The Swindonised industrial, 813! - Lawrie Goes Loco Episode 4.
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- Hello everyone,
I've finally got myself onto a steam locomotive for a video, and we've set the bar extremely high, with the Hudswell Clarke known as 813, which was visiting the East Anglian Railway Museum from the Severn Valley Railway for the Museums steam gala, and I was lucky enough to be trusted with the regulator.
A massive thank you to the 813 Preservation Fund for allowing the locomotive to visit us, and for saving it in the first place.
If you'd like more information on 813, there is the extensive history and more details on the 813 preservation fund's website:
www.gwr813.org/
If you want more information on where 813 is normally running then check out the Severn Valley Railway's Website:
www.svr.co.uk/
Finally, if you like the look of the East Anglian Railway Museum, and want more information on their open days, or you're interested in joining the friendly team then check out the website:
www.earm.co.uk/
A video featuring:
Lawrie - Presenter. Has been excited by the prospect of driving 813 for months.
Matt - Cameraman. Somehow roped into another train video.
Note: For the sequence when Lawrie is speaking to the camera, there are no members of the public on board the train.
Get in contact!
Email me on lawrie@lawriesmechanicalmarvels.com
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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.
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!
American steam loco: I am the size of a small building and weigh as much as 50 fully grown, adult elephants
British inside piston stream locomotives look so clean and simple but obviously the price is being hard to lubricate.
British made really pretty locos, almost every one is a work of art.
Stuff stateside just screams power though!
@@lmm UP has got the 4014 back running under steam and touring...
She's a 4-8-8-4 Mallet, Class: "Big Boy"
I've been following the progress with great interest.
It's quite the achievement!
@@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!
In my opinion, the two most beautiful engines we ever built was the streamlined Coronation Class, and the Mighty Class 37.
So nice to see the controls inside the cab explained and the motion at work.
Pleased to hear you enjoyed it!
Many thanks...great video....from The GWR 813 Fund!
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.
It's a really amazing locomotive
Best video about driving a steam locomotive that I have seen on TH-cam.
Thank you! High praise indeed - lots more locos lined up!
23:26 RIGHT THERE- That's the money shot!!!!
I love saddle tanks. Very pretty loco.
It's a absolutely gorgeous locomotive.
Lawrie - you and those whistles; straight out of 'The Titfield Thunderbolt'!
:))
I love GWR stuff
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.
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.
@@lmm One of the reasons American locomotives have there running gear on the outside is to make it easier to access..
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 😂
back when it was built im sure u would have had an 8 year old boy oiling everything in thoes tight spaces
I feel they had fitters and a prep team with very different proportions to what we have now 😂
@@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
Hahaha, that's adapting to your environment!
😂😂
Or a little girl of the same age💘
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 :)
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
They're lovely engines. Got real grace to them
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!
I was so excited to play with the two tone, it really is super!
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!!
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!
Thanks from Belgium for this video ... You have such enthousiasm, that is wonderful to see and hear ... Keep up the good work !
Thank you! Really glad you enjoyed the video, and amazing to hear our channel is being watched globally!
Has anyone seen Toby from Thomas the Tank Engine in this video?
I did 😁
Yeah at 11:52
Yeap, it's a little diesel Shunter under the woodwork. Used on the railways Thomas the tank engine days.
@@lmm Its also used as a general shunter on the odd occassion, its an excellent little engine!
Yay, my friend is in this video, I better go tell him. Hey Toby!
Wow, I felt claustrophobic just watching you try and lubricate everything. Thankfully American builders here went for the function over the form.
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!
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
Outside cylinders do somewhat help matters!
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...
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 😂
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
More steam locos are lined up - just much harder to arrange - it's not just a matter of turning up and pushing a button 😂 😂
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.
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.
Two Toads and a Hydra? I swore I saw a chap in that truck
Looks like an extra long flexible head oil can is in order there.
It really would have been very useful!
11:50. Wait, that engine looks very very familiar.
Its Toby 😳
Fantastic video Lawrie, very enjoyable. Sounds like a good day. Regards Jake.
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!
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.
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.
