There's a pair of Baguley-Drewry shunters (Nos. 3650 and 3652) preserved on the Goldfields Railway in Waihi, New Zealand. They look a little bit like the one in this video, albeit with disproportionately large cabs.
Love how informative you are with the details and history of these little gems. Thank you so much for these vids Lawrie. Would love to see you operate a North American switcher/shunter in the future...
Thank you very much, glad you're enjoying what we do! I'm planning my next American trip at the moment, and equally would love to get to drive some American locos!
@@lmm Pity you cant get out to the Nevada Northern and run one of their locomotives. Only locomotive I have ever had a chance to ride on the footplate is the little Vulcan industrial at the Agrirama vintage village years ago when dad was still on the board, he was one of the ones involved in getting the locomotive for the museum in the first place. ua-cam.com/video/EgLRSkRioRA/v-deo.html this is the locomotive here if you are interested, little narrow gauge industrial steam engine.
That one worked at RNAD Priddys Hard and then RNAD Frater. I remember seeing those running back and forth over the railway bridge not far from my house pulling Navy blue and sometimes military green box cars up to Fareham to become part of consists going further up the country, across to Plymouth and, often, across to the dockyard in Portsmouth, back when the military still used rail extensively for transport purposes and all the services had their vehicles and equipment painted differently to mark which service it belonged to... The reason for the speedo reading in forward and reverse is that, in busy times, such as in times of war, they didn't want to have to take the time to turn the engine around to move wagons around, so the engine may complete a run up to the main line rail at Fareham, drop the load and then return in reverse instead of having to go through the points to turn around, which also helped avoid disruption to passenger services running through. With the speedo running in both directions, the driver would be able to avoid breaking line speed limits on the return journey... The Perkins V8 power is no surprise, a lot of military vehicles and equipment ran those engines during its production, so having a lot of stuff running the same power units gives a big economy of scale in terms of buying maintenance parts. The MoD even had those engines in their first-gen Ford Cargo tractor units for a long time, which were very impressive as they would actually accelerate up the long hill out of Portsmouth on the M27 when just about all the other commercial traffic around at that time would only just about maintain speed, or often lose speed dramatically going up there...
Nice bit of history there! With the speedo, I meant the fact that it's doubled is not needed, one gauge that works for forward and backwards is quite sufficient, as a Shunter it would almost never have been turned. Makes sense to have the standard engine in it then
@@lmm I suspect the reason why they used one gauge with the doubled gauge face was to keep the equipment installation as simple as possible, something that is common across the range of military vehicles. Having one gauge for forward speed and one for reverse would add complication, and having a gauge that would read in one direction whichever direction the engine was moving would require much more complexity in the installation as the speed output from the gearbox would be turning in different directions in forward and reverse, so it would require some form of device to transform that into the direction the speedo registers in, hence why mechanical road vehicle speedos don't register anything in reverse. Speeding on that line, particularly when moving munitions, was pretty much a hanging offence, it could lead to summary dismissal of the driver, so having the speed readout was absolutely necessary...
At 3:48 i see a Ruston 48 in the backround Right and news for all railway enthusiasts NSWGR c38 class 3801 is back up und running again that is one bit of good news from Australia.
@@lmm you'll get Jupiter running. One fix at a time. Remember conservation of missery though, something will always be broken. So if it's small and unimportant, leave it broken. The moment you fix it something important breaks :D
I live in Gosport, and my Grampa’s best mate used to work at the mod yard where this worked. I showed him, and he remembered getting rides on the footplate
My maiden name was Baguley. It's so nice to see my family name on such a pretty little shunter, if only because all the females in my family could be described as such. Sadly, like the shunter, we're all pensioners now. Thank you, so much, Lawrie.
What a brilliant little shunter! I must admit that the Baguley-Drewry is a breed of locomotive that I've never been overly familiar with, so I found this fascinating to see, thank you. Loved that little dog as well. :)
Lovely little shunter. Although I think Richard Hammond tested the ultimate shunting loco on his new BIG series on Discovery channel. He had a play with a large german shunter with remote control fitted.
There's a mining railroad out in the western United States that I recall utilized fully automated electric locomotives to run the line. I think they were controlled by a computer that radio controlled all the trains but I forget, been a while since I last read up on the system
Lawrie, your enthusiasm and pure joy is a wonderful thing to watch, and your band of mates all share it with you. It makes everything you put up even more fun! Thank you for showing us around in this shunter.
Ahhh i know this engine. It worked in Frater, which is a munitions base. And like lawrie said it moved stuff from the mainline into the base and it would take it into Priddy's hard also. Then it would run the munitions wagons to the quay side and the barges. From there the barge meets the warship in the middle of Portsmouth harbour for loading.
This loco does sound lovely, but in my opinion the old thumper DEMUs (Class 205s and the like) sound just fantastic. I'd love to see you have a go in one of those.
Lovely to hear of Milford connection on this one - Mum worked on Gosport and then for Milford Port Authority, and I (briefly) lived in MOD houses above Blackbridge site. Another great vid, Thank You. All the best - Kes, from Talyllyn Railway.
