Preparing a Miniature Steam Locomotive on the Eastleigh Lakeside Railway

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  • Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
  • An early morning visit to the Eastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway on Thursday 31st May 2018 to see LNER A4-class 4-6-2 No.4498 "Sir Nigel Gresley" being prepared by its driver for a day's work during the Half-Term week.
    This video features from the lighting of the fire, cleaning and lubrication to collecting coal, water and coaches before setting out on the first train of the day.

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  • @gmrgamingrm
    @gmrgamingrm 3 года назад +28

    There's something so relaxing about watching videos like this.

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo 4 года назад +195

    My God, I think this is the ultimate model train I have ever seen.

    • @cnichols9382
      @cnichols9382 4 года назад +11

      Well it ain’t a model more like a ultimate investment.

    • @superknightlol
      @superknightlol 4 года назад +6

      lol didnt expect to see you here

    • @jamesgroccia644
      @jamesgroccia644 4 года назад +7

      Seeing you is a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

    • @nightw4tchman
      @nightw4tchman 4 года назад +2

      Didn't expect to see you here.

    • @dimilinklink8739
      @dimilinklink8739 4 года назад +2

      Omg

  • @MrStr8den
    @MrStr8den 5 лет назад +68

    Quite satisifying and relaxing to watch a group of enthusiasts quietly getting on doing what they do best...until @ 10:05 !!

    • @rockingboygames2967
      @rockingboygames2967 4 года назад +1

      How did you say that was so embarrassing but!!!!!✌️⭐😁

  • @Petriefied0246
    @Petriefied0246 3 года назад +2

    So much work involved in getting this up and running, but what a beautiful engine!

  • @Voyager141
    @Voyager141 Год назад +2

    Nice to see all the tender love and care that is put into prepping these mini trains for service. :D

    • @SatNavDan
      @SatNavDan  Год назад +1

      A lot of hard, dirty and rewarding work at the end of it.

  • @flybobbie1449
    @flybobbie1449 2 года назад +2

    School break time in 70's i would go sometimes to library. On the shelf was a book on steam locos and details how they worked. I then realised the book was aimed at loco model builders (6 inch wheel castings gave it away). Was amazed to think people would build such. Back then many men worked in machine shops and building a live steam loco a hobby in the garden shed.

  • @Aieou472
    @Aieou472 2 года назад +1

    i still cant believe that this was filmed at a place that ive been to uncountable times. the great thing about this place is that you can just drive in, park, buy a ticket and get on a train. its completely open to the public. and its a great area for walking as well.

  • @HSMiyamoto
    @HSMiyamoto 5 лет назад +60

    I love how the model A-4 sounds just like a full-size engine, and so do the little passenger cars as they roll by.

  • @belchnasty
    @belchnasty 4 года назад +1

    A very well made video and engine. No music, long shots & well composed 15 minutes of pure pleasure. Thanks!

  • @KayoMichiels
    @KayoMichiels 5 лет назад +15

    Man, that A4 class looks ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!!

  • @robbyboy03
    @robbyboy03 4 года назад +2

    Would love to have seen more of it running. Hard to call it a model being so large. Truly beautiful to watch though.
    Well done.

  • @timmius4294
    @timmius4294 5 лет назад +2

    It's great people with such great hobbies. Greetings from the Westerwald, to the Great Britain 👍

  • @ElNeroDiablo
    @ElNeroDiablo 4 года назад +2

    This was truly an engrossing awesome video, and I must thank RUclips for recommending it to me from Charlie Bishop's Chadwick Model Railway channel.

  • @jamesberlo4298
    @jamesberlo4298 5 лет назад +24

    Its just amazing the Skill, Talent , Brains and passionate dedication & drive for perfection some individuals posses .

  • @chiefs1587
    @chiefs1587 4 года назад +2

    Awesome video! There needs to be more of these start up videos out there!

  • @mylestheepickid7487
    @mylestheepickid7487 3 года назад +1

    That boy is a legend stem engine

  • @Hofsan
    @Hofsan 5 лет назад +5

    One thing about the British and British engineers. Always polishing, full size or scale. Beautiful.

