I have nothing but open mouthed admiration for the people who have the determination and skill to complete a project like this. As this model must have taken years to build, it verges on being an obsession....
I don’t have adequate words to express my deepest respect and admiration for those who build and run those magnificent scale models of locomotive legends. The skills and commitment it takes to construct such machines is deserving of the highest regard and respect. All connected and involved are simply wonderful examples of the best in human skills and endeavour. Thank you so so much for the joy you bring to us all and for honouring the original designers and engine builders.
I am a handyman, mostly self taught and I have built many things, but when I look at stuff like this and realize somebody built it by hand I am just in awe!
@@chiefauditor1683 and money, which i've heard this man has as he's broken multiple speed rules at that club (with passengers onboard) and he has gotton away with it that way
59 class were brilliant ,reliable powerful steam locomotive fired with crude oil.I know as my father drove them till 1972 in Kenya. This is very much like it .Same colour scheme too. Thanks brings back brilliant memories.
Wonderfull! As a kid growing up in Kenya in the 1950s, I recall hearing these majestic Garratts blowing their whistles somewhere down in the Rift Valley , the sound would echo up through the night air to the highland altitudes. Lovely memories brought back by your lovely video.
I remember being pulled by one of these locos on the Nairobi to Mombasa run (to pick up the "SS Kenya Castle" bound for the UK). Returned to Kenya on a Comet 4 a few months later but in mid '64 left, never to return, on the first commercial VC10 flight to take off from Nairobi. Great memories though all the transport have become museum pieces or worse a long time ago.
They still do. There’s one channel on here that did a “steam around the world” video series and I remember seeing one of these somewhere in africa running passenger service.
My father drove 5925 and 5924 EAR in Kenya up till 1972 . Very impressive British built steam locomotive .Most powerful metre gauge locomotive in the world at the time. Route was MOMBASA to NAIROBI .
@@SR-jx5jr My father was steam locomotive driver of these magnificent British built steam locomotive. Kenya was a very beautiful then. Even the roads were good. I live in ENGLAND since 1976.
I remember watching them in the early 1970s, such a beautiful sight. My father was a teacher in Nakuru, and we came back to England in 1973, so just before you. You must be proud of your father!
I can only stare in opened mouth awe for 7 minutes and 04 seconds at this magnificent locomotive! The locomotives featured at the end of this video were the icing on the cake!
You know, it's basically quite clear that garratt locomotives certainly were quite a sight EVER SINCE K 1 (the world's very much well-known 1st ever garratt locomotive to be constructed in 1909 for the Tasmanian Government Railway) designed by Beyer Peacock exactly 114 years ago this year despite some disadvantages that I personally just suddenly recall learning 'bout from watching another awesomely excellent well-known UA-cam video by Train of Thought not too long ago!
This is a truly amazing locomotive. I have always loved the unique design of the Garrat. This little loco is just beautiful. The color just screams "Behold my awesomeness!". I love it!
Beautiful model. I note he's operating on coal of some description. The actual EAR&H Garratts were in fact oil fired there being no coal available in the area. The name EAR is also incorrect for their time period and should include the H for East African Railways & Harbours. I believe the H got dropped around the times of independence of Uganda from the east African federation of Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda some time in the early 1960's. Still a formidable work putting basically two locos into one. Well done.
Designed to pull heavy mineral trains on steep gradients and tight curves while having a low axel weight for the low quantity track. Tractive effort 73,500 lb at 85% and full size weighed 252 tons with an axle weight of 21tons
So we would agree, the Garrats are the most powerfull locos from Europe (after the Big Boy from the US), even the Garrats arent (only England once) driving in europe arround.
@@ZooTycoonLord More the Articulated ones, Shay, Climax or Heisler are geared ones. They have nothing in common with the Garratts and other mallet locomotives like Challenger or Big Boy.