A possible reason for having such a light colour inside the engine bay is to allow better visibility. It shows up dirt easier, but any light is reflected better and makes it easier to see when repairing/carrying out any maintenance
Did my apprenticeship at HMS Sultan (Gosport). I walked the trackbed of the MoD branch once, the track was still there but you wouldn't want to run anything on it.
Very enjoyable video. I treated myself to a "Driver for a Fiver" run at the open day in August 2018, and I do believe that was the loco- very smooth ride.. Not a long line, but it was a lovely day out there with such a welcoming team of members and a good display of vintage vehicles.
A great video , thanks for posting this. Really like the sound this little diesel makes. I see that Charlie's Trains posted on here 7 hours ago. Hello form Charles Trains 99.
Loved that Lawrie, D/H are a lot smoother over D/M's (not the boots hehe) I drove the Ruston 165 at Bressingham a few years ago very impressed, far better than my old railways class 03's (CVR). watched the loft invasion first look forward to what else you find!
I originally come from gosport, born in the 90's and I think I know the place your on about , i now live in midlands hahaha I'm just wandering if my dad would remember the loco as he joined the navy just before 1980 and his base was Portsmouth so theres a chance he may of seen it on a visit to installations in gosport. Keep it up looking forward to next video.
If you like the Perkins, you really need to drive a truck or something else with a Mercedes-Benz OM421. It has a really strong signature sound that's just plain awesome. It sounds just like it wants to pull - really one of the greatest and a nearly indestructible beast!
@@lmm I just googled a bit and couldn't really find anything in the UK - but I'm not from there so I don't really know where to look. This V6 should be used in a lot of the (smaller) 80's Mercedes NG-Trucks or Trucks like the 1222 (AF). However, I found the engine itself for sale several times. Maybe I should just message Matt and he will try to put it into redroot while you're not looking :P
@@lmm I would really enjoy seeing that. They are really fine engines. Mercedes once decided they want a V6 for their trucks so they basically just took their V8 and got rid of two cylinders and thus it really rumbles. It's one of those sounds you hear and you immediately go (without looking) "Jep, that's a old Mercedes with the Om421 V6. Here is one video I found that kinda captures it's dark rumble: ua-cam.com/video/C-kssIpFZsg/v-deo.html
@@lmm Yeah I don't suppose they'd be wanting to pop back to fill it up every day, not a 5 minute job. It always amazes me how little physical power those locos have, surely it must all be down to the gearing that makes them able to do what they do......like power the wipers 🤣
@@lmm I'll never fail to be stunned by what they can do and the obvious high weights that are involved......LMM has brought me a whole new world of mechanical wonder, cheers for that.
The keys for the engine compartment are made by fortress interlocks in Wolverhampton they are designed so only certain keys will work and if I’m right you can’t remove the key when the door is open they are a safety feature more than anything
What a strange little locomotive! I thought it was narrow gauge from the Instagram pics. Compared to the Ruston, this does seem pretty modern with that sliding door and clean lines. The color scheme fits the, er, 70s aesthetic, I'd say, though I agree that wasp stripes would make it look very nice. I guess it's kind of going for the very-small BR class 52 Western look? It is also incredibly cute, I may end up drawing this one too at some point-
It's very unusual. Talking to the volunteers since, it transpires that it's meant to be lined out. It's basically unfinished. I still liked it more in green. I mean they're hydraulic too! 😂 It is very attractive. I'm a big fan!
I suspect the reason the speedo changes direction with the loco is actually to make it cheaper, as the wheel turns one way, current flows one way through the speedo, driving the needle one way, then when you set off in the other direction, and the current is reversed, no extra wiring needed
Very nice little loco and very nice video! By the way Lawrie, Hornby recently released a OO gauge/1:76 scale model of a Ruston 48DS (identical apart from colour to your full size one), I thought you might be interested!
Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels great locos the one in ur videos was part of KFRPS at lochty private railway before it was sold to were it is now the north British locomotive.
We were suppose to put its all in proper lining for the M&Gn as well, but we never got round to doing it as its always running. We just didn't have the time.
@@lmm It would, and would give people an idea to why it is that colour. In terms of pulling, I can't post the picture here but it will pull 4 bogie stock and a wagon with ease.
@@lmm the Nevada northern in Ely Nevada. California state railroad museum. Steamtown in Scranton Pennsylvania. These are the three I know that have a drive a train program. And they range from $75 - $150. They all have their prices online. Do not ask Union Pacific to drive they're big boy!
@@lmm one thing I forgot to say if you go to the Niles canyon in central California they have a articulated logging locomotive from the 1920s that was used on a logging railroad they might let you drive it.
another great video. have you brought your self the Hornby version of your 48 yet . you must be so proud that they have made a OO model of it. great work Lawrie
It's a very nice little line. Hoping to get back to cover some of the other engines there. I didn't get to the miniature railway sadly. What's your Loco?
it must not have a spark arrestor. when you say hydraulic engine, do you mean hydraulic pump? i've never heard one called an engine before. but then, i've only ever rode trains here in the states at amusement parks, and once when i went to chicago for my army physical, i rode on an amtrack passenger train. i rode trains all over europe though when i was stationed in germany. i almost always had a 30 day eurail pass, and i got my money's worth. the dollar was strong in the 80's, and even on a private's pay i could have weekend adventures regularly. i kinda wish i lived there just so i could volunteer for these rail lines like you do. i love big machines, and wrenching on them would be a treat. the biggest thing i work on now is a ford 5610 tractor i use at the swap meet as a mower.