  • @lasalleman
    @lasalleman 5 лет назад +26

    Beautiful model. Can't imagine the work that went into building it. Must have been thousands of hours.

    • @paddydu5113
      @paddydu5113 4 года назад

      Make that years

    • @LukeAlfordUKsteam
      @LukeAlfordUKsteam 2 года назад +1

      @@paddydu5113 Thousands of years lol

    • @DemeterHUN
      @DemeterHUN 2 года назад

      @@LukeAlfordUKsteam I was there 3000 years ago...

    • @colinmcnab6145
      @colinmcnab6145 Год назад

      Thousands of hours and tens of thousands of pounds. A ready made small live steam gauge 1 will cost over £10k.

  • @omegadavids6362
    @omegadavids6362 2 года назад +2

    Spencer: Sir Nigel.... You looks Small
    Judy: I know
    Nick: Me Too

  • @bravolima7766
    @bravolima7766 4 года назад +2

    She's a beauty ! Amazing locomotive

  • @agerolight2701
    @agerolight2701 5 лет назад +21

    Wowie! That one's a beauty

  • @schlaackmusic
    @schlaackmusic 3 года назад +11

    Or s they were called in the old Thomas stories, "vera wee engines!"

  • @Schlipperschlopper
    @Schlipperschlopper 5 лет назад +6

    Finest of the finest, now we need a large german 05-001 streamline scale modell :-)

  • @mattseymour8637
    @mattseymour8637 5 лет назад +9

    Yeah I've heard that and use it in my loco . I think they like to recreate the real experience!

  • @Shipwright1918
    @Shipwright1918 5 лет назад +6

    What a splendid engine!

  • @gupadre8255
    @gupadre8255 2 года назад

    Used to go there all the time when I was younger

  • @Eduardo_Barbicha
    @Eduardo_Barbicha 5 лет назад +11

    Extraordinary Locomotive!

  • @turbulanceism
    @turbulanceism 4 года назад +7

    I would love to see an a4 built on the RHDR... They are so pretty

    • @zakaria-ghali
      @zakaria-ghali 3 года назад

      يبتيملىىز😇😇😇💣

  • @charliesadv8493
    @charliesadv8493 4 года назад +1

    What a beautiful machine

  • @jackyblue67same10
    @jackyblue67same10 4 года назад +2

    This is so cute I would love to ride on that lil train .I've never rode on any train but I'd love to though .

  • @mentalunicorn9567
    @mentalunicorn9567 4 года назад +1

    Why is there nothing like this up Newcastle area yes beamish had like couple steamy things but nothing as cool as this I need this in my life!!!!!!

    • @WCGUK2024
      @WCGUK2024 2 месяца назад

      Put in planning permission and become a founder of a model engineering society

  • @theflyingscotsman9902
    @theflyingscotsman9902 4 года назад +5

    At 3:50 mark , reminds me of my little stationary engine when I was a kid . Esbit fuel tablets 😉

  • @tallandhandsome29
    @tallandhandsome29 5 лет назад +1

    I was at Woking station yesterday and an EWS diesel hauler came past so I barely looked up....but it was pulling ‘Union of South Africa’, another A4 up towards Waterloo. It wasn’t moving quickly but still too quick for me to get my camera out, darn it.

  • @ab_railways_original
    @ab_railways_original 3 года назад

    Hi I just wanted to say that I love steam engines and I happen to live on the NYMR home do Sir Nigel Gressley (but currently it’s being repaired in the NRM)

  • @sprinklerautomation3085
    @sprinklerautomation3085 4 года назад +2

    Love the sound of steam engine...

  • @korianal
    @korianal 5 лет назад +5

    This model reminds me of Spencer a lot.

  • @fabiamoon1696
    @fabiamoon1696 4 года назад +1

    I live about a mile from Lakeside, it's a fun place to go.

    • @WCGUK2024
      @WCGUK2024 2 месяца назад

      I have been once and love it

  • @davidantoniocamposbarros7528
    @davidantoniocamposbarros7528 3 года назад +2

    Imagine if this little fella here met the real Sir Nigel Grestley..... It would be like Typhoon meeting the Flying Scotsman

  • @DeafIaint
    @DeafIaint 5 лет назад +5

    Such a soft exhaust, I can't tell whether this model is just a two cylinder loco or a three cylinder one.

