I really appreciated the explanation of all the controls. Steam engines are a fascination to me but a bit of a mystery.

@UndergroundEric

Жыл бұрын

Oh even after a decent while of owning if, im still mystified by some of it mate 😂😂

My son loves trains and buses

Its a stunner Eric, lovely addition to your collection mate.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it steve!

Great purchase and a smart looking loco. Looking forward to seeing it run again next year.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott, i cant wait!

A lovely video. Conjours up all the beauty of the LNER. Good luck for 2022!

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Fantastic Finale to 2021 & more to look forward to next year.Hope you are fully recovered from being ill last week.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mike! Yeah getting there, still have some lasting symptoms but nothing bad. Happy to be free again!

Yeah thanks for making video, that was fantastic to see great looking locomotives.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

So glad you like it, thanks for dropping by 🙂

I just came across this video by chance. I love the eccentricity of my fellow men and that there are so many different types of enthusiast. Absolutely bonkers and wonderful!!

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for dropping in, hope you liked the vid Martin. All the best 🙂

@AlexYeskova

2 жыл бұрын

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Congratulations Eric, lovely looking loco.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, i love it!

Brilliant! Lovely loco, lovely location, filming, commentary etc etc. What more? Dunno. Brilliant! All the best.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that, thanks a bunch. Hopefully more next year when the weather brightens up!

Fantastic!

Cracking video, pure freaking joy 💖

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Amazing!!! As a kid i was OBSESSED with these steam trains. A local park used to give rides on these. Cool hobby you have though. 👍🏼

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Its so much fun to be honest, just forget the world for a few hours and enjoy it. 😍

@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24

Жыл бұрын

There used to be a club at tingly with a track, station, tunnels etc used to go as a kid great times

I was part of 'Mayflower's support crew for a number of years and helped through two rebuilds.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Small world hey! Its a fine looking loco. A friend of ours Bruce is involved with it too

Very informative, Eric. Thank you!

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 🙂

A fantastic purchase!, Eric! I always wondered how you operate these 5" gauge steam locos, now I know! I'm so envious, the 5" gauge steam really does appeal, maybe one day.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Im glad you like it! Yeah it all seems a bit overwhelming at first, but you soon get used to it! I deffo reccomend its great fun

@AlexYeskova

2 жыл бұрын

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Totally Cool! So interesting ! Have a great time!

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch Mark!

This Whole thing is a Work of Art Driven by Passion.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou so much!

Nice Loco Eric, I like the B1's and green would be the colour for me too. Great Video, looking forward to seeing you and your purchases again some time. Hope the further repairs go well. Cheers.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate yeah im sure we will catch up in person some time 👌🏼

Love this mate

@UndergroundEric

Жыл бұрын

Cheers pal! 👌🏼👌🏼

Stunning loco

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Nice one dude merry xmas🙂🎄✌️

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

You too!

I've been wanting a choo-choo like this since I was a young lad

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Its worth the wait!

Top video again mate ☺️

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers dude! People seem to appreciate the look into our hobby which is nice

very nice enjoy!

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

Great Loco Eric !

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch

Thanks for a great video Eric. I am nearly at the finishing stage of my Springbok. In the smokebox now, doing the steam pipes (using 10mm copper fittings!). Next stage is to get it running on air, then put it all together. Take care.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Geoff, interesting! Maybe we can get them together some day. Have a look into the bogie issues that i talk about in the video, as itl be easier to sort during the build!

@VTOmanifan

2 жыл бұрын

@@UndergroundEric Hi Eric. Yes I know about the bogie issue, but that is already made from when I bought the B1. I have already thinned the cylinder covers, but that's probably not enough. Will carry on with the rest of it, but it's freezing here now, and not suitable for any work, Grrr!! Cheers.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

@@VTOmanifan hopefully it works out! Good luck with it bud

@user-pq9yd8fr4m

2 жыл бұрын

Hi dear I just finished air test on my engine stembok 7 1/4" gauge. Almost at complete

@AlexYeskova

2 жыл бұрын

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Awwwwwh very nice!!..the layout never mind the engines would cost a chunk of change might be out of my price bracket but lovely to watch thanks for sharing!!

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Cor just a touch mate! The railway itself has been expanded over about 25 years, we spent most of the summer just building a new carriage shed to put into perspective the time gone in. Its super rewarding though.

@therealdeal6846

2 жыл бұрын

@@UndergroundEric fairplay to you!!..enjoy

Very enjoyable Eric. Saw the real one a few weeks ago here in South Wales..so its great to see the 5" version. It looks great. All the best.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tim, yeah i think the real loco is stunning so to have a mini one is awesome. Funnily enough my friend Bruce who owns the other railway i mentioned, is one of the crew on the real Mayflower! 🙂

@AlexYeskova

2 жыл бұрын

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Very nice model there Eric. :)

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

Great videos. Any chance of you doing a run down on how to operate your 5" class 20 chopper at some point?

