@@railwaymaniacs7392Cheers. I'm in Australia now, and the closest I got to steam traction was in 2018 being hauled behind B1 61264, Pickering to Whitby when my wife and I were on holiday in Blighty. I'm mid-70's now but as an ex mechanical fitter I'd have loved to be involved in the dirty bits. As you know steam traction resurrection is largely due to the foresight of Dai Woodham, and the serendipity of thousands of wagons needing to be disposed of before he tackled the locos. In Hull, where I'm from, over 700 locos weren't so lucky, and fell under the torch of Albert Draper. Mind you, he did save one solitary engine, a Black Five, the "cleanest in the yard." We can be thankful for at least this restoration which, when back in service, he named after himself... Dai's the one we ALL owe a debt of gratitude which we can hardly repay, and British steam traction is all the better for it. Long live people like yourselves and those keen and capable young warriors to whom you will pass the skills...
Dai Woodham was a good old fashioned businessman who's word was his bond. Most loco's that got sent to his yard luckily survived. Without him we wouldn't be having this chat as we wouldn't have a subject, or possibly even an industry of Heritage Railways. RIP DAI.
Thanks for that really nice comment and your support. Over the coming months we hope to bring you plenty of footage of us working on these loco's so you can see the progress being made.
Just subscribed! I will confess I like GWR more, but have never been keen on Southern , I’ll give it a try though! I reside permanently in France and am now 82, still travel a lot but haven’t stopped in Kent long enough to discover you. As the world I knew has disappeared and threats , coercion, lies and corruption rule the day, I’m keen the the preservation goes on! Good luck!
Hi Bill. Next time you`re about to pass through Kent maybe stop by and join us for tea and biscuits, you'd be very welcome to receive some Southern hospitality|
@@railwaymaniacs7392hi there I was wondering if you could help me with some big but can't by myself cause I don't know how to. I plan to rebuild the old narrow gauge railway of the great eastern highway here in western Australia Perth to Kalgoorlie my reasoning is show the world not bad gossip of Australia wildlife being dangerous cause this place here in WA is beautiful but sadly tourist go to either Queensland, Victoria or ACT even Tasmania. So by rebuilding the old railway line could prove that WA is just as good place to go as travel inland to experience the locals town as well as travel on the great eastern highway inheritance narrow gauge railway from Perth to Kalgoorlie. This would also here the local farmers to transport their havest goods without having to waste fuel tank trucks to go back n forward to the wheat bins
Damn, if only BR had preserved the famous SR Leader Class 36001. I would’ve bought half of her shares! It’s also indignifying to know that we as humans built locomotives we were proud of, only to have them replaced by newer power, and the majority of our steamers were sent to a scrap yard in Barry to rust slowly for 15-20 years. We can thank the old freight trucks and passenger stock for keeping the scrap yards busy to allow the steamers to stay around long enough for heritage railways to buy them for restoration as the heritage railways themselves were looking for locomotives to power their consists.
I can remember BITD when pessimists said that the big engines from Barry could not be restored. Then they moved on to saying that Tornado could not be done. Amazing they were proved wrong both times. Amazing that such a complex engineering industry was revived. Amazing that we had such a whopping industry in the first place!
Hi guys I was a fireman on the railway at Willsdon 1A. I would like to thankyou for the work you guys Are doing. It just goes to show when you put your mind to it you can achieve anything you want. 😚😚😚
I was watching a video about Barry scrapyard today and thought to myself that it would be great to see a video of locomotives saved from scrapped to fully restored and running again. So I was delighted when this video popped up and answered my prayers. Wonderful work lads. Great to see what you've achieved.
We are about to start work on 34058 Sir Frederick Pile this week as soon as it rolls off the lorry! It is one of the loco's from Woodhams scrap yard in Barry, South Wales. There will be upcoming videos of it for sure!
