I just love the fact that Toby the tram engine is just in the background, I just find that slightly amusing.

British steam loco: ohhh, a work of art! German steam loco: ohhh, so easy to oil! Great video of a man who really enjoys what he does and conveys that joy to his audience.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!

@dusktodawn3796

3 ай бұрын

American steam loco: I am the size of a small building and weigh as much as 50 fully grown, adult elephants

So nice to see the controls inside the cab explained and the motion at work.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Pleased to hear you enjoyed it!

British inside piston stream locomotives look so clean and simple but obviously the price is being hard to lubricate.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

British made really pretty locos, almost every one is a work of art. Stuff stateside just screams power though!

@chemech

4 жыл бұрын

@@lmm UP has got the 4014 back running under steam and touring... She's a 4-8-8-4 Mallet, Class: "Big Boy"

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I've been following the progress with great interest. It's quite the achievement!

@kyleknight9686

4 жыл бұрын

@@lmm I caught the Big Boy as it was pulling away from Spring, TX on a lunch break. Such a ghostly whistle as if it's screaming out from another time period. I've been in love with trains since I was 3 and seeing your content is so satisfying. Keep it up! Would love to see more steam in the future, and good luck on your personal loco restoration. It's awesome!

@CardboardSliver

4 жыл бұрын

In my opinion, the two most beautiful engines we ever built was the streamlined Coronation Class, and the Mighty Class 37.

Many thanks...great video....from The GWR 813 Fund!

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you guys enjoyed it. We certainly loved the loco!

One of only 2 steam locos I've ever rode on, the first infact, so it's definitely one of my favourite locos.

@lmm

3 жыл бұрын

It's a really amazing locomotive

Best video about driving a steam locomotive that I have seen on KZread.

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! High praise indeed - lots more locos lined up!

23:26 RIGHT THERE- That's the money shot!!!!

GWR whistles are the Greatest thing since the single wheeler! I may be from the US but I get an absolute feeling of amazement whenever I hear that salute!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I was so excited to play with the two tone, it really is super!

American steam locomotives usually have the running gear on the outside of the drive-wheels, the mechanical ballet of rods and levers fascinated me as a child, and still does.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

The motion is a beautiful thing to watch as it goes round. It's very common over here to have it all inside the frames, which gives it a more graceful exterior, but means you've got to climb underneath to oil it all up which frankly is a massive pain.

@chrisbruce5711

4 жыл бұрын

@@lmm One of the reasons American locomotives have there running gear on the outside is to make it easier to access..

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Most four wheeled industrial steam locos have the cylinders on the outside, then normally a big hole in the frames to get to the motion 😂

I love saddle tanks. Very pretty loco.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It's a absolutely gorgeous locomotive.

Lawrie - you and those whistles; straight out of 'The Titfield Thunderbolt'! :))

@lmm

Жыл бұрын

I love GWR stuff

I have seen some videos of this serie and i just want to say: excellent work! Very nice video, entertaining and interesting! I also noticed that in the UK there are many "train interested people" compared to the rest of Europe. I really like the abundance of preserved railways operated by volounteers you have. In Italy we have many preserved locos (also electric ones England does not like :P ) and many beautiful scenarios but there is not so much culture, appreciation and hype around trains. I should have a tour of UK railways ASAP! Thank you for your work :)

Not only did I see Toby, but he’s driving Oliver, and pulling Toad right behind him. God, this takes me back. Trains are something I’ll never outgrow.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Oliver is based on a 14xx, which is really quite different to 813. I'd really like a go on a 14xx. The toad is pretty much the same though.

@CardboardSliver

4 жыл бұрын

Two Toads and a Hydra? I swore I saw a chap in that truck

The larger the engineering the more fun you have. What a stunning well restored engine, although as with most steam engines, the open sides to the foot plate always have me on edge that someone looses their footing and goes bye bye!!

