We Found Rare Steam Locomotives in an Abandoned Barn! 

Great find guys. I posted a link to a video clip I made when I worked on these NG15's, showing the loco you were exploring around time frame 11 min 30 seconds to 13 minutesru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2QtzZ8wu-tw.html.

Let’s hope the collection is moved somewhere safe before the vandals and scrap merchants invade and the engines and carriages are lost!

The locomotive at 6:56 is actually a South African one, built in Germany! The part with the bolts holding it on is a steam dome, where the throttle valve to let steam into the cylinders usually resides. The "brake" at 12:05 is actually a screw driven reverser. It controls which direction the locomotive will travel in. 15:57 That is also a reverser, just a different design. Also, I appreciate how quiet and respectful you guys were there. All of the pieces in the collection are planned to be restored someday as time allows, so it's that none received any damage or poor treatment.

In the 50’s and 60’s my dad was the fireman ( kept the boilers at the right temperature to keep the engine going) here in Australia. I grew up with the smell of steam trains and soot. They are truly wonderful feats of engineering. All beautiful old ladies the lot of them.

The loco you lifted the tank filler cap on was a Bagnall 0-6-2 tank called "Conqueror". It was built for Bowaters at Sittingbourne in Kent. It ended up at Whipsnade Zoo where I drove it for a couple of years in the late 1970's. A powerful engine,it hauled the official opening train conveying HRH Princess Margaret. It looks a bit the worse for wear now...

Great video and well found. There are plans for the locos to be restored and moved to the Vale of Rheidol Railway in Wales, some of the collection is already there, these locos will move there in due course.

For years Peter has banged on how his collection was secure, safe, and under constant restoration, this, and the auctions following his death has shown he was not much but a hoarder with no intention to restore a single item despite near pleas from societies to release specific items valuable to them (usually with direct links) half of which will now be saved as they are beyond salvage.

I was amazed to see one of the locomotives that was use on the narrow gauge line in South Africa, the nr 121 written on the cab side,a class NG15. They were first used in South West Africa on the 2' gauge. Later in the late 50's they were sent to work on the Port Elizabeth to Avontuur line in the Lankkloof untill the last one was retired in the early 90's. In the book by CP Lewis from the 80's. -The Great Steam Trek. - you will find a photo of this loco were it was hit by a bus on a crossing near the Chelsea siding. My railway carreer started on these class NG15's. Thanks for posting.

You seemed to have missed the miles of laid track that ran through the edge of the fields leading to the barns as shown on the channel “A bearded explorer” who showed the same place this weekend, but not quite as well as yourself Alex and crew. 🎉🚞🚂🚂. Again thanks for taking us along on these fabulous adventures that I’ll never be able to see without you and your camera 🎥 😊Thank you very much!

This is my first time catching a release on time! These old trains are very hard to find, glad you did. Thank you, Alex, Ned, and Ed! I've been binge-watching all your videos, great work! It seems the powers that be are all trying to cover up and hide our past. Glad you're giving it some light. Safe journeys.

23:42, 25:32 and 26:19 it says 1918 under the name on the plate! Good guess Ned!😁 That was quite a nice find, thanks Eddie! Thank you Alex for taking us back in time again!👍😎 My grandad used to work on the railroad up in Michigan and all along the northern USA back in the 50's!😲 Trains are so awesome!

The large loco climbed over early on is a South African Railways 2' gauge NG15 2-8-2; there are two on the Welsh Highland Railway (one presently being restored to working order) and some are preserved in their home country. They were built between the 1930s and 1950s. The frame parked outside looks as if it could also have been from an NG15 - the Welsh Highland's looked very much like it when it was stripped down for re-building. The one with sold to Brecon Mountain Railway painted on the back looks like an Indian 2' gauge 0-6-4T. What I found most interesting was when you poked the camera over the wall into the part where you couldn't access; in the background was the front of a South African Beyer-Garratt 2-6-2+2-6-2 of either NGG13 or NGG16. To see one there was a great surprise - I didn't know that the Rampton collection included one. Thanks for sharing

This is the first time I've heard of Collection X. Some of these locomotives and cars have began to be claimed by various railway museums such as the Vale of Rheidol where Rampton was involved in.

One of the domes on top of the boiler chassis was used for sand storage. To be used in low traction situations, released through tubes to trickle out onto the tracks in front of the drive wheels, the engineer controlled the release of the sand.

