5 Revolutionary Locomotives (That Failed Miserably) 🚂 History in the Dark 🚂
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Published 2022-05-20
"The Virginian EL-C, later known as the New Haven EF-4 and E33, was an electric locomotive built for the Virginian Railway by General Electric in August 1955. They were the first successful production locomotives to use Ignitron (mercury arc) rectifier technology. Although they proved to be a successful design, no more EL-Cs were built, due to the small number of railroads that had electrification and the advent of improved electric locomotive technology. They were among the last mainline electric freight locomotives in the United States."
"The GE E60 is a family of six-axle 6,000 hp (4.5 MW) C-C electric locomotives made by GE Transportation Systems (GE) between 1972 and 1983. The E60s were produced in several variants for both freight and passenger use in the United States and Mexico. GE designed the locomotive for use on the Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad (BM&LP), a dedicated coal-hauling route in Arizona, which began operation in 1973. That same year GE adapted the design for high-speed passenger service on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. The largest customer was Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (NdeM), the state-owned railroad in Mexico, which bought 39 for a new electrification project in the early 1980s."
"The LNER W1 No. 10000 (also known as the Hush-Hush due to its secrecy) was an experimental steam locomotive fitted with a high pressure water-tube boiler. Nigel Gresley was impressed by the results of using high-pressure steam in marine applications and so in 1924 he approached Harold Yarrow of shipyard & boilermakers Yarrow & Company of Glasgow to design a suitable boiler for a railway locomotive, based on Yarrow's design."
"The British Rail Class 71 was an electric locomotive used on the Southern Region of British Railways. Unlike Southern Region electro-diesel locomotives (such as classes 73 and 74) they could not operate away from the electrified (750 V DC) system."
"The PRR S1 class steam locomotive (nicknamed "The Big Engine") was a single experimental duplex locomotive of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It was designed to demonstrate the advantages of duplex drives espoused by Baldwin Chief Engineer Ralph P. Johnson. It was the longest and heaviest rigid frame reciprocating steam locomotive that was ever built. The streamlined Art Deco styled shell of the locomotive was designed by Raymond Loewy."
🚂 Further reading 🚂
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginian_EL-C
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_E60
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_W1
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_71
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad_class_…
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All Comments (21)
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I love the running gag of British Rail driving you mad over time. If you keep this up, you're gonna end up in a straight jacket!😂😂
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It is a shame that the S1 was not preserved. Outstanding content you have here 👍
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I’m gonna like this video, only because of the part with the “Thomas had never seen such horrific violence before…” thing. That was awesomely funny!
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10:34 When Darkness has had enough
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The E33's didn't fail. They worked well in the service they were designed for and joined the rest of the Virginian's electric motors serving for 26 years. Most diesels of the that era were gone by then.
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Fun fact! The S1 was an exhibit at the 1939 worlds fair, along side of "Coronation"; an LMS Princess Coronation class
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Imagine a list about the top 5 most underrated engines
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10:06, one note to point out about the W1 after it’s rebuild: on September 1st 1955, just after departing from Peterborough Station, No. 60700's front bogey frame broke in two at Westwood junction, causing the engine to jump the tracks and onto its side at 20 mph, taking two coaches with it, injuring 5 people. Photos of the aftermath do actually exist along with the inquiry report into the accident.
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10:32 onward had comedic value that I appreciate.
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''thomas has never seen such horrific violence before'' my god i am laughing to death rn
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A lot of people absolutely bash the S1 because of her length and weight distribution. I commend that you presented more facts that shows that it wasn’t an awful piece of crap that slipped no matter what (which it didn’t).
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The E60s were actually based on the Lake Powell Railroad’s GE E60Cs that were used to transport coal from the mines to the power plant and had catenary wires(those cables seen in contact with the pantographs of electric locomotives)
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Wait. Now I agree with you if it is the Class 74's, but, Darkness, buddy, hands off the Class71's, they only failed because they ran out of work for them to do, not because they were actually bad - weird, and occasionally dangerous, but in no way bad. Edit: And when are you going to do something about the Class 73's? A highly successful design (if deeply idiosyncratic) that has survivors to this very day (please ignore the one that caught fire.......😉)
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CAN THEY MAKE A NEW PRR S1 DUPLEX TO BREAK THE ACTUAL WORLD SPEED RECORD FOR STEAM
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It would've been awesome to have seen a second gen GG1 and or have a new generation made today. I feel like rail lines might be more popular if they were of course more efficient and smoother, but also if the rail companies would get creative again and push boundaries and use unique new ideas in their trains.
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The BR Running Gag reaches new hights yet again!
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The ELC did not fail, The Virginian Railway was sold to Norfolk and Western, whiched abandoned Virginian's electrification scheme. These were really a forgotten loco, a topic of one of your other videos.
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The S 1 would've been running through my town!! Great video, thank you
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Can your next list PLEASE be "Top 5 Most GORGEOUS trains"🥺🙏
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Thank you Sir. Keeping my steam up 🚂
