I have known this loco since school days used to cross the unmanned level crossing. When I started my apprenticeship at Cleveland Bridge as a maintenance fitter, I was sent to help maintain the loco. The draw bar you asked about was for shunting articulated bogies with completed jobs on through the sheds for shot blasting & painting. Kessock bridge, Humber Bridge, Thames Barrier, to name a few of the jobs at the old factory. When a new factory was built in 1981,the loco had the running gear overhauled (wheels & chains). The new factory only had a short line with 2 sidings & a loco shed. So the loco was not used much, then steel came in by road transport. I fitted a new left front spring as on inspection the top leaf was broken. I was later told it had been off the road at the points.
A million years ago when I was at college, one of the lecturers was married to one of the directors at Thomas Hill, so we got to go round the workshop and have a drive of one of the locos on their siding. 😀
They were tough little critters, not short of grunt and fairly steady on their feet considering how small they are. Their Chilled heel being the need to stop! As it said in the video they were a bit light on their feet which meant careful handling though the sanding gear was pretty good. Enjoyable to drive and nice to look at they were the ultimate development of the Sentinel family line in my book. If you left the little door that covered the battery switch open you could see the drive chain which helped to prevent slipping when starting away from a stand in poor conditions, as you could shut the throttle as soon as you saw it begin to slip and power up again as soon as the slip ceased. Great little locos which I enjoyed working with. Nice to see a video devoted to them!
The combination of that loco and carriages is just meant to be, and looks so much like something you would run on a model railway layout at home. Perfection 💜
@@lmm So excited for everything coming! It's been amazing watching this channel grow from when it only had a few hundred followers. I'm glad I've been around to witness it.
I just finished reading The Chronicles of Boulton's Siding which was a fascinating account of a 19th-century company that specialized in doing rebuilds on a similar level. 2-2-2 tender engines into 2-4-0 tanks, broad gauge to standard, that kind of thing. One customer just sent them a bunch of wagons of scrap parts and said "build us an engine out of this, please!" And they did it!
My apologies for being nerdy, but I immediately noticed that very short wheelbase and thought "that looks like the wheelbase of Joyce at the S&D". And it used to be a steam sentinel to my joy!
the front hitch thing could been used for anything from flat cars to a chain and bolt to pull stuff that may have been in rough shape but it looks like an old style US coupler could interface with it
I've been trying to figure out how to squish a Sentinel diesel into a 16mm narrow gauge model... This might be the missing link I was looking for. It's got the styling cues but at closer to a narrow gauge size. 😁
You should ask the east Kent railway in shepherds well if you can make a video there. They have lots of class 08s and industrial diesel shunters but they also have a class 142 pacer and a class 73 diesel loco used to drag the Eurostar when they needed maintenance
ive had a cab ride on 111C during christmas preparations are a volunteer when it was at chasewater, it was substituting for the reindeers as it pulled an OBA with santa’s sleigh onboard 😂
The 33 is usually the one diesel that is on the P way train. Also if you look in the yard at Bewdley and yard outside the Kidderminster carriage and wagon works you will see Ruston Hornsby diesel shunters, like the one Lawrie and LMM viewers saved.
Great Video Lawrie, I'm doing an experience on one of the Quarry Hunslets at Boston Lodge F&WHR in Summer, would recommend the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland for anyone
It's been a while since we got another Lawrie Goes Loco! This was the series that introduced me to your channel and I'm very happy to see it return! :D
funny thing is,i already know how to drive a steam locomotive and also how to fire it,it would be just all about the time on the footplate for me then😂
The first crossing on the video is an occupation crossing, the second is a gated road crossing usually manned but train man operated for works trains. For the purpose of filming Laurie does everything on multiple takes with our staff out of shot. Operations Manager FLRS Ltd.
No, they would just use the drawbar (coupling) hook. Partly because it's designed for that (sort of), and partly because it's at a better height - that lower thing might cause problems with the winch cable, being so low to the ground.
Lawrie came and did a filmy thing.
And every time he films there I feel the urge to visit!
He does alot of filmy things must be because of the speed you guys go and good food
Is that loco still there he might have took it,lol
@@Railway_Richesplease do 🤗 we have our traction rally on this weekend!
@@Jakegriffin2006we do happen to have a good food and drink reputation 😊
I have known this loco since school days used to cross the unmanned level crossing. When I started my apprenticeship at Cleveland Bridge as a maintenance fitter, I was sent to help maintain the loco.
