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15" Gauge Locomotive Features & Construction
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- Опубліковано 11 кві 2021
- An explanation of the components and processes that went into building this 15 inch gauge locomotive, starting with a walk-around overview followed by construction photos. Project was started in mid 2019 and was finished up in April of 2020.
Links to other videos related to this project:
• Test Run (Unfinished)
• Locomotive Inaugural Run
• Frame Riveting
Links to railway resources:
www.rmirailwor...
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gsriley.com/rai...
ibls.org/mediaw...
I have added some links for sourcing rail and other components to the description. These sites are more geared towards the scale modeling side of things so prices are in the high range, but it gives an idea of what is available out there. Again I find lots of trawling on ebay is the best way to find parts for your own rolling stock etc, and that many profiles of steel (Angle, channel, T, flat bar) can function well as rails so there is a myriad of options.
Thanks for all of your comments and questions
Can you build and make available a CAD model of the entire locomotive? A large bill, to be sure, but I would like to be proven wrong. Good luck.
That locomotive is great! I’m all about this new “minimal railway” craze where the trains are small but very useful and not scale replicas of larger engines. Every property needs a small railway to help with the chores! Lol
Yeah. My family is getting rid of our pickup truck which is the only expendable vehicle so we don't have an easy way to move fire wood across the soft muddy lawn to the shed. So a small narrow gauge railroad of about 12 to 15 gauge would be nice. I just need to convince my dad. But yeah these narrow gauge railroads are great for farms small industries and house work.
For sure, while this line isn't quite in a usable state yet I can anticipate many uses. If your yard is on the flatter side you can make panel track and move it to where it's needed, you don't have to have a set path for the line which makes it more practical.
I'm not sure that it is a "New" craze. I was doing this sort of thing on 10.25" and 7.25" gauges in the 1970s when it was just called Very Narrow Gauge, or Ultra Narrow Gauge.
@@BrianLeicester or minimum/miniature gauge
@@datguymiller Minimum gauge for 15", Minimal for less than 15", typically 7.25".
I honestly prefer this sort of freelance approach to small guage locos.
It just looks a lot better than a scuffy replica of something at the wrong gauge
In the 1950's and 60's my stepfather built a 20 in gauge miniature railroad that was part of a tiny amusement park just West of Albany, NY. It used industrial gasoline engines to move up to four cars of kids around a 1/4 mile track. By the time I was 10 I was maintaining the 4 engines and 6 cars. That was a lot of work for a kid.
The stepfather became a mean alcoholic that was Impossible to live with. When I next checked after a year in Nam he was still there but the equipment had been sold. If anyone has ever heard of "The Carolyne Road" please contact me.
Lovely job! What does it weigh, do you think? My 15" gauge rails are just flatbar so couldn't take that machine, I suspect..
I'd say a few hundred pounds at least, haven't got a scale that can weigh it. The 1.5*.5" channel I use seems to take the weight well, so a flat could work if it's thick enough, so long as it's set well on the ties. I've been following your project with the line through your barn and it's great to see the new tracks in the fields, a real example of how useful these railways can be.
Thanks, Jonathon. They're fun too, aren't they?
@@WayOutWestx2 Oh they're great fun, worth the work for sure. Lots of interesting and useful skills to learn along the way as well.
So uh....collab between you two when?
@@Redundant_Communication question? Does it have a name? Will name plates be added?
I come from the Torfmoor / Torfbahn / Feldbahn east Friesland area of north west Germany and have seen one or two of these rugged locomotives for real. I congratulate you on your engineering skills, your locomotive is quite impressive and very much true to the prototype.
that's pretty cool. best lawn mower conversion i have seen to date. your ratcheting brake lever i would recommend changing, i have a similar design and mechanism for my lawn rake, and the metal plate, all the points you frequently use break or wore off. if you were to double up or triple that plate i would think it'd last a life time, but even at 1/8th i lasted little more than 3 uses on 1 acre of yard, and when i fab'd an identical of 1/4" it lasted a bit over a year. granted you're not using it to hold a more stressed mechanical feature that free floats with more gravitational stresses, a roller pin going over the notches might be more suitable and you could just use old worn out saw blades there after and grind down what ever points are left, and replace where ever as needed for very inexpensive price even tho it's much thinner gauge.
another thought is that chain is going to need oiling about as much as the steam locos wheel sets needed, a lube pan along the chain path underneath would work well wouldn't have to be much could be a small painters tray/grocery store mushroom carton; so you can remove and replace it easily and low cost, it would just need some sort of shelf to ride on/in to keep it in place then you wouldn't have to worry about manually lubing it. heavy grease could be used in it also mixed with use oil. lucas's red and tacky spray would be a good recommendation if you don't go that route and should keep things in working order nicely for a month or 3 at a time, no idea you'd have to try it. it works well on my lawn mower parts and my bike chain moves too fast in my opinion that it would spin off to fast to test on that but would probably be alright in your application.
This is exactly the type of engine Id like to build for my 2' railroad Im currently building in my yard. I keep going back and forth on whether to sell it and go smaller (7 1/2") because I just dont see myself being able to build a locomotive for such a large gauge. But then I see a video like yours, and this seems very possible for me to construct. What youve done here is great! Thanks for sharing!
Tackling 2 foot gauge sounds like it would get very heavy very quickly, but you could certainly build something like this, just wider to accommodate your track, and it should still be sturdy. When it comes down to it all gauge dictates is the rail spacing, the size and weight of the rolling stock can vary greatly. Best of luck with your project!
WOW! Nice job! And i am pretty sure that the wood brake shoes were prototypical way back in the 1800s!
Super dope!! Everyone is a lil closer to having one now
Nice project! Thanks for showing off your good work. It is inspiring !
I love it and the heavy duty construction. That you hot riveted it is awesome . You could use this for real work, moving firewood, garden materials, and etc.
Glad you like the rivets, they were certainly one of the more labor-intensive parts of the project
Looks great. Nice riveting and an iron tractor seat. Excellent
I like the fact that the train does not try to be a big train at a smaller scale. It always loos goofy with a full-sized guy sitting on one of those!
Hey! ☺ it's so cool seeing the inner workings of your train, this was such an incredible project to see in development and even more so to see completed. You have a really neat future ahead of you, I can tell 😊
Awesome Jonathan I really enjoyed watching the video.
That is a nicely put together loco, it’s giving me a lot of inspiration for a 7.25” gauge loco I’m thinking of building. I noticed we also share a surname, railways and Sherwoods seem to go together both sides of the pond. 😉👍
I guess so, it must run in the family. I recall hearing that there's a 15" gauge railway in the Sherwood forest near Nottinghamshire, typical of the miniature park railways around the UK. Always liked how they were small yet not scale, things like the Arthur Heywood locomotives.
Wow! I love your work. Great little machine.
from what i can see.., that's a beautiful railway!
What a lovely train you have made it has a real character to it I would love to have a go at making a train for the garden but the cost of the track must add up quite a bit . thanks for showing us how you built it .
Kudos on using the lantern toolpost.
great finished product!!
Just binge watched all your videos, very impressive project! I want to build some sort of railway on my 5 acre property someday. Please make more vids!
Outstanding craftsmanship
Impressive.
I have a similar looking battery electric loco on 7.25" gauge, it is similarly sized, about 4 ft long, 2ft wide and 5ft high as I have fiitted it with a simple cab roof of a plain 3mm steel plate on four 1" square steel tube supports. The roof is suprisingly useful as a sun shade, I thought that I would only need it on in the rain.
Really great insight into the engine, good video Jon
very nice job
This is so cool.. A project for retirement..
Great work on building the loco......although I would have liked to see a little more "upscale" colors in the paint job.....but it's your loco, after all.
Keep up the great work.
To tell the truth not much of a painter, don't think I could recreate the lining or scrollwork details seen on old steam engines. Maybe I can get creative with stencils for numbering on the side or something.
Once again, superb, thank-you!
I noticed lots of rust underneath. Might that be a problem? I don't know.
Hurrah!
Yeah the undercarriage is a mess from sitting outside but it's in the shed now so that oughtta save it until I get around to repainting
Very impressive work.
Very clever , it would be fun and useful if I made one , although lack a place to operate it
Hi it's a great diesel engine narrow gauge train love to see it work.richard Courtney Adelaide south Australia 🇦🇺
nice
Planning on building one of these
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well done!!
German feldbahn loko used to just have a regular hooter from bosch
Great job on this engine can we get a demonstration of it in operation with the headlight on and possibly if you could blow the horn
I like your Wagon that sits behind your Loco. Do you have a video on it's construction?
And I do like your Loco as well.
