HOW TO RUN A MINIATURE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE - THE COMPLETE PROCESS

This is the 1000th video on my KZbin Channel and to make it special, this is a feature called: "How To Run A Miniature Steam Locomotive" - The Complete Process .... My friend Phil Owen from Blackgates Engineering www.blackgates.... has a "Sweet William" locomotive that he runs frequently at a local miniature railway track. We though that it would be a good idea to show how to make it go - from the cold engine to working pressure and running on the track pulling passengers - explaining all the things we are doing in detail. For once my friend Phil does most of the talking and I thoroughly enjoyed the day at Thornes Park Miniature Railway, Wakefield, UK .... IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP ME AND BECOME A PATRON OF MY KZbin CHANNEL VIA "PATREON", OR IF YOU WISH TO SUPPORT ME VIA 'PAYPAL" TO HELP FUND THE PRODUCTION OF THESE SPECIALIST MODEL STEAM ENGINE TUTORIAL VIDEOS - PLEASE GO TO:
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[@CraigLYoung]

Kudos! 1, 000 videos, congratulations!

[@randynovick7972]

This was great! What a nice, sunny day! Thanks for making this.

[@stxrynn]

Happy 1 Thousand! Good work all around!

[@eshafto]

Congratulations, Keith! 1000 videos. An enviable contribution to the world, to go along with a set of beautifully restored machines. I've learned a terrific amount watching, so thanks!

[@neilbain8736]

Outside in the sun. What luxury! A long time ago, I was inside the firebox of LMS 5025 changing firebars, 3 days after dropping the fire, and there were still glowing embers. I also had a flare lamp as a lightning strike had fried the mains so there was no lighting.

[@anthonyanthonyd776]

Hi Kieth, Question After steaming, do you store the engine with totsly dry boiler or fo you store thr engi ne with wet boiler? Same question with the tender water feed pump. I.e. preventing it from seizing up while stored and eliminating any lube oil getting into the boiler. Many opinions on this, please advise your thoughts .I run g1 live steam coal fired. Regards,Tony,USA

[@austin12ascot]

Very helpful. Thanks.

[@haydenbrown8421]

Well done Keith from your fans down here in New Zealand. I had a visit from a real model engineer the other day, you know one that makes engines from castings, a Stuart Victoria actually he was making. He asked me if I had heard of a chap call Keith Appelton and that got us going. You have lots of interested enthusiasts following your videos and we are all the better for it. My favourites. Thanks Keith.

[@keithappleton]

Thanks Hayden, that's what I like to hear and that was also the reason I first started making these Tutorial videos - to help get people into this great hobby ..... {:-)))

[@JoelHudson]

Congrats on 1K Vids Keith!

[@engineerskalinera]

Interesting, all the time I've been around garden railways, we would always clean the smokebox, pipes and the firebox grate right after we are done with the run.

[@rickolson9011]

Congratulations on delivering 1000 exceptional videos! Also glad to hear you report that you did not fall off the wagon while steaming about with your pals!

[@colmone5592]

If you fall off the waggon you need to visit Alcoholics Anonymous.

[@kevinbyrne4538]

It was a treat to meet one of the men who work at Blackgates -- and to see the locomotives in operation, pulling passengers. Thank you for recording and posting this video !

[@MrM-or6uh]

Keith, my congratulations to your 1000th video! Thank you so much for investing all this time and energy to allow us a most interesting (and useful!) insight into your passion for miniature steam engineering! I absolutely admire the dedication, the devotion that speaks from your works - a true inspiration to do what you really love and a true pleasure to watch and enjoy. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@jaylittleton1]

As Craig said, congratulations! That was very nice of Phil to share the procedure, too.

[@rhavrane]

Bonjour Keith, 1 000 is a nice figure, but 34 000 (subscribers) is a much better one, it gives an objective opinion about your way of sharng on our passion. I would have liked to speak English as well as you do (being English helps I guess and your accent is perfectly understandable) to get the same number of subscribers :+) Besides this, thanks to Phil and what a great place to ride. Amicalement, Raphaël

[@Farie977]

Now put a presto log on them and see if they can run 88mph

[@MrSpad007]

Congrats 1000 videos and nice show.