    • @gerrard1144
      @gerrard1144 5 лет назад

      A4's are 3 cylinders

    • @DeafIaint
      @DeafIaint 5 лет назад +1

      @@gerrard1144, we know. It's the model I'm referring to !

    • @generations113
      @generations113 5 лет назад +1

      She is 3 cylinder

  • @WhistleStopWonders.
    @WhistleStopWonders. Год назад

    I love the bit where the blowing the whistle and someone's says "its to noisy!" Then someone else Saye "Shut up"

  • @savneetsinghrairai6823
    @savneetsinghrairai6823 4 года назад +1

    This is so cool one should have in backyard to make children'happy....
    I♥️it stuff from gone era ...it has its oun charm and we know how far we came in development..these were the starters

    • @WCGUK2024
      @WCGUK2024 2 месяца назад

      You can get smaller 3 inch gauge trains for gardens

  • @azharahmed3249
    @azharahmed3249 4 года назад +1

    GREAT WORK

  • @Lnerfan1
    @Lnerfan1 Год назад +1

    3 arelsdale engines came to mind

  • @BabulNortheast01
    @BabulNortheast01 4 года назад

    Wow! Excellent.. Love from India...

  • @martynbuzzing3327
    @martynbuzzing3327 5 лет назад +10

    Got to love the British weather..

  • @davesalmond6726
    @davesalmond6726 4 года назад

    Those folk are GIANTS -I would like to know from whence they obtain giant screwdrivers and inflammable cheese though.Amazing dedication.

  • @medwaymodelrailway7129
    @medwaymodelrailway7129 3 года назад

    Nice video .Enjoy it thanks

  • @jasonharper2601
    @jasonharper2601 5 лет назад +2

    HOPE THE ENGINEER STAYS WARM WITH THE FIREBOX LOOKS LIKE A COLD DRIZZLING DAY

  • @PinkestValentine
    @PinkestValentine 5 лет назад +1

    I mean it guys if you ever need help there, im gonna by myself a ticket and speed to you and help you out as best as I can,thats how much of an train fan I am, from kindergarten until now

  • @brawler4456
    @brawler4456 4 года назад

    why do i like these so much?

  • @khzim2010
    @khzim2010 3 года назад

    nice hard work

  • @themechbuilder6171
    @themechbuilder6171 2 года назад

    beautiful locomotive!!

  • @stanb1455
    @stanb1455 3 года назад

    A mini A4! So cute!

  • @petrstuntbiker885
    @petrstuntbiker885 4 года назад

    Great ,nice,super work 👍👍👍😉🇨🇿🍀🍀🍀🍀

  • @treeman101
    @treeman101 4 года назад +1

    we need more footage of the train rolling around the track

  • @PinkestValentine
    @PinkestValentine 5 лет назад +17

    To be honest, I would work there, evem without pay. I would even pay money to work there

  • @iancanty9875
    @iancanty9875 4 года назад +29

    Wow! So that’s how they keep the old girl in tip top order! They use 50 foot high giant engineers! 🥴 And did you see the size of that whopping lawn mower? why it’s as high as a house!🥴🤪

    • @victorjr8004
      @victorjr8004 4 года назад +4

      *DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION*

    • @paddydu5113
      @paddydu5113 4 года назад +1

      Stop you’re not funny

    • @iancanty9875
      @iancanty9875 4 года назад +4

      @@paddydu5113 Nothing is funny if you’re determined to be miserable and to pick fault with those who are just tying to inject a little light heartedness into today’s dark world

    • @skandto
      @skandto 3 года назад

      @@iancanty9875 he is right tho like this person is not funny so stop using big words to make yourself look smart when you are not

    • @iancanty9875
      @iancanty9875 3 года назад

      @@skandto Eh! ????

