I met a machinist in Chicago who built 2 of these trains. They were beautiful. He spent years on them, and his wife made all of the interior fabric decor for the cars. They were amazing. I'm sure they are now in a museum.
My grandfather made several live stream locomotives from blueprints in his tiny workshop at the back of his garage. I was lucky enough to inherit one when he passed on but what i wish more than anything now that im in my 40s is that id spent more time with him helping and learning from him. He was a very talented man.
What an awesome film! The camerawork is brilliant, and the cameraman must be a train lover for the lovingly created shots. The best live steam film I've seen! Thank you!
Many of the craftsman that built great model steam engines are no longer with us. I think about the older lathes and mills they had to work with to produce the very detailed and accurate parts. I have never met any of the builders in my 75 years. I have been fortunate to build several small stationary steam engines from kits sold today.
@@telwood15 You can make more working at McDonalds than you can as a apprentice machinist in a lot of cases. I’m in my 20s and I find it so sad to see a lot of skilled jobs disappearing.
great comment ,i got my machinists paper back in hs on manual machines likes these......i was no were near as good as these gents but i knew the trade ....kids these days dont have skills like this or the aptitude for the math
I’ve got it! All i have to do is become a mechanical genius, deveop infinite skill and patience, buy a small machine shop and devote 50 years to this, maybe 100. I do have a wonderfully accommodating wife, so at least that item is settled.
I'm now 82 and built my first 3.5g loco, an LBSC Tich when I was 12/15. Join a model engineering club and get help from the members. I'm on my 7th loco now!
I love the correct English- it sounds great and feels crisp. Even has correct use of quite.. back in the day when educated speech was reassuringly direct.
@@areguapiri”proper” grammar is arbitrarily chosen by an elite few. Language is language; it’s developed by the masses and evolves as time goes on. We would be better off listening to what people are saying, not focusing on how they say it.
I think it is an understatement to call such people "Hobbyists" A hobbyist would make one from a kit. These machines are works of art in their own right.
Absolutely. These are passionate geniuses that most would never understand. And, dare I say, they do have a streak of madness in them. Imagine the unlimited patience for the attention to detail that they have to pay. And, the many, many parts that need magnifying glasses, on and on. Salute and deep respects 🙏🏻
Love your videos it gives us the ability to see great steam shows in places that we will never have the opportunity to go to also love your version of Ghost Riders in the Sky ❤
@@TiagoFernandes-ro6ck There was track for the York Society of Locomotive Engineers in York and we also used a 3/12" and 5" track at Eggborough Power Station. It has all been demolished.
A similar sized miniature Diesel passenger train was built for the 2002 Jean Claude Van Damme action film Derailed. It was a bit painful to see those locomotives and coaches blown up and smashed in the movie, since they reproduced everything down to the rivet.
No kidding eh! But, money is money and the movie is supposed to make more money. It's sad as all hell when good work is destroyed, though. Especially deliberately.
At least they only destroyed a model train I hate when they show for that stupid new James Bond movie or whatever it is where they run that steam engine off the cliff in England. How could they purposely destroy a beautiful running locomotive like that for a stupid movie is incomprehensible.
Some of their models can't even reach a current saleable price !! They are literally price less gems of complex completion that are kept as family looms !!
The live steam passenger hauling aspect of the hobby is totally under represented, it's all about table top electric. Whole TV series helping Hornby promote its business.
Thanks for uploading this! 👍 Makes me glad to own a few titles 📕 by Martin Evans. My neighbor has a rideable live steam layout in his own yard, and hopefully the knowledge in those books will help me catch up with him!
Looking at that video picture I did think it was a documentary with Sir Richard Attenborough himself, this time about model trains. But...no) Anyway, none the less a great video!
Steam locomotive models to me are the most beautiful form of model engineering and when you see the sort of price these models bring when sold shows many others feel exactly the same.
An American locomotive, pulling two British coaches,( A GWR coach, a LMS coach,) and a European coach! But I suppose it is part of the fun of operating a live steam railway!