One would have thought it should have had a spark arrester, but I couldn't see where it would have gone. It's a pump yes, but interchangeable with drive, or engine in terms of what it does. Rail travel in Europe is cheap, punctual and efficient. It is none of these in the UK 😂 Volunteering on railways is a fantastic thing to do, I'm very lucky to be able to.
@@lmm you think it's bad in the uk, you should try riding an amtrak next time you're here. you will surely miss the train service at home. the subways in some of the larger cities are...let's just say they exist.
Interesting little loco, with an interesting drive train set-up! Does the hydraulic engine limit torque output then, to create a smoother take off, and help combat stalling and wheelslip? Just curious of it's main advantages over direct drive in these small shunters. It seems like the in-between before diesel electric.
Hydraulic is actually saw alot of use on the railways including on the mainline. The biggest advantage is you can't stall it, and you can creep very slowly with alot of control.
@@lmm Ahhh, that's interesting, I assumed being hydraulic it would be more precise - at the cost of that slight delay on power you mentioned of course! Think I'll do a bit of reading up on the subject, and look into those mainline uses. Cheers 👍
@@lmm Yeah, looked them up - pretty hefty chunks! The modern Class 166 it turns out is also diesel hydraulic, and I saw pretty powerful modern German freight loco also uses the same combo. Still going strong it seems!
The strange key and lock are (still) made by Castell and are much more common in electrical plant, they are kind of cool. www.castell.com/ As for the bidirectional speedo, it is much easier/cheaper to make them that way, nothing to do with the user.
It is a bit weird having a train go past with the noise of a fire engine o.o I grew up with the same model Dennis fire engines as Jupiter around, and it sounds just like them.
Yeah, love to see you on a mainline machine. 03, 04, 08, 20, 25, 27, 31, 33, 37, 40, 42, 45, 47, 50, 52, 55... Endless scope for reviews with a LMMscore for each one 😁😁. Should keep Lawrie Goes Loco in work for a couple of years.
Crikey didn't realise Redruth was a Perkins v8, if you don't restore her then stick the engine in a Fordson Major (easy swap) and have a fire spitting monster
I've heard the engine is quite desirable for tractor pulling. Yeah, the pair share the same engine. Only thing they have in common other than being red 😂
did the railway check this thing after Lawrie was done with it? I heard his fire engine still needed some air pipes and the ones in here look suspiciously like they'd fit it XD
@@lmm Hmmm. Interesting, all I need is a locomotive then to go with the hound I already have. He'd love it. His favourite places to be are on the window sill of our kitchen - which I should point out is on the first floor and accessed via a wall and the garage roof! - the front passenger seat if my mx5 when the roof's down (he's a border collie sized dog not a cat!) I reckon he'd appreciate the loco roof...
Another windsceen wiper fetichist 😁. No risk of a triangle of doom here at least... Edit: I suspect if HubNut were watching from down under he might have been hoping for some "pantograph" action 😉
As interesting as the Baguley-Drewry loco is I could not help noticing that there is a North-British loco there too... A BLOOMIN NORTH BRITISH!!! No less and As rare as the Baguley-Drewry is you should have been driving the NB as they really are like hens teeth personally I would have preferred you to do a "Laurie goes Loco" on that instead
Every railway has its own internal exams for passing someone out as a driver. On a steam engine you begin as a Cleaner, helping to clean, prep, and learn the Loco, then progress to a fireman, maintain steam pressure by balancing fire and water, and finally on to a driver. I'm a steam driver at four separate railways, and need to fit my final exam to be a fireman at another. Most railways seeing you have the qualifications at another railway will take that into consideration when training you, only needing to learn the route and the way the railway operates. Steam engines are pretty similar, broadly speaking a driver should be able to prep any steam Loco they encounter. With what I do, it's all discussed in advance to come to a safe understanding, I get taken out in the engine to learn it, and when I operate we have someone from the railway in the cab or close at hand.
@@lmm Thanks for the in depth explanation. I imagined it kind of similar to how pilot licences work. But it makes sense that there isn't a real standard since these are all privately owned railroads after all.
This is it. Even on the national network, drivers are passed for routes, you can't just drive anywhere. So similar on these, you may know how to drive x but you don't know the route.
I know I have asked multiple videos and you have said your working on it but when are we going to get a rode and rail vehicle and can you lease please please give me a shout out and also if you could work with fireman to find a fire locomotive that puts out fires but now that I think about it it would be hard to work out please give shout out when the video comes and if you can respond
I'm working on a road rail vehicle. It'll happen when it happens, no promises on time scale. I don't think there are any fire extinguishing locomotives. Not that I know of anyway.
A bit off topic but strangly the diesel looks similar to a Ruston.(Plaese engine experts don't run me over with Titch and Dennis at high speed). edit: i searched up the engine and uhm......it's on sale on fine art america.........how....the....holy......f*cking.....mackrel is a BRITISH loco on sale on FINE ART AMERICA?
"I would have one of these" Morgan rolls his eyes, and thinks here we go again!
I'm pretty sure the whole team fears any time I go look at a vehicle.
