My brother was a driver with DRS he used to move the flasks around all the time
@SteveSmithRailways5 күн бұрын
@@thomasshepard6030 might have been on these workings then.
@ChadwickModelRailway10 күн бұрын
Looking good, Steve.
@SteveSmithRailways10 күн бұрын
Well, thank you kind Sir
@fedelerinaldi6720Ай бұрын
How do you stop the wood from warping, my 3mm ply goes in flat but once I score with brick texture, it warps the wood like crazy. Also which paint spray do you use? Thank you
@SteveSmithRailwaysАй бұрын
@@fedelerinaldi6720 I dont use 3mm and not ply either. All brickwork is done using MDF and thickness depends on which scale I'm working with. Sounds like you are scoring too deep, hence with all the mortar lines, its weakened the ply.
@fedelerinaldi6720Ай бұрын
@@SteveSmithRailways thanks Steve, I'll try MDF and score less deep. Does MDF warp?
@SteveSmithRailwaysАй бұрын
@@fedelerinaldi6720 depends where its stored, how it's used, how its protected. I've never had any issues with buildings I've made . They've all been primed, painted and no bare MDF shows
@fedelerinaldi6720Ай бұрын
@@SteveSmithRailways what thickness MDF do you use? do you get it online or B&Q ;) thanks
@SteveSmithRailwaysАй бұрын
@@fedelerinaldi6720 depends on what I'm making. I use 1mm, 1.5mm, 2mm, 2.5mm, 3mm, 4mm and 6mm, none purchased at DIY places.
@jimjasper98512 ай бұрын
Wasted 9 minutes mate. Get to the point!
@SteveSmithRailways2 ай бұрын
Read the title mate...its how to make it.
@fedelerinaldi67202 ай бұрын
Right, so you just add the brick texture in coral draw?
@SteveSmithRailways2 ай бұрын
I draw everything in CorelDraw and then export it to the laser cutter.
@fedelerinaldi67202 ай бұрын
How do you print/engrave the brick texture in light burn?
@SteveSmithRailways2 ай бұрын
No idea....I use Coreldraw and Job Control software with the Trotec laser cutter. Never used LightBurn.
@mutantthegreat79633 ай бұрын
What a chugger!
@ngaugefouroaksstreetstatio69323 ай бұрын
lovely job
@jw46204 ай бұрын
Magnificent as always!
@Zerzerk4 ай бұрын
I’m pretty sure she’s still in Carnforth right now, still rusting away…. If she were to be scrapped then all the D1100 series of class 47 would be extinct.
@Cookie2k5 ай бұрын
That’s a great model. I’ll get an order in on Thursday mate! 🙂
@SteveSmithRailways5 ай бұрын
Nice one
@johna.dawson7095 ай бұрын
Fantastic video Steve. and another great product you've designed.
@SteveSmithRailways5 ай бұрын
Thanks John. Made both the OO and O and enjoyed it.
@stevewallace13595 ай бұрын
Very helpful instructions. Thanks for doing this so well.
@SteveSmithRailways5 ай бұрын
Thanks
@Cookie2k5 ай бұрын
Interesting Steve. I’m gonna order one to try out 🙂
@SteveSmithRailways5 ай бұрын
Should be on the web site on Thursday evening.
@stu176mmm6 ай бұрын
Two locomotives ..... what weight is in those flasks?
@SteveSmithRailways6 ай бұрын
Not huge amounts....it's what's in them is the reason for two locomotives. They have two incase one of them fails and therefore allowing the consist to continue and not be stranded on a main line. Spent nuclear rods isn't sumut you'd want hanging around!
@stavio126 ай бұрын
British locos are the ugliest looking and sounding locos ever.
@nounoufriend14427 ай бұрын
Done better job on this than the real thing , all you need now are some staff as the real shed is now sadly lacking on staff
@WillBraddock270568 ай бұрын
Hi Steve, what primer do you use for these kits? Some great work here, very impressed. Kind Regards, Will
@SteveSmithRailways8 ай бұрын
For the framework, Halfords black primer and for the internals Halfords white primer
@davidpearson60118 ай бұрын
Were in the Uk is this
@SteveSmithRailways8 ай бұрын
Bridgwater, Somerset
@grahamlait19698 ай бұрын
Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder here if the comments below are to be believed, because all I'm seeing is a couple of old diesels, one of which doesn't seem to be working and the other of which is spewing out a lot of filthy fumes, faffing about in sidings with all of one wagon to deal with between them, finally sloping off gently in the direction of away.... What am I missing?
