Wheelslip

[fedegamer]

The way it unleashes full power at the slightest traction loss is terrifying, I love it.

[RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts]

Probably one of the most badass displays of power I've ever seen from "obsolete" technology

[vaikkajoku]

jeremy clarkson in the cab: "POWER!!"

[schwarzwolfram]

The difficult thing about steam engines is that the torque delivered to the wheels is not constant relative to the position of the piston. So as the engineer creeps the regulator up to get going, the piston may reach its power angle and break the traction of the wheels.

[thetransportationguy]

people: trains can’t do burnouts
Engineer and fireman: HOLD OUR BEERS

[Red-Magic]

I always thought it was cool in Polar Express when the train would slip for a split second when trying to accelerate. It's very cool to see that same behavior in reality, and I think goes to show how much detail the animators put into the film.

[JXPNetwork]

May we please have a moment of silence for the rails that were brutally slaughtered by Black 5 #5407.

[MrMoorkey]

"Come on, Henry, show a wheel!" Said his driver. Henry, in his new black paint, proceeded to scream the loudest death metal roar his driver ever heard. "Cinders and ashes, Henry! Calm down!" Yelled his driver above the din, but Henry couldn't hear. bellowed Henry, but his driver had had enough. He shut off steam, and applied the brakes. "Oh..." said Henry "...you are a spoilsport! I was quite enjoying that! Especially the part where I could express years of repressed negative emotions in a creative manner!"

[hlbetafan]

"The last door banged. The guard showed his green lamp. The Flying Kipper was ready to go."

[dextroamphetamemes]

It's amazing to me how much power these old machines had.

[thefirstera]

Traction control.exe has stopped working.

[JonesNate]

The funny thing is, if you know anything about how steam locomotives work, you know it's actually difficult to *prevent* this from happening!

[griffinellis]

0:20 when you slip on ice but still manage to stay upright

[q.h.s]

Damn I miss steam engines, such powerful beasts. While they had their weakness they always managed to overcome them! So awesome!

[becdoesyoutube]

0:20 Come on, come on, don't be silly, don't be silly!

[Ever__ARG]

The way it goes from absolutly destroying the rails to going back to being as slow and quiet as a snail so quickly like nothing ever happened is honestly kinda terrifying

[EmazingGuitar]

It’s crazy the amount of momentum these metal parts are experiencing and don’t explode into pieces.

[diptarupghosh]

On this episode of daily dose of internet, we will see trains doing burnouts

[Mr_Magolor]

Gordon snorted "I told you Henry couldn't pull the express, he doesn't even know how to speed up right!"

[FaysalIsGoated]

When Henry was struggling to pull the flying kipper in “The Flying Kipper”