How wonderful to find these. Hopefully someone will take care of restoring as it would be a horrible shame to just let them rust and fall apart. Absolutely amazing!

Wow just wow! I really enjoyed this. You truly can not get better than this one. What a find. Well done Alex and team 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

What a find! Absolutely enjoyed this episode. I a huge fan of anything locomotive and Britain probably had the best and biggest production of these beauties back in the industrial age. This was a real treat to watch. Thanks for another amazing episode.

Wow I just had to put the video on pause to say" Wow!" I love trains and this explore is amazing. Thank you for sharing it with us. What a great adventure!

i really hope most of these pieces of railway history are given restoration, they look fantastic!

What an amazing collection, shame the guy didn't live long enough to restore them. They would of made great museum pieces, Great video Alex thank you. I'm lucky coz I was young enough to be able to travel, on steam trains. I remember the smell at the stations and the sounds of them as they came into the stations....loved it. Cheers Alex xx

Alex, that was magical. I have adored steam trains since I was a little kid. I thought they were Dragons. My grandmother would take me from Eastleigh to Portsmouth. I'm surprised now how she never had a heart attack because of how excited I would get and run away from her and stand in the steam and enjoy the roar of the Dragon. Little girls aren't supposed get sooty faces lol. That is a fantastic find. I know some young lads in South Africa who might enjoy seeing this video. They help take care of a big old steam Dragon named Wesley. Thankyou thankyou for the video 💖💖💖💖 Alex is Ned your brother ?

What a terrific find Ed was in his element couldn’t wait to get inside of the engine,imagine what they must have looked like when they were in full working order with passengers in the carriages, well done guys.👌🇬🇧

Hello Alex and Pompeye and Ned! Great explore. Thanks for sharing!😊❤

That was quite something to behold Alex. Out of the norm too. Great stuff. Loved every minute. 🤗💙

Fantastic Find Guys!! One of the locos is from South Africa. The train with the overhead electric danger sign is in English and Afrikaans and has a swing out seat so that the driver could get a better view and some cool air. The locos 666 and 695 with the squiggly writing and yellow lining are probably from India. The side tank locos are made by Koppel and Henschel Germany but could have been used anywhere. Mainly in Industry, Mining and Plantation work. The 2 small tank locos are german made and used in Spain as you discovered from the Bilbao made gauge.

You've done a great service to the heritage steam industry by bringing this collection "out into the open" and to our attention..... thanks very much!

What I’d do with some wire wool and WD40. I love how well these have lasted. Good quality iron ore from way back when and the paint still got loads of life init. Absolute treasure. A pure pleasure to watch. 💯👍🏼

In my old pre school (in Lindisfarne, Hobart ,Tasmania) there was a cut away train carriage about the age of the first carriage you explored. Still had working slide windows, brass luggage rack and handles, and a hand wound petrol pump just below it for the children to play with (1964) Slowly it was more and more vandalised until disappearing in the early 2000's. But still have very evocative memories of playing on it.

I don't believe in trespassing, but thanks guys for this video. Train enthusiasts have been trying for years to gain access to view this collection, particularly as the Phyllis Rampton Collection is a registered charity so the collection should have provided access to members of the public for educational and other purposes - why other would they have been given charity status and hence tax advantages.

Nice find Alex you can't beat a steam train or two ✌ love this one shared to fb as per

Ramsey is in the Isle of Man and the numbers 1,2,3 represented the 1st, 2nd and 3rd class for the passengers.

slowly working my way through your videos, thanks so much for doing this and filming it!!! im sure we will visit some of these locations, cheers guys!!

Brilliant video nice to come along with you , fairplay to you 👍👍👍👍👍

3:45 never seen Pompeye so nimble & quick 😂. Quality video guys 👍🏻.

Awesome explore 👌 great to see old steam trains

They are locomotives , not trains , a train is a collection of railway vehicles . However , it's a wondeful find , and what I could see is eminently salvable !

