Ah, that's all I needed for by bad train bingo card!
@peddersmeister
2 жыл бұрын
Are you free? Has the curse been lifted? Nah, we'll be back 😉
@ljts7587
2 жыл бұрын
You had British sail at the beginning instead.
@EMDWDG4
2 жыл бұрын
FINALLY, BRITISH RAIL DID NOT DARE TO COME IN TO THE HOUSE AFTER AN INTENSE FIST FIGHT IN THE LAST EPISODE. UH OH, THE NEW BR HAS ARRIVED! *GE ARRIVES WITH A BLOWN TURBO*
@pras12100
2 жыл бұрын
With any new take on rail transport my first thought is usually "What about points (US: switches) and crossings? How practical would a complicated junction be?" Most schemes are only well thought out going back and forth on a single line but a real railway does much more than this.
@grahamariss2111
2 жыл бұрын
You forgot the British Rail Hover Train that combined the disadvantages of the hovercraft with the disadvantages of the maglev train.
@lordcaptainvonthrust3rd
2 жыл бұрын
How very rude Sir British Rail once again gifted the World a working example of the pitfalls of such designs So other companies and countries wouldn't make the same costly mistakes And they used the British taxpayer to fund their generosity and not affect their own profits So anyone in the UK who paid tax during the British Rail era should also feel warm and fuzzy inside Not all heroes wear capes.
@philvanderlaan5942
2 жыл бұрын
He didn’t forget, his subconscious, deliberately blocked it out of self defense.
@roanneabe7552
2 жыл бұрын
Um that's technically a copy and paste version of the Aerotrain
@grahamariss2111
2 жыл бұрын
@@roanneabe7552 As a concept it predated the Aerotrain both in the use of an air cushion and in the use of a linear motor for propulsion, the French were willing to throw more money at it, whilst the UK did not and to its credit BR were not that interested in pushing it forward much to the frustrationof its advocates, so most of the funding came from Universities, so the French actually built passenger carrying ones whilst Britain only progressed with models, before killing the idea in 1972.
@philvanderlaan5942
2 жыл бұрын
@@lordcaptainvonthrust3rd I believe that the motto of their R&D division was ‘ Oh Bugger all ! ‘
@megaxtrime3144
2 жыл бұрын
British rail in the back ground "we'll be back and we'll drive you crazy, we are watching always watching....."
@lightningwingdragon973
2 жыл бұрын
You expect us to jump in a LITERAL tin can, be propelled at ungodly speeds, relying solely on mechanically created air pressure to survive and be ok with that? Whoever came up with the idea for the modern aircraft: Hold my (tin can of) beer
@musewolfman
2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact. The Roots blower you mentioned is the same design (albeit much MUCH larger) as the superchargers you see sticking out of the hoods of crazy modified muscle cars. (Like the Charger from The Fast & The Furious.)
@dmtribaltyphoon5001
2 жыл бұрын
Watching this while waiting for Amtraks Empire builder to show up 4 hours late.
@randomoldbloke
2 жыл бұрын
There was one pneumatic railway that did work , British post had it was underground in London from memory it was shut down in the 60s . The cars were a bot over the size of a coffin and was used to move mail to some exchanges . From memory there are even a few cars preserved in a meusum in London. Cheers from Australia
@markstott6689
2 жыл бұрын
The Royal Mail service underneath London was rather clever and impressive.
@johnmccallum8512
2 жыл бұрын
They were a little bit bigger that a coffin and you can ride in them today as they are now an "attration".👹
@randomoldbloke
2 жыл бұрын
@@johnmccallum8512 cool my memory is not that flash , I read about this about 5 years ago and don’t mind been corrected. It would be a interesting ride
@johnd8892
2 жыл бұрын
Not pneumatic but electric powered wheel traction. As per the remains you can ride on : kzitem.info/news/bejne/ybB9ymFrpKmDbHo Unless you are thinking of something else perhaps alot smaller.
@iananderson8363
2 жыл бұрын
Ever since I was little, I’ve wanted to make a pneumatic tube like the bank but for people. I still want one! I’m all for the pneumatic railway!
@haroldwilkes6608
2 жыл бұрын
The sail trolley would have worked in Washington, DC...all that hot air has to go somewhere when they're in session and the city sucks when they're not.
