The Train within a Train & the Railway Built for Beer - Guinness Brewery Railways

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  • @hawkerhellfire9152
    @hawkerhellfire9152Ай бұрын

    Your Pronouncation is spot on. One note though, there are a total of 6 preserved NG steam engines. No15 ran in preservation for 2 years in Stradbally.

  • @FalkB2010
    @FalkB2010Ай бұрын

    The locomotive powered locomotives? Yeah they tend to do that

  • @The_Robbing_Narrator

    @The_Robbing_Narrator

    Ай бұрын

    Dont know why though..

  • @zippy3377

    @zippy3377

    Ай бұрын

    Can’t guess it

  • @tonytins

    @tonytins

    Ай бұрын

    We must go deeper.

  • @johnathonmcjohn3

    @johnathonmcjohn3

    Ай бұрын

    coal fired locomotive? how's locomotive gonna get a job now?

  • @Train_Tok_Man

    @Train_Tok_Man

    Ай бұрын

    I’ve never been more intrigued.

  • @abyssminiaturestudios6103
    @abyssminiaturestudios6103Ай бұрын

    Lmfao in the words of Hyce and Brent Weibol with a heavy Irish accent, " it's an 0-4-0. With big shoes"

  • @Combes_

    @Combes_

    Ай бұрын

    It's an oh-fir-oh!

  • @jerrysgardentractorsengine2243

    @jerrysgardentractorsengine2243

    Ай бұрын

    Truly one of the three quarters of one idiot moments of all time

  • @jerrysgardentractorsengine2243

    @jerrysgardentractorsengine2243

    Ай бұрын

    Truly one of the three quarters of one idiot moment of all time

  • @jerrysgardentractorsengine2243

    @jerrysgardentractorsengine2243

    Ай бұрын

    Truly one of the three quarters of one idiot moment of all time

  • @jerrysgardentractorsengine2243

    @jerrysgardentractorsengine2243

    Ай бұрын

    Truly one of the three quarters of one idiot moments of all time

  • @tonytins
    @tonytinsАй бұрын

    Honey, I need to borrow your locomotive to power my locomotive.

  • @yeoldeseawitch
    @yeoldeseawitchАй бұрын

    Ah yes L O C O M O T I V E P O W E R E D L O C O M O T I V E

  • @crestfallensunbro6001

    @crestfallensunbro6001

    Ай бұрын

    hmm yes, the locomotive here is powered powered by locomotive

  • @jpsholland

    @jpsholland

    Ай бұрын

    Vegeta, how many locomotives power that locomotive? - Let's see what the scanner says.... HUH!?!.... What is it Vegeta? - This can't be right,... it cant be!!!, the scanner must be broken! How much does the scanner say? - It is... it is... IT IS OVER 9000!!!

  • @napsbrickrailways2290
    @napsbrickrailways2290Ай бұрын

    There’s a famous quote that goes: “Oi mate, I need ta get pissed do ye mind makun me a railwae fir me pints”

  • @voltsiano116
    @voltsiano116Ай бұрын

    I never considered that a single business may grow so big as to require and entire multikilometer on-site railway just to function... That's so cool!

  • @SynchroScore

    @SynchroScore

    Ай бұрын

    We've still got a number of such businesses. Look at any large steel mill. Some of my great uncles worked at Northwestern Steel & Wire, which was a small mill as things went, but they were known for taking in steam locomotives sold for scrap, and the owner having them fixed up and used in the mill. They used steam until the owner died...in _1980._

  • @WesternOhioInterurbanHistory

    @WesternOhioInterurbanHistory

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@SynchroScore Because of the owners actions I am aware that atleast 3 of the locomotives are around, one in a park in Sterling, another in Amboy, and one at the Illinois Railway Museum

  • @geoff1201

    @geoff1201

    Ай бұрын

    Ford at Dagenham had a substantial railway.

  • @SynchroScore

    @SynchroScore

    Ай бұрын

    @@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory There is also one sitting in the woods in Galt, IL, just west of Sterling, one on display in Independence IA, one stored in Geneva NE, and one on display in St. Paul, MN. The one we have in Union is currently undergoing a cosmetic restoration.

  • @OscarOSullivan

    @OscarOSullivan

    26 күн бұрын

    St Jame’s Gate was a massive site then and still is.

