The cab interior on that is genius! Being able to run either way is something not many single cab miniatures can do well, extra impressive that it was made during lockdown!
thats got to be the tiniest cabbed locomotive ever. absolutely ingenious design. From how the cab slides open to the little generator powerplant, making it a tiny little gas electric just like the full sized diesels.
i don’t own a house i rent, i’m going to make one, don’t be a wimp and just do it . the real railroad was built with basic tools… but you can’t source enough to make a mini railway?
Ifa junkyard ever went out of business and just left the land I'd buy it because it's like a blank canvas to design the environment around the tracks I put down.
Absolutely would love to see more miniature locos on LMM, looks like you had a blast with this one! Not too dissimilar from my own project to make an 8 inch gauge railway, uses off the shelf parts to keep the cost down. The rails are actually pvc pipes filled with sand to keep them rigid and support the weight, and the bogie wheels for the wagons are roller blade wheels with discs of polypropylene for the flanges. So far so good, my test wagon supported my weight along the track and rolled freely, and the track itself didn't distort or break, so presently I'm making enough track to make a circuit around the garden and get an engine put together.
@@josepelotudogomezcredulo6993 Metal is more expensive, harder to bend curves into, and eventually will rust through. UV treated PVC conduit is cheap, easy to bend into curves and affix to the sleepers, and if it does somehow wear out, is easily replaced.
@@lmm Well, if you're interested in seeing all the technical details, all the plans are freely available at www.rideongardenrailroad.com I'll freely admit it's crude compared to a "proper" ride-on miniature train, but it has the virtue of using off the shelf components that are readily available, and it doesn't require specialized tools or skills either. In the end, it's all a big experiment in the end, could go either way, but I'm trying it anyhow. As I wrote, for now I'm working on getting a circuit constructed and acquiring the parts to make a couple locomotives and wagons, I'll try to get some video up once I get along a bit further.
I would love to see more of Lawrie Goes a Little Loco! As a Large Scale Model Railroader in the US, growing up around equipment almost exactly like that, I would love to see more of it covered!
Lawrie, I have only just discovered you! I watched the Castles one last night and have enjoyed "Sweet Pea" in Leeds, the abandoned park railway in Scotland, etc. So much catching up to do! I am a volunteer on the GWSR and work trackside between Cheltenham and Broadway, clearing crossings, ditches and laying drainage. I also am a sponsor of 76077, which is being rebuilt in Loughborough and at Toddington. Your videos show so much about how locos work. I am learning through each episode. Your passionate delivery and sense of wonder is refreshing in this far-too-serious world. The filming is unusual (underframe shots, aerial images, etc.) and takes the viewer places rarely seen. You are utterly bonkers, which is again refreshing! Fabulous stuff. Please thank your team and I do so appreciate the way you give clear credit to your many hosts. You have opened my eyes to places like the majestic Doon Valley that I have never heard of. Dr Ian S Pogson CEng FIET
@@axelhejnebo9142 I can agree with that. But if we go up to standard guage, then we have the V11, where both the shape and the proportions are about the same.
That is actually a really impressive homemade loco. Most homemades I've seen are little 4 axle things with lawnmower engines. Usually driven by someone on a car behind it, looking very bored.
Uhhh... That price, that gauge, that lovely look? I really hope this guy puts out a book/instruction manual for those of us who're less mechanically inclined. I'd love to do something like this.
Same! - been dying to make a 12 inch guage loco with swappable bogies for 7 & ¼ guage, but have little knowledge in that particular area! I'm even more determined after the local 7 & ¼ club told me I that I CAN'T do it because I'm not an engineer 😒
As a child, I loved, and actually I still love miniature railways. One I try to visit during the summer is the Norton Hill Light Railway near Snettisham in West Norfolk. They tend to open for 3 Sundays /or weekends (not sure) each summer in aid of charity.
