30:20 *David attenborough voice* and here, we see the birth of an engine man. See how he struggles to leave his mother to venture into the big wide world...
46:10 "Would I have this engine? Yes, yes I would." Well there seems to be enough Austerities left acquiring one isn't impossible, on paper at least. So count me as pulling for you on that particular dream of yours. Anywho, being on the wrong side of the Atlantic for such things finding decent stuff on the Austerities has been a little difficult, so thanks for the video on them.
I really hope one day to have a couple more locos, an Andrew Barclay and an Austerity would make me very happy indeed! Maybe one day if the channel gets big enough?
There's actually a surprising amount of European stuff that gets rebadged for the US market.. There's rebadged mokka's and Insignias being sold as buicks.
This channel is really fantastic. I would never have thought, until today, that I could watch a 48-minute video about a single Austerity and find it so interesting!
@@lmm didn't this engine appear in a kids film called Run away railway as Mildia?. its about a group of kids trying to save their local branch line after its closed by BR but at the end of it they are hijacked by two train robbers who wanted to use their engine to hijack a mail train. the kids stop the robbers and end up on the mainline after one of the Villains makes the engine run away with them and the kids on the footplate
Love the railway videos! Errol Lonsdale was the loco hauling on my first ride on a preserved railway. Mid Hants, Alresford to Ropley when I was about five or six. That was about forty years ago - this makes me feel so old! But it's lovely to see her being kept in such great condition. Thanks for producing these wonderful videos!
@@lmm I was just reminded by re-watching this episode i only saw 2 trains of the nmbs but if you can i would check out a NMBS HLD 59 (can also be called 59 series), i saw somewhere about it there where only about 50 made.
I volunteer on the isle of wight steam railway we have 2 austerity's and one of the engineers there works on this loco in Belgium as he fixes air pumps. Great locos very powerful
You have WD192 Waggoner, don't you...? I remember climbing over it all when she was part on the Museum of Army Transport, in (my home town) Beverley. I need to come and see her again, really. It's been about 17 years.
Indeed, Len and I get on well. He did a lovely job on the pump. He also helped replace the crown stays and with the tube fitting. I’m looking forward to comparing how 192 is to my loco. 198 is uncannily similar. 192 went out of traffic just before Sofie and I started coming over to do the occasional turn at IWSR
@@phil69881 yes 192 waggoner and 198 royal engineer live on the isle of wight steam railway, the railway also own another one called Juno but it's currently in the NRM museum at shildon
Good to see the shot of 'Waggoner', which I think is No192. It was in the Museum of Army Transport at Beverley, near where I live along with an Avonside named 'Woolmer'. The strange thing was that the locomotive had been overhauled by the Army & had a boiler certificate. A very wise move on the part of the owner to apply his wire's name to the engine, thus ensuring marital harmony continues uninterrupted.
My favorite class of locomotive. Mostly because i love war machines [weather it be engine or tank] and they worked in my country The Netherlands as well as the 8800 class. Three off the Dutch ones have been preserved with one back in the UK at the Ribble Steam Railway I believe.
I know the Ribble railway has a load of locos, but I didn't know that they had them! They're one of my favourite classes too, the perfect engine for preserved railways!
Great to see you back on the locos Lawrie Showing us all how to prep and how the mechanics work is very educational - I've learnt more from your videos over the last year or so than I have from many years of reading and watching train spotter type material I like the way you keep your middy cap on wherever you go, I visit the mid Suffolk at least once a year - maybe I'll bump into you there! Mind how you go boy, and thanks for videos, keep em cummin (pardon my attempt at gettin the good old Suffolk accent in text)
Thank you! Half the point of doing these videos is to try and get people interested and involved - I need to be training the next generation of Loco men and women already. It's my home railway - and its where my Loco lives so I'll always represent them. I'll be letting people know when I'm rostered so at least you'll know when I'm there! I enjoyed the Suffolk 😂
When you come to the US if you happen to travel to Niagara Falls up I-79 get off at Meadville Pa and see the display on Route 6 and if you have time go east to Titusville Pa and check out the OC&T,Caboose Motel, & Drake's Well where the first oil well was drilled.
I went inside that saddle tank and cleaned it one end to the other - went under the baffles to get along it. 1975 or 1976 KESR, preparing it for Mid Hants. Yes it was called Errol Lonsdale. I actually think they are a work of genius and easily one of the best British Locos ever designed and built. They are the ultimate incarnation of the Victorian engine. Not having superheating is a big plus on the simplicity front. From the way they go you would never beleive it has slide valves. It's very stable on the short wheel base, and very powerful indeed. You wouldn't get the stability with outside cylinders. They will do 25mph without a problem. Thanks for such a brilliant program. I think the added Mech lube helps keep it nice and quiet.
I've always really loved Austerity, it is the perfect engine to work on a heritage railway. If I could have an engine, one day I would love to have an Austerity. They're great!
chitty chitty, bang bang. it was one of my fave movies when i was young. that movie set me up as a kid, to build crazy crap as an adult. "from the ashes of disaster, grow the roses of success." i still hum that song as i build stuff i doubt will work, but have to make to stay sane.
@@lmm i figured if he could do it, so could i. haven't built a flying car that floats yet, but i ain't dead yet either. i keep thinking, "dirigible", and "hovercraft", and "madman with a spanner", and "you'll die, but what a lovely way to go". then another voice says "sod it all you daft bugger". translated into english from the original american.
I wonder if something like this would be able to run a smaller lesser used main line service in the UK like one of the one train per week services (Stalybridge to Stockport) or a branch line that is part of the national network, you would have to fit all the required equipment but it would be an interesting alternative to replace Pacers.
Hard to think that Reg Varney, Arthur Mullard and Frankie Howard were once playing around on that footplate! Such a brilliant film, laughed my head of with some of the antics - point levers being thrown into ponds, station master giving in his notice because he could not handle all the coming and goings. Great to see the loco is still with us, long after the actors have passed on.
