I think I have a idea why this little loco worked at minworth sewage works. Its job would have probably been taking the treated sludge to be disposed on the land near the sewage works.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

That would make sense.

Long story short when the minworth railway was due to close a colleague based in Lichfield wanted to buy all the equipment and make a transport system around and through Lichfield He was very serious and submitted a plan to the city council ( several times with changes) You can guess the rest

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I imagine they loved the idea 😂

When we had to drive these at the quarry we found it was best to slide in backwards. There was a bit of an art to going in at a slight angle so as to avoid jabbing yourself in the kidney with the handbrake lever. But best way to describe it was you put your left foot in first, and have the front window open a crack so you can use the window frame as a hand hold for your left hand, then pivot around on your left foot so your back is to the cab. Now you kind of squat as you bring your right foot up into the cab, and do your best to aim your bum at the seat. Also helps to be young, slim and flexible! I'm not so sure I'd be able to get in one of these anymore.

I reckon it would be fun taking one of these up a longer line like the Ffestiniog

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I bet it would!

@adamcrane3571

3 жыл бұрын

Hello @@lmm

Love the sound of those old diesels !!!! My dad's old 135 Massey started the same way.dead slow then it just starts up.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It's the noise of, damn it won't go... Oh there it is

"The battery - which is very firmly secured in place by gravity alone". What a great line XD

Simplexes are brilliant locos, once again you've found another lovely example of an industrial loco. Looks like an interesting collection in the shed and around the grounds, I noticed a small tram behind you in the shed, looks quite like the ones at Seaton. On the FR there's a small diesel built by Hunslet named Harold which was aquired from a sewage works, it's quite interesting to know where all these small industrials worked in the past. Enjoyed watching and I look forward to the next video. :)

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you enjoyed it! There is a very good collection of stuff at Tinkers, I do enjoy my visits there!

Great video as always!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Another nice review. That miniature tram car in the background looks nice. Looks like an old 15inch tram car built by Claude Lane from Seaton Tramway frame.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Yes it's a strange thing 😂

“Sliding windows” wow oh my god 😮😱😯. + bonus meme: you want to sell some thing PAINT IT YELLOW !!! 🤬🤬🤬. 🤣🤣🤣

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Sliding windows are great. Be horrible without them!

@theautolad9507

4 жыл бұрын

Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels ah ha but what if you put automatic rain thing and wipers

Great vid . I remember starting the loco up at Drusilla s zoo she was then called Layla ( due to the exhaust note ???) some water had entered the exhaust and this covered me with oil smuts. A chap called Colin Huggart wrote a small book on the locos used at the zoo . Had feeling the other locos were rushtons and had air brakes fitted . There was also a e27n fordso n tractor, a three wheeled milk float and a Bradford and Perkins petrol roller at the zoo. I think Colin had collected all these over years when he had worked there !!

9:57 nobody gone talk about the door just opening?

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Don't doors open for you when you gesture?

@theman4816

4 жыл бұрын

@@lmm no... wel the supermarkt doors open when i make a gesture

That is a cool and weird little loco. It is reminiscent of some of the little home made industrial locomotives from back in the day.

You have the prefect cars for this engine! It fits you well, like a good suit. :o)

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It looks good doesn't it 😂

I love to see little locos in operation. Here in the US we have small powered carts called 'Speeders" that are partly used for tourists to go for a ride on the rails. Most railroads have equipped small and large road trucks with wheels that can be lowered to the rails and use the tires to move them on the tracks for track maintenance.

Great video! Its potential uses in the water treatment works might have including moving large quantities of filtration material around (like sand) and possibly also pumps, machinery or chemical tanks. I certainly would not have haggled on £500 if I had seen it for sale in a scrap yard!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I suppose that would make sense, I'd have got it too!

Another great video :) The exhaust note and the horn are both excellent :)

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It's a cracking exhaust!

Cracking video as alway Laurie! Love the diesel and the exhaust sounds just great!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much - sounds great doesn't it

Love the livery on this little Simplex, I find it really amazing how much of this design is the same as it was back when the first ones came out, what a fun little machine! Great episode as always! With there being a door on the other side, I wonder if it would be nicer to get into if the back of the seat could hinge back, so you could stick your legs through that way(?), though it makes me question whether or not Simplex's cab design people have actually seen what a human being looks like. Also, that tram in the background-

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It's great isn't it - swinging in that way sounds a little adventurous for many of the people at the railway 😂

Another great vid, Laurie :-) There's a history of waterworks railways. I found that the closest any railhead came to my childhood home in Bartley Green, Birmingham was the Rubery Water Treatment Works narrow-gauge line, which met the Longbridge-Halesowen standard-gauge line at Rubery station (now a row of shops, but dig in the undergrowth across the road and the remains of a platform are still visible). The narrow-gauge line was used to transport materials for construction of the WTW, and I believe that it was used for a short while to move bulk chemicals onsite until such things inevitably transferred to road transport. I've not managed to trace any remnants of the line because its alignment runs across now-privately-owned farmland. Another item for my "research further, one day" list!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Oh thanks for sharing that!