Hi Eric thanks for sharing a drivers "live" view. With regard to the reverse lever is it possible to squeeze a small length of rubber/plastic tube over one of `pins` to make it easier to rotate.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Hey mate, im thinking of removing one of the levers and looking into a better method, its just a tad time consuming to use which becomes frustrating if you need to shunt the loco about!

Imgur fam, assemble!

A very nice loco. I just bought an A4 Pacific LNER MALLARD in 5". Looking forward to running it. Can I ask about the PULLMAN coaches? They look really well made.

What are you going to get next Eric mayflower ship !!! Looks like your having a great time mate great fun keep it up

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! I suppose there has to be a limit somewhere 🤣🤣

Very nice loco! Also I think 5" gauge tube stock would look great if you could find any.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

It would be awesome, i would love a 4 car Metropolitan A60 stock. Maybe one day!

Can l say how much I have enjoyed watching your videos, I am looking into building my own layout, I am trying to meet some people like yourself to gain as much information as possible before I start. I am drawn to 5 gauge and realise it will be costly, that is why I would like chat to some kind people with some experience or join a local club. I am based in Lincolnshire, can I ask where you are based or do you know of any local people to myself or clubs.

Cracking video, love the loco, looks & goes well. So where is this track & is it open to the Public..? Keep up the great work. I will have to go back through & watch the rest of the vids as this is the 1st one i've seen :D & now Subbed to your channel :)

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks! Its my friend Brents railway, which is private at his home. Fingers crossed you enjoy the others! 🙂

@lauraozawa62

2 жыл бұрын

Same!

@AlexYeskova

2 жыл бұрын

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Very nice locomotive and garden setup , is it your garden my son loves it

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, its a close friends railway 🙂

Who’s your and Brent’s Mk1s and Pullmans made by? Looking at some scale coaches myself but thinking I might end up having to build them.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Brents stock is all made by himself, there is quite a staggering amount of stock out there made by him and owned by others. My own coach im not actually 100% but its a bit of a level above brents own mk1s as it has full interior detail ect. Brents pullmans are beaut though and have interiors and working table lamps

Well with railway related items I always say heart first, brain later haha You buy it with your heart and your brain tells you after "WHAT ON EARTH HAVE YOU DONE" 🤣🤣 unless your other half beats your brain to it hahaha 😆 Brilliant video eric, will look forward to 5 inch next year but i will still stick around your channel to see what your up to 😃👍

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Haha this is me all over 🤣 king of impulse buys! Thanks, will be more of the oo gauge stuff for the next couple months

Lovely loco - lucky enough to run some oils Bassett lowke 0 gauge steam sometimes - can’t beat the real thing!

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Very nice, bet they are great fun to play with!

@AlexYeskova

2 жыл бұрын

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For the riding truck: didn't GUV's run in Maroon early on? That would fit with the MK1

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Oooh that would be a shout, i need to do some research into it i think!

"If you're looking at getting something like this...." - Yeah, most of us have a bonkers Noddy railway line in our gardens to accommodate it lol Still, enjoy your loco :-)

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

There are a LOT of model engineering clubs in the UK! Many of them even have club locos you can use if you cant afford your own.

@jippyjester

2 жыл бұрын

@@UndergroundEric Hear you bud, it was meant to be a cheeky comment but might have come across a tad too cheeky lol - not my intention of course. Just stumbled across this video by chance and I have to say it's an impressive setup you have - it's both fascinating how the engines function but also kind of crazy the way you sit on them

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

@@jippyjester haha no not at all dont worry! To be fair a lot of people see this and just think well i could never get into that but they are deffo wrong! 😀 Its a fun hobby and is what you make it really. Ive met some great people through it also! I still find it a bit crazy the pulling power they have if im honest!

@jippyjester

2 жыл бұрын

@@UndergroundEric In terms of torque, is it similar to, say, a kart engine or large lawn mower? Or perhaps more? I've seen these pulling along several people in carriages before so I'm guessing more than you might expect....

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

@@jippyjester id probably say a lot more to be honest, the carriages are steel usually so a 2 man lift and this will pull probably 8 or so without too much trouble. The biggest issue is getting enough traction to be honest!

Would it not be easier to remove one of the handles from the reverser making it easier to turn by hand?

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Yes im thinking the exact same thing!

Definitely NOT a poor man's hobby, WOW 👍

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

It is what you make it. Can always join a club and use club locos if they have their own for example

In the U.K do you need any sort of planning in order to have a track on your own land? thx Great watching the videos.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Not that im aware of mate! 🙂 Just got to be careful if having public as passengers with insurance ect, though we dont do that here. Glad you enjoy them, thanks!

That goes pritty

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Such a lovely investment i think!

1st time here ...great video....great track layout you've got there...is it private or "club" owned?.....i think i saw you new "mayflower" some 10 years ago here in southwest germany at a meeting in Sindelfingen where they have a large 5"gauge track in a park....nice layout there too...some other british guests were there too running their stock....i'm still with my H0 and 00 gauge...enough to do there.....:-D

@stratman9449

2 жыл бұрын

suppose that's the problem with aquiring second hand stuff.....you only really find out the issues once you're running it at home for a while....good luck...:-)

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! The track is owned by a good friend of mine and is at his home so is a private railway. Id imagine there are a few B1s about that are painted up as Mayflower, but you never know eh! And yes, second hand life! Ah well 🙂

@AlexYeskova

2 жыл бұрын

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Do you do exhibitions or can people visit your place for viewing ? I would be happy to pay to see your models 👍🙏

Are they considered model trains or real locomotives?