Yet another great video from you all I love watching your videos as its entertainment & history all in one thanks lads

Wow... what an awesome collection, thankyou for sharing it with us all

What a awesome find this was really cool. Thanks guy’s much love to you all❤😊

There was an entrepreneur from Pickering area who ran the Pickering Steam traction rally for many years. He braught in South African 2' Garretts for a projected line from Whitby to Robin Hoods Bay. It didn't get off the ground but wouldn't be at all surprised if it was his collection. I know the garretts got stored on a farm in the Pickering area. The garretts got disstributed around the country but i noticed one of your shots shows the front end of a garrett. The 2-8-2 NG 15 by the end of the 80's were nearly all out of use at Port Elisabeth and 121 was in the dump line. Most of the trains on the Aventuur line were being run by Class 91 diesels. Only the Apple Express and a spare loco were in service. The Electric warning sign on these locos is interesting as such there was no Electric lines in the Port Elisabeth area! However, in Natal the Port Shepstone and Umtata lines did have common interlased track where the 3' 6" line were electrified. So all locos had the sign fitted as a 2-8-2 could be transferred at any time but never happened. If locos do go to Brecon Mountain Railway they will be well looked after,

Nice one guys, what a find and a very respectful explore, I thoroughly enjoyed that. What an amazing train collection, hope someone gets a chance to restore some of those locos. All the best. Brian @ The Angels

Great that there are people who collect this old technique. This often gets out of hand due to the increasing collection, the restoration then becomes more than a life's work. My old colleague once said to me, "if you want to do everything in your life that interests you, you have to live twice as long". Too bad for this owner that he couldn't get further than this. Hopefully there is family who will sell the trains to people who will restore them and show them to the public. Thanks for making this movie!

Wow so great to see the old trains great video thanks again for your video love watching all

Wow, now that's some history there. thanks for sharing!

The bearded explorer had but this place on yesterday as it's got a train track all round the field but good to see it again

It was great. I love it. Keep up the good work,Alex. 👍👍👍😍😍😍

This would make a good train- ing video 😂 , great find guys 👌

Loved your video. This is y he first time I watch your material. My mom loves train videos especially the ones with panoramic travel scenery. I am a mechanic hobbyist and also a professional helicopter, industrial maintenance engineer and automotive mechanic, so you can see how it would be for me to get chills just watching what most people would think of as junk. I can watch it over and over again. Thank you for the wonderful experience you bring us all. God bless you guys. 🙏.

Hi Alex Ned and Eddie :) love watching you explore the engines . Branching out from bunkers , time capsule’s and millionaire mansions ;) . Love Ed’s keen eye geeking out over the old tech . Love the reading up you did Alex to add the extra tit bits of info x

That was A. Mazing guys!!! Thank you SO much!

Let's hope the restoration continues what a fantastic find well done

Wow this was awsome well done guys .keep up great work

I really want to know more about the person who went out of his way to collect all of these steam engines. There has to be a really good story there.

KWAE is the depot code for Katwe Junction in West Bengal India and the last but one shed has what looks like GARRETT in it!! You have struck GOLD!! Tell the Welsh Highland Railway they have restored several. All of these locos look like they are narrow gauge.

Cracking vid , great vibes you three

I can tell by the way your all whispering and quietly sneaking around that your trespassing on someone's property, and yes it's cool to see this stuff but your showing everyone that the property isn't secure and there doesn't seem to be anyone around to tell people to sod off. So congratulations you've just invited thieves and lowlifes to go sneaking around picking over this collection for builders plates and other souvenirs . Bravo boys well done.

Awesome... Thanks fellas 💖

These railway vehicles aren't "abandoned". They're stored awaiting a move into a purpose built museum at an already established heritage railway in Wales.

Enjoyed this One, thanks ed ned and alex

Great video, fascinating, That carriage was definltly from the Isle of Man with the reference to Ramsey.

Excellent stuff! 10/10

Wow great video I loved this Alex what an incredible place, what a shame it's all just left there! Hope someone does something with those trains 🚂 what a shame if there just left there! Brilliant video guys, thanks for sharing Alex great crew too 👍💖

Thank you for that interesting video. The lever you thought might be the brake is in fact the reverser. The pistons drive the wheels directly, so when you want to reverse you bring the steam into the opposite end of the cylinder to move the piston in the opposite direction and thus turn the wheels backwards. This is why a steam engine can go just as fast backwards as forwards. There are 2 types of reverser, a lever and a screw. The lever is quicker to operate and is useful for a shunting engine which has to change direction frequently. The screw reverser is geared and therefore easier to operate making it more suitable for a large, and therefore heavy engine. There is a position called mid gear in which steam will not flow to either end of the cylinder and this is where you position the reverser when you leave the engine or if someone is working on it, perhaps to oil the moving parts. The effect is roughly similar to neutral in a car gearbox, although of course it is not the same mechanically speaking. Thanks again.

