The Railway Built in Lockdown! Lawrie Goes a Little Loco Episode 1
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- Hello Everyone,
Welcome to the first episode of Lawrie Goes a Little Loco, looking at the smaller locomotives that you can actually ride behind. This one is a bit special, as Lawrie gets his first drive of a locomotive since Lockdown began!
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Lawrie - enjoying getting to drive an engine again.
A video edited by Lawrie
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Hahah; the sliding cab amused me. Only an RAF man would think up an entry that resembles the canopies of old fighter planes 🙈
Brilliant isn't it!
@@lmm better than standard doors
Great design, but a roll over could trap you in.
It's impresive how a single man can build a WIP railway during, what, 6 months of Lockdown,impresive!
Indeed
I was impressed!
meanwhile I couldn't even get basic operations on my planned 4x8 N scale layout....
The cab interior on that is genius! Being able to run either way is something not many single cab miniatures can do well, extra impressive that it was made during lockdown!
It's brilliant isn't it!
@@lmm can we get a update vid pls
@@raysrandomthings8425 yeah - there was part of an update showing it painted in another video but we'll return to it at the end future date
@@lmm ok cool
I really like those trucks in the background
The builder has some cool stuff.
Exactly what I was noticing. Love those old trucks.
I thought i was the only one, keep shouting at the screen, get out of the way man, screw the train show me them trucks
@@markj2093 they'll appear in the future
@@lmm Subbed
Gonna call it now, Lawrie ran the batteries dry, or as close to it as the owner would let him.
... May have had to push it into the shed.
@@lmm You looked like you were having entirely far too much fun to stop before you were forced to. What a delightful little machine!
@@lmm Well why not fire up the generator. That's what its there for? :-)
thats got to be the tiniest cabbed locomotive ever. absolutely ingenious design. From how the cab slides open to the little generator powerplant, making it a tiny little gas electric just like the full sized diesels.
I chuckled when you said "you can do it yourself" - Sure that 0.5% of us who has a house, material, tools, a huge garden and time on their hands xD
i don’t own a house i rent, i’m going to make one, don’t be a wimp and just do it . the real railroad was built with basic tools… but you can’t source enough to make a mini railway?
miniature railways in apartment blocks aren't landlord friendly
Ifa junkyard ever went out of business and just left the land I'd buy it because it's like a blank canvas to design the environment around the tracks I put down.
If I ever get an acre or more, you betchya, otherwise I pay rent for now.
@@kieroncraig3594 Good.
Build a railway. Fuck landlords.
Absolutely would love to see more miniature locos on LMM, looks like you had a blast with this one!
Not too dissimilar from my own project to make an 8 inch gauge railway, uses off the shelf parts to keep the cost down. The rails are actually pvc pipes filled with sand to keep them rigid and support the weight, and the bogie wheels for the wagons are roller blade wheels with discs of polypropylene for the flanges.
So far so good, my test wagon supported my weight along the track and rolled freely, and the track itself didn't distort or break, so presently I'm making enough track to make a circuit around the garden and get an engine put together.
That's a very interesting way of doing it, I'm intrigued
we need some video
I see...I´ll reccomend sing meal pipes 1/2"... for a lasting duty.
@@josepelotudogomezcredulo6993 Metal is more expensive, harder to bend curves into, and eventually will rust through.
UV treated PVC conduit is cheap, easy to bend into curves and affix to the sleepers, and if it does somehow wear out, is easily replaced.
@@lmm
Well, if you're interested in seeing all the technical details, all the plans are freely available at www.rideongardenrailroad.com
I'll freely admit it's crude compared to a "proper" ride-on miniature train, but it has the virtue of using off the shelf components that are readily available, and it doesn't require specialized tools or skills either.
In the end, it's all a big experiment in the end, could go either way, but I'm trying it anyhow. As I wrote, for now I'm working on getting a circuit constructed and acquiring the parts to make a couple locomotives and wagons, I'll try to get some video up once I get along a bit further.
More miniatures on LMM?
More miniatures on LMM.
Okies
@@lmm please
Wish I had the engineering ability as I live on 17.5 acres of land and could make a really nice full circle run.🚂
Oh that would be good!
See if there's a local club who'd like to use the land.
I would love to see more of Lawrie Goes a Little Loco! As a Large Scale Model Railroader in the US, growing up around equipment almost exactly like that, I would love to see more of it covered!
We've got quite a bit lined up!