@@SimplyTakuma That last is wrong. Not only the UK had used some Garratts, but Spain was the country in Europe which used them the most. Furthermore there were a couple of Garratt tramway locomotives in Belgium, and one that operated in the most southern part of the Netherlands, which has hills. That one, the LTM 51 was the most powerful tramway locomotive in the world, its tractive effort being 21000lbs and its weight 71 metric tons, that's around the same as the South African NG/G16, which was the heaviest and most powerful loco on the 2' gauge, four of these are based on the Welsh Highland Railway in the UK, and several have been preserved in South Africa itself and other countries around the world, I believe there's one in the US as well.. The Garrats used in Britain were a bit of a failure, the LMS Garrats suffering from poor design, as the chief engineer at the time, Fowler, dictated the use of a standard type of axlebox which wasn't strong enough for the engines weight. The other one built, the LNER U1 wasn't a failure as a loco, but its potential couldn't be used because of the weight limitations imposed on the trains themselves, due to the used 3 link couplings being to weak for the tractive effort this machine could develop, just one was built and it was intended as a banker, when pushing a train the couplings weren't the limiting factor. The third type in the UK was a small 0-4-0+0-4-0 intended for industrial use on very tight curves, they were a bit of a succes, and one of those is preserved, although not operational yet. One of the Spanish Garratts is preserved in operational condition and used for specials, and one or two others are in non operational condition.
Grandparents operate this railway and other grandparents with their grandchildren enjoy the joyrides too. Where is this, let me bring my grandchildren to this place. 😊😊
A monumental piece of work ! Full Respect to all concerned . I just wanted to see it pull 50 people with ease . It probably would pull the house down . Terrific. Thankyou
I remember that he has build it some years ago, and while he was also running his top bakery in the town center(turnhout) , if I am not wrong . He invited me once in his shed where he builded this magnificent loc . A most friendly man.
Why is it so amazing that a woman can drive one? Zig Zag Railway New South Wales Australia has women driving a full size loco, women fly planes, women drive cars including on the track and bikes as well , women race boats including an all female crew in the Sydney to Hobart race and so on.
@@johnnichol9412 I've been in a miniature railway society for nearly 20 years and unfortunately seeing women driving the trains is not common. YES I know there are some in the hobby, but a majority of the time I mostly male gender roles doing the driving. I'm always supportive when I do see ladies have a go, as I want the hobby to be more diverse.
@@exveefan You may have, but my comment was why is it expected that woman aren't as capable as men? Your OP is sexist in that it infers that women are inferior to men.
That is an awesome looking engine. It is also lovely to see a woman driving the engines also, great to see. The club has some lovely looking engines there.
This is amazing and hats off to the builder. I don't think you'll have any wheel slip/traction issues (if that's the right phrase) like other engines. It would be great to see a full size Garratt one day in the UK, maybe the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust should build one next!
@@royreynolds108 you forgot to mention they are "narrow gauge" versions. Plus there is a 4th running as well on the WHR: ua-cam.com/video/5mS2JF0MGsA/v-deo.html
Oh WOW!!! , what a gorgeous piece of workmanship ; a lot of time , effort & money has gone into this beauty of the rails & she runs so well too ( as well as looks included ) & I feel the owner would be very proud of his efforts ; these are so similar to the Australian 60 class of the New South Wales Govt Railways or the South Australian Govt Railways 400 class Garratt loco's so please let the owner know of these if you happen to keep in contact with him as it'd be nice to see here in Australia on 1 of our many miniature railways that we have here.
The chair gives it scale and realism all the better realised when a giant hand appears in shot. Best turn out of engines, location and filming I have seen so far. It's a shame I am in New Zealand.
A thoroughly detailed model: modelled steam regulators, water level gauges etc. Alot of beautifully turned and fabricated in different metals. I'll bet this model would weigh over a tonne.
An original Mountain Class, No.5918, Mount Gelai, is preserved in Nairobi, Kenya at the Railway Museum. It was driven by Sardar Kirpal Singh and his team, for a number of years; just like Harrys's Dad, Sardar A.S. Sandhu, and his team drove theirs. 5918 and Kirpal Singh and his team can be seen on Nick Lera's beautiful video of E.A.R.&H.. As Harrys said, this class was worked only on the Mombasa-Nairobi line. Harry, I did not know your Dad, but I knew Mr Kirpal Singh and had also been invited to his home in Mombasa, where he had reconstructed a totally accurate replica of the whole of the Cab Controls of 5918. And kept them polished and sparkling clean, just as he had kept his engine all those years. Ghulam Saheb, all of you performed wonders on these, the world's most powerful metre gauge engines, and we thank you. My grandfather also was a locotmotive driver on the railway from 1900 till he retired in 1936; (first called the Uganda Railway (U.R.) and then the Kenya and Uganda Railway (K.U.R.). And he was one of the drivers who drove the very first Garratts in East Africa, Class EC1, when they were initially introduced. in the late 1920s. Jayant, you would indeed have seen these maginificent monsters. But not in Nyeri! They were only on the Main Line. To the builder of this beautiful model, and to all who maintain it, our awe-struck gratituide.
