When you start the donkey engine it is a good idea to keep all of your digits on one side of the handle. This is because if the engine kicks back for any reason your hand will come away fairly easily, with your thumb on the other side of the handle you may sustain a nasty injury. Looks like a great project.

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Advice noted! I’d like to keep all my fingers / hands if possible 😂😂😂

Brillian video. Love the fact that the Donkey engine's throttle position is exactly right with 42p of coins behind it. 😀

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed! 🤣

What a delightful new toy!

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

thank you!

So it's not just turning a key and/or pressing 'Start' right off the bat. Quite a complex starter, with the Total Loss Cooling on the Donkey engine being uncommon these days, but I dare say the main engine will run all day without worrying too much about it. It's good to hear the Ruston running. Sounds good, too. It's another learning curve but most of the mechanical principals are the same. I'm not sure off-hand what the oil is for the chain-drives, unfortunately, but thick enough to stick to the chain anyway. All the best Ollie. Keep safe, sir! (There's a story we were told as young apprentices, of someone starting the motor with an oxygen cylinder feed, as the compressor wasn't working...you can imagine, the results were quite explosive!)

Interesting video Ollie, I visited Colne Valley on Sunday afternoon and saw the Ruston so great to see what's inside! I would've guessed it had an electric starter but no, I suppose you don't have to worry about a flat battery.

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Next time you’re there, if I’m working on it you’re welcome to come take a closer look! 😊

Absolutely awesome 👏🏻 Ollie 😊

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate :)

wow another well filmed video... loved it cheers Neil

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it thank you!

Hi Ollie, Excellent video - a great behind the scenes look at the preparation required to maintain and run a Ruston. I will follow this with interest. Well done again

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate, glad you enjoyed!

Excellent video, what fun. You have a lot of envious viewers. Best regards from New Zealand.

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed mate!

Man just bought himself a loco least i can do is subscribe :D fair play mate well done

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it thank you!!

Cheers From California ! You taught me that it’s got a Chain drive ! I had no idea 😊

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Learn something new everyday 🤣

Congratulations on your new purchase Ollie. A very interesting video and looking forward to your learning journey just like we are doing with our DMU.

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul, hope the DMU restoration is going well! I must visit again some time, all the best!

Thanks for a great video and showing us around you loco

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

Thanks for the great vid; that was really interesting. Keep the loco videos coming

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it mate!

@cellarton

Жыл бұрын

@@WardleRestorations indeed I did! Was interested to know about all the inner workings, being an ex Diesel engine developer 😊

Quite a complicated thing to start up and drive! Quicker start-up than the big marine engines I managed to avoid having to work on! They had an electric starter motor to start the starter engine!

@Flymochairman1

Жыл бұрын

At least it doesn't need the Gun-powder Shot-Starters! Yes, quite a worthy Wolseley engine with the total-loss cooling! No youngster and very well kept too! Nice.

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Yeh an electric starter motor would certainly speed up the starting process!

this looks like a neat little thing, cant wait to see it towing the box van and brake-van

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Me too! Not too long hopefully...

Excellent video. Toy trains for real.

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

exellent video and very interesting👍 thanyou👍 for me im happy pushing f1 to start my locos😀 all the best and i look forward to your next update👍👍

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Yes pressing F1 is certainly much easier than this process 🤣🤣

Brilliant video Wardle Road

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Mels’

here in buenos aires waiting for next video

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully within the next couple of weeks!

Part of the committee at Royal Deeside Railway in Scotland and this is a dream of mine to own my own train! Literally living every train fans dream! Would love to get a real breakdown of how you got the engine, how it was bought etc but understand if you don’t want to 😂 Can’t wait to see what’s coming next!

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Getting the engine was more luck and good timing, had I gone on to buy another wagon that fell through a few weeks before, getting the loco would never have happened!

A note for the Wolseley, if you screw the throttle clockwise it should tighten the spring on the governor and increase the revs without using penny’s.

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it thank you!

Hi Ollie Good video, a quick low down on how things work, hope its all fun on the learning curve..lol Thanks

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Me too, I hope it’s mostly fun and no stress 😂

"This week in Top Gear....James May re-starts some scrap metal!!" Great stuff Ollie. Keep it coming. :))

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

hahaha thank you mate, glad you enjoyed!

thanks ollie . good luck with the loco.

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!🙂

I've never seen the inside of a real Ruston Shunter before. It's something we hardly ever see in real life. However, I'm not familiar with the inner component workings of the Ruston Shunter, so I can't help you very much there. Show me the inside of a steam engine, and I could more easily give you a lowdown on how a steam engine works. I confess to growing up with Thomas the Tank Engine. Thanks for showing me something I've never seen in real life. Perhaps asking a volunteer might help, that's what volunteers are for. Give my purrs and mews to your two cats when you can. I love and miss them.

Well done buddy 👏🏻 looks pretty nice under the bonnet. Roll on footplate rides

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Cheers bro, can’t wait!

Brilliant video. Quite interesting

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

The videos been up for 2 minutes and the video is 20 mins long, how’s that work 😂

@Olivers-trains

Жыл бұрын

@@WardleRestorations I'm magic 😂. Also I have every video on 2x speed and half way through commented

Very nice

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Cheers bro

Excellent video Oliie, is there doors for the right hand side to cover the engine or does it remain exposed.

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

All of the engine is covered including the donkey engine!

great video

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Owen 👍

@owenslanejunction7544

Жыл бұрын

@@WardleRestorations no problem

Possibly a daft question but.... aside from the process of buying the loco, could you shed some light on getting it housed on the railway? I take it they had to agree to have it there? Do you have to pay them to keep it there? And how easy is it to get time to drive it up and down the line?

@spodface12

9 ай бұрын

second this. this would be a good explination video. how the process happened :)

Greet to meet you on Saturday, hope we didn’t interrupt to much with filming with raising steam in the background.

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

I was hoping to film you guys leaving but missed my chance!😂😭

I can answer that for you straight away. What’s inside the loco? Fun, that’s what 😂

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Yes, and lots of it hopefully 😂

I assume you'll refurbish the exterior condition somewhat, but what about livery? Is it gonna keep this one?

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

I really haven’t thought too far ahead about livery yet!

tank 40 gallons = 181.81 liters

@WardleRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍🙂