I drew up the working CAD drawings for the new cab, The cab is 5.7 inches taller and the reason is that the new Corris stock is taller and compatible with Talyllyn stock including coupling height. The original Corris locos were not lower than the carriages. The way this was acheived so as not to look stretched was by adding 2inches to the cab lower sheets and scaling up the side arched sheets rather than stretching its height vertically. If I stand in the centre of the cab which has a little raised plate between the frames my head just touches the roof of the cab and I'm 5foot 10. Somebody 6ft can comfortably stand either side of the cab.
Every success to the Corris, richly deserved. Hope one day to be able to travel behind these little locos the whole length of the line from Corris to Machynlleth!
Could do Sir Haydn & Sir Handel / Peter Sam & Edward Thomas together - we'd finally get to see the Skarloey engines interact with the Talyllyn engines!
@@danielsellers8707 I was actually thinking that’ll be funny to see No10 take part in the AE4 but me disguised as Falcon as Sir Handel was in his original form on the MSR before being rebuilt on the SR
@@jackminett768 oh wait, that would make more sence, it could be a story where this engine was abandoned as well and years later was found and brought to the skr
Nice to see it finally finished. Red looks great on it. RIP Peter Guest, it's so unfortunate for him to pass right before it got put into full service.
Corris Railway No. 10 looks absolutely gorgeous! Can't wait to see her with her predecessor, TR No. 3! I'm also really looking forward to the new build, as-built condition, George England that's being planned at the Ffestiniog as well!
Ah yes. The OG Mountaineer. I guess the problem the railway would have to face then, is what to call the ALCO that ended up donning the original's nameplate.
@@retrogamelover2012 I mean, it doesn't seem the Alco is ever gonna run again, but considering it's always sported the name Mountaineer, I think they'd probably just call it "Mountaineer II" or something
That is a gorgeous name for a locomotive, however in keeping with the traditions of the original Corris Railway - none of the steam locomotives will have names, purely a number... but I'm sure No.10 will be nicknamed "The Falcon" as were the originals.
We found falcons dopple ganger. This will make sir handles visits to the talyllyn interesting i mean finding out you have a new brother that bears your name on a complete different railway
I love the original silhouette of the Falcon locos with the original cab layout - Though of course, I can see why the TR rebuilt it, door's on the wrong side! Love that the tradition of the "good side" being on the right at Corris vs the left at Talyllyn is carried over in the placement of the Westinghouse pump being flipped on no. 10. You mentioned the height of the loco cabs changing a bit, I noticed when I was there in person that Edward Thomas (And Dolgoch, to some extent!) were seemingly designed for someone no greater than about my height, is it a situation like with the Taliesin replica where people are just that much taller now, and the loco needed a bit of adjustment?
WOW!!! I'm an Aussie that *_LOVES_* 💖 his British steam and tries to keep up with what's going on in your amazing country, but I knew *_nothing_* of this! To me it's _Sir Handel,_ as I grew up reading the Great Reverend's books, starting around 40 years ago! _Peter Sam_ ( _Stuart/Edward Thomas_ ) and _Skarloey_ ( _Tallylyn_ ) are my favourites, but this is an absolute credit to those who are bringing back another closed and (I'm guessing) forgotten railway! 😍😍🚂
If the Railway Series hadn't ended, this would make for an amazing Skarloey Railway book, in which the Mid-Sodor is partially reactivated and Peter Sam & Sir Handel meet their new brothers E: I really hope furthering the southern extension all the way back to Machynlleth is a long-term goal for the CR. Having that Network Rail connection like the TR does would do wonders for visitor numbers
With Talyllyn being in a show they also have a new coach in over 156 years and a newly built steam engine I know for a fact there are going to be some Skarloey Railway inspired stories from these Also the engine looks very nice! Can’t wait to see it in other possible videos on here!
I wonder if in the TTTE world the Skarloey Railway would suddenly have replicas of Sir Handel and Peter Sam like how there’s a new build Hughes Falcon and Kerr Stuart Tattoo on the Corris Railway.
Aw heck naw the TR is doing a collab with the Corris. But in all seriousness, it's great to see a new engine on the Corris Railway to go along with the Tattoo
Hi when you book a footplate experience do we get to choose our loco a few weeks before or is it random or is it one loco designated for every footplate experience
The Corris Railway is truly amazing. It was dead. Kaput. Most of the track ripped up, rolling stock all sold off... It was gone. But look at it now. The track has been re-laid about as far as it can go barring a reopening of the rail passage under a certain bridge. It has new carriages built to the vintage design, plus IIRC some restored vintage ones. And it even has two steam locomotives built just for it in the 21st century - the Tattoo-class from 2005, and now this brand-new one to the Falcon Works design that made up most of the original fleet.
Yes my collection of narrow Guage engines are life size to they're real life counterparts they were next to my American engines and the narrow gauge engines are smaller then the American engines my narrow gauge engines are smaller the craftyfoxe's skarloey railway engines
The new loco is quite a pretty sight! That cab is very annoying to me personally im very accustome to the orginal height and its just the slightest bit taller and it just bothers me and I dont know why.
No there aren't, the original Corris Railway never named their steam locomotives so the revived Corris Railway intend to keep that tradition going. Nos.1 - 3 were known as "Falcons" after whom they were built by and No.4 was known as "The Tattoo" as that was it's Class of locomotive - never official names though, and that's the exact same with No.7 and No.10.
We have just enough operational locos to provide our most intense passenger service at the moment as No.1 and No.4 are out of service, so there is very much still a need for 6 steam locomotives in total to provide cover for locomotive failures etc - just enough locos, not plenty. Respectfully, by the time the Corris Railway were looking at building their No.7 - Edward Thomas had done more years working on the Talyllyn than it had ever done so on the Corris, and so now has Sir Haydn. You also have to take into consideration the historical context of when the Corris was starting to run passenger trains - a point where the TR definitely couldn't afford to lose two steam locomotives. We have a very amicable relationship with the CR as I hope this video represents - but the two ex-Corris locos are just as much a part of Talyllyn history as they are Corris history, and the CR recognise that fact too. Without the TR buying the locos, we'd most likely have nothing left from the Corris, plus No.3 and No.4 have both visited and operated on the revived Corris multiple times in the past 30 years.
@@TalyllynRailway1865 Interesting and encouraging to know that the TR is still getting good use out of all its engines. I was a bit disconcerted when I visited a few years ago that the service seemed to be down to 3 trains a day whereas I remembered it as being half-hourly from a childhood visit in 1971 (when we travelled in a train driven by Prince William of Gloucester, who was a patron of the line but sadly killed in a flying accident soon afterwards). But I guess there is a significant difference between the shoulder season and the August peak. And in 1971 there were far fewer standard gauge preserved railways so the Great Little Trains of Wales faced much less competition. Despite the Talyllyn's historical pre-eminence it does face the problem that it is not quite as accessible as the Ffestiniog or the Vale of Rheidol.
@@iankemp1131 How is the TR less accessible than the Rheidol or Ffestiniog, given it's slap bang in the middle of them (35 miles each way if you wished to visit either from Tywyn) on the Cambrian mainline?
@@CrisisOnACanoe Aberystwyth gets a better train service than Tywyn and is a bigger place, while Porthmadog/Blaenau are accessible more easily from the North Wales Coast line and resorts. But remember lots of people travel by car, and then the difference is much greater. Tywyn is really out on a limb.
You said that Reverend Audrey would love ❤ this locomotive 🚂 😍, plus ➕ I think yet another Reverend TEDDY BOSTON, might also love ❤ them ALL!!!!! GLORY ALLELUIA ✌🏻 👏 🥲 🥰 💛 ✌🏻 !!!!! GOD ✝️ BLESS EVERY ONE WITH WISDOM AND PEACE AND HAPPINESS AND LOVE FOR EVER!!!!! AMEN 💒 🌐 🌏 🌎 🌍 🙏 💒!!!! O.K. o. Sunday, September 10, 2023A.D. 🚂 🚃!!!!! 👋 HI from America 🇺🇸 ☺ 😊 🙂 🗽 🚂.!!!!! ALL ABOARD,!! HIGHBALL,!! CLEAR THE TRACKS !!!!! STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 🚂 RACING THROUGH!!!! ROAD CROSSING SIGNAL, !!-!, is based on the Morse Code "Q". LOL 😆 😂 🤣 😄 😅 😜 😆 😂 🤣 😄 😅!!!!!
Other way around! Falcon in the books is named after the original Corris Railway locomotives - built by the Falcon Engine & Car Works, hence the nickname "Falcon"... which is where Wilbert Awdry got the name from.
Wilbert took INSPIRATION from the railways. Likely then, we wouldn't have seen them in the railway series. Although l think he would've found them very interesting. Wilbert's go with the railway series ended 33 years before no.7 was built anyway (he also died 7 years before as well.)
Corris No.10 doesn't have a name, she does have the nickname of "Falcon" however and this comes from where the original Corris engine were built. Back in 1878, Corris No.1, No.2 and No.3 were built by Hughes's Locomotive & Tramway Engine Works - at the Falcon Works. The engines were very quickly nicknamed "Falcon's" because of this. Sir Handel's old name is in reference to this, and Peter Sam's old name "Stuart" has a similar origin - as he was built by a company called Kerr STUART
@@TalyllynRailway1865ok btw it’s a shame awdry isn’t here for this I bet this engine would’ve made a great rws engine even though he looks very similar to sir handel.
