For a fireman, distributing coal to have max efficiency is a true art; in italian railways, when a crew consumed less coal and water than programmed on that train, they were given a small proportional sum, like a tip on the salary
Great idea Hyce! I knew that the steam ejector was used to draw air thru the system but didn’t think back far enough to realize the firebox would be pulsating!
@@Henry-fx4yk oh jeeze yes it does, its what makes a loco style boiler be able to generate more power then one that is stationary of that size should be able to, the self sustaining fire draght was concepted after stephensons rocket, it fuels it like a blast furnace and its that high heat that makes the steam expand in a superheated loco makes it more efficent the more energy in the volume of steam the more work you can get out of its heat energy and expantion out of it hence the limited cut off at higher speed its more effecent, though depends how the engine is set up and what it was made for like drag, passenger or highspeed freight for example. also furthermore it has soo much draw in a loco like nkp765 it will bring the fire right up off the grates, or suck up the smaller particals of coal right though the stack if you push it too hard to quick and actually suck the fire right off the grates so to speak before it burns all of it up theroughly
You could almost say, that is the heart beat of a steam locomotive, and you kind of get a sense of why engineers from way back would say these are living, breathing, machines because of their characteristics.
Fire is magical in a way. That firebox It's almost a simulator of how fire is affected by air. As a former fire fighter you can see similar fire elements to that of a bushfire or wild fire. And how fuel and terrain affect a the burn. Super interesting. Thanks Hyce!
@@charliepearce8767 Claiming everyday physics as "nonmagical" would make my life so boring. How can you not see something like a train using fire harnessed in a metal box, as magical? It's so fascinating, and awesome to see
This footage is largely unprecedented. I don't mean to blow smoke (ha!), but I think future generations are going to thank you for capturing such complete footage of these machines!
As a rule, the old film makers stood back and used a longer lens on their film cameras. Got good pictures that way but never from inside the firebox. I seem to remember some guy using a metal mirror inside the firebox. This was nice though. I haven't watched a coal fire in a firebox in a very long time, I had forgotten the dance of the flames.
As a fellow smith, I completely agree! I prefer using solid fuel like coal, charcoal, or corn (Yes, corn. It burns hot and fast like charcoal, but "cokes up" like coal.) Vs my propane forge and its plain blue jet like flames.
The New York Central had something similar and where used to make fire box repairs in there Niagaras (the fire would be dropped but the boiler would still be hot)
When you consider how much heat a tiny domestic coal fire can kick out with natural draft, it's difficult to imagine just how much heat it in a firebox as big as a room, with so much forced draft that it can pick lumps of coal up.
I burn coal in my forge. With the right amount of blast from the blower and lack of paying attention, I can turn steel from a solid to liquid. This is why locomotives have fusible plugs that melt if the water level drops below them, effectively draining the boiler into the firebox and extinguishing the fire. Otherwise, that same intense heat would weaken the crown sheet on top of the firebox, and things go boom.
@Hyce, I'd put this footage at the level of the amazing Saturn V launchpad footage that came out a few years ago. This inspires the same awe, and it's not just the footage - your narration of the footage explaining with a profound depth of knowledge all that is going on in the firebox and tying it to the route sequence and the application of the fuel in this context, and the fact that you pulled it off with minimal equipment and maximum innovation blows me away. Well done, my friend. Thank you!
You should've recorded the engine pulling out from the station to watch the fire flare up from a standstill as the draft began to enduce the fire, that would've been amazing
I showed my wife the slo-mo without any context. She said it looked like a portal to a really bad place. No wonder people used to heat their homes with coal. Look at all that HEAT! Incredible stuff... a rock from the earth that burns.
I loved that we got to see the fire pulse with the "chugs" as others pointed out. But now we have great footage for game devs to make realistic fireboxes out of as well :D
This is awesome, and this whole series is incredible. The context of it revolving pretty much around the same locomotive is great, too, for us audience to make connections and learn. Seriously, thank you for making these videos!