Awesome little loco's and a perfect little rake behind it!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

So nice having a little freight train 😂

Simplexes just look so right with a rake of V-tip wagons behind them for some reason.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Stereotypical narrow gauge I guess

Great to see another LGL! Glad things are starting to return to normal cant wait for the next one!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

We should be back on schedule now!

Loved this, thanks Lawrie

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Pleased to hear it!

The cab was so designed that those who drive it would not want to stop as they would dread getting out.

@lmm

3 жыл бұрын

Once you're in, you're in forever

There was also a 2ft gauge system at Beesdon sewage works, where a 3 clynder Lister worked. That locomotive is currently in the workshop at the London museum of water and steam. I have done a bit of digging into the history of this locomotive if you are interested.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Oh really?

When I went to look at this in the scrapman’s yard, as the clutch and gear levers worked correctly and the engine could be pushed over by the flywheel it seemed worth a punt. It should have two sandboxes each end which are missing- had those tippers been loaded, you would have missed the sanding facility in the wet!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

That's pretty good for a scrap yard find!

drusilla thats a nice name for a litttle diesel on the great bush railway

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I like it!

Another great and informative video Lawrie. Brightened my day up. Keep em coming! 👍 😄

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much - glad you enjoyed it!

What a great wee loco! Also nice having a brief reminder of the LMM normality before COVID!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Hopefully we'll continue to get back to normal

The sound reminds me of your Lister engine in your dumper, is awesome! 😊

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It's a great noise isn't it!

A proper LGL video! I've missed these.... 👌👍

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Back on schedule!

Great vid as always, I might have to go an play with my model simplex now!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

The loco is yellow, so I love it. It also looks pretty adorable, awesome video!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I think it's super cute too!

Great vid as per always Lawrie,your right on easy start (or as the Australians call it,"Start you bast@#d!" Diesels get addicted to it,and I ve heard somewhere it drys the heads out. Once all this nastiness is over,keep the vids coming,always enjoyable. Stay safe and well.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Such a wonderful product name!

Great show as always!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

We had loads of these at Amberley Chalk Pits museum when I was a volunteer there. That as well as loads of Rustons and loads of Hudson Hunslets. Great stuff!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

There is still quite the collection there!

@DJ_K666

4 жыл бұрын

Yep. They've gained a few more too. Plus they've got that standard gauge Simplex going. The Lister Railtrucks are tremendous fun too.

Lawrie good to see you again Love your programs ever so much mate!! God Bless You Portjeff LI N.Y. USA I Say!!! Stay Safe Be Well!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you're enjoying what we do!

Looks like It will be a good little loco for shunting or a joy ride around a railway

@lmm

2 жыл бұрын

It's a super little thing

I love simplex locomotive because the look of it is different 🚂🙂

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

They're strange little beasties

LOUIS SHIRLEY Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels 👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹

@lmm

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Recent finder of your channel, maybe been checking out Lawrie Goes Loco for a couple weeks and yesterday started branching into your other playlists as well just because I'm enjoying you and your friends. Just thanks for the continuous effort into this channel right now. Hope it's as entertaining/fun for you as it is for us.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad to hear you're enjoying what we do!

I note that I am not the only one curious about the story of the smaller-than-usual tram in the shed! I'm also fascinated by the large grey vehicle beside it, which looks to be some type of trackless trolley, but clearly not for transporting passengers.

Love this little critter...

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It's super isn't it!

Kinda wanted to see that sock. I've been missing one for decades and i wanted to see if it matched. Reason for it sounding agricultural has something to do with it being what sounds like a flat plane 2 cylinder. Engines as such were used in early tractors such as Hart-Parr's, Rumley's, or john deere's up into the 60s. Has that putt-putt-miss-miss sound and that's what I'm basing the engine config off of so I could be wrong.

Really want to visit this place love all the stuff in the background like the roller and I spotted an old AEC matador

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It's a fantastic place. The steam fair is fantastic!

I liked it as well. It is fast. Really fast.

Drusilla , Queen of the ............. nice little loco

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Well yes 😂

Fab video

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Cracking video

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great Video! Alford Valley Railway has one of these! Although the cabs been highly modified

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Oh really? How so?

