Is the smallest working railway in the world? - 5 inch gauge in the garden. LGLL Ep.2

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  • @DebenValleyLightRail
    @DebenValleyLightRail 2 года назад +185

    Thanks for stepping in as Madge's driver for the day Lawrie. It was interesting to watch her working from the line side for once! Thanks also to your viewers for their lovely comments. What a nice community!

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +16

      Thanks for having us buddy! It was a fantastic day out!

    • @Sohave
      @Sohave 2 года назад +3

      Getting poor Lawrie to do ya garden work ;-D Nice little agricultural tramway operation you got there.

    • @studiocommer
      @studiocommer 2 года назад +2

      Lovely to see you in fine fettle Zach, hope you are keeping well. Sending our very best from Llechfan Garden, happy steamings, Kes & Steve xx

    • @bocaks
      @bocaks Год назад +1

      thanks for showing us your yard! cool little engine. cant help but think it looks like the ww2 2-6-2 tank engines but not quite. sure is neat.

  • @PlainlyDifficult
    @PlainlyDifficult 2 года назад +59

    I want one, though I doubt the misses will let me !

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +12

      So do I!

    • @TheFjmtb
      @TheFjmtb 2 года назад +4

      You need to approach it with the HS2 slant, increase garden freight capacity on the network, particularly important during the autumn clearance months (well it is in my garden!)

    • @steamandsmoke97
      @steamandsmoke97 2 года назад

      @Plainly Difficult make a scale Model BWR and mount it to a Locomotive Chassis. Live Steam Garden Railroading meets the Radioactive Boyscout 🤣!

    • @steamandsmoke97
      @steamandsmoke97 2 года назад

      @@lmm If you're ever back in the States and want to visit Upstate NY, I've got an even bigger Engine you can run. Check it out on my channel 😁.

    • @Produkt_R
      @Produkt_R 2 года назад

      Nice railway innit?

  • @britrailtog7085
    @britrailtog7085 2 года назад +66

    “Do you need a PHD in combustion...” Never change Zack, never change.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +18

      Was a rather good line.
      One might say, quite the burn.

  • @bentonbuilds3525
    @bentonbuilds3525 2 года назад +54

    This is so cool and entertaining, I can imagine Lawrie and Zach in a series about railways in a factual yet funny style similar to Clarkson's Farm. Great video :D

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +6

      I'm sure Zach would be happy to return!

  • @TheHatMusic
    @TheHatMusic 2 года назад +62

    This is by far one of the most entertaining things I've ever seen!!! Zach, you are now elevated to legend status!!!!

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      He's a super lad!

  • @ProlificInvention
    @ProlificInvention 2 года назад +38

    My great uncle had 2 1/2 miles of 12 inch Guage railway with a live steam and also electric ride on locomotives. It all lead into a barn with a giant motorized circular platform for storing the ride on rail cars and engines. There was also a wooden trussed bridge 30ft high over a large pond. It was epic, he was a rich tool and die shop owner and accomplished inventor.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +7

      Oh that's awesome! 12 inch is quite unusual in the UK, but seems quite common stateside

    • @sawyerawr5783
      @sawyerawr5783 2 года назад +4

      @@lmm I think its because you could find rulers and gauges for it, honestly.

    • @matthewadam9577
      @matthewadam9577 2 года назад +3

      Is there any photos of this 12 inch railway? At 2 1/2 miles it would be longer then the Ruislip lido railway!

    • @ProlificInvention
      @ProlificInvention 2 года назад +2

      @@matthewadam9577 I'll see what I can find, he passed away about 20 years ago and I think the home sold like 10 years ago. I remember my grandma saying they sold the rails and trains at some point.

  • @markr2616
    @markr2616 2 года назад +32

    I have always liked the idea of using a model train for practical purposes, such as gardening or carrying small loads. Great to see it in reality.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +5

      I'm really impressed with the setup

    • @bentullett6068
      @bentullett6068 2 года назад +3

      Its beats pushing a wheelbarrow around the garden

    • @michaelgreen1515
      @michaelgreen1515 2 года назад

      It is fantastic well done Lord Zach!

