We exhibit at the Didcot Railway Centre's Transport Show - show and railway centre walk around.
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Hello everyone,
Lawrie was invited down to Didcot for their Transport event, and so decided to rally a possy, and take the mighty £250 Bini.
So enjoy a walk around, and let us know in the comments what you think he gets to drive.
Big thank you to the Didcot Railway Centre for inviting us down - if you want more information about the railway centre or other events they do, check out their website: didcotrailwayc...
If you like what you've seen in the video and think you'd like to get involved with helping to run Didcot, then consider volunteering here:
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A video featuring:
Lawrie - Presenter, feeling slightly dubious about bringing a '04 Mini to a Heritage event.
Charles - Cameraman, wishing he could have brought his car,
Larry - Cameraman, now considering volunteering at DRC
Jay - Cameraman, enjoying bringing his Rover to a show.
An edit by Lawrie.
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Other audio - Vital Whales - Unicorn Heads.
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Seeing Lawrie gush about how tiny Shannon is fills my heart with joy and I hope one day I can see the cutest engine in Didcot's collection
It's a very pretty little machine
I’ve been to Didcot a few times on the last couple of years and my mum absolutely loves Shannon
Yea it's a nice loco shame she's nackered
Your mum has good taste!
It's so great to see big men playing at being little boys with their exciting toys
Bonnie Prince Charlie was one of the two loco's that worked Hamworthy Quay at Poole, the other was "Western Pride" which was scrapped many years ago. Another excellent vid Laurie, regards, Bryan
Glad you enjoyed it!
Lawrie in high pitch excited mode sounds like a steam engine. Amazing place.
It's super!
Good to see Bonnie Prince Charlie - a group of my friends from Salisbury preserved this way back. It is the one loco at Didcot I've had the chance to drive for a short run.
Pleased that they did! Super little thing.
Seeing even models of the broad gauge always fills me with delight, such an obscure and short lived, yet history making alteration. It really made the Great Western noticeable in the history books.
Many years ago I did some of the work on the broad gauge trackwork and the platform slabs in the transfer shed. I have also ridden on that pump trolley, and it can go faster than seen here.
Didcot doesn't look the same without the 'A' power station, but a small part of it still remains, the OCGT (Open Cycle Gas Turbine) station, served by the small blue-topped chimney. This is a small 100 MW station with four sets, each having two Rolls Royce Avon engines with curved ducts leading the gases to a power turbine mounted between them and the shaft from the power turbine driving the alternator, from memory, I think through a gearbox. It used to be included on tours of the 'A' station.
It was such a good idea.
More stable, higher speeds and more space on board.
Thank you Lawrie for yet another great Railway Walk about video. I especially enjoy the moments when you fall in love with an engine/s. I would be a great giggle to see Lawrie try to get the Engines all back to his place behind the Mini!!!
How to destroy a mini in one easy step 😂
That hand cart was absolutely flying, I can only imagine what it was like actually on it!
There was a lot of screaming except for myself and the guy in glasses. Who both found it hilarious.
It was terrifying
It was very scary
Thanks Lawrie, glad your new best friend 'Mini' is getting you to all these new places! Great walk around showing what's there. 🙏
It's a good little car
Didcot is now on my bucket list.
Good call!
Lawrie I so love your channel, it has been a highlight since I discovered it during my own lockdown here in the states, I spent a month home during hte early days, and you brought a bit of light to my days. Seeing all your current post lockdown adventures is awesome. Hopefully if you get the chance to travel the USA I will be able to meet up with you, It would be a pleasure to shake your hand!
Pleased to hear we've helped make things a bit better!
We'll announce our plans to return to they states ahead of when we travel, so see you there
I have a picture somewhere of me standing in front of Bonny Prince Charlie in nearly the same spot taken around 1986/87. There was also a very handsome chap hiding in the back of some of the shots 🤣
Oh really?
lovley! I was there the same day as you and even saw you in the 3hgine shed looking at the small gwr tank engine! lovley shots of the busses. the Guy GS (I think that is its name) looks great. All the best.
Oh you should have come say hello!
You wanted to take home three locomotives, and you came with a Mini. Brilliant!
I did arrive with the Mini, Didcot weren't keen to swap 😂
Great video! Enjoyed the information and seeing the trains thanks again James
You're most welcome!
100k is a moment to celebrate, my FIat hit it on the 2nd of May this year with photographic evidence lol. That looked like a fun day out, the shear size of steam engines always surprises me, no matter how often I see them.
Isn't it just! It was a super day out! Really enjoyed it
Lovely engines! Trojan is high on my want to see list as well👍
It's a lovely little thing
I haven't been to Didcot for ages, I'll have to go soon, thanks for the video Lawrie
You're welcome. It's a good day out!