Holy shit that was awesome. Serious big brain idea to stick the gopro in water. Simply amazing footage. Cant wait to see this done again when you climb up the hill clockwise. Oh man, we might get to see the coal levitate off the grates if theres some wheelslip. Thats gonna be insane!
i love how everybody acts crazy about the camera when you first bring it into the engine.. Obviously amazing pictures and explanation. Thanks for making these.
Your videos are incredibly helpful. I'm currently writing a novel about a steam era railroad engineer. And despite being a lifelong railfan I quickly realized that I really don't know nearly as much about the mechanics of operating a locomotive as I should, so you're videos have been highly informative and I greatly appreciate your captures of the littlest details and hope you keep up the great work.
This is awesome! it would be pretty odd to see a railroad engineer randomly carrying a go-pro in a fish tank into a locomotive cab in person. So glad you finally got to satisfy your curious thought and I never thought I'd want to see it till now. It's so satisfying to watch the flames
Absolutely amazing to see how the fire reacts with each chuff of exhaust increasing the draft inside the firebox, and how the flames lay down as the locomotive is drifting along. What was also great was the slow motion footage and seeing the cinders being pulled up out of the coal bed and toward to flues. Great filmography, even using such a crude set up. Way to adapt and improvise!!!!
I think the next step would be an insta360 and an actively cooled loop. Take like a car radiator and vise grip it to the side of the engine and put the fishbowl all the way into the fire box for a few seconds then pull it out. That was amazing footage though. Really memorizing to watch!
Again, I love your content so much! It is almost wholesome to hear a railroader talk about his profession in such a way that even the dummies like me can understand it!
I'm surprised no one pointed out that the sound, slowed down, sounds like what I imagine is the heartbeat of the beast. A bit fast for a large whale but maybe a small whale? Very soothing. For longer runs it might be possible to build shielding for the water container. I'm thinking either layers of steel separated by air gaps as is used in double wall flue piping or the heat shields we use between catalytic convertors and cars or metal with insulation under. Either approach should block radiant heat so it does not get absorbed by the water and then the go pro.
That's wonderful! I've always wondered about this. Was often told that firemen had to know a lot about where in the box to shovel and how the exhaust would cause draft up through the fire, but actually SEEING it is amazing. Thanks so much for your work in sharing this.
I think that a gold metallized face shield would work better than a welding shade. They're specifically meant to block heat rather than bright visible and UV light.
Professor Hyce is truly one of the best Ferroequinologists known to man, sparing and stoppting for nothing to bring is the educational and interesting footage .
Amazing footage. Looking forward for more. "Lazy flame" is an actual technical description in fuel burning devices. It is where you don't have enough draft allowing for enough primary/secondary air. The exhaust will be high in unburnt undesirables, such as carbon monoxide, and will allow for more ash buildup in the tubes.
What is missing now is an external microphone to get the full context of what the engine is doing in the sense of hearing all the sounds clearly and not muffled by the water. Awesome Video as always and i am really exited for the next ones :D
Using water bowl for submersing your GoPro camera and thus protecting it from the heat was quite a clever idea. Another way that you could film firebox without exposing your camera to extensive heat is to place a mirror in front of the door at about 45 degrees angle and then pointing the camera into that mirror. Movie industry has been using mirror in order to protect their expensive cameras from potential danger for years. I bet that with some clever engineering (making a periscope) you could even film the firebox through one of the breathing holes of the firebox door. 😉
good to see everybody having a hilariously good time with an Aquatic Go-pro. for a better shield to protect the Go-Pro, look into acquiring an old Oven Door and take the glass from it to use. that glass is designed for high heat environments found in Self Cleaning Ovens that can get up to 600+ degrees.
I'm new to steam engines and am enthralled by the technology, the kinds of steel/iron/copper,(mild steel, hardened steel, cast iron, copper fire box, tubes, boiler plate...) The level of machining, metallurgy and casting necessary to make an engine of immense power that actually performs for many hours/miles without tearing itself apart! WOW!
For extreme heat you may need sapphire or something like that. But just setting up a basic water cooling loop with a bucket of ice water may help. Just a fish pump and some tubes and a bucket basically.
