Fun/sad fact, one of those k-28s fell of a barge and into the bay in Alaska when they were being shipped back for scrapping.

@FutureRailProductions

7 ай бұрын

Was it recovered? Would be interesting to know if it's still there.

@andrewframe8046

7 ай бұрын

@@FutureRailProductions I believe it was, just to be scrapped.

@OutbackCatgirl

7 ай бұрын

"you'll never take me alive!"

@Hyce777

7 ай бұрын

One of them made it back to the Rio Grande in Utah. At which point they scrapped it.

@robertbucher2427

7 ай бұрын

Whiteriver productions has a book on the k28s and another on the k36s written by Jerry Day for anyone interested. Both have a mix of stories/history and technical details.

Ok guys, we gotta crowd-fund a Lawrie goes Foreign to the USA so he can play big trains with the C&S, C&T, and of course, meet his evil twin Hyce to try out 491

As a Pole I’m so happy seeing our Pt47 in this collation! My top 5: 1. Ty51 (as mentioned in previous videos from Poland) - the most powerful and the biggest engine ever built in Poland 2. Pm36-2 - one of two engines, the only one express passenger locomotive which survived the WWII. Maximum speed of 130 kph (81 mph), enormous wheel’s diameter, lovely charismatic engine. 3. Pt47 4. TKt48 - probably the most useful loco (apart the Ty2/42 series) with passenger, freight trains and shunting works. 5. OKz32 - often called as „Mountain’s Queen”. Locomotive designed strictly for very steep, winding lines in mountain regions in Poland. Used mainly and mostly there.

My favourite is the ivatt class 2mt tank or the standard 2mt

@OscarOSullivan

7 ай бұрын

Or its Northern Irish cousins

1.Hudswell clarke "Junin" 2.Hunslet "Jack" 3.Heywood "Muriel" 4.Kitson-Meyer, Chilean-Transandine Rly 5.Boulton "Rattlesnake"

Your poster looks like it's about to join the list of "what's broken now" lol. Have to agree with you about the austerities. Perfect locos

My Top 5 Standard Gauge Steam Engines 5. GWR Castle Class - Favourite of the preserved members is 4079 "Pendennis Castle" 4. LMS Princess Royal 3. Austerity 0-6-0 (Favourite Tank Engine) 2. LNER A4 - Favourite of the preserved members is 60007 "Sir Nigel Gresley" 1. BR Standard Class - Favourite of the preserved members is 70000 "Britannia"

Love the Austerities, your No 3. Had the privilege of working on No 7 & 19 at Bo'ness Railway to help with there return to steam many years ago.

Hyce is my Favourite Small youtube thanks for giving him a shoutout! :)

I prefer the K-27's, because i'm impartial, there is one on my local heritage railroad.

You need to get yourself back up to Scotland again and get a shot of our wee 48 @Shed47 thats up and running again. Also our newest acquisition which we have been entrusted to look after. 4WDM Simplex shunter (Motor Rail 9925 of 1963) out of use at Tomatin Distillery in 1976. This had come from the Tay Road Bridge contract where it acquired the lifting beam - for moving around the site, or out of the sea! It later moved to Prestongrange Museum.

Ok, let's give this a go 5. English Electric GT3 - complete madness 4. Bulleid Q1 - ugly workhorse 3. GWR 48xx (plus auto-coach!) - genius, and cute 2. GWR 5700 Pannier Tank - the OO locomotive I loved as a child 1. GWR 45xx/4575 Small Prairie - GWR perfection 🙂

What no big boy 😁👍

I'll always remember m First footplate ride, it was on the 2 foot gauge Bagnall saddle tank "Peter" at the Amberley Museum! My top 5 are: 5)LBSCR A1x 4)BAGNALL "POLAR BEAR" 3) BAGNALL "PETER" 2) SDJR 7Fs 1) LSWR T3

@sarahhall738

7 ай бұрын

I have only ever done one footplate ride it was Oliver Cromwell at Bressingham I was three I am now 48 so a while ago. It's why I love steam. Oliver Cromwell is a Britannia class. Which is an express engine.