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

She's a cracking piece of kit, and so very well looked after. On most large engines you've got little doors that lock in place - but they operate 813 in the dark on the SVR! So you'd really have to watch your footing!

back when it was built im sure u would have had an 8 year old boy oiling everything in thoes tight spaces

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I feel they had fitters and a prep team with very different proportions to what we have now 😂

@beyergarret123

4 жыл бұрын

​@@lmm Thats right, my Dad started on the LMS as a Loco cleaner and worked his way up to fireman, he used to tell me how miserable it was in the winter when working underneath between the frames, he attained the lofty height of 5' 7" lol

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, that's adapting to your environment!

@familyfilms1611

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@thomastsangthomas1616

3 жыл бұрын

Or a little girl of the same age💘

Thanks from Belgium for this video ... You have such enthousiasm, that is wonderful to see and hear ... Keep up the good work !

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Really glad you enjoyed the video, and amazing to hear our channel is being watched globally!

Mainly due to the first model railway loco I owned as a child, I've admittedly always favoured panniers over saddle tanks but this video and wonderful little loco was a pure joy to see, thank you! Oh and well done on oiling her up, you'd literally not physically be able get me in the inner workings...

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I would really like to do a pannier tank. So very stereotypically GWR. You're most welcome, glad you enjoyed the video. We do have a few drivers who struggled 😂

Has anyone seen Toby from Thomas the Tank Engine in this video?

@johnnycotton3217

4 жыл бұрын

I did 😁

@StrictlySteam

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah at 11:52

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Yeap, it's a little diesel Shunter under the woodwork. Used on the railways Thomas the tank engine days.

@richtherider3620

4 жыл бұрын

@@lmm Its also used as a general shunter on the odd occassion, its an excellent little engine!

@jackhromadka6842

4 жыл бұрын

Yay, my friend is in this video, I better go tell him. Hey Toby!

GWR locomotives are very interesting. Most of them like the 1366 and the 1400s look different from other engines but watching them work on the rails is definitely astonishing

@lmm

2 жыл бұрын

They're lovely engines. Got real grace to them

Fantastic video Lawrie, very enjoyable. Sounds like a good day. Regards Jake.

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. It was a super day, so happy to have had a go on it! Lots more locos lined up!

Wow, I felt claustrophobic just watching you try and lubricate everything. Thankfully American builders here went for the function over the form.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It's a bit tight in there. Alot of our larger locomotives have three cylinders, so you have to oil up the outside and then the middle motion!

@drdewott9154

4 жыл бұрын

Crickey. I'm just glad all the locomotives at my local heritage society are 2 outside cylinder ones, except for one which isn't restored yet

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Outside cylinders do somewhat help matters!

Another one on the wishlist. I had the privilege of riding behind her and twisel on the tanfield railway. She used to work just out the back of the town where I live in Backworth.

@lmm

Жыл бұрын

I love Tanfield, it's a cracking railway!

Love seeing 813 she is one of my favourites on the SVR to see whilst I'm helping volunteer re-building carriages at Bewdley.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It's a magnificent locomotive! The coaches at the SVR are stunning, you guys should be proud of yourselves!

@bentullett6068

4 жыл бұрын

@@lmm thankyou

Was looking forward to you doing a proper steam video :) lovely engine, but only the GWR would fit that safety valve cover on top of the dome, hahaha

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

More steam locos are lined up - just much harder to arrange - it's not just a matter of turning up and pushing a button 😂 😂

My favourite railway! The seven valley railway (Was on it a few weeks ago)

You can definitely tell that the people that design these engines have never had to service and lubricate them!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, they went, definitely space for someone to get in there, that'll do!

@allangibson8494

4 жыл бұрын

Having the right oil cans would help. This is why they made big oil cans with hoses and a gooseneck on the end so you can oil them from the pit.

Subscribed after watching this video. Love the engine, and she seems like a joy to work on (besides lubrication of course). Will definitely be watching more videos, great work!