Idea for the Future: If you’re willing to engineer this process a little and spend some time in front of the lathe (and mill probably), make a ‘submarine’ type device out of metal tubing with a non-tempered-glass on the nose for the GoPro to be housed in while being immersed in water. Make a bracket for it to sit on the ‘shelf’ for the firebox opening so it can actually sit in the furnace. Then fabricate an inlet and outlet out of cast iron or bronze elbows for water in and water out, and two hoses leading to a tank with water in it and a cheap battery-powered pump to circulate the water. 1, that will eliminate the wave in the glass, and 2, any heat that builds up will be radiated in your small tank that you’ve set to the side in the cab. Now you can watch the coal land in the holes at it sails over the camera.
I just love how you manage to make my day unintentionally for no reason! Your facts and stuff have helped me learn more about my favourite past-time: steam locomotives and researching them. Never stop making your amazing videos!!!! P.S. Your video on Strasburg 475's situation was very well handled!
This is some totally insane footage. But technical part of me already thinks about mixing sound with external mic and keeping cooler with ice handy for adding it while making long shots...
WOW this was amazing to watch! Slow motion is always a good idea 🙂 It's incredible that you even thought of this idea to film the firebox 👍 I love your commentary as well. Thanks for sharing 🚂
Great idea! Another awesome video. I’ve been thinking about this too and a metal welding shield with glass port should work pretty well if the gopro was held off from the shield a bit. The only benefit would be a clearer image but what ya got here is pretty good. The slow mo especially is pretty awesome.
this is extremely valuable footage for training new firemen, i wonder if theres a way to mount a camera inside the firebox itself so you can see everything happening as well as the shoveling itself probably unlikely though, maybe a good project for NASA lol. would be interesting to see in an oil burner as well
It is fun to watch the flames and firebed dance when the loco is working hard. Some locos produce a strong draft that tugs decently on the shovel. I have watched holes be torn in a firebed when the loco has a good size slip. It is a skill to know where to throw the coal and how to get it to land where you want it as well as reading the fire when all you see are flames and you don't see the firebed when the loco is working. Knowing what the flame color and lengths mean is critical for knowing how to properly fire and keep the firebed level, burning bright and as thin as possible.
It was interesting to see the fire through the welding mask. I felt we actually got to see the fire better that way, possibly because the exposure was not too overloaded. It's a shame that the plastic melted so easily. Perhaps on one of the next tries you use a glass piece (or plastic inside the water shield) over the camera lens you may get a better view.
I haven't seen it pointed out yet, but in the earlier shots where the fire is much hotter, you can easily see the back and top of the firebox. In the later shots where it's colder, you really can't. I assume this is due to the colder fire burning less efficient and producing much more soot as a result.
Ferroequinology (study of the iron horse) AT. ITS. FINEST. Keep it going Professor! High Greens! The Ferroequinology channel could learn something from you. EDIT: That slow-mo footage is like a doorway to hell opening up. I could practically hear the evil laughter - would be perfect for a halloween vid.
For a fireman, distributing coal to have max efficiency is a true art; in italian railways, when a crew consumed less coal and water than programmed on that train, they were given a small proportional sum, like a tip on the salary
Hyce has the uncanny ability to show me exactly what I didn't know I needed to watch. Keep following your instincts.
agreed!
I *never* knew the fire pulsed like that with each “chug”. That’s incredible! 👍
Nor did I, but thinking about how each chuff is a blast up the smokebox that pulls air through the fire, it makes sense.
Great idea Hyce! I knew that the steam ejector was used to draw air thru the system but didn’t think back far enough to realize the firebox would be pulsating!
@@Henry-fx4yk oh jeeze yes it does, its what makes a loco style boiler be able to generate more power then one that is stationary of that size should be able to, the self sustaining fire draght was concepted after stephensons rocket, it fuels it like a blast furnace and its that high heat that makes the steam expand in a superheated loco makes it more efficent the more energy in the volume of steam the more work you can get out of its heat energy and expantion out of it hence the limited cut off at higher speed its more effecent, though depends how the engine is set up and what it was made for like drag, passenger or highspeed freight for example.
also furthermore it has soo much draw in a loco like nkp765 it will bring the fire right up off the grates, or suck up the smaller particals of coal right though the stack if you push it too hard to quick and actually suck the fire right off the grates so to speak before it burns all of it up theroughly
I knew that because i saw it do the same thing on 4501
How do I keep finding you in random comment sections!?! XD
You could almost say, that is the heart beat of a steam locomotive, and you kind of get a sense of why engineers from way back would say these are living, breathing, machines because of their characteristics.