@LewiBuchProductions

4 жыл бұрын

Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels Alford Valley railways engine has the cab made a lot taller, its called the Wee Gordon highlander

oooh nice

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

That loco is lovely! Brought a smile to my face just watching, heaven knows how much I would be smiling if I were behind the controls. Great video, keep up the good work!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much - it is super fun!

Another good video Lawrie. I've probably more than likely seen this Simplex at some stage. I was taken to Drusillas Zoo quite a few times as a kid and would ride the railway (it didn't actually run around the whole zoo as I recall just a short loop,I haven't been for near 20 odd years so might not be remembering correctly). When this was sold for scrap, it was around the time that the railway at Drusillas became a Thomas the Tank attraction which I believe has now closed which might also have played a factor in her sale for scrap.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Ooooh! That would make some sense!

@DanHill1991

4 жыл бұрын

@@lmm Not to sure I had a ride behind it but remember the red battery loco that resembled a steam loco as seemed to be the main runner. Interesting to find out how the Simplex survived though.

Laurie, if you like simplexes you should make the trek to Leighton buzzard Narrow Guage railway. They have many (used to volunteer there and I was trained on simplexes with them by an original simplex loco trainer). They hold the record for the most locomotives heading a train and most were simplexes so that gives you a good idea of the number. Lot with cabs like Drusilla in there original for with a curtain at the front! 'Luxuries'. Personal favourite though that you should review would be '778'. Huge history (seeing use in ww1) and just a lovely Baldwin locomotive. She even had a 009 model made on a short run she's that famous. Good memories with the loco as cleaner. Or "ped" 'pedamoura'. A 0-6-0 tank engine that was regauged from standard to 2ft. Really looks out of place and massive for a narrow gauge. All the best

when quarantine is over it would be epic to see you drive a mainline steam loco

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

That would be lovely. I fear I'll have to be many times bigger for that to happen

@ks_56

4 жыл бұрын

indeed.

Third, great little loco. It looks really funny yet it's a old workhorse!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It's a fantastic bit if kit!

Nice

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I'm sure the Tank Museum has some suggestions on seats. Like ones that have a back that fold down so that you can enter through the door behind you.

@lmm

3 жыл бұрын

Oh right? This is just how it is 😂

I would love to know more about that C-47 at the beginning of the video. that's more than likely a D-day Bird...

@RonanCoughlan99

4 жыл бұрын

Should get onto Plane savers. They might be able to get the history behind it

@landykid

4 жыл бұрын

@@RonanCoughlan99 I already am I followed DTD from the very beginning.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It was used as a caravan by the collections founder.

¡Muy bien! I would love to own a little loco like that - maybe wouldn’t be so good at driving it though! xD

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

They're lovely little things to drive!

Oil over full perfect battery box missing good to go you got to love Industrials , awhoooga!!! from the USA :-)

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Great things aren't they

Just found this channel, love it subscribed!! Love these little railways, there is plenty of inspiration on your channel for modellers too. Is that a piece of dc3 aircraft in the background there? Looks a very interesting place

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much - glad to hear you're enjoying what we do! The aircraft was used as a caravan by the collections founder!

Hey Lawrie i have a suggestion ,the steamplex! A vertical boiler on a chassis of a simplex! You should check it out( i haven't tho cuz i live in Poland but) it looks interesting!

23:08 watching the wheel jump on the points, don’t think you want to go much faster or you’ll have an earth fault lol😅

@lmm

Жыл бұрын

Industrial narrow gauge, it bounces about a bit!

I've driven past that plant many times - theres a weird little narrow single track hump back bridge that crosses the river at the end of the road that can be interesting to cross if someone decides they aren't going to wait and attempt to cross anyway leading to stand offs. I'm sure I recall there being rail laid accross that road but I never saw anything cross. Now I know the answer!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Another bit of the mystery solved!

Probably worth mentioning that the railway at Drusilla's Zoo wasn't always worked by a certain steam outline blue tank engine. Grew up in the area and used to go almost monthly during the mid 90s. Back then it was worked by both Drusilla and steam outline Ruston! Always thought it was a shame when the 'Thomas Takeover' happened, the railway lost so much of it's charm. deangoods.co.uk/sussexjpgfolder/images/6.html

@lmm

3 жыл бұрын

Oh really? Thanks for the info!

@TankEngine75

3 жыл бұрын

What happened to the Ruston? And I heard there's also another Simplex called Bill,what happened to that Simplex too?