What a Fantastic item. My First thought was How Much did that lot Cost..? I just spent a Small fortune on my Classic Car. If I came home with that my other half would Literally Murder me. She only just copes with me Spending Cash on my 30yr Old Car. ( E.G. Spending a Few $$$ on a Bigger Exhaust, even though the Old one was just Fine..!) That and the 'OO" layout that I spend on too..!! Nice Hobby mate. I am a Tad Green wiv Envy..! Thanx for the Entertainment..!! Cheers from Kim in Downunderland..! 😎

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Glad you like it. Yes i too enjoy my cars! I have an old 1980s vw polo that ive spent far too much on, just sold my R33 GTR skyline sadly also. The loco is worth probs 7-8k, then the other bits also add up to quite a bit! I probs own a tad over 20k of 5” stock at the moment, not a cheap hobby!

Little bit of Chad as he went off into the distance too.

How could the small train possible to handle the weight of 1 person of adult?

Hi Eric i do 5inch railway myself i love doing steam would there be a possibility i could have a look at this railway. i know its private worth asking.

@UndergroundEric

Жыл бұрын

No sorry its not my railway to invite strangers to

@UK_Railways319

Жыл бұрын

@@UndergroundEric no problem Eric take care 👍🏻

Curious what are the start up costs for a steam engine like this? Seems like a very expensive hobby to get into

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

You are looking at a few thousand onwards, obviously the bigger the loco, the bigger the cost. I prefer to look at is as an investment though really, since youd get the money back if selling up. It introduces you to many great people though and is a wonderful hobby! Once you are over the initial cost its relatively cheap to continue

@union310

Жыл бұрын

The start up costs are a second hand lathe,some basic tooling a d a lot of fun in a workshop making your own engine.

How much did you buy it for

How much a used loco like this cost?

Is the track layout yours

@UndergroundEric

Жыл бұрын

Friends house

She looks beautiful does your channel have a playlist on the miniature railway if it does I will give you a subscription

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

There should be a 5” gauge playlist with them all in :) thanks for watching

@louisthetravelspotter

2 жыл бұрын

@@UndergroundEric you welcome I'm going to subscribe

@louisthetravelspotter

2 жыл бұрын

We're are you based do you have Instagram I love to visit your railway I been a miniature fan for 21 years but haven't been on one or driven a loco

I would like to get a 5” gauge engine but I will never have the money. The closest I’ve got is an old wilesco steam roller that’s currently in retirement.-Das Mann

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Steam roller sounds like fun! Tbh in 5” you can just start small and work your way up

where can you buy loco's like this ?

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

There are a few dealers about for second hand, or auctions. Failing that you have to build them from scratch usually

@Vatnehol

2 жыл бұрын

@@UndergroundEric thanks for reply :)

She is beautiful.

is harefield a real station??

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

It was a halt originally, then Harefield Road was planned but got cancelled

this channel has become more of overground eric

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

In my defence, the majority of the underground is actually over ground 🤣

Your videos are good but can I give you a tip? Lower the brightness!

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

It looks ok my end strangely

@b9y

2 жыл бұрын

@@UndergroundEric It's because it's set to HDR, must be messing with the display.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

@@b9y ahhh tv set to HDR your end? Ive had one or two people mention similar over the past year or so but its such a little amount that ive not really thought about it. Hmm!

@b9y

2 жыл бұрын

@@UndergroundEric It's the only options avaliable on YT so it's something in the upload. It's a big of a pickle! I'm a part time video editor and I can't fathom it 😂

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

@@b9y haha what the hell 🤣🤣 Ive had it before where youtube have messed up and one of my videos have gone super bright and almost sepia like, really wierd!!

I dread to think how much it cost

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Worth every penny!

@gowdsake7103

2 жыл бұрын

@@UndergroundEric Oh I agree its lovely but suspect hmm around 2500

Great loco but can I ask why you are wearing gloves, are you allergic to the coal or steam? Not getting at you but I've driven miniature steam locos for years and never needed gloves.

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Too hot for me, my fingers cant tolerate the heat. Even through a glove it burns if i touch the valves for too long. every engine/person is different i suppose, they dont cause an issue anyway

100

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

👀

We need for steam for 2022 please or 2023

Just subscribe

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers

Hi there can anyone come for a ride on this railway

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Its private im afraid, in a friends garden. We try to keep it a bit low key due to the nature of whats there.

@krisanderson111

2 жыл бұрын

Oh ok thanks

Train ride literally

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Yup!

first

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

Always 😍🤣

不需要太多的语言介绍，只要操作手势就可以了，里，讲话太多了

@UndergroundEric

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏻

She is beautiful.