[@niels6101]

1 thousand Keith well done! keep up the good work!

[@RobbetDegoat]

Happy 1000 videos Keith.

[@malletstormchaserh3412]

Thank you mate i am working on one for my garden

[@TeaCatYT]

Ay even I could drive that train

[@PalomboDylan]

Time for a new ash pan lads!!

[@jake2213b]

Very good video Thanks

[@BryanTorok]

Would it not make more sense to run the brushes through the tubes before cleaning out the smoke box? It seems to me that in pushing the cleaning brushes through the tubes that push carbon into the smoke box that he had just cleaned.

[@keithappleton]

and the carbon dust immediately gets blown out of the smokebox as soon as the first exhaust beat hits the blast pipe.

[@Creativecoverz]

Hi keith. Do you think i could build a 5 inch sweat pea on a 3.5 inch centre height lathe?

[@keithappleton]

Yes, easily.

[@charlessnix7547]

great video!

[@steamsearcher]

Congratulations Keith from the train mad pair! We are currently mending a chimney? Yes not on one of our locomotives but on the House!! Missing the Cotswold Festival of Steam or Give my Regards to Broadway as they are calling it! Yes we do all sizes of Steam and currently saving money towards our next Blackgates order! Lots of Love from David and Lily.

[@somewhatobsessedwithgaming9862]

All this nice weather in the states and this talk of trains makes me want to go back to the Hesston Steam Museum. If you ever got to the U.S.,near the border of Michigan and Indiana, I suggest you check it out. Lots of unique engines there and other cool things to do. Happy 1000th video!

[@isaaclester3318]

All the way from the Canterbury Society of Model Engineers down here in New Zealand, Congrats on a 1000 videos Keith!

[@Shipwright1918]

That's a marine-style boiler, isn't it? I'd like to know how to build one of those for a loco, as having a round firebox means you don't have to have stay-bolts as with a rectangular locomotive-style boiler.

[@Fozerington]

Congratulations and well done for all the hard work that’s gone into all 1000 of your videos Kieth! I enjoyed this video, a nice change of pace 👍 your videos have inspired me to move house and in doing do, gain a garden big enough for a small 7 1/4” Railway in the near future... so thanks for 25 years of mortgage debt 😂 Cheers

[@matthewpering8091]

Congratulations on hitting the 1000 mark, Keith. I anxiously await the next 1000.

[@blystovski]

Cheers to 1000 fantastic videos, really appreciate you sharing your knowledge and skills!

[@steamboatmodel]

Congratulations on reaching 1,000. Over my working career I have added Boiler Treatment many time, but never is such a small amount as Phil did.

[@kd5byb]

Very nice! Congratulations on 1,000 videos. Here's to another 1,000! :)

[@TheFlyingBusman]

Nice little vid. The Thornes park layout is a great little track and some proper decent chaps running stuff down there. Certainly deserves a plug.

[@thepunk4hire359]

Congrats you are a video making monster! It's nice to put a face to Phil from Blackgates Engineering, after so many shout outs to him in your now we can say thousands of videos!

[@claywright9118]

Congratulations on 1K videos sir. Might I suggest you look up on the net for a homemade stedicam device. I bet you got a couple of counterweights laying around. lol

[@markjaynes7151]

Congratulations on your 1000th video! You’ve brought a lot of enjoyment to many folks.

[@fladder1]

Congrats on the 1000th! Really enjoy your videos, humor and the amount of wisdom/advice you share with us.

[@robertoswalt319]

Congratulations on hitting the 1000 video upload mark. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.

[@weeklydoseofgaming2254]

I find it easier to soak parathin in the coal

[@keithappleton]

Coal doesn't really soak up the Paraffin like Charcoal though . . .

[@zukowski2023]

Congratulations Mr. Appleton on 1000 videos! This was a real pleasure to watch, please continue to enlighten and humor us! Thank You again

[@sethg6157]

Congratulations on 1000 videos thank you for hundreds of hours of entertainment!!