@SteveSmithRailways8 ай бұрын
Lol. If you're not a rail enthusiast and a class 37 fan then watching this video is pointless. It'll only appeal to those. Thanks for commenting though.
@Gus0898uk8 ай бұрын
Ah Ah, the sound of a 37 thrash, it reminds me of the happy days in Norfolk on the Norwich-Lowestofts.
@SteveSmithRailways8 ай бұрын
There aren't many better sounds than the 37.
@therealsharps9 ай бұрын
awesome. no other word
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
totally agree
@volpeverde64419 ай бұрын
don't they ever wash these trains....
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
Every now and again I would imagine but certainly not regular as they were workhorses and most probably only went back to the depot for routine work and if lucky, they got a wash!
@banksroadmodernimage73589 ай бұрын
Great work steve🔧👌
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
Thank you
@SassyToll9 ай бұрын
How heavy are those trucks!! 😮
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
around 50 tonnes
@PaulNiblett9 ай бұрын
Does this happen every Wednesday? Great video!
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
It's actually got a path in the network every day Mon - Fri and can run any day. Back then, it did seem to run very often on a Wednesday, which was handy as that was my day off. Nowadays it runs whenever and can run more than once a week. Unfortunately, I dont get chance to go down anymore.
@toonmag509 ай бұрын
These old British locomotives look like what i imagine locomotives to look like.- chisel jawed power Unlike the modern Canadian and orher imported locos which look like under powered sideboards on wheels .
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
There are still some going strong after all these years on the mainline but they dont do this job anymore
@ronnieg63589 ай бұрын
Why two locos?
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
There is always 2 locos incase 1 should fail as its moving nuclear waste.... not something you would want stranded on a main line. The consist can be either a single wagon twin or triple. On this occasion is was two.
@animaltvi95159 ай бұрын
Does a nuclear flask keep your tea really teally hot ? I've only got a thermos flask.
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
try it and see.....it might be your last cuppa!
@raylp47519 ай бұрын
Did he just kick the junction into place?
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
Yeh, they often do that to make sure the blade has fully gone over
@MervynPartin9 ай бұрын
Over 8 years since you uploaded this video and it has only just appeared on my home page, despite my interest in railways and the nuclear industry! Well done You Tube algorithm 🤣 Nevertheless, a most enjoyable video.
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
And I have no idea why it was this one that has gone mad! I used to go down most weeks back then
@chrishardy77289 ай бұрын
Same here lol
@tamar52619 ай бұрын
Same here 😊
@thevauxhallman71577 ай бұрын
Yet again, same here.
@Spookieham9 ай бұрын
No security since you need a place like Sellafield to open the flasks without instantly killing yourself.
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
plenty of security whilst its in the holding area.
@runways_railways9 ай бұрын
Great quality video. Nicely filmed 👍
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
Thank you
@runways_railways9 ай бұрын
Great video!! So I have subscribed to your channel
@jeanmcginlay23639 ай бұрын
Like the boot applied to see if the point changed!😂😂😂😂😂
@keithdeley72369 ай бұрын
Why is this Departure awesome
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
Back then, we used to have a few drivers who didn't like the enthusiasts on the station, so pulled away slowly. This day was not the case.
@chrsrwlns9 ай бұрын
Great video, but why are there 2 locos to pull just 2 trucks? They can't be THAT heavy.
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
See reply from same question answered below
@djrichylaurence89919 ай бұрын
Didn't know they were still using Deltics even in 2015. 😮
@allancawleys.trains99179 ай бұрын
ITS NOT A DELTIC !!
@DaveTheTrain9 ай бұрын
Deltics are class 55s and haven't been used for many decades (except preservation and tours). The video features class 37s which are still being used on the network although their use is slowly diminishing over the years.
@neumoi33249 ай бұрын
Weekdays awesome about this?
@PhilMacVee9 ай бұрын
"Top Driver Today", how? "Awesome Departure"? What did I miss? Please explain to me what awesome means when two class 37s pull two Flasks when the light goes green!