That was great, I am surprised you had not volunteered to help lay more track. Decisions, decisions drive train/lay track!! What a great choice for an afternoon
*this guy* -builds entire 7.25in gauge railroad during lockdown...including an engine... *me* -buys foam board for 4x8 N scale layout, puts some track on it, then has stared at it for the last five months I do enjoy how the cab slides back and forth like the canopy on an old WWII Fighter though
My father in law used to live beside a railroad line that was eventually abandoned. My kids loved playing on the line picking up old spikes and junk left behind. One year I built a rail cart out of wood with a Honda 6hp motor and go cart wheels and a clutch. I experimented with various ways to keep it on the track starting with wood flanges attached to the wheels. The track was in such horrible shape it tore up the flanges and I eventually settled on lawnmower wheels that angled between the rails keeping it on the track. The cart could do about 30-35mph and sitting down low that’s really fast. It had lights on it for night riding which was even more scary. And to turn it around there was a wood box with a hole in it and the front had a bolt on the bottom. You lift the front, put the box under, then pick up the rear and rotate. The kids loved it. It was painted yellow with black stripes on the ends. Such fun. We rode it for many miles up and down the line.
Now I'm imagining if this railway was longer and a trip could actually take one night to conclude. Imagine being inside that "Totally Japanese Loco™" for one night in a roll, lol.
i enjoy your locomotive videos. i have branched out to your other stuff and have been enjoying finding out whats is currently broken in the barn, started with that garden tractor you got a hold of. and could hardly stop laughing i enjoyed so much.
that is impressive that someone made that during quarantine, for a relatively good price. also I love that little Japanese loco! it reminds me of narrow gauge mining trains in West Virginia and Alaska. Hope to see more of these!
Although lockdown was a difficult time, we also made the most of it and completed the 26 meter trestle bridge for our line which includes 1/30 gradients, quite the challenge for 7 1/4 gauge locomotives!
amazed how the owner built the loco and the track in near enough a year. by chance are you going to be testing some of those old trucks the owner has in the yard.
FWIW: I was camping on private property about 13 or 14 years ago. One of the other campers had a Honda generator with him. Now, I am NOT an expert on camping generators. That said, this guy's Honda gen was AMAZINGLY QUIET.
Just a bit of a correction, Japan predominantly runs 3ft 6in gauge, not meter gauge. It's less than a centimeter difference so you could comfortably run most meter-gauge equipment on 3ft 6in gauge.
I was given 2 motors and battery's of a buggy and cobbled together a double ended loco. I got new batterys and a Mintronics controller. So a central bogie which was cheap got rebuilt. A frame bolted together twice and motors coupled to an axle twice. Battery for ballast and power. Twice. REWORK without the gearboxes gives us a strange unit that has no known top speed. Tried on the Reading track and making it to the FRONT PAGE OF OUR MAGAZINE. And a mention in MODEL ENGINEER. Previous Loco being driven by a Battery Drill Driver. It pulls 4 adults if you can call us ADULTS!!! I am also building a Jessie in 7 1/4 and various other locos in 5 inch and a modified Rob Roy 3 1/2. ALL STEAM. Just found you. Love David and Lily.
Let me know if you are in the Plymouth area some day in the future, as you can come down to Plymouth Miniature Steam railway to have a go on one of the 7.25" Wren locomotives we have
I think FRAY BENTOS III would be a good name for this loco. Made out of basic sheet metal, like a food can... AND the name has miltary heritage, with FRAY BENTOS and FRAY BENTOS II being quite well known and reported British Tanks during WW1, when many AFVs were given amusing names by their crews.
Some say.... the aluminium used was from a Battle of Britain Hurricane, or that it can tow a Class 66 with brakes fully on. All we know is he’s not Geoff! He’s Geoffs narrow gauge riding cousin
At double the length, you'll need the generator on or parallel batteries, maybe switchable. Can it pull a railroad car or two? Especially around a sharp corner? That would be good for rail and ties to the end of the line.
If you didn't know, this type of locomotive propulsion exists in real life! It's called the Railpower GG20B, and is typically assigned to yard switching duty.
Slightly different, in that you can use the diesel and electric engine together in the gg20b for more power. In this running the generator just keeps the batteries topped up.
This is the type of miniature engine I would like to have (but for 15-inch gauge). There is a cab that hides the driver, and can be easily driven in both directions.
