A 21st century Steam Engine - Corris Number 7 - Lawrie Goes Loco Episode 25

Hello everyone,
In today's video we have a real treat for you - a brand new steam locomotive!
The Corris Railway's number 7, a new build engine which bares a striking resemblance to No.4 on the Talyllyn...
--- Content of this video ---
00:00 Intro
00:50 History of Number 7,
12:43 Controls in the Cab,
15:50 Preparing Number 7,
34:59 Collecting the train,
37:41 Hill Start,
39:21 What's Number 7 like to Drive,
51:28 Outro,
A huge thank you to the Corris Railway for inviting us out and letting us loose with their flagship.
If you like what you've seen, and you want more infomation on the Corris Railway, have a look at their website - corris.co.uk/home
If you want to visit the railway as they reopen THIS WEEKEND then use this link to book a ticket, remember it's PRE BOOKING only - www.corris.co.uk/tickets/
If you want to learn how to drive No.7 or just get involved and help the Corris Railway grow by being a volunteer, how about having a look here - www.corris.co.uk/membership-a...
A video featuring:
Lawrie - Presenter, overly excited to be in foothills of Snowdonia on the footplate.
Matt - Cameraman, loving the scenery.
A video edited by Lawrie.
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[@Prewarpostwaramdmore]

When the sun comes out in Southeast Alaska we call it "cloud failure".

[@lmm]

I love that

[@MindfulAura73]

Yup

[@anthonysargent4057]

@@lmm 6,

[@Fanwithnblades]

​@@lmmwhat is the r word I don't get it

[@lmm]

@@Fanwithnblades replica

[@harrisongrant8558]

I have never understood the implication of Corris Railway no. 7 being a "replica". It's not a static display (although working Replicas like the one of Stephenson's Rocket are a thing) and it's not claiming the identity of no. 4, so really it's just a new-build that's built to the same design. It's taken on its own identity and it's a wonderful little locomotive.

[@joetcacciola]

I agree. But when I think "R eplica"steam locomotive, I half expect to hear him say that there is the frame of a VW beetle jammed under a fiberglass boiler.

[@benholroyd5221]

I was trying to work out what the R may be. Rebuild, reinterpretation, restoration, retro.

[@joetcacciola]

@@benholroyd5221 it stands for me having a typo. I meant "replica"

[@benholroyd5221]

@@joetcacciola I hadn't noticed. I was referring to Lawrie talking about the 'R word'.

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

i like to think of it as the second member of its class

[@ZekPatterson]

“The Delicate Art of Starting a Fire” is such a good goof.

[@grandfur1192]

You could also chug a ton of gasoline over coal infirebox, then set it alight. But the firebox wont like that

[@eliotreader8220]

@@grandfur1192 and it would perhaps set fire to any steam oil in the inspection pit as well

[@numbersix1908]

As a fire safety engineer I approve this statement

[@yoshinavelloo6788]

@@grandfur1192 .a

[@acescionti711]

I mean he’s not wrong. And if you paid close attention he actually did put the wood down in a specific way. He just did it quick enough to seem like it was hap hazard

[@Mildcat743]

47:46 this looks like an illustration pulled straight from an Awdry story. Corris really must be a magical place to visit.

[@Birb64]

I'm guessing the r word was rheneas

[@HeavyTanker-vx4oq]

The Corris Railway was the basis for the Mid Sodor Railway, so that's probably why

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

In fact, I’d like to know the real-life events that inspired Awdry’s RWS stories on the Skarloey and Mid-Sodor

[@eliotreader8220]

@@HeavyTanker-vx4oq Peter Sam's drain pipe might have been based on the similar event that happened on the Corris railway

[@unconventionalideas5683]

That’s because the Welsh Countryside was the inspiration and basis for the scenery and industries of Sodor itself.

[@MrNathan707]

the reverb from the hills sent shivers down my spine woww

[@sawyerawr5783]

I know right?

[@SteamLance]

It still doesn't have a decent bark though, compared with other locos like Edward Thomas

[@MachRacer4]

I would just call it and the upcoming “Falcon” Class 0-4-2ST locomotive what they really are. A pair of newbuilds.