  • @bluebellsfan8704
    @bluebellsfan8704 3 года назад

    Those look and sound nice! :)

  • @KKBED781966
    @KKBED781966 4 года назад +7

    I remember when I was around 4 years old I was crying because I learned you couldn’t buy one of these 😂

    • @HappyDude1
      @HappyDude1 3 года назад +2

      you can buy it :;)
      but it will be more expensive then a car

    • @AppleManiagaming
      @AppleManiagaming 3 года назад

      @@HappyDude1 cost you about half a million.

    • @WCGUK2024
      @WCGUK2024 2 месяца назад

      You can buy them they just cost more than a car 😂

  • @nerfreak01
    @nerfreak01 4 года назад +13

    10:04. Too noisy!
    10:07. *Immediately does it again*
    Totally me. XD

  • @user-dz9ke2ud3u
    @user-dz9ke2ud3u 4 года назад +1

    紅茶をキメすぎた紳士らしい
    めっちゃうらやましいです。

  • @ellisplayz1443
    @ellisplayz1443 4 года назад

    Mallard will always be amazing in any size

  • @SteveCarrett
    @SteveCarrett 5 лет назад

    Very good video I enjoyed watching this.

  • @eslylobo5399
    @eslylobo5399 Год назад

    The train look coool😮

  • @user-lw6dm1ns3b
    @user-lw6dm1ns3b 3 года назад

    It is very cute, it would be nice to change the boiler technology so that there is no smoke and smell.

  • @zacharykoplin6543
    @zacharykoplin6543 4 года назад

    Beautiful

  • @niranjannarasimhulu1619
    @niranjannarasimhulu1619 5 лет назад +1

    That's a beautiful engine

  • @GBRailways
    @GBRailways 5 лет назад

    What a beautiful model of a lovely engine.

  • @christopherdellwo5829
    @christopherdellwo5829 4 года назад +1

    Such model railroad associations also exist in Germany - Hessen - Taunus

    • @WCGUK2024
      @WCGUK2024 2 месяца назад

      Here they are called model engineering societies

  • @roberttaylor6108
    @roberttaylor6108 4 года назад +2

    I was hoping it was going to Belch smoke like one of those really old school locomotives

    • @acescionti711
      @acescionti711 4 года назад

      Robert Taylor that’s only if they’ve put to much coal in and was virtually exclusivel to American loco because all USA thought of them was as a work horse so they weren’t treated correctly

    • @acescionti711
      @acescionti711 4 года назад

      Belching black smoke there’s to much coal no smoke not enough thick wight and creamy plums just right

  • @sharadsharma6842
    @sharadsharma6842 5 лет назад

    adding an removable Extension pipe of about 4-5 feet will keep the smoke and ashes running into the drivers eyes and lungs.

  • @falcor1969
    @falcor1969 Год назад

    I've always watched this video with excitement at the size of this locomotive, but also with puzzlement as something about it just doesn't look right. I finally figured out what was wrong about this locomotive. It's too short. It's stubby looking. It looks like it's too short in length by about 12-18".

  • @Dairobo10
    @Dairobo10 4 года назад +4

    2:43 wow spencer in BLUE

    • @e-mananimates2274
      @e-mananimates2274 4 года назад +2

      That engine is based on the A4 class, which is the same kind of locomotive Spencer is. The fastest of the steam locomotives, the Mallard, is a part of that class.

    • @jezzz_08
      @jezzz_08 4 года назад +2

      Nah its spencers lucky brother in the real world spencer was scrapped he was the silver link a4 class locomotive

    • @BaddyRaks
      @BaddyRaks 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@jezzz_08 Spencer it's A4.0

  • @peterszar
    @peterszar 3 года назад

    Wow now, that engine had a nice throaty whistle/horn, compared with the usual whimpy sounding horns on British loco's.

  • @KenshiSteve
    @KenshiSteve 3 года назад

    They look stupidly cool in there i wish im there xd

  • @arandomperson8315
    @arandomperson8315 3 года назад

    the flag on top the A4 is a thomas and friends flag

  • @ThomasBensler
    @ThomasBensler 5 лет назад +4

    from dark and cold to take off ...

  • @nathanparker1879
    @nathanparker1879 5 лет назад +1

    Just another rainy day in England

  • @vulgivagu
    @vulgivagu 4 года назад +1

    Is this by any chance the lovely engine that used to run on Christchurch Quay years ago. I have a photo taken in 1956 of an identical engine .

