The UK's Biggest *PUBLIC* 12" Gauge Ride on Railway!
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- Опубликовано: 20 июл 2020
- Sorry about the audio at some points there was lots of wind and lots of background noise!
In todays video we take a visit to the UK's biggest 12" Gauge ride on railway
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I live in the Boston, Mass. area and I love your train videos! Thank you so much, such an enjoyable treat! I am a tomboy who loves trains!😊
Glad you enjoyed, lots more content on my channel!
I’d absolutely love something as large as this, but have no garden in which to put it at the moment.
Wow, this is really really nice! I'm very impressed, looks fun! I like how they take time and care into replacing the sleepers every 10 - 25 years. I would like to visit here. Graham Alexander left behind a fun and awesome legacy...
Glad you like it!
Ahh so I've found your channel!😂 Absolutely fantastic video, there's been a few done on and about this railway and I have to admit this is my favourite now, a perfect mix of passing shots and loads of info, history, how the railway is run and the technical side. I learned a few things myself actually, and I've been a frequent volunteer for 4 years 😂 Excellent video, and lovely to see you filming the other day! Mike - RLR PW team
Cheers Mike, really glad you enjoyed it, Murray has offered to invite me back in the future so hopefully a return is on the cards, I had such a good day walking the length of the track a few times filming! All the best
A very good video but shame that steam doesn’t get a mention, may not be in service now but it is the reason some people visit!
fantastic video Ollie.... so many happy memories , all the subs say it all mate
Hey Ollie, Ahh really enjoyed that a superb video. Been looking forward to using the emojis great fun :) :) :) You and Tian make a great team. Thanks again Ollie take care and stay safe.
Il try get some more emojis sorted soon to! Glad you enjoyed and thank you so much for your continued support!
These Ride On Railroads that you have been showing on your channel are really great. I am looking forward to seeing more of these.
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed!
Absolutely amazing video oli really really enjoyed it, you should be proud
Very kind mate, really glad you enjoyed it!
Very informative video on the UK's biggest gauge railway, but, l would have loved to have seen a video with a lot more riding on the train around this beautiful garden! Informative and great video here! Thank you!!🚂🚊👏🤩💯
Great Video Ollie. Hopefully next year I'll be able to visit the location and take a rid. Or at least add it to my bucket list
It’s great mate, really worth the visit and not expensive either!
Great Video ,must admit never heard of this railway Thanks for sharing !
It’s worth a visit!
Thankyou sir❤️.
Thankyou for introduced of this Beautifull and amazing tiny Railway park. I Like to it. Very Excellent surprise. I am waiting for your same videos in next 💚
Excellent! Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice to see Haste Hill Station Garden is still pretty much as we built it!
I've always loved this railway!
Hi from Australia, that was really amazing to watch. Ruslip Lido is where they made the Titanic movie "A night to remember".
A very enjoyable video - thank you!
Glad you enjoyed! Feel free to subscribe for more!
Another nice little video, I used to drive on the Barking Park Light Railway years ago :)
Glad you enjoyed mate!
Barking park railway has been opened again .I remember the orange and cream
Diesel .
@@1fourcore Me too, I used to drive with the blue petrol ruston look alike and the green diesel ruston lookalike, and a class 20 electric powered.
I went on this railway with since I was a little kid and I loved it to the beach 😃😃😃
Nice one Ollie..very enjoyable.
Thank you Tim 🙌🏻
Nice video 👍
So you are making your way up the scales 😂 : oo, o, 5", 12"
Keep up the great videos 😊👍
Might just buy a 1:1 scale loco next 😂😂
@@WardleRestorations now thats the spirit 😂 starts off with an 08.... Ends up with a garratt 😂
I love your yellow hopper wagons.
Pulls all 18 carriages its really powerful. Surely he has tried pushing them? I pushed an entire narrow gauge train full of people with one foot! Thats the beauty of rail!. You only need about 1hp per ton!
Wow its narrow gauge but wide and hight train. I wonder if the train is strong enough if any huge wind blow it from the side
They are quite sturdy! Would take a lot to blow them over
No windows so all the wind would just go straight through the middle!