God bless all those who saved so many of these beauties from the cutter's torch, and all those who have helped restore them. You've worked miracles in many cases
Many thanks Tony. We can only do it with continued support from everyone who enjoys these magnificent machines. Thankyou to all of our supporters past, present and future that have enabled these locomotives to be not only saved but brought back to life for future generations to see.
Each restoration takes years and many many hours of work. The pace of progress is dictated by funding and also the availability of boiler shops that can take on the work . Thanks for taking an interest 😊
As the Duke of G. group pulled a bona-fide Lazarus with that one, why don't you people re-spam-can a Merchant Navy? It's NEEDED! (My opinion. from San Diego, California.)
I would love to Volunteer because you look like a fine Crew but I'm stuck in Utah. I've got 29 years at the local Water district 1 to go being fully vested. I will get a Passport and come visit in person at a minimum donate time and $ I would be happy just to sweep up the Shop.😁
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We work on it every week. We will be welding the frames very soon. A future video you will see this going on. We have already finished de-rusting and priming the frames of Sidmouth and look forward to getting it into Herston for assembly.
I remember watching many of these fine machines when I was a boy. Well done to all involved 👍 let’s hope that looney lefties don’t try and stop them running
And in the end just how much of the “restored” loco is original. There is a saying that the only thing original about a steam loco is the distance between the wheels, and sometimes even that is different!
Good comment. A concours winning car with 200,000 miles on the clock would not have all its original parts due to wear and tear. The same is with a steam locomotive. Most parts are orignal on our locos as they were withdrawn 20 years earlier than their design life intended. A loco prior to its withdrawal may have had a number of boiler swaps with other locos while being overhauled as this often saves time and got the loco back to work earlier. They were also often fitted with new or borrowed parts from others, the motion parts for example. Some parts have a shorter life and need changing occasionally, super heater elements, cladding etc. You can see us removing super heater elements from a freshly out of steam loco (Sir Keith Park) and fit them to another (257 Squadron) in 2 of our videos. Thanks for watching 👍👍
I owned a share in a loco many moons ago , sadly I had to sell it. I do wish SOMEONE would take the West Country loco 34105 'Swanage' AWAY from the Watercress line and restore her PRIORITY!!! I mean it could run ON SWANAGE STEEL and be a real flagship. I was hoping that one day I would see her in steam again. sadly I have said this for 30 odd years and STILL she is left rotting slowly away under a tarpaulin with Watercess KEEP saying 'we will restore her'. I know now I will never see the day she is in steam IN FACT I think shes too far gone now due to lack of interest. People ONLY WANT the 'famous' locos. My late father and his brother told me they traveled behind SWANAGE many time in service. If only i could win the lottery I would buy her and start the work myself I am a lifetime engineer! I'm going to start a 'go fund me' page to rescue SWANAGE please keep an eye out.
It takes many thousands of hours and hundreds of thousands of pounds to restore a loco to steam again. There are a (very) limited amount of resources available to owners/restorers/railways nowadays to carry out this type of work.
Hi everyone I was watching this video n was wondering if you have restore any Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST model's by chance cause I would like to see them
Many of our volunteers are with us after seeing these loco's throughout their childhood and were then told that all the steam locomotives would be scrapped. I enjoy listening to their stories of steam in the 60's.
Good to see you don’t have any of those nasty oil burners. Every time a diesel went by whilst we were collecting train numbers, every body either yawned or ignored it. Love to help but now live at the bottom of the World in Australia.
257 Squadron enjoyed a lovely holiday on the East Lancs Railway and has now returned home to the Spa Valley Railway in Kent for its Polar Express duties.
Why are the team laboriously working away with angle grinders and wire brushes cleaning rust off the chassis instead of engaging a mobile sandblasting surface. It would achieve a much better result in a day than they could manage in a couple of weeks?
Good question! Money versus time. We currently have 2 sets of loco frames to clean up and paint. The cost to pay someone to do this would be thousands of pounds. Yes it would save us a huge amount of time at this stage of the restoration but the money needs to be saved for later as we don't have enough! We have however purchased some used blasting equipment that we are currently working to bring into service on Sir Frederick Pile and Brocklebank Line this year but until then the guys will soldier on with the grinders👍.