    • @pageharris8630
      @pageharris8630 2 года назад +4

      At the theme park I work at we have a 112 year old narrow Guage Steam loco and we use it regularly as a goods train in the park on off days

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      @@pageharris8630 oh where is that?

  • @alegorailwaymodeller3115
    @alegorailwaymodeller3115 2 года назад +33

    Another name for the railway could be "the Washing line"!

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +4

      That's a brilliant idea

  • @SirGingerOfKnight
    @SirGingerOfKnight 2 года назад +24

    I feel like it is worth congratulating you, on doing a video on this absolute masterpiece, before Tom Scott!

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      Thank you very much!

  • @tinplategeek1058
    @tinplategeek1058 2 года назад +18

    Brilliant tramway and Lawrie's giggling was a treat as it showed you can have a lot of fun with steam. No need to be so serious and reverential.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      Thank you, and exactly!

  • @bow-tiedengineer4453
    @bow-tiedengineer4453 2 года назад +7

    Very rarely do I discover someone who I truly envy, and Zach is now one of those people. I hope that I too can one day have a steam operated garden.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      I am very jealous of it too!

  • @Naro_Rivers
    @Naro_Rivers 2 года назад +7

    I’ve wanted to do something like this for a long time, especially in the past almost two years after my then-boyfriend, now-fiancé moved into our own house. I’m really glad that there’s precedent for this, especially since we have five acres of (admittedly somewhat hilly) land; I’m sure we could do something interesting despite the grades.

    • @marcusrauch4223
      @marcusrauch4223 2 года назад +2

      The grades only make it more interesting.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +2

      Oh that sounds like a good size for a railway!

  • @2H80vids
    @2H80vids 2 года назад +7

    I would swap round your description: very silly, but quite wonderful !! I love it.😁👌
    It may not be the most efficient way of moving stuff around the garden but it would make you more likely to do the jobs in the first place. These bricks could have lain there for the next five years but, by using them as gainful employment for Madge, the job got done. Even weeding could be fun. Genius !!

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      It's a brilliant little set up!

  • @AquesousSolution
    @AquesousSolution 2 года назад +8

    Most interesting Lawrie, I saw a wonderful antique internal combustion lawnmower that you could have moved and called it heavy freight..... Thanks for the video, I have seen you trilled and honored in other videos, but here it looked like you were having great fun. Thanks for using correct directorial signalling protocol.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +2

      This was an exceptionally fun day!

    • @friendlypiranha774
      @friendlypiranha774 2 года назад +1

      I'm jealous of that mower. My father had one about 50 years ago.

  • @samgineer9857
    @samgineer9857 2 года назад +7

    Being familiar with and having spent my life running on 7.5" gauge, I'm glad to see something done in 5" that, while completely redundant and less efficient, still proves that even our smaller engines can be really useful for something other than pure entertrainment. :)

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +3

      It was fun to actually do something with the smaller gauges!

  • @PaddingtonbearNZ
    @PaddingtonbearNZ 2 года назад +7

    This would have to be one of the best 1/2 hour of youtube time i have ever spent. Absolutely brilliant. Informal presentation yet in keeping with the setting .

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      Thank you very much! High praise indeed!

  • @HM...333
    @HM...333 2 года назад +10

    This was very enjoyable Lawrie, I am truly inspired by that railway! Keep up the good work my friend

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Glad you enjoyed it - it was great fun. Makes me want to make something similar

  • @18robsmith
    @18robsmith 2 года назад +9

    Zach - an eccentric Gent if ever there was one 🙂

  • @canalboating
    @canalboating 2 года назад +5

    Excellent glad to see 'the estate' being tended and that zach has employed some staff to help him manage it

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      It's a rather good setup isn't it!

