Loved seeing these and other RR garrets when working at the Salisbury power stations they brought in the coal trains. When working at Mufulira copper mine in the then N.Rhodesia had the luck to ride footplate from Kitwe to Bancroft mine and back several times often a 18th class loco. Happy days. Such magnificent model. Queensland Australia
Mate that is a truly beautiful example of a model makers brilliance, when I saw it it had me spell bound, just like the prototype's i watched as a kid back home in Rhodesia...I genuinely admire your skill in producing this loco. where about's are you based? Cheers from New Zealand
That 3.5 Inch gauge coal fired model loco steam engine built on the Bayer-Garratt design sure packs one hell of a lot of power and torque to pull the attachment carrying four humans i.e. about 500 KG load! And so must those tiny steel wheels and their bogeys be ultra strong to bear that load at about 40 KMPH! How does that tiny engine generate such super power?
you should say where this very nice track is, and what country. UK? Australia? New Zealand? people watch these videos from all over the world. I'm in Italy.
Worden Park, Leyland, Lancashire, England. I spent my childhood riding this railway, imagine my surprise when it pops up on my searches for garratt models!
They were built in the UK and shipped all over the world, where ever there was a need for powerful long distance load hauling on tracks with low axle weight limits. There is an excellent book called Beyer Garrett Locomotives of the world which lists the specifications and destination of every one that was built. Durrant, A E (1981). Garratt Locomotives of the World (rev. and enl. ed.). Newton Abbot, Devon, UK; North Pomfret, Vt, USA: David & Charles. ISBN 0715376411. Well worth a read if your library will get it for you. Wiki has quite a good little summary en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garratt
I definitely have doubt (that relatively small train can pull so much weight, or at least the wheels wil slips) when i first opened this video... But i am now amazed how strong that loco model is! I wonder how much the locomotive weigh?
a lot depends on how much of the loco's weight you can get onto the driving wheels if you can get it balanced with most weight equally over them axels & the other axels with just enough weight to keep things where they should be you are off to a good start in getting the best traction out of the loco, also another key things is a dry grease free preferably rusty track this helps a lot with grip, any wet or grease & the best loco's will slip sometimes not even under heavy load & also the rust on a rail that hasn't been used for a few days where damp & rain etc has had a chance to put a surface rust coating on can also be good to help with grip
Matthew_Miller007 - No, it is classified as a Double Baltic (4-6-4+4-6-4)... one of only two Double Baltic classes ever built (the other being Sudan Railways class 250).
Good to see. My father was a Rhodesian Railways engineer back from around 1955 through to 1967.
Had the pleasure of working on the full size ones many years ago
Loved seeing these and other RR garrets when working at the Salisbury power stations they brought in the coal trains.
When working at Mufulira copper mine in the then N.Rhodesia had the luck to ride footplate from Kitwe to Bancroft mine and back several times often a 18th class loco. Happy days. Such magnificent model.
Queensland Australia
An excellent model of THE FLYING 15 as they were named in RODESIA by the footplate crew.
Mate that is a truly beautiful example of a model makers brilliance, when I saw it it had me spell bound, just like the prototype's i watched as a kid back home in Rhodesia...I genuinely admire your skill in producing this loco. where about's are you based? Cheers from New Zealand
How do people do this? If they can build a small one, they can make a huge one! Teach me!
Possibly video taken in the public park (forgotten the name)in Leyland Lancashire UK?
That 3.5 Inch gauge coal fired model loco steam engine built on the Bayer-Garratt design sure packs one hell of a lot of power and torque to pull the attachment carrying four humans i.e. about 500 KG load! And so must those tiny steel wheels and their bogeys be ultra strong to bear that load at about 40 KMPH!
How does that tiny engine generate such super power?
Brilliant craftsmanship by whoever built this fine loco
That's the rarest engine I've ever seen.
you should say where this very nice track is, and what country. UK? Australia? New Zealand? people watch these videos from all over the world. I'm in Italy.
Worden Park, Leyland, Lancashire, England. I spent my childhood riding this railway, imagine my surprise when it pops up on my searches for garratt models!
I don't know the original African steam locos. Thanks for posting this model.
They were built in the UK and shipped all over the world, where ever there was a need for powerful long distance load hauling on tracks with low axle weight limits. There is an excellent book called Beyer Garrett Locomotives of the world which lists the specifications and destination of every one that was built. Durrant, A E (1981). Garratt Locomotives of the World (rev. and enl. ed.). Newton Abbot, Devon, UK; North Pomfret, Vt, USA: David & Charles. ISBN 0715376411. Well worth a read if your library will get it for you. Wiki has quite a good little summary en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garratt
I definitely have doubt (that relatively small train can pull so much weight, or at least the wheels wil slips) when i first opened this video...
But i am now amazed how strong that loco model is! I wonder how much the locomotive weigh?
a lot depends on how much of the loco's weight you can get onto the driving wheels if you can get it balanced with most weight equally over them axels & the other axels with just enough weight to keep things where they should be you are off to a good start in getting the best traction out of the loco, also another key things is a dry grease free preferably rusty track this helps a lot with grip, any wet or grease & the best loco's will slip sometimes not even under heavy load & also the rust on a rail that hasn't been used for a few days where damp & rain etc has had a chance to put a surface rust coating on can also be good to help with grip
WAIT A MINUTE, WHERE’S THE ASH PAN?!! I SEE ORANGE HOT PIECES OF FUEL COMING OUT THE BOTTEM OF THE FIREBOX!!!
Amazing engine. Was that a model of "Toby" from Thomas and Friends at 1:17?
Hi Mateo Pelissier, thanks for watching. Yes, you are correct it was a 5" Gauge model of 'Toby the Tram' :-)
awsome
Wouldn’t this count as a double Hudson?
Matthew_Miller007 - No, it is classified as a Double Baltic (4-6-4+4-6-4)... one of only two Double Baltic classes ever built (the other being Sudan Railways class 250).
Well isn't that cute