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Wet Wild and Windy at Knotty 100! Chasing Dinosaurs Ep. 24

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Hello everyone,
A few weekends ago I got invited along to the Foxfield Railway to help out with their big event for this year - Knotty 100 celebrating 100 years since the end of the North Staffordshire Railway.
And with a terrible weather forecast, the question is, just how wet did Lawrie (and Charles) get?
A massive thank you to the railway for inviting us down!
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A video featuring:
Lawrie - Presenter, excited to get on as many engines as he can,
Charles - Cameraman, questioning his life's choices,
Ben - Cameraman, feeling warm and dry.
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@fuzzball130 Год назад

To summarise this video: "And then it rained again."

@skystriker4459 Год назад

I was actually there not volunteering but just to enjoy the event and i loved it and i was actually able to meet lawrie which was amazing

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

Thanks for coming to support us!

@lmm Год назад

Nice to meet you, thanks for coming to say hi!

@tranmere292 Год назад

Steam, steam and more steam. Paradise! And one thing I love is that, thanks to modern cameras and the internet, I can sit here in a wintry coastal town in country New South Wales and watch crystal clear pictures of summer Britain, with its liquid sunshine. Another gem, Lawrie, thanks.

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

So liquid! But we also had sun!

@tranmere292 Год назад

@@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Must say I miss that entertaining British weather. Here we go from ferocious drought to torrential flooding.

@lmm Год назад

I'm glad you enjoyed it! It's amazing the Internet isn't it!

@kholden2678 3 месяца назад

@LMM, @FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Thank you so much for braving the liquid sunshine and putting this event together! Thank you to all of the staff and volunteers who work to preserve this history. My 2nd cousin 4x removed Geroge James Crosbie Dawson was chief engineer fo the North Staffordshire Railway from 1886-1914. It means a great deal to see some of his work preserved. Work done by the many hands he supervised. Thanks for the great video that helps me to get an idea of the engineering and operation of the line. I'm doing more research in order to do a small model of the NSR during George's time as chief engineer.

@lmm 3 месяца назад

Oh that sounds a fantastic project!

@andrewreynolds4949 Год назад

Horden is a very good-looking little locomotive. I used to follow the Tanfield photo blog, around the time when they finished Horden’s restoration and return to service. They had some very beautiful photos

@lmm Год назад

It's a stunning machine

@thetrainman2013 11 месяцев назад

I’m her driver at tanfield railway

@joshslater2426 Год назад

I’m glad that the Princess Tank Engine and the battery loco were preserved. The North Staffordshire railway is really unknown and not too well documented. I wish a few more of its engines survived for the 100th gala.

@drdewott9154 10 месяцев назад

That weather certainly looks like an experience. The little Kerr Stuart looks so cute.

@lmm 10 месяцев назад

It was, and it is!

@richardsweeney197 Год назад

Lawrie, whether or not the weather was worth it for you. It was for us. Thank you for your endurance.

@lmm Год назад

Glad our suffering was worth it and you enjoyed it!

@richardsweeney197 Год назад

@@lmm I always do, enjoy the shows, not your suffering.

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

I mean… we enjoy his suffering a little bit 😅

@JRS06 11 месяцев назад

The only thing that would've made it better would've been having preserved North Staffordshire Railway locos up and running or on display. We only have one static steam engine and the battery loco, which haven't run in decades.

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

Rest in pieces wheelbarrow. 2011-2023. Thanks for coming Lawrie and Charles!

@Living_Life_RN Год назад

I love that it was just left exactly where it died, like a soldier lost in action.

@lmm Год назад

Thanks for having us

@gs425 Год назад

Those 4 wheel coaches!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

They’re right quality ❤

@lmm Год назад

They're so pretty

@joelightrailway2362 Год назад

That looks like a really fantastic event even it not a gala of course, but it does look fantastic indeed. Unfortunately I couldn’t attend the event due to weather, but I may hope to visit during next month to see these amazing carriages plus the Bagnall 0-4-0ST in action. Excellent video of you on the footplate of these amazing locomotives 👍

@lmm Год назад

It's well worth a visit!

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

You should come to the next one! It was great 😊

@MillBrookRailroad Год назад

Oh my! You're getting storms like we've been having!