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing! Bit of a wait until the next Lawrie Goes Loco I'm afraid, but hope you enjoy the rest of what we get up to! We've a load of different engines lined up! If it was back in the day and there was a prep team, and I just turned up as a driver to take it off shed, that would have been fantastic. It really is just a super piece of kit. I just wish I could have taken it on a longer run!

11:50. Wait, that engine looks very very familiar.

@nunciothebluesteam5730

Жыл бұрын

Its Toby 😳

I just love it the most videos i like from you are The videos where you drive steam locomotives I sopport this channel 🎉

Great video, thanks for posting! As a fireman in the SVR, I have fired this loco several times, so pleased to see you enjoyed her!

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

Oh it's seriously a joy! I just wish I could have a go on the svr and get her to really work! Glad you enjoyed the video though!

Wonderful Video. I really got the feeling of what it's like to control a steam loco, thanks.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, really glad you enjoyed it.

Looks like an extra long flexible head oil can is in order there.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It really would have been very useful!

Wonderful little engine!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It really is!

Brings back memories or the else at railway with the Peckett 2150 mechanical lubricator but still had oilpots inside the frames for the slide valves was an absolute arse on a Sunday morning lol

@lmm

3 жыл бұрын

Anything which means getting inside the frames is a pain!

You remind me of the great late Fred Dibnah.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, that's very high praise indeed!

I learnt so much and you make it fun to watch. 🙂

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you - glad you enjoyed the video. Loads more good stuff to come!

Epic video dude 👍 So did they use child labour in the old days for oiling the vehicle? Because this oiling is crazy!!

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

In the big sheds which served larger engines, the cleaners where indeed boys! There where people who's job was just to prep locos! Must have been terrible! And thank you! Glad you enjoyed something a different!

@joshualeboeuf2926

2 жыл бұрын

A bit late, but, there was a whole culture involving the railroad. It'd usually involve a family of young boys and men throughout the whole establishment, from the switch table to the oilers in the engine shed. Young men, in their teens usually, would start off as cleaners, following in a family member's footsteps, be it a dad, an uncle, a brother, etc. The boy would clean the engine top to bottom and be trained as a fireman in between cleaning if they enjoyed the idea of firing an engine, and, once certified, the young man would then become a fireman and work under an engineer (who was also once a fireman) who drove the locomotive, and then, if willing, receive a certification to become an engineer of a locomotive, this creating a cycle and culture of the railroad. The railroad from the perspective of a steam engine was an adventure, always a risky, dangerous, and daring business that took passion and skill, and, you either loved it or hated it, and everything you did became a muscle memory, even how you fed the fires of the locomotive, which was different from one loco to the next. Big, living, breathing machines that had personalities and needs that differentiated from one engine to the next.

Another great video in the series

@lmm

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

Your series is amazing! The Severn Valley are very lucky to have her, even if I bought an industrial loco from a completely different railway, I’d “Swindonise” it. You’ve earned a sub, you’ll have to come down to Shackerstone some time. All the Best, Daniel

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Yeah, it's a cracking engine. I think it's going to Didcot for a bit now, it'll look super in their shed. We did laugh about the concept of doing that to my 48! That or intercity swallow livery 😂 If there is stuff you guys would like to appear on the channel I'll be there whenever works for you guys!

Totally enjoyed this video Lawrie

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I certainly enjoyed making it.

She’s a beautiful locomotive 😍

We have been to EARM for driver experience days. Great video Lawrie.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Oh that's really good to hear - maybe we've bumped into each other!

Used to love working on 813 when I volunteered at the seven Valley 😌

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I would absolutely love to have a go on it along the valley and really get her to work!

We had her one year for polar express at Telford steam railway with 5619 I wasn’t part of the railway then but it sounded good going out of the station

Belgium watching you and I enjoy it

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome to hear! Amazing that you guys are watching us all over the world!

I love how Toby just Vivian in the bavk

@lmm

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's a fowler with a shed on it

really loved this video as im a huge GWR fan

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it, it's an amazing bit of kit!