@creaturexxii
2 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, every rail and transportation person's nemesis, gadgetbahns.
@HistoryintheDark
2 жыл бұрын
To everyone on this list's credit, they all created working prototypes on their concepts. Gadgetbahns are generally just ideas that use technology that doesn't even exist yet.
@bocahdongo7769
2 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryintheDark Gadgetbahn has more broad term honestly. It mean that any public transportation that has very niche technology for very niche use case scenario (and most of them wound up pretty much pointless or even dealbreaking, hence mocking name)
@CSXIV
2 жыл бұрын
Also, the pneumatic tunnel could be a breeding ground for evil slime that kidnaps babies. On the plus side, you can turn it good and turn the Statue of Liberty into a mecha.
@userequaltoNull
2 жыл бұрын
There's a guy building a pneumatic steam engine here on youtube, search "way out West". He's builing a feldbahn for his farm in Ireland.
@sharontaylor3540
2 жыл бұрын
NOOOO i missed the premier but still great episode and your a YT person who literally i watch alot every day
@Mickeydadawg2265
2 жыл бұрын
How does he have not 50 mil subs becouse i love his edits for getting mad at british rail and his humor is the best 10/10
@retrogamelover2012
2 жыл бұрын
The Aerotrain sounds like a precursor to the Maglev trains. So, I guess, even if the initial project wasn't as successful, it did at least lay the foundation for more successful takes of this idea.
@protalukoriginal4560
2 жыл бұрын
You're my new favorite train guy!
@FeoragForsyth
2 жыл бұрын
So, the Bennie Railplane wasn’t a dead end! His engineer, Hugh Fraser, kept working on it, rearranged the wheels, got rid of the props, and made it electric. The SAFEGE monorail was the result. The Chiba and Shonan monorails in Japan, and the Düsseldorf and Dortmund monorails are direct descendants. The latter technology has now been bought by a Chinese company who are still developing it.
@kommandantgalileo
2 жыл бұрын
That's great!
@wolfzillaproductions4563
2 жыл бұрын
I died laughing at the Elon Musk hyperloop joke XDDD This is hilarious! Edit: Finally BR doesn’t plague one of your lists!! About time! ^^
@HATECELL
Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised that not a single concept in this list tried to replace a mass-transport A to B line with small, autonomous pods and sell that as an improvement. That's a must for current-era gadgetbahns
@fanofeverything30465
Жыл бұрын
Yeah but he's not talking about the current era
@bigtrainguythore
2 жыл бұрын
HITD: I'M FREEEEEEEEEE!!!! (British rail: we'll be back! ha ha ha!)
@FoxtrotYouniform
2 жыл бұрын
the Sail Bogey is the kind of thing that almost makes sense if you don't think about it very hard
@robertwilloughby8050
2 жыл бұрын
Jean Bertin was within an ace of getting it right.
@Jaidyn228
2 жыл бұрын
At last! The curse has been lifted! This is a sign! A message! We are free! Farewell to British rail!
@connorsutherland2005
2 жыл бұрын
Video idea, top 5 favourite uk trains/locomotives based on looks and history.
@TheAutisticOwl
2 жыл бұрын
Can you do video talking about Shay locomotives, or that time a diesel locomotive was literally driven on the road during a bad snowstorm in Canada so it could be used as a generator for the out of power town?
@JackCarsonsRailroadVideos
2 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah The Time CN used M420W's to power a town
@TheElectra91002
2 жыл бұрын
Dang, why are most of these so wholesome?
@dadodadokowski9108
Жыл бұрын
1. Im pretty sure the aerotrains biggest flaw was, similar to turbine trains, that they were inefficient at slow speeds since maintaining the air cushion consumed a lot of energy 2. Technically the railplane could've been tested on the Wuppertal, Germany suspension Railway since it used the exact same rails with, in the worst case, having slightly different diameters
@stekra3159
2 жыл бұрын
mean, I have to say that these wind cars are the most environmentally friendly kind of rolling stock right on prepare with the handcar.
@davidredfearn664
2 жыл бұрын
The gyroscopic flywheel on the monorail could spin for hours after the motor stops running. There is actually a self balancing two wheeled car that can be parked for a long time before the flywheels stopped.