You should try and do something with the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway or the Ravenglass and Eskdale, both are 15in gauge railways with live steam and diesel locomotives
Absolutely awesome lawrie 😁😁 hopefully you can return in the future and give us an update on the railway and locomotive 🤞🤞 definitely would like to see more miniature railway videos 👍👍Thanks for the vid 👍👍
@@lmm that's great 😁😁 I did see on Facebook a little while ago you visited zach with his 5" gauge railway in his back garden 👍👍 that would be a good vid 👍👍
The London underground mail trains weren't any larger than this. The track gauge may have been wider, and the locos beefier, but the scale was the same. Wide enough for one person.
This looks like great fun, you made my day!! I assume you noticed the military crane/wrecker truck behind the spot you gave the introduction, any chance that might follow you home? Could be handy around the shed and yard. Cheers!!
Over lockdown I have been building a 3 1/2" gauge battery electric locomotive. It's a lot smaller than that thing, but can still pull around 8 people. It cost me £490 so far, and about five months of work, how he has managed to build a 7 1/4 gauge in a month I have no idea. Mine is based off a swiss electric boxcab, might post some vids about it soon.
fantastic video... i have a few locos steam and battery, and considering making a 7 1/4 petrol driven. this has given me some great ideas. i did visit the website as you suggested below in other comments but there is nothing there about this loco?
Where's the Center of Gravity with a driver inside? Any torque concerns on the frame/chassis? Any swaying due to uneven track? Springs and shock/sway absorbers needed?
Hahah; the sliding cab amused me. Only an RAF man would think up an entry that resembles the canopies of old fighter planes 🙈
Brilliant isn't it!
@@lmm better than standard doors
Great design, but a roll over could trap you in.
The cab interior on that is genius! Being able to run either way is something not many single cab miniatures can do well, extra impressive that it was made during lockdown!
It's brilliant isn't it!
@@lmm can we get a update vid pls
@@raysrandomthings8425 yeah - there was part of an update showing it painted in another video but we'll return to it at the end future date
@@lmm ok cool
thats got to be the tiniest cabbed locomotive ever. absolutely ingenious design. From how the cab slides open to the little generator powerplant, making it a tiny little gas electric just like the full sized diesels.
It's impresive how a single man can build a WIP railway during, what, 6 months of Lockdown,impresive!
Indeed
I was impressed!
meanwhile I couldn't even get basic operations on my planned 4x8 N scale layout....
Gonna call it now, Lawrie ran the batteries dry, or as close to it as the owner would let him.
... May have had to push it into the shed.
@@lmm You looked like you were having entirely far too much fun to stop before you were forced to. What a delightful little machine!
@@lmm Well why not fire up the generator. That's what its there for? :-)
I really like those trucks in the background
The builder has some cool stuff.
Exactly what I was noticing. Love those old trucks.
I thought i was the only one, keep shouting at the screen, get out of the way man, screw the train show me them trucks
@@markj2093 they'll appear in the future
@@lmm Subbed
I chuckled when you said "you can do it yourself" - Sure that 0.5% of us who has a house, material, tools, a huge garden and time on their hands xD
i don’t own a house i rent, i’m going to make one, don’t be a wimp and just do it . the real railroad was built with basic tools… but you can’t source enough to make a mini railway?
miniature railways in apartment blocks aren't landlord friendly
Ifa junkyard ever went out of business and just left the land I'd buy it because it's like a blank canvas to design the environment around the tracks I put down.
If I ever get an acre or more, you betchya, otherwise I pay rent for now.
@@kieroncraig3594 Good.
Build a railway. Fuck landlords.
Absolutely would love to see more miniature locos on LMM, looks like you had a blast with this one!
Not too dissimilar from my own project to make an 8 inch gauge railway, uses off the shelf parts to keep the cost down. The rails are actually pvc pipes filled with sand to keep them rigid and support the weight, and the bogie wheels for the wagons are roller blade wheels with discs of polypropylene for the flanges.
So far so good, my test wagon supported my weight along the track and rolled freely, and the track itself didn't distort or break, so presently I'm making enough track to make a circuit around the garden and get an engine put together.
That's a very interesting way of doing it, I'm intrigued
we need some video
I see...I´ll reccomend sing meal pipes 1/2"... for a lasting duty.
@@josepelotudogomezcredulo6993 Metal is more expensive, harder to bend curves into, and eventually will rust through.
UV treated PVC conduit is cheap, easy to bend into curves and affix to the sleepers, and if it does somehow wear out, is easily replaced.