Lawrie, I have only just discovered you! I watched the Castles one last night and have enjoyed "Sweet Pea" in Leeds, the abandoned park railway in Scotland, etc. So much catching up to do! I am a volunteer on the GWSR and work trackside between Cheltenham and Broadway, clearing crossings, ditches and laying drainage. I also am a sponsor of 76077, which is being rebuilt in Loughborough and at Toddington. Your videos show so much about how locos work. I am learning through each episode. Your passionate delivery and sense of wonder is refreshing in this far-too-serious world. The filming is unusual (underframe shots, aerial images, etc.) and takes the viewer places rarely seen. You are utterly bonkers, which is again refreshing! Fabulous stuff. Please thank your team and I do so appreciate the way you give clear credit to your many hosts. You have opened my eyes to places like the majestic Doon Valley that I have never heard of. Dr Ian S Pogson CEng FIET
I’d love to see an update on this locomotive, and the railway!
Somewhat reminds me of the Swedish class Z4p narrow gauge diesels, really smart looking little locomotive.
The proportions are more like a Swedish class Tp
Oh really?
@@allanlundin9420 True, though the height of the cab and the shape of the bonnets made me lean more towards Z4p.
@@axelhejnebo9142 I can agree with that. But if we go up to standard guage, then we have the V11, where both the shape and the proportions are about the same.
@@allanlundin9420 Yeah, that's probably the Swedish engine that is the most similar to this thing, right wheel-configuration as well.
Brings me down memory lane, with my grandma’s neighbour in Ifold who had such a railway running around his garden !
Oh really? They're quite good fun!
I'd love to see you do a follow-up video on this cute little engine once it's all finished and painted!
That is actually a really impressive homemade loco. Most homemades I've seen are little 4 axle things with lawnmower engines. Usually driven by someone on a car behind it, looking very bored.
It's an impressive thing!
Have a look at facebook.com/groups/MinimalGaugeRailways
I love it, especially that you can have fun in the weather and not get wet.
This is really neat!
I thought so too!
As a child, I loved, and actually I still love miniature railways. One I try to visit during the summer is the Norton Hill Light Railway near Snettisham in West Norfolk. They tend to open for 3 Sundays /or weekends (not sure) each summer in aid of charity.
That was great, I am surprised you had not volunteered to help lay more track. Decisions, decisions drive train/lay track!! What a great choice for an afternoon
I'm waiting for the rest of the rail to arrive 😂
Love lawrie goes a little loco !
Pleased to hear it!
May have spent the first bit of that video looking at the Commer tractor unit with the Scammell coupling...
It'll feature on the channel soon enough
Liking the mann egerton recovery crane on the back. You dont see them very often
yep!
you should go back once everything is finished
No doubt I shall
More episodes like this would be awesome! These little railroads are awesome!
That we can do!
"Why has he build a locomotive? And the ovious answer is why not?"
That's all I needed to hear.
Just keep up those great adventures you are doing, both in small scale and in large scale, thank you so very much.
You're most welcome!
i enjoy your locomotive videos. i have branched out to your other stuff and have been enjoying finding out whats is currently broken in the barn, started with that garden tractor you got a hold of. and could hardly stop laughing i enjoyed so much.
Really pleased to hear you're enjoying what we do!
Absolutely wonderful.
Thank you very much!
will we get an update on when this is finished?
Yes indeed!
Would love to see a revisit here when the track grows :)
I like the hose clamps keeping the drive wheels from falling off
It works 😂
Uhhh... That price, that gauge, that lovely look? I really hope this guy puts out a book/instruction manual for those of us who're less mechanically inclined. I'd love to do something like this.
He might do, it's all relatively simple!
Same! - been dying to make a 12 inch guage loco with swappable bogies for 7 & ¼ guage, but have little knowledge in that particular area! I'm even more determined after the local 7 & ¼ club told me I that I CAN'T do it because I'm not an engineer 😒
Thanks for sharing. That was delightful.
Thank-you, glad you enjoyed it!
*this guy* -builds entire 7.25in gauge railroad during lockdown...including an engine...
*me* -buys foam board for 4x8 N scale layout, puts some track on it, then has stared at it for the last five months
I do enjoy how the cab slides back and forth like the canopy on an old WWII Fighter though
He's quite good at making things!
Fantastic work mate. Keep up the great outstanding work.
Thank you very much, we'll try our best!
that is impressive that someone made that during quarantine, for a relatively good price. also I love that little Japanese loco! it reminds me of narrow gauge mining trains in West Virginia and Alaska. Hope to see more of these!
He's made really super progress! It's not a bad looking thing, it'll be smart when it's painted.
Great work. ✔️💯🏆
Thanks so much for sharing. 😉👌🏼
You're most welcome
Very clever , did not expect the cab to side forward for entry .
Neither did I 😂
Bloody brilliant
I concur!
Definitely would love to see more of these larger miniature railways 😃
That we can do
Ace video content, right up my street this sort of stuff...subbed👍
Thank you very much!
