@@lmm Is it wrong of me to think of Rheneas whenever I see Dolgoch? I know I'm gonna piss a lot of rail fans off. Also, I wish Skarloey-I mean- Talyllyn was there.
@@benwise6517 I'm sure and well Dolgoch gets a chance to boast about also to mean there is nothing wrong with that after Awdry actually has a museum in in the Talyllyn railway museum
@@benwise6517 not wrong at all. I mean, Reverend Awdry was invovled with the early Preservation efforts on the Tallylyn. Heck, I'm a yank and I basically learned about the railroad from his stories. he helped spread the name of the line.
@@benwise6517 a friend of mine drives on the Talyllyn, and to wind him up, I always refer to the locos as Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handle, Peter-Sam and duncan, mainly to annoy him!
@@lmm did you feel like you was Edwin Jones or Jones the steam the engine driver from the Ivor the engine tv series when you got the fire going in Dolgoch's fire box in the second part of this episode. i only asked you that because you pointed out how Dolgoch is cearly a Welsh narrow gauge tank engine.
@@alexphillips4325 Hello! My Name is Rusty Clarke! I was born in 1956 . So I missed the age Steam engines! But I Love the power and form . Love the unique features and beautiful designs of the English engines I hope one day we can ride one day! Love Rusty Clarke USA 🇺🇸
Dolgochs Thomas character is Rheneas. To be honest when I used to watch Thomas the Tank engine I always preferred the narrow gauge locomotives over the standard gauge locomotives.
@@alanwiad3978 Rev Awdrey who originally wrote the Thomas the tank engine stories based the narrow gauge locomotives on those based at the Talyllyn Railway and other welsh narrow gauge railways railways like the Ffestiniog railway.
Also, I’d like to hear about how Edward-Thomas and Sir-Haydn worked on the Corris (where they were called Hughes and Kerr back then after where they were each built at)
At long last!!! I have been searching for ages to see if somebody would look extensively at Dolgoch's intricate "Patent" valve gear, and you have! My sincerest gratitude to you sir for giving us a closer look at the Old Lady's marvelous mechanisms
The sound of that little whistle took me back to childhood, it sounds just like the whistle that the producers of Thomas The Tank Engine used for the narrow gauge engines in the series!
guys i just realized this engine saved its railway rhaneas saved the skarloey railway put 2 and 2 together and this engine is the real story that gallent old engine was based off
What a beautiful place! Just watching this fires my passion for steam engines more and more! Thank you for the tour and experience of riding in the cab of Dolgoch.
Wonderful video, :-) It really baffles me that so many railway societies trust you to drive their locomotives. I can't even get guys in my own local miniature train society to let me have a go at driving their locos. Even though I owned a 5inch gauge Steam locomotive for 10 years. (Sold recently due to injury issues.)
Hi Lawrie, a very interesting and well narrated video! I hope your genuine and communicative enthusiasm will help them out during these tough times. Cheers
Mate you have made me survive in this pandemic. Your videos makes my love with trains expand into ludicrous amount. You deserve way more subs and love mate keep up the amazing work!
To think it was Rheneas’s basis and not Skarloey’s to save the railway shes a beautiful looking steam engine really hoping I can visit the talyllyn railway someday to see the little engines and Rev w Awdry’s study
Much like Rheneas kept his railway running, Dolgoch kept hers running. Glad to see Rev. Awdry drew inspiration from real events or else I would never have found out about the Gallant Old Engine's basis.
Can someone explain to me what the 2 tone whistles are for on Dolgoch? More or less the whistle codes (like the order the two are blown in) and how they work?
Lawrie, I recommend that you look at something called the T1 trust. A group of people are trying to build an extinct American steam engine from the ground up. I can link their website if you would like me to.
She's such a beauty! I think I could honestly stare at Dolgoch for hours. I hadn't appreciated just how gorgeous a machine she is. almost seems a shame to even steam her...almost. XD It's really easy to tell how much care and respect you're taking with her too. I don't know if I'd ever touch her myself! Dolgoch really is a lady in every sense of the word. it's amazing to think she's 154!
She's a work of art. There was a great deal of trepidation, I'm just really honoured that the railway was happy to let me have a go! It really did feel special.