@@lmm
Well, if you're interested in seeing all the technical details, all the plans are freely available at www.rideongardenrailroad.com
I'll freely admit it's crude compared to a "proper" ride-on miniature train, but it has the virtue of using off the shelf components that are readily available, and it doesn't require specialized tools or skills either.
In the end, it's all a big experiment in the end, could go either way, but I'm trying it anyhow. As I wrote, for now I'm working on getting a circuit constructed and acquiring the parts to make a couple locomotives and wagons, I'll try to get some video up once I get along a bit further.
I would love to see more of Lawrie Goes a Little Loco! As a Large Scale Model Railroader in the US, growing up around equipment almost exactly like that, I would love to see more of it covered!
We've got quite a bit lined up!
More miniatures on LMM?
More miniatures on LMM.
Okies
@@lmm please
Lawrie, I have only just discovered you! I watched the Castles one last night and have enjoyed "Sweet Pea" in Leeds, the abandoned park railway in Scotland, etc. So much catching up to do! I am a volunteer on the GWSR and work trackside between Cheltenham and Broadway, clearing crossings, ditches and laying drainage. I also am a sponsor of 76077, which is being rebuilt in Loughborough and at Toddington. Your videos show so much about how locos work. I am learning through each episode. Your passionate delivery and sense of wonder is refreshing in this far-too-serious world. The filming is unusual (underframe shots, aerial images, etc.) and takes the viewer places rarely seen. You are utterly bonkers, which is again refreshing! Fabulous stuff. Please thank your team and I do so appreciate the way you give clear credit to your many hosts. You have opened my eyes to places like the majestic Doon Valley that I have never heard of. Dr Ian S Pogson CEng FIET
Brilliant piece of kit, this is my kind of thing! More like this please😂😂👌🏼👍🏼
More like it to come
Wish I had the engineering ability as I live on 17.5 acres of land and could make a really nice full circle run.🚂
Oh that would be good!
See if there's a local club who'd like to use the land.
I'd love to see you do a follow-up video on this cute little engine once it's all finished and painted!
I’d love to see an update on this locomotive, and the railway!
Brings me down memory lane, with my grandma’s neighbour in Ifold who had such a railway running around his garden !
Oh really? They're quite good fun!
Somewhat reminds me of the Swedish class Z4p narrow gauge diesels, really smart looking little locomotive.
The proportions are more like a Swedish class Tp
Oh really?
@@allanlundin9420 True, though the height of the cab and the shape of the bonnets made me lean more towards Z4p.
@@axelhejnebo9142 I can agree with that. But if we go up to standard guage, then we have the V11, where both the shape and the proportions are about the same.
@@allanlundin9420 Yeah, that's probably the Swedish engine that is the most similar to this thing, right wheel-configuration as well.
I feel like every man here, whether they are into trains more than others, would more than happily have a miniature railway in their garden.
That is actually a really impressive homemade loco. Most homemades I've seen are little 4 axle things with lawnmower engines. Usually driven by someone on a car behind it, looking very bored.
It's an impressive thing!
Have a look at facebook.com/groups/MinimalGaugeRailways
Uhhh... That price, that gauge, that lovely look? I really hope this guy puts out a book/instruction manual for those of us who're less mechanically inclined. I'd love to do something like this.
He might do, it's all relatively simple!
Same! - been dying to make a 12 inch guage loco with swappable bogies for 7 & ¼ guage, but have little knowledge in that particular area! I'm even more determined after the local 7 & ¼ club told me I that I CAN'T do it because I'm not an engineer 😒
I like the hose clamps keeping the drive wheels from falling off
It works 😂
As a child, I loved, and actually I still love miniature railways. One I try to visit during the summer is the Norton Hill Light Railway near Snettisham in West Norfolk. They tend to open for 3 Sundays /or weekends (not sure) each summer in aid of charity.
May have spent the first bit of that video looking at the Commer tractor unit with the Scammell coupling...
It'll feature on the channel soon enough
Liking the mann egerton recovery crane on the back. You dont see them very often
yep!
That was great, I am surprised you had not volunteered to help lay more track. Decisions, decisions drive train/lay track!! What a great choice for an afternoon
I'm waiting for the rest of the rail to arrive 😂
you should go back once everything is finished
No doubt I shall
I love it, especially that you can have fun in the weather and not get wet.
that is genius - I have a similar Honda generator, and that is a great idea for recharging the batteries.