Brilliant piece of kit, this is my kind of thing! More like this please😂😂👌🏼👍🏼
More like it to come
The cab impresses me the most, looks like he nicked it off an Austin Seven
I feel like every man here, whether they are into trains more than others, would more than happily have a miniature railway in their garden.
that is genius - I have a similar Honda generator, and that is a great idea for recharging the batteries.
That's pretty cool. perhaps go to see when it's finished. Amazing what some people can do with some spare time.
I will indeed!
Amazing job. Great loco sound too. Very railway
Loved it. Super fun.
Pleased to hear it
That tree got me twice. Subscribed! Nice to see some old-fashioned fun. Just found your channel.
Thank very much, hope you continue to enjoy what we do!
As a 1:1 scale driver, I can say that tree is prototypical...
Love the Bedford crane in the background.
It's great isn't it
Makes me miss driving at Cohunu Koala Park. I used to drive a massive steam engine and diesel engine in 7 1/4 for a hobby job.
Oh that's pretty cool
FWIW: I was camping on private property about 13 or 14 years ago. One of the other campers had a Honda generator with him.
Now, I am NOT an expert on camping generators. That said, this guy's Honda gen was AMAZINGLY QUIET.
Wonderful show of engineering and machining. I'm taking machining and welding courses now, someday I'll do a project this big.
That's great to hear - good luck!
My father in law used to live beside a railroad line that was eventually abandoned. My kids loved playing on the line picking up old spikes and junk left behind. One year I built a rail cart out of wood with a Honda 6hp motor and go cart wheels and a clutch. I experimented with various ways to keep it on the track starting with wood flanges attached to the wheels. The track was in such horrible shape it tore up the flanges and I eventually settled on lawnmower wheels that angled between the rails keeping it on the track. The cart could do about 30-35mph and sitting down low that’s really fast. It had lights on it for night riding which was even more scary. And to turn it around there was a wood box with a hole in it and the front had a bolt on the bottom. You lift the front, put the box under, then pick up the rear and rotate. The kids loved it. It was painted yellow with black stripes on the ends. Such fun. We rode it for many miles up and down the line.
Oh what a super thing to do!
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Wow that's brilliant mate some details have gone into this. 👍😎 you looked nice and snug in it Lawrie.
It's pretty good once you're in!
@@lmm It looked good I enjoyed it mate.👍😎
Brilliant.
Thank you.
so its a range extender hybrid then lol 😁🤣
😂 😂 You could say that 😂
Really really cool .
It is rather!
4:45 I reaaaally recommend more ventilation for that thing. It's air-cooled and will have a shorter lifespan if it's run inside a box.
It's got some ventilation in there, I guess he'll modify as he needs it
Brilliant minimal 7 1/4” gauge loco defiantly the way to go.
It's pretty cool!
Good use of time, very productive, love it
It's pretty impressive isn't it!
Interesting Gen-set locomotive
It's a strange beastie
you read my mind ! well done
Thank you!
Def
Absolutely more videos like this. This was totally interesting.
Pleased to hear it!
Makes me want to setup a section of 2' or ½m rail in the garden and build a small loco that's a bit more manageable than the existing ones here.
Hi Lawrie
Great video and love your videos - the one with Ash was great too..
Warm regards
Richard
Thank you very much, pleased to hear you enjoyed it!
I definitely would love to see some more “Grand Scales” (as we say in the US) content on the show!
We've got some more lined up!
this is one of my fav video., see what humans can do, when they put there mind to it
It's a fun little thing!
With a bit of extra ballast added on one side and well tamping it down he could have a super-elevated curve on that bend.
😂 😂 I'd like to see that
I love it so much I had a idea to make a mobility scooter look like a train locomotive by putting a body around one
Oh that's not a bad idea
Great video as always hope to see more of this also the engine reminds me of something from the eWr but it’s blue and runs on diesel. Anyway keep up the great work.
Erika.
Pleased to hear you enjoyed it!
Yes please visit more such ride on model railways. I will watch!
That we can do
That's just awesome! :) I'm glad to see that someone made good use of their time during lockdown. I still plan to build a 2ft gauge loco and railroad on my property at some point, but with everything going on this year, the project has definitely been pushed farther into the future :(
Having a 2 foot guage railway would be really quite awesome!
Been there and done that. Used a Lawn Machine chassis for the drive. Removed the stop so that it would run as fast in reverse as it did going forward. 2' gauge is just wide enough to allow two people to sit in the cab of the loco.
@@gravelydon7072 That's awesome :) I really do hope that I can get it done sooner than later. I currently have a little over a thousand pounds of steel plate sitting in my garage (mostly 3/8" and 1/2") that I was able to get from work for about $100 :) Working in a factory that produces toolboxes has some benefits, especially when you are buddies with certain people ;) I've also been keeping my eye out for an older 5.9 Cummins, preferably a 12 valve. But they are somewhat scarce in my area, and the people that ARE selling them want ridiculous prices for them :( I would like to find one for a reasonable price, so I can start working on it this Winter. I also need to buy more steel from work, but I am already running out of room in my garage.