  • @pbyfr
    @pbyfr 2 года назад +6

    A lot of fun in a small place.
    It made me remember another working railway, which is on the other side of the scale: "The World's Largest Backyard Railroad?" on Toy Man Television channel.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +3

      Oh that sounds fun

  • @nickclark2278
    @nickclark2278 2 года назад +7

    That’s the brilliant.
    The interchangeable bodies are a great idea

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      Zach has done a wonderful job with them, they are very impressive

  • @abrr2000
    @abrr2000 2 года назад +2

    there is a railway near me, called the swanley new barn railway. it's a 7&1/4 inch gauge that has been plying it's trade for as long as I've been alive, carrying kids and families from the car park to the kids play area and lake. It's been a club and a commercial enterprise to varying degree's throught it's life. would that not count as "doing something useful"?

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +2

      Oh certainly - but quite a bit bigger!

    • @Fnich05
      @Fnich05 2 года назад

      Very useful. Friendly and amazing to volunteer at.

  • @roundhousetrainspotting
    @roundhousetrainspotting 2 года назад +9

    I've watched the RHT grow for years. It's perfect.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +2

      Isn't it just. He's a clever chap.

  • @astridvallati4762
    @astridvallati4762 2 года назад +1

    I have the Land area ( 2,5 acres/1 hectare), only that very little is level...mostly 1 in 10 slope.
    I suppose a ZigZag layout ( Chilean Andes style) in 7-1/4 ", NG ( 2"to 1ft, for 3'6" Gauge prototype ) ( easily rideable locos and carriages/ wagons.)
    But I am now a not-too-well 72, and will have to dream about it...Shay Geared Locos would've been ideal, ....but too much for my limited building ( metal working) knowledge....
    As the German folk song goes,
    Gedanken sind Frei, Thoughts are Free.
    Doc AV

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      I love the idea of a little Shay working it's way up a hard gradient!

  • @gregorylord9575
    @gregorylord9575 2 года назад +2

    I see the little silhouetto of the Tank Engine. Engine Madge engine Madge will you do the Fandango

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      Quite unlikely 😂

  • @michael32A
    @michael32A 2 года назад +2

    00:50 - Surely instead of "If there's a Will, there's a way" we can say "If there's a Zach, there's a knack", Lawrie? Very much a gentleman, we did meet a couple of times volunteering at the BVR about 7years ago.

    • @DebenValleyLightRail
      @DebenValleyLightRail 2 года назад

      It'd be great to catch up again. I think we met in the summer of 2013, if I recall we steamed no. 8 up to test some of the fittings for leaks and hoped all day that the other locos would fail so we could go and rescue them.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +2

      Oh that's a fantastic saying. I like that alot!

  • @charles5399
    @charles5399 2 года назад +2

    I would get 0 work done with a railway like this at home... So is suppose thats the best reason to make one!

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Ditto - well, can't do anything till the engine is in steam!

  • @ph4ntomtr4in
    @ph4ntomtr4in 5 месяцев назад +1

    I just love the fact that someone had the initiative to build a small railway in his garden to help him with gardening duties. It's fantastic. 😁

    • @lmm
      @lmm  5 месяцев назад +2

      It's great isn't it

  • @Rockport1911
    @Rockport1911 2 года назад +1

    " We are going to cheat today..." BUT we are not gonna use a lighter, you stick with old matches :)

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      What could go wrong?

  • @kentishman5179
    @kentishman5179 2 года назад +1

    I am building a 5" gauge meter maid. I thought the only way to run her would be at a club. My better half will never forgive you.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +2

      For such an amazing idea? Surely not 😂

  • @humbucker0076
    @humbucker0076 2 года назад +2

    This line is so extreme and big with tight turns, heavy inclimbs and heavy loads I'm surprised you were able to run it without a mallet loco.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      😂 😂 😂

  • @cme2cau
    @cme2cau 2 года назад +1

    I don't think the eccentrics inside the frame are the only ones! That little steam engine in Madge sounds terrific! Much as I hate to introduce a note of practicality into such magnificent silliness, if you bring the washing in with a steam engine, isn't there a danger of soot on the clean clothes?

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      Quite the gamble!

  • @studiocommer
    @studiocommer 2 года назад +2

    Fantastic, and having far too much fun - which is always the case with Zach around! all our Tywyn sent best, Kes & Steve x

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      He's a good lad isn't he.
      Look forward to heading your way again!

