31st 'Sweet Pea Rally' at Leyland Society of Model Engineers 1st & 2nd June 2024
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In this video we see some of the live steam action from at the 31st Annual Sweet Pea Rally held at the Leyland society of Model Engineers on the 1st & 2nd June 2024. Over the weekend many visitors brought there sweet pea steam locomotives for a steam up and a run around the tracks within Worden Park.
The original 5" gauge sweet pea locomotive was designed and built by the late Jack Buckler. He approached Blackgates Engineering in the mid 1970's to see whether castings could be obtained for a model he was building for his friend Dr.Jackson. This was the beginning of the long association between Jack & Blackgates, and subsequently "Sweet Pea" was born as a commercially available design.
He followed this design with a 3 ½" version (Sweet Violet) and a 7 ¼"g (Sweet William). Many hundreds of Sweet Pea locomotives have been built and it is rare to see two that look the same. Blackgates Engineering run an Annual rally which is hosted by clubs around the country, starting with the first at The Leeds Club at their Eggborough site in 1993. Jack was often in attendance and was extremely proud to see his offspring performing on the track, and there can hardly be a track anvwhere that hasn't seen an example. The design was published as a series of construction articles in "EIM and this was followed by a book a few years later.
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Lovely. Thanks for sharing with us !
@MattChiversWorkshop
Ай бұрын
My pleasure 😊, thanks for watching. All the best, Matt 👍
Good to see a new video.
@MattChiversWorkshop
Ай бұрын
Thank you 🙏 much appreciated. Very busy here, hopefully not too much longer before normal service resumes!! All the best, Matt 👍
Great video!
@MattChiversWorkshop
Ай бұрын
Many thanks, much appreciated. All the best, Matt 👍
It’s great seeing all these beautiful machines. Thx. I had to pause half way through for 14 minutes, didn’t want to miss the shipping forecast.
@MattChiversWorkshop
Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you’re well Alan. All the best, Matt 👍
Nice. Looking forward to seeing back on the Tink build.
@MattChiversWorkshop
Ай бұрын
Thanks Rick, I'm still on with the build, it's just taking longer to do what I'm doing than I first thought.... all will be revealed in the next Tink video, when we get there. All the best, Matt 👍
Good video, like ! ! !
@MattChiversWorkshop
Ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
Great video, hope the build is going well
@MattChiversWorkshop
Ай бұрын
Thanks. Well my build is a one step forward ten steps back, all will be revealed eventually when I get the video done! All the best, Matt. 👍
Wait! "Way back in the 70's." Wasn't that long ago. Some of us have fond memories of the 70's.
@MattChiversWorkshop
Ай бұрын
Wasn’t it like only 20 years ago?!? Ohh hand on 😳😳😳😂😂😂. All the best, Matt. 👍
@schwarzermoritz
Ай бұрын
Ok boomer ❤😅
I had a Sweet pea I bought off Keith Appleton, and it was a beauty, unfortunately I hit hard times and had to sell her. Such a shame.
@MattChiversWorkshop
Ай бұрын
Sorry to hear that. Happens to us all sometimes, currently I’m in a similar situation, I’m selling off lots of things to keep afloat. Hopefully better days are round the corner!! All the best, Matt. 👍
Wonderful stuff
@MattChiversWorkshop
Ай бұрын
Absolutely 👍. All the best, Matt
Was Mr and Mrs Blackgates ( Blackgates Engineering ) there ?
@MattChiversWorkshop
Ай бұрын
Absolutely…. They star in the video! All the best, Matt 👍
I can’t understand the 2 in 0-4-2?
@MattChiversWorkshop
Ай бұрын
As I’ve never owned or built one….. I can only assume they do wheelies when they have weight behind them. 🤷🏻♂️. All the best, Matt 👍
When would you do more work on your loco? And all the best
@MattChiversWorkshop
Ай бұрын
Unfortunately I’m limited for time at the moment, the business is requiring my time. Unfortunately the KZread channel doesn’t pay the bills, I’d absolutely love it if it did, I’d be building and filming everyday. Hopefully won’t be long. All the best, Matt.
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@MattChiversWorkshop
2 ай бұрын
Sat waiting for it?!? 😂
Brilliant Matt wish i could have been there👍👍👍👍👍👍🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂 atb Kev
@MattChiversWorkshop
Ай бұрын
Alreet Kev, gutted you didn’t make it! I kept asking the organiser if you’d applied 😂. I was hoping we could have interviewed each other for a video! Two budding KZreadrs we are 🤣. Hope alls well. All the best, Matt 👍
@mrmrst9020
Ай бұрын
Lovely footage and some really nice sweet peas regards Glen 👍🏻👍🏻
@KevinWoodsWorkshop
Ай бұрын
Would have been good to see your loco there Kev.
@mrmrst9020
Ай бұрын
@@KevinWoodsWorkshop hi Kev yes would had been lovely to had been there with my loco regards Glen 👍🏻👍🏻
@MrFactotum
Ай бұрын
@@KevinWoodsWorkshop Hi Kevin Would have loved to have been there. I was on Hol up to that Friday before, and also my loco needed a steam test, Should have been done in May but our Tester had to cancel, so i was having it tested that Saturday of the rally. Bet i missed a great weekend there as the weather was good too. Hopefully next time take care👍👍👍👍🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂 Kev