*this guy* -builds entire 7.25in gauge railroad during lockdown...including an engine...
*me* -buys foam board for 4x8 N scale layout, puts some track on it, then has stared at it for the last five months
I do enjoy how the cab slides back and forth like the canopy on an old WWII Fighter though
He's quite good at making things!
will we get an update on when this is finished?
Yes indeed!
Would love to see a revisit here when the track grows :)
The cab of the loco looks like a smaller version of a model T truck cab. also I've been enjoying the series.
Oh yes, I can kind of see it.
Thank you, pleased to hear it.
The cab impresses me the most, looks like he nicked it off an Austin Seven
My father in law used to live beside a railroad line that was eventually abandoned. My kids loved playing on the line picking up old spikes and junk left behind. One year I built a rail cart out of wood with a Honda 6hp motor and go cart wheels and a clutch. I experimented with various ways to keep it on the track starting with wood flanges attached to the wheels. The track was in such horrible shape it tore up the flanges and I eventually settled on lawnmower wheels that angled between the rails keeping it on the track. The cart could do about 30-35mph and sitting down low that’s really fast. It had lights on it for night riding which was even more scary. And to turn it around there was a wood box with a hole in it and the front had a bolt on the bottom. You lift the front, put the box under, then pick up the rear and rotate. The kids loved it. It was painted yellow with black stripes on the ends. Such fun. We rode it for many miles up and down the line.
Oh what a super thing to do!
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Now I'm imagining if this railway was longer and a trip could actually take one night to conclude. Imagine being inside that "Totally Japanese Loco™" for one night in a roll, lol.
I think that would be scary 😂
More episodes like this would be awesome! These little railroads are awesome!
That we can do!
Love lawrie goes a little loco !
Pleased to hear it!
With a bit of extra ballast added on one side and well tamping it down he could have a super-elevated curve on that bend.
😂 😂 I'd like to see that
This is really neat!
I thought so too!
That tree got me twice. Subscribed! Nice to see some old-fashioned fun. Just found your channel.
Thank very much, hope you continue to enjoy what we do!
As a 1:1 scale driver, I can say that tree is prototypical...
i enjoy your locomotive videos. i have branched out to your other stuff and have been enjoying finding out whats is currently broken in the barn, started with that garden tractor you got a hold of. and could hardly stop laughing i enjoyed so much.
Really pleased to hear you're enjoying what we do!
Very clever , did not expect the cab to side forward for entry .
Neither did I 😂
Just keep up those great adventures you are doing, both in small scale and in large scale, thank you so very much.
You're most welcome!
Makes me miss driving at Cohunu Koala Park. I used to drive a massive steam engine and diesel engine in 7 1/4 for a hobby job.
Oh that's pretty cool
Makes me feel really unproductive during lockdown. If I had the skill, I would love to build a railway around our ranch.
He is a very skilled gentleman
Need some help with that??
Interesting Gen-set locomotive
It's a strange beastie
I'd love to see you do more miniature railways. Maybe you can visit the RH&DR or R&ER? I think you'd love the Bug in particular.
I think I'd love a go on the bug too!
that is impressive that someone made that during quarantine, for a relatively good price. also I love that little Japanese loco! it reminds me of narrow gauge mining trains in West Virginia and Alaska. Hope to see more of these!
He's made really super progress! It's not a bad looking thing, it'll be smart when it's painted.
You're just a big kid!
Whaaaaat? It has to make some noise. It needs something like a growelly little 2 stroke diesel. It sounds like an elevator.
Makes me want to setup a section of 2' or ½m rail in the garden and build a small loco that's a bit more manageable than the existing ones here.
Although lockdown was a difficult time, we also made the most of it and completed the 26 meter trestle bridge for our line which includes 1/30 gradients, quite the challenge for 7 1/4 gauge locomotives!
That sounds amazing!
When you opened the cab, I thought there was a submarine on the seat.
😂 😂 😂
amazed how the owner built the loco and the track in near enough a year.
by chance are you going to be testing some of those old trucks the owner has in the yard.