[@Pyrotrainthing]

At this rate Lawrie's gonna cover all the locomotives on the Tallylynn and Corris Railways

[@THEgodofAzurlanenodebate]

I hope so

[@sawyerawr5783]

I fail to see how this is a bad thing

[@donwright3427]

Hey don't forget Fairebourne or does this not class as a proper railfordd

[@bentullett6068]

It would be great if he did a loco test on the Snowdon Mountain Railway as well.

[@HeavyTanker-vx4oq]

It's gonna be a year or two before he can get Tallylynn her self. As she's in for a rebuild

[@tylerrtylerr9425]

I feel like I'm looking at Peter Sam and Skarloey. Love it! They are sharp looking locomotives.

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

peter sam is based on number 4 all the skarloey railway engines were based off of real narrow gauge locomotives duke was a ffestiniog tender engien mighty mac a ffestiniog double fairlie skarloey was based of a talyllyn and so on

[@christopherericjustinuy1552]

He looks like Peter Sam. Peter Sam is an Edward Thomas engine.

[@TankEngine75]

@@christopherericjustinuy1552 No? Peter Sam is a Kerr Stuart Tattoo class, Edward Thomas is one of the few Surviving Kerr Stuart Tattoo Locomotives

[@KnapfordMaster98]

The design of the smokebox door is very American, love it! Steam locomotives built in the 21st century are truly something to behold.

[@frglee]

Thank you. Its lovely to see the Corris and No.7 again. If people are visiting the Talyllyn, it's not that far from it, and is really well worth seeing too. I wish the Corris every success and hope that one day, not too far in the future, they will be able to extend the line.

[@tylerlandon2406]

That echo of the whistle at 40:00 gives some chills

[@wwrr98]

I like the way you are working the throttle on that hill start, tells me you've been taught right Across the pond in the United States, I run a standard gauge 4-4-0, and you HAVE to pump the throttle to get a heavy train started

[@marcuscersy2393]

41:25 looks like something straight out of season 4 of Thomas and Friends. Gorgeous shots for a gorgeous engine on a gorgeous railway

[@lmm]

It's such a lovely railway.

[@stuartross282]

Corris is lovely little railway I like the story of £25 locos and anything else that was useful to Talyllyn

[@cr4mbot]

I'd say possibly the best video made yet.

[@3BitGuy]

Let's hope you will return to drive no.10 in a few years!

[@jindlespog8045]

That's beautiful, a real work of art.

[@lmm]

Isn't it just!

[@studiocommer]

Fantastic stuff, some really wonderful angles & views. Loco 7 is an amazing achievement made by dedicated people. Look forward to seeing you back on the TR soon, Kes & Steve xx

[@lmm]

Thanks guys, can't wait to return!

[@kineticrail]

Cracking episode. I do really enjoy the enthusiasm that we can all see on your face when your having fun.

[@bentullett6068]

Looks a lovely locomotive and lovely narrow gauge railway. Credit to the person on the camera some of those shots of the train running through the valley were stunning.

[@TrentFalkenrath]

I could see this loco being the subject of an RWS story where Peter Sam learns he has a "new" twin and he sees how much he's matured over the years when he observes the twin act like a child.

[@lmm]

Interesting take on it

[@mickb6285]

Great video, I think its amazing the work that these small groups of people involved in running Britain's preserved railways do. Building of No 7 is testament to the engineering skills that are still alive and well in the UK.

[@lmm]

It really is amazing work that keeps these places alive!

[@rusty383]

I have always loved the shapes of UK Locomotives . Beautiful Christmas Colors mostly.

[@lmm]

We have some beautiful engines

[@krakendwaggin]

Another wonderful video! Some of the camera shots were gorgeous!

[@marvindebot3264]

This is in all seriousness one of the most underrated channels on KZbin.

[@lmm]

Oh thank you very much!