  • @sebforce1165
    @sebforce1165Ай бұрын

    I absolutely _love_ seeing narrow gauge tracks running in the middle of Standard or Broad gauge ones, it just feels so clever to me, and makes so much sense for space, but _yeesh,_ finding images online is oddly annoying to do. Never thought a Brewery would need little trains to move stuff around, but really should've figured :P

  • @SynchroScore

    @SynchroScore

    Ай бұрын

    There are a few installations of three-rail trackage here and there. I know there's a fair bit in Switzerland where the standard gauge and metre gauge overlap. But four-rail is much more rare.

  • @Damien.D

    @Damien.D

    Ай бұрын

    There is a 4 rail setup (so couplers are aligned for narrow gauges engines to haul normal gauge wagons) at the CFBS heritage railway in France. It is used nowadays for regular (every 4 years) massive gathering of preserved rolling stocks, both narrow (1m) and standard gauge, allowing display and running of everything on the network.

  • @jameslawrie3807
    @jameslawrie3807Ай бұрын

    I really appreciate these industrial documentaries. Industrial engines and their infrastructure including towers, water systems etc are fascinating and don't receive enough attention

  • @lukechristmas3951
    @lukechristmas3951Ай бұрын

    Grain Belt Beer and trains in and out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin are what bring the haulage of beer by train close to home for me. Usually, one would think a private industry would have only one, two or three engines for its own. But I find it amazing that Guinness not only had a good sized roster of narrow and broad gauge engines over time but also built and patented their own unique engine design. That's a good company. And for those out there who also enjoy maritime vessels like myself, there have been special ships and barges that have solely been used for transporting beer and wine.

  • @randywise5241
    @randywise5241Ай бұрын

    It was a national necessity. Imagine Irish without their Guinness. It might cause a riot.

  • @OscarOSullivan

    @OscarOSullivan

    26 күн бұрын

    Not everyone in Ireland drinks, not everyone who drinks drinks beer and not everyone who drinks stout drinks Guinness, people drink Murphys, Beamish, O’ Hara’s single stout, Porterhouse stouts, Dungarvan Blackrock Irish stout you get the picture.

  • @baltoflyer7503
    @baltoflyer7503Ай бұрын

    Oompa, Loompa, doompa-dee-do I've got a dozen barrels for you Oompa, Loompa, doompa-dee-day You have caused confusion and delay

  • @PuzzlingHousing56
    @PuzzlingHousing56Ай бұрын

    What's next a locomotive powered by beer?

  • @AshCatTrainz

    @AshCatTrainz

    Ай бұрын

    Don’t tell him about the moonshine powered locomotive-

  • @captainryusugi1128

    @captainryusugi1128

    Ай бұрын

    My Bassett-Lowke Moguls at least run on alcohol. If you distilled beer enough to get to 95% (the highest chemically possible ABV), you could steam them on it.

  • @Tom-Lahaye
    @Tom-LahayeАй бұрын

    Mr Geoghegan certainly was a smart guy in developing a locomotive which suited all his requirements. A brewery can be an environment with lots of dust from the barley and hops, especially in those days when most of the proces would be open and there was a lot of spillage. Now with pneumatic transport of the ingredients, covered tubs, pipelines for liquid transport and modern filling machines it is a lot cleaner

  • @zacharyrollick6169
    @zacharyrollick6169Ай бұрын

    Thanks for the cool history. Gonna crack open a Guinness.

  • @rsc9520

    @rsc9520

    2 күн бұрын

    Me too !!!

  • @misterflibble6601
    @misterflibble6601Ай бұрын

    This would make quite a project for a model railway

  • @OscarOSullivan
    @OscarOSullivan26 күн бұрын

    When Guinness was first established in 1759 it was an ale brewery. Only started being a porter brewery in the 1790’s. The narrow gauge railway system lasted until the late 1970’s, but the broad gauge railway line to Heuston station was closed in 1965. A number of narrow gauge Guinness engines and a broad gauge engine no.3 are preserved.

  • @rottenroads1982
    @rottenroads1982Ай бұрын

    It’s nice to know that some of these unique locomotives are preserved.

  • @damienboyington4057
    @damienboyington4057Ай бұрын

    One of the tank engines (the green on pictured near the end of the vid) is at the talyllyn railway museum. I helped restore that red corris coal truck in the background, some 25 years ago when i was a young volunteer on the railway.

  • @NewController01
    @NewController01Ай бұрын

    I think one of the gauge converter wagons can be found at the Amberley Chalk Pits museum.