Yeap, they're in the pipeline
Definitely would love to see more of these larger miniature railways 😃
That we can do
so its a range extender hybrid then lol 😁🤣
😂 😂 You could say that 😂
FWIW: I was camping on private property about 13 or 14 years ago. One of the other campers had a Honda generator with him.
Now, I am NOT an expert on camping generators. That said, this guy's Honda gen was AMAZINGLY QUIET.
"Why has he build a locomotive? And the ovious answer is why not?"
That's all I needed to hear.
Just a bit of a correction, Japan predominantly runs 3ft 6in gauge, not meter gauge. It's less than a centimeter difference so you could comfortably run most meter-gauge equipment on 3ft 6in gauge.
Oh thanks for the correction!
I was given 2 motors and battery's of a buggy and cobbled together a double ended loco. I got new batterys and a Mintronics controller. So a central bogie which was cheap got rebuilt. A frame bolted together twice and motors coupled to an axle twice. Battery for ballast and power. Twice. REWORK without the gearboxes gives us a strange unit that has no known top speed. Tried on the Reading track and making it to the FRONT PAGE OF OUR MAGAZINE. And a mention in MODEL ENGINEER. Previous Loco being driven by a Battery Drill Driver. It pulls 4 adults if you can call us ADULTS!!! I am also building a Jessie in 7 1/4 and various other locos in 5 inch and a modified Rob Roy 3 1/2. ALL STEAM.
Just found you.
Love David and Lily.
Oh that sounds awesome! I've always liked the little Rob Roy's.
Hope you're enjoying the channel!
I would have SO MUCH FUN making miniature maintenance-of-way equipment to go with it.
Oh that would be cool
I definitely would love to see some more “Grand Scales” (as we say in the US) content on the show!
We've got some more lined up!
Let me know if you are in the Plymouth area some day in the future, as you can come down to Plymouth Miniature Steam railway to have a go on one of the 7.25" Wren locomotives we have
That sounds great fun!
@@lmm It's a challenging 1/2 mile loop with some steep grades in places.
plymouthminiaturesteam(.)co(.)uk
4:45 I reaaaally recommend more ventilation for that thing. It's air-cooled and will have a shorter lifespan if it's run inside a box.
It's got some ventilation in there, I guess he'll modify as he needs it
I think FRAY BENTOS III would be a good name for this loco. Made out of basic sheet metal, like a food can... AND the name has miltary heritage, with FRAY BENTOS and FRAY BENTOS II being quite well known and reported British Tanks during WW1, when many AFVs were given amusing names by their crews.
I am quite amused by that 😂
Some say.... the aluminium used was from a Battle of Britain Hurricane, or that it can tow a Class 66 with brakes fully on. All we know is he’s not Geoff! He’s Geoffs narrow gauge riding cousin
I enjoyed reading that
Lovely ... may be "Miney" (mine) for name her... Love all the layout.And nice landscape for a garden railway.
That's a good name!
At double the length, you'll need the generator on or parallel batteries, maybe switchable.
Can it pull a railroad car or two? Especially around a sharp corner? That would be good for rail and ties to the end of the line.
As I'd been driving most the afternoon on battery charge, unlikely.
Yes, it's quite powerful.
Oh Lawrie!!! Please, please please get a 'will it start' video sorted on the Austin Loadstar wrecker behind you, please please please!
We can do that!
Groovy man. Paint it pink with some nice flowers on for that authentic look............
Ah yes, the well known pink flowers livery used extensively abroad 😂
If you didn't know, this type of locomotive propulsion exists in real life! It's called the Railpower GG20B, and is typically assigned to yard switching duty.
Slightly different, in that you can use the diesel and electric engine together in the gg20b for more power. In this running the generator just keeps the batteries topped up.
@@lmm is this significantly different from the generator driving the traction motors directly i.e. diesel electric traction?
Lawrie, any updates on this loco?
It appeared in a video a while back.
It will feature again!
This is the type of miniature engine I would like to have (but for 15-inch gauge). There is a cab that hides the driver, and can be easily driven in both directions.
This would be a pretty massive thing in 15 inch!
Wonderful show of engineering and machining. I'm taking machining and welding courses now, someday I'll do a project this big.
That's great to hear - good luck!