120 years ago around your Christmas tree before people had Electric in their homes you would have a live stream engine 2 inch gauge something like that going around the tree which is lit with real candles. It's amazing how nobody Burns their house down in those days with candles burning in the tree with a live stream engine circling it that was probably alcohol fueled. I guess people had more sense to not do stupid things. I've seen some of those turn of the century engines and they are like Jewels with the amount of handicraft work involved. Of course they were rather expensive but then quality pieces of equipment usually are but then with maintenance they would last forever. You have 150-year-old live steam engine from the turn of the 19th century that have outlived several of their owners.
This hobby require real education and technical skills. Every day this is more valuable because seems that less people is able to make it and enjoy it.
As a boy i made things out of wood, and then plastic, but this is model engineering. It is wonderful. I have a question: If you aim for true scale, are there certain things that will not work if made to scale? I suppose boiler pressure has to be "real"., but you aim for scale speed. I suppose that aircraft modellers have even worse problems? Excuse my ignorance, but once one gets thinking...
peter: You are correct, for example the fire tubes in the boiler are not to scale but larger. The boiler shell is thicker than the stress calculations require. The operating boiler pressure on a model may vary between say 80 psi to 110 psi, with 100 psi quite common. This pressure is sufficient to cause wheel slip with the locomotive. The full size locomotives had boiler pressures varying from 250 psi to 350 psi. As to scale speed. I've run my locomotive at a scale speed of 160 mph, and that was scary fast. The reason being is that model tracks are not as smooth or level as full size tracks.
What an excellent film with magnificent detailed scale models! I understand they are live steam and controlled via radio control. But just how is the fire controlled? Is there a mini robot that manually shovels coal into the fireplace?
@Tom Leaf, there are many model engineering suppliers who can provide drawings for model locomotives, have a look at www.ajreeves.com/ or www.blackgates.co.uk/
I have a model steam traction engine. Size of a large power wheels.. never fired it up. Got it from my grandfather. I’m afraid to fire it.. boilers scare the hell out me.. I’m a bike guy. But I love steam But dam steam you scary!!! 😮
amazing how much power a steam engine has ,,,now imagine that engine weighs a million 2 hundred 50 thousand pounds ,,,you get 4-8-8-4 big boy with 7000+ horsepower
All model engineering societies in UK follow a rigorous regime of hydraulic certification testing, and scheduled repeated hydraulic and steam tests similar to full size.
Adam, I spent months with severe depression and anxiety. Getting out and visiting my local model engineering society helped me greatly. Start with small steps and the journey will be fruitful.
What a pity such a low res camera was used. This work is magnificent. It is painful to see it misrepresented by a lousey camera. I just read the note that it was filmed in the 80's and that explains it. Still...it hurts.
The thing is, we *used* to do this, until people’s brains got rotted with the internet, social media, mobiles and cable TV. Hobby’s are a thing of the past never to return in this narcissistic world
If this was my debut, I would have most certainly put a shirt on knowing that not only was I appearing on film but also had a wildly overabundance of chest/back hair. gross
Unfortunately Model Engineering is becoming a dying art. With the coming of computers and mobile phones, young people seem to be more attracted to these rather than displaying any wish to become a craftsman. Also, it is now almost impossible to get castings made, foundrys are not interested unless you want a thousand. The more recent development of Computer Numerical Control allows precision engineering without any direct input other than writing a suitable program. Admittedly this in itself is an art but is in a different league to personal operation of machines.
Model Engineers are a very special breed, I have nothing but total admiration for every single one of them, passed and present.
Same here, wish i had that kind of skill.
I met a machinist in Chicago who built 2 of these trains. They were beautiful. He spent years on them, and his wife made all of the interior fabric decor for the cars. They were amazing. I'm sure they are now in a museum.
My grandfather made several live stream locomotives from blueprints in his tiny workshop at the back of his garage. I was lucky enough to inherit one when he passed on but what i wish more than anything now that im in my 40s is that id spent more time with him helping and learning from him. He was a very talented man.