You mean, the stories made up about the Skarloey railway took their inspiration from the Talyllyn. Many real events that happened on the railway made their way into the stories.
here in america we have a steam locomotive that has never been retired, that is Union Pasific's 844 or other wise know as the "Living Legend" a "FEF-3" 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive built by ALCO
@@lmm Yes, and I know most of them: Skarloey Remembers - Talyllyn resting in the shed, Dolgoch's department to be overhauled, and even a lady named Mrs. Pugh who was commonly late like Mrs. Last. Sir-Handel - Sir-Haydn's derailing. Peter-Sam & The Refreshment Lady - Awdry causing the driver's mother-in-law to be left behind on the Talyllyn. Old Faithful - Most likely if Talyllyn ever had a damaged spring, too. Little Old Twins - The BBC TV visiting the Talyllyn. Special Funnel - Edward-Thomas's brief diesel ejector and having a broken funnel from the Corris, and a washout on the Corris. Steam-Roller - A steamroller crash in Ireland. Passengers & Polish - Douglas stalling on a viaduct. The Gallant Old Engine - How Dolgoch saved the line from closure. The 1st 3 "Very old engines" - Real events of the Talyllyn's early days. Grand-puff - Sir-Haydn and Edward-Thomas being sold from the Corris, and a similar stationary boiler to Stanley's fate. Bulldog - Linda's leap. Sleeping Beauty - An abandened engine being rediscovered in South America. I just wanna know if there were any real events that inspired: "Trucks", "Home at last", "Rock n roll", "Duck and dukes", and "You can't win".
Don’t know if I’ll ever go up the ranks to steam driver when I start volunteering at the TR but I’ll always love the joys of driving a narrow gauge loco. Also thanks for saying Tywyn and not Towyn.
thank you for this. this year has been horrendous for all of us, but you’ve taken us away from it all for 45 minutes and grateful for that. been going down for 19 months now and i wouldn’t have it any other way. had a charter, worked the whistles and the injectors on 2 this year, she really is my favourite. you’ve now covered the 2 locos i’ll be driving when i’m 18 on a driver experience. been looking forward to this all week and it was a refreshing conclusion to our mock week. if you ever get the chance i would love to see coverage of 1, 3 or 4 :)
You look thrilled. So glad you could return to the Talyllyn Railway. Funnily enough, I used to think buffers on narrow gauge locos was the norm thanks to Thomas and Friends. 😂
This is quit an amazing video of quit an amazing little locomotive, I like how pristine it is kept and the very respectful modifications, such as that the old oiler and spring gauges has not been taken off through made redundant by newer oilers and gauges! this is really what sets a preserved engine apart from one in regular service, it is telling a little story of its own. Kudos to the people at Talyllyn Railway for their amazing work!
Well, the Upper Silesia Narrow Gauge Railways in Poland also have two buffers with central draw hook. Also the unique gauge of 785 mm. pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B3rno%C5%9Bl%C4%85skie_Koleje_W%C4%85skotorowe www.gkw.pl/index-en.htm
It’s amazing to see how far Lawrie goes loco has come, from starting off with the MSLR’s 165DS to now being on the Talyllyns one and only Dolgoch. Favourite series on the channel, look forward to it every month. Question is what’s next?
How to be a locomotive fireman - Part 1 - Fire Step 1 - Open fire door. It's still on fire, yeah? Good. No fire? You disgrace your famiry. Stay tuned for Part 2 - Water. Believe me, if you value your job and your life, you won't want to miss it.
Was told once that the brake valves they use for the air brake came from scrapped Melbourne suburban trains. Good to see that Victorian engineers had the sense to put access holes in the frame to make oiling easier.
during the events of railway adventure the late writer L.T.C Rolt from what i understand he drove Dolgoch more times than he sold tickets from the portable booking office in the brake van, i think he had a great fondness for this old Lady and Edward Thomas one of the ex Corris engines
@@lmm do the footplate crews still have problems firing Dolgoch in his book railway adventure Tom Rolt mentioned a occason when he and David Curwen spent a afternoon removing unburnt coal from her firebox after a new fireman had put a little too much on the fire and it put the fire out. after relighting the fire they then drove Dolgoch on to the nearest station which was not far from where they was then living and when they arrived at this station they then put the old lady to bed. I understand they brought her up the line to Pendre in the morning on time for the first train of the day.
