I bought a loco. 

You now have a complete train to run, all you need now is a verry big Dcc chip. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.

anyone who's able to buy, fix, and operate locos like this automatically has my respect

Congratulations from a fellow DS88 owner

Excellent choice of loco. The 88DS is rugged and has great tractive effort, especially with the extra side ballast weights as on this one. A 400 ton load can be moved with careful driving. Please forgive me if you are already on top of the following hints, but they arise from my own experience with these locos at 2 power stations and also the GWS at Didcot. It was quite a few years ago, but these are to the best of my memory:- 1. Try and obtain/borrow/copy a Ruston handbook, as it contains just about every technical thing you need to know about the 88DS. 2. In addition to the brake air receiver, the high pressure starting air receiver will probably need insurance inspection as it is a pressure vessel, so make sure that the Wolsey donkey engine is fully working as you will need it to repressurise the starting air receiver when putting the loco back into service after the inspection. I had to remove a rusted-in and broken spark plug from the Wolsey cylinder head on one loco. 3. The start-up and shut down sequences involve keeping the gearbox accumulator pressure maintained (3 -way valve near floor in cab). Very important for smooth operation of the gearbox clutches. I briefly glimpsed a pressure gauge swinging wildly in the cab. If that was the gearbox oil pressure, I suspect the accumulator has lost its charge. 4. The piston in the air brake cylinder is sealed with a leather ring- if it perishes, air braking will be lost. It's "easy" enough to repair with new leather sheet. 5. IF the electrical system is 6 Volt (as some were) upgrading to 12 Volt is worthwhile as bulbs, etc. are better and more readily obtainable. 6. I know that it is unlikely to happen on the CVR, but Ruston recommend dropping the drive chains before towing. It is possible to tow with the engine running in top gear but declutched, and the towing loco hopefully keeps to 12 mph maximum. 7. The cab heater is useless- wear a warm jacket when shunting at night. 8. Above all- ENJOY your new loco.

Very nicely done Ollie lad - that's properly cool that 😎😎🚂🚂 You've now got your FULL train! Loco, Wagon and brake van!😁

Is there a Ruston sale going on as Lawrie from LMM has a new(ish) project Ruston 48 to restore now. Congrats on buying your loco looks good.

Duded literally just bought a literal TRAIN like it's just a normal trip to the store.

You really are building up a cracking little trainset. Nekminit....... " i bought a disused rail siding" 😂😂

So now you have a complete train, a loco, a box van, and a brake! If you can find a four-wheel coach - - - !!

good old briddons lol

Well done and Congrats Ollie on your new loco. looking forward to future videos on the class 88..

Hi Ollie, Just found your channel and thanks for sharing. I'd like to see your new loco repainted as per the photos that you feature here when it was initially transported out of the R&H factory (at Lincoln?) I hope to visit the CVR one day having never been. Best wishes, Dudley

I saw you at clones valley railway on Saturday 😁

Nice one Ollie. Here's to many hours of enjoyment from the Rushton! Good to see you looking well, chap! Keep safe now. Cheers!

Great video, interesting to see how you got the loco delivered. Liked the run down the line, that's a very nice railway. You'll have fun with your 88.

Congrats ollie on your wonderful scoop. Bolton Abbey is up my neck of the woods it's a lovely little place, I think it's slightly bigger than your place. Your new engine will look nice in br blue and large yellow stripes. Anyway enjoy your new girl. 👍.

Hi Ollie, just liked and subbed, great purchase, it's good to see guys like you and Lawrie saving these fantastic machines, they're finally getting the recognition they deserve, take care, all the best from Scotland, Stephen.

Nice one Ollie 😊 That’s a cute little train that’ll suit that brake van a treat 🤩

Looking forward to following this. Well done mate

Massive well done my dude. Proud of ya! Look how far you have come 😎 Hopefully i can come over sunday for a look!!!

Nice! So when are you taking your full train for a trundle?

Congratulations!

I saw that on a group I was in! I’m glad someone bought it!

Great purchase, I'm quite green with envy 🙂

Well done oli mate 😊 jealous or what lol loving how you started with your small layout to then a room then a brake now a ruston 😊 what's next A3 or westcountry class I reckon

Nice one mate congrats!

Superbe vidéo et juste un peu de rénovation à l'intérieur de la loco notamment la peinture et tout est parfait , bravo au nouveau propriétaire ...

Excellent purchase and well done. The video was brilliant, as always, and the run down the line to finish was the right thing to finish it. Next it's your whole train doing the same but I'm wondering how your going to be the guard in the brake van as well as the engine driver!🤔 - just have to wait for the vlog on that😆

Many congratulations

Well done dude, the first of many!

Congrats Ollie !! You should make a model of your real life train. Looks like we all will know where you will be spending your free time. Have fun !!