These are just right for the job they were designed for . Heavy shunting and short working. They have done much more over the years but their design was to start and pull 1000 ton on the level. Seeing you crawl into between the frames brought back memories. The line I used to volunteer on had 2 miles or so at 1/90 ish. With 6 on the fire hole door would start to glow red. The bark did / is even making me smile now. Big engines need load and be allowed to run fast. An Austerity barking to climb or starting a train is just as wonderful as a pacific stretching her legs with 10 + on the hook. For me an austerity every, any and always ... no contest..... The condition of this one shone through, even the bits the public don’t see were clean. That take dedication and love. Yep love. To see a couple working their own loco and keep it in such a condition needs respect appreciation and a bow of recognition. Very nice to see her working.. and your smile. If the owner ever sees you turn up with a low loader I recon you will see a scene very much like a farther getting out the shotgun as the young boy comes up the garden path for his young beautiful daughter. Amacf
I agree the Austerity is a wonderful piece of kit. The noise of the ones working out the bank at Foxfield is just magnificent. Chris is so proud of his Loco and it shows, its magnificent. I doubt he'd let me get anywhere close with a low loader 😂 😂
One of my favourite types of steam loco. I wonder how the identity 68011 was selected for the St Trinians film - the real 68011 was one of only 2 J94s based at my local depot (Hull Dairycoates)
Might want to invest in a long-spout oil can like we use here in the States, saves having to get in-between the frames to oil up the fiddley bits, particularly on the old Stephenson link valve gear . As for why they used it on these instead of something like outside Walschaerts gear, I'd hazard a guess and say it was because it was a simple, proven, and reliable design that could be produced quickly under wartime conditions.
Shipwright1918 indeed, they wanted an engine quick and cheep. Hunslet took the designs they already had, with casting patterns that they had available and just changed sone things to meet army requirements. Bit bigger wheels and larger water tank for example
Hey Lawrie! I really enjoyed this mini film! Never knew this loco existed! Myself being an austerity lover! I own part of a loco at Foxfield, and work there sometimes, and trust me the two austerity locos really do work just fine on the bank! However this one with as you said, a perfect rhythm, would really give a good performance! The churnet just down the road from Foxfield also like this railway has a forign flagship loco, thus being one of the S160s (5197 or 6046) and the Polish TKH tank (2944 "Hotspur"). Cheers George.
Hello George, thank you very much, she's a cracking bit of kit isn't she! Which Loco are you part of? Fancy having us along to review it? I'd love to get a go with an s160. They're awesome things.
If you want to hear WD196 working hard, check this video of when when visited Chemin Fer Du Bocq in south Belgium. The line is a really long climb. You’ll love the shot of the engine going to the cut in. (The diesel in the back wasn’t helping, the service was push-pull) m.ua-cam.com/video/G_Mh7hZ5T-c/v-deo.html
Awesome video, the J94 (austerity) in my profile pic is called Lord Phil built 1944 but was rebuilt as a later 1960's built austerity, the heritage railway have done a very good job at overhauling the loco :)
"Having got the certainty that nobody's going to move the proxy thing" Famous last words of a lot of railway men. That being said I love this series, keep up the good work.
There were actually plenty of foreign made locos in Belgium. Captured German army locos after WW1, American “consolidation” type locos made by Alco and Baldwin in the 1920s and also some locos made in Britain to Belgian state railway specs, also in the interwar period (not quite sure when).
Watching you oil that thing makes me so appreciative of our North American locomotive designers who put the majority of the moving bits on the outside. Wonderful vid. Enjoyed every moment of it!
Brilliant video and what a fine example of an Austerity Tank! I learnt quite a bit and enjoyed watching. I also like the Belgian additions to the loco, those switches for the lights and battery disguised as a tool box are nice touches. :)
Nice video mate, theres one at the midland railway in derbyshire, stones throw away from me, called Lord Phil. Got this snippet off an article online: Lord Phil’ was built in 1944 for the War Department and is one of the large types of 485 Austerity locomotives, built mainly for military and industrial use. The locomotive was originally Hunslet 2868. Keep it up 😁😁
Just found your great channel and now watching all of your videos... But i would love to see some German steam locomotives with your style of videos. Of cause at this time it isn't possible, but i hope it would happen at some point. Greetings from Germany.
Hi, a very nice vlog. As a former ships engineer, i often had to lubricate the engine. In one hand the oil can and in the other a dot of polising cotton to clean the lubrication ponts. I miss that. Ha.ha.
Hi. When i was a student i often got a kick in the ass, if i forgot to clean up the spilled oil. And the chief engineer somtimes got engry when i dilated the oil too close to the valve springs. I had to that with a piece of wood. He said, look at your older colleagues, most of them are missing a part of there vingers. They cannot order ten beer in the pub, nine and half or less. It was a good school and i still have all my fingers. Ha, ha. @@lmm
You should take a look at the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway and their Belgian/German/Austrian Heeresfeldbahn locomotive No. 10 Sir Drefaldwyn and other Austrian rolling stock.
I remember this loco from its Errol Lonsdale period on the Mid-Hants railway. I used to know one of the co-owners quite well. Lovely to see it here on LMM :-)
I used to live in belgium and volunteer at maldegem when I was just 9. I worked on Fred at the time. You'd be surprised how much it has changed over the years. I definitly need to go back for a visit
@@chrishoggett1375 Hello Chris. How are you doing? I could remember yours and your dads first name, but couldnt for the life of me remember your last name. I hope things are well with you both. Glad to hear it. I've yet to see Fred running. I shall defintily arrange a time to come back to Belgium at some point and drop in to see how things are getting on. Glad to hear you guys are still around. :)
The reason they didn't go for outside cylinders is because they wanted a tried and tested design, the "J94's" are essentially a slightly modified Standard Hunslet 50550 class, which was an evolution of the 50540 class, both of which are inside cylinder machines. The MOD had origionally planned on ordering LMS 3F tanks
I wonder if this video means we might get to see Lawrie check out other war department steam locomotives or even bigger locos? Also the rail line in the video is very lovely and so is the Austeritie.