You should try and do something with the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway or the Ravenglass and Eskdale, both are 15in gauge railways with live steam and diesel locomotives
I really want to build a mini railroad for my farm
Sounds a good idea!
have a look at this group facebook.com/groups/MinimalGaugeRailways
My buddy Lonis and his dad have nic 1 in lyons , Muir, ionia Michigan area. Awesome gp7 or gp9 done on conrail blue. They got$100,000 into his.
That's expensive
Love the Bedford crane in the background.
It's great isn't it
I love it so much I had a idea to make a mobility scooter look like a train locomotive by putting a body around one
Oh that's not a bad idea
Omg Lawrie i know you want this loco. Lol
It's good fun!
Great work. ✔️💯🏆
Thanks so much for sharing. 😉👌🏼
You're most welcome
Maybe add some wagons in the future too.
There are plans for some
Absolutely awesome lawrie 😁😁 hopefully you can return in the future and give us an update on the railway and locomotive 🤞🤞 definitely would like to see more miniature railway videos 👍👍Thanks for the vid 👍👍
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it! More miniatures are in the pipeline
@@lmm that's great 😁😁 I did see on Facebook a little while ago you visited zach with his 5" gauge railway in his back garden 👍👍 that would be a good vid 👍👍
@@gregemmerson9611 it's in the pipeline!
@@lmm awesome 😃😃
More about the green recovery truck in the back ground please (ex military?)
It's on the list of things for us to review.
@@lmm Looks like an Austin K9 4x4 wrecker. Very nice.
@@xxMasterofSparksxx depends on your point of view! 4ltr petrol? no thanks! ☺
Its really cool, yes! Now, can we talk about the old crane in the background?
You can, or have a look through our videos for the video we did on it ages ago.
That's pretty cool. perhaps go to see when it's finished. Amazing what some people can do with some spare time.
I will indeed!
The London underground mail trains weren't any larger than this. The track gauge may have been wider, and the locos beefier, but the scale was the same. Wide enough for one person.
They were pretty squat, though two foot guage means they there much larger beasties!
Love it, Lawrie's Live Steam as they are referred to in the US.
Oh really?
Thanks for sharing. That was delightful.
Thank-you, glad you enjoyed it!
This is more professional than some real railways.
Interesting miniature railway.
Any chance of a a video of the two trucks?
All in the pipeline
This looks like great fun, you made my day!! I assume you noticed the military crane/wrecker truck behind the spot you gave the introduction, any chance that might follow you home? Could be handy around the shed and yard. Cheers!!
It was a very good day.
Yes the k9 is lined up for a review one day in the future.
Yes please visit more such ride on model railways. I will watch!
That we can do
Over lockdown I have been building a 3 1/2" gauge battery electric locomotive. It's a lot smaller than that thing, but can still pull around 8 people. It cost me £490 so far, and about five months of work, how he has managed to build a 7 1/4 gauge in a month I have no idea. Mine is based off a swiss electric boxcab, might post some vids about it soon.
Oh that sounds interesting!
As I mentioned he had built one before, so just got into the swing of it I guess 😂
Absolutely wonderful.
Thank you very much!
Okay, if I ever get some land this is on my bucket list!
Me too!
Wow that's brilliant mate some details have gone into this. 👍😎 you looked nice and snug in it Lawrie.
It's pretty good once you're in!
@@lmm It looked good I enjoyed it mate.👍😎
When you are excited it sounds like your voice is breaking again 😂. That's a really impressive piece of work and well thought out.
😂 😂 He's done a super job
Fantastic work mate. Keep up the great outstanding work.
Thank you very much, we'll try our best!
fantastic video... i have a few locos steam and battery, and considering making a 7 1/4 petrol driven. this has given me some great ideas. i did visit the website as you suggested below in other comments but there is nothing there about this loco?
Was the website to maxi track for buying track?
This is a homemade contraption, so this is the only time it's featured in any media
@@lmm no it was this one www.rideongardenrailroad.com/
Where's the Center of Gravity with a driver inside?
Any torque concerns on the frame/chassis?
Any swaying due to uneven track?
Springs and shock/sway absorbers needed?
Somewhere inside it.
None
Less than you'd think
Doesn't need anything it's not got.
Would love that, needs 2 stations and a halt in the middle 😂
this makes me so happy why are tiny trains so good
It's fantastic!