@webmuir9 ай бұрын
I was wondering this. I’d love to see what sort of chaos the normal lesser drivers cause if this marks him out as a top driver.😁
@jonathanmoss53289 ай бұрын
Why two locos?
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
As it's a nuclear flask train, a 2nd loco is in the consist incase of failure of the leading loco. It allows the train to continue its journey. It's not a load that you would want blocking the main line with fast trains around .
@MichaelBeeny9 ай бұрын
It's all so painfully slow.
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
5mph speed in the yard.
@richardhancock27719 ай бұрын
How is it the second loco moves but nobody in it how does this work plz
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
Its done by multiple working. The rear loco is connected to the front, so the driver basically has control of both. On occassions, the rear loco is just couple up and non connected in multiple and only used if the front loco fails, hence why there's always two, due to the nature of the working.
@johnbarthram27619 ай бұрын
Double heading a freightliner up Brentwood bank working hard pure raw sound and power, great days.
@johnbarthram27619 ай бұрын
Superb locomotive the class 37 the noise of there engine takes me right back to Stratford East London when I was a secondman in the 70s.
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
Watched many a 37 go through Stratford in my youth........many years ago now unfortunately
@johnbarthram27619 ай бұрын
@SteveSmithRailways true steve, to long ago sadly.
@topcat46439 ай бұрын
Not sure what was happening, a lot of shunting and b*ggering about
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
It's the nuclear flask train. Its reversed into the yard and into the compound. Once done, the locos pull the wagon/s out then run round so that they then reverse back out onto the main line ready to depart back to Crewe
@andyfreeman73959 ай бұрын
Ah, reminds me of the Sunday evening double header returning along the north Wales coast. Load 13, tight schedule, now they were some departures. Don't think the Chester drivers hung around 😊
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
Bet that was a great sound
@jamiew16649 ай бұрын
i find train vids really cool andy, but i dont know much about trains mate, what does a double header mean? is that coz theres two engines at the front im guessing? why do they do that?
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
@@jamiew1664 Correct, 2 engines together are called 'double headers'. Why do they need 2? because this is carrying waste nuclear rods, so not something you want stranded on the main line, hence they'll have 2 locos incase 1 should fail. I have on one occassion seen a single loco many years ago but 99.99% of the time it will always be 2.
@jamiew16649 ай бұрын
Steve, ive been a chef for 25 years now, but as a kid i had a dream of being a train driver, and i kind of still have that dream. Although its probably too late now as im 44, but i love to watch train videos on youtube. Especially videos with a view from the cab, is there any way that a guy like me could ever take a trip on a train riding in the cab??? how could i possibly try and make this happen? Its just that ive been fascinated with trains ever since i was a small boy, but ive never really explored my fascination, apart from watching youtube videos. @@SteveSmithRailways
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
@@jamiew1664 Maybe 30 years ago you may have been lucky and got in the cab...... too many H&S regs now to even think about it. I have a few contacts and the last cab ride I had was back in Feb 2009.......there is a playlist I think on here that I did and filmed it, with us failing on the West Coast Main Line. Typically, my battery died so never got to show the end but we were recovered by the rescue/thunderbird loco at Preston and brought back to Preston where the rescue loco detached and I ended up having to catch a Pendo back to London. Still, great memories to have.
@rogerwolstenholme27109 ай бұрын
A small Banquet for 37 lovers...... Thank You !!
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
The good times..
@roboftherock9 ай бұрын
KZbin's infamous algorithm threw this one into my recommended list today. Yes, that was a tolerably smart and considerate departure. I have to say I'm surprised yours was the only camera on PL2 covering the moves.
@SteveSmithRailways9 ай бұрын
I'm sure there would have been others there but everyone tended to be over on the other platform. I used to prefer being right up next to them. Hardly go down anymore nowadays.
@thomasshepard603010 ай бұрын
I could have driven either of these37s when I was a fireman out of eastfield traction depot springburn Glasgow 1974 as DRS bought a few of the class 37s from eastfield depot and refurbished them and another strange twist of fate my older brother ended up a driver with DRS moving the nuclear flasks about out of sellafield nuclear ☢️ power station so he probably drove the same 37s that I drove 30 years before I was 19 years old at the time 1974 my older brother was in the RAF at the time so when he came out the RAF after 22 years he became a train driver and ended up driving for DRS it’s a strange old world