Oh, wow! That is just magnificent; you run short of superlatives. I make my own model locomotives from brass, but in 4mm scale - have just completed a Manifold Valley loco - so know just how much work has gone into creating that beautiful engine. I''ve never seen a Garrett in action - until now. What a sight. Sir, whoever you are, I salute you as a true master craftsman. Being serious, how much does she weigh, and how do you transport so big a model?
I seriously do wanna mention how I've personally just suddenly realized that the Garrett featured in this official video certainly happens to basically have an officialy official 4-8-2+2-8-4 wheel configuration meaning that there's exactly 4 leading wheels followed by 8 drive wheels followed by 2 trailing wheels on the front tender where extra water's kept followed by 2 leading wheels followed by 8 more drive wheels followed by 4 more trailing wheels in the officially official rear! I personally just suddenly realized that this officially official Garratt locomotive certainly MUST be a specifically wonderfully great mix of a specific mountain/Berkshire type of steam-driven railway garratt locomotive with more-or-less 1/2 of the configuration bein' completely the officially well-known mountain type of configuration WHILE the other end with the officially well-known 2-8-4 set of wheels certainly happens to be a Berkshire type of wheel configuration! In other words for another awesomely excellent well-known fact, it certainly does officially well-knowingly obviously seem to me that this garratt locomotive must be a specifically wonderfully great mountaineer-berkshire due to the officially well-knowingly obviously noticable 4-8-2+2-8-4 wheel configuration! I personally just suddenly also apparently for another awesomely excellent well-known fact realized that this official Garratt locomotive certainly seems to officially run on minimum-gauge tracks meaning that it'll basically make such a specifically wonderfully great addition to the officially well-knowingly popular Arlsedale minimum-gauge railway located near Arlseburgh on the Island of Sodor near the officially well-known North Western Railway's own official Branch Line that runs from Tidmouth all the way to Arlseburgh that officially happens to be very shockingly surprisingly well-known as the Little Western branch line that's basically ran by a G W R 57OO class pannier tank engine named Duck alongside a specifically wonderfully officially well-known 14xx 0-4-2 auto-tank engine named Oliver alongside a specifically wonderfully great well-known G W R toad brake van built in the year of precisely 1924 respectfully named Toad alongside several auto coaches alongside with the occasional Caledonian Railway 812 class O-6-O steam-driven railway tender locomotives that officially built @ the same time in the year of precisely 1899 respectfully known as Donald & Douglas who actually ran away from Scotland to avoid the Scrapper's torch! Besides, it's basically quite clear to me that this garratt locomotive certainly would definitely make such a specifically wonderfully great addition to the Arlsedale minimum-gauge railway!!
In other words for another awesomely excellent well-known fact, this garratt locomotive can easily help with hauling heavy goods trains as well as passengers up the hill with no complete trouble whatsoever! I personally just suddenly came up with the officially well-knowingly clever idea of placing official brass nameplates on each side of the boiler that officially read Izzy in broad letters!
In other words, this official Garratt locomotive with more-or-less a female character for the well-known Arlsedale minimum-gauge railway located near Arlseburgh on Duck the G W R 57OO class pannier tank engine's own official Branch Line that officially happens to be very shockingly surprisingly well-known as the Little Western due to his own official complete Great Western heritage!
I personally just suddenly learned from watching very shockingly surprisingly closely on 1 of the sections of my own official DVD that's basically titled The Best of World Steam with narration by Peter Fairhead himself in the section 'bout Great Britain that garratts certainly have got the advantage of working equally perfect in either direction!
I personally just suddenly learned from watching the section on Great Britain in Best of World Steam with narration by Peter Fairhead that Garratts certainly are built to be very shockingly surprisingly articulated with exactly 2 steam-driven engines that officially can easily pivot on the framework of the locomotive in order to negotiate sharp bends with ease!
Fabulous I like big engines that can work hard. The clip of the cab was magnificent. I took the double take ..when I saw it .. it was a little too clean to be convincing. Then the hand came in and the illusion evaporated just like the water that the fire was making int steam. Just lovely good work on her and the track as well as all the other locomotives. Amacf
Ik vroeg me onlangs nog af of die treinen in Turnhout er nog waren... Moet van de late 70, vroege 80 geleden zijn dat ik daar op heb meegereden. Fijn om te zien dat dit nog bestaat :-)
That Garratt is very impressive but so is the right of way over which it is running. One doesn't run anything, much less a locomotive that's this large, so smoothly at the speeds the Garratt was moving without near perfect track.
the trailing trucks on the 57, 58, and 59 Garratts allow them to track equally well in either direction -- however nearly all photos and video do show them operating smokestack-first.