  • @twkolejofil
    @twkolejofil 2 года назад +1

    Is it reasonable to drive a coal-fired steam locomotive under drying white laundry?

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      How else would we get the laundry in though?
      Important to note we were using a coal which burns very cleanly, you'll notice no real smoke coming out the chimney throughout the video.

  • @JintySteam1
    @JintySteam1 2 года назад +1

    Is it safe to say that this is the one and only train to transport underpants? Thank god he didn't have anything embarrassing on the washing line. Lol.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Who knows what else is out there!

  • @blairgowrieforestrailwayan2786
    @blairgowrieforestrailwayan2786 2 года назад +1

    some one once told me that an Eccentric was a rich man with crazy ideas and a mad man is a poor person with crazy ideas. As crazy as this little railway is I love it, I would say that this gentle man is defiantly an Eccentric. I think I should convert my OO gauge garden railway to 5inch. I wonder if he could add a small fish pond and a bridge?

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      I'm definitely a mad man then!
      Great little setup though!

    • @DebenValleyLightRail
      @DebenValleyLightRail 2 года назад +2

      Hullo there, despite the accent and tweed I'm afraid you would have to class me as mad rather than eccentric. I've spent far less money on this railway than most do on 16 mm scale or g scale garden railways, even quite a few 00 gauge railways will weigh in more costly than the RHT. Pretty much everything was a second hand bargain or home built so I could afford it on a PhD students' stipend.

    • @friendlypiranha774
      @friendlypiranha774 2 года назад +1

      @@DebenValleyLightRail Zack, I love your railway. Shunting is always more enjoyable than going round in circles, in my opinion. Keep on having fun.

  • @ericjames5163
    @ericjames5163 2 года назад +1

    Great stuff. We used to deliver bags of coal to a small backyard foundry with a 4 3/4" gauge railway here in the states. That gauge hauls 5 gallon buckets of whatever like a champ. The 15 inch gauge does the 55 gallon drums...

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Oh that's really cool

  • @markburden6909
    @markburden6909 2 года назад +1

    That’s one way to over complicate getting the washing in! But if you are going to do it, do it properly, like Zach, with steam! Great video!

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Seems the most straightforward way to me!

  • @bentonbuilds3525
    @bentonbuilds3525 Год назад

    Now what if there was a hedgehog house that looked like a railway inn.

  • @NathanielKempson
    @NathanielKempson 2 года назад +1

    This is my kinda of railway. Exactly the kind of railway that my Dad wont let me construct in his Garden. EVEN THOUGH it would help bring firewood from the front of the house round to the back of the house.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      You can show him how useful it could be now!

  • @sawyerawr5783
    @sawyerawr5783 2 года назад +1

    Okay...if this is what somebody can do in 5in gauge, I have no excuses for not finishing my N scale layout now. :D
    seriously though, well done. One of my dreams has always been to have a setup like this one day.
    Also: Sir Arthur Heywood has nothing on you guys!

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      That's how I feel. I've got some modeling to do!

  • @TrentFalkenrath
    @TrentFalkenrath Год назад +1

    This is absolutely adorable. A fun way to indulge in a hobby and get the chores done.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  Год назад +1

      It's great fun!

  • @stevepurves2437
    @stevepurves2437 2 года назад +1

    Lawrie, that looks ace! Nice to see a line "working" for a living. You must come and spend a day with us at the TBLR, build a railway and run it in a day!

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      That sounds like a good idea!

  • @spookyf1
    @spookyf1 2 года назад +1

    Have you spoken to Paul Middleton yet?

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Not recently

  • @Basset86Trains09
    @Basset86Trains09 2 года назад +1

    You should ask If you c an drive drive at the Moors Valley Railway, I know the people down there and they might let you drive. if not you dcan volunteer and start guarding, whilst your driving you will be training for driving Passenger trains. And if you able to drive, let me know and i will come down and film you!

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      We *might* have already done it!

    • @Basset86Trains09
      @Basset86Trains09 2 года назад +1

      Wait are you implying?