Fire is magical in a way. That firebox It's almost a simulator of how fire is affected by air. As a former fire fighter you can see similar fire elements to that of a bushfire or wild fire. And how fuel and terrain affect a the burn. Super interesting. Thanks Hyce!
Oh wow hey Ash! Wasn't expecting to see you in a comments section from a train video lol. Love your WT content!
Only magical for those who have little understanding.
Ash? What are you doing here? Lol
@@charliepearce8767 Claiming everyday physics as "nonmagical" would make my life so boring. How can you not see something like a train using fire harnessed in a metal box, as magical? It's so fascinating, and awesome to see
This footage is largely unprecedented. I don't mean to blow smoke (ha!), but I think future generations are going to thank you for capturing such complete footage of these machines!
As a rule, the old film makers stood back and used a longer lens on their film cameras. Got good pictures that way but never from inside the firebox. I seem to remember some guy using a metal mirror inside the firebox. This was nice though. I haven't watched a coal fire in a firebox in a very long time, I had forgotten the dance of the flames.
Oh man you can actually see the flames getting "sucked" up with every chug. Fishbowl cam was a great idea!
I’m a blacksmith and I just love watching fire like this it’s basically like a massive forge!
As a fellow smith, I completely agree! I prefer using solid fuel like coal, charcoal, or corn (Yes, corn. It burns hot and fast like charcoal, but "cokes up" like coal.) Vs my propane forge and its plain blue jet like flames.
Just suit up in some asbestos clothing and you can get in yourself!
Asbestos is not recommended for use anywhere in the United States. It is harmful to your lungs if you breath in the particles.
It'd have to be thick...
@@Hyce777 wasn't there the guy that went inside 2716's firebox when it was running?
The New York Central had something similar and where used to make fire box repairs in there Niagaras (the fire would be dropped but the boiler would still be hot)
@@Hyce777 I run different trains all the time my favorite is the big boy 4012
That was some really interesting footage, very cool to see the surge of the fire with the engine movements/exhaust chuffs.
When you consider how much heat a tiny domestic coal fire can kick out with natural draft, it's difficult to imagine just how much heat it in a firebox as big as a room, with so much forced draft that it can pick lumps of coal up.
I burn coal in my forge. With the right amount of blast from the blower and lack of paying attention, I can turn steel from a solid to liquid. This is why locomotives have fusible plugs that melt if the water level drops below them, effectively draining the boiler into the firebox and extinguishing the fire. Otherwise, that same intense heat would weaken the crown sheet on top of the firebox, and things go boom.
@Hyce, I'd put this footage at the level of the amazing Saturn V launchpad footage that came out a few years ago. This inspires the same awe, and it's not just the footage - your narration of the footage explaining with a profound depth of knowledge all that is going on in the firebox and tying it to the route sequence and the application of the fuel in this context, and the fact that you pulled it off with minimal equipment and maximum innovation blows me away. Well done, my friend. Thank you!
Cheers mate, means a lot!
You should've recorded the engine pulling out from the station to watch the fire flare up from a standstill as the draft began to enduce the fire, that would've been amazing
We were running downhill start; so there was no chance to do that. Now, the next time we run clockwise...
@@Hyce777 LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO
@@Hyce777 oh , yes please!
I showed my wife the slo-mo without any context. She said it looked like a portal to a really bad place. No wonder people used to heat their homes with coal. Look at all that HEAT! Incredible stuff... a rock from the earth that burns.
Seeing the fire pulsing with the chuffs is wicked neat!
I loved that we got to see the fire pulse with the "chugs" as others pointed out.
But now we have great footage for game devs to make realistic fireboxes out of as well :D
This is awesome, and this whole series is incredible. The context of it revolving pretty much around the same locomotive is great, too, for us audience to make connections and learn. Seriously, thank you for making these videos!