Glad to see the Austerity at Maldegem make an appearance once again!!

great top 5 lawrie, my personal ones are mostly industrial shunters. Number 1 Brush bagnall 900 series Bo-Bo shunter. (Based in port talbot steelworks) Number 2 GEC Stephenson 0-6-0 shunter. Number 3 EMD SW1001 switcher Y44 based at merehead quarry Number 4 hunslet 0-6-0 DH50-1 ex owned by GBRF now owned by runtech Ltd and based at trostre tinplate works Number 5 Hunslet No 1873 jessie based at the pontypool and blaenavon railway

Not entirely surprised by your Number 1 spot, but I don't blame you in the slightest!

Love that you bring up Hyce, as I found his channel through yours.

Super. I love all steam locomotives, but K-28 478 is my favorite. 💙 T.E.N.

I won't hurt you, but I expect that when you come over here you'll be OK with me showing you all of the differences in person. ;)

@lmm

7 ай бұрын

I can live with that 😂

@EpicPuma

7 ай бұрын

as long as theres a video of it for us all to enjoy :P

I’m glad one of the Big K’s (K-28) made the list!

As a resident of Southern Poland I just have to say a word about Chabówka. Very overshadowed by the Wolsztyn, Chabówka museum also have an incredible collection of steam engines with 2 of them (Ty2-911 and Ty42-107) currently operational. There is also a tank engine being overhauled being the Tkt48-191. Further on, this museum used to have even operational locos of very unique types such a Okz32-2 pre-war enormous tank engine with 2-10-2 wheel arrangement, Austrian build Tr12 and Ol12 which i think are sole survivors of their types and small industrial type Tkh49 in which i remember travelling in the cab when I was like 8. These mentioned locos are currently on static display and I don't know if there are any plans to make them operational again due to financial issues. Anyway Ty2 and Ty42 pulled the special trains all holidays long on the weekends making a great sight as the lines from Chabówka goes around the hills of southern Poland. I know they are not driving schedlued trains on the mainline, or that Chabówka hasn't got such a nice turntable and engine shed as Wolsztyn does, but the steam is still kept alive there and I hope it will be for many years to go. If you have some spare time next holiday I recommend everyone to come and see this wonderful place. Cheers! And love your videos!

@lmm

6 ай бұрын

I have never visited, but I've heard good things about what is done there. I think there has been some historic rivalry between the two sheds?

@Ravio1299

6 ай бұрын

@@lmm I have no idea why but yes it seems there is. Been to both this year and liked it very much. Though I have to say that after visiting Severn Valley last year, the state of steam heritage in Poland in comparison to what I remember from my childhood just makes it a bit sad. I don't know if you heard about Pyskowice too. This museum managed to bring up another Ty42 (-24 to be exact) to steam this year but unfortunatly it broke down after one or two rides and is stationary since. Both engines and sheds in Pyskowice are in very poor state.

@lmm

6 ай бұрын

@@Ravio1299 that's very disappointing to hear

Great video! I don't really have a top 5 as there are so many great locomotives, but if I had to pick a favourite they would be: LNER J15 (for steam) BR class 43 HST (for diesel) BR class 91 (for electric) Other favourites of mine are the B12s, all classes of GWR pannier tank, the A4s, class 37s and anything really being a big enthusiast myself.

Howdy doody

Thank you! 😃🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂

Tough one.... 1) Austerity 0-6-0ST 2) 16" Hunslet 3) Quarry Hunslet 4) Class 14 0-6-0DH 5) Wd Austerity 2-8-0

I personally think this is the right tier list for Locomotive Ownership

1:15 fyi the k-37 were rebuilt from standard gauge 2-8-0s, and they're my personal favorite rio grande 2-8-2s just because of how well proportioned they are. And remember kids, they were GREEN.

