When the Narrator called the “Big Boy” romantic and elegant, I thought, “NO! NO IT IS NOT! The Duchess’s and A4’s, yes. Mid-Victorian engines, DEFINITELY. But THIS! Are you drunk?”
Here's a fun thing: a jet making a single transatlantic flight dumps more CO2 etc. into the atmosphere than a steam engine does in a Year. Now realise how much Coal a steam engine burns in a year of opperation.
The british narrator is just pronouncing 'fuel' as a two syllable word. Many dialects (my own included) have a yod as part of their 'long' u (in at least some words), so you get 'fyu-el' Pretty sure that was actually the official standard pronunciation of the word at the time.
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Stream starts 9:30
I was here alright
Wish I could have been able to stay on stream for Last of the Giants, but had to go to work
F in chat for decals
When the Narrator called the “Big Boy” romantic and elegant, I thought, “NO! NO IT IS NOT! The Duchess’s and A4’s, yes. Mid-Victorian engines, DEFINITELY. But THIS! Are you drunk?”
You should’ve watched the 1946 prr “ clear tracks ahead
Snow on the run is still my favorite of the old train documentaries
The bizarre thing about Americans having engineers rather than drivers… is that they drive Locomotives rather than engines… so… why?!
Here's a fun thing: a jet making a single transatlantic flight dumps more CO2 etc. into the atmosphere than a steam engine does in a Year. Now realise how much Coal a steam engine burns in a year of opperation.
The british narrator is just pronouncing 'fuel' as a two syllable word. Many dialects (my own included) have a yod as part of their 'long' u (in at least some words), so you get 'fyu-el'
Pretty sure that was actually the official standard pronunciation of the word at the time.
I wonder if working on the railway was fun and passionate. Trains are well loved so there must be pride and passion working on the locomotive life
Next week please stream GTEL EXPLOSIONS
#bringbackgrillcars
im watching this and building models at the same time