to build a J3A from scratch, i’m definitely gonna ride with it then but also that would be amazing to see
@@atshinkansen7439 actually, I am imagining #5550 and #611 doubleheading, due to Norfolk and Western's association with the Pennsy (until the 1960's).
I’ve been donating since they first started $150 a year, I feel great about this project because my grandpa drove pennsy steam back in the day. Hopefully I get to see it before I pass on.
Hats off you to hope you have that chance
@@Steamtheamaricanengine thank you!
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I hope that they will be sucsessful!
I wish they could make steam trains worth while again. I'd love to see a steamer on my local railroad.
Me too, prohaps one day there will be a honorary All-steam-line now that would be worth while 🙂🚂
@@JAdg75oo00 Somewhere in the US there is a 2-6-2 running in revenue service
@@Jeisr4207-bc5ui which railroad and which locomotive? 🙂
@@JAdg75oo00 I forgot
@@Jeisr4207-bc5ui dang tried looking online but nothing has came up yet, well thanks for entertaining the possibility for me 🙂
As a pennsylvanian rail fan, it makes me so happy seeing such a beast from our rail line being brough back to life
I hadn't heard of this project. I wish them every success.
In theory, the reopening of the CutOff will hopefully happen by 2030. So, theres a possibility that since those lines would be NJT and State of Pennsylvania owned, we could see a T1 on that long straight stretch of track.
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Best of luck to them! A bunch of guys in the UK built a Peppercorn loco from scratch and, dubbed “Tornado”, runs special / enthusiast runs all over the UK. They’re now building a P2, also from scratch.
With the Way class I CEOs are acting, itll be a miracle for 5550 to be allowed on a mainline track
That’s awesome! Steam is way more powerful than diesel!
Average diesel fan: 🤓🤓🤓 Average steam enjoyer: 🗿🍷💪
I think that someone should start a group similar to this where the goal is to build a example of a New York Central Hudson
Even you can start a group to build a NYC Hudson from the ground up.
Its funny cause like the PRR T1, theirs also a hudson tender at scranton.
And in theory you COULD use parts from a Canadian hudson, unless there is differences im forgetting about
On the bright side the museum in York will have to restore mallard again to try to get back the speed record 😂
Hey! Leave Mallard alone! The museum needs a door wedge!
@@LancashireAndYorkshireyea i mean come on cant you jst use stephens rocket or something
Yeah, I hate to be that guy, but that wouldn't work even if they tried. Considering Mallard was the only one to do said record only once on a downhill grade, I don't think given it's age it's gonna be able to even if given the chance. At least with 5550 it's going to be brand new. Mallard is a product of the 1930s, making it 85 in 2023
@@chesapeakedproductions3009 yea if we built a replica maybe or jst use stephens rocket the national railway museum need a door wedge 🤣
They are no longer doiny the record
I love the fact they're doing this and hope like hell we get to see a new T1 running on her own steam. That said, if they can build a dang T1 from scratch, why the hell can't they rebuild a GG1 to working order? Updated electrical equipment to meet modern standards & run on the same system as Amtrak, but the same quill drive system. If they can cast a new chassis & drivers for the T1, surely someone can recast the frames & bogeys for the GG1 since the old ones have too many weld repairs from cracking from 50 yrs of service. I understand why it hasn't been done as of yet (money, lack of infrastructure, etc), but you cant tell me its impossible when you got an amazing group of folks building a T1 from the ground up..
Honestly it kind of pointless to breaking the world steam record now of all times, Let Mallard Have Her Crown!
Thing is, she might've never had it
Well, many people (American and even British) do not believe that Mallard deserved that crown, due to the circumstances of the test. Test track's all wrong (being downhill) and Mallard sustaining damage after the speed run. In their POV, a proper high speed record run is something similar to a rail version of a Bonneville Salt Flats speed run: straight level track, and two runs for the fastest average speed. And with the most precise measuring equipment, of course.
It's crazy to think that a new steam locomotive is being built in 2023
Actually, this has been going on for quite a few years already...
Imagine if we have a T1 next to a big boy, that would be awesome
it would be possible because we have a big boy here in PA at Steam Town
ill actually be more than old enough to go there on my own by the time this is done
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It is one of my favorite trains
This class was a one of a kind. It was a 4-4-4-4, with 2 sets of 4 drivers. It has confirmed 140 MPH runs by PRR, never confirmed by anyone else. Sout wax lowered to a confirmed 120
What an art deco beauty
If the 5550 actually manages to make world history, i will gladly be there to witness it
Hope they get it running, it would be cool to see it in Harrisburg on the Keystone line. I’d make that trip to see it
They are a Amazing Group !😊
This could be life changing especially helping reduce fossil fuel use if we would use steam in mass, if only if, solar panels and windmills on all unused surfaces a battery car and an electric boiler and a steam trap to reuse the water funneled off. Steam was the past but also could save the future if used wisely in conjunction with other earth friendly power sources.
Mallard needs to watch out
I would love to see steam come back to Australia one day.
Magnificent!
Tbh the fact something as intricate as the T1 can come back is a sign for preservationists that anything can be rebuilt. J3A Hudson? No problem. EMD FT? Coming right up.
5550 is excited to be steamed.
Great but a replica of the NYC Dreyfuss-designed streamlined Hudson should be built 1st.
Okay, so when are YOU going to start building one?
Agreed but seeing as the T1 is a decent bit of the way done, let’s finish it first and then do the J3a next!
ah yes. one of the original streamlined titans of the 30s.
This will be fantastic. They should also build a MIlW Hudson while they’re at it.