There's a pair of Baguley-Drewry shunters (Nos. 3650 and 3652) preserved on the Goldfields Railway in Waihi, New Zealand. They look a little bit like the one in this video, albeit with disproportionately large cabs.
Oh really?
Love how informative you are with the details and history of these little gems. Thank you so much for these vids Lawrie. Would love to see you operate a North American switcher/shunter in the future...
Thank you very much, glad you're enjoying what we do!
I'm planning my next American trip at the moment, and equally would love to get to drive some American locos!
@@lmm Pity you cant get out to the Nevada Northern and run one of their locomotives. Only locomotive I have ever had a chance to ride on the footplate is the little Vulcan industrial at the Agrirama vintage village years ago when dad was still on the board, he was one of the ones involved in getting the locomotive for the museum in the first place. ua-cam.com/video/EgLRSkRioRA/v-deo.html this is the locomotive here if you are interested, little narrow gauge industrial steam engine.
Joshua Trammell.. I would love to see Lawrie here in the States on that engine..
@@mikesewell2536 me too...
That one worked at RNAD Priddys Hard and then RNAD Frater. I remember seeing those running back and forth over the railway bridge not far from my house pulling Navy blue and sometimes military green box cars up to Fareham to become part of consists going further up the country, across to Plymouth and, often, across to the dockyard in Portsmouth, back when the military still used rail extensively for transport purposes and all the services had their vehicles and equipment painted differently to mark which service it belonged to...
The reason for the speedo reading in forward and reverse is that, in busy times, such as in times of war, they didn't want to have to take the time to turn the engine around to move wagons around, so the engine may complete a run up to the main line rail at Fareham, drop the load and then return in reverse instead of having to go through the points to turn around, which also helped avoid disruption to passenger services running through. With the speedo running in both directions, the driver would be able to avoid breaking line speed limits on the return journey...
The Perkins V8 power is no surprise, a lot of military vehicles and equipment ran those engines during its production, so having a lot of stuff running the same power units gives a big economy of scale in terms of buying maintenance parts. The MoD even had those engines in their first-gen Ford Cargo tractor units for a long time, which were very impressive as they would actually accelerate up the long hill out of Portsmouth on the M27 when just about all the other commercial traffic around at that time would only just about maintain speed, or often lose speed dramatically going up there...
Nice bit of history there!
With the speedo, I meant the fact that it's doubled is not needed, one gauge that works for forward and backwards is quite sufficient, as a Shunter it would almost never have been turned.
Makes sense to have the standard engine in it then
@@lmm I suspect the reason why they used one gauge with the doubled gauge face was to keep the equipment installation as simple as possible, something that is common across the range of military vehicles. Having one gauge for forward speed and one for reverse would add complication, and having a gauge that would read in one direction whichever direction the engine was moving would require much more complexity in the installation as the speed output from the gearbox would be turning in different directions in forward and reverse, so it would require some form of device to transform that into the direction the speedo registers in, hence why mechanical road vehicle speedos don't register anything in reverse. Speeding on that line, particularly when moving munitions, was pretty much a hanging offence, it could lead to summary dismissal of the driver, so having the speed readout was absolutely necessary...
At 3:48 i see a Ruston 48 in the backround Right and news for all railway enthusiasts NSWGR c38 class 3801 is back up und running again that is one bit of good news from Australia.
There's a Ruston 88 there, the slightly bigger version of mine.
Yes I saw the test run videos. Great to see it!
15:36 "I love that. This is the same sound my fire engine makes"
It would. If it worked ;D
Ouch. Very ouch . Right in the feels 😂
Talk about a low blow
@@lmm you'll get Jupiter running. One fix at a time. Remember conservation of missery though, something will always be broken. So if it's small and unimportant, leave it broken. The moment you fix it something important breaks :D
@@TheAverageDutchman It'll happen. Eventually.
There's enough broken stuff in The Shed to last a lifetime 😂
Glad I wasn't the only one thinking that 😂😂
A grand little rare shunter. I bet the whole team groaned when you said "I would have one of these"
Yes, but it's a pretty common occurrence for me to want what I'm reviewing 😂
I live in Gosport, and my Grampa’s best mate used to work at the mod yard where this worked. I showed him, and he remembered getting rides on the footplate
My maiden name was Baguley. It's so nice to see my family name on such a pretty little shunter, if only because all the females in my family could be described as such. Sadly, like the shunter, we're all pensioners now. Thank you, so much, Lawrie.
My pleasure!
What a brilliant little shunter! I must admit that the Baguley-Drewry is a breed of locomotive that I've never been overly familiar with, so I found this fascinating to see, thank you. Loved that little dog as well. :)
It really is. Me neither in truth, I don't know of that many on the standard guage. Glad you enjoyed it!
Lovely little shunter. Although I think Richard Hammond tested the ultimate shunting loco on his new BIG series on Discovery channel. He had a play with a large german shunter with remote control fitted.
Remote control has been fitted to quite a few things. It's quite an interesting way of doing things.
And damn it, he's stolen my act!
There's a mining railroad out in the western United States that I recall utilized fully automated electric locomotives to run the line. I think they were controlled by a computer that radio controlled all the trains but I forget, been a while since I last read up on the system
Oh really?