It's a magnificent locomotive! The coaches at the SVR are stunning, you guys should be proud of yourselves!
@@lmm thankyou
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!
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!
Wonderful Video. I really got the feeling of what it's like to control a steam loco, thanks.
You're welcome, really glad you enjoyed it.
You remind me of the great late Fred Dibnah.
Thank you, that's very high praise indeed!
Wonderful little engine!
It really is!
I love how Toby just Vivian in the bavk
Yeah, it's a fowler with a shed on it
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!
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!
My favourite railway! The seven valley railway
(Was on it a few weeks ago)
Epic video dude 👍
So did they use child labour in the old days for oiling the vehicle? Because this oiling is crazy!!
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!
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.
I learnt so much and you make it fun to watch. 🙂
Thank you - glad you enjoyed the video. Loads more good stuff to come!
I just love it the most videos i like from you are The videos where you drive steam locomotives
I sopport this channel 🎉
Another great video in the series
Thank you very much
Totally enjoyed this video Lawrie
Thank you, I certainly enjoyed making it.
You are earning your Grease Monkey First Class Rating. Clearly it was was made for much smaller men. Congratulations!
I like the sound of that 😂
I'll have to get it sewed into my overalls!
You can definitely tell that the people that design these engines have never had to service and lubricate them!
Oh yeah, they went, definitely space for someone to get in there, that'll do!
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.
As part of the running repairs team at the SVR it’s good to see how much you enjoyed it👍
It's a phenomenal little locomotive. I'd love to actually get to see what it's capable of at svr!
@@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!
Oh god no. Would not enjoy that at all
@@lmm Haha it’s not totally unpleasant 😂 unless it’s a warm day!
@@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.
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
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!
really loved this video as im a huge GWR fan
I'm glad you enjoyed it, it's an amazing bit of kit!
@@lmm deffently a great bit of engineering 😊
"Stupid locomotive" said most of the engineers after doing years of walkabouts on this loco
I'm sure you're right 😂
Belgium watching you and I enjoy it
That's awesome to hear! Amazing that you guys are watching us all over the world!
She’s a beautiful locomotive 😍
We have been to EARM for driver experience days. Great video Lawrie.
Oh that's really good to hear - maybe we've bumped into each other!
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
Anything which means getting inside the frames is a pain!
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.
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?
We're working on improving the edits, both in run time and quality. Glad you're enjoying it despite that.
Hey Lawrie that is a beautiful engine
Yes it is - its a joy to crew!
Used to love working on 813 when I volunteered at the seven Valley 😌
I would absolutely love to have a go on it along the valley and really get her to work!
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 :)
I'd really like to, I'll try and arrange it!
See you down the EARM sometime!
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.
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!
There's always live steam locomotive clubs.
Where there is a will, there is a way 😂
Lovely two tone whistles
It's fantastic isn't it!
these video are very informating and fun i like them
Thank you very much!
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.
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!
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
Look! There's Toby The Tram Engine😍
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 TH-cam) either way excellent videos.
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!
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.
Oh I didn't think to do that! Just played tunes with them all day 😂
It's a super Loco, absolutely loved it!
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.
Fantastic video, Lawrie.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
@@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!
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.
@@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!
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.
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.
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!
@@lmm yeah it's a gorgeous loco and I love the idea of swindonised industrials.
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!
@@lmm if it doesn't look great western then it isn't great western 😂
That's pretty much it - if it's Great Western it must have this!
The Swindonised industrial, 813! - Lawrie Goes Loco Episode 4.
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One of my favourite locos at the valley! Also, was that Toby at 2:39?! :-D
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!
That's correct. Somewhat looks the part though.
I'd recognize that 7 and brown anywhere from my childhood
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!
Absorbed engines at the Grouping and other times, had the small initials G W R added to the cast numberplates.
Oh really?
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
Oh that's cool! Bet its changed since she was there!
I have just noted the special jubilee oil can ! Quite apt for this weekend.
I stole it from the engine Jubilee 😂
@@lmm I hope they did'nt mind!
@@lmm I hope they did'nt mind.
i like how theres just a Toby replica at @11:58
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 :)
Loved this video: it will be my pleasure to fire this loco at SDR on 1st May.