@lmm Год назад

It was wet!

@Baron_trains Год назад

Hey lawrie! One quick question, how is the abandoned railway now? You should possibly make a video about further updates. I saw in a magazine the station and track bed was looking spectacular! They’ve started to dig out the turntable. This could be a good video idea!

@lmm Год назад

I will be returning - it is over a thousand mile round trip for me though!

@dragonheatgaming5005 Год назад

Saw you on secrets of the London underground. You are now a tv star

@lmm Год назад

Second TV series appearance!

@noelmaher2301 Год назад

Next sunday trradbally steam rally here in ireland, I look forward to the event as much as Christmas day. Hope our ever present rain stays away. Would love to be there looks great.

@simon26westlands Год назад

Good to see 'Hawarden' running.. former Shelton Bar Steel Works engine.

@Madonsteamrailways Год назад

Gorgeous Andrew Barclay and an even nicer Hawthorne Leslie!! Great little locomotives!!

@lmm Год назад

It was a very good line up

@modelrailfan37 Год назад

Wonderful event! You are so lucky to have been able to go.

@lmm Год назад

It was great

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial 9 месяцев назад

You should come next year!

@modelrailfan37 9 месяцев назад

@@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial I wish, but I’m on the other side of the world 😂

@trainspotter66 Год назад

Brilliant video lawrie ❤❤❤

@lmm Год назад

Thank you very much!

@tomlee9534 Год назад

I’m happy to see No. 3 as a native of Burton upon Trent. Very good to see former brewery locos running.

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

Looks so good!

@lmm Год назад

Lovely engine

@trainspotter66 Год назад

Agree with the coaches 😁

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

They are rather lovely - we made a video series on the midland saloon restoration

@lmm Год назад

They're stunning

@GreatCenteralGlory 9 месяцев назад

Seeing stuff like this really makes me want to volunteer somewhere

@lmm 9 месяцев назад

I highly recommend doing just that!

@andrewnoble70 Год назад

looked like it was a nice rainy day for ducks

@billymcmedic4221 Год назад

Lovely to see Horden going out and about rather than being restricted to tanfield, hopefully not bringing the line side fires she continues to inflict on tanfield railway.

@lmm Год назад

It was so wet there was no chance!

@billymcmedic4221 Год назад

@@lmm thank lord for that aha

@alfiestrains7190 Год назад

nice, i was the cleaner on horden on the saturday i saw you talking to dave when i walked down.

@paulhorn2665 Год назад

Nice video with nice lokomotives!

@lmm Год назад

Thank you!

@londospark7813 Год назад

Was a great event and lovely to meet you again. Shame we had so much liquid sunshine.

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

Thanks for coming!

@lmm Год назад

Great to meet you too - hope you enjoyed your day!

@danielsellers8707 Год назад

I went to the Sealed Knot Battle of Nantwich re-enactment last January; the train I got from Derby - Crewe & return was the route of the old North Staffordshire Railway, nicknamed the "Knotty". Very fitting🙂

@trainswithnickyt Год назад

That was a fantastic event, even with the changable weather.

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

It was!

@trainswithnickyt Год назад

@@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Thank you for making the day so enjoyable, plenty to do and lots to see. I'm more of a diesel guy, but I still had no complaints, other than needing to go home of course

@lmm Год назад

Was good to see you again

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

We had fun ❤

@thereal_havanthawk Год назад

Finally it's back! Keep it up lawrie!

@lmm Год назад

Doing my best!

@sarahhall738 Год назад

Well at the Middy we get either wet and cold or blistering hot. I think it's something to do with steam engines ☺️

@c5173 Год назад

some great footage there

@lmm Год назад

Thank you!

@bruceknights8330 Год назад

Gaffer Jones. Made my day

@adelestevens Год назад

On the toss of a coin, it was either Corris or Foxfield that weekend. Corris it was. I knew I could count on great footage from yourself , and it is , and as I've visited Foxfield quite a few times I felt I wasn't really missing out. But... Watching the video...I might have missed a chance of glimpsing..."the Laurie"!☹️

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

Aaaaaaaah Corris… next time 😊

@lmm Год назад

I was even on the official adverts I'd be here 😂 Hope to catch you at another event some time!