    • @Basset86Trains09
      @Basset86Trains09 2 года назад +1

      Have you been but not uploaded it?

  • @harryjsedgwick
    @harryjsedgwick Год назад

    Blooper Matches; (6:08)
    6:10, 6:13, 6:27-6:28 (6:30), 6:34-6:35🤭, 6:41-6:42, 6:43lol & 6:50better

  • @pauldenniss5230
    @pauldenniss5230 Год назад

    Musical AND a train enthusiast…….Sir you are doing life right!….also, I like the hat.

  • @joshmarsh8543
    @joshmarsh8543 2 года назад +1

    Hi Lawrie I also have a line that is unusual in the sense I use a 2-foot gauge line and loco to take the bins out along the back lane, if you'd be interested in seeing this I can send footage to you

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +3

      Oh I think I've seen yours shared on Facebook. That's quite the clever setup

    • @joshmarsh8543
      @joshmarsh8543 2 года назад +2

      @@lmm if you ever want to come and film it I am more than happy to lay the track for you and let you play

  • @car_tar3882
    @car_tar3882 4 месяца назад

    Imagine how easily kids would do the chores if every house had one of these. They’d beg for more chores to do

  • @highlandrab19
    @highlandrab19 Год назад

    When lighting matches strike the box and keep the match still and position your body to block the wind

  • @The_New_IKB
    @The_New_IKB 2 года назад +1

    We need to see this speeded up and with the bennyhill theam over the top

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Hahaha, that would be super

  • @krakendwaggin
    @krakendwaggin 2 года назад +3

    I love Lawrie's little squeal at 6:43 XD

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      I was having so much fun

  • @highlandrab19
    @highlandrab19 Год назад

    Does it always vent steam out the top? Ive noticed that on some of the 3” versions of traction engines that they seem to produce larger steam clouds than the full size machines

  • @Mim69420
    @Mim69420 Год назад

    Honestly if I get to a point where such big of a garden and things that need to be taken places, I’ll build a railway! It’s convenient and fast, at least faster than me anyway

  • @Taggart00
    @Taggart00 2 года назад +1

    I hope there is a follow up where he builds an extension to take the bins out

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Me too!

  • @xxchillyobeansboyxx8455
    @xxchillyobeansboyxx8455 2 года назад +1

    Lawrie: it’s not very nice to take Swedish people and put them in pots
    Me: 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed my line 😂

  • @sgkingly8392
    @sgkingly8392 2 года назад +1

    This is fantastic! Makes me want to build one in my back garden. Somehow doubt my parents will let me

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      You can argue that's its a useful addition

    • @philleeson7835
      @philleeson7835 11 месяцев назад

      Better to ask for forgiveness than permission

  • @joeyvampirowellsteed
    @joeyvampirowellsteed 2 года назад +1

    Getting Branch Line Society Red Pen vibes from this lol

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      I did use all the railway!

    • @DebenValleyLightRail
      @DebenValleyLightRail 2 года назад

      They've visited and even went into the poly-tunnel!

  • @trainswithmark
    @trainswithmark 2 года назад +1

    New series for you Lawrie! Lawrie goes a miniature loco! (LGML)

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      Yep, it's basically what Lawrie Goes a little Loco is going to feature

    • @trainswithmark
      @trainswithmark 2 года назад

      @@lmm yeah would be a bit too spread out I guess!

  • @associatedblacksheepandmisfits
    @associatedblacksheepandmisfits 2 года назад +1

    Nice one Zak , imagine that setup in a garden centre in the outdoor bit.....

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      Oooo yes, that would be great

  • @ZJStrudwick
    @ZJStrudwick 11 месяцев назад

    Watching you take in laundry in undoubtly THE BEST way has absolutely made my day - thank you chaps so much!!! 😂❤

    • @lmm
      @lmm  11 месяцев назад

      You're most welcome!

  • @lanmastersassistant659
    @lanmastersassistant659 Год назад

    I always thought I was a little eccentric, until I seen this fellow

  • @knifetrain3118
    @knifetrain3118 2 года назад +1

    I would enjoy doing yard work much more with a railway like this! Well done! 🚂

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      I agree, it would greatly improve things!