The draw bar you asked about was for shunting articulated bogies with completed jobs on through the sheds for shot blasting & painting. Kessock bridge, Humber Bridge, Thames Barrier, to name a few of the jobs at the old factory.
When a new factory was built in 1981,the loco had the running gear overhauled (wheels & chains). The new factory only had a short line with 2 sidings & a loco shed. So the loco was not used much, then steel came in by road transport. I fitted a new left front spring as on inspection the top leaf was broken. I was later told it had been off the road at the points.
So cool that someone had hands on history with this great loco .
I’m getting some Ship of Theseus vibes here.
A million years ago when I was at college, one of the lecturers was married to one of the directors at Thomas Hill, so we got to go round the workshop and have a drive of one of the locos on their siding. 😀
I hope your poor Ruston doesn't see this video. You'll hurt its feelings...😂 do love the combination of that locomotive and those coaches.
111c was out at the weekend doing its thing!
You can ride the knotty coaches on select special weekends 😊
They were tough little critters, not short of grunt and fairly steady on their feet considering how small they are. Their Chilled heel being the need to stop! As it said in the video they were a bit light on their feet which meant careful handling though the sanding gear was pretty good.
Enjoyable to drive and nice to look at they were the ultimate development of the Sentinel family line in my book.
If you left the little door that covered the battery switch open you could see the drive chain which helped to prevent slipping when starting away from a stand in poor conditions, as you could shut the throttle as soon as you saw it begin to slip and power up again as soon as the slip ceased.
Great little locos which I enjoyed working with. Nice to see a video devoted to them!
Congrats to Lawrie on getting cloned, that is not just handy for level crossings, now he can staff a steam locomotive or be a shunting crew.
What.
The combination of that loco and carriages is just meant to be, and looks so much like something you would run on a model railway layout at home. Perfection 💜
You should come see the real things!
@@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Yes, I certainly hope to some day 💜
That whole consist looks alarmingly good: you wouldn't think a little shunter and a pair of two-axle coaches would work together, but dang, they do!
It’s quite twee, isn’t it
Is it just me or is it cool to see a loco that you've seen in real life ❤.Great video
Some lovely cinematography on display here, looks like some amazing lineside scenery, too.
This post should've been called "Lawrie's loco love affair!". The plaque of LMM is awesome, and that critter is great, thanks for share.
We were glad to share the day with Lawrie - and the headboard too!
I almost thought we might never see LGL again, so glad to see it again!
So much to come
@@lmm So excited for everything coming! It's been amazing watching this channel grow from when it only had a few hundred followers. I'm glad I've been around to witness it.
@@lmmHow is your two fire engines
That has got to be one of the best headboards I have ever seen.
We thought so too 😊
I just finished reading The Chronicles of Boulton's Siding which was a fascinating account of a 19th-century company that specialized in doing rebuilds on a similar level. 2-2-2 tender engines into 2-4-0 tanks, broad gauge to standard, that kind of thing. One customer just sent them a bunch of wagons of scrap parts and said "build us an engine out of this, please!" And they did it!
My apologies for being nerdy, but I immediately noticed that very short wheelbase and thought "that looks like the wheelbase of Joyce at the S&D". And it used to be a steam sentinel to my joy!
That's got a lovely engine note
the front hitch thing could been used for anything from flat cars to a chain and bolt to pull stuff that may have been in rough shape but it looks like an old style US coupler could interface with it
what a wonderful little loco. Sounds like a rolls Royce engine too. And as old as i am 1961 good vintage cheers Lawrie
Yes Lawrie confirms in the video it is
Love the new intro!
Fantastic job
LMS diesel shunter started with the frames of a Johnson 0-6-0 tank
I've been waiting for another episode of lawrie goes loco and this sure is a good one
Very nice looking loco, and top quality video, like always.
So Steam Diesel Conversion is a real thing thats pretty cool
What a cute little diesel locomotive. I am sure i have seen some of these at the Chasewater railway?
The interesting feature on the front is a two level shin barker.
And what does that mean?
@@bwilesuk It means that when you walk into it it barks your shin in two places.