@user-wu9dv2lv9h Год назад

Great to have you around for the weekend.

@lmm Год назад

Was great to be there

@Nincompoop709 Год назад

I cant help but notice Hawarden doing the infamous 0-4-0 dance.

@lmm Год назад

It is a very short wheelbase

@Nincompoop709 Год назад

@@lmm Indeed it is, its always funny to see the locomotives jiggling from side to side as they work really hard.

@bentullett6068 Год назад

Going to have to visit this railway. Staffordshire seems to be a great place to see industrial railways as you have the Foxfield and the Chasewater railway both running industrial steam and diesel.

@terrier_productions Год назад

You also have the Churnet Valley.. they have 2 S160s and a Polish tank in service with another S160 being restored.. They aren’t industrials but they are unique!

@bentullett6068 Год назад

@therailtourer ah yes that is another I want to visit especially when the new line is built as they have a walkway passing through the same tunnel the trains will be running through.

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

Please do! We think you’ll have a great time 😊

@lmm Год назад

Well worth a visit!

@danielsellers8707 Год назад

The green Bagnall 0-4-0ST looks like Percy; the Kerr Stuart looks like a standard gauge Edward Thomas / Peter Sam...

@Madonsteamrailways Год назад

Well you have a great time on the Foxfield Railway!! You certainly have great fun!!

@lmm Год назад

I did!

@No3Snow Год назад

Charles i was the OR guy that met you and commented about the hoody, I thought you looked familar when i had seen you.

@lmm Год назад

Charles is getting famous

@randomtrainfan6501 Год назад

Fantastic as always. Thanks Lawrie!

@lmm Год назад

You're welcome!

@arthurmatthews9321 Год назад

Some of those little bagnalls can pull ten times the weight they are pulling in this video. They are superb little work horses. Many of them spent their working lives moving heavy loads in and out of docks , mines and quarries

@lmm Год назад

Oh yeah, that's basically no more effort than being light engine.

@robinforrest7680 Год назад

It was worth it Lawrie 😂! Even if you did get wet.

@lmm Год назад

Thank you!

@eze8970 Год назад

TY Lawrie 🙏🙏

@lmm Год назад

You're welcome

@erikkola8078 Год назад

Great work, one time chasing Milwaukee Road #261 The morning started in sun, noon rain, and ended the trip in quarter-size snowflakes

@lmm Год назад

The UK is well know for weather like this 😂

@maxtivey32 Год назад

Maybe it's just me - but I love steam in the rain.

@lmm Год назад

Me too, but more when I can stay dry 😂

@darknut9696 Год назад

never thought there was standard gauge Peter Sam /Sir Handel

@davegillman6296 Год назад

Lovely if a tad moist

@pauldore3944 Год назад

it was the first weekend back in traffic for the brakevan, at this event after a long and costly restoration.

@lmm Год назад

I meant to mention that

@Meddled Год назад

11:07 I thought that was a dog jumping up in the cab!

@jamievlogs_steam.adventures Год назад

Im a volunteer at tanfield railway and horden as safely arrived home but with a blown blast pipe joint

@Madonsteamrailways Год назад

Lucky Ben!! I’m glad you got yourself dry!! Great video of a good engine driver with a video maker doing the film!!

@lmm Год назад

Thank you very much!

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

We can confirm Ben got wet at one point; just not as wet 😂

@heaptoncollierymodelrailwa6011 Год назад

Phaww that guy in the orange hoodie, green doc martins & long hair is a fitty. Bet he makes class content

@heaptoncollierymodelrailwa6011 Год назад

In all seriousness it was a mega event and was great to see so many people!

@kingorry7223 Год назад

Lovely video Lawrie, was great to talk to you again. Certainly was a challenge, avoiding the rain, I'm surprised I got so many clips for my video given how often I ran for cover😂 Kerr Stuart was definitely my favourite, and I'll say getting soaked in the rain to get those shots at the end was worth it 😆

@lmm Год назад

It's a lovely little engine!