@@mikekirwan5326 makes sense too 👍
That paint scheme of loco Graham Alexander resembles that of Portuguese Railways diesels from the 1960´s on, except for that thin red line on the white stripe running the length of the loco, and the full red "skirt"...the buffer beams were also red. Check the batch of 50 1370 HP BoBo´s buil by English Electric in the early 60´s, suplemented by another 20 built "in house"...
A great day out by the looks of it Ollie
Right! Quick onto Google Maps! I had heard of this railway, never knew it was 12" though. And now I want to know where in Ruislip it is, so I can visit.
It’s quite easy to find once you’re in Ruislip!
@@WardleRestorations Yep! Found it in less than a minute.
How does this beautiful place keep the doors open?
Murray... you've filled out a bit my friend!!!
Interesting that you've mostly gone over to block token working instead of the old randa system developed from Ravensglass!
Love this scale of train where you can sit inside. Do you have any replicas of standard gauge trains? A class 08 or 45 or something. If I won the lottery I'd definitely have a couple 😂
I've been on that one and there a to scale solar system walk if you walk back with little pictures of the planets.
Looks cool
It looks to be a very nice set-up with the prospect of a good day out. The carriages also seem a little more disabled-elderly friendly, being covered. With the 'tubs' or wagons there, why have a dog and bark y'self when it come to shifting anything like the ballast gravel, et.c. Nice one all at Wardle Road. Cheers Ollie.
Really glad you enjoyed mate, I put a bit more effort into this so super happy with the feedback!
The covered carriages are also wheelchair accessible by removing the side of the carriage for access
@@79MBO That's even better, fantastic even! Thank you for that consideration and for pointing that out. My last trip on a 12" was hanging on to the front of the open 'saddle' type car with a foot sticking out wider than the drivers and my daughter securing me from the back, such as my disability allows. Fun as it was for me, it was a worry to the staff, which I fully understand. Cheers!
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Flymochairman1 if you get the chance do come and visit, you’ll be most welcome!
I Worked at Perkins Engines for 40 years what is the engine 4236?
use work on that years ok helped build put off the extension to the back of the top car park field turntable used to be in the corner before it got extended again to just short off main entrance graham i think just been built they had raila robert class 52 western and the iso containters arrived while i was there which formed the carrige sheds so many memorys thanks
Really glad you enjoyed, hopefully il be back there soon!
Why not use that unused turn table as the centerpiece to a brilliant roundhouse.?
The odd thing to me is how well the 12" gauge works here carrying passengers. It looks pretty safe and rides well. I'd have thought the popular 15" gauge would have been the absolute smallest for this, but no, though that does seem to be the smallest gauge used in the UK for actual rail services between various towns and villages, albeit mainly (though not entirely) used by tourists.
Hope you enjoyed the video!
The railway has been there for over 40 years so is actually very safe. Has had many great open days where the invited Public can view the sheds etc.
Hello sir, nice to meet you, greetings one step at a time, work as a worker at the Indonesian Railways, looking at the old video, very interested, if I may ask, is this locomotive made by yourself or is there a place to buy it?
I need to drive these engines 🤣
We all do! 😂
Great video
Thank you!
Those English Electric BoBo´s (Class 1400 of Portuguese Railways and a BR Class 20 derivative) were the all-time favourites of John Dowling, the bogie designer... in his own words, when questioned about the subject,,,
Good little video that mate! I think a microphone would be a good investment for you though
Thanks for your feedback il take that into consideration stay safe
Wardle Road 😂😂😂😂
What does the tamper from Austria look like?
It’ll look similar to this :
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Nice
Impressive
Hope you enjoyed the video! 👍
Hello Ollie , You WILL BE 15 INCH GAUGE NEXT FANTASTIC Regards Dave
Thank you David, kind words as always!
This is simply outstanding. As a railfan and a HO modeler I really enjoyed this video. Cheers from the US
Anytime! Feel free to sub for more!
Very narrow for such a heavy railway… why was it built on 12“? Had more thought that 15“ is more suitable…(?)