Love the vid Lawrie, your videos got me into British Railroading many years ago and I’ve been watchin since. Maybe it’s just because of how things are done here in the states, but are museums and such cool with touching locomotives and instruments. Not a gripe but a genuine question. Regardless, great work and best regards from a friend in Texas.
Depends what it is and where. Some stuff is is inaccessible, some has steps encouraging you up.
Must visit Didcot at some point looks a excellent place to look around. Did you know some of those swindonised tank engines were the basis of Percy from the Thomas the Tank engine series
Percy has his basis in all sorts 😂
Yeah Swindon is well worth a visit!
Any rail museum or heritage/tourist line where you can take a picture and it looks like something from back in the day is a good one! The Colorado Railroad Museum and the Durango and Silverton are two of those that I've been to that fall under that category
Maybe even better in that respect is the Cumbres & Toltec. It was fantastic when I went there
Really did enjoy doing the Durango and Silverton, the railroad museum felt a little run down when I visited though
@@lmm I think the word you want is 'rustic' :)
Great video Lawrie, I have to say it is a bit bizarre seeing myself in one of your videos! (In the transfer shed section)
Glad you enjoyed it!
It was a good day out!
So many lovely locos.
...but of course it's a blinkin hand-trolley lol. At least you got to run the little prototype -- and it looks like you had lots of fun in all sorts of ways (including the hand-trolley) regardless!
It was super fun!
Been there a few times. 😊😊😊😊
Lawrie's Mechanica Didcot Railway Centre's Transport Show - show and railway centre love louis shirley
I live in Abingdon which is just down the A34 to Didcot and I have been there many times since I was a boy.
If I was closer I would have gone more!
This is amazing! All these locomotives just makes me want to go apply for a job as a steam engine cab driver!
Lots of places are crying out for Volunteers!
@@lmm that sounds amazing! Where is the best place to look for volunteering?
@@georgejonesthestarseeds77 I'd start with the closest to you!
PERCY YEY 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
i looking forward to visting didcot again in july mainly going there to see pendency castle
Oh yes, it was hidden away when we went
Well lawrie you have found the little blue engine best friend the little green engine in the back 😏👍and is all of them able to steam or is some just on display
Sadly almost all of them are awaiting their turn in the que for overhaul.
A very enjoyable video
Glad you enjoyed it!
You loved the Shannon ( Sandy and Potton Railway loco ) possibly the only locomotive once owned by a Victoria Cross winner Sir William Peel.
It's a cracking little thing isn't it
I was literally there and saw you filming at the field and I know the person who owns that traction engine
Oh really - did you come say hi?
13:42 got Lawrie’s stunt double in the background there
Never leave home without one
If you were 'back in the day' you'd have one eye out for the Shedmaster & The transport Police for bunking the shed in the first place.
'Iron Duke' has the boiler of a NCB 'Austerity' saddletank I think was called 'Gwyneth'. It was made in 1985, so the Iron Curtain had not yet fallen & Meiningen & Olesnica were not available to make a boiler that was an accurate replica.
Imagine a GWR 'Castle' on 7ft gauge. Would have needed two firemen.
It is noteably easier when you're not being chased!
I actually just ran a handcar like that last Saturday! It’s remarkably similar despite being an American example. It was exhausting, and I’m still sore 2 days later. In the old days track crews over here would have taken these up to 20 miles to get to the day’s work!
You'd be knackered before you even got to work! Then after a hard day having to power yourself home.
@@lmm Glad I'm not a track ganger! That's why they moved to motor speeder cars, then to trucks with extra rail wheels
I wonder if a traction engine would make a good shunter for the shed 🤔
Very much so
There were railway locomotives built in the style of traction engines. I have seen two, one at the London Transport Museum and the other at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. Only a few were ever built.
@@srfurley I've seen them too but didn't actually realise what they were at the time. Such a unique and great idea
In the small engines, without a tender, where do they put the coal and how is it fueled? Thanks. Love the vids. Britain seems to have preserved more steam engines than the U S.
Oh we've got hundreds.
Coal is often in a bunker forward of the cab.
Omg, my mother would get excited about such non-events as that (the odometer change). I could have gotten her a wind up one as a gift. That is if she was the kind of parent deserving of such a thoughtful gift or in fact a gift at all.(sorry for unloading my abusive childhood on you)
It's a big moment for a car. As is 10 10 10!
Only happens once 😂
I wanted to know why don’t they dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so they extend the unused abandoned underground stations.
Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock and remix and make them all together and also redesign them overhead line and also make them into 5 cars per unit and also having 2 Disabled Toilets on those 5 cars per unit A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into a 11 car per unit so it could have less doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers.
A Stock Trains and also having 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it more bigger and extend it to bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Train tunnel into an High Speed train.
The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Train line to make it 8 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbish 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 37 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project that is OK for London Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden.
oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden Easily.
Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly line and also build a brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street and also make another brand new tunnel train stations in Chingford and could they extend the DLR.
All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel five carriages to disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extend doing roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains.
Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and they can order Every 17 Octagon and Hexagon shape LNER diagram and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 117MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 117MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units can they use those class 55’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 16 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 16 Tonnes for all of the 117MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!! so Please make sure that the Builders can do as they are Told!! And Please do something about these very important Professional ideas Please Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏
Excellent suggestions. Send cash.
Because that would need a copious amount of money
Pity Shannon still hasn't had her boiler replaced yet. She's just left there. I do like the new paint, though.
It's a great little machine
visiting a rail shed but the video ends when lawrie says 'I want it'
That would be a short video
went there a lot over the years. mum and Dad made us stand on the footplate of that engine so they could take a photo of their steam engine mad sons back in the day. Dad also took my photo standing on Fire fly I believe in 2011-12
It's a good place to go!
@@lmm I went back there in 2019 three years ago just before Covid 19 broke out.
My Grandma recently passed away as she was very ill after having trouble with her 96 year old heart.
she had been very well before that and been eating her favourite food so it was a big shock to my Mum and myself
Would you buy a full size traction engine if the price was right, even if it needed some major work?
Please don't give him ideas...
Yes, yes I would! It's one of my dreams.
@@Heruss100 to late lol
Worked there for 6 months, so had a few cab rides on Trojan 👍
Oh super thing to be part of!
So you’ve driven a 2ft pump trolley, now you’ve done standard gauge….
When’s the broad gauge pump trolley video coming out?
I guess I need find one first 😂
A long time ago me and my son lived on the line side of ex-lner territory. Everyday we would hear steam engines going by, but one day was different. It was around 9:00 in the morning, and my son was looking out the window and looking for any engines. I was there and I remember. This was in 1960. Johnny then heard sounds that he had never heard before. I knew it well, but I was afraid to tell him. Motoring along coughing and spluttering, came a class 28 diesel. Johnny was very smart and came up with a rather amusing nickname. He turned to me and asked me "what's that dad? The way it smokes along like that it looks like a box of cigarettes on wheels 'That's a diesel Johnny, I replied knowingly. British railways say that they are the most up-to-date mechanisms of our time. A man known as Dr. Beeching is the one responsible for this monstrosity. They call him the Axeman because he's doing mad chopping that he calls saving money. They're intended to replace steam engines I said with a tear in my eye. "B-b-but..." He trailed off.."but he can't!" He said crying. I'm afraid so old chap, I said gravely.
Ah the 28. What a wonderful bit of uncertainty. Do you want a bo bo or a Co Co?
Let's have both!
🚂🚂🚂🚂👍
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You going to do videos on those 3 little engines?
As they don't run, there's not much to do sadly
Hang about...was that REALLY a tape deck I saw in the radio???
Yes. Yes it is. There's a CD changer in the boot.
Have u tryed taking some stuff out the ruck sack so there’s more room
Ah! That was my mistake!
well thats one way to loose some fat and have some fun in the process,
😂 😂 Isn't it just
My car recently passed 250,000 km just last week.
Oh that's very good going!
Do you think Shannon would look at home on the Middy, Lawrie, shame she's a non runner.
Have you seen NYMR No.8 Lucie, that's a tiddler.
It would look good on the MSLR.
Yeah, we've got a Cockerill at the MSLR at the moment
You should have came the day before Trojan was in steam unfortunately he was loseing steam all day I'm looking to volunteer at didcot myself
Nice how's the 72xx and what's replaced pendenis in the works?
Everywhere is desperate for volunteers!
@@lmm no kidding poor old firefly na dukedog needs a dusting and a wash
@@charliegamage8862 yea lol it would be nice to see one of them in steam tho
ah yes the MINI
i owned one, sold it
didnt have a license anyways
Quite the important car of ownership
100k is low for the year. I thought it would be close to 150k
It's not done too bad.
I wanna find a cheap miata, GM Ls1 fits in there .
Oh really?
10:45 fun fact percy is based on her
I don't think so.
Percy is a generic saddle tank.
@@lmm on his wiki it says percy is
@yourlocalidiot23432 The Rev said it was just a generic caterpillar with stripes.
That's not Trojen.
See said i commented
Thank you, you've reached the out of office auto response for LMM.
Say, if it could cool down "Trojan" would have fit in your backpack!!
It was engine no.4 on my list 😂
It was probably a tad lighter than the others... 😉
Warning: Un-manly noises at 07:30
Surely not
I've always liked steam engines like forever, I do like diesel too, but I only like Olden Day diesels🫤. I like steam engines so much that I am even designing😀 my own it's based on a 0-6-0 steam engine
I too am a big fan of steam locomotives! Good luck with your design!
Thank you 😀