Brilliant...well done Ollie, another item to the portfolio and at least this one works. Hopefully at some point it'll be pulling your wagons soon. I nearly purchased a class 47 years ago and wish I had but hey ho.

Well done , my wife and I own Rowntree No3 a 20 toner like yours

Nice one Ollie. Congratulations again mate.

Well Ollie i have to admit that is a pretty cool thing to own, well done mate

Beautiful locomotive. Nice purchase!

Mind = blown! Amazing, Ollie!!!

That makes my 42 year old BJ42 seem rather ordinary … Well done, what a great adventure 👍

I knew the owner of that loco very well and it was well looked after up at Embsay and always started well even after long periods out of use, good luck with it's continued preservation 👍

Wow, what a lovely little engine.

BR blue livery would suit her well...atb...jeff.

Nice loco, well done!

Awesome, how cool is that 😊

One hell of a cool loco you got! I’m jealous

Hope you have years of happy Running.

Well done ollie. need to get brakevan done and your wagons and you have a train!!!

Your from Aylesbury? Same here lol I work on the C&PRR so local lo

Why not, sounds like a great idea. Well done sir.

Congratulations Ollie! As for livery, could be Colne Valley and Halstead Railway lined black? ;) Is that an LNER brake coach seen around 11:50 ? Do you know if that's under restoration? Didn't know the CVR had any like that there.

Wonderful video and amazing loco but I have too ask around the 15 minute mark and a bit before off too the right hand side of the video is that an old minutre railway

Well done thats some achievement👍

Nice one looks lovely colour original always original

Awesome Ollie 👍 Now you can practice driving when you finished driving your class 66’s. Have you got some ‘L’ plates for it ? 😂

I love it can we have more. I have been there. Great thanks.

Ahhh congratulations Ollie, i knew the temptation would get the better of you 😂😂😂 Do subscribers get a free brakevan ride haha? 😂

well done mate... doesn't get any better than that... wow

Loved the video did you say you are based at Colne Valley railway if so I brought my family for a visit in the late 70s or early 80s

I used to have one of those with my Triang-Hornby train set.

Brilliant loco Wardle Road

Nice one. Someone in my club has just bought a class 43!

Congrats, I can’t imagine how much a running driving Ruston cost you, a great achievement, will enjoy the video updates on its restoration

You should definitely try and fit a klaxon alongside the horn, as Rustons did come with them originally.

fantastic, I used to work close by to Warrington Gas Works

This looks like so much fun, it should be illegal! 😅

the photos give me a model railway vibe idk why

great video

Awesome!

Livery? How about BR blue as No.20 or 97020 the former Reading Signal Works shunter...

Contact Lawrie Rose and tell him that your loco is bigger than his!

I want one in blue with 20 slapped on the side!

You certainly been bitten by the bug now how do you get the spare time for it all cheers Al

Massive Congrats on the loco, i think its time to go Fictional ;) maybe Dutch to go with the brakevan haha, orr all red with WR on the side

Where is the train station you put it at I used to go there as a kid but forgot what it’s called ?

9:15 is that Doc Brown from Back to the Future?

Ollie next time buy the peckett 0-4-0 to work in shunting duties because it doesn't cost that much

All the hip kids buying Rustons😂

Is the next step to buy a big property and run your own railway? As it's a Ruston no doubt Lawrie from LMM will be interested. Do you have to pay a fee to store all your equipment on the CVR or do you let them use it in return for using a siding. May you have many years of fun with the projects. You really have jumped right into railway preservation.

sod the Ruston, tell us much more about Milo!

Maybe a bit of a personal question but i wonder how much it cost to buy the loco and ship it cuz when i bought my 7'1/4 inch loco it cost me about 10 grand for the loco alone

Gotta be large logo BR blue , surely 😊

Wow!

Where will you keep this and where will you run it. Can you call up railways and ask them to stable your loco on them? How does that all work.

Magnificent

Bro that’s probably an absolute nightmare to get that thing licensed and registered in the UK 💀

Now, remember when I said that you were building an entire train wagon by wagon...?

So when is the Wardle Lawrie crossover episode happening? Now you got a full consist like a full railway’s equipment. Just need your own railroad…. Hmm

Im assuming you will be getting wagons or passenger cars when you get the money to do so

Cool...

How much

I'm famous😂 good job fella

Do you own all that land because holy crap if I make it big some day this is my hobby I want.

It seems to be in good running condition why did you not just drive it on the train tracks all the way to the museum?

how much did you pay?

can we still call this modeling 101 ?

Well, if you’re talking liveries, then the original livery is obviously the top choice

dude can you drive some 5 inch trains

ok but where are you going to drive it ? I mean, I guess official roads are closed to public transportation companies

WHATS WITH EVERYONE AND BUYING RUSTONS???? FIRST LAWRIE (TWICE AS OF NOW) AND NOW YOU??????

pls there my favourite

Personally owned express