@haweater1555
Жыл бұрын
On the "Loco Locos" website, the author described the possible consequences should Gyrotrain fail: "The mother of all derailments" .
@yourfellowpancake6335
2 жыл бұрын
Man how long do you study for these episodes, there is so much information in each individual locomotive in each list, also the hating BR trope is quite funny
@TheDiveO
2 жыл бұрын
#2 actually looks like a cross-over of Wuppertal Schwebebahn with the Schienenzeppelin, but then not trusting the thing and putting a second rail beneath it.
@johnd8892
2 жыл бұрын
There was also a full size pneumatic railway in use in 1847. The Brunel designed South Devon railway. But rather than the complication of a tube for the whole carriage there was just a smaller vacuum tube for a propulsion device beneath the carriages.: kzitem.info/news/bejne/yqiiln15oJ96dZg Worked well when it was working until it rapidly wore out in about a year with rats eating the leather seals.
@neiloflongbeck5705
2 жыл бұрын
That was based on the technology used at Dalkey, Ireland.
@retrogamelover2012
2 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the atmoshperic railway. Kind of a shame they never discovered magnets during Brunel's tims. Probably would've had more of an edge, then.
@markstott6689
2 жыл бұрын
To be fair Spurn Point is very rarely without wind. Often strong and biting cold off the North Sea. Even in summer. Probably why they're building a massive offshore windfarm nearby.
@IAmMisterTterevel
8 ай бұрын
The abandoned Beach Pneumatic served as a plot point in a DTV American Tail sequel.
@ethribin4188
2 жыл бұрын
The hyperloop should be on here
@QuintonMurdock
2 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait for this videos sequel where all the techbro moron start ups like the hyper loop or the loop or self driving cars or the Las Vegas loop are here
@anthonyj.adventures9736
Жыл бұрын
Anyone else listen to the end to congratulate darkness for being freed from his curse? I would totally ride all these. But that NY subway demo was actually designed after the compressed air mail delivery system NY sky scrapers had. Like when you go to the drive thur at the bank that tube system they use. Same concept. But for people.
@fanofeverything30465
Жыл бұрын
Yes me
@kommandantgalileo
2 жыл бұрын
The Aero Train was quite good actually, had so much potential
@KiwiHelpgeek
9 ай бұрын
The first thing that came to mind with the Sail Bogeys was "The power of wind propels you! The power of wind propels you!". I'll see myself out.
@CommodoreFloopjack78
2 жыл бұрын
Knock GM's Aerotrain all you want, that thing was friggin' beautiful. Not the best or most functional train we've ever seen, I'll grant you that, but aesthetically it was a fantastic design.
@fanofeverything30465
Жыл бұрын
He wasn't really knocking it he was just explaining why it failed
@ashleycordery2976
2 жыл бұрын
I never thought it would be possible to do a list without british rail.
@ZeldaTheSwordsman
2 жыл бұрын
The idea of creating separate passenger train infrastructure, like Betin and Bennie wanted to do, wasn't without merit. It reduces the conflict between passenger and freight services over priority. And elevated railways using traditional track have seen success in the past for that very reason. The Beach Pneumatic railway may be familiar to some people. Anyone who's seen Treasure of Manhattan Island.
@N00N01
2 жыл бұрын
Boat Floats on water= low "ground friction" Sailboats Glides on rails= low ground friction
@fanofeverything30465
Жыл бұрын
What's the difference
@fishman501
2 жыл бұрын
A sail trolley appeared in the film Around the World in 80 Days where they used a sail trolley to get to a train station after being left behind while they went to rescue their friend.
@jonathonhass4178
2 жыл бұрын
Guessing that that Beach Pneumatic system was the catalyst for “The Pneumatic” conveyance the elves use at the North Pole in the movie “The Polar Express”.
@robertterry9367
2 жыл бұрын
I love your videos!!-Bob
@neiloflongbeck5705
2 жыл бұрын
The fuel crisis of the early 1970s also helped to kill off the Aerotrain.
@marco_grt4460
2 жыл бұрын
Why after saw this video i have a bad feeling on the hyperloop in Italy?