  • @rockingboygames2967
    @rockingboygames2967 4 года назад

    that's amazing that you should go to British got talent and show it that is very amazing I want to give you credit that's amazing I want you to keep that up. 🤩🤩😊

  • @ross.venner
    @ross.venner 5 лет назад +10

    What happened to the miniature railway at South Sea Castle. Did any of these locomotives come from there?
    Thank you

  • @mdnealy4097
    @mdnealy4097 4 года назад

    If I had lived near this park when I was in middle school I would have ran away and lived at the park.

  • @hntrains2
    @hntrains2 5 лет назад +49

    The inside looks just as bad as a real engine!
    The exterior itself - it's quite badass!

  • @jandalewlaranguin192
    @jandalewlaranguin192 Год назад

    Sir nicao cresley looks like spencer from thomas and friends

  • @ianvicedomini2648
    @ianvicedomini2648 5 лет назад

    The mallard. A beautiful train

    • @JustJamesYT
      @JustJamesYT 5 лет назад +2

      ur not wrong, it is beautiful, but its a Sir Nigel Gresley, not the Mallard, however they are both A4's

  • @mattseymour8637
    @mattseymour8637 5 лет назад +5

    Thanks for the reply.. so it's normal to have blue smoke if using steam coal like Welsh steam or Russian coal ?

  • @johngomes1552
    @johngomes1552 5 лет назад +7

    I dont know how this is miniture, that train is half my height

  • @noonenooo2843
    @noonenooo2843 5 лет назад

    Awwww what a cute baby

  • @pawthebuilder2348
    @pawthebuilder2348 2 года назад

    That Train Looks like Spencer from Thomas & Friends

    • @TheOnlyTYRE
      @TheOnlyTYRE 2 года назад

      I wonder why that is? 🤔

  • @DIY-valvular
    @DIY-valvular 4 года назад

    Oh! The industrious minature British Imperium!

  • @tommoss2005
    @tommoss2005 3 года назад +1

    What gauge is the track that it is running on?

    • @WCGUK2024
      @WCGUK2024 2 месяца назад

      Eastleigh are multi sizes both 10 1/4 and 7 1/2

  • @timlazara1585
    @timlazara1585 4 года назад +1

    I can’t believe, that is a jewel of the crown!! This is a commercial unit or it was made by hand? Thanks

    • @WCGUK2024
      @WCGUK2024 2 месяца назад

      A model engineering society built it

  • @TexasRailfan2008
    @TexasRailfan2008 4 года назад +3

    How come it’s always rainy in England

  • @josephinebennington7247
    @josephinebennington7247 4 года назад +1

    Who makes the thousands of bits that make up such a loco, everything from plating, gauges, pipes, wheels, rods? Is it all from utter scratch or is anything off the shelf?

    • @WCGUK2024
      @WCGUK2024 2 месяца назад

      They make the parts in the brick shed using model engineering society equipment

  • @thedankestdoodle6952
    @thedankestdoodle6952 4 года назад

    I don't know why but I thought the name plate said mallard

  • @roberttaylor6108
    @roberttaylor6108 4 года назад +7

    They need a bunch of guys on Shetland ponies to ride up and do a train robbery.

    • @acescionti711
      @acescionti711 4 года назад

      Robert Taylor it’s britan not saly took the kids piss ain’t California

  • @thomasthetankengine1767
    @thomasthetankengine1767 4 года назад +1

    The LNER A4 Mallard, the engine Spencer was based off of?

  • @mattjacko93
    @mattjacko93 5 лет назад +5

    2:36 does things to me 😍😍😍

  • @jdavis460
    @jdavis460 4 года назад +1

    How much do they cost to build? I quite fancy one if I could find a decent track to run it on. As a retired train driver I used to work with the men who drove the full size locos.

    • @WCGUK2024
      @WCGUK2024 2 месяца назад

      For this size around £25,000 the boilers are the most expensive parts

  • @apoorvkaran2330
    @apoorvkaran2330 3 года назад

    just remembering small wonder