I'm hoping to do more - and bigger locos! Hopefully it'll happen, the bigger the channel gets, the easier it becomes to organise these things! It's a super railway, full of lovely people!
i think most American train fans wonder at how interior cylinders became a thing, but for a wartime design i think there are two things. first, it was an 'off-the-shelf' design needing no development time. and second, having the cylinders on the interior would probably offer some protection. same for the saddle tank. the water would be very effective at protecting the boiler.
*by the end of the month* lol that's not happening anymore 😅 But yes. I recon it's entirely possible when this has all blown over. A few days to visit would probably be called for!
Lawrie the miniature railway I work at has two small 14xx one 1401 and the other 1402 and also question will you ever do a Lawrie’s go locos on the 14xx’s
beautiful loco and beautiful video. always lovely to see the engines and your enthusiasm for them. Even if oiling up is 60% of the video. Thanks all for sharing and keep on with these. also can't wait for your car/truck content again :)
mamodsteam returns the main reason why we changed the headlights into LED is because of light pollution. The railway runs in a very built up area. All the streetlights simply overpower paraffin lamps making the train invisible at crossings in the dark. We did our best to do it as clean as possible, glad you like it :)
Stashing steam engines aside during the cold war made total sense. No electronics to be fried by EMP. The heritage railways in the UK provided a reserve of working trains which could have been taken by the Govt to rebuild the rail network. Several trains were stored across Europe but they were not always maintained or kept in dry environments.
To be honest if it weren't for some of the shots and saying he was in belgium, you would almost think he was on the nene valley railway. Another good video. Really want to see you in a usa s100 or s160 locomotive.
@@lmm Cant wait to see what videos come out from your trip to the Nene. I would say one of the best sights i have see of a S160 is a video taken from the NYMR of their 9F and S160 double heading a, all be it rather small, goods train out of Grosmont.
Presumably the idea of having inside cylinders on the Austerity was that it would run more safely or more comfortably on potentially damaged or quickly / poorly laid track?
Hi Lawrie, at 4:51, unless I have mistaken where you mean. I can't find anywhere called Bichester on Google - I checked before I commented and Lower Arncott is right by Bicester. Like I said, I really enjoy these, particularly the one on the 20hp Simplex, thank you very much for sharing.
The engine would have been issued to the Royal Engineers, Royal Corps of Transport came into being in the 1960s and Royal Logistic Corps corps later. Also the MoD name also came into being in the 60s before that it was the War Department. Bi cester?? Always known as Bister.
I think it'd be amazing if you could someday get out to the US and drive some of the monsters they've got over there. Personally, I'm a huge fan of the Union Pacific Big Boy, of which I think they recently restored the 4018.
I like that whilst the world was falling apart lawrie visits Belgium to show us a locomotive that was built in Britain and was in chitty chitty bang bang XD
8811 en wd196 hebben al samen gewerkt in Simpelveld. WD196 is al op bezoek geweest in Goes en als alles goed gaat zou ze dit jaar ook nog naar Haaksbergen gaan
Dragon Enderlord Lawrie is going to the US in April, see his previous video. Doing a trip from North Carolina to the Niagara falls. If you are connected to railways anywhere around there you should let him know. He requested that in the video ;)
The diesel is a French-built Cockerill "locotractor" with a 2-stroke GM diesel engine. I guess that locomotive wasn't made to run a long line? I couldn't imagine having to stop every forty kilometers just to re-lubricate the coupling rods...
Found your channel a while ago, I like it a lot. I have one question, have you ever had to oil side tank engines that have inside cylinders without a pit? It's practically suicidal to try from what I've heard.
Great video!!! Really enjoyed it. I’ve always wanted to drive a steam engine, thank you for sharing maybe when this pandemic is over, do you think you can get to the Brecon Mountain railway? They have some very interesting locomotives.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! If you watch through the rest of the series, there's probably some other videos you'll enjoy. I'd love to do the engines at the Brecon Mountain railway. Do like the American things.
It's certainly bizarre seeing a UK engine in continental Europe. Seeing this reminds me of the Gresley A4 that's on display in Canada. Another thing I remember is that the design for quite a few Belgian engines took inspiration from a Scottish design - the Caledonian Railway 721 class.
Yes, it is on the surface, but when you look at it, totally appropriate! I saw Dominion of Canada when it came to the UK. Lots of designers took and borrows bits and ideas from each other.
The Big Black engine was a Polish OL49, it has gone back to Poland a few years ago. The loco named Barbara was also Polish, a 0-8-0 slask. It has been sold to somewhere in France
The Hunslet Austerity is probable the best loco ever built, miles better than them GWR pannier tanks, with all the controls out of reach. WD190 & WD200 are near you Lawrie, they are based at the The Colne Valley Railway, Castle Hedingham, Essex. both are ex MoD Shoeburyness.
If only you were able to do these videos on the two engines I volunteer with in the states. It would be a cool since it’s not something you would have dealt with before. An oil fired 2-8-2 and a wood fired heisler logging engine
D Kemper send Lawrie a mail of you can organise that. That’s how he got the do my loco. Lawrie crosses the Atlantic from time to time anyway. Well, once Donald is satisfied not all Europeans will infect him with corona ;)
I don't know what it is about British steam engines with headlamps...I just love the way they look. Maybe its because I'm a yank and I think all engines need to have them, lol. I'm intrigued by the way you put the fire into this thing: in the states, the way I'm most familiar with doing that (for an engine that's not an oil burner of course, which many are)--and assuming you're not somewhere like Durango which has an in-house steam plant they can hook the engines up to, to keep them warm all night (I think they keep a low fire in their engines most nights too)--is you start it with wood purely, usually soaked in some kerosene for good measure. light a rag on fire and toss it in--though I know of at least one line that has used fusees (flares) for this too, lol. here we actually feed them pure wood for a bit, to get her warm, then only slowly add coal in. I've never seen coal and wood used together to start: I guess I learned something new! EDIT: your comment about Foxfield….YES. Tie a rake of wagons on the back and just let her sing. There's no more glorious sound than a steam engine working uphill with a load.
