First Run!! Home-Made Compressed Air Locomotive For The Field Railway 

It makes it cooler when you know is all home made.

@@masonfarrell8845 i cant wait to see it running on full pressure

@@crestfallensunbro6001 same.

Your voice + cool projects!

Zmad b uge

He always does. He's shown us he does.

Does that include a generous lubrication of the operator as well?

@@Falney Oo err missus!

@@Falney lol

@@Falney you have to place a big chunk of butter right on the seat!

Air punk! ;)

It's air-compressed though.

Probably if it ran on steam LOL.

There is no such thing as authentic steam punk! It's an adman's invention!

+ 1 000

Yeah this project made me feel like i withnessed the birth of trains... I know it's not but it defenitly feels like it!

Thanks, Tim : - )

Yeah lol

With the way that thing is built, at least some of it will last for a couple hundred years lol

Maybe when they will find it they will have the excuse of Tornado being too expensive to rebuild, even though Tim over here built it with a pretty decent price lol

There are dates stamped into the pressure cylinder as well. They can claim it was in service from 1681 to last test date on the cylinder.

Imagine if it finds its way to some dinosaur bones in the Earth crust

33.33%, it was pressured to 100 out of a possible 300

Actually wait that was a 3000 not 300 so you're right

@@datguymiller that’s a welding gas tank, it’s rated for 3000

@@firstletterofthealphabet7308 The tank can take 3000, but can the rest of the build....?

@@vinny142 A pressure regulator will fix that ;)

Thanks, Clive. A bit silly, but lots of fun..

Well with 3,000psi in the tank, gradients will no longer be a problem!

Yeah i feel the same way, never expected to see a man have it's own Industrial Revolution on RU-vid.

Amazing creation of bygone era, congratulations to You and team maintaining this wonderful locomotive. Ananthasayanam Hyderabad, India

Fireless Locomotives such as the one Tim built (Compressed Air locos fall under Fireless Locomotives Im pretty sure) were and still are used in high fire risk enviroments such as Gunpowder Works, or other places where fire could cause issues. And would be refilled from little refill stations along the line. I dont think long journey Fireless locomotives were ever used but if they were i would assume it would be like Water Towers in years long forgotten, Every Stop/Loading area would have a Steam Engine/Compressor ready to refill the locomotive. So i think for Tim i think either a Mobile Compressor (In a Boxcar, Tender, or Brakevan with a Generator) or a Conventional propulsion locomotive would work better then a Fireless one for longer journeys. Either that or he would have to buy multiple compressors to position at each station along the line to refill Tornado. A Mobile Compressor car could also mean he could make more Compressed air locomotives & other equipment that requires power (Automatic Shaker for the Ballast Layer for example) It also Depends on the Railroads size, if its small enough that he can return to the Workshop to refill he should be ok. But if its going out a lot more then not really. But Honestly, Im just a Youth from the US, so what do i know lol. Either way he has done exeptionaly well, Good job Tim :)

@@epicstormchaserswf I don’t know how long is considered long, but tenders with additional air cylinders were common as heck for compressed air locomotives. Though the main issue here is that the 3000psi welding tank is only being filled to 100psi. Assuming the same working pressure for the engine throughout, seems like 30x more runtime would be the result. Of course, reality being what it is, the actual result will be much less, but that’s fine. Now imagine all that extra pressure plus the locomotive was double expansion and double acting!

@@trekintosh Tbh yeah your probably right, a Tender would work, but how is he going to get enough welding tanks for that lol.

@@trekintosh Does double expanding work on air? I know steam it works well, triple expansion engines were not uncommon in the glory era of steam. I guess air might have some effect but the friction of the cylinders, valve train and drive train might make it useless. High temp compressed dry steam has a significantly higher expansion ratio than compressed air.

A round propane tank would do

It does, doesn't it. The one with the big flywheel. 😁

@@roderickhenman807 Exactly

I think if you would put it in a museum as one of the 1st trains most people wouldn't be suspicious! Real Richard Trevithick vibes.

Thanks, Martin. (I think Will's Welsh, but I'm definitely Irish..)

Living vicarioulsy here too.

