Could these be the Perfect EV's at the Amerton Railway Steam Gala
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Hello everyone,
Today Lawrie heads to the Amerton Railway for their steam gala - but he's not been allowed on the footplate of one of the noisy, smoky and dirty machines. No, he's been told to report to the Industrial Railway...
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A huge thank you to the folk at the Amerton Railway for invited LMM along for the day.
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Announcer on the passing trains: "And on your right hand side you can see a Lawrie being in his natural habitat."
@bentullett6068
17 күн бұрын
On your right hand side it's hiiiimmm
@Mekaniskidiot
17 күн бұрын
Sjovt at se en Dansker her :D Håber alt går vel for dig
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
Causing chaos 😂
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman
8 сағат бұрын
@@lmm>>> Inciting a _battery_ of trouble...😉
Locomotive with googly eyes always make me smile.
@I_like_planesandtrains860
17 күн бұрын
Closest to get Thomas and friends
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
It was amusing
It might be a little soulless, but it's a heck of a lot easier than waking up a cold steam loco :)
@TheHoveHeretic
17 күн бұрын
.... providing you remember to set a decent trickle charge overnight (the tricklier the better for optimum battery longevity).
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
Lot easier, not as much fun though!
@jmonsted
17 күн бұрын
@@TheHoveHeretic To be fair, if you were going to do anything serious with these today, you'd just put in a bank of LiFePO4 cells.
@physiocrat7143
17 күн бұрын
There are ways of getting steam locomotives to work without turning up hours beforehand.
@the_retag
15 күн бұрын
The only sustainable one i know of are electric pre heaters. Other methods damage the engine long term@@physiocrat7143
I like the googly eyes. they look so goofy on such a piece of very industrial and utilitarian machinery such as this.
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
It amused me too
@AbbeyYard
14 күн бұрын
Bob the Builder lookin ahh
I've always wanted a BEV loco, they're so cute and just brilliantly simple!
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
They're really quite good fun
Some years ago I was a member of a model railway club. We've had a large layout with gauge 1 trains. Our operations when we had guests were to run two loops with trains to make an attraction.
Love the aerial view of the three sets of track. Great for showing how a wye works, especially since they are hard to railfan.
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
I thought it would be fun
The switchman is getting his steps in today.
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
Certainly did!
Good to see they have been preserved.
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
Yeah, me too!
I mean, if I had a chance to take one home, I wouldn't be saying no. They're quiet, so aside from the wagons bumping and the flanges squawking a little on the curves and points, could probably get away with going for a trundle anytime I wanted. "What's goin' on?" "Nothin' luv, just the neighbor using his industrial battery loco to take out the dustbins again, go back to bed."
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
Yeah, excatly. They're really quite good fun
You've go to love Lawrie's enthusiasm. Great stuff.
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
It is like magic when you restore something like that to its former glory
@TheHoveHeretic
17 күн бұрын
Indeed, but showroom condition may be regarded as a tad over-enthusiastic by lovers of industrial kit. 🙂
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
It's great they got the packs to fire up again
They (especially the white one) remind me of a peat railway museum near where I live. They run engines not unlike these (tiny industrial ones on overgrown, uneven tracks), but the ones they run are mostly a little older (~ 1930’s - 60’s) and run on diesel. There’s nothing quite like the sound and smell of a single cylinder two stroke diesel thumping away at low RPMs!
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
It's a super sound!
Thanks for drone shot. Made a lot more sense after that, and did look like fun. 🚂
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks. The overhead made it make sense. I didn't quite follow the route before that shot. It did look funny running through the grass with no track showing
Indeed the thing about a good gala (or even a normal day at a preserved railway) is motion action of other locomotives/ rolling stock / even static cranes or water filling.
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
It was good to be doing something and providing a spectacle
Just somehow lawrie manages to be just at the right spot to get one of the steam trains in shot The googly eyes made me wonder if this is a new Thomas the Tank engine story were we meet lawrie the train driver 😂
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
Lots of planning!
