The World Of Extreme Industrial Freight | Supersized Structures | Spark

People aren't the only ones that need to travel. Our way of life has always relied on the transportation of cargo, freight and raw materials. Transport has needed to evolve to keep up with the demand.
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Many of mankind's ideas to build big seem impossible. It's an inescapable aspect of progress: things just keep getting bigger. This is the story of dams, highways, bridges and buildings that have transformed cities and even countries. This riveting series explores a hundred years of engineering the biggest, heaviest, tallest structures, and looks at what was supersized 10 or even 100 years ago.
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[yousoundupset]

i thought this was about "How Humans Built The Biggest Cargo Freight Ships" but shows like a 30 second clip of people building something then talks about trains/aircraft/random stuff?

If you're gonna name your video a certain way, make sure the video is mainly about the title.

[kbyim]

This is not about trains until about eighteen minutes in. Before that, it's about shipping. Title is misleading. The thumbnail picture is misleading.

[Dave-idsj]

Is a "football pitch" the standard unit of measurement these days? I had a beer for every time they mentioned it and I'm fucking spastic drunk.

[markrowland]

Howard Hughes inherited from his father and uncle, a business which developed, first, the rotating, triple head rock drill that revolutionised water, gas, and oil recovery. They leased them and further developed that. When he flew around the world he flew into the USSR without permission. He was worth more than that entire country.

[fredflintstoner]

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?

[Brock_Landers]

In 1996 I rode on an Amtrak train from Tampa, FL to Allentown, PA and back. The ride to Allentown was very nice and uneventful, but as my mother and I were traveling back to Tampa (while we were eating dinner in the dining car) our train was forced to lock up the brakes due to a father and his young daughter fishing off of a very small train bridge that was about 5' tall and 10' long with signs everywhere that said no trespassing, but the father chose to risk multiple people's lives to fish off of it and we had to evacuate the train because the crew feared that the rear cars had derailed. I don't honestly remember where that was, but I remember the police showing up and questioning everyone who was around at the time. My mom has always been afraid of heights, that's why we took the train...good choice Mom! 🤣🤣🤣

[rustoo]

Great and informative content by Spark! However, it would be great if the year of creation of the video is also added. It seems that the video is 7-8 years old and some of the information is outdated. Giving the year of creation of video will give viewers an idea of what to expect :)

[buckyseto]

Really just enjoyed learning about the big trains, and watching the big trains go around the big corner.

[dfsilversurfer]

At 26:37 bhp train with near 700 cars is impressive . Andrew Forest has a electric train that uses the weight of load to recharge it's batteries on a slight decline 400km into port then depleting batteries returning empty cars requiring no extra charges then load and repeat . True free energy

[specex]

That big jet airplane (AN-225) was the one that was destroyed by the Russians in their invasion of Ukraine.

[katherinekinnaird]

When I was about 13 I had the opportunity to be one of the last of the public to ride the historic Tehachapi Loop rail route in Kern County California USA. Many many years ago public rail service was discontinued with only year round freight service.

[paulstewart]

A wee general geared cargo were the best for me. In the Pacific there were so many good times. To be on a tanker was shite. Thank you Andrew Weir AKA Bank Line.. My first trip.

[FloydMaxwell]

24:35 - "The only trans continental railway network in North America, the Canadian National..." Impressive that you failed to mention Canadian Pacific. Which was the FIRST trans continental railway network in America.

[humboldtoregonian]

When I was a kid I got special access to the museum that houses the Spruce Goose when it was being put back together. The wings weren't on yet, but the main bit was. I got to walk around the cockpit, sit in the piolet chair. I got to see every last bit of that plane from the inside out.

[anthonypearce]

I saw a video about a land train sometime that failed. It's interesting that the mining companies only use road trains that are about 10 meters longer. I guess the legal limit is kinda close to the practical limit.

[dodgydruid]

Hmm the elephant in the room is the worlds 16 largest cargo ships combined put out more pollution in a year than a whole lot of western nations car pollution combined, they are not green one bit and horrendous polluters.

[sakura_grx]

30:01 Didn't expect to see that JDM legend there lol

[QUIXU]

19:56
I love the side-by-side comparison, at that shed, of the two different track gauges.
The two on the left being the NSW normal standard gauge : 1, 435 mm ( 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
While the two on the right (beside the shed) being what appears to be 7+1/4" model engineering gauge.

[jacksak]

The MSC Osacr was built in 2014 and doesn't come close to the largest container ship capacity of 23992 TEU's (Evergreen/ Ever Ace).

[Le_Blnk____]

Lmao 🤣 i thought my phone orientation suddenly changed 15:48