[@apbriggs07]

I visited the Corris railway, had a superb tour of the workshops and saw the new carriage being built. Corris No. 7 is an absolute delight, on the return leg was offered a footplate ride too. The Dulas valley is gorgeous. If you have any interest in railways, engineering or narrow gauge I would wholeheartedly recommend a visit as it is a total joy.

[@o.m.b.demolitionenterprise5398]

When I saw this video just now I almost screeched

[@Batlampjim]

Amazing watching the prepping and seeing the knowledge required to prep the loco, The reward is driving the loco and seeing it perform so well !

[@lmm]

Thank you very much!

[@paulorchard7960]

From a boy who was fascinated by steam you are living my dream!

[@lmm]

It's pretty incredible to be honest

[@paulorchard7960]

@@lmm As a small boy the local council re-tarred the road in front of my house. I spent hours sitting out front watching the steam roller going up and down the street, eventually I was picked up and sat on top of the coal box to ride the monster, I got home wet, black with coal dust and soot and super excited! Mum was not happy but a hot bath and dinner I was in the clear! Was the late 60s, probably the last era of the steam rollers, something I will never forget!

[@wilsonturner5914]

What a great narrow gauge railway that is and yes I found them to be a friendly bunch when we visited them 3 years ago, we will go again when we can loved it.

[@OddSpanner]

Thank you Lawrie for such a wonderful video on our little loco.

[@shakedydogshake]

Again, absolutely love, that high contrast oxide brownish paint!

[@lmm]

She looks great!

[@calumbaxter9946]

Such an enthusiastic and entertaining guy; I do enjoy watching your videos.

[@lowrangemaniac5326]

What a healthy and happily sounding young little steam lady!☺️

[@jtveg]

I was curious about the hole in the back of the cab. I'm glad you explained it.

[@mcbenman1793]

I have been curious about it since I saw Stuart and falcon had one

[@michaelhill7471]

You were quite right. That was indeed a magical excursion.

[@lmm]

Pleased to hear you enjoyed it!

[@jackevans4408]

Lovely video. Nice to meet you the other week. I was the driver of this loco last Sunday and had a wonderful day. Next time please try the third notch a bit more as I find it goes ever so well at line speed in that! I'd like to turn the reverser handle round so the catch you push with the palm of your hand, less clunky also. 😁😉. Many thanks. Take care.

[@crazyfvck]

Another excellent video Lawrie! :) That is a fantastic locomotive. There's just something so special about narrow gauge equipment and railways :) I also love the beautiful, glossy coaches that go with it. And much of the scenery there was equally as beautiful :)

[@drewbarker8504]

That little engine really got after it on that grade-what a gem. (And nice to see you didn’t do a huge burnout in the station leaving 😂)

[@wermhatt]

Spent a lot of childhood summer holidays in a friends cottage in Corris, fell in love with steam there. So close to the Talyllyn railway too!

[@dadobna2686]

I just had a friend telling me he had a lil chat with you at the mid suffolk today, goddamn i want to go see trains, so many beautiful places to visit. Here's to a life after covid!

[@dkbmaestrorules]

Fantastic episode - really loving the "train in the landscape" shots!

[@Sweatymilkshake]

Ya know, I never had much interest in British steam (Or British rail history in general) until I found this channel last year. Just wanted to let you know you changed my outlook on British rail.

[@thommobris]

Love your railway videos Lawrie, only just finished watching this having been distracted by other videos in my watch later list 🙄 Corris is a line that is high on my to-visit list & this video shows off both the beauty of No.7 & the scenery of the Corris 👍🏼 thank you once again

[@lmm]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AquesousSolution]

It is neat to see you really enjoying operating an steam engine!

[@MervynPartin]

Very nice looking and running loco. I didn't hear any slipping on the wet rails (unless you edited it out!) so very nicely driven as well. It is not often pointed out on videos that steam (and other fluids) valves should not be left hard open, so that was an important reminder to everyone. I could see that you were (like me) enthusiastic about metric sized fasteners, so I was quite surprised to see the pressure gauges in pounds per square inch- How quaint!. Notwithstanding that minor point, the society should be proud of their achievements on the line, loco and rolling stock.