Why would a designer place the drive wheels under the part of the engine that loses traction due to consumption of coal and water as the engine operatates ? Beautiful piece of work.
The engines were designed for heavy loads on tight corners. I’m not 100% sure but a certain percentage of the boilers weight would be distributed over the traction units.
You do lose traction as the fuel is consumed, but it does mean that much more of the locomotives total weight contributes. As opposed to a regular tender locomotive where the tender is just dead weight.
The front unit is also a water tank. In answer to your question, mainly to reduce axle loading, Garratts were usually used to provide a high tractive effort on light tracks. The positioning of the drivers didn't make much difference when it came to actual performance
I have nothing but open mouthed admiration for the people who have the determination and skill to complete a project like this. As this model must have taken years to build, it verges on being an obsession....
I don’t have adequate words to express my deepest respect and admiration for those who build and run those magnificent scale models of locomotive legends. The skills and commitment it takes to construct such machines is deserving of the highest regard and respect. All connected and involved are simply wonderful examples of the best in human skills and endeavour. Thank you so so much for the joy you bring to us all and for honouring the original designers and engine builders.
A beautiful Garratt model, built by a master model builder, a real artist to be sure
I am a handyman, mostly self taught and I have built many things, but when I look at stuff like this and realize somebody built it by hand I am just in awe!
Time and passion is what's required.
@@chiefauditor1683 and money, which i've heard this man has as he's broken multiple speed rules at that club (with passengers onboard) and he has gotton away with it that way
@@pietersnackaert" all animals are equal but some are more equal than the others" (Animal Farm by George Orwell)
I know exactly what you mean!
59 class were brilliant ,reliable powerful steam locomotive fired with crude oil.I know as my father drove them till 1972 in Kenya. This is very much like it .Same colour scheme too. Thanks brings back brilliant memories.
Wonderfull! As a kid growing up in Kenya in the 1950s, I recall hearing these majestic Garratts blowing their whistles somewhere down in the Rift Valley , the sound would echo up through the night air to the highland altitudes. Lovely memories brought back by your lovely video.
I remember being pulled by one of these locos on the Nairobi to Mombasa run (to pick up the "SS Kenya Castle" bound for the UK). Returned to Kenya on a Comet 4 a few months later but in mid '64 left, never to return, on the first commercial VC10 flight to take off from Nairobi. Great memories though all the transport have become museum pieces or worse a long time ago.
@@ColinMill1 see my site Facebook : Garratts steam locomotives in preservation and service.
@@andrewdock7288 Thank you, I will indeed.
what kind of whistle do they have anyway?
They still do. There’s one channel on here that did a “steam around the world” video series and I remember seeing one of these somewhere in africa running passenger service.
My father drove 5925 and 5924 EAR in Kenya up till 1972 . Very impressive British built steam locomotive .Most powerful metre gauge locomotive in the world at the time. Route was MOMBASA to NAIROBI .
I drove that route by car , wonderful, I'm Belgian BTW
@@SR-jx5jr My father was steam locomotive driver of these magnificent British built steam locomotive. Kenya was a very beautiful then. Even the roads were good. I live in ENGLAND since 1976.
I remember watching them in the early 1970s, such a beautiful sight. My father was a teacher in Nakuru, and we came back to England in 1973, so just before you. You must be proud of your father!
Ajmer singh Sandhu and Co driver Joga singh chohan. Mombasa Nairobi line.
I can only stare in opened mouth awe for 7 minutes and 04 seconds at this magnificent locomotive! The locomotives featured at the end of this video were the icing on the cake!
What a great video. The footage of the coupled wheels and the valve gear was superb! Thanks for sharing this.
wow. A Garratt Loc in this Scale? Amazing. MEGA
Amazing I used to watch this engines in Kenya,
You know, it's basically quite clear that garratt locomotives certainly were quite a sight EVER SINCE K 1 (the world's very much well-known 1st ever garratt locomotive to be constructed in 1909 for the Tasmanian Government Railway) designed by Beyer Peacock exactly 114 years ago this year despite some disadvantages that I personally just suddenly recall learning 'bout from watching another awesomely excellent well-known UA-cam video by Train of Thought not too long ago!
