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Somerset Narrow Gauge - 7 1/4
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Добавлен 25 окт 2021
Private 7 1/4 Narrow Gauge Live Steam Railway in rural Somerset, United Kingdom.
Clunky gets a spannering & Fretwork Rail out on track maintenance - 7 1/4 Narrow Gauge Railway
We start the video joining Fretwork Rail completing some summer track maintenance. The hot sun causes the track to expand and this movement in the rail can cause the sleepers in some locations to twist on the rail. We have fitted expansion joints around the line so hopefully this is a problem of the past.
Clunky also has a dramatic failure which leads to a strip down in the workshop.
Clunky also has a dramatic failure which leads to a strip down in the workshop.
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A New Guards Carriage - 7 1/4 Gauge Live Steam Railway
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.Месяц назад
It's been a while since our last upload, here we present our newly finish Guards compartment carriage. Built steadily off and on over the last two years and finally completed in spring. We also share some footage of some temporary track being built and laid for removal of some hardcore. This is to make way for a new concrete floor for a workshop, the track will eventually be repurposed for a tr...
Heavy Goods Trains - 7 1/4 Narrow Gauge
Просмотров 8 тыс.Год назад
Greetings and welcome to another Stogursey Light Railway youtube video. This time there's been a delivery of two heavy items that need moving around the railway. A steam lorry & another green saddle tank, we don't know where they keep coming from! Our friends return for an afternoon run of the express passenger trains with Edward Watkin and our home locomotive Talyllyn is up to her usual duties...
Winter Update: Pt 1, A New Carriage in the Works. 7 1/4 Narrow Gauge
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.Год назад
Welcome and a happy new year! The winter season is well upon us, trains are running less frequently but the railway is busy behind the scenes so we thought we'd share a short video on projects that are in the pipeline. As you may have seen, we have some beautiful rolling stock here on the line. We have three scale Talyllyn carriages in operation and this video shows the progress on a fourth cur...
Fretwork Rail install a Head Shunt - 7 1/4 Narrow Gauge
Просмотров 9 тыс.Год назад
Welcome! On this latest video we join our track maintenance team 'Fretwork Rail'. The guitar enthusiasts who like to keep our permanent way in tip top condition. Today we join them as they make the finishing touches to the new head shunt that has been built in the station "A headshunt is a short length of track provided to release locomotives at terminal platforms, or to allow shunting to take ...
The Return of the Romulus - 7 1/4 Narrow Gauge
Просмотров 6 тыс.Год назад
In this latest video we see the return of a locomotive which previously features in one of our earliest videos, Engines in the Night. The 0-4-0 Romulus is on a some what long term loan whilst its own railway is under construction. Back from being in a workshop in Staffordshire for six to nine months, it's difficult to recognise the engine after having extensive work carried out. The side tanks ...
Edward Watkin pays a visit! - 7 1/4 Narrow Gauge
Просмотров 22 тыс.Год назад
Stogursey Light Railway, a 7 1/4 narrow gauge live steam railway in rural Somerset. Today we have a special guest to the line, another Station Road Steam built locomotive, 0-6-0 Edward Watkin. Although a previous visitor to Stogursey Light Railway, long before we had our own youtube channel, since then many things have changed. It was lovely to have both home loco Talyllyn & Edward Watkin in st...
A Sunny Day in August - 7 1/4 Narrow Gauge
Просмотров 2,4 тыс.Год назад
Stogursey Light Railway, a 7 1/4 narrow gauge live steam railway in rural Somerset. Featuring a fresh out of the coach works, first class compartment coach. Take a ride inside and experience first class! Have a drivers eye footplate ride around the line on home loco 0-4-0 Stafford, 'Talyllyn'. Listen to the birds in the peaceful countryside station. Watch the efforts of 'Fretwork Rail' the guit...
The Old Lime Tree - 7 1/4 Narrow Gauge
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.2 года назад
Removal of an old Lime tree that had been looking a little sorry for itself for the past few years. With the tree being lineside of SLR, this came under the department of ‘Fretwork Rail’ for removal. ‘Fretwork Rail’ - The guitar enthused track maintenance gang we have here keeping our trains running day in day out, uniform usually consisting of a heavy rock band as apposed to the standard orang...
Engines in the Night - 7 1/4 Narrow Gauge Live Steam
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.2 года назад
The first official video from Stogursey Light Railway, a 7 1/4 narrow gauge live steam railway in Somerset, United Kingdom. Featuring home loco 0-4-0 Stafford ‘Talyllyn’ & guest loco 0-4-0 Romulus ‘Angkor Wat’.
Great video. Like me.