What an awesome film! The camerawork is brilliant, and the cameraman must be a train lover for the lovingly created shots. The best live steam film I've seen! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Many of the craftsman that built great model steam engines are no longer with us. I think about the older lathes and mills they had to work with to produce the very detailed and accurate parts. I have never met any of the builders in my 75 years. I have been fortunate to build several small stationary steam engines from kits sold today.
The day's of Bridgeport and Colchester etc are fading sway.
@@telwood15 You can make more working at McDonalds than you can as a apprentice machinist in a lot of cases. I’m in my 20s and I find it so sad to see a lot of skilled jobs disappearing.
great comment ,i got my machinists paper back in hs on manual machines likes these......i was no were near as good as these gents but i knew the trade ....kids these days dont have skills like this or the aptitude for the math
I’ve got it! All i have to do is become a mechanical genius, deveop infinite skill and patience, buy a small machine shop and devote 50 years to this, maybe 100. I do have a wonderfully accommodating wife, so at least that item is settled.
I built a 3/4" to the foot model of a Canadian Pacific Hudson. Began in 1985 and steamed it for the first time in 1998.
I'm now 82 and built my first 3.5g loco, an LBSC Tich when I was 12/15.
Join a model engineering club and get help from the members. I'm on my 7th loco now!
I had the honour of meeting Martin Evans when I worked MAP in the late 70's, he was a real gentleman !!
Thank you for posting this, I will recommend it to other members of the Manx Steam and Model Engineering Club. Ian Beech.
Excellent shots of the steam driving mechanism!!
I watched your video with delight. An exceptional work of engineering. My sincere admiration.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love the correct English- it sounds great and feels crisp.
Even has correct use of quite.. back in the day when educated speech was reassuringly direct.
Most Americans can no longer speak basic grammatical English. It is pathetic in America!
@@areguapiri”proper” grammar is arbitrarily chosen by an elite few. Language is language; it’s developed by the masses and evolves as time goes on. We would be better off listening to what people are saying, not focusing on how they say it.
I think it is an understatement to call such people "Hobbyists"
A hobbyist would make one from a kit.
These machines are works of art in their own right.
I think “rich madman” fits better personally
Absolutely. These are passionate geniuses that most would never understand. And, dare I say, they do have a streak of madness in them. Imagine the unlimited patience for the attention to detail that they have to pay. And, the many, many parts that need magnifying glasses, on and on. Salute and deep respects 🙏🏻
Thank you for a fantastic film. Watched from start to end. Amazing craftsmen.
Glad you enjoyed it
Its a beautiful and under appreciated hobby.
It sure is
This is filmed in sweden and at 9:10 He is saying "What remains is to try out the Whistle" and then "Not so bad huh"
@Revolvolution737, thank you for the translation.
Thanks for sharing this - if I'd seen it at the time, I'd have been bitten by the engineering bug a lot sooner than I was!
You're a really useful railway.
احب كثيرا ما تقوم به لاني شغوف بالقطارات المصغرة واعشق الابداع والفن والدقة في العمل الذي تفعله . اتمنى لك التوفيق مع كل الحب والتقدير.
So greatfull and amazing! I am speakless! Good job!
Glad you like it!
You're a really useful engine.
Imagine making one of this so realisticly that It ends up suffering a boiler explosion.
Boilers are made to a very high standard with mandatory testing required.
Love your videos it gives us the ability to see great steam shows in places that we will never have the opportunity to go to also love your version of Ghost Riders in the Sky ❤
Thank you very much!
Excellent film , I wonder where all those superb locos are now and if the fantastic tracks are still there , Thanks for posting
Glad you enjoyed it
Yes they are!
@@TiagoFernandes-ro6ck There was track for the York Society of Locomotive Engineers in York and we also used a 3/12" and 5" track at Eggborough Power Station. It has all been demolished.
A similar sized miniature Diesel passenger train was built for the 2002 Jean Claude Van Damme action film Derailed. It was a bit painful to see those locomotives and coaches blown up and smashed in the movie, since they reproduced everything down to the rivet.
No kidding eh! But, money is money and the movie is supposed to make more money.