Keep up with the excellent work!!!
AMAZIN' ARTICULATED STEAM-DRIVEN RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE!!!!!!
Impressive model! The railway is equally impressive, love the engine shed & station building!!
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This is a truly amazing locomotive. I have always loved the unique design of the Garrat. This little loco is just beautiful. The color just screams "Behold my awesomeness!". I love it!
You know the video's good when it has 5+ 'Most Replayed' moments throughout the timeline.
Beautiful model. I note he's operating on coal of some description. The actual EAR&H Garratts were in fact oil fired there being no coal available in the area.
The name EAR is also incorrect for their time period and should include the H for East African Railways & Harbours. I believe the H got dropped around the times of independence of Uganda from the east African federation of Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda some time in the early 1960's. Still a formidable work putting basically two locos into one. Well done.
WOW! I wish we had a Garratt Locomotive at this gauge in the UK.
That is a stunning locomotive
Designed to pull heavy mineral trains on steep gradients and tight curves while having a low axel weight for the low quantity track. Tractive effort 73,500 lb at 85% and full size weighed 252 tons with an axle weight of 21tons
So we would agree, the Garrats are the most powerfull locos from Europe (after the Big Boy from the US), even the Garrats arent (only England once) driving in europe arround.
so this is like the european version of the Shay and Heisler locos
@@ZooTycoonLord More the Articulated ones, Shay, Climax or Heisler are geared ones. They have nothing in common with the Garratts and other mallet locomotives like Challenger or Big Boy.
@@SimplyTakuma Challenger nor Big Boy are mallets; they are simple articulateds like the Garrett.
@@SimplyTakuma That last is wrong.
Not only the UK had used some Garratts, but Spain was the country in Europe which used them the most.
Furthermore there were a couple of Garratt tramway locomotives in Belgium, and one that operated in the most southern part of the Netherlands, which has hills.
That one, the LTM 51 was the most powerful tramway locomotive in the world, its tractive effort being 21000lbs and its weight 71 metric tons, that's around the same as the South African NG/G16, which was the heaviest and most powerful loco on the 2' gauge, four of these are based on the Welsh Highland Railway in the UK, and several have been preserved in South Africa itself and other countries around the world, I believe there's one in the US as well..
The Garrats used in Britain were a bit of a failure, the LMS Garrats suffering from poor design, as the chief engineer at the time, Fowler, dictated the use of a standard type of axlebox which wasn't strong enough for the engines weight.
The other one built, the LNER U1 wasn't a failure as a loco, but its potential couldn't be used because of the weight limitations imposed on the trains themselves, due to the used 3 link couplings being to weak for the tractive effort this machine could develop, just one was built and it was intended as a banker, when pushing a train the couplings weren't the limiting factor.
The third type in the UK was a small 0-4-0+0-4-0 intended for industrial use on very tight curves, they were a bit of a succes, and one of those is preserved, although not operational yet.
One of the Spanish Garratts is preserved in operational condition and used for specials, and one or two others are in non operational condition.
Grandparents operate this railway and other grandparents with their grandchildren enjoy the joyrides too. Where is this, let me bring my grandchildren to this place. 😊😊
A monumental piece of work ! Full Respect to all concerned . I just wanted to see it pull 50 people with ease . It probably would pull the house down . Terrific. Thankyou
I love this Locomotive!!!! What a beautiful work of art!!!!!!!
The view of the cab is awesome. Clean and well thought out.
A stunning locomotive in an outstanding setting. You've made my evening with this video. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing... I remember the Garratt locomotives running in Natal, South Africa hauling coal from Hlobane down to Durban......
I would love to hear that Garrett pulling a load. Sweet trains though!
Terry from South Carolina
So lightly loaded it doesn't even need to chuff. Brilliant loco.
I remember that he has build it some years ago, and while he was also running his top bakery in the town center(turnhout) , if I am not wrong . He invited me once in his shed where he builded this magnificent loc . A most friendly man.
Gee wizzzz! As good as it gets!!!! The Driver's Seat alone is a work of beauty!
Marc has great skill and patience to make this beautiful loco well done.
It's so nice to see many different people, especially a lady, having a go at driving a magnificent locomotive.
Why is it so amazing that a woman can drive one?
Zig Zag Railway New South Wales Australia has women driving a full size loco, women fly planes, women drive cars including on the track and bikes as well , women race boats including an all female crew in the Sydney to Hobart race and so on.