I've been trying to figure out how to squish a Sentinel diesel into a 16mm narrow gauge model... This might be the missing link I was looking for. It's got the styling cues but at closer to a narrow gauge size. 😁
You should ask the east Kent railway in shepherds well if you can make a video there. They have lots of class 08s and industrial diesel shunters but they also have a class 142 pacer and a class 73 diesel loco used to drag the Eurostar when they needed maintenance
That loco and train, in the sunshine, looked absolutely brilliant!
Very jealous!
I enjoyed it as much as you did! Thanks!!!
Glad you like what we have!
great video i really do like it. i hope also to see a episode for "what is broken now?"" it feels so long time ago
35:10 and there's a gentleman down there that looks familiar
Loving every bit of this video, that engine sounds glorious, what a soundtrack!
I want to have a ride behind the loco I enjoy watching your videos from Australia
Kinda sad it does not have it OG engine.
Hyce you have catching up to do now lol
Brilliant thanks I must visit the railway, very interesting, perfect running combination,
Please let us know if you do!
ive had a cab ride on 111C during christmas preparations are a volunteer when it was at chasewater, it was substituting for the reindeers as it pulled an OBA with santa’s sleigh onboard 😂
She’s a versatile thing!
Why do I have a feeling the next one would be morse vally railway "emmit" its the other way round a steam locomotive bult from a dieasl
Just went to the SVR and saw a class 33 on a Pway train, Hagley hall, class 37 37263 and a class 14
The 33 is usually the one diesel that is on the P way train. Also if you look in the yard at Bewdley and yard outside the Kidderminster carriage and wagon works you will see Ruston Hornsby diesel shunters, like the one Lawrie and LMM viewers saved.
@@bentullett6068 I didn’t see any at bewdley only a dmu was there but I think I caught a glimpse of it at Kidderminster yard
@@Baron_trains the shunter lives in the yard where all the carriages are seen.
Love the content Lawrie ❤🚂 keep up the incredible work
Always a good video from lmm
Very interesting enjoyed video
Is the steam still for sale at the other railway?
I believe there has been a offer made on it.
thoroughly enjoyed that vid ty
The camra angles and drone shots are grate in this vidio
Thanks, I always try to bring something artistic to the plate. And Lawrie has his fair share of ideas too.
The wonderful Staffordshire countryside is doing some of the heavy lifting for us 🙂
Can you do a review on the headboard or give a link to where we can get one please????
The peace under the coupling rod is not for a shunting pole?
First somehow also lovely video
I wonder what it would cost to convert it back to steam
Great Video Lawrie, I'm doing an experience on one of the Quarry Hunslets at Boston Lodge F&WHR in Summer, would recommend the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland for anyone
It is gorgeous! That is not usually something associated with steam to diesel conversions there are several hideous examples out there.
It's been a while since we got another Lawrie Goes Loco! This was the series that introduced me to your channel and I'm very happy to see it return! :D
Very interesting critter. A certified creature.
And an essential part of our fleet
Some of us steam enthusiasts might be thinking, "smelly diesel" but they are a sight easier to maintain!
I love steam, but I own diesels!
funny thing is,i already know how to drive a steam locomotive and also how to fire it,it would be just all about the time on the footplate for me then😂
We had one
of these at Stella North power station the station closed in 1991 although we stopped using rail coal along time before that
Curious as to why the original engine got replaced?
I believe it had given up
What great little Diesel Engine !!
Very lovely ain’t she
What's the thing on the axle you can see on the shots from underneath? Little flap thing
This is cool they did this
We like to hang with the cool kids 😊
Saw this loco yesterday - it does indeed look very smart.
It's a really good machine!
Hi
Watched this while i was asleep, so i'll watch it again
So you let the loco run through the crossing unattended?
Naturally no. Look closely and you’ll see two operators inside.
@@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Haha I had hoped that was the case.
The first crossing on the video is an occupation crossing, the second is a gated road crossing usually manned but train man operated for works trains. For the purpose of filming Laurie does everything on multiple takes with our staff out of shot. Operations Manager FLRS Ltd.
@@screwdriver5181 I thought so. Very slick bit of filming then.
lawrie could it be the triangleula thing at front and rear of the diesel be where they shakle a winch to if it needs to travel by road on a lorry
No, they would just use the drawbar (coupling) hook. Partly because it's designed for that (sort of), and partly because it's at a better height - that lower thing might cause problems with the winch cable, being so low to the ground.
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good vid