I acquired 3 9f the 5.5t Clayton's from RNAD Crombie and moved them to a new line we were building on Havengore island. Great bits of kit and still in service, as far as I know. We also had 20 plus of the RNAD wagons as well, like the ones being pulled on the steam line. Happy days
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
Oh that's awesome!
I think the googly eyes give it character
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
They amused me
Lawrie that's really neat, luv them little engines! Thank You
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
You're welcome!
I think those googly eyes are perfect...😊
love your new train
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
The 165 is very exciting
Those locos are quieter than my HO locos. fun time.
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
They're really good
These little nuggets and ol' Atlas sure could have a chat about working for ages and then work and batteries drying up.
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
I had a word with the owners over that!
If you get the chance you should go take a look at the Petange to Fond-de-Gras heritage railway in Luxembourg, they've got some really nice standard gauge rolling stock and, a bit more unique, a narrow gauge mining railway with steam, diesels and electric locos, with the electric ones actually running through the mine
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
I'll add it to the list
very nice little locos.
Hi Lawrie, I just found out Corris No10 is fully completed and in steam(!) Not at this specific moment I think, but still, it is done! It is steaming along in two videos that got recommended to me, and the videos are 3 and 4 days old. The images are from the Corris railway gala "the falcons will fly" Edit: There was a typo
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
Yes it is. I filmed with it last year, video to come soon!
@basscharenborg6441
16 күн бұрын
@@lmm That's awesome! I'll be on the look-out
The boys are playing around with their lil battery powered trainsets 😆
Interesting creatures. Oh speaking of battery locos. I wonder how Titch is doing?
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
I assume its still running well m They had a larger one coming back into service too
Ah yes, a fun and entertaining video of Lawrie driving trains while I wait for my shift to begin with a cup of tea. Keep up the good work as always guys! :3
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Really cool video as always from lmm
Yeah if say a mobility scooter won't hold charge you can join a bunch of 9v together and attach it to the battery. Kills the 9v ones but gets the big one going again saving a fortune. I imagine it's a similar thing here I'd love to plod around on something like that all day ferrying cargo back and forth.
Locomotives hold the record for being the first EVs. Plus you can get an industrial battery locomotive cheaper than a new car.
Nice one Lawie, shame you didn't have time to do my challenge however can save that for next time, see you soon buddy
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
Next time for sure. I have it in my head how to do it
Speaking of having broken things, it’s been a long time since the last “what’s broken now”. I really enjoy the railway content (I’m actually more of a train person than a car person), but I do get curious about how everything in the barn is doing
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
More updates are in the works. I've just been busy and not made as much progress as I'd like
Have you ever been to the Dymchurch railway ? I just came across it while finding out where Dymchurch was and it's got a crazy small gauge track. It's gotta be a must see.
whiplash on moving off, yes its the same on the latest single deck buses of "london transport".
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
I suspect this is more fun
Those googly eyes make it look hilarious and cute at the same time.
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
It's amusing isn't it
More locomotives with googly eyes please
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
It was amusing 😂
Maybe you should get a set of googly eyes so you could have fun with your own locos.😂
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
I think I'll pass 😂
Bagnall Isobel stood on a plinth outside Stafford railway station for many years having been built in Stafford. It worked Cliffe Hill Quarry in Leicestershire, some remnants of which are hidden in the undergrowth if you know where to look. Also under road tarmac in a couple of places.
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
It's a lovely engine too
HE HAD EYES.
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
Amusing wasn't it
It bob the battery loco!!
Googly eyes rule!!!! Simples 😊
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
It was amusing
I love the Amerton Railway galas, unfortunately not able to get there at the moment. Shouldn't these be named; Amp and Volt perhaps?
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
That'll be up to the owners I guess
hello sir, I am also a fan of locomotives in Indonesia, and worked for an Indonesian railway company last year, I want to know the process of assembling mini locomotives there
I take it you were there on Sunday then? Went on Saturday and they had a diesel on the industrial shunting the tipper wagons around.
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
That's correct
The areal view of Y o0rstions prooves it, as at end he points out kust Like doing it at sctual Industrial RR.
What gauge are these engines and the larger ones seen moving around? Both seem like Narrow Gauge but the size differences confuse me.