I'd whack a 9F in there somewhere, but a fair little list that. Nice one

Excellent top five Lawrie 👍 I personally like K-36 & 37 locomotives and I myself watched Making Tracks series when I was a kid. I watch the episode of the K-36 with the snowplough OY in action, that was my favourite moment in that episode of Making Tracks. I do like the Austerity saddle tanks as they’re perfect for heritage railways during preservation days and to this day. I really like how different they are because of different variety of livery’s as well some have or have not got one of the two types of brake system let alone some have both. I personally prover the 16 inch Andrew Barkley 0-4-0 saddle tanks as they’re bigger & powerful to hauled two Mk1 & Mk2 coaches on a short heritage line. I do like the Ruston 48 as they’re nice little locos. I would like to see yours on that short heritage railway that reopened a few years ago. And I really like yours visiting the K&ESR diesel gala during April to do shutting demonstration’s. My top five locomotives are as follows… 1. Bagnall 0-6-0ST No.401 2. LBSCR Class A1 No.72 Fenchurch 3. British Railways Class 03s 4. C11 Class 5. Peckett 0-4-0ST

That old BBC programme has clearly hugely influenced the LMM intros

Excellent Choice in the K-28. I have a contact at the Silverton/Durango who has provided me with some very nice research material for a 3D printed body for a 19 ton Shay. Buying the last 3x Bachmann ON30 2-8-0 outside frame Consolodated's may give you a hint at what I'm designing next.... The Chassis are as I can work out are spot on to the K-28 minus the trailing wheel under the cab. Remodel the body/tender, create new valve gear and I should have something close that is not a £3600.00 brass kit.

very cool to see your favourite engines!!! that pt-47 is an incredibly impressive class I'd rank my favourites as follows: 1. ebr dubs and co-built no.8 'heemskirk' (I've stood on her, though she wasn't in operation and was on static display at the time, but I've been on mainline excursions pulled by her and tgr m4) 2. the tgr k class, especially k1, which knowing me is unsurprising 3. the tgr cc and ccs rebuilt classes, I don't know what it is specifically about the rebuilds compared to the original c class but there's something (possibly in the case of the cc class that it's extinct) 4. the lb&scr a1 terriers, and I know why; 'stepney the bluebell engine' was my favourite railway series book as a kid 5. the gwr 5700 class (though very nearly said the 1400 class; due to my favourite film)

I thought your favourite was v2 green arrow

1 - The quarry Hunslets 2nd equal (as not sure how to separate them) - Double Fairies, LMS Black 5, LNER B12, GER Y14

In no particular order a top five batch from me would be as follows: 1) Early 1900's ALCO 2-8-0's Sure Baldwin might claim to have built more Consolidations, with plenty represented in preservation. But ALCO's designs had a meaty utilitarian bent to them which always makes them impressive to see in action. From Nevada Northern 93's wild preservation history of returning to steam for the Olympics only a few years after a devastating accident, to my hometown Tooele Valley 11 being one of the orphaned Buffalo & Susquehanna engines, very few of the ALCO 2-8-0's I know have boring histories either. Just look at Southern 630, NN 93, or D&NE 28 and it is easy to see the rugged appeal of these workhorse machines. 2) UP FEF-3 A crack speed 4-8-4 that was good for both passenger service and freight, with rumors it could push up against Mallard's record when the throttle is wide open. Yes, the FEF has an appeal thanks to UP 844's work in preservation (the first steam locomotive I ever saw on the mainline); but the class had a late era refinement having the best tricks of steam without the wild experimental stuff that bogged down other designs (looking at you PRR Duplexes). Utilitarian yet refined. Advanced, but not overdone. It is a shame that with the Big Boy now the focus of UP Steam that it has been several years since 844 has last run, although I hope it returns to the high iron once the appeal of it's older and larger sibling wears off. 3) Double Fairlie A unique problem of sharp narrow gauge railroads, requiring a unique solution. These locomotives are just kind of weird, yet also had a forward thinking design mentality that would eventually find its way into steeple-cab electrics and later center-cab diesels. Furthermore the spin-off evolution from a Double Fairlie to a Mason Bogie and other unique articulated designs is highly fascinating and worth studying as well. 4) WED/RETLAW 4-4-0's Is it a bit over-played to be a fan of the Disneyland Railroad trains? Perhaps, but the "Tender seat" in C.K. Holliday was my first "cab ride" in a living steam locomotive while on a Disneyland vacation as a kid. While the 1955 new builds might not have the history of the other three engines on the line, or the four Baldwins in the Florida park; considering how many children and families in the US have their first experience behind real living steam in Disneyland makes me give the engines a pass for being a literal "Mickey Mouse" operation. Very essential in being a gateway drug to steam trains in a way that few other locomotives can rival. 5) SD40-2 A boxy utilitarian machine, yet arguably the zenith of EMD as a diesel locomotive builder. Sure no SD40-2 is going to win beauty contest looks, but they represent a refined utilitarian design which could always get the job done, and spawned several successors such as the SD60 and SD70 which further refined EMD's design. There are faster, prettier and more romantic locomotives; but an SD40-2 is like the pick-up truck that refuses to die and just can do the work it needs to day in and out.