  • @ratheonhudson3311
    @ratheonhudson3311Ай бұрын

    They really did make an adaptor for narrow Guage to broad Guage locomotives! Astounding history. Thank you

  • @guidor.4161
    @guidor.4161Ай бұрын

    It seems even the spiral helix used by model railroaders (espcially in the US) to reach a higher second level of their layout, has a prototype!

  • @pileofstuff

    @pileofstuff

    27 күн бұрын

    There's several prototype helix examples, but most of them are in mountainous regions. The Tehachapi loop in California and the spiral tunnels in BC, Canada are some of the best known examples

  • @guidor.4161

    @guidor.4161

    27 күн бұрын

    @@pileofstuff True, i forgot about those...

  • @MatthewsBranchLine
    @MatthewsBranchLine29 күн бұрын

    Y’hear that folks? Without trains, Ireland would’ve been a lot less drunk. Also Skarloey used a haulage wagon to take standard gauge wagons to the harbor at Kirk Ronan according to the Reverend W. Awdry.

  • @peters1127
    @peters1127Ай бұрын

    You continue to give us more festinating stories, Thank you.

  • @C.A.A93
    @C.A.A93Ай бұрын

    Of all the jobs to have, driving a steam train around a brewery sound like a very fun one.

  • @RobertCraft-re5sf
    @RobertCraft-re5sfАй бұрын

    I love being Irish 😊 ☘️ but thankfully I am no longer an alcoholic 🙃

  • @Arkay315
    @Arkay315Ай бұрын

    Yay, my video suggestion finally got made into a video.

  • @TenShine1productions
    @TenShine1productionsАй бұрын

    Id like to see something on the Leek and Manifold railway. The narrow gauge line that pulled standard gauge trucks

  • @Steam286
    @Steam286Ай бұрын

    One of the most interesting engines I can think of is a natural gas plant locomotive. The example in question is currently on display at Steamtown in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The example had no firebox to avoid an accidental explosion at the plant. Instead of this, pressurized steam was pumped into the locomotive periodically.

  • @CATASTEROID934

    @CATASTEROID934

    28 күн бұрын

    Fireless locomotives came in a range of sizes and shapes, some used compressed air (where available) but steam was often readily available as plants usually had boilers anyway

  • @primrosevale1995
    @primrosevale1995Ай бұрын

    If that haulage wagon looks familiar it’s probably cause you’ve seen an edit with Talyllyn in it instead to represent the history of a certain island.

  • @bostongeis5123

    @bostongeis5123

    Ай бұрын

    Funnily enough, one of the little guys is at the Narrow Gauge museum in Tywyn

  • @guidor.4161
    @guidor.4161Ай бұрын

    Most important railway ever....😁

  • @harrisonallen651
    @harrisonallen651Ай бұрын

    Here’s a pint of Guinness for this pub centric train 🚂 🍻

  • @tslon4185
    @tslon4185Ай бұрын

    I was all in for the idea of a steam locomotive powering an unpowered locomotive, but the worlds most annoying steam engine kept me hooked. Keep up the good work man.

  • @magnificus8581
    @magnificus8581Ай бұрын

    It was great seeing these at the Guinness museum!

  • @TheRailwayGuy175
    @TheRailwayGuy175Ай бұрын

    Can you please make a video of how St Pancras station became a hub for beer trains?

  • @peterbottenberg5713
    @peterbottenberg571327 күн бұрын

    These people were quite on the brink of progress. They were also one of the first to have a formal research and quality control lab. In which a guy named Gosset developed a statistical method. He was not allowed to publish it under his own name, nor refer to his employer, so he used the pseudonym 'Student'. The famous 'Student's t-test has got his name this way. Let all scientist raise the glass to his health :)

  • @markeast74
    @markeast74Ай бұрын

    genuinely, someone should make this, not in real life but in, say maybe Roblox or smt, or in a virtual experience, or even though I said not in real life, maybe someone could make a museum of this.great vid.

  • @ImmortalPhoenixxx
    @ImmortalPhoenixxxАй бұрын

    Geoghegan: "All of these engines are terrible to maintain and operate, every time we get a new one it's more trouble than the last!" Steam Engine Manufacturer: " Oh yeah? Why don't you go and make one yourself huh? If you think its so easy!" Geoghegan: "Hold my Guinness." *proceeds to make an objectively better steam engine *

  • @ROCKONNGUNDAMS
    @ROCKONNGUNDAMSАй бұрын

    I've been waiting for this to come up in one of your videos- I've always found the idea of Haulage wagons to be SO COOL.