Holy shit that was awesome. Serious big brain idea to stick the gopro in water. Simply amazing footage. Cant wait to see this done again when you climb up the hill clockwise. Oh man, we might get to see the coal levitate off the grates if theres some wheelslip. Thats gonna be insane!
Hyce is a pyro and I’m here for it 😂
i love how everybody acts crazy about the camera when you first bring it into the engine.. Obviously amazing pictures and explanation. Thanks for making these.
So glad you listened to your intuition and the out-of-the-box thinking, for it produced really amazing footage and insights!
Your videos are incredibly helpful. I'm currently writing a novel about a steam era railroad engineer. And despite being a lifelong railfan I quickly realized that I really don't know nearly as much about the mechanics of operating a locomotive as I should, so you're videos have been highly informative and I greatly appreciate your captures of the littlest details and hope you keep up the great work.
Bretts reaction to "gopro in a water bowl, what will he do" was lovely
FISHBOWL CAM!
This was a brilliant idea to work around with out extremely expensive equipment. I love it.
This is awesome! it would be pretty odd to see a railroad engineer randomly carrying a go-pro in a fish tank into a locomotive cab in person. So glad you finally got to satisfy your curious thought and I never thought I'd want to see it till now. It's so satisfying to watch the flames
Taking his fish for a ride
Absolutely amazing to see how the fire reacts with each chuff of exhaust increasing the draft inside the firebox, and how the flames lay down as the locomotive is drifting along. What was also great was the slow motion footage and seeing the cinders being pulled up out of the coal bed and toward to flues. Great filmography, even using such a crude set up. Way to adapt and improvise!!!!
I think the next step would be an insta360 and an actively cooled loop. Take like a car radiator and vise grip it to the side of the engine and put the fishbowl all the way into the fire box for a few seconds then pull it out.
That was amazing footage though. Really memorizing to watch!
It's beautiful. It's like staring into the soul of the locomotive. Each chug like a heart beat as the flames dance. It's almost romantic.
Again, I love your content so much! It is almost wholesome to hear a railroader talk about his profession in such a way that even the dummies like me can understand it!
I'm surprised no one pointed out that the sound, slowed down, sounds like what I imagine is the heartbeat of the beast. A bit fast for a large whale but maybe a small whale? Very soothing. For longer runs it might be possible to build shielding for the water container. I'm thinking either layers of steel separated by air gaps as is used in double wall flue piping or the heat shields we use between catalytic convertors and cars or metal with insulation under. Either approach should block radiant heat so it does not get absorbed by the water and then the go pro.
That's wonderful! I've always wondered about this. Was often told that firemen had to know a lot about where in the box to shovel and how the exhaust would cause draft up through the fire, but actually SEEING it is amazing. Thanks so much for your work in sharing this.
Hyce: you truly combine the brain of an engineer with the soul of an artist-- a rare combination. A marvelous piece of work!
I think that a gold metallized face shield would work better than a welding shade. They're specifically meant to block heat rather than bright visible and UV light.
so technily you build a space suite for your camera to survive a hostile enviroment. also it looks amazing!!
Hyce: For my next video i will put 6 go pros into the tender and shovel them in to see what happens
... no
This has got to be some of the most unique footage on TH-cam. Really neat stuff!
When you mentioned the fishtank idea I thought it would fisheye like crazy. Colour me impressed in the "straightness" of the footage.
It makes perfect sense the flame would flare with the engine chugs but I never considered it would have that behavior until I observed it, thank you!
Professor Hyce is truly one of the best Ferroequinologists known to man, sparing and stoppting for nothing to bring is the educational and interesting footage .
"Ferroequinologists" Ha! I must admit I had a good chuckle with that word. DId you make it up? As in "Iron Horse"? Precious! :-)
This is such cool footage Mark well done! Man it honestly makes me wish the flames in DV acted this way for more immersion.
I started my junior apprenticeship at my local heritage today
This footage is absolutely incredible! Great work on the video, Hyce, and thanks for sharing and working hard to get that footage!