@@johnnichol9412 I've been in a miniature railway society for nearly 20 years and unfortunately seeing women driving the trains is not common.
YES I know there are some in the hobby, but a majority of the time I mostly male gender roles doing the driving.
I'm always supportive when I do see ladies have a go, as I want the hobby to be more diverse.
@@exveefan You may have, but my comment was why is it expected that woman aren't as capable as men? Your OP is sexist in that it infers that women are inferior to men.
What an awesome model. Attention to detail is amazing. Seems to ride very well. Would love to own one of those. One of my favourite locos.
These are amazing. I need to find these parks in the USA , New Zealand, UK and see them in person, this is just too cool!!!
Good God.... that is beyond impressive. I hope to go on a Grand Tour next year, Turnhout just made my itinerary.
WOW! that is really,really great. Perfect craftmanship.
WOW! That is an AMAZING, smooth- running locomotive! 😊
That is an awesome looking engine. It is also lovely to see a woman driving the engines also, great to see. The club has some lovely looking engines there.
this looks so relaxing.
This is amazing and hats off to the builder. I don't think you'll have any wheel slip/traction issues (if that's the right phrase) like other engines. It would be great to see a full size Garratt one day in the UK, maybe the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust should build one next!
There are 3 operating Garretts on the Welsh Highland Railway: two SAR 2-6-2+2-6-2 and the K-1 0-4-0+0-4-0 from Tazmania the very first Garrett.
K1 has an interesting history. do a search for "World's first Garratt".
@@royreynolds108 you forgot to mention they are "narrow gauge" versions. Plus there is a 4th running as well on the WHR: ua-cam.com/video/5mS2JF0MGsA/v-deo.html
Big respect and thumbs up, Mr
Melis!
Wonderful to see one giant in a steam model form.
Oh WOW!!! , what a gorgeous piece of workmanship ; a lot of time , effort & money has gone into this beauty of the rails & she runs so well too ( as well as looks included ) & I feel the owner would be very proud of his efforts ; these are so similar to the Australian 60 class of the New South Wales Govt Railways or the South Australian Govt Railways 400 class Garratt loco's so please let the owner know of these if you happen to keep in contact with him as it'd be nice to see here in Australia on 1 of our many miniature railways that we have here.
Magnificent. I saw something very similar running in real life in Zimbabwe. Thanks for the memories.
An amazing locomotive! Thanks for the post!
These little trains prove how efficient railroads are, those little tiny wheels are able to pull a whole train of full grown adults with ease
The tiny chair is my favorite part of that locomotive.
The chair gives it scale and realism all the better realised when a giant hand appears in shot. Best turn out of engines, location and filming I have seen so far. It's a shame I am in New Zealand.
A thoroughly detailed model: modelled steam regulators, water level gauges etc. Alot of beautifully turned and fabricated in different metals. I'll bet this model would weigh over a tonne.
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@@zackary_fennik Imagine the horror on his face when he sees the Driver had cut a hole in the cabin.
love the EAR 59 class wish i had one of these myself then i could go down to the mini railroad and run it
An original Mountain Class, No.5918, Mount Gelai, is preserved in Nairobi, Kenya at the Railway Museum. It was driven by Sardar Kirpal Singh and his team, for a number of years; just like Harrys's Dad, Sardar A.S. Sandhu, and his team drove theirs. 5918 and Kirpal Singh and his team can be seen on Nick Lera's beautiful video of E.A.R.&H.. As Harrys said, this class was worked only on the Mombasa-Nairobi line. Harry, I did not know your Dad, but I knew Mr Kirpal Singh and had also been invited to his home in Mombasa, where he had reconstructed a totally accurate replica of the whole of the Cab Controls of 5918. And kept them polished and sparkling clean, just as he had kept his engine all those years.
Ghulam Saheb, all of you performed wonders on these, the world's most powerful metre gauge engines, and we thank you. My grandfather also was a locotmotive driver on the railway from 1900 till he retired in 1936; (first called the Uganda Railway (U.R.) and then the Kenya and Uganda Railway (K.U.R.). And he was one of the drivers who drove the very first Garratts in East Africa, Class EC1, when they were initially introduced. in the late 1920s.
Jayant, you would indeed have seen these maginificent monsters. But not in Nyeri! They were only on the Main Line.
To the builder of this beautiful model, and to all who maintain it, our awe-struck gratituide.