[@richardbrobeck2384]

What a Beautiful piece of machinery !!

[@germantanker131johnny2]

I love your videos. Hope you and the LMM Team are doing well. Stay safe and stay healthy. Not just physical, but also mental.

[@stephenwestley1017]

That HST in GWR livery is gorgeous

[@tramlink8544]

watching him prep, cleaning out the firebox and smoke box after ive just done the same on a German ww1 Brigadelok, i appreciated the low down and easy to clean smokebox of the german machine XD

[@iainduncan3312]

I have learnt so much from this - really appreciate the fine detail of whats what as you did your start up, but I hope you put the 24mil spanner back in the right place in the toolbox before you moved off.

[@jeanricard918]

Thanks for yet another great video of a beautiful narrow gauge railway. ❤️

[@trevorsmith1859]

That ĺoco has a lovely sound and I really enjoyed your enthusiasm for driving her

[@the4tierbridge]

Actually, 2 Kerr Stuart Tatoo's (open cab variant) are preserved on a South American plantation railway. They are static exhibits though, and they need some TLC.

[@the_retag]

Would be great if they could be steamed again. Although cabless in Wales...

[@the4tierbridge]

@@the_retag what do you mean?

[@the_retag]

@@the4tierbridgeif someone ran them again it would most likely be someone who takes them to wales, and its not exactly known to be sunny and warm there most of the time, there's areason the cabless was basically the "export version"

[@the4tierbridge]

@@the_retag The most likely isn't leaving anytime soon.

[@rodallcock743]

@@the_retag The cabless version was the standard specification. The original Corris loco was a 'Tattoo Special' because it had inside frames and a full cab. 'Tattoo' was the name of the (standard) model class and the Corris loco had to have inside frames to make it narrow enough to fit the railways loading gauge. The loco is only just over five feet wide.

[@TheCornishSniper]

Really good video once again Lawrie what a fantastic railway!

[@redenginner]

It keeps the technology alive and looks good.

[@specialfunnelstudios5523]

I didn’t even know the Corris railway was ever reopened

[@johnbell7703]

Another fantastic video and one of my favourite Welsh railways. It's great to see the Corris Railway making such wonderful progress. I must visit soon.

[@yannickjacobs1203]

Lovely video Lawrie, another railway added to my bucket list when i come to the uk some day. Now slightly stressful because on sunday it wil be the first time that i fire Fred at the maldegem steam railway. But i am happy we can opperate again. So keep up the nice work man!

[@knifetrain3118]

Wonderful! Great camera work guys. 🎥

[@WaltsNephew]

How extraordinary! It's quite mind boggling how well engineered the regulator is. I have two points; at least in Tom Rolt's day, Edward Thomas was sans running board as well (I do not know when she was given a running board by TR); second, perhaps it's an error on my part but I thought No. 7's unofficial name was "Tatoo." I know it's the class locomotive but I couldn't sworn that was the name (or at least nicknamed) bequeathed to No. 7

[@m3hnl]

excellent stuff lawrie keep up the jolly good work

[@realnutteruk1]

48 mins, ish.... gotta love a railway that diverts 20 feet coz there was a tree in the way.....

[@donwright3427]

An interesting fact is that during the great war when coal was very scarce the Corris navy found they could fire their destroyer with slate. Apparently it's all in the way you stack it allows combustion.If you wanthe to read about it call in the Corris Naval Institute for the full history .!

[@thomashambly3718]

I cant find anything about this anywhere, would you mind sending a link to a source that mentioned this please?

[@jvmalta081]

great video as always ! my first ride in a steam train was on The Vale of Rheidol Railway Wales , was a wonderful experience !

[@allanblackesq]

In my backyard again! Lovely 😍

[@johnbarham7718]

Another excellent film. Well done.

[@DerpyPossum]

the way you so nonchalantly jumped in the cab and took off at the end was just amazing 👍

[@lmm]

Good Times!

[@HeavyTanker-vx4oq]

Wonderful little engine

[@mikeslipper1779]

Fascinating video.

[@SteamboatWilley]

A quaint little engine. The footplate looks well-designed with all the controls in easy reach.