It's sad as all hell when good work is destroyed, though. Especially deliberately.
At least they only destroyed a model train I hate when they show for that stupid new James Bond movie or whatever it is where they run that steam engine off the cliff in England. How could they purposely destroy a beautiful running locomotive like that for a stupid movie is incomprehensible.
Beautiful locomotives
Indeed!
Some model makers are totally brilliant in their form of constructive art !!
Some of their models can't even reach a current saleable price !! They are literally price less gems of complex completion that are kept as family looms !!
The live steam passenger hauling aspect of the hobby is totally under represented, it's all about table top electric. Whole TV series helping Hornby promote its business.
Thanks for uploading this! 👍 Makes me glad to own a few titles 📕 by Martin Evans. My neighbor has a rideable live steam layout in his own yard, and hopefully the knowledge in those books will help me catch up with him!
No problem!
Very nice video. Great engines. I’m jealous.
They are
Looking at that video picture I did think it was a documentary with Sir Richard Attenborough himself, this time about model trains. But...no) Anyway, none the less a great video!
Steam locomotive models to me are the most beautiful form of model engineering and when you see the sort of price these models bring when sold shows many others feel exactly the same.
48:18 les faltó una locomotora big-boy 4014
Thank you for sharing this. Excellent!
My pleasure!
An American locomotive, pulling two British coaches,( A GWR coach, a LMS coach,) and a European coach! But I suppose it is part of the fun of operating a live steam railway!
Showing you what can be built....
120 years ago around your Christmas tree before people had Electric in their homes you would have a live stream engine 2 inch gauge something like that going around the tree which is lit with real candles. It's amazing how nobody Burns their house down in those days with candles burning in the tree with a live stream engine circling it that was probably alcohol fueled. I guess people had more sense to not do stupid things. I've seen some of those turn of the century engines and they are like Jewels with the amount of handicraft work involved. Of course they were rather expensive but then quality pieces of equipment usually are but then with maintenance they would last forever. You have 150-year-old live steam engine from the turn of the 19th century that have outlived several of their owners.
There were lots of fires in the days of candles and early electricity, I had a pre-war O scale train set that was in a old house fire.
Exceptional!!
i used to ride on a similar L/S train track in the late 1960's (long gone now) in Middlesbrough at Albert Park, nice memories,
This hobby require real education and technical skills. Every day this is more valuable because seems that less people is able to make it and enjoy it.
friend, how can I follow the drawings of the western maryland model engineer locomotive??

Brilliant.
As a boy i made things out of wood, and then plastic, but this is model engineering. It is wonderful. I have a question: If you aim for true scale, are there certain things that will not work if made to scale? I suppose boiler pressure has to be "real"., but you aim for scale speed. I suppose that aircraft modellers have even worse problems? Excuse my ignorance, but once one gets thinking...
Physics do not scale down, like the steam whistle, and some things become too fiddly like super heaters.
peter: You are correct, for example the fire tubes in the boiler are not to scale but larger. The boiler shell is thicker than the stress calculations require.
The operating boiler pressure on a model may vary between say 80 psi to 110 psi, with 100 psi quite common. This pressure is sufficient to cause wheel slip with the locomotive.
The full size locomotives had boiler pressures varying from 250 psi to 350 psi.
As to scale speed. I've run my locomotive at a scale speed of 160 mph, and that was scary fast. The reason being is that model tracks are not as smooth or level as full size tracks.
friend, how do I get the projects for a live steam locomotive, especially the columbia locomotive by Martins Evans that appeared in the video ????
@Otávio Willians, checkout 'Blackgates Engineering' - www.blackgates.co.uk/3_5__gauge_locos.html
Verdaderos genios los hombres q construyen esos trenes...wow😮
Didn't expect him to speak Swedish 😅😂🙂
Parabéns pela criatividade 👏👏👏! Leonardi de são Gabriel do oeste Mato grosso Brasil
Wow. Interesting.
Very!
Thanks.
16 minutes in, recent sold in Yorkshire
AWESOME, for the love of STEAM...!