  • @Animalambulanceandy1
    @Animalambulanceandy1 2 года назад +1

    I found myself wishing this had been filmed in v.r. just to get the total experience brilliant .people like zach make the world a much better place brilliant love it .

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +2

      We'll do a 360 video next time!

  • @twonkfieldrailways4110
    @twonkfieldrailways4110 2 года назад +1

    I love this. And on the subject of useful gauges at the esr we sometimes use a 7.1/4 inch bogie nicked from the miniature railway guys to move bits of metal and its very useful so simply stick rails in the workshop and it'll be great for moving those annoyingly big heavy and sharp metal panels. But I guess I shouldn't say too much or the other members of lmm will be erecting a miniature railway in the shed knowing you.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      If I could get the landlords permission, I would 😂

    • @BrooksMoses
      @BrooksMoses 2 года назад

      @@lmm : There's always Zach's "I should probably have asked the landlord, but it's all removable" approach!

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      There is that!

  • @craigdickens791
    @craigdickens791 2 года назад +1

    Absolutely charming 🇬🇧👍

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Isn't it just!

  • @terryfromsouthcarolina4601
    @terryfromsouthcarolina4601 2 года назад

    I have the space and I have the time but the lawyer has all my funds. Maybe someday...........
    Cheers
    Terry from South Carolina USA

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Someday it'll be great!

  • @Yorkshire_trainspotter
    @Yorkshire_trainspotter Год назад

    Hey Larwie, where one earth did you meet Matt smith?

  • @mfbfreak
    @mfbfreak 2 года назад +1

    This is brilliant and very funny!

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Thank you very much!

  • @timgage8972
    @timgage8972 3 месяца назад

    Any chance of a "It's so silly" t shirt?

  • @2760ade
    @2760ade Год назад

    I think Zach may be slightly insane!🤣

  • @solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226
    @solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226 2 года назад +1

    Well lawrie a bbq lighter might be better 😏🤔

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      I am a failure

  • @bill45colt
    @bill45colt 2 года назад

    WOW that guy is DETERMINED to have a live steam engine!! His yard is barely large enough for a chicken pen!! Here i opened this up thinking my place was waaaay too small. Im 340ft wide and the back fence is a quarter mile from my front gate, so maybe i have room after all. Id venture to say hes never spent much time camping or hunting in the woods and having to build a fire, nor heated a home using a fireplace, hes needing instructions on how to strike a match. Lets suggest that he hold the match firmly and close to the head for control and to keep the stick from breaking. You should pull the match toward you for better control and as soon as it ignites, rotate your fingers along the stick so you dont get burned. Your friend there can be of some assistance, or ask your grandmother how she started her fire in her stove in the morning, thats where l learned. Continue posting as you have time, this was a fun video for sure, and we can learn lots as we watch your progress,,,many thanks

    • @lmm
      @lmm  Год назад +1

      It's amazing what you can achieve in a small space if you really want to.
      I'm well aware how matches work, these were terrible though!

  • @MartinMundorf
    @MartinMundorf Год назад

    I presume, that's very most british thing I've seen so far on youtube... a combination of gardening and steel & steam in a ridiculous small garden... I love it! :D

  • @poedgar3085
    @poedgar3085 2 года назад +1

    I love your videos as they make me want to join a railway museum and maybe buy my own full size train.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +2

      Brilliant - I highly recommend both ideas!

  • @OutbackCatgirl
    @OutbackCatgirl 10 месяцев назад

    See now, laurie, your error in matchlighting technique was *overenthusiasm*. Next time you get called out for a shift on Madge make sure to strike like an overworked steelworker taking smoko at t' end o' shift - wearily, with speed, not pressure.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  9 месяцев назад +1

      😂 😂 😂

  • @thomasawl
    @thomasawl 2 года назад +1

    I don’t usually like long documentary stuff, but Lawrie is brilliant at this.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Thank you - we know our videos do tend to be a bit long, but glad you enjoyed it!