That sounds very interesting.
The Docklands Light Railway in London is fully automatic too!
Lawrie, your enthusiasm and pure joy is a wonderful thing to watch, and your band of mates all share it with you. It makes everything you put up even more fun! Thank you for showing us around in this shunter.
Thank you so much!
Really glad you're enjoying what we do!
My Father and myself both did our apprenticeships at Baguley-Drewry in Burton on Trent. I started in 1979 so just missed this loco.
Another great video Laurie , just proves that these little gems are great to keep Railways going & fun to drive it sounds very sweet
Thank you very much.
It's a cracking little machine!
Ahhh i know this engine. It worked in Frater, which is a munitions base. And like lawrie said it moved stuff from the mainline into the base and it would take it into Priddy's hard also. Then it would run the munitions wagons to the quay side and the barges. From there the barge meets the warship in the middle of Portsmouth harbour for loading.
Thanks for the video. I bet it was fun to drive. Thanks James from Texas
You're most welcome. It was pretty good
That local came from down my road as I live 3-5 miles away from Gosport close to the base
Oh really? That's cool!
Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels yeah
I know what you mean about it being alien, I was saw the same engine that powers my morris 1000 in a narrow gauge loco and was super weirded out
It's so familiar but so different 😂
This loco does sound lovely, but in my opinion the old thumper DEMUs (Class 205s and the like) sound just fantastic. I'd love to see you have a go in one of those.
Oh fancy seeing you here lol
Lovely to hear of Milford connection on this one - Mum worked on Gosport and then for Milford Port Authority, and I (briefly) lived in MOD houses above Blackbridge site. Another great vid, Thank You. All the best - Kes, from Talyllyn Railway.
Oh really, that's really cool! Quite a few people seem to have a connection with this one too.
Also love the Talyllyn!
Lovely video of a lovely loco! And that guards can is beautiful.
Thank you very much
A possible reason for having such a light colour inside the engine bay is to allow better visibility. It shows up dirt easier, but any light is reflected better and makes it easier to see when repairing/carrying out any maintenance
Yes indeed, that could well be part of it!
Did my apprenticeship at HMS Sultan (Gosport). I walked the trackbed of the MoD branch once, the track was still there but you wouldn't want to run anything on it.
Oh really? Quite a few of our viewers have ties with the area it seems!
Presumably long after the line closed?
Very enjoyable video. I treated myself to a "Driver for a Fiver" run at the open day in August 2018, and I do believe that was the loco- very smooth ride.. Not a long line, but it was a lovely day out there with such a welcoming team of members and a good display of vintage vehicles.
It's a nice little society isn't it. It's a lovely locomotive to drive. Really did enjoy it.
A great video , thanks for posting this. Really like the sound this little diesel makes. I see that Charlie's Trains posted on here 7 hours ago. Hello form Charles Trains 99.
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!
Loved that Lawrie, D/H are a lot smoother over D/M's (not the boots hehe) I drove the Ruston 165 at Bressingham a few years ago very impressed, far better than my old railways class 03's (CVR). watched the loft invasion first look forward to what else you find!
Love this series
Super! Glad to hear it!
Interesting on the toggle switches. Usually the off position is down and on is up.
Oh really?
Doug Demuro of Locomotives? :D Loving this!
I can work with that.
Glad to hear you're enjoying it!
Only if he points out the loco's quirks and features!
@@CardboardSliver we're getting half decent at that.
Absolutely love every single one of your videos. Keep up the good work
Thank you very much, glad you're enjoying what we do!
I originally come from gosport, born in the 90's and I think I know the place your on about , i now live in midlands hahaha I'm just wandering if my dad would remember the loco as he joined the navy just before 1980 and his base was Portsmouth so theres a chance he may of seen it on a visit to installations in gosport.
Keep it up looking forward to next video.
Yes, I think it would be entirely possible he'd have seen it trundling about!
You could say the heritage railways are the place where shunters and small freight engines could live out their dreams of running on the mainline.
Certainly some are - some are almost mainline in their own right!
If you like the Perkins, you really need to drive a truck or something else with a Mercedes-Benz OM421. It has a really strong signature sound that's just plain awesome. It sounds just like it wants to pull - really one of the greatest and a nearly indestructible beast!
I'll try and find something!
@@lmm
I just googled a bit and couldn't really find anything in the UK - but I'm not from there so I don't really know where to look.
This V6 should be used in a lot of the (smaller) 80's Mercedes NG-Trucks or Trucks like the 1222 (AF).
However, I found the engine itself for sale several times. Maybe I should just message Matt and he will try to put it into redroot while you're not looking :P
@@humbucker0076 But the engine is one of the few OK parts of the Dodge!
I'll see if I can find anything
@@lmm I would really enjoy seeing that.
They are really fine engines. Mercedes once decided they want a V6 for their trucks so they basically just took their V8 and got rid of two cylinders and thus it really rumbles.
It's one of those sounds you hear and you immediately go (without looking) "Jep, that's a old Mercedes with the Om421 V6.
Here is one video I found that kinda captures it's dark rumble:
ua-cam.com/video/C-kssIpFZsg/v-deo.html
@@humbucker0076 oh that's a meaty rumble. You are most correct.