How about we let the T1 Trust enjoy running 5550 after construction is completed? Someone else should step up and start a campaign to build another locomotive from the ground up themselves. Will it be you? 🧐
Can't wait to see one in service
YESSSSSS. We need more people doing stuff like this!!!🥰
Great project!
Just imagine if the T1 or Mallard had access to modern HSR infrastructure. A perfect place to go full throttle
Fred dibnah would be proud 👏
My favorite train
Can't wait until 2030 when it's completed
Yes!!!!! Bring back the steam engine.
What, no S1? Just kidding. This is gonna be amazing. I hope they get it done!
I'm so happy people are becoming more aware of the t1 trust
Do they still require shovelling coal or is there a new way to heat the boiler?
Fkn cool either way I would love to see these all the time.
it could be an oil burner but i don't know
It will be an oil burner. Even if it was still a coal burner there would be little shoveling as engines this size had “mechanical stokers” which allowed coal to be fed into the firebox with just the turn of a valve.
@@welshtrainspottingchannel While the T1 Trust wanted to burn coal in the Belpaire firebox, logistics and ash disposal makes oil the easy choice.
@@psycotria It does help that oil burners are generally much more fuel efficient by comparison, too - and they can run on damn near anything liquid and hydrocarbon. Diesel, refined fry oil waste, yadda yadda. All works.
That’s pretty cool
It's amazing
If I had enough money, I would buy running steam locomotive, for my country, to attract more people to enjoy railway's
They gotta play the free bird rif when they break the speed record
This is going to be awesome!
Thanks for making my video idea❤
Thanks for the idea!
@@Bennyboi_ np
Yeah. Let’s take a record from the redcoats
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Its cool the amount of new steamers that have been built in the last so many years like
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Now this cool! I’ll get to live to see the creation of a new steam engine in the 21st century! Looking forward to seeing it!
My fantasy would be to see Amtrak operate it on a stretch somewhere in PA. With PRR livery, of course.
where will it run? ns doesnt even let the nkp run on its tracks anymore.
The newly built Pennsy T1 5550 will run on short lines and tourist railroads. Multiple short lines and tourist railroads have invited the T1 Trust to operate 5550 on their tracks for excursions and other events.
@@TranscontinentalRailfan the only problem is that the T1 is a monster. No operating steam locomotive on the mid-to east coast are a similar size to it. And don’t forget the operating costs.
@@gamerfan8445 The T1 Trust has said anywhere N&W 611 or NKP 765 can go, the 5550 will be able to go too. It could even operate at Strasburg, PA. It’s a lot more economically feasible to operate mainline steam locomotives on short lines and tourist railroads, rather than class one railroad mainlines. By the time you lease passenger cars, pay for the insurance the class ones require, and the operating costs and there is no money left over, you are looking at least $2k per train ticket. Where as for 611 at Strasburg, people were only paying $30 on average per ticket to ride behind 611. It makes better business sense to go to short lines or tourist railroads. This new locomotive will operate just fine on short lines and tourist railroads and there is nothing wrong with that.
AND WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN! We're currently building a new P2 class locomotive!
There's no shortage of rails for the T1. By the time it's complete, NS will have new mgmt.
The speed record will fall on a closed FRA test track.
I CANT WAIT FOR THIS TO BE FINNISHED!!!
love to support them
Thank you!
Wow I I like it I can hardly wait to see a brand new super steam trains high speed
That whistle is just beautiful
Best video as always
Yes good wow
If only it was the fabled S1! I remember reading a story about an unconfirmed report via timing posts that one Pennsylvania road S1 hit an estimated 160 MPH while pulling a passenger train. Both T1 and S1 are/were absolute beasts of their time though.
Bringing the T1 back from the dead. Road number #5550. The #5550 could come out early
The closest we got to a T1 is a South Australian Railways 520 class
YES STEAM TRAINS ARE KING/QUEEN
Awesome 👍
Great now make a triplex
Great, now you start a group to build one yourself. Well, we’re waiting…
Yeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaa
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We really need to bring back steam power
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And we Brits have a P2 coming in the works 😅. We all like our big bois
T 1 e uma locomotiva emocionante , magnífica,sensacional .
I read that from an engineering perspective, nothing over a speed of 127 is technically possible. And I think 122 was about the maximum achievable
I hope it gets built but there's no where that will allow them to try and break the speed records and if I remember correctly this engine had wheel slip issues so I don't think it'll even be fast enough to do so.
The prototypes didn't have wheel slip issues, plus the trust will rectify the wheel slip when it's built
The same test track that was used to test the top speed of the Acelas would be used to push this thing up to top speed
Amazing 🎉❤
I can't wait to see the Pennsylvania Railroad T1 No. 5550!
Like britains did with the A1 Peppercorn "Tornado".
I love that.. 👍👍🇪🇸🇪🇸
Ah nice I heard there was a similar thing in like 2009 or so in the UK
My uncle is a part of an organization that’s building a replica of the LMS 10000 class!
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Build a non polluting steam locomotives
They should do the same with the New York central Hudson’s. They are some of my favorite locomotives, especially the streamlined ones!
Looking like those trains in FFVII ON GOD
Lets just hope mallard holds the speed record
It's only "officially" a record... one that S1 and T1 broke regularly.
Heck, even "Tiny-wheels" N&W Class J clocked 112mph on a scheduled run during PRR trials. The magic of precision roller-bearings and well-balanced reciprocating mass.
Well the new gresley p2 is gonna give that kettle a run for its money
Most definitely, only reason mallard went 126 is because they had a hill, if they sent that thing over the saluda grade, it would absolutely shatter the record
lesgoo! steam locomotives are not dead anymore!
Really? wow!
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 bravo!
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l love steam powered loc and tractor