Not a fair comparison, mind! Musk just buys the inventions of others and claims they're a product of his 'genius'. Tim actually creates, and invents. He's the sort of innovator Musk wishes he was.

@@CairnOfDunnCroftPermaculture Musk is just an elaborate marketeer like Dyson

How is it eco friendly ?

@@WhiskeyGulf71 air can be compressed with all kinds of techniques like wind powered compressors, or better still a trompe, with no fossil fuel energy whatsoever. It's farm scale renewable power that can actually be regenerative, rather than just doing less harm. That's as environmentally friendly as it gets.

And let's not call it a pod either.

Last video he said he wanted to put a inline oil dispenser to feed lube into he line going from the bottle. So yes.

It totally does!!!! Somewhere in the top left corner of Ireland. It wasn't a big railway, or a very important railway, but it was a big hit on RU-vid!!

@@AdventureswithGeneral Ivor was Welsh not Irish, hence the Dragons.

@@gordanmilne7034 Tom from Way out West is Irish. It was a joke bro

WOW, hence WOWR, surely?

I wouldn't call it commercial Maybe agriculture or logging since their using it to move wood chunks and such

The correct term you guys are looking for is "industrial railway". It's a catch all phrase for any railway built solely for non passenger services

Aerul comprimat se termină repede. Trebuie folosit, dar nu ca volum de forță, ci ca presiune( energie potențială). Un disc îzolator cu cristale piezoelectrice înglobate, rotite între 2 role, arcuite, nu consumă mult volum de aer. Mai mult presiune. Si produce curent electric. Sau aer comprimat în funcționarea bateriilor ce aer. Adică aerul trebuie folosit mai mult drept catalizator, decât forță directă.

Why????? Air was used in professionel lokomotives. For example in coal mines whith the danger of explsions.

@@bernhardammer5106 right, but that was at a large, stationary facility with limited tracks, and undoubtedly large compressors and crews to run them. My reservation is range/run time of the system he setting up. Too much down time in my opinion.

I think the main issue it has apart from being underpowered at the moment for her own weight(3%) is getting traction: i think it's time they start thinking about sand dispensers.

The lack of traction also creates a lack of breaking power: without something to create friction on the rails(like sand) Tornado will probably just keep behaving like she's on ice due to her weight.

They could also try feathering the brakes instead of slamming on them. It seems counter-intuitive, but apparently automotive "antilock braking systems" do that to shorten stopping distances.

Just thinking the same thing! I think some braking improvements are also necessary, such as adding a brake to the carts behind as it could be a problem at higher speeds to put all the braking on the two wheels of the locomotive

@@arevolvingdoor3836 If the tank was fully pressurised, he could have air brakes.

Or just connecting rods on the non driven side

@@arevolvingdoor3836 If you connect the wheels all wheels will break

@@arevolvingdoor3836 it looks like the engine braking is more effective and that is on the other axle so applying both should be sufficient at most speeds

I believe someone said that in the last video but didn't remember the word for "torpedo" so said tornado instead. Someone in the comments then suggested that should be its name.

Also, it almost sounds like Ivor The Engine’s chuffing sound

Agreed. Looks like something Trevithick would have built for a Cornish mining company in the early 1810s.

In theory, you could fill the cylinder with steam. However, it opens up a world of problems that are hard to solve on a DIY engine. One of the biggest things is that you will have to thermally isolate the tank extremely well, otherwise the steam will just turn to water in half an hour or so. Increasing air pressure with a dive tank compressor seems to be the most obvious improvement, as well as having some gentle heating of the tank to counter the cooling effect of the expanding air. The self cooling effect lowers the air pressure which is not a good thing in this case.

A paintball compressor would be better. They get up to the same pressures but are not so finnicky with the air they put in the tank. Diving compressors are magnitudes more expensive because they have to treat and filter the air they put in the bottle because humans have to breathe it. In this case a paintball compressor would be perfect as it doesn't matter if the air in the tank isn't breathable.

Glad you like them!

You definitely need a pressure regulator when that bottle has over 200 bar of pressure in it. You wouldn't be able to open the small valve by hand otherwise. Also accidents happen and if the valve were to fully open at full pressure, a lot of hoses would go boom and those can give you a nasty slap in the face.