I want one!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Me too!

good

If I had one of these I'd probably have a 3- or 4-cylinder in it so it would sound like a proper locomotive.

@lmm

3 жыл бұрын

This is a proper locomotive!

For all its claustrophobic and a nightmare to get into I'd far rather drive this one for what it was used for than the one last year, that one brought home to me how terrifying WW1 really was.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Oh certainly - a peace time occupation far better than the war

@graemew7001

4 жыл бұрын

@@lmm Agreed, that wartime Simplex gave me chills as to the situation it was used in, your video was well filmed and really brought the fear right home to the viewer.

I think I love narrow gauge more than standard

@lmm

3 жыл бұрын

There's a real charm to narrow gauge

"Fine Fettle" is that the new "Trundle"

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Trundle will appear again I'm sure 😂

That cabin makes the average children's coffin look spacious 😨

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It's a little tight 😂

We have the next generation of this, the air cooled Deutz 40SD501 from Minworth at Amerton, you could do a Minworth series once normality is restored!

@KrisDouglas

4 жыл бұрын

Also the sock isn't the worst thing. 501 *has 70s porn in it*. No joke.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Coming soon to LMM 18+ edition 😂

If you could review any steam loco from the Ffestiniog Railway, what would it be? For me, it would probably be one of the Double Fairlies, likely James Spooner when it’s completed.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Would have to be a double Fairlie or Prince.

I see a green godess hiding in the back

Drussila looks like an engine at the westonzoyland Pumping Station

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

On my list of places to visit!

They look funny but they do the job . Just a question was the loco standard or narrow gauge . Great to see you having fun

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It's a strange thing but great fun She's 2 foot.

Just some casual sections of aircraft fuselage in the background there.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Was used by the founder of the collection as a caravan!

@Meddled

4 жыл бұрын

Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels interesting, if a little cramped!

We are thinking of putting wasps stripes on it

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

That would look good

I like all these small industrial trains they really cool. A side note is there any chance you'd be allowed to review some of the buses they look great too especially the white and the green and cream coloured double-decker?

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it - I'm currently looking into the possibility of it

You are the closest we have to a railway top gear apart from steam locos in profile

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Wow love the vid but next time can you review the tram in the background please it looks really funny thanks Alfie

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe, I think it really doesn't like points

@alfiewells5848

4 жыл бұрын

Ok thanks

Imagine, a Thomas & Friends fan wanted to make an OC based off of the Motor Rail Simplex, but when he sees the Design for it, he asks this question: “Where the Crap would the Face Go?” The major problem is that the Radiator is Sideways, and any knowledgeable Thomas Fan would most likely put the face on the Radiator, But, the face is Sideways.

@lmm

2 жыл бұрын

And putting it there would block the radiator and cook the engine.

Do we get to see around the Bedford fire engine too? :)

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe at some point!

It needs a body on the front of it then it would kind of look like a mini Rustin!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

But it looks so good as it is!

Any Idea what that Tram is in the background of some of the shots in the shed? Is it just a static(ish) exhibit or can it move under battery power?

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It runs under battery power!

More room in the cab than an airplane

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Depends on the airplane 😂

what was the motivation for just sending it to the scrapyard?

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It didn't start well and they didn't want it

Engines can get addicted to easystart..gotta watch that stuff - it accelerates bore wear leading to even harder starting

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there's a problem, easy start doesn't fix the issue

Argh! £500??? So jealous!!!!!

Hey Lawrie, a little unrelated but I thought I'd throw it out there on a video about a loco the was sent to the scrap yard in preservation. Did you know that there is a scrap yard in Kirkcaldy, Scotland that has 4 Andrew Barclay 0-4-0t steam locos that preservation seems to have overlooked. They are at 56.11966, -3.15658 on google maps it you try to spot them from there.

@lmm

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know of them, would love to save one or two. Very far gone though

@jacobditmars8414

3 жыл бұрын

@@lmm oh, well didn't know if you did, and wanted to tell a preservationist to see if you could get people interested in those locos.

What was with the airplane fuselages?

Watching TV for 15 minutes sideways is painful enough. How people drove these things all day, I have no idea.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Must have got a very stiff neck!

Heritage railways seem to be getting tougher so you may get new videos soon but not from next week

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

We'll see what happens

Mmm 🤔 I wonder what that was

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Hmm?

I have a question,I heard there were other Drusilla Zoo Simplexes and Rustons,what happened to them anyways?

nice video. but i have one question. can't you just remade the handle which fit in there? it hasn't to be an original one.

@lmm

3 жыл бұрын

They could, but the starter works!

Hmm, do you think you should ask Disney to drive a loco in the Disneyland?