That's stunning. As much as I love riding behind them, seeing them with a proper consist, not 'people carriers' is by far my favourite way. Remote control too just adds to it and that such an awesome layout with the yards. Absolute dream.
Never seen these before. I would love to experience this sometime. When I was seeing the one starting up on the steep hill, I kept thinking "I think I can I think I can I think I can". I can see how addictive this could be.
Live steam is a lot of fun indeed. I used to volunteer at a club here in the US that only had steam locomotives and I always enjoyed being there. While I was there, I got to operate three locomotives. A coal fired 2-6-0 and two oil fired locomotives, a 4-4-2 and a 4-6-2
Definitely on my wishlist to visit if I ever come to the UK. The Railway Channel did an excellent piece on this a bit earlier, I was gobsmacked then by what the society had achieved and I'm gobsmacked now. A good day out on the K4, I trust? Looked like a blast to drive and fire!
What an incredible railway in miniature set in equally incredible countryside! Additionally it’s superbly engineered and maintained….my congratulations go to everyone involved. It’s too far away from my home to visit…. so I’m grateful for the team who videoed the system and activities for us to watch. Particularly innovative in this video is the use of the drone…a brilliant idea with some cleverly framed ‘from above’ shots! The light must have been a challenge too….but the result was worth it! Thanks to everyone for a fascinating session on UA-cam. Best wishes from Rob in Bournemouth.
That is one amazing layout. 😮thank you for telling me about great eastern models lawrie, I can definitely see myself going there sometime soon as I'm really not far away at all❤😁👍great video as always can't wait for your next one👍
Hi I would love to see you do a video on don river railway in tasmania and also if you take this idea into consideration there is a footpath going up into the bush and along the way there is a dirt path leading to some old locomotives and carriages for future restoration. Also great video! Would love to see something like this were i live
I don't live far away from here and have been meaning to go down for a while. Your video has really given me the motivation to go though - absolutely amazing!
Love watching these videos of the miniature railways you visit hope more are made and hopoe Lawrie goes a little loco gets to do Romney Hythe on the Bug one day that or Wilmen beck at the Ratty
What a wonderful day it was.. By looking at all the stunning footage. But now I think of it, that drive home took a little longer than 5 hours... Judging by the "Stranded on the M25" video you posted earlier today. I hope you've gotten the time to take the well deserved rest
So lawrie sence you feel like a giant now I assume that one of these is the next thing in the shed I hear that maxi track has some affordable equipment if there still around 😁👍
Fantastic video as always, If your ever around the Cambridgeshire area feel free to pop into the Riverside Miniature Railway in St Neots. We'd love to have you over for a visit.
If shrink/growth rays or technology that makes things small or big, i think somebody should try to grow this model railway into a scale sized railway! Sure the tracks might probably break though houses and roads that would take place over the track, but, a frw houses and roads for one giant steam mainline railway!
Now *that's* a model railway! Is there much difference between driving one of these and a full size steam loco? (Besides the controls being smaller, obviously!)
@@jamesceronecan confirm, the fire tends to want more attention, I've found they burn a little quicker, although I'm talking about a 3 inch traction engine. But yes, the trains are a little touchy when unladen, you could easily get carried away
Just for the record, the Adams Radial didn't bow out early, the footage is the wrong way round. I had been driving the class 4 for a while and the track condition was becoming bad enough it was struggling on the few hills, so I asked for the Adams Radial to help out. After a few circuits we decided that one of the wagons was beginning to drag (hot bearing or brakes dragging) and called it a day. That Adams Radial is a strong loco considering its size and is quite often relied upon to help out at a mainline rally.
@@joegibbons1159 Really? From how it looked to me, it looked to be trying to do a "Blue Peter at Durham"- to my eyes, it was constantly slipping its' wheels in most of the footage.
@@TallboyDave Look, I'm not here to argue. I drive that Adams Radial regularly at the Gilling rallies and at plenty other tracks; have done since it was finished in 2002. I've had 7 Mk1's behind it on dry rail, and it'll manage 6 without an issue. The Class 4 has had 10 behind it, but it'll probably take more. Double heading isn't as easy as people might think, it's a balancing act, you have to work together and if you can't hear what your locos doing from the exhaust beats it's hard to stop it slipping. Even so, just because a loco slips, doesn't mean it's not pulling. Just means it not pulling as hard as it could be. The track condition wasn't great by the time we came off, and both me and Dad are convince something in that train was seizing up as each lap was harder than the last. And Lawrie, glad you had a good day, certainly seemed like you enjoyed yourself.