@@lmm I understand that on one occason in the early 1950s while he was working under her in the pit David Curwin got trapped by one of Dolgoch's connecting rods when it came down on him thankfully he had not been working alone in the engine shed and that person came and rescued the locomotive engineer after he had heard the call for help. my information comes from the book railway adventure.
Nice to see you having so much fun, please do let us know at the Corris Railway next time that you're in the area, and we'll be glad to do something similar ;-)
Hello Richard, I did drop an email to you guys but never heard anything - I'd absolutely love to do Corris, you guys have made such amazing progress and have a couple of things I'd love to feature! Would you be able to drop me an email at Lawrie@lawriesmechanicalmarvels.com?
I’m genuinely convinced that Dolgoch is the most important engine in the world. The Talyllyn was the very first preservation railway(in the modern sense of the term)in the world,for the first two years Dolgoch was the only engine on the line that worked,and it worked every single job that it could on the railway,it worked like a geriatric dog essentially,and given that it was called the old lady even back then,you can imagine how hard it must have been on the engine,it had never been done,it hasn’t been done since,and it inspired others to attempt to do it again.
Ay up Lawrie. Just thought id mention, No 2 only used to have one whistle, and that is a Caladonian hooter as seen on the LMS. Also the regulator is wonderful if you know what you doing with it but disastrous if you don't. And when i was 8 yrs old they stuck me in the water tank to de scale it. I also ventured inside No 1 saddle tank lol
That lead carriage when you were leaving after running Dolgoch around the train isn’t one of the original coaches. The guards van and the two coaches ahead of that are though.
It must have been an honor to drive the “Gallant Old Engine.”
It really was
@@lmm Is it wrong of me to think of Rheneas whenever I see Dolgoch? I know I'm gonna piss a lot of rail fans off. Also, I wish Skarloey-I mean- Talyllyn was there.
@@benwise6517 I'm sure and well Dolgoch gets a chance to boast about also to mean there is nothing wrong with that after Awdry actually has a museum in in the Talyllyn railway museum
@@benwise6517 not wrong at all. I mean, Reverend Awdry was invovled with the early Preservation efforts on the Tallylyn. Heck, I'm a yank and I basically learned about the railroad from his stories. he helped spread the name of the line.
@@benwise6517 a friend of mine drives on the Talyllyn, and to wind him up, I always refer to the locos as Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handle, Peter-Sam and duncan, mainly to annoy him!
I love how respectful you are as you speak about her. She is a gorgeous locomotive.
She really is a legend, and we do need to be thankful - who knows what preservation would look like if she'd failed during those first seasons
@@lmm next time you come to the USA, you should visit #4014 on the Union Pacific railway
@@pacificcoastpiper3949 I strongly support this. Or the 844 Highball!
@@lmm did you feel like you was Edwin Jones or Jones the steam the engine driver from the Ivor the engine tv series when you got the fire going in Dolgoch's fire box in the second part of this episode. i only asked you that because you pointed out how Dolgoch is cearly a Welsh narrow gauge tank engine.
If he wasn’t Respectful he’d have been beaten to death rather swiftly
Gotta love an episode of LGL!
lol didn't expect to see you here.
@@falloutgod3725 I'm everywhere!
Lol
@@PlainlyDifficult so this is how you do your documentaries. Omnipresence. Neat.
@@alexphillips4325 Hello! My Name is Rusty Clarke! I was born in 1956 . So I missed the age Steam engines! But I Love the power and form . Love the unique features and beautiful designs of the English engines I hope one day we can ride one day! Love Rusty Clarke USA 🇺🇸
The whistle brings back a lot of memories of Thomas the tank engine that’s for sure, what a lovely little locomotive!
Yea
The variety on your channel is addictive. That's from a transport and history nerd to a fellow bunch of like minded nerds. Thank you.
Thank you very much! Pleased to hear you're enjoying it!
"There is nothing that gives me any concept that I am in 2020."
Besides driving Dolgoch, that in itself sounds _blissful_ . 😅
It really was.
Imagine if someone starts talking about Thomas and friends.
Dolgochs Thomas character is Rheneas. To be honest when I used to watch Thomas the Tank engine I always preferred the narrow gauge locomotives over the standard gauge locomotives.
