3685 horsepower steam locomotive
the 'Miracle of a Locomotive' made in 1928, this film records the making of the most powerful locomotive 'in the British Empire'. Built at the Angus Workshops of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Montreal by craftsmen from scratch...
Please Note; this is a very old rail related film some 14+minutes long.
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Added: Oct-21-2012 Occurred On: Oct-21-2012
By: thecleaner001
In: Other
Tags: building a locomotive, Canadian Pacific Railway, 1928, Angus Workshops, Montreal, craftsmen, old film,
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada (load item map)
Marked as: approved
Views: 2591 | Comments: 33 | Votes: 8 | Favorites: 4 | Shared: 65 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 1
By: thecleaner001
In: Other
Tags: building a locomotive, Canadian Pacific Railway, 1928, Angus Workshops, Montreal, craftsmen, old film,
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada (load item map)
Marked as: approved
Views: 2591 | Comments: 33 | Votes: 8 | Favorites: 4 | Shared: 65 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 1
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And to think: this video only shows the actual production end. Somewhere there was an office building with hundreds of engineers and draftsmen doing slide rule calculations and producing hundreds of thousands of drawings with T-Squares, compasses, triangles, and pencils designing that machine.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bydav1936531 (502.22) 
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WOW....thats a massive piece of engineering. Its a real pleasure to come to LL and watch these great train videos you put up Cleaner. Thanks a bunch
Love train porn!!
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByLifeInTheLeftLane (97.30) 
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that's really cool man, thanks! (got a few more ;-)
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bythecleaner001 (11784.38) 
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@LifeInTheLeftLane LOL train porn. That's about right.
Posted Oct-21-2012 BySaros (790.30) 
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this is like steampunk porn!
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bytheonlyepi (106.60) 
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;-)
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bythecleaner001 (11784.38) 
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It was a different breed of men that brought forth those great metal beasts in those days.. A+ footage man, thanks for posting
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByNinja_SBD (304.90) 
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thanks Ninja', it's awesomely hard work isn't it, look at the guys rolling and forming the 3 shaped boiler plate in that massive press and the riveters in action not to mention the men on the hammers forging the driving rods, they must have had arms and hands like hammers themselves, phenomenally strong men with strong characters, you can do little but respect these old craftsmen.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bythecleaner001 (11784.38) 
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@thecleaner001 I believe they all had a sense of purpose that united them and gave the project a driving force of its own, there was no need for an underboss to watch for slackers, the work they did gave the men, even at the humblest occupation, a sense of achievement which is one key component of happiness.
When the loco was completed they all could look at it and think they had a hand in this gigantic work of art.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bykhamomil (1577.74) 
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@khamomil Good point. There was something tangible in the end result. I think we have lost that today. We have an aimlessness, a lack of galvanizing, uniting motivation. We are listless and confused. We don't really understand how we got to this point and we don't have a clear idea how to get out of it.
Posted Oct-21-2012 BySaros (790.30) 
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Great video with pride and awe for the beast they made.
Nowadays the nimbys and other groups would claim at least half the time of such a movie.
Posted Oct-21-2012 BySerieus (119.44) 
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Very cool stuff. Pretty much every work station looks like a death trap!
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByZota (212.64) Zota View Channel Send Message
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@Zota
I even notice some rickety looking scaffolding they were running around on that would scare a pansy like me to just stand still on.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bydirtbiker201 (1447.58) 
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Beautiful how **in the trenches** production was back then > and then such ultra-quality product. Cool Cool Cool ASS stuff. As per usual with you, cleaner.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bydaleastor (869.56) daleastor View Channel Send Message
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thanks d' - well appreciated man!
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bythecleaner001 (11784.38) 
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Damn the whole thing was almost handmade! Very impressive.
Posted Oct-21-2012 By2Phast4Rocket (687.16) 
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Voted!
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByRickBond (6454.10) 
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Oh man, those giant pounding tools. Can you imagine what that must have been like to work in those conditions without any ear protection? Did they do a finger count at the end of the shift? Holy crap.
Posted Oct-21-2012 BySaros (790.30) 
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@Saros
And there was one guy holding a piece of steel to sheer the end off of that giant push rod when that giant press came down. I wonder how many arms were broken by that machine?
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bydirtbiker201 (1447.58) 
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Awesome old film, Thanks.
Voted as well for the history lesson.
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByBuzz1964 (1053.72) 
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Very interesting ! Amazing, all the forging by hand, and -insecure- machinery.
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByATministraitor (90.60) 
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Great vid!
Watching those massive machine tools alone was worth it. And that loco! Awesome.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bymagna750 (823.68) magna750 View Channel Send Message
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awesome. video of the week.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bymorningwood (520.70) 
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Haha, awesome!!!
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByHuggles (194.10) 
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