Amazing footage. Looking forward for more.
"Lazy flame" is an actual technical description in fuel burning devices. It is where you don't have enough draft allowing for enough primary/secondary air. The exhaust will be high in unburnt undesirables, such as carbon monoxide, and will allow for more ash buildup in the tubes.
Interesting, that's a term I hadn't officially heard. Cool.
What is missing now is an external microphone to get the full context of what the engine is doing in the sense of hearing all the sounds clearly and not muffled by the water.
Awesome Video as always and i am really exited for the next ones :D
I did record a second camera, but it was muffled too for some reason. An external mic would be good.
What a video! Thank you for the effort and for making this available to us viewers!
This is so cool!!!!! Thank you for these episodes!
Using water bowl for submersing your GoPro camera and thus protecting it from the heat was quite a clever idea. Another way that you could film firebox without exposing your camera to extensive heat is to place a mirror in front of the door at about 45 degrees angle and then pointing the camera into that mirror. Movie industry has been using mirror in order to protect their expensive cameras from potential danger for years. I bet that with some clever engineering (making a periscope) you could even film the firebox through one of the breathing holes of the firebox door. 😉
Huh, now there's an idea I wished I had before! I bet that would work out well... Just need to figure out how to do it :D
Dude you need some sort of award for this video. Very nice!
Neat video, love seeing the local shots on here =)
good to see everybody having a hilariously good time with an Aquatic Go-pro.
for a better shield to protect the Go-Pro, look into acquiring an old Oven Door and take the glass from it to use.
that glass is designed for high heat environments found in Self Cleaning Ovens that can get up to 600+ degrees.
That's a good thought!
This is really cool to see. I’ve only ever fired oil burners and the fire looks different, but still pulses. Thank you for doing this.
It’s almost like a fire heartbeat every time the flames get drafted.
this was the most beautifully terrifying thing i have seen all month. i love it.
I'm new to steam engines and am enthralled by the technology, the kinds of steel/iron/copper,(mild steel, hardened steel, cast iron, copper fire box, tubes, boiler plate...)
The level of machining, metallurgy and casting necessary to make an engine of immense power that actually performs for many hours/miles without tearing itself apart! WOW!
Gawd! I love steam locomotives! Seeing the steam exhaust pulling a draft across the flames is amazing!
For extreme heat you may need sapphire or something like that. But just setting up a basic water cooling loop with a bucket of ice water may help. Just a fish pump and some tubes and a bucket basically.
Nice work man! Be safe out there!
You're answering a lot of questions I had about steam locomotives, whilst also showing us some amazing footage! Thanks Hyce! 👍
Hyce, that is absolutely brilliant! Fascinating footage!
Really cool video, it's interesting seeing something usually considered so inaccessible.
Yooo damn. When I get myself a go-pro I wouldn't try to put it in the firebox. You're a absolute madlad mate lol. Keep it up.
Idea for the Future: If you’re willing to engineer this process a little and spend some time in front of the lathe (and mill probably), make a ‘submarine’ type device out of metal tubing with a non-tempered-glass on the nose for the GoPro to be housed in while being immersed in water. Make a bracket for it to sit on the ‘shelf’ for the firebox opening so it can actually sit in the furnace. Then fabricate an inlet and outlet out of cast iron or bronze elbows for water in and water out, and two hoses leading to a tank with water in it and a cheap battery-powered pump to circulate the water. 1, that will eliminate the wave in the glass, and 2, any heat that builds up will be radiated in your small tank that you’ve set to the side in the cab. Now you can watch the coal land in the holes at it sails over the camera.
That's a stretch goal, and possibility.. we'll see.
i love how when the firebox opens in the slowmo it looks like a smiley face
I just love how you manage to make my day unintentionally for no reason! Your facts and stuff have helped me learn more about my favourite past-time: steam locomotives and researching them.
Never stop making your amazing videos!!!!
P.S. Your video on Strasburg 475's situation was very well handled!
Interesting video man! I appreciate your effort to acquire this super cool footage.
This is some totally insane footage. But technical part of me already thinks about mixing sound with external mic and keeping cooler with ice handy for adding it while making long shots...