@richieburrelltractionengin7801

4 жыл бұрын

@@lmm deffently a great bit of engineering 😊

As part of the running repairs team at the SVR it’s good to see how much you enjoyed it👍

@lmm

3 жыл бұрын

It's a phenomenal little locomotive. I'd love to actually get to see what it's capable of at svr!

@SteveLlewellynbgr

3 жыл бұрын

@@lmm It was actually running today double heading with 7714 but I guess that’s probably it until next year for it now. Hopefully it will run a bit more next year! It certainly is a very enjoyable little thing. And not too bad to work on apart from being the smallest team member I get the short straw for any work inside water tanks. Not the most fun tanks to go inside!

@lmm

3 жыл бұрын

Oh god no. Would not enjoy that at all

@SteveLlewellynbgr

3 жыл бұрын

@@lmm Haha it’s not totally unpleasant 😂 unless it’s a warm day!

@PreservationEnthusiast

3 жыл бұрын

@@SteveLlewellynbgr It's just fantastic. It's absolutely lovely. It's just really really nice. It's just such a fantastic loco. It's just so so nice. It's absolutely fantastic. East Anglian Railway Museum used to be called the Stour Valley Railway. Until they realised they didn't actually have a line, so they changed the name. Now they've got 500 yards of track which they trundle up and down on but that's about it. Only loco worth seeing is N7 0-6-2 tank, the last of class. The rest of them are are just a handful of industrials. Loco shown is just a visitor.

#LIKE45. *Excellent video, you have a very engaging personality, beautiful locomotive too, well done! We wish you good fortune and have a wonderful day.*

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, I loved 813. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos - more really good stuff to come!

You should review D2779 at EARM its a beautiful shunter! Or even some of the other locos there, I noticed the Toby conversion as well, was in the cab quite recently of Toby, its a little 0-7-0 conversion, essentially a D2779 cab with a custom built Toby body! Love the videos Lawrie! Can't wait to start my volunteer work at EARM as well :)

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I'd really like to, I'll try and arrange it! See you down the EARM sometime!

I have her as my profile picture on Facebook when I saw her at the Severn Valley. And what you should do with a GWR loco is blow both whistles at the same time, that's really fun.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Oh I didn't think to do that! Just played tunes with them all day 😂 It's a super Loco, absolutely loved it!

@CardboardSliver

4 жыл бұрын

That's a good way to confuse your guard lol! The low pitched whistle was for the guard in the brake van, to give him instructions.

One of my favourite locos at the valley! Also, was that Toby at 2:39?! :-D

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

It's a cracking peace of kit - certainly one of my favourites to see at they valley too! Yes, I can't remember the diesel that is converted to be a Toby at the EARM, but they've converted a Henrietta to go with it!

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

That's correct. Somewhat looks the part though.

@Captain_Char

4 жыл бұрын

I'd recognize that 7 and brown anywhere from my childhood

Really love these videos! Lot of character and personality to them. Very entertaining to watch keep up the great work! Maybe some shorter and tightly edited videos would help get the channel boosted even more?

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

We're working on improving the edits, both in run time and quality. Glad you're enjoying it despite that.

Loved your review of 813 and felt your pain of lubricating between the frames. I wonder how many staff got stuck, injured or killed climbing in only for someone to move the reverser and the engine. Lucky for me Puffing Billy's NA locos the eccentric oilers have been modified from between the frames to beside the tank tops. When I am operating the Garret it seems like I am oiling two engines, but it rides smoother than the NAs.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I hate to think. Be very easy to get hurt in there if someone wasn't paying attention. That sounds like a good and sensible modification! I really want a go on a garret!

You are earning your Grease Monkey First Class Rating. Clearly it was was made for much smaller men. Congratulations!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I like the sound of that 😂 I'll have to get it sewed into my overalls!

Hey Lawrie that is a beautiful engine

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

Yes it is - its a joy to crew!