Sawyer AWR our locos are preheated with wood the day before to expand the boiler slowly. In this case the loco still had a little steam on from the previous day running, so some coal was mixed in strength away. Keeping the dampers closed the fire spreads fairly slowly. There really isn’t one right way of doing things. But as long as the boiler is brought around slowly, that’s what matters. Durango is amazing, I’ve been there 10 years ago, I really need to go back. Same goes for Cumbres and Toltec
@@chrishoggett1375 Personally I recommend the Cumbres and Toltec over the Durango and Silverton. Don't get me wrong, both are amazing trips...its just that Durango has done some dubious stuff with their historic equipment that my historian side just can't get behind.
Sawyer AWR I agree, as I mentioned it is a long time ago I went there, but I remember Cumbress having a more authentic feel, whereas Durango I felt more like tourist being squeezed for money.
30:20 *David attenborough voice* and here, we see the birth of an engine man. See how he struggles to leave his mother to venture into the big wide world...
I love David Attenborough
Hahaha that was a beautiful bit of narration!
@@lmm saw the clip that funnel was ridiculous on her
As Belgian steam loco enthusiast, you can imagine my surprise when I recognised that station... Great video!
We hope to be returning before too long, it's a super society! Some brilliant locos there! Hope we did it justice.
46:10 "Would I have this engine? Yes, yes I would."
Well there seems to be enough Austerities left acquiring one isn't impossible, on paper at least. So count me as pulling for you on that particular dream of yours.
Anywho, being on the wrong side of the Atlantic for such things finding decent stuff on the Austerities has been a little difficult, so thanks for the video on them.
pieman97405 I own that engine just in 1:76 scale lol 😂 that seems perhaps more achievable
I really hope one day to have a couple more locos, an Andrew Barclay and an Austerity would make me very happy indeed! Maybe one day if the channel gets big enough?
@@lmm I think we need to get you a GP9 High Hood just so when someone asks "why", you can just reply with "yes".
@@CardboardSliver why-
@@buzzytrains9037 yes
Lawrie steams Belgium loco in UK. Goes to Belgium to see UK loco.
UK cars in the states next?
We did that when I drove my friends Lotus around in the States!
Hopefully some American locomotives when we return!
@@lmm Yeah we know you got your eyes on UP4014 :P
We do have one. It’s called the merci car, I think, France gave some of them to us as a gift for helping during WWII.
There's actually a surprising amount of European stuff that gets rebadged for the US market.. There's rebadged mokka's and Insignias being sold as buicks.
nope british trains don't work in the US the couplings are different and a british engine is too small for the rollingstck in the US
This channel is really fantastic. I would never have thought, until today, that I could watch a 48-minute video about a single Austerity and find it so interesting!
Thank you so much!
I was really concerned over the length of the video, but people seem to have enjoyed it, so that's great!
@@lmm didn't this engine appear in a kids film called Run away railway as Mildia?. its about a group of kids trying to save their local branch line after its closed by BR but at the end of it they are hijacked by two train robbers who wanted to use their engine to hijack a mail train. the kids stop the robbers and end up on the mainline after one of the Villains makes the engine run away with them and the kids on the footplate
Hello @@lmm
Love the railway videos!
Errol Lonsdale was the loco hauling on my first ride on a preserved railway. Mid Hants, Alresford to Ropley when I was about five or six. That was about forty years ago - this makes me feel so old!
But it's lovely to see her being kept in such great condition. Thanks for producing these wonderful videos!
Sorry for making you feel old! But glad you both enjoyed the video!
i vividly remember an oil-fired version named "brussels" at KWVR some time back in the seventies Wonder where she is now?
i like the old NMBS diesel in the back of the intro and when they are pulling the steam train out
I'm hoping to return to do some of the diesels!
@@lmm I was just reminded by re-watching this episode i only saw 2 trains of the nmbs but if you can i would check out a NMBS HLD 59 (can also be called 59 series), i saw somewhere about it there where only about 50 made.
after these corona times of course
I thought it looked familiar! I literally just watched Chitty Chitty Bang Bang last night! Cool!
I volunteer on the isle of wight steam railway we have 2 austerity's and one of the engineers there works on this loco in Belgium as he fixes air pumps. Great locos very powerful
You have WD192 Waggoner, don't you...? I remember climbing over it all when she was part on the Museum of Army Transport, in (my home town) Beverley. I need to come and see her again, really. It's been about 17 years.
Indeed, Len and I get on well. He did a lovely job on the pump. He also helped replace the crown stays and with the tube fitting. I’m looking forward to comparing how 192 is to my loco. 198 is uncannily similar. 192 went out of traffic just before Sofie and I started coming over to do the occasional turn at IWSR
@@chrishoggett1375 yes it will be good to see 192 back out again it's a very good engine I don't think it's seen as much work as 198 has though
@@phil69881 yes 192 waggoner and 198 royal engineer live on the isle of wight steam railway, the railway also own another one called Juno but it's currently in the NRM museum at shildon
oliver budd haha, yes, 198 does a fair share of work. Always ends up doing duty 1 too when two trains are running.
It was really super of the owners to let you run whilst they fired and gave pointers.
Good to see the shot of 'Waggoner', which I think is No192. It was in the Museum of Army Transport at Beverley, near where I live along with an Avonside named 'Woolmer'.
The strange thing was that the locomotive had been overhauled by the Army & had a boiler certificate.
A very wise move on the part of the owner to apply his wire's name to the engine, thus ensuring marital harmony continues uninterrupted.
I knew I had a shot of it somewhere, took a bit of digging through the archive to find it 😂
Oh really?
And yes, wise move!
My favorite class of locomotive. Mostly because i love war machines [weather it be engine or tank] and they worked in my country The Netherlands as well as the 8800 class. Three off the Dutch ones have been preserved with one back in the UK at the Ribble Steam Railway I believe.
I know the Ribble railway has a load of locos, but I didn't know that they had them! They're one of my favourite classes too, the perfect engine for preserved railways!