I built that one before taking videos but I recently posted two showing the construction of a very similar flat car
Very nice.
good work
This is realy cool
Very cool!
is this from a kit or did you scratch build it? I would love to own one of these for the nostalgia.
It's largely scratch built, plenty of factory components, however it is my own design so no kit plans exist for it. Though I've seen plans and kits for similar thing for sale but they're usually quite expensive.
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Thank you. That was very helpful!
I'm thinking about building my own locomotive with a lawnmower, or trail bike engine.
Now for buying rails where do you buy your rails? I assume that you buy them in bulk from an industrial metal supplier, but I was wondering where and how to get a good deal.
Thanks!
Any metal supplier will have flat bar, angle, channel, or T bar that can be used as rail, I recommend choosing one of those shapes for availability, economy, and easy of working.
If true-profile rail is what you're after, I've bought some of this 1" tall rail: www.rmirailworks.com/SSP-Track-Steel-Rail.asp
@@AdityaSingh-pe8nq Thats what’s he is using is a lawn tractor chassis. Plenty of torque. Bike engine is made to go fast....
@@Redundant_Communication ok, thanks!
@@Redundant_Communication There is a school of thought that square or rectangular hollow section is better than bar as it has a rounded corner against the wheel and flange.
@@StubProductions A bike engine will be designed to have a good airflow over it which doesn't happen on a loco doing sub-10mph. Stationary or slow moving vehicles are better for minimal gauge railway use.
Nice work. Any information on the springs you use for the wheels?
Good video Jonathan :)
Nice
The passive voice was much used in this episode.
An interesting project, well done, any reason you went with riveting , other than aesthetic?
The rivets were a visual choice for sure, for added variety in the construction methods. It adds more interest into what would otherwise be a flat rectangle, and while I do go on about it being a functional object, aesthetics were central to the design of this engine.
so it's a narrow gauge engine, rather than a miture engine. (it's a tiny train, rather than a large functional model)
Oil, grease. It could do with some TLC, especially underneath.
Sadly that's what happens when the paint job is rushed and it doesn't run for a year. Not to worry, it'll be getting attention when there's more rails to run on.
Do you have a link to the mine car wheels you used on the loco?
This is the ebay seller I bought them from:
www.ebay.com/sch/burnzoil/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
Did you make any changes to the gearbox to allow more speed in reverse?
No, just a stock craftsman tractor gearbox, only 1 reverse speed, 3 forward.
@@Redundant_Communication Alright, thank you. You've definitely inspired me with this, thinking about building something like this instead of another project I had in mind.
Your drive chain between the axles is way too tight, you won't gain anything but rapid wear, I would add a half link.
Good suggestion, I noted it was too tight but I didn't have any of the half links at the time I was finishing the drive, it had slipped my mind since it hasn't been running, I'll have to go back and add one.
What size rail are you using? Looks like it’s flat bar
It's 1.5" * .5" channel. I had been using T bar for rail but channel bends easier when making curved track. I've talked generally about the pros and cons of different rail options in other videos, proper 12# (2" tall) rail is currently out of my budget unfortunately.
would it be possible to have access to the project?
Unfortunately it's not in a location I can open to the public
@@Redundant_Communication Thankful. Carajás - Pará - Brasil.
Man, you were fast with that upload! Have you ever weighed it? I'm guessing 500 pounds or so? The frame looks beefy.
At least a few hundred for sure. It's much heavier than a comparably sized garden tractor, but it's no 3000# milling machine.
When you said you wooden breaks blocks I remember about the black James in Thomas and Friends his breaks was on fire because it's was made of wood and the trucks was pushed him until he came off the rails
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What's the max speed?
Haven't measured it but it's slow. It's direct chain drive from transmission to wheels so that shouldn't have changed it's speed, so I'd say in the range of 5-10 mph, but probably closer to 5.
How tall is your Locomotive?
Roughly 3 feet tall, its 26" wide and 5 feet long
@@Redundant_Communication what do you use your train for?
@@austinhodgestherailfan5318 Logs, brush, dirt, scrap and other debris
@@Redundant_Communication ok
The train is great and all but, the voicecracks, damn.
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Should have been a diesel...
Worked with what I had, if cost was no object I'd have done steam or diesel-electric
Buy a welder and learn how to weld it's easy
Downvote for not building a real diesel-electric with electric transmission. All that effort and money wasted into this disappointment.