15 STRANGE Vehicles Powered by STEAM

For a long time, the world ran on steam. Steam-powered engines ruled the world, and engineers created some truly amazing pieces of machinery. Join us for today’s video, as we countdown the top 15 most powerful steam vehicles ever designed.

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[ringstar]

You…really didn’t research any of these…

[Lucius]

You neglected to mention the Stanley speed car, which set the record broken by the Inspiration, back in 1906: the Stanley was the first car to exceed 120 mph. According to some accounts, they tried again the following year: the driver, Fred Marriott, claimed that he had reached 197 mph, and was still apparently accelerating, when the car hit a bump, became airborne, and crashed. Miraculously, Marriott survived the disaster.

[eternaldonut]

Why does everything powered by steam look so cool?

[-Master_Of_Disaster]

Wow that was a lot of wrong or incorrect information in this video. Check your facts please.

[Kimdino]

Regarding the comments on the K Class subs. They did NOT see the end of steam engined submarines. In fact most of todays large submarines are steam powered.
The resurgence started in the 1950s when the coil/oil burners were replaced by nuclear reactors. With very few exceptions, nuclear power plants are no more than glorified steam plants.

[robertdragoff]

Considering what’s going on in cars today, we might be driving steam powered cars and trucks again, real soon!

[thomaserixton]

The centipede was actually a diesel locomotive based on an F unit that was made from two car bodies that was powered by diesel electric engines

[Puzpo]

Kudos for actually showing the vehicle of the miniature. And for showing it first!

[railstofails]

Fowlers ghost was a 1 of 1 locomotive, the plan was to make a locomotive to work underground in the British tunnels. It turned out as a poor steamer and one incident nearly caused it to explode in a station when the water ran out. This being die to its boiler design. As it not only had a firebox for conventional use, it had firebricks lining the boiler to retain heat to keep creating steam after the fire was dropped for traveling in the underground the issue was that despite the fire being out the bricks cant be removed from the boiler, thus it nearly exploded from lack of water and continued heating from the bricks. After that it was deemed a failure and taken out of service, with its builder allegedly denying the engine ever existing. Am interesting locomotive plagued with bad luck and poor design…

[SteamLance]

Well the Fowler's ghost story is completely wrong, it was an experimental brick fired loco to reduce smoke in the underground tunnels of London. It failed though, and was promptly scrapped.

No idea what the loco is you lot are on about that is sleek and whatever, but sounds like a US loco rather than a UK one

[jamesgraham]

Where the hell did you get this info? some of these Vehicles were never powered by steam for god sake!

[nomdefamille]

Save that the Michelines were not steam powered, you can see the radiator grille and the external silencers ffs!

[offline]

steam helicopter - but it's not April Fool's Day - interesting what people will believe

[Dallen]

??? The fowler Ghost was a fire brick Steam locomotive. the issue with the Fowler Ghost was the fact if the boiler ever ran low on water there was no way to drop the fire preventing a crown sheet failure and a boiler explosion. Their contribution is literally they're the first locomotives for the London Underground soon replaced by regular traditional tank engines until Electric locomotives were able to take their place.

[PhineasTurner]

This video is so bad. It has wrong information about the locomotives.

[Sebdamememan]

There are soooo many things wrong with this video, its like you didn't even try, I'm going to try and correct one of them, here I go, Fowler's Ghost was designed BY JOHN FOWLER, but BUILT BY AND IN THE WORKS OF ROBERT STEPHENSONS AND COMPANY, the name fowler's ghost does not come from its appearance, it comes from the fact that the engine was such a failure it was a disgrace to his designer JOHN FOWLER, who after the scrapping of the loco in 1895 denied the existence of said machine, the locomotive in no way shape or form is streamlined, nor futuristic, it was a very common design for the era, it didn't have a cow catcher, it had things called rail guards which protected the wheels, it didn't have a promising speed nor performance because the locomotive only traveled 7.5 miles on its entire 4 to 5 years of life, the locomotive never worked on passenger services, as after its first trials the loco was withdrawn from service to try and fix the flaws that it had, its short life wasn't because of the advent of diesel locos, since the loco was built in the 1890s, it was because the loco leaked steam from every nut, bolt and joint.