So what was the fundamental problem with Clunky which caused the wheels to lock up?
When Clunky first joined the line it was noted the motion around the connecting rods wasn’t quite right, we fitted a new bearing that was actually missing, this did improve the running somewhat, however at a particular rotating point the wheels were tight after fitting the bearing. We hoped it would bed itself in. Unfortunately it didn’t really ‘bed in’ and this then led to the pressure being put on the wheels connecting to the axels, only being kept in position by grub screws, one had worked loose and eventually must have fell out and caught the connecting rod whilst in operation leading to all the wheels locking up and not rotating in turn. After a strip down on the work bench we found the horn guides supporting the centre wheel set weren’t quite in the right position. It’s an old, simple freelance loco, with some careful filing we managed to correct the horn guides and this allowed the correct spacing for the wheels and connecting rods to rotate freely, no more tight spots, fingers crossed this is an issue of the past. Thankfully it’s a very simple loco and nothing were too precious about when it comes to putting right. We like our engines and rolling stock to have the character of a used railway rather than museum piece, but of course prefer them to run correctly! Thanks for watching and commenting on the video, hope you enjoy our future uploads!
Awesome ... Time for me to up-scale from G gauge I think !!
Brilliant!!!
See you guys soon!
looking forward to it 🙂
Footplate video around whole track please! Your videos are so relaxing, love watching with my 1 yr old daughter! Hope to buy a kit version of the Station Road Steam Stafford one of these days. Greetings from Maine USA!
Thanks for your kind comments and glad you enjoy the videos great to hear from the USA
footplate ride around whole line please!
Wonderful video. Would also like a drivers eye view please :)
Fantastic working, a view from the flootplate for the whole line would be great!
Yes a drivers eye view of the full line, please 🙏
Fantastic! Would love a drivers eye view of the line!
After all that effort to level and tamp the track, there is still quite a bump where the headshunt joins the turnout. PS I also have a 7 1/4” Planet battery loco, in green, on my Springdale Miniature Railway near the town of Denmark in Western Australia.
So nice to hear from Australia Our Planet loco is the stalwart of our loco fleet being so easy to use and comes out for all sorts of duties on a regular basis with regard to the hump The start of the 1in30 incline is at the toe of the head shunt switch For obvious reasons the head shunt was laid to level this change is on a rail joint which makes it easy to achieve hence the hump hope this explains Many thanks for your comments Michael M-D of Fretwork Rail
The steam lorry looks interesting
Great set up.I live near Glastonbury.
Very nice job , God bless you all !!!
Is Talyllyn a Bagnall style?
It's a Stafford
love saddle tanks.. and love the commentary. you little joker .. hope to see you again.. many thanks .. tone
hi was just wondering what the tracks were made out of?
Hello there, ever thought about having a game of your railway? I can make one for you if you’d like I have some experience in game development
Would love to see the railway on MTS
How tall is a person in this scale? The engines and rolling stock are wonderful!
Interesting question! The answer is 21 inches if we’re going on average height.
@@somersetnarrowgauge714 I was curious, as I've never seen any people in these scale. I would have to have passengers in the coaches, or a brakeman
love these videos! well worth the wait. what do you use to build your rails? Since i am thinking of building a 7 1/4 gauge railway.
I only live 5 miles from this. Never knew it existed.
The narration sound s to be a cross between Trumpton, Camberwick Green and a bit of Ivor the engine thrown in for good measure . Two thumbs up for from me😀😀
Thanks Mike! Really appreciate your comments. The narration has brought a comical side to our little trains, all quite spontaneous and nothing too serious! We just need to come up with new stories for future videos!
What a lovely film beautifully enhanced with the Betjemanesque commentary. Is the line ever open to the public?
Thank you for your kind comments! We are a private railway, but we like to share our goings on via our RUclips channel.
Loving your commentary and loving your railway. All the best chaps
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
You are truly artisans. The narration reminds me of the Shining Time Station PBS shows. Interesting content and these videos are relaxing. Thank you for these wonderful presentations. I'm a retired railroad conductor and have always been interested in British railway operations, especially the heritage and the narrow gauge lines. My best to all and God bless.
to spojrzenie pieska super :)
This is a remarkable video of a wonderful little railway. I just had to subscribe. One does not see this much in the USA. Best of luck, God bless!
Thank you very much! We’ll hopefully have some more content up soon! All the best, SLR.
I am the builder of AW (blue engine) I would like to contact you but I cant find any contact details, email, phone or street address?