Keep on Keeping on. On a side note unrelated to your railway related content: Are you familiar with the Ransomes MG Crawler? If so, have you ever driven one? Recently discovered them and immediately thought of you and your dumpers.

There are four Barclay 'Pugs' patiently awaiting rescue in a scrap yard in Kirkcaldy.

I absolutely loved making tracks as a child, and much like your comment I watched the recordings my parents took of it until the tapes functioned no more. And as far as I've been able to find out it has not been repeated or rebroadcast anywhere. It cemeneted a love for trains that went beyond Thomas the Tank engine.

My personal favourite steam locomotive is the humble GWR Pannier tank locomotives (all types) there are loads of things about them I like being a locomotive that can do freight, passenger and run auto train coaches depending on if it has the the auto train mechanism fitted. Continental locomotives i do like the Shays with the incredible and interesting drive mechanism. Diesel wise anything diesel hydraulic for express diesel locomotives and like you I do like the little and slightly larger Rustons.

My number 1 is definitely S&D 7f 53808. It is the first engine I had a footplate ride on.

And yes I am also a huge fan of the Barclay 0-4-0s, being the only railway locomotive I have actually driven.

@OscarOSullivan

7 ай бұрын

Also last steam locomotives in revenue service in the UK but not mainline as that honour belongs to NCC WT number 4

I would say class 24, 25, 37, 43 and 08

Can agree with the 2nd and 3rd place...and to be honest 1st as well. Buuuuut Panniers, 14xxs, City of Truro, Terriers, Jintys, baby hunslets! to name a few

I love the k28s they’re the prettiest American locomotives

Interesting and nice to see some small engines getting the spotlight. My very first footplate ride was at a heritage train for kids event by my local society (basically thomas without the copyright), and on a little tank engine theyved dubbed the turtle. A classy red Hudswell & Clarke (#498) 0-4-0 saddle tank built in 1899 for a gas works in Copenhagen, and is one of the only saddle tank locomotives to have ever worked in Denmark as weld tanks were more popular here. Its currently awaiting boiler repairs and since the society that owns it doesnt own its own line, it basically has no other use than shunting around the station yard theyre based at during events, and light footplate rides or carrying a single carriage on what little bit of track they have themselves. The society also used to have a Ruston 48 that was used on a private goods yard in Copenhagen, but it was traded with the national railway museum in a deal on 2017 that exchanged a fair chunk of rolling stock.

The DRGW K28s and K36s appeared in multiple train videos I saw as a kid. I always wanted to visit them at the Durango And Silverton, which I did in 2017. I'd love to go back and ride behind one on matching DRGW passenger cars on old DRGW right-of-way I also grew up seeing pictures and videos of the Austerity tanks, particularly "Wilbert" Rev. W. Awdry which was sold as Thomas toys after appearing in one of Christopher's books. Their simplicity makes them look older than they actually are. Your Ruston 48DS locomotives prove just how little power British rail operations needed. The smallest standard gauge diesel in America was 25 tons and 150 horsepower, which is big compared to 7.5 tons and 48 horsepower of a Ruston. Another favorite locomotive of mine are the West Side Lumber Co 3-truck Shays. I also grew up seeing videos of them on the Georgetown Loop Railraod and managed to ride behind number 9 in 2013, the first real steam engine I got to ride behind. Others are Union Pacific 844, General Electric C44-9W, ALCO PA1, ALCO RS3, EMD GP9, and L&N 152

1. NCC WT class number 4- just like as TS Eliot said this is the way the world ends not with a bang but a whimper. She ended regular service UK steam in 1970. 2. 071 the peak of Irish diesel locomotives. 3. BR class 37 like the routemaster, 747 and S61 they often outlived their successors. 4. DSER 461 the last surviving main line inside cylinder 2-6-0 in the islands of Ireland and Britain 5. GNRI V class number 85 Merlin a great example of a successful compound and defeated the then contemporary enterprise.