If I ever have the money to purchase a live steam loco on this scale, I think I will be a oddball. "Ten big wheels to roll her along, just a working girl on the Licky! Bertha's the name in the hall of fame." Honest opinion BR power rates never showed it but Bertha would of been a 10F or I don't know how a boiler works.
Lawrie, don’t suppose you know who owns the K4, do you? And whether they built or bought it? I’m trying to track down one that was started by my late father in Somerset, was sold and completed, then sold again recently.
Obviously it is really fun driving them but in a way it's sad they aren't remote control as nothing looks worse than a lovely train with a rake of Mark ones and a huge geezer aitt8ng on the tender. As you said the locos either cost and arm and a leg or you build one. Are all the coaach3s scratchbuilt, I can't imagine them being RTR, and the cost of a complete rake would be horrible. Even in 0 gauge where you can buy them RTR you are look at around 2K
@@duchessmike I imagine they are so expensive and when you consider a reasonable train is around 11 coaches long or even longer that is a bucket load of time and money. They look fantastic
With the railway switches are they remote controlled or does someone have to run ahead or something like that and change the direction of you plan on switching lines. I'm guessing it's more of remote controlled since the switches looked like they had some type of hydraulics and no switch things you manually change it. I can't thing of the right name of it right now
N and OO gauge I can understand. Putting together a set and building all the scenery etc is enormous fun. Building a 5in loco from the machining point of view would also be a marvelous challenge. Riding on them though looks daft. A bit like seeing adults dressed as jockeys having races on hobby horses. Yes it is boys and their toys but count me out. If others want to do that then let them To each his own.
I have to wonder if anyone has attempted to make a functional mechanical stoker for miniature steam in an effort to remote controlify a scale model live steam loco
If you build it yourself it doesn't have to be expensive. If you all buy it as a kit or ready to run from a manufacturer you just pay for the time and effort, not for the materials.
I can't help but wonder if they've ever had a tiny train crash... And then went to fetch some tiny cranes and such.
They did have a tiny derailment with an overzealous pannier tank.
I would love to see that type of breakdown train
@MoreDevonRCCarMadness imagine being a customer there and then out of nowhere you see a miniature breakdown train go by
On the stateside live steam (which I run) our cranes are ourselves lol. Or a tool to help lift the really heavy locomotives.
@@ComerProductions193 Yep! We use the old 0-5-0 in these here Yoo-nited states!!
That's stunning. As much as I love riding behind them, seeing them with a proper consist, not 'people carriers' is by far my favourite way. Remote control too just adds to it and that such an awesome layout with the yards. Absolute dream.
Also loved the sprint at 28:50 followed by the shot it got too 😆
Did you catch that smoke ring at 9:20 ?
@@Zebrails yeah i loved it too!
Never seen these before. I would love to experience this sometime. When I was seeing the one starting up on the steep hill, I kept thinking "I think I can I think I can I think I can". I can see how addictive this could be.
Live steam is a lot of fun indeed. I used to volunteer at a club here in the US that only had steam locomotives and I always enjoyed being there. While I was there, I got to operate three locomotives. A coal fired 2-6-0 and two oil fired locomotives, a 4-4-2 and a 4-6-2
Lawrie found the wonders of miniature railways.
Very nearly my back yard!
What a magical place!
If this is magical then mizens is spectacular
9:21 Love the smoke ring!
Stunning. Thank you for posting. Engineering marvel. Greetings from Jack Lane Leeds.
Definitely on my wishlist to visit if I ever come to the UK. The Railway Channel did an excellent piece on this a bit earlier, I was gobsmacked then by what the society had achieved and I'm gobsmacked now.
A good day out on the K4, I trust? Looked like a blast to drive and fire!
Always love seeing this size equipment on your channel - thanks for bringing attention to the best scales!! 🤣🔥 cheers!
You know what, the Ryedale Model Engineers Society is my favorite place to go there up in Gilling East where I lived currently.
Ryedale looks like great fun. More information about it would be very nice.
You can pay for a day there in which you are taught to set up, fire and drive a locomotive. It's definitely worth it.
Another wonderful episode of "Lawrie goes micro".
I got my model 9f from Great Eastern. The staff were excellent, and they even let me test it (It was in crisp condition..great runner)
9:22 it blew a smoke ring, some sass!
That must be the most complicated set of rail frogs I have ever seen 31:25 . Well done to who ever engineered them
Good to see Chris Newton running his Bittern! Lovely loco. He gets around a bit!
