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!
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
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 RU-vid. Best wishes from Rob in Bournemouth.
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
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.
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 😁👍
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
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!
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 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!
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