I do enjoy that. Lots
£6000 worth of diesel to fill the tank.....WOW! I've only ever seen HubNut get as excited by wipers before 🤣
I guess it's designed to be filled once a week and just keep going.
It's just rare for me to touch something with working wipers 😂
@@lmm Yeah I don't suppose they'd be wanting to pop back to fill it up every day, not a 5 minute job. It always amazes me how little physical power those locos have, surely it must all be down to the gearing that makes them able to do what they do......like power the wipers 🤣
@@graemew7001 lots of torque though! Hydraulic drives are good for that. Super little things really
@@lmm I'll never fail to be stunned by what they can do and the obvious high weights that are involved......LMM has brought me a whole new world of mechanical wonder, cheers for that.
Delightful little engine, i'd love to have a go at modelling this one
The weird key is for a castell lock. common in flammable or explosive environments. stops opening without the right key
Oh right, I wonder if that was a standard fitting?
The keys for the engine compartment are made by fortress interlocks in Wolverhampton they are designed so only certain keys will work and if I’m right you can’t remove the key when the door is open they are a safety feature more than anything
Well I suppose it is a very uncommon lock design, but the key will come out, else how could you unlock the other locks on the door!
Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels what they must have is a master key that can be used so you can open a lock and take it out
@@andrewroberts97 ah that would make sense
What a strange little locomotive! I thought it was narrow gauge from the Instagram pics. Compared to the Ruston, this does seem pretty modern with that sliding door and clean lines. The color scheme fits the, er, 70s aesthetic, I'd say, though I agree that wasp stripes would make it look very nice. I guess it's kind of going for the very-small BR class 52 Western look?
It is also incredibly cute, I may end up drawing this one too at some point-
It's very unusual.
Talking to the volunteers since, it transpires that it's meant to be lined out. It's basically unfinished. I still liked it more in green.
I mean they're hydraulic too! 😂
It is very attractive. I'm a big fan!
That lock thing you have never seen before are "Castell" locks. Designed as safety locks.
The door clip, or the wooden block?
most likely explanation for the dual direction speedo is its driven off the hydralic drive so a dual direction was easier
They're weird. But a few thinks I've driven it have that kinda setup.
I suspect the reason the speedo changes direction with the loco is actually to make it cheaper, as the wheel turns one way, current flows one way through the speedo, driving the needle one way, then when you set off in the other direction, and the current is reversed, no extra wiring needed
That makes sense really. Thanks
@@lmm I should add that isn't a definite answer, just a hunch. I'm not used to locos with speedos. Lol
Very nice little loco and very nice video! By the way Lawrie, Hornby recently released a OO gauge/1:76 scale model of a Ruston 48DS (identical apart from colour to your full size one), I thought you might be interested!
Thank you very much! Yeah I've seen it, I'm really hoping to get them to do a model of 294266 at some point!
Nice wee locomotive. I noticed a north British called river Tay ex RAF leuchars fife
It's a super little thing.
Yeah, I really want to have a go on the North British. It was out of traffic at time of filming.
Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels great locos the one in ur videos was part of KFRPS at lochty private railway before it was sold to were it is now the north British locomotive.
Oh really? Thanks for the info
Did you check to see where they get the parts for it? They might know somewhere cheap.
That would have been a good idea...
@@lmm hahaha, oh well. Next time!
Rewatching this one, with 16 days to go until I drive it myself and begin my volunteer service with the railway at the same time
hang on 11:33 I don't recall seeing the DMU at Whitwell, how did I miss that, or has it moved on since this was recorded?
Long since gone!
@@lmm that's a shame, although brake van rides are fun and all, it'd be nice to at least see one of the coaches back in use
@@trainswithnickyt they're working on it
@@lmm So will I be soon hopefully :)
I'd guess the dual direction Speedo comes from naval tradition...... shaft speed/counters were dual direction...
We were suppose to put its all in proper lining for the M&Gn as well, but we never got round to doing it as its always running. We just didn't have the time.
Now actually that would look smart.
I want wasp stripes! It's a lovely Loco!
@@lmm It would, and would give people an idea to why it is that colour. In terms of pulling, I can't post the picture here but it will pull 4 bogie stock and a wagon with ease.
Oh really?
It certainly gives the impression of strength!
That looks like a nice place to visit! Thank you! :-)
It's a really nice little railway. Nice lads too.
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it!
@@lmm I've enjoyed all that I've been to so far! And I intend to visit a few more too! :-)
Ddefinite Triangles of Doom there squire LOL:)
You ought to come to the US and try to drive one of our Diesel's or steam
I really would love to.
I'm heading to the USA again later in the year, anywhere you think might let me have a go?
@@lmm the Nevada northern in Ely Nevada. California state railroad museum. Steamtown in Scranton Pennsylvania. These are the three I know that have a drive a train program. And they range from $75 - $150. They all have their prices online. Do not ask Union Pacific to drive they're big boy!
@@lmm I forgot to say that Portola railroad museum in Portola California And the Heber creeper in Heber Utah
But I really want to drive the Big Boy 😂
Thanks for the info, I'll have a look!
@@lmm one thing I forgot to say if you go to the Niles canyon in central California they have a articulated logging locomotive from the 1920s that was used on a logging railroad they might let you drive it.