The quirkier the better in my books and those two tick plenty of boxes! Question please: Do those tipper waggons behave better empty or loaded?
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
I think they'd be better loaded. They're a little light
@KrisDouglas
16 күн бұрын
@@lmmyou wait till one comes off when it's full, they're a lot less fun then 😂
6:36 walking back for the other loco - you couldn’t take the (steam) train back? 😅
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
Was tempted!
Will you ever be returning to Alford to see their progress?
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
Yep!
So what are the works numbers of the two electric locomotives?
Meep! 😀🎺
found out just an hour ago that Amerton has a Leek & Manifold signal box
@TheHoveHeretic
17 күн бұрын
Wow .... would that be from Waterhouses? IIRC, Hulme End had a ground frame, ditto intermediate stopping places ('stations' always sounds a bit grand for 6in high platforms, some with a glorified garden shed and less with an earth closet!!). Nice benches though.
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
The whole place is pretty cool
I can understand these being used in a private company for moving stuff
@TheHoveHeretic
17 күн бұрын
Down in Sussex, at least one brickworks equipped their R&W battery electrics for driverless operation with ramp operated trip switches, meaning the loco was started manually and trundled off on it's own until it came to wherever the 'stop ramp' had been bolted to a sleeper. Luckily, it survived long enough to be rescued by Amberley's Chalk Pits Museum, where I believe the system forms part of industrial displays alongside the large collection of petrol and diesel locos.
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
That sounds amazing!
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
They're useful bits of plant
How is your 2 fire engines
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
They're fine thanks
have these got mileage or operational hourse meters on them ?
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
I think I recall a counter
why can't say, ontario, canada have dozens of lines like these today
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
Do they?
How are you so lucky to get all of these locomotives?
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
Years of hard work!
👀
What's up with the steamless, silent steam train?
Those googly eyes remind me.of Toppsie Toaster.
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
They're a fun touch
It's just an Ho Model train, but bigger !
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
Pretty much!
Googly eyes should be standard equipment on all trains....
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
It's very amusing for a novelty
Not much preparation in starting an electric locomotive is there ❓️😂
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
It starts the night before by putting it on charge
when i make money when im older i want to restore west pier in Brighton and then a local railway from march to Spalding England
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
That's quite the project!
@LNER_TRAMWAY
14 күн бұрын
Yea
Those are the biggest googly eyes I've ever seen.
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
They're very amusing
stick a passenger coach on the triangle line and invite nick badley and friends for a pointless journey
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
It isn't rated for passengers. Otherwise a super idea
field railway
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
Great isn't it
The googly eyes should be slandered.
i’ve made a final decision. All narrow gauge locos under 10 ton must have googley eyes.
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
😂 😂 😂
Battery electric switchers/shunters, the only practical type of battery electric locomotive
@lmm
17 күн бұрын
These will run the service on the mainline all day apparently!
@TheHoveHeretic
17 күн бұрын
That was certainly the case until recently, but bi-mode MUs capable of running between unconnected OHLE routes are now considered economically viable with current battery tech. H² fuel cells are now proven tech which works, but really need to quadruple their working lives (measured in hours) before they become much more widely accepted. The tech IS advancing, but the story for now is akin to early jet propulsion. Solid-state batteries will be the next 'big thing' (Toyota intend full launch of a car so equipped in 2025) and this tech is vastly less prone to fire at the same time as supporting currently impossible charge rates.
Video too long, repeats it self.
@lmm
16 күн бұрын
You may be new to shunting
@jongmans38
16 күн бұрын
@@lmm Yes, fair comment, but makes for a boring video.
EV's are shite
@caramelldansen2204
17 күн бұрын
copium
@Sohave
17 күн бұрын
No they make a lot of sense in their context. You don't want to be down in a mine next to a diesel exhaust and they are really cheap to operate.
@MattyP62618
17 күн бұрын
🤡
@user-rs3jn1sg9z
17 күн бұрын
Ok matthew
@MatthewBerginGarage
17 күн бұрын
@@Sohave So they have some use in certain instances. They would work better on an extension cord rather than batteries. Battery replacement is not cheap.