And, of course, whenever I do manage to finish building the locomotive, then I would need to get the track figured out. That will probably end up costing me far more than the locomotive will. I've seen batches of actual narrow-guage rail being sold over on Lawrie's side of the pond, but having it shipped over here would be way too expensive. I do see used rails for sale on Craigslist, but the ones that they sell look like they would be far too heavy duty and awkward looking for my application. Some lighter duty crane rail might be a better idea, but I have not looked into it yet. That is quite a ways into the future, so for now I just need to concentrate on the locomotive. I have a bad habit of thinking too far ahead, and trying to plan out every last detail, and then some of my projects never get completed. I do not want this to be one of those projects! :P
@@crazyfvck The heavier rail is actually better for running on but harder to use if you have to have sharp curves. The Harbor Branch Foundation ( Edwin Link ) railroad had two 70 lb/yd rails on a bridge and the train would speed up on them as the rolling resistance was less than on the 30 lb/yd rails used most else where.
@@gravelydon7072 I was mostly thinking about the aesthetic quality of the smaller rail. The rail available on Craigslist and other places seems to be more like mainline rail, which is WAY too heavy for my needs. I really love the proportions of the rail used on the Great Bush Railway, where Lawrie has visited several times to do reviews. In fact, his video on the Ruston 44/48 'Alpha' (Lawrie Goes Loco #2) is what inspired me to do this in the first place. And my goal is to make my locomotive very much like that one, at least in appearance. Anyway, getting back to the rail profile, I like the idea of having track that could almost disappear into the grass, or at least be very unobtrusive.
Impressive
More of this!
That we can do
Brilliant!
I agree!
Okay, if I ever get some land this is on my bucket list!
Me too!
Genius!!
It's pretty good!
beautiful
It's pretty good!
Love it, Lawrie's Live Steam as they are referred to in the US.
Oh really?
Lovely ... may be "Miney" (mine) for name her... Love all the layout.And nice landscape for a garden railway.
That's a good name!
Omg Lawrie i know you want this loco. Lol
It's good fun!
Now I'm imagining if this railway was longer and a trip could actually take one night to conclude. Imagine being inside that "Totally Japanese Loco™" for one night in a roll, lol.
I think that would be scary 😂
I would definitely like to see more videos like this.
That we can do
That's Incredible! :D
It's pretty good isn't it!
Got this in my reccomends.
I'm not complaining,
Glad to hear it, thanks!
I'd love to see you do more miniature railways. Maybe you can visit the RH&DR or R&ER? I think you'd love the Bug in particular.
I think I'd love a go on the bug too!
Have to say it's beautiful in motion
It's great!
When you are excited it sounds like your voice is breaking again 😂. That's a really impressive piece of work and well thought out.
😂 😂 He's done a super job
Tysm need to do this for my micro nation
It's a great little thing
hey lawrie i love to see more of this
That can be done
Great video :)
Would like to see more 7 1/4 in the future, as well as full size :)
Thank you, more of both will be coming!
My buddy Lonis and his dad have nic 1 in lyons , Muir, ionia Michigan area. Awesome gp7 or gp9 done on conrail blue. They got$100,000 into his.
That's expensive
Although lockdown was a difficult time, we also made the most of it and completed the 26 meter trestle bridge for our line which includes 1/30 gradients, quite the challenge for 7 1/4 gauge locomotives!
That sounds amazing!
What an excellent video, nice to see someones imagination coming to life...
Thank you, he's done a good job!
More like this would be great great video 😎😎😎😎😎
That we can do
This looks like great fun, you made my day!! I assume you noticed the military crane/wrecker truck behind the spot you gave the introduction, any chance that might follow you home? Could be handy around the shed and yard. Cheers!!
It was a very good day.
Yes the k9 is lined up for a review one day in the future.
this makes me so happy why are tiny trains so good
It's fantastic!
Absolutely awesome lawrie 😁😁 hopefully you can return in the future and give us an update on the railway and locomotive 🤞🤞 definitely would like to see more miniature railway videos 👍👍Thanks for the vid 👍👍
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it! More miniatures are in the pipeline
@@lmm that's great 😁😁 I did see on Facebook a little while ago you visited zach with his 5" gauge railway in his back garden 👍👍 that would be a good vid 👍👍
@@gregemmerson9611 it's in the pipeline!
@@lmm awesome 😃😃
tbh I have no preference on what you guys do next, I love it either way
Well thank you!