Well I wouldn't be biased as well but I must say I like our Danish Trains more than others even though there's many incredible beauties out there on our planet. Loved the Video.

@OscarOSullivan

7 ай бұрын

Irish and British steam locomotives even industrial ones look elegant

@bjrnfrederiksson2505

7 ай бұрын

@@OscarOSullivan yes mostly express engines and some industrial ones but not all of them. Here in Denmark ours wasn't usually given special paint jobs.

@OscarOSullivan

6 ай бұрын

@@bjrnfrederiksson2505 Even a simple black and red lined loco like NCC WT number four looks elegant

8:47 wow, that is some seriously wonky track 😮

8:20 well there are quite a few of these wait for overhaul and 4 in a scrapyard in Edinburgh so maybe you might be able to find one

I agree with the j94 and Andrew Barkley

Laurie Wardale railway advertised a small industrial steam loco for sale today

I love your work Lawrie and if I can recommend something, go visit czech heritage railways sometime, we made one of the most glorious steam locomotives. Design elegant as a lady and speed of jaguar, I presen to you Škoda 475 class.

@lmm

5 ай бұрын

I'd love to

I understand your point with listing only locos you experienced running, but for me, the mighty Ty51 is much more precious than the Pt47.

@lmm

7 ай бұрын

I listed engines that are my favourite, not just because I've seen them work.

I love the Andrew Barkley, how many are still in the scrap yard? Which scrap yards? I would love to save one of I ever get the money

@Meddled

7 ай бұрын

Four in the Thomas Muir scrap yard situated on Den Road in Kirkcaldy, Fife. They are situated in the south west corner of the site, and briefly visible from passing trains or from the paths leading from Smeaton Gardens.

@computerwizkid1002

7 ай бұрын

@@Meddled ah ok interesting, is there any plans to rescue them? I'm guessing they will be in pretty bad state of the been there since they got rid of steam

It is kind of shadowed by the Rio grande because it is a smaller known 3ft gauge but i prefer sumpter valley 19 and 20 over the Rio grande narrow gauge steam

My favourite steam locomotive is New South Wales government railways c38 4-6-2 pacifics of Australia

500 tonnes, 500 miles per day and decades of service. I'm struggling to think of more than a handful of modern stuff which might manage that - let alone something from close to 100 years ago.

You will probably guess my favourite type of engine is the big express Britannia class Oliver Cromwell if she ever gets back to steam and Britannia herself.

Those K-28s are awesome. Can't believe I got indoctrinated into loving them, but here we are thanks to Mark and Co.'s long game of corrupting me.

Will lawrie ever drive the replac rocket

Haha, how many times can that 1/87 HO Scale Live Steam Train of ours be ranked?

My top 5 locomotives are No. 5 nsb type 63 a large German war locomotive number 4 nsb type 30 a Høyfjells locomotive number 3 nsb di 3 number 2 nsb di 2 number 1 nsb type 24 b 236

Interesting choices. By the way. How long did it take the AA to deliver the mini from South Mimms? I would guess about 1 week. My choices would be (in no particular order) A4 Pacific, Coronation Class, The Big Boy, Black 5 and the class 91

How is the scrap yard rusty doing?

