Great stuff, thanks for posting. I know both these locos extremely well having been a fireman in Kimberley for years. i was the very last fireman to work the Condenser in 1992. She has never worked since, very sad. Thanks again

tremendous. I love the way on the condenser it doesn't "chuff". You can clearly hear the steam turbine driven draft fan in the smoke box whistling like a giant turbo.

@samanli-tw3id

5 жыл бұрын

drawingboard82 It does chuff but it's muffled.

@Jo52Da

5 жыл бұрын

@@samanli-tw3id Chuffing but not up the chimney but back to the condenser.

@Jo52Da

5 жыл бұрын

I think the turbine sound comes from the five turbine fans on the condenser.

@miriamlana833

Жыл бұрын

Howling like a jet airplane instead of chuffing like a steam train.😃

@tomankt

Жыл бұрын

@@miriamlana833 Like a diesel locomotive... Especially when starting a train

Magnificent footage of two outstanding and unique locos - let's face it - South Africa led the railway world with it's huge variety of classes and at the time our railways were also the arteries that kept our financial lifelines at a peak. Wish it were possible to return to those great days...

@Isochest

6 жыл бұрын

South Africa is a land of plenty for all. Without discrimination. Mining interests have sought to tribally or racially divide people but all South Africans are entitled to their land and its resources.

The Condenser concept truly worked well. I often wonder why the US railroads never gave it a try in the arid US regions. I still marvel at just how well the SAR steam fleet performed and was maintained. Thank you for this sharing this video. Love the content and how it was filmed.

@Jo52Da

5 жыл бұрын

It did work well but I think the maintenance on these locos were quite high especially on the smoke box fan.

@phantomsoldier497

Жыл бұрын

@@Jo52Da maintenance is actually lower on this trains because condensing water removes the corrosion and scaling problems but it's not worth the cost of the system. Steam trains were very cheap to run thanks to low price of coal. If you have to pay high upfront costs, diesel is much better

@WAL_DC-6B

8 ай бұрын

Perhaps the nearest thing the U.S. railroads used to a "condenser locomotive" was the Pennsylvania Railroad's, single S2 steam turbine, locomotive #6200.

So, thats a 25C in action, I'm impressed. Quiet and no fuss when going about its business. The condenser seem to loom larger and would swallow the locomotive.

I love this video! I think it is an outstanding piece of footage - Your hands were pretty steady. I prefer my steam videos with minimal editing anyway - there is a sense of realism having footage that has not been done up with floating menus etc.as it sometimes can distract from the content.

2:13 Think you see a steam locomotive , but hear a jet aircraft!

Very nice and impressive 😅😊

JUST LOVE THAT STEAM.

Great soundtrack from the car, sounds like you were pacing a Boeing 747!

Beautiful! Brings back memories of "Mindae Louis..."

Terrific video all around. Though, the scene at 2:25 is absolutely remarkable

Superb video, thanks for sharing. Brings back happy memories of the 1991 steam festival. 3511 was probably the most unusual loco anywhere in the world.......

@brucewilliams8714

5 жыл бұрын

I, too, have happy memories of the 1991 festival. Sitting on the platform edge at Modder River watching the evening parade of steam. Then, in the following days, chasing them up and down. Ah, great days.

love this, always been in awe of these condenser loco's, sounds like a jet plane when running at speed. Its a shame that they converted most of them to a conventional locomotive.

I love steam trains

Lovely Express steam action.

Awesome footage!BIG LIKE!

Efficient steam traction at its best. What Western Europe missed out on!

@omepeet2006

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, they tried to be "modern".

@samanli-tw3id

5 жыл бұрын

G0IMB Western Europe tried all-steam turbine locomotives but they didn't prove efficient.

Het as kind baie op hulle gery tussen watervalboven en watervalonder was my lift om te gaan swem het by die waterval

Brilliant, thanks!

Fascinating locomotives!

Piekna Historia! Pozdrawiam

This steam is very interesting. Without ,,puf puf" .

Damn Maar die lokomotief kan hardloop So mooi Enige motor sal sy wiele moet optel om by te bly Baie mooi

where are the days wow

was this before or after the 1986 Cape Venturer steam excursion? I remember hearing that was why the Red Devil was painted blue.

Sounds like a tea kettle at the beginning!

It is truly a shame that no condensing engine hs been mantained in working order, at least one would deserve a good restoration for how rare they are

Wow, wow, wow !!!

how many coaches was the class 25 pulling

FFS it sounds like an electric! Awesome footage!

@samanli-tw3id

5 жыл бұрын

Lorenzo Pantani More like a jet aeroplane.

Which presure is in its boiler?

@Tyconniendu59

9 жыл бұрын

15,5 bar for a Class 25 and Red Devil too

n wonderlike stoomreus mors geen stoom nie word na agter geneem verkoel die stoom sit om in water en word weer gebruik seker een van mees gevorderste stoom reus wat daar was pragtig manne ek verlang weer terug na my jare as jong man

@omepeet2006

6 жыл бұрын

And you know what Jan, the Germans used the same kind if condensers (on 2-10-0 goods engines) in the early 1940s, for the same reason: extended range. Can't help wondering what Red Devil would have been like with a condensing tender...

Great video ! Was "red devil" already de-modernized at this time ?

@gregorymalchuk272

4 жыл бұрын

What do you mean?

Never knew we had turbine locos. Were all class 25 'condensers'?

@Jo52Da

5 жыл бұрын

Not turbine locos but the smoke box had a turbine fan and the condenser 5 steam driven turbine fans for cooling the steam exiting the pistons. Otherwise normal steam locos. Not all 25's were condensers, we had 25NC's (non condensers) and later on the Condensers were changed to non condensers recognisable by the round top of the water tank. The were called "Worshonde" because of the round tops of the tank.

@brucewilliams8714

5 жыл бұрын

@@Jo52Da I saw many of them but didn't know their 'sausage dog' nickname! Very apt.

Bly maar mooi wens hulle kan trug kom

Personally, I wonder what all it would have changed if one of the 25s got modernized like 3450. Probably would have eliminated their problem of damaging their fans with particles of unbernt fuel, but what else?

Steam roller

Sounds like a diesel 🤣

日本と全然違う。