@@railwaymaniacs7392 Wow! I'm in the wrong country and the wrong industry. The mobile blasting services here in Australia charge by the hour and it's very cost effective. I have set up my own gear for fabrication work. So that's certainly the way to go if cost is the issue. There is a YT vid from a commercial marina in Australia showing how to convert 45kg LPG bottles to a large volume system. It might be an option for final clean up, after the wire brush brigade. Thanks for your reply.
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Amazing work ! Who would believe an engine could be turned around in such an amazing way !
Your engines are truly inspiring
Thank you very much!
Thank heaven for Dai Woodham he should have been knighted.
Wonderful work lads, happy to subscribe...
Welcome aboard!👍👍
@@railwaymaniacs7392Cheers. I'm in Australia now, and the closest I got to steam traction was in 2018 being hauled behind B1 61264, Pickering to Whitby when my wife and I were on holiday in Blighty.
I'm mid-70's now but as an ex mechanical fitter I'd have loved to be involved in the dirty bits. As you know steam traction resurrection is largely due to the foresight of Dai Woodham, and the serendipity of thousands of wagons needing to be disposed of before he tackled the locos.
In Hull, where I'm from, over 700 locos weren't so lucky, and fell under the torch of Albert Draper. Mind you, he did save one solitary engine, a Black Five, the "cleanest in the yard." We can be thankful for at least this restoration which, when back in service, he named after himself...
Dai's the one we ALL owe a debt of gratitude which we can hardly repay, and British steam traction is all the better for it. Long live people like yourselves and those keen and capable young warriors to whom you will pass the skills...
Dai Woodham was a good old fashioned businessman who's word was his bond. Most loco's that got sent to his yard luckily survived. Without him we wouldn't be having this chat as we wouldn't have a subject, or possibly even an industry of Heritage Railways. RIP DAI.
I have been a member for many years and I am never disappointed with the amazing work of this very effective organisation.
Thanks for that really nice comment and your support. Over the coming months we hope to bring you plenty of footage of us working on these loco's so you can see the progress being made.
was pulled by 257 squadron today at bury , a credit to you all , god bless you lads , from wigan , lancashire
Thankyou for jumping aboard.
So effyoo beeching 😂😂😂
Just subscribed! I will confess I like GWR more, but have never been keen on Southern , I’ll give it a try though! I reside permanently in France and am now 82, still travel a lot but haven’t stopped in Kent long enough to discover you. As the world I knew has disappeared and threats , coercion, lies and corruption rule the day, I’m keen the the preservation goes on!
Good luck!
Hi Bill. Next time you`re about to pass through Kent maybe stop by and join us for tea and biscuits, you'd be very welcome to receive some Southern hospitality|
@@railwaymaniacs7392hi there I was wondering if you could help me with some big but can't by myself cause I don't know how to. I plan to rebuild the old narrow gauge railway of the great eastern highway here in western Australia Perth to Kalgoorlie my reasoning is show the world not bad gossip of Australia wildlife being dangerous cause this place here in WA is beautiful but sadly tourist go to either Queensland, Victoria or ACT even Tasmania. So by rebuilding the old railway line could prove that WA is just as good place to go as travel inland to experience the locals town as well as travel on the great eastern highway inheritance narrow gauge railway from Perth to Kalgoorlie. This would also here the local farmers to transport their havest goods without having to waste fuel tank trucks to go back n forward to the wheat bins
@@railwaymaniacs7392 I’m coming !
Hi Bill. Contact Simon Troy on 01474 833263 to arrange a visit.
Damn, if only BR had preserved the famous SR Leader Class 36001. I would’ve bought half of her shares!