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

Thanks for coming! The Kerr Stuart us fab 😊

@SteamboatWilley Год назад

On closer inspection, the windows of the "Wagons Lits" coach are painted on. Is that just a GUV painted to look like a passenger coach? On another topic, the round section connecting rods of the wee blue Kerr Stuart look rather dainty compared to the chunky rectangular section connecting rods of the other engines.

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial 9 месяцев назад

I believe you’re on about the former bass belle? Yes they’re currently painted on as an interim solution. One day we may be able to outfit her for hosting meals or such.

@jacobstrains-vr6uw Год назад

Lawrie i saw your bit on the secrets of the London Underground

@lmm Год назад

Was I good?

@jacobstrains-vr6uw Год назад

You did a job that not even someone who reported the news for 20 years would be able to do ( I struggle phrasing things so I hope that makes sense )

@MachRacer4 Год назад

The Kerr Stuart built engine looks like a Standard Gauge 0-4-0 version of a Tattoo Class.

@lmm Год назад

Pretty much is

@CWH_Gbrf Год назад

3:50 I’ve cleaned out the Pits at the Bluebell Railway. But it was a lot harder as we had the Barrow on the out side of pit so I had to swing the shovel up and out. And the ash was from a BR Standard Class 5 so they was a lot more that the ash from an industrial tank engine 😂.

@lmm Год назад

Much easier taking the barrow into the pit

@ewanrollo5562 28 дней назад

Are there any front cab/footplate steam engines out there? You could call it a backwards steam engine. Im just wondering if there's a reason for having the boiler out in front where its blocking the drivers view. They work in both directions. So why not design one where the driver gets a better view of the track ahead if the engine doesn't need a tender that is

@tomlee9534 Год назад

That Kerr Stuart looks like a Standard Gauge Tattoo.

@lmm Год назад

You can see the family resemblance!

@user-tn2xf7zq3k Год назад

Hello

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

Hallo

@lmm Год назад

@evan_kumar 10 месяцев назад

5:35 real Petersam

@lmm 10 месяцев назад

Same builder, significantly bigger

@unionofsouthafricasuperfan6333 Год назад

Foxfeild only took Horden from us at tanfeild because we took marston for our gala

@lmm Год назад

It's normally how these things work

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

It was a mutually beneficial swap! Railways helping each other 😊

@unionofsouthafricasuperfan6333 Год назад

Then Horden failed for what feels like the 20th time

@lmm Год назад

@@unionofsouthafricasuperfan6333 not when I was there

@unionofsouthafricasuperfan6333 Год назад

I tell u Horden has been nothing but bad luck since we restored her at tanfeild she brings bad weather, and she fails a lot

@rhodrage Год назад

My only gripe with your amazing video is your pronunciation of "Caverswall Road". I can hear the whole village weeping.

@lmm Год назад

I got it right sometimes

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

@@lmm😜

@grahamrumbelow5778 Год назад

No worse than Hawarden - said ‘harden’. 🤪🤪

@Taggart00 Год назад

You need some LMM branded umbrellas.

@lmm Год назад

We really do

@trainswithnickyt Год назад

They do have branded towels for drying off and come in a range of colours!

@Zebrails Год назад

Coal bunkers... Lawrie, I'd like an opinion about what is easier to shovel. On a tank locomotive, coal is easier to shovel when it's next to the boiler or behind the cab? John British Columbia, Canada p.s. 26:16 To me, any time in the locomotive or brake van would be considered First Class.

@lmm Год назад

Depends entirely on what the engine is. A bigger tank engine where you can swing, and you have a bigger box you need to launch it into, behind is better. For this engines that it's just placing coal, there often isn't room to swing the shovel round if it was behind you!

@theaccountofmine.8779 Год назад

Have you ever considered doing a video on any Irish locos? Something like Bord Ná Mona no.2 at the Stradbally Woodland railway, or Nancy at the Cavan & Leitrim, I think they would be more than willing to accommodate you.

@lmm Год назад

September!

@theaccountofmine.8779 Год назад

Lovely, also if you get a chance, make sure to see some of the mainline steam locos if you can. There’s no scheduled trains yet but keep an eye out, as having seen ‘Merlin’ myself, she’s not one to be missed!

@trainswithnickyt Год назад

Bord na Mona, they had a whole bunch of narrow gauge Rustons didn't they?