What class of locomotive is the 2-4-0 initially shown?
Great
What an excellent film with magnificent detailed scale models! I understand they are live steam and controlled via radio control. But just how is the fire controlled? Is there a mini robot that manually shovels coal into the fireplace?
No, the coal is put in manually. Remember it’s not going to burn to scale.
one word,art.
Sir I bought a engine its price
this would be an awesome project, where would someone find a set of blueprints like these.
@Tom Leaf, there are many model engineering suppliers who can provide drawings for model locomotives, have a look at www.ajreeves.com/ or www.blackgates.co.uk/
I have a model steam traction engine. Size of a large power wheels.. never fired it up. Got it from my grandfather. I’m afraid to fire it.. boilers scare the hell out me.. I’m a bike guy. But I love steam But dam steam you scary!!! 😮
Test the boiler with water pressure to 1 1/2 times the operating pressure. With no boiler leaks or deformations you should be OK.
is it possible to get somware blue prins of those amazing models?
A. J. Reeves of Birmingham uk or Polly Models of uk.
Technically Polly models sells kits
A delightful video! One small nitpick: the WM locomotive is a "Potomac", not a "Pocono" (which would be a Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western 4-8-4).
All you need now is "Brief Encounter"!
einfach genial handwerkskunst in vollendung brovo
Which model is this locomotive
betul betul sebuah maha karya
What year was this ????
sweet jesus, that thing is hauling 20 people.
amazing how much power a steam engine has ,,,now imagine that engine weighs a million 2 hundred 50 thousand pounds ,,,you get 4-8-8-4 big boy with 7000+ horsepower
What about the hydro test??? You just fire it up and hope hope against hope it don't explode???
All model engineering societies in UK follow a rigorous regime of hydraulic certification testing, and scheduled repeated hydraulic and steam tests similar to full size.
Man those people look silly riding that, but of course I would do it if I could
우리나라 에도 세계적인 모형기차 장인이 있죠 ᆢ인천에 계신다던데 성함은 있었지만
I tried to build my own miniature locomotive but them my mental health kicked in and ended it
It doesn't have to
Build a model railway with ready to run stuff, it will be much easier and i promise it will have a positive impact on your health
I'm making one for a school project, only it's an 0-6-0 shunter, wish me luck
Adam, I spent months with severe depression and anxiety. Getting out and visiting my local model engineering society helped me greatly.
Start with small steps and the journey will be fruitful.
I build steam engines to help with mine.
Good Engineer 👍
Yer but these People are Craftsmen.
A watchmaker's hobby
What a pity such a low res camera was used. This work is magnificent. It is painful to see it misrepresented by a lousey camera. I just read the note that it was filmed in the 80's and that explains it. Still...it hurts.
Has anyone ever built a steam-powered airplane?
Balloons are very large stirling engines of a sort.
Yes, there have been steam engine powered aircraft. Not many, but they have been flown:
ua-cam.com/video/nw6NFmcnW-8/v-deo.html
The thing is, we *used* to do this, until people’s brains got rotted with the internet, social media, mobiles and cable TV. Hobby’s are a thing of the past never to return in this narcissistic world
Я в восторге!!!!!!
christ i wish he'd put a shirt on 😭
Pas de sous titres en Français. Aucun interet.
A level of enthusiasm not conceivable in todays social hurricane !!
there arent any steam engines made today.
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😍😍😍😍👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤❤
If this was my debut, I would have most certainly put a shirt on knowing that not only was I appearing on film but also had a wildly overabundance of chest/back hair. gross
Are you saying your the guy in the video?
Unfortunately Model Engineering is becoming a dying art. With the coming of computers and mobile phones, young people seem to be more attracted to these rather than displaying any wish to become a craftsman. Also, it is now almost impossible to get castings made, foundrys are not interested unless you want a thousand. The more recent development of Computer Numerical Control allows precision engineering without any direct input other than writing a suitable program. Admittedly this in itself is an art but is in a different league to personal operation of machines.
What do you want to bet that guys wife hated his hobby
No! Most commentary from wives was "At least I know where my husband is".