@@AverageJailBreakEnjoyer To be honest, I would like to bring a Class 60 to Florida in the future and run it on a private line I would have. If only I had all the needed money. I would do engineer/driver experience days for the public.
MK3 sleepers ran here in Denmark. Probably the only British passenger rollstock that was used here. Back in the 1980's DSB only had couchette cars but wanted to offer a more comfortable service on their night trains, yet also saw the end comming for them as the great belt bridge would be build reducing travel time to the point where sleeper trains would be unviable, hence it did not pay to buy new sleepers, They found out the UK had surplus MK3 sleepers, bought a few and had them painted in the Danish sleeper livery of the time with red middle section and dark blue night sky painted across the remainder of the body.
The Colne Valley is a very special Railway to me by and my family. When it oldest son was at his sutistic worst, this wonderful Railway welcomed him weekend after weekend. We always felt welcomed and able to enjoy. Ourselves without looking over our shoulders. I wish the CVR all the best. May you grow and prosper.
British Sugar must have purchased a load of those Ruston 165's as I believe the two at the Severn Valley Railway also came from the nearby Sugar Beet factory in Kidderminster. Whoever buys the one at the Colne Valley, it if they tidy it up it will look great. Plus it would be ideal for small preserved railways for passenger services, light freight services or shunting. The steam locomotive is definitely a great little locomotive for the Colne Valley or likewise.
Nice to know that money grubbers are not just in the states , the property owner I think came on hard times and saw a bag of money to be collected and or a way to get they off the land
The land owner has probably found out it's possible to get planning permission to build houses or industrial building on the land plot which raises the value of the land dramatically - more so with houses. We have a huge housing shortage in the UK. As much as I hate seeing heritage engineering getting scrapped you can't blame someone for trying to get the maximum return on their assets. It's just business.
Here in the US, I actually had a plan that fell through to buy a classic pullman dome car. and have it moved to my property to live in it. I was going to have a UP train pick it up in Southern Cali. Move up the UP mainline, to the Albany & Eastern railway which is about 1/4 mile from my property. From there it's a relatively easy move via truck. As a rail enthusiast, i wanted it to remain as original as possible. Setting it on a set of tracks i had started placing. I already had water, power, and sewer at the site. Problem was that UP would require me to upgrade the brakes, wiring and electrical, trucks and bearings to modern standards before they would hook up to it. And if i'm going to do all of that work to it, why take it off the rails? Further problem is with the neighbors, they have no problem with me living in a disused automotive shop, but having a beautiful art deco chrome railcar placed where they can't even see it was going too far apparently (i have many acres of property). They fought tooth and nail to block me from putting it on my own property.
I live about 2 miles from where the Ruston would've worked. Just outside of Kings Lynn. Great bit of nostalgia seeing it and hope it finds a sympathetic new owner (hopefully yourself) who'll safeguard it's future.
The avonside tank looks a good deal, might have a look into it cause it looks promising when restored. I think I have a contact who might like to save the Ruston but if you get this Ruston we can dub you the king of Ruston’s
The little avonside loco Barrington is so cute. 15 grand for something like that ain't bad either, thats cheaper than most electric cars, and having something like that would surely be great. I am definitely thinking you should buy it if you have/had the money
It sounds like a reasonably reliable piece of kit, And isn’t the steam locomotive a little Andrew Barclay? Looks a lovely little locomotive for a heritage railway.
Hi, It's an Avonside, the slightly lesser-known Bristol based rivals of Peckett. The 'good will' and intelectual property/design rights went to Hunslet, the same as Barclay's did though. There's the story two Salesmen from the Bristol rivals, Avonside and Peckett, somehow met and got chatting, and mention was made by one of an odd bloke in the design team - who'd then recently retired - who only came into the office at lunchtime, then worked _very_ late into the evening. The response from the other Salesman was to the effect of, "That's odd, we never understood why he started in the small hours of the morning and only worked until lunchtime!"
I couldn't imagine the little 040 would actually get scrapped. It certainly seems like something that'll find a home. The Ruston is a little trickier. It could certainly get a good home but it needs a railway that doesn't already have something of that class in service or needs another. Since it's got some issues buying it would be a bit of a gamble. If the gearbox is fine it could be a great purchase. If the gearbox and drivetrain isn't fine it would turn into a moneypit right quick. The generator van too will probably find a home. As lawrie says, it's a useful thing. The sleeping coach... I have a sinking feeling it's the most likely thing to end up scrapped. Just too much hastle for a preservation group to handle I think. Maybe they can find some entrepreneurial type to turn it into an BnB somewhere?
Or just a home in general. and as we know old rolling stock has a history of being converted into a house and then converted back. a sleeper is perfect, just needs power and water then it's sorted.