@theaccountofmine.8779 Год назад

They do, they have a bunch of hunslets as well

@SeaKing61 Год назад

I'll eat my hat the day Charles says no to Lawrie!

@lmm Год назад

He must not learn insubordination!

@eliotreader8220 Год назад

did the two gentlemen work on the steam engines

@lmm Год назад

They didn't build Hawarden itself. But in the factory in which it was built. They're the last alive who did.

@jameshardy4354 Год назад

Is there any plans to overhaul the north staffs tank

@bentullett6068 Год назад

Judging by the progress the Swanage railway has made with their T3 from the NRM disposal gift, I wouldn't be surprised that the Foxfield might get the North Staffs loco running again.

@lmm Год назад

No plans.

@jameshardy4354 Год назад

@@bentullett6068 the T3 looks gorgeous

@terrier_productions Год назад

She would need a complete, very expensive overhaul to put her in museum condition let alone fully working.. Mallard will be running by the time NSR N° 2 will be considered for overhaul

@bentullett6068 Год назад

@therailtourer when I visited the Great Gathering someone asked one of the museum staff if Mallard will run again and the person said probably not as it isn't in great condition even though it looks stunning. After its record run it started having many mechanical faults occur which were never repaired properly since then and during the war it got even less attention as it was only maintained to keep it running. Then in the BR era its work started getting reduced when the Deltic diesel was brought out and replaced Mallard and her other A class express services. The North Staffs tank has a better chance at being revived back to life as its a smaller locomotive and in the current future of heritage railways, smaller steam locomotives are more economical to run over the larger express locomotives.

@user-ee7tv9zt4i 9 месяцев назад

Where the trains going to the colliery bit? Or is dillhorne the end of the line. Ive seen vids before of a bank trains go up

@lmm 9 месяцев назад

Hopefully next year! Lots of work going in to her trains back to the bank

@user-ee7tv9zt4i 9 месяцев назад

@@lmm i only noticed as this video the trains didnt go there. Are they relaying bettet track to the site to carry passengers? Just guessing. Ive seen older videos of the bank in 2010s

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial 9 месяцев назад

@@user-ee7tv9zt4ifreight trains are planned for a 2024 gala. Passenger trains would require new point work and infrastructure, one day!

@weloveteddy Год назад

Foxfiled has got a abandoned Ruston

@lmm Год назад

There are several things awaiting their turn in the overhaul que.

@Arkay315 Год назад

Wet RAILWAY

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

And also sometimes dry 😅

@lmm Год назад

Very

@europe0017 Год назад

Horden is a loco i might be cleaning tomorrow

@lmm Год назад

Oh excellent! Good luck

@europe0017 Год назад

@@lmm Found out it went Tech at foxfield people were repairing it.

@nicholaspeberdy8537 Год назад

Seems like the weather can't make up it's mind.

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

It was very indecisive!

@bentullett6068 Год назад

It's traditional British summer weather sometimes sunny but sometimes wet and miserable.

@lmm Год назад

It really didn't!

@white_out Год назад

I didn’t understand why people trainspotted so my friend directed me to you please help me to understand!

@lmm Год назад

It's just what some people enjoy, I don't understand why people would watch football. Something about the power and grace of a train is pretty impressive

@white_out Год назад

@@lmm thanks that has cleared things up!

@lmm Год назад

@@white_out For the older stuff there's a certain amount of love for these impossible survivors too, obsolete machines which really shouldn't have escaped scrapping!

@white_out Год назад

@@lmm that makes sense

@Drockthe3rd Год назад

What's up with the carriage in a faux CIWL livery?

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

Which one?

@Drockthe3rd Год назад

@@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial The one at 5:48

@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial Год назад

@@Drockthe3rd ah thought so - it’s a temporary cover while it awaits it’s final design. Currently it’s used for North Pole Express logistics.

@71midnight Год назад

mmmmhhhh thar is a joke to be made with the title of the vid but im not going to stoop to make it becuse that'd be wild to think about not even a bit windy of an idea all though it is a bit moist i guess you can say it'd be wet the idea of being a little knotty is tempting though too bad id never do something like that though.