Great to see you back on the locos Lawrie
Showing us all how to prep and how the mechanics work is very educational - I've learnt more from your videos over the last year or so than I have from many years of reading and watching train spotter type material
I like the way you keep your middy cap on wherever you go, I visit the mid Suffolk at least once a year - maybe I'll bump into you there!
Mind how you go boy, and thanks for videos, keep em cummin (pardon my attempt at gettin the good old Suffolk accent in text)
Thank you! Half the point of doing these videos is to try and get people interested and involved - I need to be training the next generation of Loco men and women already.
It's my home railway - and its where my Loco lives so I'll always represent them. I'll be letting people know when I'm rostered so at least you'll know when I'm there! I enjoyed the Suffolk 😂
When you come to the US if you happen to travel to Niagara Falls up I-79 get off at Meadville Pa and see the display on Route 6 and if you have time go east to Titusville Pa and check out the OC&T,Caboose Motel, & Drake's Well where the first oil well was drilled.
Oh that's worth having a look at! Thanks for the recommendations!
I had fortunately forgotten the terrible livery/chimney from the CCBB film, until you lead me to go and refresh my memory... Yeah, I spewed.
I went inside that saddle tank and cleaned it one end to the other - went under the baffles to get along it. 1975 or 1976 KESR, preparing it for Mid Hants. Yes it was called Errol Lonsdale. I actually think they are a work of genius and easily one of the best British Locos ever designed and built. They are the ultimate incarnation of the Victorian engine. Not having superheating is a big plus on the simplicity front. From the way they go you would never beleive it has slide valves. It's very stable on the short wheel base, and very powerful indeed. You wouldn't get the stability with outside cylinders. They will do 25mph without a problem. Thanks for such a brilliant program. I think the added Mech lube helps keep it nice and quiet.
Thanks for putting out a nice video like this, needed something to get my mind off the whole world coming to an end due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
You're most welcome! Glad you enjoyed the video!
All your Loco vids are engaging & interesting.... but this one is in a different league!
Thank you.
Thank you very much! I was very happy with this one. It was an amazing experience.
What a fab loco! Always had a soft spot for the Austerity tank engines theres something abut them that I just cant get enough of
I've always really loved Austerity, it is the perfect engine to work on a heritage railway. If I could have an engine, one day I would love to have an Austerity. They're great!
What a fantastic austerity
It really is magnificent! I had a brilliant time out on it.
chitty chitty, bang bang. it was one of my fave movies when i was young. that movie set me up as a kid, to build crazy crap as an adult. "from the ashes of disaster, grow the roses of success." i still hum that song as i build stuff i doubt will work, but have to make to stay sane.
It's a simply wonderful film isn't it! Hahahahah is that the reason for it all! Full of good songs!
@@lmm i figured if he could do it, so could i. haven't built a flying car that floats yet, but i ain't dead yet either. i keep thinking, "dirigible", and "hovercraft", and "madman with a spanner", and "you'll die, but what a lovely way to go". then another voice says "sod it all you daft bugger". translated into english from the original american.
I wonder if something like this would be able to run a smaller lesser used main line service in the UK like one of the one train per week services (Stalybridge to Stockport) or a branch line that is part of the national network, you would have to fit all the required equipment but it would be an interesting alternative to replace Pacers.
Best video you’ve done so far for me. Well done Lawrie!
Thank you very much. We're slowly getting better! I was really concerned that it was too long, but people seem to have enjoyed it!
It was nice to have you guys en giving you a nice time!
Thank you very much! It was such a super trip! We can't wait to get back out there.
Hard to think that Reg Varney, Arthur Mullard and Frankie Howard were once playing around on that footplate! Such a brilliant film, laughed my head of with some of the antics - point levers being thrown into ponds, station master giving in his notice because he could not handle all the coming and goings. Great to see the loco is still with us, long after the actors have passed on.
Even the railway where they filmed that movie has since gone into history
These are just right for the job they were designed for . Heavy shunting and short working. They have done much more over the years but their design was to start and pull 1000 ton on the level.
Seeing you crawl into between the frames brought back memories. The line I used to volunteer on had 2 miles or so at 1/90 ish. With 6 on the fire hole door would start to glow red. The bark did / is even making me smile now. Big engines need load and be allowed to run fast. An Austerity barking to climb or starting a train is just as wonderful as a pacific stretching her legs with 10 + on the hook. For me an austerity every, any and always ... no contest.....
The condition of this one shone through, even the bits the public don’t see were clean. That take dedication and love. Yep love. To see a couple working their own loco and keep it in such a condition needs respect appreciation and a bow of recognition. Very nice to see her working.. and your smile. If the owner ever sees you turn up with a low loader I recon you will see a scene very much like a farther getting out the shotgun as the young boy comes up the garden path for his young beautiful daughter. Amacf
St A & M Rly thanks you very much! Nice to see somebody appreciates the finer details :)
I agree the Austerity is a wonderful piece of kit. The noise of the ones working out the bank at Foxfield is just magnificent.
Chris is so proud of his Loco and it shows, its magnificent. I doubt he'd let me get anywhere close with a low loader 😂 😂
One of my favourite types of steam loco. I wonder how the identity 68011 was selected for the St Trinians film - the real 68011 was one of only 2 J94s based at my local depot (Hull Dairycoates)
Might want to invest in a long-spout oil can like we use here in the States, saves having to get in-between the frames to oil up the fiddley bits, particularly on the old Stephenson link valve gear .
As for why they used it on these instead of something like outside Walschaerts gear, I'd hazard a guess and say it was because it was a simple, proven, and reliable design that could be produced quickly under wartime conditions.
Shipwright1918 indeed, they wanted an engine quick and cheep. Hunslet took the designs they already had, with casting patterns that they had available and just changed sone things to meet army requirements. Bit bigger wheels and larger water tank for example
As Chris said, and as for a long spout, part of getting inside is for inspection of all the moving parts before we go out.
12:51
“It’s a relatively spacious cab”
*Laughs in Great Western*
It's pretty good for an industrial
Hey Lawrie!