[@lmm]

It's lovely!

[@FerdiIrawanMaulana]

Absolutely stunning

[@irishsixtysixfanGbrf66739]

Such an easy locomotive to prep and everything is very accessible

[@robcoster94]

Notification popped up as I was driving to watch this . All I saw was the engine shape and was like I bet that's Corris glad I know my little engines 😊

[@teescottageguyproductions]

Very impressive! Nice driving Lawrie!

[@MCMinidobs]

She sounds fantastic running. In particular chuffing out of the station.

[@wintersbattleofbands1144]

Nice that they're not trying to fake the replacement of previous equipment, rather, sort of ignoring the little gap in time and going on like business as usual. New equipment, new numbers. It's flipping the bird to time and circumstance - We're back.

[@lmm]

Exactly. And I really like that.

[@guarddog0079]

Peter Sam's been really quiet since No. 7 was built

[@WelshGiraffa]

Looks like a hybrid of Sir Handle and Peter Sam

[@johnsamson-snell9558]

Brilliant! Your best yet. If you keep going the way you are then you will certainly get a BBC 4 series sometime soon. Let’s all hope so 🤞I’m routing for you.....

[@duck1946]

Excellent!! can not say more!!!

[@DiegoLiger]

There's a Standard Gauge one at the Foxfield Railway which passed its boiler test the other week. Making fantastic progress with it!

[@Sohave]

It is just a late delivery of its class. with a few mod cons introduced over the few years since last delivery.

[@lmm]

Love that for terminology

[@tamarmolerick3814]

Excellent video.

[@mikesanders5433]

I see a Lawrie video and one must stop and watch 🙂😂

[@brucehewson5773]

this is so enjoyable, lovely engine, lovely train, lovely valley!

[@lmm]

Thank you!

[@bengrant8455]

Ah an end of term and a amazing vid to start the freedom. 😂😂 Great vid Keep up amazing work you guys!

[@salohein2742]

I love this lil number is train simulator!

[@lmm]

I've not tried it in the sim yet

[@KPen3750]

30:38, Lawrie needs Steam Wellies

[@shakedydogshake]

Phenomenal video!!!!

[@lmm]

Thank you very much

[@peterrobinson4368]

It would be interesting to see you do a side by side comparison of number 4 and 7 when they next meet. Especially to preparation

[@SteamLance]

This is now my favourite LGL episode

[@18robsmith]

The only time of year when it is easy to set fire to the Welsh countryside is when the spark arrestor fails during the day. In such an eventuality the sparks will land on the only flammable material within a fifty mile radius.

[@edgallegos496]

Wonderful !

[@lmm]

It really is!

[@LordPhobos6502]

If it's a metric engine... does that mean it's built to 686mm gauge instead? 😇

[@nd_gunslinger_6264]

I also like Corris No.5 behind No.7 in the beginning. I play train sim so I have "Driven" No.5 and 7. That would be so cool if you could also do a review on it sometime, for some reason a small engine with a clutch and a gear shift is just different and cool

[@ahalfsesameseedbun7472]

I think is wonderful that groups are building new locomotives of a past era. Here in the states a group called the T1 trust is building a new Pennsylvania T1 duplex locomotive numbered 5550

[@BigDotStu]

Thank you for using a shot of Tornado on the NVR freight rake - makes all the effort on the wagons worth while :)

[@lmm]

You're welcome. I enjoyed that day, having big engine in freight was great

[@shakedydogshake]

The polished buffer plates are pure class! And this coming from a railfan, from Minnesota……

[@lmm]

It's a really nice thing

[@sawyerawr5783]

wow, that bark on startup! finally, a UK NG locomotive with a good exhaust beat. (I'm keenly aware I'm going to get flak for saying that. I should explain that my baseline is rather skewed: my first steam experience was on the Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad here in the US. you haven't heard steam at work until you've listened to two K-36s lifting 15 cars up out of the Narrows out of Chama on the 1 in 25. in comparison to that, sometimes there's engines that just sound like garden railway live steamers. at least to me).