@idminister
2 жыл бұрын
I guess British Railways didn't like to think TOO out of the box. That would interfere with tea time.
@mistermadmachine6311
2 жыл бұрын
There was not one but two early versions of the hyperloop in the 1800s😱
@treavy1
2 жыл бұрын
The gyromonorail reminds me of the digimon trains known as trailmon from the digimon frontier anime
@MRCSANY
2 жыл бұрын
12:47 Wait a minute... isn’t that what the elves used in their facility from The Polar Express??
@witcherstudios9351
2 жыл бұрын
1:27 Train on the water, boat on a track!
@Mickeydadawg2265
2 жыл бұрын
Finnaly noo getting mad or beating up him with thomas has never seen...
@philvanderlaan5942
2 жыл бұрын
Sail bogie (lack of ) steampunk.
@musewolfman
2 жыл бұрын
Definitely feels straight out of a Studio Ghibli movie.
@ynot6473
2 жыл бұрын
i'm sure BR will be back to haunt you! LOL.
@nysubwaydude5634
2 жыл бұрын
(History of the dark realizes that there was no British Rail train in the list.) History of the Dark: wait does that...........I no longer cursed yeaAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH I AM FREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! 🥲🥲🥲🥲 Next day video History in the dark: let's see who on the list for today video. British Rail:I am back 😈😈😈 History in the dark: NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
@ohioandnortheastern
2 жыл бұрын
can't wait to see british rail in this video
@agolftwittler1223
2 жыл бұрын
Hyper Loop? What about Hyper Poop? I am a stable genius 😁
@jazzykingjack2846
2 жыл бұрын
The br curse has been lifted folks.🎵hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah 🎵
@timbounds7190
2 жыл бұрын
The arguments why the Aerotrain failed (ie need to build specialised infrastructure which normal fast normal trains don't) applies equally to Maglev trains - yet people are thinking about Maglevs, or in Japan, actually building one!
@WizardOfOss
2 жыл бұрын
As for the Aérotrain, both cars #1 and #2 (the 422kmh one....) and a bit of the track both do still exist. The Tim Traveller made some videos about these: kzitem.info/news/bejne/r3pps5mdqouCeXY kzitem.info/news/bejne/q2egy2aobZGSnWU But fun video again! You just gotta love how people were still dreaming of entirely new concepts, some more bonkers than others...
@TB76Returns
2 жыл бұрын
Did I just go through a list without having to mention BR? Yeah you did! Make sure not to again next time, or the gag will return!
@Nlangkirby135
2 жыл бұрын
Hallelujah! No British rail in a top 5 list!
@AliGroves450
2 жыл бұрын
16:30, at least he does not know about the....701's yet.
@harrisonallen651
2 жыл бұрын
From Sail Boats, Snub Nosed Lorries and coke can subways…
@roguerailroader4132
Жыл бұрын
Then the next list. BR: Guess whooo 😂
@kommandantgalileo
2 жыл бұрын
Number one is just a hyperloop, but even worse.
@shootingstarproductions2530
2 жыл бұрын
British Rail: Yes for you see, Darkness the curse, it was I who made you do a list that didn't involve us, you're still attached to our chains. You will *never* be free from us. British Rail, no!
@richtravis9562
2 жыл бұрын
Anyone aware of whether or not they ever thought of a vertical switch on the aerotrains? it occurred to me you could put lightweight ...bogies? on the lower sides so that they would ride on normal rails, and that center square could vertically switch, swing down so that the aerotrain could go up onto a set of elevated tracks, which could lift when not in use so that boring traditional trains could pass?
@fanofeverything30465
Жыл бұрын
Probably not
@chefchaudard3580
Жыл бұрын
The train could hover above the ground in stations, like hovercrafts. kzitem.info/news/bejne/z36qp3l4g3dmhqw 07:40
@AtkataffTheAlpha
2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations! No British railways in this episode!
@obelic71
2 жыл бұрын
God safe the Queen! Here majesty reigns longer the BR ever excisted.