@@bentullett6068 I thought of Lady
@@alanwiad3978 Rev Awdrey who originally wrote the Thomas the tank engine stories based the narrow gauge locomotives on those based at the Talyllyn Railway and other welsh narrow gauge railways railways like the Ffestiniog railway.
@@bentullett6068 Same
At 500k, I reckon you’ll be driving Tornado. ;)
I have fired her, so you never know!
Or scotsman
@@lmm You've fired Tornado? Do tell us the story sometime!
What about Big Boy here in the States. :o
@@lmm That wasn't very nice, Tornado has done a good job.
That shed at the beginning looks like the tunnel Lady was kept in from Thomas and the Magic Railroad and I love it.
It's a wonderful shed!
@@lmm a lot of history took place in 1951-2
A great “Iittle Old Engine”
Good to see Rheaneas’s Twin
i know i culd have sworn that dolgoch must be the insprition for rheaneas
@@IndustrialParrot2816 is this the engine that rheaneas is.based of
Yes, it is
He is actually Rheneas. His brother is Skarloey
@@christopherericjustinuy1552 I don't know if it's what you meant but Dolgoch isn't Rheneas, I'm pretty sure they did actually meet in the books.
How clean is that loco? Well done to everyone looking after it.
The people at the Talyllyn are just top notch - they have a lot of pride in the fleet and it shows!
As an American rail enthusiast, I've always dreamed about riding on the footplate of a famous steam locomotive. One day, I hope that comes true.
It has got to the point now where I see lawrie as a TV presenter
one question how do you film the viaduct scene
Maybe one day, that would be pretty amazing.
We'll reveal that in a future video
ah ok
I always wave when I see her. The line runs right behind my work place.
Oh what a treat that is
oh you lucky chap
Him*
@@grooviestglobe4907 no no, her is correct
@@grooviestglobe4907 all locomotives are female
It was so lovely to meet you and have you around, hope to see you again sometime soon, Kes & Steve.
At around 42:03, that whole quote...wow, I think you were getting a bit emotional there lawrie, AND SO WAS I!!!!!
He-hey! It's Rheneas! Good to see you again, ol' boy. How's your brother, Skarloey, doing these days?
Dolgoch's sister Talyllyn is coming to the end of an overhaul at the moment
Everyone forgetting my boi Smudger
This is like going to the Sistine Chapel and they invite you up onto the alter to handle the relics.
Pretty much, yes 😂
I knew it was a matter of time until you drove one of Tallylyn's steam engines!
I'm very excited that it happened!
It is a lovely line with lovely volunteers. Hopefully you might get an invite to drive a Corris loco and train...
It's absolutely super, and I'm really hoping to!
Also, I’d like to hear about how Edward-Thomas and Sir-Haydn worked on the Corris (where they were called Hughes and Kerr back then after where they were each built at)
Oh cool! Lawrie got to drive Rheneas! I know Dolgoch inspired Rheneas, but still, I wanted to make a joke.
At long last!!! I have been searching for ages to see if somebody would look extensively at Dolgoch's intricate "Patent" valve gear, and you have! My sincerest gratitude to you sir for giving us a closer look at the Old Lady's marvelous mechanisms
Oh you're most welcome! Glad to have been of service
I hear that on 8/26/1949, Dogloch cracked her frame. Was that what inspired Rheneas’s jammed valve-gear?
The sound of that little whistle took me back to childhood, it sounds just like the whistle that the producers of Thomas The Tank Engine used for the narrow gauge engines in the series!
Great to see the actual model locomotive that Rheaneas was built after
What a lovely little engine I remember seeing her on my trip to the talyllyn I would love for you to do Sir Haydn at some time.
So would I! Hopefully the railway will be happy enough for us to return!
One of the six engines reminds me of Lady the Magical Engine
Yes, so dreamy
guys i just realized this engine saved its railway rhaneas saved the skarloey railway put 2 and 2 together and this engine is the real story that gallent old engine was based off
Dolgoch - sounds like a character from Tolkien!
It does a little doesn't it!
What a beautiful place! Just watching this fires my passion for steam engines more and more! Thank you for the tour and experience of riding in the cab of Dolgoch.
I used to hate being short but after seeing you struggle with cabs i think i'll appriciate it
Definitely! So many cabs favour a shorter crew!
Wonderful video, :-)
It really baffles me that so many railway societies trust you to drive their locomotives.
I can't even get guys in my own local miniature train society to let me have a go at driving their locos.