  • @teeKeri
    @teeKeriАй бұрын

    This was fun, fascinating and educative to watch. Imagine building a model railway of the brewery trains. How cool would that be ♥

  • @joshmnky
    @joshmnkyАй бұрын

    7:00 that is one of the homeliest looking trains I've ever seen.

  • @ErickC

    @ErickC

    Ай бұрын

    Wait till you see what WM did to their GP7s and GP9s.

  • @Racer69
    @Racer69Ай бұрын

    I saw them in real life, real cuties.

  • @garryferrington811
    @garryferrington811Ай бұрын

    This was quite interesting!

  • @TheLostGamerMan
    @TheLostGamerManАй бұрын

    The Irish are amazing people. Steam monorail, and now a beer railway.

  • @lukechristmas3951
    @lukechristmas3951Ай бұрын

    7:00 I almost forgot to bring this up, but has anyone else noticed the chalk face on the Hudswell Clarke?

  • @willknipe9491
    @willknipe9491Ай бұрын

    This is something that bender would be happy to work on

  • @Roy_1
    @Roy_1Ай бұрын

    Really cool, I'm glad that there's so many pictures and that they're preserving a few of the engines!

  • @gregg281261
    @gregg28126113 күн бұрын

    Greetings Train of Thought guy. Have you considered making a video of the Wolgan Valley Railway? The WVR was a railway to transport shale oil from the middle of nowhere in New South Wales, Australia, to not far from the middle of nowhere, also in NSW. It operated from about 1907 to 1935 and used Shay locos due to the steep grades, impossible terrain and tight curves. It is now a spectacular walking track and includes a long tunnel known for its glow worms. Might be interesting for you.

  • @TheStickCollector
    @TheStickCollectorАй бұрын

    These are so unique. I want to make one.

  • @justice5832
    @justice5832Ай бұрын

    I like this railway

  • @johnmay6090
    @johnmay6090Ай бұрын

    Interesting video! Cheers!

  • @DennisLora2001
    @DennisLora2001Ай бұрын

    Excellent work Train of thought

  • @greycatturtle7132
    @greycatturtle7132Ай бұрын

    Awesome

  • @pebblecups
    @pebblecupsАй бұрын

    Nice. More interesting than Cosmeston's Quarry Railway, which is what I was thinking of watching this. Come to think of it there were a few interesting narrow gauge lines in South Wales. Cosmeston, and then there was the sand quarrying or whatever it was at Porthcawl and also the dual gauge tracks at some of the mines. There might have been a very short line on Barry Dock too but information is difficult to find so I cannot confirm it, just a picture I saw years ago of a short narrow gauge line.

  • @Hushey
    @Hushey22 күн бұрын

    sounds like my kind of train!

  • @barrettoliver2009
    @barrettoliver200927 күн бұрын

    God I love trains

  • @tankenginethomas1
    @tankenginethomas118 күн бұрын

    I thought it said that ran on beer 😂😂😂

  • @EthanTheEngine7
    @EthanTheEngine7Ай бұрын

    drink! chug! arse! 😵‍💫 also i've been to heuston station, as i live in ireland 👍

  • @officialmcdeath
    @officialmcdeathАй бұрын

    Elements of road-rail maintenance vehicles \m/

  • @alicehodges9964
    @alicehodges996429 күн бұрын

    I Like Steam Engines Thay Are Amazing i Like Railways

  • @lordmuntague
    @lordmuntagueАй бұрын

    I can't believe they didn't paint the funnels black with the top few inches light cream... 😁

  • @Marcy53Volkswagen
    @Marcy53VolkswagenАй бұрын

    For Anyone wondering, Train Within a train: 5:32

  • @bluehighlander0256
    @bluehighlander0256Ай бұрын

    We've narrow gauge No. 22 preserved at the cavan and leitrim railway in Dromod, Co. Leitrim. Minus a boiler

  • @robertbalazslorincz8218
    @robertbalazslorincz821824 күн бұрын

    When bro orders exactly one more beer but instead of one more beer a small train with several barrels of the stuff shows up instead

  • @AlexanderVonish

    @AlexanderVonish

    18 күн бұрын

    Filling the comically large mug eh?