It’s also indignifying to know that we as humans built locomotives we were proud of, only to have them replaced by newer power, and the majority of our steamers were sent to a scrap yard in Barry to rust slowly for 15-20 years. We can thank the old freight trucks and passenger stock for keeping the scrap yards busy to allow the steamers to stay around long enough for heritage railways to buy them for restoration as the heritage railways themselves were looking for locomotives to power their consists.
As a child, back in the 50s, I travelled regularly between Waterloo and Exeter behind one of these great locomotives. Great work keep it going.
I can remember BITD when pessimists said that the big engines from Barry could not be restored.
Then they moved on to saying that Tornado could not be done.
Amazing they were proved wrong both times.
Amazing that such a complex engineering industry was revived.
Amazing that we had such a whopping industry in the first place!
Looks so much better without the spam can additions. Awesome achievements.
We love a rebuilt Bulleid and an unrebuilt Bulleid.
Hi guys I was a fireman on the railway at Willsdon 1A. I would like to thankyou for the work you guys
Are doing. It just goes to show when you put your mind to it you can achieve anything you want. 😚😚😚
I was watching a video about Barry scrapyard today and thought to myself that it would be great to see a video of locomotives saved from scrapped to fully restored and running again. So I was delighted when this video popped up and answered my prayers. Wonderful work lads. Great to see what you've achieved.
We are about to start work on 34058 Sir Frederick Pile this week as soon as it rolls off the lorry! It is one of the loco's from Woodhams scrap yard in Barry, South Wales. There will be upcoming videos of it for sure!
God bless all those who saved so many of these beauties from the cutter's torch, and all those who have helped restore them. You've worked miracles in many cases
Many thanks Tony.
We can only do it with continued support from everyone who enjoys these magnificent machines.
Thankyou to all of our supporters past, present and future that have enabled these locomotives to be not only saved but brought back to life for future generations to see.
Man, that you were able to do this is unbelievable! Even more amazing is that you've done all this over more than forty years. That is true patience.
Each restoration takes years and many many hours of work. The pace of progress is dictated by funding and also the availability of boiler shops that can take on the work .
Thanks for taking an interest 😊
Man I just love the work preservationists do to bring these magnificent machines back into use.
So good to see these magnificent machines restored and running
I absolutely love these locomotive I think we should definitely save all the locomotive
As the Duke of G. group pulled a bona-fide Lazarus with that one, why don't you people re-spam-can a Merchant Navy? It's NEEDED! (My opinion. from San Diego, California.)
Anything is possible with enough money !
I would love to Volunteer because you look like a fine Crew but I'm stuck in Utah. I've got 29 years at the local Water district 1 to go being fully vested. I will get a Passport and come visit in person at a minimum donate time and $ I would be happy just to sweep up the Shop.😁
It's good to hear from our overseas followers. When you get a chance to pop over let us know.
You can help by pressing LIKE on each video you watch and SUBSCRIBE to the channel. You can even join us by becoming a share holder.
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Well done. A Bulleid Pacific is just as good as it gets.
We love them!
OVSB would be proud of you 😊
Thanks Charlie 😊
Will Sidmouth be restored soon?
We work on it every week. We will be welding the frames very soon. A future video you will see this going on. We have already finished de-rusting and priming the frames of Sidmouth and look forward to getting it into Herston for assembly.
That's great news. Many thanks.@@railwaymaniacs7392
I remember watching many of these fine machines when I was a boy. Well done to all involved 👍 let’s hope that looney lefties don’t try and stop them running
Kudos to all do good work!
Thank you kindly
And in the end just how much of the “restored” loco is original. There is a saying that the only thing original about a steam loco is the distance between the wheels, and sometimes even that is different!
Good comment. A concours winning car with 200,000 miles on the clock would not have all its original parts due to wear and tear. The same is with a steam locomotive. Most parts are orignal on our locos as they were withdrawn 20 years earlier than their design life intended. A loco prior to its withdrawal may have had a number of boiler swaps with other locos while being overhauled as this often saves time and got the loco back to work earlier. They were also often fitted with new or borrowed parts from others, the motion parts for example.