Even though I owned a 5inch gauge Steam locomotive for 10 years. (Sold recently due to injury issues.)
Your a gallant old engine! When your rested, we’ll mend you so that you’ll be ready for tomorrow.
Why do I feel like this is Rheneas instead of Dolgouch
The character Rheneas is based on Dolgoch.
Oh look everyone, the real life rheneas!
or Smudger
@@liamvf4461 Oh yes of course.
Hi Lawrie, a very interesting and well narrated video! I hope your genuine and communicative enthusiasm will help them out during these tough times. Cheers
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!
Loved all 270,780 seconds of this.
Mate you have made me survive in this pandemic. Your videos makes my love with trains expand into ludicrous amount. You deserve way more subs and love mate keep up the amazing work!
Really pleased to hear our content has helped you - there's a link to the discord if you're not there already. Lots of people to talk to
Dolgoch - Talyllyn's very own 'Old Lady' - Lawrie Goes Loco Episode 21.
Lawrie's Mechanic love louis shirley
To think it was Rheneas’s basis and not Skarloey’s to save the railway shes a beautiful looking steam engine really hoping I can visit the talyllyn railway someday to see the little engines and Rev w Awdry’s study
And also smudger because rheneas and smudger are the same class of engine
Much like Rheneas kept his railway running, Dolgoch kept hers running. Glad to see Rev. Awdry drew inspiration from real events or else I would never have found out about the Gallant Old Engine's basis.
Yeah, amazing the stories sound almost like fiction 😂
Watching it move, it appears so smooth and quiet. I really must visit Tal-y-llyn at some point.
It's well worth a visit!
Can someone explain to me what the 2 tone whistles are for on Dolgoch? More or less the whistle codes (like the order the two are blown in) and how they work?
From 1954 to 1963, where’d Dolgoch go in England to be overhauled?
Lawrie, I recommend that you look at something called the T1 trust. A group of people are trying to build an extinct American steam engine from the ground up. I can link their website if you would like me to.
Lawrie you should consider touring down the states, seeing you at the controls of UP 844 would be awesome! Or Northwestern 924 if we wanna talk small.
And without them we wouldn’t have the Skarloey Railway
What a nice little locomotive, I could see why they used a similar shape for Lady in Thomas the magic railway
It's also the engine Rheneas is based on
She's such a beauty! I think I could honestly stare at Dolgoch for hours. I hadn't appreciated just how gorgeous a machine she is. almost seems a shame to even steam her...almost. XD
It's really easy to tell how much care and respect you're taking with her too. I don't know if I'd ever touch her myself! Dolgoch really is a lady in every sense of the word. it's amazing to think she's 154!
She's a work of art.
There was a great deal of trepidation, I'm just really honoured that the railway was happy to let me have a go!
It really did feel special.
Perfect for a Sunday morning....how can one NOT, love narrow gauge trains....🤨🤔😉
Top up the cuppa and fire up a few more LMM videos....
Good plan for the day!
Such a fantastic little engine. An old lady with spring in her step :)
This railway was based on the Skarloey Railway from Thomas And Friends
You mean, the stories made up about the Skarloey railway took their inspiration from the Talyllyn.
Many real events that happened on the railway made their way into the stories.
Yeah
here in america we have a steam locomotive that has never been retired, that is Union Pasific's 844 or other wise know as the "Living Legend" a "FEF-3" 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive built by ALCO
844 is pretty cool
Ya know, this certainly helps a little engine to feel that, at last, he has really now come back home.
She's never really left.
It’s just Rheneas’s quote from the gallant old engine story when he returns from his overhaul
Please list the real-life events of the RWS Skarloey and Mid-Sodor stories
Almost all the stories are based on real events.
@@lmm Yes, and I know most of them:
Skarloey Remembers - Talyllyn resting in the shed, Dolgoch's department to be overhauled, and even a lady named Mrs. Pugh who was commonly late like Mrs. Last.
Sir-Handel - Sir-Haydn's derailing.
Peter-Sam & The Refreshment Lady - Awdry causing the driver's mother-in-law to be left behind on the Talyllyn.
Old Faithful - Most likely if Talyllyn ever had a damaged spring, too.
Little Old Twins - The BBC TV visiting the Talyllyn.