What an incredible railway in miniature set in equally incredible countryside! Additionally it’s superbly engineered and maintained….my congratulations go to everyone involved. It’s too far away from my home to visit…. so I’m grateful for the team who videoed the system and activities for us to watch. Particularly innovative in this video is the use of the drone…a brilliant idea with some cleverly framed ‘from above’ shots! The light must have been a challenge too….but the result was worth it! Thanks to everyone for a fascinating session on UA-cam. Best wishes from Rob in Bournemouth.
That is one amazing layout. 😮thank you for telling me about great eastern models lawrie, I can definitely see myself going there sometime soon as I'm really not far away at all❤😁👍great video as always can't wait for your next one👍
Lot of love for Great Eastern Models! Lovely people :)
Hi I would love to see you do a video on don river railway in tasmania and also if you take this idea into consideration there is a footpath going up into the bush and along the way there is a dirt path leading to some old locomotives and carriages for future restoration. Also great video! Would love to see something like this were i live
Sometimes you shine in your photography. I choked on my coffee this morning when I saw this: 3:46 - 3:52.
What a magnificent collection of steam locomotives!! A steam Mecca!!
I don't live far away from here and have been meaning to go down for a while. Your video has really given me the motivation to go though - absolutely amazing!
It was a great day. I was signaller in the bottom end box for the day
Wasn't it just!
Are you allowed to just visit and watch the trains running or do you have to own a train?
@@BingF1 they are open to the public
Glad you enjoyed both the day & the K4, I don’t quite recall forcibly ejecting you😂😂😂
Omg that is AMAZING. Definitely have to go next year :-)
What an amazing place to be, great video!
Love watching these videos of the miniature railways you visit hope more are made and hopoe Lawrie goes a little loco gets to do Romney Hythe on the Bug one day that or Wilmen beck at the Ratty
What a wonderful day it was.. By looking at all the stunning footage.
But now I think of it, that drive home took a little longer than 5 hours...
Judging by the "Stranded on the M25" video you posted earlier today.
I hope you've gotten the time to take the well deserved rest
So lawrie sence you feel like a giant now I assume that one of these is the next thing in the shed I hear that maxi track has some affordable equipment if there still around 😁👍
About 4 hours away from here in Ipswich Suffolk but can’t wait to pay a visit once I’ve become more experienced with my Speedy loco.
Fantastic video as always, If your ever around the Cambridgeshire area feel free to pop into the Riverside Miniature Railway in St Neots. We'd love to have you over for a visit.
Now where’s the bit of the Vid that lawire runs off with the k4 and a coach
Full length trains in Minature! - At the Ryedale Model Engineers Society Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels LOVE LOUIS SHIRLEY
Giles Favell went there first
...but lovely to see it again.
Okay can't resist
...early.
A wonderful uplifting video thanks
Amazing place looks great fun ❤
Been there a couple of times in the past, was fab. Need to go again sometime.
This looks a amazing place. I am sure i first saw this railway on the Discovery Channel's The Garden Railway TV series
Great Video. Please more like that. And the aerial shots are epic.
Haha i want one so badly!!
That marshalling yard is something else.
Isn't it just!
This looks like so. Much. Fun.
I’d love to see Lawrie’s reaction to the Train Mountain Triennial out here in the US
How wonderful is that? ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊
Thanks
Hello
Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels
Spotted an old friend John Jmc on Gresley 😊 and appears he was the driver of the 08 rescue too.
So nice to see a sponsor spot that isn't a VPN 🤪 Great Video as always!
Hey Lawrie if your reading this PLS could you go to the Mizens railway next
Ps love your videos
wow that really is beautiful !
Hello from the UK
If shrink/growth rays or technology that makes things small or big, i think somebody should try to grow this model railway into a scale sized railway! Sure the tracks might probably break though houses and roads that would take place over the track, but, a frw houses and roads for one giant steam mainline railway!
ive been waiting for another miniature!
Hi Laurie I have been to great eastern model railway shop and I know the manager over the years
Now *that's* a model railway!
Is there much difference between driving one of these and a full size steam loco? (Besides the controls being smaller, obviously!)
I’d assume the response time is much, much shorter. As in, they’re more touchy
@@jamesceronecan confirm, the fire tends to want more attention, I've found they burn a little quicker, although I'm talking about a 3 inch traction engine. But yes, the trains are a little touchy when unladen, you could easily get carried away
Nice 👍
mad gen good stuff
Shame you didn't get Mr Dunn talking to the camera!
That's another video!
I want a go!
Excellent footage thanks for posting, but, Britannia has 1 T and 2 N's.