I really enjoyed this mini film! Never knew this loco existed! Myself being an austerity lover! I own part of a loco at Foxfield, and work there sometimes, and trust me the two austerity locos really do work just fine on the bank! However this one with as you said, a perfect rhythm, would really give a good performance!
The churnet just down the road from Foxfield also like this railway has a forign flagship loco, thus being one of the S160s (5197 or 6046) and the Polish TKH tank (2944 "Hotspur").
Cheers George.
Hello George, thank you very much, she's a cracking bit of kit isn't she!
Which Loco are you part of? Fancy having us along to review it?
I'd love to get a go with an s160. They're awesome things.
If you want to hear WD196 working hard, check this video of when when visited Chemin Fer Du Bocq in south Belgium. The line is a really long climb. You’ll love the shot of the engine going to the cut in. (The diesel in the back wasn’t helping, the service was push-pull) m.ua-cam.com/video/G_Mh7hZ5T-c/v-deo.html
Awesome video, the J94 (austerity) in my profile pic is called Lord Phil built 1944 but was rebuilt as a later 1960's built austerity, the heritage railway have done a very good job at overhauling the loco :)
J94 the vacuum and combined steam brake on Lord Phill came off WD196 ;)
I do love it how when you start looking at locos how many bits got stolen/borrowed/sold between engines!
Wow Lawrie what a lucky lucky man you are. The smile on your face said everything . No more to say than that!!!
It was absolutely fantastic. I felt very lucky indeed!
"Having got the certainty that nobody's going to move the proxy thing"
Famous last words of a lot of railway men.
That being said I love this series, keep up the good work.
There were actually plenty of foreign made locos in Belgium. Captured German army locos after WW1, American “consolidation” type locos made by Alco and Baldwin in the 1920s and also some locos made in Britain to Belgian state railway specs, also in the interwar period (not quite sure when).
Watching you oil that thing makes me so appreciative of our North American locomotive designers who put the majority of the moving bits on the outside. Wonderful vid. Enjoyed every moment of it!
Outside motion is alot easier to deal with! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Wonderful video. Thank you so much.
Great video LMM, I remember travelling behind Errol Lonsdale and Sapper when they were running things on the SDR back in the 1990s, happy days!
Oh really! Bet that was great!
Brilliant video and what a fine example of an Austerity Tank! I learnt quite a bit and enjoyed watching. I also like the Belgian additions to the loco, those switches for the lights and battery disguised as a tool box are nice touches. :)
It's a really cracking locomotive. It's in stunning condition and drives so nicely.
Nice video mate, theres one at the midland railway in derbyshire, stones throw away from me, called Lord Phil.
Got this snippet off an article online:
Lord Phil’ was built in 1944 for the War Department and is one of the large types of 485 Austerity locomotives, built mainly for military and industrial use. The locomotive was originally Hunslet 2868.
Keep it up 😁😁
Thank you very much.
I think Chris was saying that his engine had a few parts from Lord Phil.
Beautiful locomotive!
Isn't it just. Cracking thing!
Just found your great channel and now watching all of your videos... But i would love to see some German steam locomotives with your style of videos.
Of cause at this time it isn't possible, but i hope it would happen at some point.
Greetings from Germany.
Great Video Lawrie! Hope you can review L92 soon
Thank you, I'd love to if it could happen.
Hi, a very nice vlog. As a former ships engineer, i often had to lubricate the engine. In one hand the oil can and in the other a dot of polising cotton to clean the lubrication ponts. I miss that. Ha.ha.
Oh that must have been something.
It's rather intoxicating working on large machines isn't it.
Hi. When i was a student i often got a kick in the ass, if i forgot to clean up the spilled oil. And the chief engineer somtimes got engry when i dilated the oil too close to the valve springs. I had to that with a piece of wood. He said, look at your older colleagues, most of them are missing a part of there vingers. They cannot order ten beer in the pub, nine and half or less. It was a good school and i still have all my fingers. Ha, ha. @@lmm
You should take a look at the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway and their Belgian/German/Austrian Heeresfeldbahn locomotive No. 10 Sir Drefaldwyn and other Austrian rolling stock.
Lovely video! I like how nowadays we can watch someone present a video in the cab while driving. Can’t wait for more videos like this!!
Lots more in the pipeline!
Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels lovely!! Where did you initially learn to drive? So far you have shown quite some skill on the footplate.
@@Jiskpirate I was first passed out at the MSLR, but obviously had driven a variety of things before that
I remember this loco from its Errol Lonsdale period on the Mid-Hants railway. I used to know one of the co-owners quite well. Lovely to see it here on LMM :-)
It's weird isn't it how engines move about. Its a lovely locomotive, I was so excited when Chris invited me over!
I used to live in belgium and volunteer at maldegem when I was just 9. I worked on Fred at the time. You'd be surprised how much it has changed over the years. I definitly need to go back for a visit
Sam Thorpe oh high Sam, I remember you and your dad, Brian. You helped us out a lot. :). Fred will probably also feature in a video at some point ;)
@@chrishoggett1375 Hello Chris. How are you doing? I could remember yours and your dads first name, but couldnt for the life of me remember your last name. I hope things are well with you both. Glad to hear it. I've yet to see Fred running. I shall defintily arrange a time to come back to Belgium at some point and drop in to see how things are getting on. Glad to hear you guys are still around. :)
I'm very excited to take Fred out, it looks great.
It was a super railway, lovely people.
at the railway i voulnteer at CVR . we have WD190 currently running and WD200 is being preserved .
The reason they didn't go for outside cylinders is because they wanted a tried and tested design, the "J94's" are essentially a slightly modified Standard Hunslet 50550 class, which was an evolution of the 50540 class, both of which are inside cylinder machines. The MOD had origionally planned on ordering LMS 3F tanks
That and they didn't have time to develop a new design.
Did they really consider Jinties?
@@lmm they did indeed, although quite why I don't know, as the GWR 57xxs would make far more sense!
I wonder if this video means we might get to see Lawrie check out other war department steam locomotives or even bigger locos?
