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What a fascinating locomotive. Its all so wonderfully compact for a steam loco.

OOOO That's interesting - and she has no tail load either!

Nice Video Good Job dear

I could imagine seeing one of these on the west Somerset railway

Great footage thanks for sharing.Loved the battle of uphill

As of present, the Q1isn’t attached to its tender (which I have spotted loose in the yard). I couldn’t figure out why.

May I use this footage in a video please? I will credit you.

The most beautiful loco ever built , I’ve three on my layout one named after our son whom we lost in summer 1997 😢 regards Fred

Dose anyone agree with me when I say they don’t look ugly?

Nice video great camera work as usual as always keep it up bye for now Philip

Great shot! I've subscribed!

That’s Neville from Thomas and Friends

Isn't this one now in the NRM York?

Helen of Troy had the face that launched a thousand ships. The Q1 had a face that stopped a thousand clocks.

In our India the steam engines are a history. All the engines are now dumped in scrap shape. Very few can be seen outside Railway Stations. But to travel in train with steam engine must be interesting. White and black smoke all around must be funny. Thanks to foreign countries keeping this alive and people who travel with them. Balvinder Verma Jalandhar Punjab India

What county is this in?

Legends

I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. I knew I could. I knew I could

Get out and push!

Quicker to walk…

Neat little train ,now need to see more

Sharp curve adds to the resistance to movement on a gradient, because the wheels being the same diameter want to go straight ahead but the flanges rub on the outer rail and the inner check rail, forcing the wheels to slip slightly to get around the curve, which soaks up power. But this demonstrates one of the main features of a steam engine compared to diesel - as speed reduces, the available torque gets greater. So as the resistance get greater, the engine just slows down until the torque available overcomes the resistance. It has the same effect of changing down a gear with a combustion engine, but without the need to actually change gear! The harder the climb, the slower it goes - but it still just "gets there in the end" as long as the adhesion limit isn't breached causing the wheels to slip. That's why a steam engine doesn't need a gearbox or an electric or hydraulic transmission like a diesel does, the diesel engine having a very limited speed range. Nice video!

The crew managed to avoid a stall, kudos. What a fantastic piece of preserved equipment.

Struggel? Its only slow ...

I was fireman that day. We were at the Bodmin railway to find out how to tackle an incline, ahead of the trip to the Looe Branch. When the vehicle is travelling with the boiler room at the back, as it is in this video, the fireman also looks after the cut-off and we were deliberately trying it with a very short cutoff to see what the vehicle could do. As you can see, it was a struggle, so at Looe, with its 1:35 incline from Coombe Junction up to Liskeard, we ran in full gear.

4mm model in production [soon] by Kernow M R C - look 'em up.

Very nice perspective!

Would the lower quality of modern coal have made a difference, given the small firebox?

People had plenty of time in them days. Not like the youth of today. Eh Wilf? Nuther cuppa? Aye.

If it gets any slower on that bend it will start sucking the smoke back in

Where is this?

I know it's an old vehicle, but that is either one steep curve, one fully packed steam carriage, or one very underpowered one, or a combination of the three. In any case, it's no wonder that Britain abandoned this first, if impractical, attempt at a railbus, or MU without a mate.

The videographer could have cut out the first minute or a while third of this vid. A lot of poor build up and weak 'suspense'. OMG: will she make it???? 'I think I can'.

Hey it's nevile

I think I can, I know I can!

"I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.....

It got there! It didn't give up! It thought it could! It hoped it could! It knew it could!.....And it got there!

A vid thst tells the truth - heck!! If Ripley"s Believe it or Not was a thing and Jack Palance was still alive they'd be coming out with a film crew to do a short piece. At the end of the Jack would read, "TH-cam vid poster tells the truth in a video title - Believe it, or Not............" Miss Jack.

I would have wanted to get out and walk ahead, just to help out.

As a kid, at around 1:47, I would have shouted, *_"Get off and milk it!",_* and then cheered enthusiastically as it finally picked up speed and passed close by.

Sweet machine! Thanks for sharing

just not enough steam pressure from such a small boiler! Amazing sight though, one I have never before seen!

Lots of patience needed here! But worth the wait. First of Andy's I've seen. I'll be back for more!! Definite Thumbs up!

Super. 💙 T.E.N.

The little engine that could and did 😊😇

Stick a 750volt third rail in, no problems lol

Pretty cool steam rail car, all self contained!!

Never seen this before that’s pretty cool

Yeah... That is quite an incline up to Bodmin. Lovely Railmotor, lovingly restored.

Pfftt Whats the fuss, piece of cake, never actually ground to a halt,