Hello again Harold, you can contact us at stogurseylightrailway@gmail.com
I am the builder of Ankor Wat which was built in Cambodia along with its sister engine Ankor Tom, owned and regularly run by a member of Newcastle SME. i feel a little sad that you felt you had to make so many changes. The original local had an interesting history and character. The owner of AT reports much interest in AT's name and background. Upon completion I disassociated them from Romulus which generally thought of as rather crude. Did you know, for example that the valve gear was designed by the late Don Ashton. I designed AW as a working engine with ease of maintenance in mind, look at the design of drain cocks for example. The stainless firegrate. Just about all the pipework can be removed without a major stripdown. You now have another green saddle tank!
Hello Harold and thank you for contacting us. We should start by explaining that we do not own the loco, it is a long term guest loco on our line whilst the owners are building their own railway. It’s very interesting to hear the history of this loco. Amazing that they were both built in Cambodia and assumably shipped over to the UK at some point? We shall certainly pass this information over to the owners. Thanks again, SLR.
How do I contact them, Email, address etc?
I love those carriages. Beautifully built with a lovely eye for detail
Thank you, we’re looking forward to having a new carriage on the line soon.
Hello Sirs I have thoroughly enjoyed the videos. I’m loving the build video. I live in America. These models are near non existent here. I have watched several videos multiple times trying to see how your axles and wheels are connected. Is there a possibility of sending some pictures or making a detailed video of how you make and attach these. Many thanks for the fascinating and enjoyable content. The time you spend is truly appreciated.
Hello! Thank you so much for the kind words, very much appreciated! If you wanted to contact us at stogurseylightrailway@gmail.com we can share some photos with you of the underside of the carriages 👍 all the best!
Superb, many thanks
Excellent work, thank you
Wonderful work! How many passengers will it take? Will it be the same colour as the other compartment coach?
Looks very nice :)
Super good video, thumbs up :)
❤️👍
What a wonderful railway…congratulations! If the locos aren’t the star of the show (and they must be really!) the rolling must surely be rather special too! The miniature historic carriages are a delight…I think they’ll look great when they’re illuminated inside! The freight rolling stock is interesting to see…very few 7.25in railways have a good selection of freight stock. I have subscribed and look forward to seeing more of your great little railway. If you’re prepared to share more details (length of track, history, etc.,) I really would enjoy reading it. I live in Bournemouth but have got a really good friend who farms ‘on the levels’ in Long Sutton. Now he’s retired perhaps I can persuade him to take on the huge task of building a railway too! But what a commitment eh? I can sit here and dream….more of the same please. Rob in Bournemouth.
Hi Rob Firstly many thanks for your kind comments! The railway was first started 5 years ago, it's still on going with plans for further extension. It was built in stages by myself, now retired and my two son's, so a family project. Ironically the biggest boost for the line came along with the covid lockdown as my youngest son was furloughed for three months so we set about building the timber viaduct. Everything has been built on a budget, track points etc all being built by us. When the viaduct was completed I carried on with help from the boys at weekends to reach the station with it's passing loop and then the triangular junction to complete the circuit. A particular interest of mine is historical coaches having a few years ago completely restored a full size one for the Statfold Barn Railway. I decided it would be nice to build some to scale for the railway, the first two based on Glyn Valley coaches currently running on the Talyllyn railway. The third coach is also based on Talyllyn stock but painted in our purple lake livery, there is also a forth coach currently under construction in our workshop. We also have plans to build more goods stock as well. Youngest son James is responsible for the video's, he narrates them, we like to keep things on the humorous side and there will be more to come. Many thanks for supporting the channel hopefully this has been of help. Regards, Michael Collins
Is it a motorcycle engine used to pull the wagons?
We’re not too sure what powers Clunky in all honesty, with the clutch and throttle operated by some bits off a motorbike it’s possible the engine is off something along those lines. The forward and reverse gearbox we think might be off a small marine boat.
I love those carriages, I am aiming a little larger on 7 1/4" being sit inside
looks a lovely track
superb, thank you for sharing
Enjoyed the whimsical narration, very Oliver Postgate.
What a great little railway, and a wonderful video
Brilliant effort from your artisans. I do hope some of the forbidden fruits go onto become the great Somerset transformational elixir of ye Gods?
is edward watkin a kerr stuart haig class engine? (looks a lot like one)
Hello KaicoGG, Edward Watkin is actually a Station Road Steam General Gordon class loco with a few additional extras, the paint code matches our own Stafford class loco again built by Station Road Steam. The owners of Edward Watkin were trying to create a likeliness of Talyllyn’s Tom Rolt. Tom Rolt is a unique creation to the Talyllyn Railway using parts from an Andrew Barclay locomotive built in 1949.
Very nice. Looks like you have groovy track.