Also the rail line in the video is very lovely and so is the Austeritie.
I'm hoping to do more - and bigger locos! Hopefully it'll happen, the bigger the channel gets, the easier it becomes to organise these things!
It's a super railway, full of lovely people!
It would be cool if you went to the talyllyn railway in Wales tywyn it is a neutral railway in the hills went there once and it was worth it.
As you've probably already seen, that's happened! It was very cool!
i think most American train fans wonder at how interior cylinders became a thing, but for a wartime design i think there are two things.
first, it was an 'off-the-shelf' design needing no development time. and second, having the cylinders on the interior would probably offer some protection.
same for the saddle tank. the water would be very effective at protecting the boiler.
Love the austerity!
You definitely need to come to Chasewater. Our 0-6-0 Hunslet Hollybank will be back in traffic by the end of the month. Now that is a unit!
If you can make it happen I'd love to.
In fact I'd like to do almost everything at Chasewater.
*by the end of the month* lol that's not happening anymore 😅
But yes. I recon it's entirely possible when this has all blown over.
A few days to visit would probably be called for!
Fantastic video and I love the engine it’s cute! But not as cute as the GWR 14xx keep up the fantastic work.
Lots of love from Hannah
I would absolutely love to have a go with a 14xx! They're super cute locos.
Lawrie the miniature railway I work at has two small 14xx one 1401 and the other 1402 and also question will you ever do a Lawrie’s go locos on the 14xx’s
thanks for sharing I always enjoy the historical narration.... "HappyRails" GMan
beautiful loco and beautiful video. always lovely to see the engines and your enthusiasm for them. Even if oiling up is 60% of the video. Thanks all for sharing and keep on with these. also can't wait for your car/truck content again :)
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! Oiling up is a big part of the prep! 😂
as austerity's go think that ones got to be the nicest one in preservation ..those led lamps tho waw !!
mamodsteam returns the main reason why we changed the headlights into LED is because of light pollution. The railway runs in a very built up area. All the streetlights simply overpower paraffin lamps making the train invisible at crossings in the dark. We did our best to do it as clean as possible, glad you like it :)
Honestly it is quite possibly the best steam engine I've ever driven. Looked stunning and was incredible to drive.
Excellent ! Thanks Lawrie.
You're most welcome, glad you enjoyed it!
It would make my day to work as Fireman or even a driver on a GWR Pannier tank. Wonderful engines.
not so spacious cab unfortunately
Stashing steam engines aside during the cold war made total sense. No electronics to be fried by EMP. The heritage railways in the UK provided a reserve of working trains which could have been taken by the Govt to rebuild the rail network. Several trains were stored across Europe but they were not always maintained or kept in dry environments.
Yeah, makes total sense.
The UK also has good supplies of coal, but not oil (unless you go offshore)
Wonder if North York Moors Historical Railway Trust will ever let you at the controls of 37264, a preserved Best Class, aka 37.
To be honest if it weren't for some of the shots and saying he was in belgium, you would almost think he was on the nene valley railway. Another good video. Really want to see you in a usa s100 or s160 locomotive.
The nene had many less level crossings! But yes, both have Austerites and continental carriages! I would kill for a s160! S100 very high on the list!
@@lmm Cant wait to see what videos come out from your trip to the Nene. I would say one of the best sights i have see of a S160 is a video taken from the NYMR of their 9F and S160 double heading a, all be it rather small, goods train out of Grosmont.
Presumably the idea of having inside cylinders on the Austerity was that it would run more safely or more comfortably on potentially damaged or quickly / poorly laid track?
Thoroughly enjoyable video! Also, your obvious love for steam locos
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
Yes, always been a lover of steam!
I have a soft spot for WD austerities. My dad was in the Royal Engineers and drove them at Longmoor as a passed fireman.
Oh really! So did you work on this one?
I do like Austerities they're great locos.
@@lmm He was there 1954/5 so probably not. I found a picture of him on the footplate of WD 108 Julllundur in an Ian Allen mag a few years ago.
What a brilliant video!
Cracking vlog as always Lawrie & team
Thank you very much - glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Lawrie, at 4:51, unless I have mistaken where you mean. I can't find anywhere called Bichester on Google - I checked before I commented and Lower Arncott is right by Bicester. Like I said, I really enjoy these, particularly the one on the 20hp Simplex, thank you very much for sharing.
That's just me pronouncing places wrong.
Glad you're enjoying it aside from that!
@@lmm It is not a problem until someone asks for directions ;)
The engine would have been issued to the Royal Engineers, Royal Corps of Transport came into being in the 1960s and Royal Logistic Corps corps later.
Also the MoD name also came into being in the 60s before that it was the War Department.
Bi cester?? Always known as Bister.
Cheers for the info!
Love it, I want a go!
It was simply stunning!
Awesome to see it in such good condition
It's beautifully looked after. Truly cracking bit of kit!
I think it'd be amazing if you could someday get out to the US and drive some of the monsters they've got over there. Personally, I'm a huge fan of the Union Pacific Big Boy, of which I think they recently restored the 4018.
I like that whilst the world was falling apart lawrie visits Belgium to show us a locomotive that was built in Britain and was in chitty chitty bang bang XD
34:29 who else finds that satisfying 2 watch? I love watching the running gear on steam engines
I do! Love those angles
You can find an official upload of that Chitty Chitty Bang Bang clip here: ua-cam.com/video/1lt4euqZLsY/v-deo.html
And GWR blue livery... hmmm.
furripupau oh yeah, I forgot about the GWR on the side, hahaha. Not also the brass painted domb...
It's brilliant isn't it 😂
Who knew of the lesser known GWR blue 😂
In the netherlands we have 2 of those NS 8811 (WD 75080) Owned by the SSN and operational and NS 8826 (WD 75115) owned by the ZLSM but not operational
8811 en wd196 hebben al samen gewerkt in Simpelveld. WD196 is al op bezoek geweest in Goes en als alles goed gaat zou ze dit jaar ook nog naar Haaksbergen gaan
Oh really? I didn't know that
I thought I recognised the loco! I don't remember her at the Mid Hants but I do have a book of the Mid Hants showing her in service there! :)
Ah cool! It's strange how locos move around isn't it,
Awsome video as always! Thank You for uploading!