Special Funnel - Edward-Thomas's brief diesel ejector and having a broken funnel from the Corris, and a washout on the Corris.
Steam-Roller - A steamroller crash in Ireland.
Passengers & Polish - Douglas stalling on a viaduct.
The Gallant Old Engine - How Dolgoch saved the line from closure.
The 1st 3 "Very old engines" - Real events of the Talyllyn's early days.
Grand-puff - Sir-Haydn and Edward-Thomas being sold from the Corris, and a similar stationary boiler to Stanley's fate.
Bulldog - Linda's leap.
Sleeping Beauty - An abandened engine being rediscovered in South America.
I just wanna know if there were any real events that inspired: "Trucks", "Home at last", "Rock n roll", "Duck and dukes", and "You can't win".
Don’t know if I’ll ever go up the ranks to steam driver when I start volunteering at the TR but I’ll always love the joys of driving a narrow gauge loco.
Also thanks for saying Tywyn and not Towyn.
It's a wonderful thing to be part of!
Love the intro, first time I have seen it!! It is great. And the loco, it is just stunning. You are one lucky man
That I am! Feel very privileged. Pleased to hear you're enjoying the intro!
Wow! I've been eagerly awaiting the next Lawrie Goes Loco and it was well worth the wait!
Pleased to hear it!
Everyone is talking about rheneas, but no one is ever talking about smudger
*Sad smudger noises*
Rheneas is an original character though, smudger was just created for TV
thank you for this. this year has been horrendous for all of us, but you’ve taken us away from it all for 45 minutes and grateful for that. been going down for 19 months now and i wouldn’t have it any other way. had a charter, worked the whistles and the injectors on 2 this year, she really is my favourite. you’ve now covered the 2 locos i’ll be driving when i’m 18 on a driver experience. been looking forward to this all week and it was a refreshing conclusion to our mock week. if you ever get the chance i would love to see coverage of 1, 3 or 4 :)
You're most welcome - glad you enjoyed the video!
It's a super railway, really enjoyed my visit and look forward to returning!
beautiful little loco!
Isn't she just
Next time you're in the U.S. call up Union Pacific and see if you can do something with Big Boy #4014 or the #844
Now isn't that the dream!
Im so happy you got to drive Dolgoch!!!!! Love the engine
So am I!
You look thrilled. So glad you could return to the Talyllyn Railway.
Funnily enough, I used to think buffers on narrow gauge locos was the norm thanks to Thomas and Friends. 😂
I really was!
It's funny isn't it!
Your lucky that's an amazing engine
Looks even more like Rheneas in red!
As Rheneas is based upon Dolgoch, that makes sense!
She's legendary for sure one of y favourite engines of all time really happy you've made an episode on her as always fantastic!
Thank you very much! Wonderful experience
same I'm happy
This is quit an amazing video of quit an amazing little locomotive, I like how pristine it is kept and the very respectful modifications, such as that the old oiler and spring gauges has not been taken off through made redundant by newer oilers and gauges! this is really what sets a preserved engine apart from one in regular service, it is telling a little story of its own.
Kudos to the people at Talyllyn Railway for their amazing work!
a very informative and incitful video. Would you ever do one of these for an LBSCR Terrier?
Thank you very much! I'm really hoping to in the new year!
Well, the Upper Silesia Narrow Gauge Railways in Poland also have two buffers with central draw hook. Also the unique gauge of 785 mm.
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B3rno%C5%9Bl%C4%85skie_Koleje_W%C4%85skotorowe
www.gkw.pl/index-en.htm
Just like Rheneas, a galant old engine!!!
Yes, Rheneas is based on Dolgoch
As well as smudger
Rheneas saved our railway.
Even in America, this locomotive has had a lot of influence. Without it, Union Pacific's Heritage Steam Fleet might never have existed.
It’s amazing to see how far Lawrie goes loco has come, from starting off with the MSLR’s 165DS to now being on the Talyllyns one and only Dolgoch. Favourite series on the channel, look forward to it every month. Question is what’s next?
Thank you very much - it's mad isn't it! We've got some exciting stuff in the pipeline, and hopefully it's just going to keep getting better!
How to be a locomotive fireman - Part 1 - Fire
Step 1 - Open fire door.
It's still on fire, yeah? Good.
No fire? You disgrace your famiry.