Some parts have a shorter life and need changing occasionally, super heater elements, cladding etc.
You can see us removing super heater elements from a freshly out of steam loco (Sir Keith Park) and fit them to another (257 Squadron) in 2 of our videos. Thanks for watching 👍👍
I owned a share in a loco many moons ago , sadly I had to sell it. I do wish SOMEONE would take the West Country loco 34105 'Swanage' AWAY from the Watercress line and restore her PRIORITY!!! I mean it could run ON SWANAGE STEEL and be a real flagship. I was hoping that one day I would see her in steam again. sadly I have said this for 30 odd years and STILL she is left rotting slowly away under a tarpaulin with Watercess KEEP saying 'we will restore her'. I know now I will never see the day she is in steam IN FACT I think shes too far gone now due to lack of interest. People ONLY WANT the 'famous' locos. My late father and his brother told me they traveled behind SWANAGE many time in service. If only i could win the lottery I would buy her and start the work myself I am a lifetime engineer! I'm going to start a 'go fund me' page to rescue SWANAGE please keep an eye out.
It takes many thousands of hours and hundreds of thousands of pounds to restore a loco to steam again. There are a (very) limited amount of resources available to owners/restorers/railways nowadays to carry out this type of work.
GREAT SAVES ALL !! Good work guys !!!
Thanks!!
Well done folks 👍
GREAT 👍👍🇬🇧
Hi everyone I was watching this video n was wondering if you have restore any Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST model's by chance cause I would like to see them
Watch this space
is 34058 going to get restored as well?
Definitely! Sooner than you think. New video just about 34058 is about to be published. 🙂👍👍👍
Brilliant!
Thank you 😊
Enjoyed seeing them as a boy in the Sixties.
Many of our volunteers are with us after seeing these loco's throughout their childhood and were then told that all the steam locomotives would be scrapped. I enjoy listening to their stories of steam in the 60's.
SOMEONE GIVE THESE GUYS A OSCAR
You put into words what I couldn't write express 👍😃
...or even "quite" express (stupid phone 🙄)
Thanks guys we appreciate being appreciated!!!
Good to see you don’t have any of those nasty oil burners. Every time a diesel went by whilst we were collecting train numbers, every body either yawned or ignored it. Love to help but now live at the bottom of the World in Australia.
Impressive output 👍
Cheers Ralph. We keep ourselves busy!
What a marvelous job you are doing,excellent work.
Thank you! Cheers!
@@railwaymaniacs7392bro someone needs to give you a Oscar
257 Squadron resides on the East Lancashire Railway.
257 Squadron enjoyed a lovely holiday on the East Lancs Railway and has now returned home to the Spa Valley Railway in Kent for its Polar Express duties.
Great to see so many WC / BoB engines - magnificent beasts!
We love them!
Classy luk on u
Why are the team laboriously working away with angle grinders and wire brushes cleaning rust off the chassis instead of engaging a mobile sandblasting surface. It would achieve a much better result in a day than they could manage in a couple of weeks?
Good question!
Money versus time.
We currently have 2 sets of loco frames to clean up and paint. The cost to pay someone to do this would be thousands of pounds. Yes it would save us a huge amount of time at this stage of the restoration but the money needs to be saved for later as we don't have enough!
We have however purchased some used blasting equipment that we are currently working to bring into service on Sir Frederick Pile and Brocklebank Line this year but until then the guys will soldier on with the grinders👍.
@@railwaymaniacs7392 Wow! I'm in the wrong country and the wrong industry. The mobile blasting services here in Australia charge by the hour and it's very cost effective. I have set up my own gear for fabrication work. So that's certainly the way to go if cost is the issue. There is a YT vid from a commercial marina in Australia showing how to convert 45kg LPG bottles to a large volume system. It might be an option for final clean up, after the wire brush brigade. Thanks for your reply.
Lovely.
Great jobs. Credit to you all.
Thanks
Love the way you have presented this video. And what a great video it is indeed !
Thank you kindly!