Im always dying to go on one of these but I daren't without my grandkids. I nean, what adult would want to to ride a train just for fun?
Never too old to have fun!
Always a reason to ride the railway, to visit the excellent cafe which is close to Woody Bay station!
You can get microphones that record more sound from where there pointed too and much less from around them. I'd advise looking into this for recording in noisy environments. We want to hear you, not the extractor fan behind the camera.
abrr2000 yeh I’m looking into getting a microphone however it wasn’t an extractor fan it was a loco 😁
I don't even recognise 80% of the people in this video, but guys... you are playing with 22 years of my history! ENJOY!!! :)
Those guys have a great railway with suberb rolling stock and the engines are imaculate. Well done.
Hope you enjoyed the video! Was one of my favourites to film!
Santa was much better in the woods! It was more magical for the kids!
So the RLR is bigger than the RH&DR?
RH&DR is 15” gauge so no the RLR is smaller
That was meant to be the other way round, oops
Any proper steam locos here?
ONE
I was one of the society's founder members when the council handed the railway over. When we started the only building was a small brick structure that just about housed the only locomotive, No.3 'Robert' which was then powered by a Ford Crossflow petrol engine. It's good to see that it is flourishing.
While we were erecting a larger shed around the existing one the dynamo control box on"Robert" failed. It was conveniently located under the hydraulic tank which meant it kept any rain off but was difficult to get at. When another member and I removed it with water dribbling down our necks from the slack bolt holes, took it to a Ford dealership and asked if they had one. When the salesman ask what it was off we replied almost in unison, "A railway locomotive". The salesman gave one of those "oh really" looks but found a suitable replacement.
Also...
Cheap fuel for anyone with log burners eh.!😂!.
I can’t wait to see it even tho I am Australia I want to go to Britain but I can’t go with covid19
We defo have the best railways
Agreed!
I subbed and liked
Never been to that railway, one for the future. Is it me or does 12" gauge locos have an American look to them?
Great video as ever ollie. Stay safe
James
They do have an American look, especially the maintenance loco! Glad you enjoyed James, appreciate the support
James Akers Hello James,
As an American these locos look distinctly British to me.
Cheers.
They need to bring back Father Christmas.
Agreed!
Railway many variants
THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD
What their job? Would love to drive those trains for a day!
@@WardleRestorations
I surely would :)
Is it me............or do they keep getting bigger??????????? Going back to the days of Max Headroom!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to go we’re you go
No steam engine???
its currently being overhauled
Graham Alexander built in 1919? Really!!
Freight service to be tried with these trains
Did they stop using the Christmas platform, when Santa died.?
I remember when my dad told me. I was about 6yrs old.!😭!.
I was devastated.!😭😭😭!.
I think that's when I started being naughty ALL YEAR round, and not just from January through to October. Cos there was no longer any point, if I wasn't to be rewarded.
I think my dad told me that, to teach me a lesson for being naughty. Back fired on him tho. With no reward for being good, I ended up being naughty ALL the time, and ended up in borstal by the time I was 9.
Should have thought it through.!🧐!.
Is it Bird.! Is it a Plane.! No.! Its a Train..! ❤🚂
The ONLY 12" gauge railway in the Uk so bound to be the biggest/longest!!!
And? My title is still factual 👍
I’m sure there are some private 12” gauge railways but none are public like the Ruislip Lido Railway
Well said mate
Fairbourne railway?
Exbury railway ?
Beautiful railway but no steam locomotive?
there is 1 but at the time of filming it was being worked on in the workshop!
Sorry to sniff and sneer, but I don't do diesels as you know. The railway would only be on my list if they turned the diesels into sweet smelling steam engines.
Kelly I will be visiting the railway again in the future, they do have a steam train but was undergoing some work when I visited!
the engine has a thank you NHS headboard on! Cool
Here's an idea, how about themematic trains honoring UK rock bands. Beatles train or Rolling Stones train!
They need steam. Otherwise great layout.
They do have steam, it’s just being renovated! Subscribe to see it in a future update 😁
mask wearing outside why
It was the rules at the time.