I can’t believe the size of the people in this clip, they’re enormous and make this train look almost like a toy! 😮
Oh, wow! That is just magnificent; you run short of superlatives. I make my own model locomotives from brass, but in 4mm scale - have just completed a Manifold Valley loco - so know just how much work has gone into creating that beautiful engine. I''ve never seen a Garrett in action - until now. What a sight. Sir, whoever you are, I salute you as a true master craftsman. Being serious, how much does she weigh, and how do you transport so big a model?
What a beautiful garratt loco.
Beautiful models all of them, the Garrett is perfect and so is the Shay,(l hope l spelled that right)
I seriously do wanna mention how I've personally just suddenly realized that the Garrett featured in this official video certainly happens to basically have an officialy official 4-8-2+2-8-4 wheel configuration meaning that there's exactly 4 leading wheels followed by 8 drive wheels followed by 2 trailing wheels on the front tender where extra water's kept followed by 2 leading wheels followed by 8 more drive wheels followed by 4 more trailing wheels in the officially official rear! I personally just suddenly realized that this officially official Garratt locomotive certainly MUST be a specifically wonderfully great mix of a specific mountain/Berkshire type of steam-driven railway garratt locomotive with more-or-less 1/2 of the configuration bein' completely the officially well-known mountain type of configuration WHILE the other end with the officially well-known 2-8-4 set of wheels certainly happens to be a Berkshire type of wheel configuration!
In other words for another awesomely excellent well-known fact, it certainly does officially well-knowingly obviously seem to me that this garratt locomotive must be a specifically wonderfully great mountaineer-berkshire due to the officially well-knowingly obviously noticable 4-8-2+2-8-4 wheel configuration! I personally just suddenly also apparently for another awesomely excellent well-known fact realized that this official Garratt locomotive certainly seems to officially run on minimum-gauge tracks meaning that it'll basically make such a specifically wonderfully great addition to the officially well-knowingly popular Arlsedale minimum-gauge railway located near Arlseburgh on the Island of Sodor near the officially well-known North Western Railway's own official Branch Line that runs from Tidmouth all the way to Arlseburgh that officially happens to be very shockingly surprisingly well-known as the Little Western branch line that's basically ran by a G W R 57OO class pannier tank engine named Duck alongside a specifically wonderfully officially well-known 14xx 0-4-2 auto-tank engine named Oliver alongside a specifically wonderfully great well-known G W R toad brake van built in the year of precisely 1924 respectfully named Toad alongside several auto coaches alongside with the occasional Caledonian Railway 812 class O-6-O steam-driven railway tender locomotives that officially built @ the same time in the year of precisely 1899 respectfully known as Donald & Douglas who actually ran away from Scotland to avoid the Scrapper's torch! Besides, it's basically quite clear to me that this garratt locomotive certainly would definitely make such a specifically wonderfully great addition to the Arlsedale minimum-gauge railway!!
In other words for another awesomely excellent well-known fact, this garratt locomotive can easily help with hauling heavy goods trains as well as passengers up the hill with no complete trouble whatsoever! I personally just suddenly came up with the officially well-knowingly clever idea of placing official brass nameplates on each side of the boiler that officially read Izzy in broad letters!
In other words, this official Garratt locomotive with more-or-less a female character for the well-known Arlsedale minimum-gauge railway located near Arlseburgh on Duck the G W R 57OO class pannier tank engine's own official Branch Line that officially happens to be very shockingly surprisingly well-known as the Little Western due to his own official complete Great Western heritage!
I personally just suddenly learned from watching very shockingly surprisingly closely on 1 of the sections of my own official DVD that's basically titled The Best of World Steam with narration by Peter Fairhead himself in the section 'bout Great Britain that garratts certainly have got the advantage of working equally perfect in either direction!
BRAVO!
I personally just suddenly learned from watching the section on Great Britain in Best of World Steam with narration by Peter Fairhead that Garratts certainly are built to be very shockingly surprisingly articulated with exactly 2 steam-driven engines that officially can easily pivot on the framework of the locomotive in order to negotiate sharp bends with ease!
What a beautiful loco,great colour, where are you based
Magnificent locomotive! Wonderful views! Thank you.
I know this video was about the 59 Class but I did not expect to see a Class-C shay!