  • @snewsom2997
    @snewsom2997Ай бұрын

    The AB Brewery in STL Mo also has an interesting rail history.

  • @Yourlocalsudricboi1215
    @Yourlocalsudricboi1215Ай бұрын

    Skarloey Moment

  • @toyotaprius79

    @toyotaprius79

    Ай бұрын

    It definitely makes me think that Awdry took more inspiration from Irish railways, stories and landscapes in creating the island of Sodor (and its people). Especially mid-Ulster

  • @BHuang92
    @BHuang92Ай бұрын

    How about the world's largest model train?

  • @ErickC

    @ErickC

    Ай бұрын

    I think they called that "British Rail."

  • @killerbees177
    @killerbees17710 күн бұрын

    I didn't know Bill and Ben were Irish😂

  • @roelantverhoeven371
    @roelantverhoeven371Ай бұрын

    brewery "halve maan" in Bruges had a pipeline installed under the city in the 2000's.

  • @kellybrown8638
    @kellybrown8638Ай бұрын

    "Bee-awe"

  • @The_NW_EngineYT
    @The_NW_EngineYTАй бұрын

    I'm curious if the same design for the "locomotive powered locomotive" was used for Skarloey in the RWS...

  • @jamiebray8532
    @jamiebray853228 күн бұрын

    Hey it lasted almost a hundred years. I'd say that's pretty good for the industrial revolution.

  • @frankw8772
    @frankw8772Ай бұрын

    Have a look at the BASS / CORS railway for the bear industry and other industries around in Buringham.

  • @tomppeli.
    @tomppeli.Ай бұрын

    I'm wondering why not electric? _If_ the brewery was powered regardless, why not electrify the rail network to begin with?

  • @13garage._
    @13garage._29 күн бұрын

    i been there. can still find rails at the site

  • @MrNoUsername
    @MrNoUsernameАй бұрын

    If anyone’s wondering, the music is Bitters At The Saloon by Bird Creek kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZWyDlpRwmLirabQ.htmlsi=R7hOpIHdrG9volmG

  • @Q8Bart
    @Q8BartАй бұрын

    Drunk engines 😉🚂

  • @IsaacDaBoatSloth
    @IsaacDaBoatSlothАй бұрын

    bEER

  • @petroltrankof2667
    @petroltrankof2667Ай бұрын

    What is the music called?

  • @JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe
    @JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe29 күн бұрын

    Millennials invented all this.

  • @kiefershanks4172
    @kiefershanks4172Ай бұрын

    Mmmmmm beer

  • @Austriantrainguy
    @AustriantrainguyАй бұрын

    Engerth Locomotive

  • @cleanerben9636
    @cleanerben963625 күн бұрын

    they could have distilled some alcohol and ran them by burning that. I wonder if it was attempted?

  • @sebastianthomsen2225
    @sebastianthomsen2225Ай бұрын

    🚂🍻😋👍

  • @Kira-vy7vc
    @Kira-vy7vcАй бұрын

    Who else read it as bear

  • @haydenthetoyologist4117
    @haydenthetoyologist4117Ай бұрын

    Why do UK diesels have two tone horns unlike those here in the US?

  • @templar_1138
    @templar_1138Ай бұрын

    Oh the stereotypes...

  • @edward002gaming
    @edward002gamingАй бұрын

    Ofcourse its ireland

  • @joshuaW5621
    @joshuaW5621Ай бұрын

    We Irish are too reliant on beer, hence why our country is a mess right now.

  • @toyotaprius79
    @toyotaprius79Ай бұрын

    FUN FACToid! Guinness brewery workers were not allowed to intermarry (Catholics and Protestants) until the 1980s, and the very Guinness associated with Irish heritage was actually not just a wealthy family empire but also a strategic tool to subjugate the Irish population from 1759 with alcoholism in parallel with the penal laws etc.

  • @AurelGaner
    @AurelGanerАй бұрын

    Hi

  • @AurelGaner
    @AurelGanerАй бұрын

    Let's leern abaut treins

  • @Jumansa19
    @Jumansa19Ай бұрын

    No price and work too much to get alcohol to get to the societies 😞 So many families, relationships and social good behavior were and are still destroyed by alcoholism and people who can't handle the consume and behavior of them self if they get alkalized... "You" should not be proud about any drinking alcohol producers in any country...

  • @420sakura1
    @420sakura1Ай бұрын

    Unrelated. Why do Northern Irelandees hate Ireland so much?