  • @NoNameIdk1
    @NoNameIdk1 11 месяцев назад

    1,435 mm guage in the garden

  • @krille220
    @krille220 2 года назад +1

    Man i have always wanted a small steam engine in my backyard.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Me too!

  • @richardormrod5758
    @richardormrod5758 10 месяцев назад

    brill washing train what a great idea

  • @ironhorsethrottlemaster5202
    @ironhorsethrottlemaster5202 2 года назад

    Yeah By the Way out West channel is on RUclips by the way and this is a working 15 in gauge railroad

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      Oh very cool!

  • @babbagebrassworks4278
    @babbagebrassworks4278 11 месяцев назад

    Need one of these in my backyard, it will make my gardening much easier.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  11 месяцев назад

      It certainly will

  • @ceecrb1
    @ceecrb1 2 года назад

    In the nicest way possible, this guy looks 18 going on 80 :D

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Me or Zach?

  • @raykiii
    @raykiii Год назад

    Looks like it was tons of fun.

  • @davideloveri6802
    @davideloveri6802 2 года назад

    i see video llike these since i was 10 years old and i don't know how to get a locomotive like that can you help me in this?

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Station Road steam is a good website to start with, failing that maxitrak and eBay are also good

  • @HenFilmStudio
    @HenFilmStudio 2 года назад

    6:07 'Lawrie Goes a Little Loco', Because he Can't Light a Match!

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Very embarrassed 😂

  • @ahalfsesameseedbun7472
    @ahalfsesameseedbun7472 Год назад

    Truly the most efficient way of getting yard work done

    • @lmm
      @lmm  Год назад

      I can't think of a better way

  • @littlegrabbiZZ9PZA
    @littlegrabbiZZ9PZA 2 года назад

    That is indeed the most delightfully silly thing I've seen in quite a while.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Isn't it just!

  • @robertmason6233
    @robertmason6233 2 года назад

    Why garden with live steam? Because you can!

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      Excatly!

  • @Reggyrail
    @Reggyrail Год назад

    Quite superb. Fascinating and Oh so British.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  Год назад

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @Jeeptek1
    @Jeeptek1 2 года назад

    He couldn't remove the laundry for filming?

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      We did it during the video.

  • @KarolOfGutovo
    @KarolOfGutovo Год назад

    Your matchlighting technique is awful Lawrie, in case you didn't learn a better way yet: hold the match along the box and slide towards the the obtuse angle by quickly tapping the end of the match. It always lights for me when I do that.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  Год назад +1

      You can see the match literally falls apart.
      Besides, any wind and they don't stay lit.

    • @KarolOfGutovo
      @KarolOfGutovo Год назад

      @@lmm Ah, okay. That's some premium grade deterioration at work I guess.

  • @medwaymodelrailway7129
    @medwaymodelrailway7129 2 года назад +1

    Like the upload.Thanks for sharing.

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      You're most welcome

    • @medwaymodelrailway7129
      @medwaymodelrailway7129 2 года назад

      @@lmm Great and thanks very much for replying to my comment. I have a new video out now on the update of my layout plus a special remembrance too.. Hope you like and share.

  • @cricciethcastle5077
    @cricciethcastle5077 2 года назад

    Obviously, striking a match is a dying art!

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      It's rather challenging

  • @TEFox
    @TEFox 2 года назад

    A beautiful modern day nod to the industrious Brit of yesteryear. Love it!

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Thanks!

  • @privatejoker5403
    @privatejoker5403 2 года назад +1

    This is now one of my favourite videos

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Thank you!

  • @HymekFrank
    @HymekFrank Год назад

    This has inspired me to build a railway regardless of my tiny garden

  • @ArthurRoy13
    @ArthurRoy13 2 года назад +1

    Practical engineering at it's finest!

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад +1

      Isn't it just!

  • @caelumvaldovinos5318
    @caelumvaldovinos5318 2 года назад

    This is giving me ideas. This is giving a lot of ideas......

    • @lmm
      @lmm  2 года назад

      Perfection!

  • @ThePtb1980
    @ThePtb1980 Год назад

    The most bonkers yet brilliant thing I have ever seen!! Love it