What i don't like about GWR is that when GWR absorbed some seperate railways, nearly all engines were swindonized (except trojan and some others). But an interesting loco nontheless.

amazing video of an amazing loco used to be at the east Somerset railway at one point but the Severn valley took it back for an overhaul I believe I think most people speak well of it.

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Yes I'm sure you're right, I think I saw it there the first time I visited the East Somerset Railway. It really is a super loco!

@twonkfieldrailways4110

5 жыл бұрын

@@lmm yeah it's a gorgeous loco and I love the idea of swindonised industrials.

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

I just love the system of slapping the safety valve bonnet on standing back and going, yep, that's proper now. 😂 There's a couple around that the GWR got their hands on. It really is just so lovely. The EARM did very well to be able to borrow it!

@twonkfieldrailways4110

5 жыл бұрын

@@lmm if it doesn't look great western then it isn't great western 😂

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

That's pretty much it - if it's Great Western it must have this!

Just stumbled upon your channel so having a binge watch. How have you only got just over 20k subs? Your videos are like a proper tv show lol as if I was watching something on discovery. (Unless I'm being silly and this was a tv show that's been uploaded to KZread) either way excellent videos.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! That's very kind of you to say so. We're aiming to improve our quality too. We've only been going a little over a year, so here's hoping we get even bigger!

Your knowledge of steam locomotives is impressive. You're basically doing my dream job, but I can see I'd have a lot to learn. Unfortunately there's not much in the way of steam here in Northern British Columbia, so the closest I'll likely get is a steam car or maybe an old tractor. Still, interesting to watch. Good video.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I've been volunteering on the footplate for over a decade now, it's not my job sadly. We've always got more to learn.. That is the problem for you guys, distance between places and getting to railways is an issue. Steam cars are awesome! Glad you enjoyed the video!

@donquixotedelamancha6596

4 жыл бұрын

There's always live steam locomotive clubs.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Where there is a will, there is a way 😂

these video are very informating and fun i like them

@lmm

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Lovely two tone whistles

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It's fantastic isn't it!

Absorbed engines at the Grouping and other times, had the small initials G W R added to the cast numberplates.

@lmm

Жыл бұрын

Oh really?

Look! There's Toby The Tram Engine😍

44 tons and 17,000 lbs. of tractive effort makes this locomotive the standard gauge English equivalent of the J&L 58. Except for more room in the cab!

I lived not far from the Bowaters Paper Railway which I can still dimly remember its early days as the SKLR where this musuem's Jubilee worked very well for long years. You should try and get into a Lancashire boiler, snug is an understatement and don't make the mistake of taking lunch in with you cos you might have gotten in with a squeeze... couple pies later and you ain't getting out until nature has done its business hehe.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Oh I don't think that I'd be able to get into that!

Rewatching this amazing video! Could you do a video on the East Lancashire Railway like maybe 34092 “City Of Wells”?

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I'd love to! May need to get a little bigger first sadly

Toby is just kinda there and I find that hilarious.

Fantastic video, Lawrie.

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

@cme2cau

5 жыл бұрын

@@lmm I most certainly did! My grandfather and twin uncles were all steam locomotive drivers back in the day, so I have a soft spot for steam locos, and number 813 looks like a real beauty!

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

Oh really - which railways did they drive for? As you might have been able to tell, I have a massive soft spot for steam locos too!! 813 is a wonderful example of a Swindonised industrial, and everything just works as it should! It's fantastic.

@cme2cau

5 жыл бұрын

@@lmm L.N.E.R., from (probably defective) memory. Of course, they all ended up in BR. My part of the family left the UK for Australia in 1968, but I do remember being on a steam train to Brighton around 1967. I have a picture, in a book about Anna Pavlova, which shows the ballerina on the steps of a loco driven by my grandad! My uncles made the TV when they retired, not too many sets of twins that were both train drivers!

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

Ah that's a proper railway to be part of! What a lovely photo to have! Nice to be able to say 'There he is'. And yes, I imagine that wasn't a very common occurance at all.