Next time please proof read your investigations, as 2 other locos in this list are not even powered by steam, but rather diesel

[PreservedSteamUK]

Uhh... you got pretty much everything wrong about Henry Fowler's Ghost. If you continue to do videos on steam traction consult an expert or don't bloody bother because your coverage of this locomotive was abysmal.

1. The nickname is "Fowler's Ghost", it never had a name as it was an experimental engine.

2. The engine was not at all streamlined, the only reason it was "streamlined" is for aesthetic purposes and that was common of the period when locomotives were made.

3. The locomotive was not "enclosed", It probably has boiler cladding and lagging like pretty much every steam locomotive ever and it had an open cab so you're not gonna pull a fast one on me, lots of locomotives from that period were open-cab because driver comfort wasn't considered for most locomotives.

4. WHERE ON EARTH IS THIS COW-CATCHER?!? OUR LOCOMOTIVES RARELY EMPLOYED THE USE OF A COW-CATCHER! IF YOU'RE MISTAKING THE COUPLING CHAIN FOR A COW CATCHER GO TO SPECSAVERS PLEASE FOR YOUR HEALTH'S SAKE!

5. How does this locomotive look Ghastly? It more resembles The Crampton Locomotives that were popular of the time, the nickname has nothing to do with the appearance.

6.This "Stream-Lining" nonsense was never on the locomotive (refer to point 2) and the concept of stream-lining wouldn't become used on steam locomotives for another 70+ years.

7. EXPRESS PASSENGER TRAINS?!?!? WHAT!??!??! IT WAS DESIGNED SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE CHIMNEY TO PREVENT EVERYONE ON THE LONDON UNDERGROUND FROM CHOKING TO DEATH! HENCE THE NAME "FOWLER'S GHOST"

8. There have been no reports on passengers finding it's appearance unsettling... where are you finding this information? you're making it all up aren't you!

9. YOU THINK FOWLERS GHOST, A VICTORIAN 2-4-0 LOCOMOTIVE DESIGNED FOR THE UNDERGROUND THAT WAS MADE TO EXPERIMENT WITH HEAT TRANSFER METHODS COULD LAST UNTIL THE 1960'S WHERE 3/4 CYLINDER EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVES WERE THE MAINSTAYS OF EXPRESS PASSENGER WORKINGS, THIS LOCO COULDN'T GO TOE-TO-TOE WITH A GREAT WESTERN CASTLE LET ALONE A GREAT WESTERN AUTO-TANK! IT HAD ISSUES STEAMING AND NEARLY BLEW UP ON IT'S TRIALS BEFORE BEING BOUGHT AND EVENTUALLY SCRAPPED BEFORE IT COULD BECOME A CONVENTIONAL WORKING ENGINE/

10. SURVIVING EXAMPLE S?!?!?! THERE WAS ONE BUILT AND THAT'S HOW IT WAS.

11. THAT PHOTOGRAPH IS A THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE FAN CREATION OF THE GHOST NOT THE REAL THING! WE ONLY HAD ONE PHOTO TO GO FROM AND YOU'VE BEEN USING OTHER STOCK FOOTAGE OF STEAM ENGINES AND I FEEL RATHER INSULTED YOU WOULD ASOCCIATE THE GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY WITH THIS MESS OF A VIDEO!

YOU SHOULDN'T BE MAKING VIDEOS WITH THIS POOR ACCURACY FOR INFORMATION, YOU SHOULD QUIT YOUTUBE BECAUSE THIS IS APPAULING!

[frankkoester]

And yes Thomas you're right the centipede was a diesel electric, and the so-called steam helicopter was a bunch of BS

[Remibiggestfan]

Mate, The Centipede Locomotive Is Diesel. Not Steam

[PreservedSteamUK]

WHEN ON EARTH HAS A STANDARD GAUGE GARRATT BEEN USED ON THE WELSH RAILWAYS!??!? ARE YOU MAD?!