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
You should come over to America for Laurie goes loco with a bigger locomotive please? Love your content.
Dragon Enderlord Lawrie is going to the US in April, see his previous video. Doing a trip from North Carolina to the Niagara falls. If you are connected to railways anywhere around there you should let him know. He requested that in the video ;)
As Chris said.
Glad you're enjoying the videos, really hope to get on some American engines.
After looking up chitty chitty bang bang train your (this) video is now the second video I get.
That's exciting!
The diesel is a French-built Cockerill "locotractor" with a 2-stroke GM diesel engine.
I guess that locomotive wasn't made to run a long line? I couldn't imagine having to stop every forty kilometers just to re-lubricate the coupling rods...
It's a great little thing.
It would do futher, but they want to keep it in tip top condition.
Cockerill is BELGIAN not French!
Found your channel a while ago, I like it a lot. I have one question, have you ever had to oil side tank engines that have inside cylinders without a pit? It's practically suicidal to try from what I've heard.
Great video!!! Really enjoyed it. I’ve always wanted to drive a steam engine, thank you for sharing
maybe when this pandemic is over, do you think you can get to the Brecon Mountain railway? They have some very interesting locomotives.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
If you watch through the rest of the series, there's probably some other videos you'll enjoy.
I'd love to do the engines at the Brecon Mountain railway. Do like the American things.
It'll be interesting to compare the prep time on this to a USA S100 if you can get your hands on one.
Oh yes, I bet it would be so much faster. I'm desperate to have a go on a 'USA tank'.
It's certainly bizarre seeing a UK engine in continental Europe. Seeing this reminds me of the Gresley A4 that's on display in Canada. Another thing I remember is that the design for quite a few Belgian engines took inspiration from a Scottish design - the Caledonian Railway 721 class.
Yes, it is on the surface, but when you look at it, totally appropriate!
I saw Dominion of Canada when it came to the UK.
Lots of designers took and borrows bits and ideas from each other.
What amazing steam locomotive
It would be amazing to see a review of the railway and type of locos and stock used in the great escape film
I wouldn't even know where to start trying to find them 😂
Ah Maldegem, i remember going there as a kid, wonder if they still have the big Black wartime steamengine, i think she was called Barabara
I don't think they do... Or if they do, I didn't see it 😂
The Big Black engine was a Polish OL49, it has gone back to Poland a few years ago. The loco named Barbara was also Polish, a 0-8-0 slask. It has been sold to somewhere in France
the trip to america gave me hopes for baldwins to appear here but still great content!
Ono I think Lawrie is hoping to get on a loco in the states too ;)
I very much am, we're talking to railways about our next trip out there.
Hopefully we'll get some American Locos on the channel!
i went there yesterday, exactly that location!
The British Army locomotive in Belgium! -Lawrie Goes Loco Ep. 15
Lawrie's Mechani love louis shirley
The Hunslet Austerity is probable the best loco ever built, miles better than them GWR pannier tanks, with all the controls out of reach. WD190 & WD200 are near you Lawrie, they are based at the The Colne Valley Railway, Castle Hedingham, Essex. both are ex MoD Shoeburyness.
Oh yes! I knew they were there. Nice little line.
I really like Austerities. Cracking engines
Great Video Lawrie! Hope you can review more
Thank you very much! So do I!
Must have been a real treat for you to drive a steam train.
Wilbert!
Absolutely cracking engines. So easy to fire. Do anything you ask of them.
Another hunslet locomotives in preservation, makes me happy to see
It's a great engine too
If only you were able to do these videos on the two engines I volunteer with in the states. It would be a cool since it’s not something you would have dealt with before. An oil fired 2-8-2 and a wood fired heisler logging engine
D Kemper send Lawrie a mail of you can organise that. That’s how he got the do my loco. Lawrie crosses the Atlantic from time to time anyway. Well, once Donald is satisfied not all Europeans will infect him with corona ;)
Yes very much, if at all it could be organised I'd get there when I return to the States. That would be awesome! So yes please!
I don't know what it is about British steam engines with headlamps...I just love the way they look. Maybe its because I'm a yank and I think all engines need to have them, lol.
I'm intrigued by the way you put the fire into this thing: in the states, the way I'm most familiar with doing that (for an engine that's not an oil burner of course, which many are)--and assuming you're not somewhere like Durango which has an in-house steam plant they can hook the engines up to, to keep them warm all night (I think they keep a low fire in their engines most nights too)--is you start it with wood purely, usually soaked in some kerosene for good measure. light a rag on fire and toss it in--though I know of at least one line that has used fusees (flares) for this too, lol. here we actually feed them pure wood for a bit, to get her warm, then only slowly add coal in. I've never seen coal and wood used together to start: I guess I learned something new!
EDIT: your comment about Foxfield….YES. Tie a rake of wagons on the back and just let her sing. There's no more glorious sound than a steam engine working uphill with a load.
Sawyer AWR our locos are preheated with wood the day before to expand the boiler slowly. In this case the loco still had a little steam on from the previous day running, so some coal was mixed in strength away. Keeping the dampers closed the fire spreads fairly slowly. There really isn’t one right way of doing things. But as long as the boiler is brought around slowly, that’s what matters. Durango is amazing, I’ve been there 10 years ago, I really need to go back. Same goes for Cumbres and Toltec
@@chrishoggett1375 Personally I recommend the Cumbres and Toltec over the Durango and Silverton. Don't get me wrong, both are amazing trips...its just that Durango has done some dubious stuff with their historic equipment that my historian side just can't get behind.
Sawyer AWR I agree, as I mentioned it is a long time ago I went there, but I remember Cumbress having a more authentic feel, whereas Durango I felt more like tourist being squeezed for money.
I really want to do Cumbres and Toltec, I've done Silverton and it was magnificent. Absolutely incredible.