Hi Lawrie, it is so good to see that a man can still get excited and connect with a machine like this. I am sure that this feeling was shared by the men of the footplate in days of yore. I have not seen bells on the engines, something so common on engines in the USA for crossings. In the US, the forward / reverse lever is referred to as the Johnson bar, what is it called there? Also, re that lever, I noticed that you were able to operate in the last notch or two before dead center. In the US, that is called the company notch for obvious reasons, any equivalent term there? Thanks and Keep calm and steam on!!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I love being on the footplate, and I'm so super proud to have the skillset to be able to drive locomotives. I think some tramway locos over here had bells, otherwise we didn't really have them. I had no idea that's what you called it! In the UK it's simply known as the 'reverser' The knotches are just known as knotches, with full forward or full backwards being putting the lever into maximum travel.

Loved this video: it will be my pleasure to fire this loco at SDR on 1st May.

@lmm

2 жыл бұрын

Oh awesome, it's a lovely thing

"Stupid locomotive" said most of the engineers after doing years of walkabouts on this loco

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you're right 😂

I have just noted the special jubilee oil can ! Quite apt for this weekend.

@lmm

2 жыл бұрын

I stole it from the engine Jubilee 😂

@kymvalleygardensdesign5350

2 жыл бұрын

@@lmm I hope they did'nt mind!

@kymvalleygardensdesign5350

2 жыл бұрын

@@lmm I hope they did'nt mind.

so I do some "curiosity googling" and find out that Blur has played a few gigs in the engine shed there. This story gets even cooler!!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah! I think it was in the goods shed. Its a cool building.

This is definitely the kind of engine if I were driving it would definitely keep my blood flowing!😀

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It's a magnificent beast!

@russellthunderhorse

4 жыл бұрын

Think it’s possible if you could film and post a vid of you driving The City Of Truro?

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

As its out of ticket and unlikely to be overhauled any time soon, unlikely I'm afraid. I have ridden on the footplate, and it was amazing.

That moment you realise you live in Neath Port Talbot and where this loco used to work. Wish she could return to Port Talbot for a short time

@lmm

3 жыл бұрын

Oh that's cool! Bet its changed since she was there!

On Swedish locomotives the oil cups have a proper spring-loaded cap instead of a cork. You flick the cap open with the spout of the can. It ought to be an easy modification.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Quite a few locos have that kind of oil pot, I assume with this it's just about keeping it authentic.

i like how theres just a Toby replica at @11:58

@richtherider3620

3 жыл бұрын

Formerly known as Number 23, was an old sulzer shunter prior to it's conversion, does still get used on Thomas days and on occasions where needed for shunting purposes :)

Great video. Love that green. It is a quiet engine but I still had trouble understanding you in the cab. Don't know if you had a microphone on or not. Why would they build it to where you have to crawl inside it like that? Craziness. All in all enjoyed the video. Good history and backstory.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It's a lovely engine. The best I've ever been on. I seem to remember having mic difficulties. It's so long ago I'm not sure. But sorry about that.

It's a shame she's busted, she looks more and more sad every week I go down to help out damn shame hopefully we fix her soon be nice to see her run at the autumn gala with 7714 again

@lmm

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, very sad

Could you review a GWR pannier? Nice video, keep up the good work

@lmm

5 ай бұрын

Would love to

youtube needs more videos like this. Just need the N7 to be finished now

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! The n7 is quite a way off sadly

@TheDrumvader

4 жыл бұрын

Shame really. I worked on her on her last day in steam. A really wonderful loco

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I never got a go on it, but saw it many times. It's lovely.

12:01 looks like tobi made his cameo in this episode

@lmm

2 жыл бұрын

It's a fowler underneath the shed

I'd be worried that while I was straddling the main connecting rod that someone would decide the loco was in the way and be moved. I hope lock out - tag out proceedure s are practiced. Also have a question, is that interlocking building still functional?

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Firstly, I'm the driver, no one else is authorised to touch the controls - it also has a 'Not to be moved' board on the Loco, it may not be moved until the person who put the board on the Loco removes said board. The signal box? Yeah that works all the points and signals.