I would love to have an hours long loop of dancing firebox flames to replace the "yule log" for Christmas! Would be one helluva conversation starter!
more of these please. This was really good.
WOW this was amazing to watch! Slow motion is always a good idea 🙂 It's incredible that you even thought of this idea to film the firebox 👍 I love your commentary as well. Thanks for sharing 🚂
never knew thats what every chug was!!! its like the train has its own heartbeat
This looks so Cool you did all that just to show us the inside of the firebox thank you so much :)
I like how we also get a good look at the thermic syphons for once
One of these days we'll do an inside the firebox (without a fire) video to show them off.
What a great video as always, awesome angles. Thanks for sharing!! 🔥
Awesome footage my dude! Really cool
Very cool and very creative. Nice work!
Great idea! Another awesome video. I’ve been thinking about this too and a metal welding shield with glass port should work pretty well if the gopro was held off from the shield a bit. The only benefit would be a clearer image but what ya got here is pretty good. The slow mo especially is pretty awesome.
wow this was crazy! Looks like great fun, and some good video shots aswell
Great way to see all that is going on in there. Cool Video
i love the pulse of the fire with every "chuff" exhaust beat
Amazing footage. I like anything boiler-related.
Loved the muffled “Iva got a jar of diiirt.”
this is extremely valuable footage for training new firemen, i wonder if theres a way to mount a camera inside the firebox itself so you can see everything happening as well as the shoveling itself probably unlikely though, maybe a good project for NASA lol. would be interesting to see in an oil burner as well
Yeah, that is a tall ask, lol. I was hoping something like that would be possible, but we'll see.
Oh, and great footage. So glad you kept trying!
Watching the fire pulse with the engine is amazing
It is fun to watch the flames and firebed dance when the loco is working hard. Some locos produce a strong draft that tugs decently on the shovel. I have watched holes be torn in a firebed when the loco has a good size slip. It is a skill to know where to throw the coal and how to get it to land where you want it as well as reading the fire when all you see are flames and you don't see the firebed when the loco is working. Knowing what the flame color and lengths mean is critical for knowing how to properly fire and keep the firebed level, burning bright and as thin as possible.
Absolutely! I've seen and felt the same. Amazing how forceful the draft can be.
Forget the usual Yule Log videos. TIme for the Yule FIrebox this holiday season. Great video!
Planning on it, lol!
Awesome shots man
Now you need to do the same on an oil fired engine.
Smart problem solving there sir. Kudos.
Yup! I need to get in touch with some folks and see what I can do.
Bro you are underated this feels like something you would see on smarter everyday
hce, this is amazingly well done, this is an icredible view that most people wouldn't think about, and i appreciate you showing it to us
It was interesting to see the fire through the welding mask. I felt we actually got to see the fire better that way, possibly because the exposure was not too overloaded. It's a shame that the plastic melted so easily.
Perhaps on one of the next tries you use a glass piece (or plastic inside the water shield) over the camera lens you may get a better view.
I'll have to give that a shot.
I haven't seen it pointed out yet, but in the earlier shots where the fire is much hotter, you can easily see the back and top of the firebox. In the later shots where it's colder, you really can't. I assume this is due to the colder fire burning less efficient and producing much more soot as a result.
Most likely, not sure actually.
Ferroequinology (study of the iron horse) AT. ITS. FINEST.
Keep it going Professor! High Greens! The Ferroequinology channel could learn something from you.
EDIT: That slow-mo footage is like a doorway to hell opening up. I could practically hear the evil laughter - would be perfect for a halloween vid.
Cool! Now do the Bajoran Fire Caves!
Wow hyce NOBODY would have ever thought to do that...that's AWESOME..GO SPLODIE BOI GO I saw a bunch of tank cars yesterday and thought of you lol
Hyce is top tier entertament, I’ve been I retested in trains but ever since I’ve came across this channel, I’m a loyal viewer👍
Thank you Hyce and thank you algorithm! This was awesome!
Glad you made it here, and enjoyed, mate!
Stareing down into the belly of the beast... that's terrifying, yet beautiful.