@kommandantgalileo
2 жыл бұрын
The Aero Train's rails are still there
@JenniferinIllinois
5 ай бұрын
Darkness is free of British Rail!!! Wait, I'm sure it will be back in the next top 5 most awful trains video. 🤣🤣🤣
@charleshax
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for shitting on the Hyperloop
@SDCHAWKSTITO
2 жыл бұрын
Darkness is free.....until his next video. Watch it all be British Rail (not counting the BR Roundhouse Rumble of Failure).
@ethribin4188
2 жыл бұрын
Musk saw this video, and tgen went "I can make all those trains work! All at the same time!" And then 'invented' the hyperloop.
@Tomhellyer
2 жыл бұрын
Poor benny!
@skipthefox4858
2 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait till your grandson puts Elon’s hyper-loop on their list
@jadenbishop3388
2 жыл бұрын
Finally nothing from British rail
@Mariazellerbahn
2 жыл бұрын
How about the Wembley Never Stop ?
@rjharmonproductions
2 жыл бұрын
finally no
@MrCarrizojim
Жыл бұрын
The Aerotrain might have been run on modified freeway k-rail center dividers.
@ethribin4188
2 жыл бұрын
The only "redesigned train" that "worked" are buses and trucks. But carriges are older then trains. So technically busses and trucks are just an improved carriage, not a redesigned train.
@kevin2960
7 ай бұрын
Mag-lev float as well. And those have become successful
@USAFreewayROTF
2 жыл бұрын
I already could tell it was a bad idea when the title "pneumatic" was used. The general idea of using pneumatic was ridiculous, especially for large scale objects. The pneumatic system is better off being used to transport small stuff instead of trains...
@fredblonder7850
Жыл бұрын
You’re a bit unfair to the Brennan Monorail. If power was lost, the momentum in the gyroscopes would last plenty long enough for everyone to debark safely, and even then, once the gyro stopped, the car would just settle onto the skid on the side, which was how they parked overnight. The Bennie Railplane looks suspiciously similar to the Wuppertal Monorail.
@levidarling5107
8 ай бұрын
This just comes to show, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. 🤷🏻♂️
@levidarling5107
8 ай бұрын
By the way I liked the video to see if more people may possibly see it and learn something new if they haven’t already. 👍
@tgarvis7120
2 жыл бұрын
The Hyperloop is just a glorified soup can wrapped in aluminum foil.
@pollyjackson-dzacchaeus1342
2 жыл бұрын
i dont see the hyperloop or those battery powered freight cars yet
@firefox5926
2 жыл бұрын
2:52 i mean if you live in say a vally where the prevailing wind goes up the vally .. then .. yeah why not .. use gravety on the way down and wind on the way up..
@SamutheHamu
2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully British rail does not appear. Edit: *yyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees NO brrriitiisshhh rrraaaaaiiiiiiillllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
@nesgamerboy690
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@JackCarsonsRailroadVideos
2 жыл бұрын
Your wish has been granted
@nilo9456
Жыл бұрын
It's easy to throw shade on mechanical, ie railroads, contraptions in retrospect. Even today many things prove impractical, good ideas that failed for one reason or another. People may have 20/20 hindsight, 20/20 foresight, not so much.
@DrFruikenstein
8 ай бұрын
The sail bogey is ridiculous.even if it had a wind turbine, which is also ridiculous, it would have worked better.
@johnd8892
2 жыл бұрын
Sail train also used on the Ffestiniog narrow gauge railway in Wales around the 1850s. Recent recreation working well with little construction and running cost : kzitem.info/news/bejne/xoKtsKB6jqCZdY4 Low cost was a big plus compared to most of these very expensive ideas. Suitable for low traffic volumes whereas most of the others here like pneumatic versions would have trouble coping with big traffic numbers of passengers or freight.
@pras12100
2 жыл бұрын
No honourable mention for the British Rail Flying Saucer?😈😈🤣 I must admit you triggered me by mentioning the Beach Pneumatic Transit system. It was all I could do to stop myself yelling "Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway" at my screen. Then you mentioned it. Well researched, sir! 📚🕵👍 Edit: No mention of what Wikipedia calls "Atmospheric Railways" with a pipe between the rails using compressed air or vacuum to push/pull a plunger?
@aoxby8037
2 жыл бұрын
He already did a video on the flying saucer.
@leohale6449
Жыл бұрын
Dude what do you think an Elevator is in a 100+ story building.
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