A few facts about locomotives and trains, Firstly the locomotive is the engine that pulls the trains which are the engine, locomotive, and the wagons or carriages. The parts of the locomotives are the smokebox at the front with the chimney on top and a door at the front to clean out the ash etc. then the boiler which holds the water as it's heated to generate the steam. The bulge on top is the steam dome where the steam is drawn off to power the cylinders. Then the cab where the driver and fireman ride and can sit to rest, hence the seats. The controls. Hmm, the greased screw gadget is the regulator or throttle and adjusts the amount of steam going to the cylinders, also often controls the direction of travel too. The stands with what looks like a handbrake is another type of regulator. What appeared to be motorcycle handlebars are a throttle to adjust the amount of steam. You did show a brake in one shot, in the cab a column with a T shaped handle at the top which is turned to apply or release the brakes. The locomotives with the water tanks on the sides are known as side tank engines, the ones with no tanks but a truck attached at the rear are tender engines and the tender correctly holds coal and also water. So next time you will have a bit more knowledge to know what you see. A brilliant find and good explore. Many thanks. Steve

Please, please do a follow up video of who owns them now and what plans they have for them.

Wow fantastic find beautiful old trains carriages i really hope they save the trains part of are history

Back in the 1980s I heard stories of the owner chasing people away with a shotgun. Or maybe it was just an urban legend. I was too scared to find out for myself! He was part of the wealthy Rampton family that started the Freemans catalogue business.

You've found the mysterious Rampton Collection

Saw these locos years ago had a mate who worked there looking after them ,there was speculation about them back in the seventies was sworn to secretly after seeming them

Wow is all I can say ❤ absolutely amazing

Great video ! 👍

Btw there locomotives. Its only classed as a train when the coaches or wagons are behind 👍🏻

Love it!

Great video. Those boilers on those engines and the engines themselves are missing so many vital components. It would take a lifetime maybe two to resurrect.

The Coach F6 was one of the IMR Pairs coaches (made by mounting two 4 wheel coach bodies on a bogie underframe) the two in the separate shed which are in bad condition are the ex MNR Cleminson coaches which had 6 wheel underframes, to be fair they sat outside St Johns carriage shed for most of their lives, am amazed the MNR numbers and the stickers from Ramsey are still there. The two Hurst Nelson bogie coaches which were in the collection have already been returned to the Island.

the steam age is just so cool

beautiful collection looks like there might have been a garret in that last room

Yeah I want to see more trains on this youtube channel!!!!❤

Allegedly Mr Rampton used to deter trespassers with a shot gun! Luckily for you he isn't around anymore!

Alex you make a good camera man. Thanks for posting these 😊

7:02 that would be the steam dome it collects steam from the boiler and transfers it to a pipe with a valve that runs to the cylinders the valve is called the throttle or regulator and controls the amount of steam going to the cylinders allowing the engineer to operate the locomotive

One loco looks like an South African Railways NGG15 (the one next to the red and cream carriage) 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.

Grate find I liked the old trains

wow absolutely fantastic and interesting.

The locomotive at 22:56 is a German 0-4-4-0 Mallet from the Hartz Mountain RR. Several of those are still running.

What a great find 👍

wow thats sooo cool

Amazing video

In my hometown, there is One of those engines, forgive me for saying it wrong, La Ferrarigan, I believe you called it..next time I go I will tryand get a picture.. I absolutely love the train..every since I seen a hobo, no disrespect to anyone, firing on one looking so free and happy..thank you..I love you guys Alex 😘, Ed and Ned..

Awesome find

Nice video 🚂

If I remember correctly, one of those NG15s was bought by the F&WHR for restoration!

that's the steam dome its where the steam pressure inside the boiler collects after being made from boiling water. that Handle is the main steam valve which sends the steam pressure to the pistons which turns the driving wheels

This place is great

Very impressive!

That coach seems like one of the old Alfred County Railway coachs

these need to be preserved

Hopefully, some of those trains will be saved! 🛠

The thing at 7:00 is called a steam dome, dome for short, it holds the steam in, and its take off when needing repairs

The boiler setting on floor is probably a replacement for one of the two tank engines….