@ritterakos8293

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering, im the only one felt unfonfortable when he was inside between rods. I know, procedures and such, but anyway :D

She's a beautiful old gal. Love how she sounds.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It's honestly one of the best steam locomotives that I have ever driven. It's just cracking.

Just unadulterated love for steam.

@lmm

Жыл бұрын

Pretty much!

Such a shame to hear that this was taken out of service for repair, would have loved to see Port Talbot number 26 in steam, just wonder when there might be an episode on another old Welsh engine like Taff Vale Class O2 number 85

@lmm

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to something like that!

This looks like the love child of a Pannier Tank and a J94.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, though it predates both, so father?

We can conclude you like it then? Vacuum pump to back up the small ejector as well? Don’t recall hearing the noise.

@lmm

5 жыл бұрын

Oh it's cracking Jon. Everything was totally spot on. As far as I'm aware no vac pump just large and small ejector.

The Swindonised industrial, 813! - Lawrie Goes Loco Episode 4. Lawrie's Mechanic louis shirley

It would be interesting, if you ever get the chance, to compare 813 to a non-swindonised Hudswell Clarke loco, see if the Great Western improved the loco or if it was just great to begin with.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It would make an interesting comparison. A big part of this being so good is how well its maintained. It really is super though!

That is a tiny cab compared to what I am used to. A DM&IR 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

That thing is massive. Everything about this is is comparatively tiny.

@railsofthenorthland1181

4 жыл бұрын

Yes very much so!

Thomas being my childhood first full look at her is DUCK!!!!

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Not quite, 813 is just a saddle tank, Duck is based on a 57xx pannier I think

@Wally_Wombat689

4 жыл бұрын

Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels still they look very similar from the front

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Similarities yeah,

@st4r658

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

If the viewers watch Thomas and friends.in the background there is toby. In 18.38 does anyone saw a great eastern railway or g.e.r. tramway coach.or if you watch Thomas and friends it's henrietta

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

It's actually a purpose built Henrietta to run with the museums Toby conversion!

Oh, what a pain in the ass it must be to oil this locomotive I myself come from Germany and hardly know any locomotives that have the pistols inside with us everything is clean, easy to operate and to wait nothing against English locomotives, they are just a real feast for the eyes very difficult to wait as far as I know with best regards Florian S. PS. Nice Videos am a big fan thinks how you explain each locomotive and show how it is finished a big thank you at the point

@lmm

3 жыл бұрын

It seems to be a very British thing to have inside motion and cylinders. It does make for a very pretty exterior though. Thank you very much, glad you're enjoying what we do!

I think this is one of the rare cases where I wish the railway HAD closed so that the society could get the track. I can't imagine it's too high traffic either. I'm not up to speed on where Network Rail would stand on running powers for smaller heritage societies; I know the NYMR runs to Whitby on mainline track regularly (or at least did last time I went), so I wonder if there were plans to have a service.

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's a real shame. Could have been a superb railway. They don't have enough resources, particularly money or suitable stock to make that a reality sadly.

I would kill to be able to do this, so damn cool 😎

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

813 is a cracking engine. Railway all over are crying out for volunteers here in the UK.

@cozmoandfriends9238

4 жыл бұрын

@@lmm can't really volunteer from all the way in Australia 😆

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I suppose for you guys it's the distance to actually get to a railway?

@cozmoandfriends9238

4 жыл бұрын

Closest railway I can think of is puffing Billy, it's a 2ft 6in railway going through the Dandenong ranges

@lmm

4 жыл бұрын

I've seen the photos. It looks amazing. How far away is that from you?

i would really like if he reviewed an JNR d51 422 once

@lmm

3 жыл бұрын

If it could be arranged I would!

This loco is actually at the SVR it’s a lovley engine

@lmm

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, shame what's happened to it

@EdgeHillModelRailway

2 жыл бұрын

@@lmm where do you get your footplate uniform from