Three Traction Engines hauling Manx Steam Locomotive

Isle of Man Festival of Steam 2017.
Three traction engines haul Isle of Man Steam Railways locomotive "Fenella" on double-bogie low-loader trailer along Ramsey Quay on their way to Jurby. 21st April 2017.
Their journey started the previous day in Douglas, and followed the narrow twisting coast road through Laxey, this being necessary as the direct route following the TT Course via the Mountain Road was closed for pre-TT repairs and maintenance.

[@anaisse4]

waow, beautyfull

[@joshhannay2925]

I saw that near the Doon glen 

[@merlemorrison482]

That double decker bus sounds like a five cylinder....

[@simonperry330]

AEC 7.7 Litre 6 cylinder

[@MyDiesel101]

Very majestic, but it shows the low power to weight ratio of a steam Traction engine. Today, a single Peter Built or Kenworth semi tractor can pull that load at about 40 mph.

[@ffinnywix]

Yes, technology has certainly advanced tremendously in the last 100 years. The Typhoon is a lot faster than a Sopwith Camel, too.

[@StaxRail]

Eugene Kosinski the engine at the back is purely for braking power on hills. It acts like a set of chocks but it can supply power if needed. Granted, a.Peterbilt 379 would take a load like that but these engines are a reminder of the past. I have grown up in an age dominated by video games but still prefer watching and driving these glorious machines

[@lutzfiebig9896]

Yes you are rigth ,but it is not so amazing.

[@StaxRail]

Thing is though is that these engines produce around 1 and a half times more torque than a Peterbilt each.

[@hiyadroogs]

+clanline35028 Interesting point of debate that people who only consider bhp, (work rate) rarely consider when it comes to starting effort from rest. Boadicea, a big McLaren road locomotive built for hauling tanks in WW1, rated at 10 Nominal Horsepower (the ancient method of equating engine strength to actual horses) has a 6 inch HP cylinder, & a 12 inch LP cylinder. Working compound, (boiler pressure to HP cylinder exhausting into the LP cylinder) she generates 2970 ft/lbs of torque at the crankshaft (as you said, approx 1.5 times the crankshaft torque of 400 bhp tractor units of artics). Working simple, where boiler pressure is admitted direct to the LP cylinder as well for extreme effort, she generates 11,877 ft/lbs at the crank. (almost 6 times the crankshaft torque of a 400 bhp tractor unit) She can easily pull 145 tons around the arena at the Great Dorset Steam fair, including uphill on the 1 in 20 on her own. The only limiting factor being adhesion weight on dirt. Not once has she ever been switched over to simple working to do this, nor has the regulator ever required more than half opening in compound working. On tarmac, pulling 200 tons on her own would be easy, even up the 1 in 20. .

[@bobcornford3637]

Lovely AEC Regent

[@kae4466]

ohm myyy. :)

[@gnosticbrian3980]

Invest in a Steadycam.

[@ffinnywix]

Thanks for the advice.
Mine to you is invest in a course at Charm School.