At first glance it seemed like he visited Peter's Railway
I'm not surprised the Adams Radial bowed out early on that tank train, given how it was visibly being thrashed to within an inch of its' life.
Just for the record, the Adams Radial didn't bow out early, the footage is the wrong way round. I had been driving the class 4 for a while and the track condition was becoming bad enough it was struggling on the few hills, so I asked for the Adams Radial to help out. After a few circuits we decided that one of the wagons was beginning to drag (hot bearing or brakes dragging) and called it a day. That Adams Radial is a strong loco considering its size and is quite often relied upon to help out at a mainline rally.
@@joegibbons1159 Really? From how it looked to me, it looked to be trying to do a "Blue Peter at Durham"- to my eyes, it was constantly slipping its' wheels in most of the footage.
I didn't show the worst slips... Only half the clips I shot made it in
The footage is reversed as flowed better this way.
@@TallboyDave Look, I'm not here to argue. I drive that Adams Radial regularly at the Gilling rallies and at plenty other tracks; have done since it was finished in 2002. I've had 7 Mk1's behind it on dry rail, and it'll manage 6 without an issue. The Class 4 has had 10 behind it, but it'll probably take more.
Double heading isn't as easy as people might think, it's a balancing act, you have to work together and if you can't hear what your locos doing from the exhaust beats it's hard to stop it slipping. Even so, just because a loco slips, doesn't mean it's not pulling. Just means it not pulling as hard as it could be. The track condition wasn't great by the time we came off, and both me and Dad are convince something in that train was seizing up as each lap was harder than the last.
And Lawrie, glad you had a good day, certainly seemed like you enjoyed yourself.
@@joegibbons1159 I'll take your word for it then.
lawrie totally messed that shot up that he ran for at 28:50 ....how long did you have to wait for them to come back around aha
If I ever have the money to purchase a live steam loco on this scale, I think I will be a oddball. "Ten big wheels to roll her along, just a working girl on the Licky! Bertha's the name in the hall of fame." Honest opinion BR power rates never showed it but Bertha would of been a 10F or I don't know how a boiler works.
1:34 what happened? Did you get pinched?😂😂😂
Is that Tim Dunn at 34:13? XD
It was!
Lawrie, don’t suppose you know who owns the K4, do you? And whether they built or bought it? I’m trying to track down one that was started by my late father in Somerset, was sold and completed, then sold again recently.
I can get their information.
They purchased it a while ago
9:22 the engine made a lil smoke ring
Obviously it is really fun driving them but in a way it's sad they aren't remote control as nothing looks worse than a lovely train with a rake of Mark ones and a huge geezer aitt8ng on the tender.
As you said the locos either cost and arm and a leg or you build one.
Are all the coaach3s scratchbuilt, I can't imagine them being RTR, and the cost of a complete rake would be horrible.
Even in 0 gauge where you can buy them RTR you are look at around 2K
@@duchessmike I imagine they are so expensive and when you consider a reasonable train is around 11 coaches long or even longer that is a bucket load of time and money.
They look fantastic
How exactly do you purchase one of these amazing trains?
22:06 I think you could use a Big Boy locomotive
With the railway switches are they remote controlled or does someone have to run ahead or something like that and change the direction of you plan on switching lines. I'm guessing it's more of remote controlled since the switches looked like they had some type of hydraulics and no switch things you manually change it. I can't thing of the right name of it right now
Some of pneumatic (air operated) and some of Mechanical
Whats the rustins restoration progress
What sort of money do those locomotives go for? I assume they are all hand built and custom?
I wonder if they will get Rex, Mike and Bert
I don't know who they are
@@lmm the miniature engines from ttte
@@ThomastheGOAT1975 not a clue.
N and OO gauge I can understand. Putting together a set and building all the scenery etc is enormous fun. Building a 5in loco from the machining point of view would also be a marvelous challenge. Riding on them though looks daft. A bit like seeing adults dressed as jockeys having races on hobby horses. Yes it is boys and their toys but count me out. If others want to do that then let them To each his own.
I have to wonder if anyone has attempted to make a functional mechanical stoker for miniature steam in an effort to remote controlify a scale model live steam loco
Someone tell me they haven’t wished to ride one of these little engines
If you build it yourself it doesn't have to be expensive. If you all buy it as a kit or ready to run from a manufacturer you just pay for the time and effort, not for the materials.
Where abouts is this railways thanks
What do i search in google to find these near me?
Miniature railway
Hi
he nearly hits the guy in the head in the start of the video
The First.🎉