Oh awesome, it's a lovely thing
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!!
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.
12:01 looks like tobi made his cameo in this episode
It's a fowler underneath the shed
Toby is just kinda there and I find that hilarious.
Rewatching this amazing video! Could you do a video on the East Lancashire Railway like maybe 34092 “City Of Wells”?
I'd love to!
May need to get a little bigger first sadly
This is definitely the kind of engine if I were driving it would definitely keep my blood flowing!😀
It's a magnificent beast!
Think it’s possible if you could film and post a vid of you driving The City Of Truro?
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.
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
Yes, very sad
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.
Oh I don't think that I'd be able to get into that!
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!!
Yeah! I think it was in the goods shed. Its a cool building.
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
It's actually a purpose built Henrietta to run with the museums Toby conversion!
Could you review a GWR pannier? Nice video, keep up the good work
Would love to
She's a beautiful old gal. Love how she sounds.
It's honestly one of the best steam locomotives that I have ever driven.
It's just cracking.
youtube needs more videos like this. Just need the N7 to be finished now
Thank you! The n7 is quite a way off sadly
Shame really. I worked on her on her last day in steam. A really wonderful loco
I never got a go on it, but saw it many times. It's lovely.
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.
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.
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.
Quite a few locos have that kind of oil pot, I assume with this it's just about keeping it authentic.
Just unadulterated love for steam.
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
I would love to something like that!
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.
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.
This looks like the love child of a Pannier Tank and a J94.
Hahaha, though it predates both, so father?
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?
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.
I was wondering, im the only one felt unfonfortable when he was inside between rods. I know, procedures and such, but anyway :D
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
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!
The 813 looks like a combination of a pannier and saddle tank engine
She's just a pretty normal saddle tank
We can conclude you like it then?
Vacuum pump to back up the small ejector as well? Don’t recall hearing the noise.
Oh it's cracking Jon. Everything was totally spot on.
As far as I'm aware no vac pump just large and small ejector.
I would kill to be able to do this, so damn cool 😎
813 is a cracking engine.
Railway all over are crying out for volunteers here in the UK.
@@lmm can't really volunteer from all the way in Australia 😆
I suppose for you guys it's the distance to actually get to a railway?
Closest railway I can think of is puffing Billy, it's a 2ft 6in railway going through the Dandenong ranges
I've seen the photos. It looks amazing. How far away is that from you?
This loco is actually at the SVR it’s a lovley engine
Yeah, shame what's happened to it
@@lmm where do you get your footplate uniform from
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.
It would make an interesting comparison.
A big part of this being so good is how well its maintained.
It really is super though!
14:26 is that to spray the fireman if you catch him taking a nap?😂
As its from the boiler, the water coming from it is above 100 degrees c, that would not be a wise idea!
Someone with better connections than me ought to be Talking to the Cass Scenic Railroad and/or Jamestown here in California to get Lawrie some quality time with a Shay engine... Cass might be better, as they also have a Heisler and a Climax, for the trifecta of geared steam locomotives...
Shays in particular are known for being "All blow, and no go" with glorious amounts of steam and noise for ludicrously low top speeds...
The B&O roundhouse in Baltimore and the Steamtown USA museum in Pennsylvania are pretty good...
I'm afraid to set Lawrie anywhere near the Orange Empire Railway Museum out in Perris, CA however... between all of the vehicles in their collection - besides steam, electric traction, diesel, and narrow gauge trains, they have quite the fleet of trucks, buses, fire apparatus, and construction equipment - they have extensive machine shops with vintage lathes and mills of rather remarkable sizes. All of the above are in varying stages of preservation, so there's plenty of faded paint and manageable levels of rust.
Lawrie and his mates might never leave the grounds!
Oh my yes, that is indeed the dream. A Shay would be incredible. I've never even seen one work.
I've seem a video with all three types of geared locomotives lined up. It's all kinds of special.
I've heard that the roundhouse is very good too!
Not heard of the Orange empire railway museum but its now on my hit list!
i would really like if he reviewed an JNR d51 422 once
If it could be arranged I would!