Stay tuned for Part 2 - Water. Believe me, if you value your job and your life, you won't want to miss it.
Was told once that the brake valves they use for the air brake came from scrapped Melbourne suburban trains. Good to see that Victorian engineers had the sense to put access holes in the frame to make oiling easier.
Oh really? That's interesting.
Yeah, most engines are designed so you can actually work on them
@@lmm If what I was told is correct then it was the Victorian railways Tait cars that "donated" their brake valves.
Can't wait for you to do Dinorwic Alice Class :D
I'm working on it!
most of the people watching this don even know where tywyn is
Quite possible
during the events of railway adventure the late writer L.T.C Rolt from what i understand he drove Dolgoch more times than he sold tickets from the portable booking office in the brake van, i think he had a great fondness for this old Lady and Edward Thomas one of the ex Corris engines
I can understand why!
@@lmm do the footplate crews still have problems firing Dolgoch in his book railway adventure Tom Rolt mentioned a occason when he and David Curwen spent a afternoon removing unburnt coal from her firebox after a new fireman had put a little too much on the fire and it put the fire out. after relighting the fire they then drove Dolgoch on to the nearest station which was not far from where they was then living and when they arrived at this station they then put the old lady to bed. I understand they brought her up the line to Pendre in the morning on time for the first train of the day.
@@lmm I understand that on one occason in the early 1950s while he was working under her in the pit David Curwin got trapped by one of Dolgoch's connecting rods when it came down on him
thankfully he had not been working alone in the engine shed and that person came and rescued the locomotive engineer after he had heard the call for help. my information comes from the book railway adventure.
Nice to see you having so much fun, please do let us know at the Corris Railway next time that you're in the area, and we'll be glad to do something similar ;-)
Hello Richard,
I did drop an email to you guys but never heard anything - I'd absolutely love to do Corris, you guys have made such amazing progress and have a couple of things I'd love to feature!
Would you be able to drop me an email at Lawrie@lawriesmechanicalmarvels.com?
@@lmm Thanks for getting back to me, email has been sent. Look forward to being able to have you over.
Do this locomotive looks like Duncan or Rheneas from Thomas and Friends
Dolgoch is the basis for Rheneas, with many of the stories being based on actual events on the Talyllyn
And smudger
Rheneas's basis!!!
That she is
Sometimes the little engines can do the most biggest things.
It's an amazingly important little thing
Was i the only one who heard him say bitch sometime aftet 25:00?
Bits!
I’m genuinely convinced that Dolgoch is the most important engine in the world.
The Talyllyn was the very first preservation railway(in the modern sense of the term)in the world,for the first two years Dolgoch was the only engine on the line that worked,and it worked every single job that it could on the railway,it worked like a geriatric dog essentially,and given that it was called the old lady even back then,you can imagine how hard it must have been on the engine,it had never been done,it hasn’t been done since,and it inspired others to attempt to do it again.
Our gallant old engine
Maybe the question should not be: "Would you have her", but "Would you have a decent quality replica of her."
Many fans of the Railway series would remember Dolgoch best as the inspiration for Rheneas
Ay up Lawrie. Just thought id mention, No 2 only used to have one whistle, and that is a Caladonian hooter as seen on the LMS. Also the regulator is wonderful if you know what you doing with it but disastrous if you don't. And when i was 8 yrs old they stuck me in the water tank to de scale it. I also ventured inside No 1 saddle tank lol
Watched this video 4 times. Will edit each time I come back
Glad you've enjoyed it!
Many happy returns
That lead carriage when you were leaving after running Dolgoch around the train isn’t one of the original coaches. The guards van and the two coaches ahead of that are though.
I see you have been to talyllyn railway you should come down to Victoria Australia to see its twin puffing billy railway
It's like from Thomas and Friends skarloey Railway a gallant old engine
I may have rewatched this video more than 5 times 😅
Glad you enjoyed it
Man this whole train is built wacky. It’s a wonder she still runs!
She's been well looked after
@@lmm indeed
You probably think that's as smool a steam loco can get, I did are very wrong
There is a 15 inch gauge railroad in little amrica
I love the train it is bieutifull I love it somash
She's a beautiful locomotive.
2:42 with Captain Baxter being the first and only standard gauge engine to visit the Tallylyn railway
I may have set a land speed record from clicking on this video
😂 Pleased you enjoyed it