When you hear your self sighing, if only I had the money. :/ the small steam engine looks really nice. If I had the money to I think that would be what I'd go for ahah
Shame the national railway museum haven't bought them. But surely you or someone else could crowdfund for the little diesel and 040 and get them restored. Honestly the site if they appealed for help I'm sure that there could be some companies to help with building some more sidings and storage facilities to protect the trains and wagons whilst they get restored even if it's just concrete foundations and a metal building frame and steel sheet walls and roof. If I won the lottery I'd have it all hahaha. Get it restored and working again. The sleeper carriage doesn't need to remain a sleeper either. Have it converted to a normal carriage.
If you want to do more historic rollstock brokering, feel free to come to Denmark and help find a new owner for Skagensbanen M1 which is now lingering outside of Gedser Roundhouse. It is a rare Maybach railmotor of which few if any are preserved anywhere. It was in running order untill it was unprofessionally moved in the 1980's which destroyed its side-rods because someone forgot to disengage the gearbox when dragging it with a locomotive from one location to another. It would be a travesty to see such a rare one of a kind historic vehicle be scrapped, and if it could come up and running it would be an excellent vehicle for small excursions or a start up heritage operation.
If I could afford them, I'd love to have either of the locomotives! They're the sort of ones that'd definitely be amazing to run on a McAlpine-esque private railway.
I’d prob buy that 0.4.0 steam engine if I was lucky enough. But the fact the Ruston starts and sort of runs is also interesting. Maybe if i had a farm and set up like at mangapps farm railway they’d be ideal Do you know if any progress has been made with D2046 there? I volunteer at the railway it was previously at!
Hi Lawrence, russ here with yellow zr. We spoke at donny. I've passed this video to a mate who is involved with a railway that operates several Rustons to see if he knows of anyone that may want the 165
Ah man, if I had 15k I would totally snap up Barrington! She's a lovely little engine! I love little Avonside's and Peckett's! Ah yes, good old Mk1 rot! I remember going to Midsomer Norton back in November and noticing two rather sizeable holes in the bodywork of one of their Mk1s! I'm surprised they haven't sent it off to CTMS for some remedial work tbh!
Well I was gonna save up £3K for a beast of a laptop (my current 10YO one is struggling!) but for an extra quid I'd be tempted, just need somewhere to put it!
The sleeping car doesn't necessarily have to be used for sleeping per se, it could be used for any number of chores. It is such a nice clean looking vehicle even in this forlorn state. I saw a short video on RU-vid a few days ago where a sleeper was off loaded straight into the scrapyard and it looked in a slightly better condition than this. Unfortunately they can't all be saved. Some organisation with deep pockets may have a soft spot for what they see here and come to the rescue. Fingers crossed.
Good luck on getting access to this railway. I called today and spoke to a person in the ticket office/shop. I asked if I could go and take a photo of the signal box. Oh no, said Job's Worth. "There men working on the railway." Fair do's. The railway was closed but Job's Worth's attitude contrasted with the attitude of staff at many other heritage railways I have visited. Usually I find that staff are only too willing to be helpful. On one occasion, a volunteer accompanied me down about a quarter of mile of track so that I could get a photo of a signal box. Incidentally, I had contacted the CVR before my visit but got no reply. Nor is there any information on their webpage as to the days when they are open.
Laurie please set up your own locomotive restoration company and buy both Locos you will need to employ some full-time workers but we can chip in to help with a bit of time and cash, even though I would love to buy the Avonside I have so much to do already it would just sit there and deteriorate even more. But then the Ruston looks like a good buy as well and would be a very useful engine to have.
It would be a great buy. If you look at the similar Ruston at the Severn Valley Railway in the Bewdley yard they do look good restored both internally and externally.
Like everyone here I would love at least one of these items - the horsebox for me - but they would need to knock a zero of the end before I could even considered it unfortunately.
Hey Lawrie, are you able to pass any ideas/suggestions over to the Colne Valley Railway? I know there's a carriage & wagon holiday let down near the Kent & East Sussex Railway, and it could be worth getting in contact with them
Lawrie you should put a go fund me for both the ruston and 040 then you have more engines plus the railway would be happy to help you fix them go for it you only live once
you know what if I wanted to I could pay for the sleeper coach, I mean I have no less than $300, but I could technically keep it in its position and restore it, and then have it displayed there or smt, and for the Ruston, I could also pay that similar price, hmm, I hope I can make it there to buy one before they go to the scrapheap.
@@lmm yeah, in all honesty, I hope there's someone that can save them from going to the scrapheap, if I can't, then I'm sure someone else will, also I watch your videos when I can and there good, so keep doing what your doing and have fun to.
Hmmmm I might ask my local railway if they would like to buy a sibling to ruston and maybe the Avonside engine 7:01 mainly because they love engines built in Bristol