Just subscribed, fantastic
Thank you very much, welcome to the channel!
Lawrie I really want to make a Ruston 48 in miniature 10.25 inch gauge and you’ve inspired me to do it
Oh awesome! Keep us updated with how you get on with that!
Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels I sure will!! 😁
The speed per direction is probably due to the nature of the hydraulic transmission.
Yeah, I believe that to be the case.
another great video. have you brought your self the Hornby version of your 48 yet . you must be so proud that they have made a OO model of it. great work Lawrie
Thank you very much!
I'm waiting to see if they will produce a version of my 48!
That would be very exciting.
I drove that yesterday, a driving experience
It's quite good fun!
Hello lawrie thank for making these videos
Heya, you're most welcome!
Did you get any comparison on cooling systems, and if that engine set-up is less likely to pressurise the lot? Not mentioning anything by name... :)
Annoyingly it's pretty much identical to mine.
@@lmm Ah. Bugger.
i drove that thing last year and emedently wanted to by it
It's super isn't it!
Wouldn't you have thought that it would have had a notch on the f/rev stick, from new, instead of a piece of wood.!🤔🤣!.
great vid Lawrie
Thank you!
Ever thought of having your own Doug...ehm Lawrie-Score for those locos?
Yes, it's would I have it 😂
Problem is I basically love everything I touch 😂
Good to see you went up to whitwell! I’m there regularly. Have you been to the miniature railway up the top my loco will be debuting there on Sunday!
It's a very nice little line. Hoping to get back to cover some of the other engines there.
I didn't get to the miniature railway sadly. What's your Loco?
Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels A 7.25 inch gauge sentinal shunter🙂👍 the north British shunter is my favourite standard gauge
it must not have a spark arrestor. when you say hydraulic engine, do you mean hydraulic pump? i've never heard one called an engine before. but then, i've only ever rode trains here in the states at amusement parks, and once when i went to chicago for my army physical, i rode on an amtrack passenger train. i rode trains all over europe though when i was stationed in germany. i almost always had a 30 day eurail pass, and i got my money's worth. the dollar was strong in the 80's, and even on a private's pay i could have weekend adventures regularly. i kinda wish i lived there just so i could volunteer for these rail lines like you do. i love big machines, and wrenching on them would be a treat. the biggest thing i work on now is a ford 5610 tractor i use at the swap meet as a mower.
One would have thought it should have had a spark arrester, but I couldn't see where it would have gone.
It's a pump yes, but interchangeable with drive, or engine in terms of what it does.
Rail travel in Europe is cheap, punctual and efficient.
It is none of these in the UK 😂
Volunteering on railways is a fantastic thing to do, I'm very lucky to be able to.
@@lmm you think it's bad in the uk, you should try riding an amtrak next time you're here. you will surely miss the train service at home. the subways in some of the larger cities are...let's just say they exist.
@@handyhippie6548 yeah, I hear nothing but horror stories from the US...
Interesting little loco, with an interesting drive train set-up! Does the hydraulic engine limit torque output then, to create a smoother take off, and help combat stalling and wheelslip? Just curious of it's main advantages over direct drive in these small shunters. It seems like the in-between before diesel electric.
Hydraulic is actually saw alot of use on the railways including on the mainline.
The biggest advantage is you can't stall it, and you can creep very slowly with alot of control.
@@lmm Ahhh, that's interesting, I assumed being hydraulic it would be more precise - at the cost of that slight delay on power you mentioned of course! Think I'll do a bit of reading up on the subject, and look into those mainline uses. Cheers 👍
Things like the class 42's I believe used hydraulic drive.
@@lmm Yeah, looked them up - pretty hefty chunks! The modern Class 166 it turns out is also diesel hydraulic, and I saw pretty powerful modern German freight loco also uses the same combo. Still going strong it seems!
1:51 anyone notice the dog on the running board?
How'd he get there?
Hi
The strange key and lock are (still) made by Castell and are much more common in electrical plant, they are kind of cool.
www.castell.com/
As for the bidirectional speedo, it is much easier/cheaper to make them that way, nothing to do with the user.
Oh that makes sense!
In Portugal we still have a Drewry shunter that was restored, but only for showing purposes.
Check it here: ua-cam.com/video/Kl0o32Tx0Ac/v-deo.html
It is a bit weird having a train go past with the noise of a fire engine o.o I grew up with the same model Dennis fire engines as Jupiter around, and it sounds just like them.
Isn't it just! She does sound like Jupiter! Lovely engine.
Wow a loco that worked in my home town (Milford haven)
Oh nice, the local connection!
@@lmm yes Milford was a real hotspot during the war! a town full of history!
Woah, where's that Whitwell and reepham railway!!!????
It's in Norfolk, England.
Details can be found on thier website, which is in the video description.
This loco in 7 1/4 would be great.
It's great just as it is!
How long before we see a class 45 review? Keep them coming :0)
As soon as someone offers me one?
Yeah, love to see you on a mainline machine. 03, 04, 08, 20, 25, 27, 31, 33, 37, 40, 42, 45, 47, 50, 52, 55...
Endless scope for reviews with a LMMscore for each one 😁😁. Should keep Lawrie Goes Loco in work for a couple of years.
The Hi-Vis is pretty useless when it camouflages with what you are driving. 1:53 There's a dog look.
