Bauxite: The Little Industrial Shunter Saved from the Scrapheap | Curator with a Camera

Archive footage kindly provided by ‪@AlanSnowdonArchive‬. Subscribe to his channel for more excellent railway footage here;    / @alansnowdonarchive   Bob Gwynne has developed quite a fondness for Bauxite No.2, a hard-working locomotive built in 1874 to work at an aluminium smelting plant—where it was used to shunt wagons of bauxite rock. Despite its back-to-basics construction, this little locomotive has an interesting story to tell, so settle down for 10 minutes with Bob as he talks you through Bauxite No.2's history and explores its engineering details and features inside and out. Bauxite is one of a great many intriguing vehicles in our collection of railway vehicles and railway-related objects, so hit subscribe to be the first to see what mechanical wonder we look at next. To find out more about the National Railway Museum, visit our website: https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/ 00:00-00:22 Intro 00:22-00:53 Built for industry 00:53-01:36 Steam power and industrial railways 01:36-02:36 Bauxite's hard life 02:36-05:08 Exterior details 05:08-07:40 Inside the cab 07:40-08:58 What's on top of the boiler? 08:58-09:15 The importance of locomotives in industry 09:15-09.45 Like and subscribe! #aluminium #bauxite #industrial #steam