They say struggling, but those both looked like 0-4-0 small side tank steam loco's. In the states they had 4-8-4's pulling coal cars and usually something like a mile long worth of cars. When the needed the extra power they pulled in the 4-6-6-4 Challengers or the 4-8-8-4 Big Boy's. The states made sure to match power units to the trains they were pulling.
Yeah you're comparing apples to oranges, these were lightly laid industrial railways with steep inclines and tight curves, using small tank engines with very high power to wheelbase ratios. The Big Boys you reference are main line locomotives, and in the UK we also matched large powerful mainline locomotives to long and heavy coal trains.
I always found this one a bit funny as I imagined the engine upfront puffing “no work, no play” if only I could just to be there see these steam powered giants in person. 🥹
Great video I love these clips ...a time sadly gone..😢
Great times. I remember engines like this working at Agecroft colliery in Lancashire in the mid 70s.
I took some stills at Agecroft but never shot any movies there.
This is what you call “on their knees”
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It did make it to the top.
Thank you Gandy Dancers 👍
I really wish I was born in this era
It was a wonderful era for seeing a lot of worn out steam engines, that had been kept going, as there was no alternative.
They say struggling, but those both looked like 0-4-0 small side tank steam loco's. In the states they had 4-8-4's pulling coal cars and usually something like a mile long worth of cars. When the needed the extra power they pulled in the 4-6-6-4 Challengers or the 4-8-8-4 Big Boy's. The states made sure to match power units to the trains they were pulling.
These are powerful 0-6-0 saddle tanks weighing about 56 tons anything larger wouldn't have got round the bends or over the poorly laid track.
Yeah you're comparing apples to oranges, these were lightly laid industrial railways with steep inclines and tight curves, using small tank engines with very high power to wheelbase ratios.
The Big Boys you reference are main line locomotives, and in the UK we also matched large powerful mainline locomotives to long and heavy coal trains.
@@nickrails How big were those coal trains?
I always found this one a bit funny as I imagined the engine upfront puffing “no work, no play” if only I could just to be there see these steam powered giants in person. 🥹