I wonder if #2 was part of the inspiration of Percy

Please come to Green Bay Wisconsin and the National Railroad Museum because we have 5 favorite locomotives 🚂: as follows: U.P. 4017 BIG BOY 4-8-8-4 stored inside and available all year long except for CHRISTMAS 🎄 😉. Next to 4017 is parkedto the North, B.R.& LNER 60008 A4 GRESLEY PACIFIC "EISENHOWER". Also to South is PENNSYLVANIA 4690 GG-1 ART DECO 1934 ELECTRIC SPEEDSTER!! Then, in the McCormick Pavillion is the 1956 G.M. FUTURISTIC "AEROTRAIN-2", that was just 1 of the several Experimental trains that was supposed to save American passenger trains from the governments onslaught with airplanes and highways, but most of these trains were failures, yet AEROTRAINS 2 AND 3 were bought by Rock Island rr for commuters in Chicago West to Joliet that went only to 1966 until both were donated to Green Bay, and Saint Louis, then G.B. s' NRRM Founders still used the 2 Aero coaches for rides around the small circular track and pulled by the even smaller 20 ton Plymouth 702 gas mechanical from the power plant to switch coal cars until 1963 along with another Plymouth 20t outside frame 0518 but that was Scrapped in 1984 by the new managers who also Scrapped another larger centercab Plymouth named "MIGHTY MITE" from a family run shortline in Missouri who donated it in 1961 and running here for only a short time until it broke. Sadly they also Scrapped the Steam CRANE from the Appleton Paper mill. Along with the Pickle car with 4 large wooden barrels. And selling some others. Thus losing 13 pieces until they were fired 🔥 in 1986. The NRRM was back in charge and hired a new professional director from Chicago who worked hard to undo the damage. And allowed the h.o. model railroad club inside HOOD JUNCTION DEPOT. And encouraged volunteers again. Yet the Early Founders were passing away in the late 1980s, who were replaced again by some of those bad managers who continued again to sell and Scrap items like the small ALCO 25 0-4-0T from the local sugar beet processor and this was Truly the only steamer of 13 that Truly worked in Green Bay Region; and sold to a train collector in Upper Michigan. Yet later He sold it to a farm threshing show who repaired it and run around their larger loop at the farm grounds!! 702 mentioned before broke in 1987 but the retired mechanic who fixed it was suddenly fired!!! Then 702 just sat in pieces until 1997 when it was also Scrapped by yet another new director. Clearing the way for yet more more managers who don't have any railroad experience whatsoever , and they each bring in new plans that never get built....and worse even ripped out the previous plans....The worst case of this is the 2008 forced Eviction of the h.o. model rr club in the DEPOT, with open threats of trespassing and arrest within 90 days!!!!! This is well documented in the newspaper article. Other volunteers were also harassed. With; the volunteers restoring the Lima SHAY 5 NARROW guage had disassembled Shay 5 and started sandblasting for new primer and paint 🎨; but Shay 5 was put outside with spots of yellow paint with the old boiler sitting outside on the open frame. Only in 2001 was the Shay craned on a flatcar. And parked in the McCormick Pavillion on Track 4. Thus sitting inside. Yet some pieces are still left out and scattered haphazardly. Sadly now covered with 22 Years of heavy dust!!! All of you can see photos on the NRRM Facebook page. And videos on Y.T. submitted by visitors. But NRRM Founders wanted to get many historic trains and were nearly at 100 pieces, that is a Grand and Noble Goal!! Yet the many different managers lost 37 trains!! Recently in 2009 that manager lost 7 Diesels, with: Milw.Rd 38A-E-9-A-M EMD 1961 from the Chicago commuter system. EMD BL2 56 AND 52 from Main that were later used on the W.I.C.T. Shortline. And arrived at NRRM in July 2001. Yet in 2009 shipped east to New York for full repairs and new blue paint for excursions but it went bancrupt. Then sold to Ohio for their excursions. And the 3 classic EMD F7A-B-A set of 1950s Streamliners, also from W.I C.T. There were real plans to rebuild these for trips like the Green Bay Packers football 🏈 team going South to the Chicago 🐻 Bears. But instead they are now at a northern shortline but only sitting outside in the severe winter blizzards for the past 14 Years!!!!! Sadly another diesel at NRRM is still sitting in the snow...with G.B.&W. RR. 315 ALCO C-430 , especially unique ad one of the very last diesel engines built in Schnectady until ALCO went bancrupt in 1969; thus 315 was brand new, yet were rebuilt with older parts!! Running until it broke in 1987 and donated in new red paint. Sadly sitting out for 36 years and looking much worse because of severe weather conditions and rust and the faded to pink paint. Please help ok!! Wed.dec.20.2023A.D.

K-28 or 36 @Hyce777 ?

The Steel company of Wales Bagnalls occupy slots 1 & 2 of this list

Why don't you come to the US and see them in person. I know the Cumbers and Toltec has a thing where you can drive

What year is your dennis fire engine

Yes but then they are YOUR choices.

@lmm

6 ай бұрын

That is quite literally what I say within the opening 15 seconds.

If two ten none. isn't on your list then I'm giving up on your lotus's

Looks fking ridiculous with the white wheels.