😂 😂 😂
Another loco for consideration?
Could always buy one of those railways that went up for sale 😉
If I had money...
make a video about the android with you in the cabin. Amazing video, thank you!
He was just trying not to be in shot 😂 glad you enjoyed the video!
Does your Ruston 48 struggle with points when shes not coupled to a flat wagon? lol
😂 It'll pull more than the Hornby model too!
@@lmm weighs a tad more as well
@@thattrainguy well maybe just a bit 😂
Good vid keep it up thanks!
Thank you, we'll try our best!
Crikey didn't realise Redruth was a Perkins v8, if you don't restore her then stick the engine in a Fordson Major (easy swap) and have a fire spitting monster
I've heard the engine is quite desirable for tractor pulling.
Yeah, the pair share the same engine. Only thing they have in common other than being red 😂
It looks a little bit like your Ruston to me 😀
It's quite a bit bigger!
I hope they checked the engine before you left to make sure you didn't liberate any parts for yours...
Shhh they don't know that 😂
Who was the guy that appeared during the driving?
That's Ben, my cameraman.
did the railway check this thing after Lawrie was done with it? I heard his fire engine still needed some air pipes and the ones in here look suspiciously like they'd fit it XD
Shhhh, they don't need to know that!
@@lmm shhh is the sound their loco makes now after lawrie borrowed the air pipes :P
@@humbucker0076 lmao!
have to get you on D2700 or merlin next
That would be great!
Great vid as always,was the wing mounted hound original RN issue? Keep them coming.
I believe so, all locomotives required a hound for health and safety reasons 😂
@@lmm
Hmmm. Interesting, all I need is a locomotive then to go with the hound I already have. He'd love it. His favourite places to be are on the window sill of our kitchen - which I should point out is on the first floor and accessed via a wall and the garage roof!
- the front passenger seat if my mx5 when the roof's down
(he's a border collie sized dog not a cat!)
I reckon he'd appreciate the loco roof...
merlin should be in traffic soon once its been painted and d2700 should be repainted and repaired soon to.
Another windsceen wiper fetichist 😁. No risk of a triangle of doom here at least...
Edit:
I suspect if HubNut were watching from down under he might have been hoping for some "pantograph" action 😉
Hahahahah
On a serious note I'd like to do something with a pantograph.
@@lmm
Harm could come to a young man like that 🥴😜
This kinda looks like a cuter version of his ruston
Nah, both are cute lol.
As interesting as the Baguley-Drewry loco is I could not help noticing that there is a North-British loco there too...
A BLOOMIN NORTH BRITISH!!! No less and As rare as the Baguley-Drewry is you should have been driving the NB as they really are like hens teeth personally I would have preferred you to do a "Laurie goes Loco" on that instead
Yes I know, it wasn't actually in traffic when I visited. I hope to return soon.
I like the locos though..
Man i would love to own my own locomotive of some kind.
It's quite super. I can recommended it.
Wich kind of licence does one need to drive all of these different locomotives. I mean, you can't just let anyone drive a steam locomotive
Every railway has its own internal exams for passing someone out as a driver.
On a steam engine you begin as a Cleaner, helping to clean, prep, and learn the Loco, then progress to a fireman, maintain steam pressure by balancing fire and water, and finally on to a driver.
I'm a steam driver at four separate railways, and need to fit my final exam to be a fireman at another.
Most railways seeing you have the qualifications at another railway will take that into consideration when training you, only needing to learn the route and the way the railway operates.
Steam engines are pretty similar, broadly speaking a driver should be able to prep any steam Loco they encounter.
With what I do, it's all discussed in advance to come to a safe understanding, I get taken out in the engine to learn it, and when I operate we have someone from the railway in the cab or close at hand.
@@lmm Thanks for the in depth explanation. I imagined it kind of similar to how pilot licences work. But it makes sense that there isn't a real standard since these are all privately owned railroads after all.
This is it. Even on the national network, drivers are passed for routes, you can't just drive anywhere.
So similar on these, you may know how to drive x but you don't know the route.
You are lucky to drive locomotives.
I'm exceptionally lucky full stop.
I bet they never loose the engine key...
Might provide some issues if they did 😂
I know I have asked multiple videos and you have said your working on it but when are we going to get a rode and rail vehicle and can you lease please please give me a shout out and also if you could work with fireman to find a fire locomotive that puts out fires but now that I think about it it would be hard to work out please give shout out when the video comes and if you can respond
I'm working on a road rail vehicle. It'll happen when it happens, no promises on time scale.
I don't think there are any fire extinguishing locomotives. Not that I know of anyway.
I can’t unsee that his mic looks like a tiny egg lol
Well I guess from certain angles
🇮🇳💐🍁🌹♥️🥰🥰👌🍁💐🇮🇳
Does this make you mr orange?
... If you want? 😂
A bit off topic but strangly the diesel looks similar to a Ruston.(Plaese engine experts don't run me over with Titch and Dennis at high speed).
edit: i searched up the engine and uhm......it's on sale on fine art america.........how....the....holy......f*cking.....mackrel is a BRITISH loco on sale on FINE ART AMERICA?
Triangle of Doom anyone?
Hehehe. Don't get started down that route 😂