Fabulous I like big engines that can work hard. The clip of the cab was magnificent. I took the double take ..when I saw it .. it was a little too clean to be convincing. Then the hand came in and the illusion evaporated just like the water that the fire was making int steam. Just lovely good work on her and the track as well as all the other locomotives. Amacf
holy sh!7, fantastic Garratt. the Shay at the end for the win
Superb. The original was oil fired and possible the most powerful steam locomotive outside North America
It was the most powerful metre gauge locomotive my dad was a locomotive driver in Kenya and drove 5925 and 5924.
Great engine and exciting camera angles. Thank you.
This mini stedam Locomotive is just amazing, WoW 👍👍👍
The germans and dutch really go to town . love it
One word - magnificent.
Simply fantastic.
What an impressive machine!
The Garratt is unbelievable.
Wow, it is beautiful Garrett locomotive.(とても綺麗なガーラットですね。感服致しました。)
A SHAY with a PURPLE paint job!
Inspired by Jimi Hendrix, "Purple Shay is in my eyes..."
Very cool. Never saw one of those before. The Shay was interesting too.
Ik vroeg me onlangs nog af of die treinen in Turnhout er nog waren... Moet van de late 70, vroege 80 geleden zijn dat ik daar op heb meegereden. Fijn om te zien dat dit nog bestaat :-)
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
nice job beautiful craftmanship
Allemachtig wat een mooie machine👍
such a cute little locomotive
Splendid! A wonderful engine you have made sir 🙂
What an awesome and beautiful locomotive.
That Garratt is very impressive but so is the right of way over which it is running. One doesn't run anything, much less a locomotive that's this large, so smoothly at the speeds the Garratt was moving without near perfect track.
Whilst the Garrett was great. I really liked the shay at the end.....
Horses for courses :-)
no doubt some special effort and time was put into it
The three truck shay is mint :D Perfect for park railways.
How do you get the steam all the way to that back engine.....and the exhaust to the stack without to much condensation
This really is a spectacular locomotive! I never knew there was a live steam scale Garnett. Are the rear drivers powered, too?
where is this? Such a beautiful railway its on
Can a real Garratt Locomotive "EAR 59 Class" travel at the same maximum speed in either forward or reverse? great model and great railway too.
the trailing trucks on the 57, 58, and 59 Garratts allow them to track equally well in either direction -- however nearly all photos and video do show them operating smokestack-first.
Search UA-cam for W44 Ore train :)
Absolutely magnificent.
WOW! I have trouble making an Airfix model train. Lovely.
This is Amazing!
What a beautiful train,well done ✔
Great job from the CARANDTRAIN channel.
Very good video 👍👍👍
Magnificent model.
What a cool place and video. 👍👏🏻🙏
What a masterpiece 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
What a beauty.
THANK YOU FOR SHARE VIDEO AS GREAT WATCHING
I'm watching this and smiling like a kid in a lolly shop. A beautiful model and the railway is in a lovely location, where is this?
The only British loco that can be compared to the "Big Boy".
And it ran in Africa... The NSW AD60 could be as well - but it isn't a "British" Loco either. Best you can manage in Britain is the LNER U1.
There was a plan for a german steam engine like that too, the BR53, but never been build...
@@sithlordofoz or an LMS Beyer Garrett
@@SimJackson the LMS version was too Midland like and so wasn't great. Didn't have the power of the Big Boy. At least the U1 had some serious grunt.
Why would a designer place the drive wheels under the part of the engine that loses traction due to consumption of coal and water as the engine operatates ?
Beautiful piece of work.
The engines were designed for heavy loads on tight corners. I’m not 100% sure but a certain percentage of the boilers weight would be distributed over the traction units.
You also get a bigger boiler in relation to the rest of the machinery. Your right about the loss of tractive power as fuel and water is consumed.
You do lose traction as the fuel is consumed, but it does mean that much more of the locomotives total weight contributes. As opposed to a regular tender locomotive where the tender is just dead weight.
The front unit is also a water tank. In answer to your question, mainly to reduce axle loading, Garratts were usually used to provide a high tractive effort on light tracks. The positioning of the drivers didn't make much difference when it came to actual performance
Does anyone make or sell this particular model in HO scale. Very familiar with this Steam locomotive having grown up over there
Work of art by why didn’t he go the whole hog and build the full size model ,he was almost there,lol!!!
Then he would have had to find full size tracks that would let him run it!
Wow, what a gorgeous loco :o)
Outstanding!!!
How long does it take to steam up an engine of this scale?
Thanks for the video closeup of a model 59 class used on Kenya railways