[@georgemoore2704]

What a peculiar way to treat the loco. Makes sense after a run to prep a loco for the next run like I do myself. I sweep all the tubes and clean the ash pan and grate ect. I also oil up and refill the boiler to 1/2 a glass. Therefore I can chuck a match and firelighters in and within 25 mins be ready to run. I suppose that everyone has there own way of working but I like to always do as much prep after a run as possible.

[@keithappleton]

Think about it . . . . . . . if we did it the way you describe, (chuck a match and firelighters in) then there wouldn't have been much of a video would there . . . . . . . maybe not so peculiar after all - it is all an illusion }:-)))

[@georgemoore2704]

@@keithappleton this does still beg the question. Why not clean up the loco after a run? I mean. What's your honest opinion Keith?

[@keithappleton]

I always do, but as I mentioned previously, lighting the fire would have been a very short video ........

[@flippop101]

Thank you, not just for this film, but the other 999. Many thanks for helping to keep me out of mischief.

[@tz3p9v0]

Congrats on 1000 ... love to watch all of these beauties in motion. Keep up the great work and thanks for your time and effort in making the videos!

[@1musicsearcher]

Wow, 1000 videos! Sure was interesting seeing how you get one of the engines from cold to running. This could’ve been a much longer video.

[@mbraun777]

Hope you're around for years to come. Your work is so professional it begs the question, ever think of taking on an apprentice?

[@terrybailey2769]

Wow 1000 videos, congratulations and thank you.

[@camputee1]

Thanks ever so much for this video Keith. I recognize that this hobby is a small one but among enthusiasts it is dearly loved. I treasure every one of your model steam engine videos. Congratulations on a thousand!

[@nikond90ful1]

Congratulations, Keith. I have seen most if not all and more than once. Keep them coming.

[@smithjones1906]

Suitably great video for such a milestone!

[@Lucknoexist]

Congratulations on your 1000th video keep it up 😀

[@metalmill52]

Delightful video, thanks Keith!

[@firefox5926]

1:13 why dont you just use a vacuum cleaner ? when the ashes are cold ?

[@rickolson9011]

Wonderful outing and neophyte training session!

[@felderup]

totally getting time for new glasses and some screen wipes, i read run as ruin.

[@R3AP79]

Congrats on #1000! Another great vid!

[@kcaskmelater5079]

awesome job on reaching 1000 videos

[@richardsherwin3259]

Really enjoyed that video Keith. 👍👍

[@oxfd611]

Keith dose a engine operator have to hold a certification or license in England for engines of these sizes? also I want to say that I have been really enjoying your videos for the past couple months, they have been particularly interesting and entertaining lately. I would love to take a trip over just to ride on your countries old steam engines and see the country side. I have also been watching a lot of the BBC here in the states along with the resent royal wedding as well as other memories from my London school trip in 1985. Oh and the canals I really want to do a cruse on the canals. My daughter said she would love a trip and I would love to do it again.

[@keithappleton]

All you need is a valid boiler certificate to run them in public places.

[@southernwulf530]

Y'all build these?

[@joshneville8254]

Can you do one on driving an engine

[@MrOrchardsWorld]

Fascinating stuff! Look forward to your 2K video! :)

[@keithappleton]

You should put your videos on KZbin . . . . . . }:-)))

[@larswegner]

Congrats Keith!

[@Tocsin-Bang]

My dream! I have a 5" gauge battery powered diesel model, but still to lay the track!

[@Tocsin-Bang]

Just started laying track. Still no chance of a steam loco here in Portugal the import duties etc would double the price of buying anything! When I am having difficulty sleeping I rehearse steaming up a small loco.

[@chrissometimes7473]

What is the approximate power output of an engine like this?

[@keithappleton]

I don't know as I don't have any suitable test equipment to fine out .....

[@kenzpenz]

Love it, boys and their toys.Ken.. Marina, California USA

[@welshpete12]

Not a toy as you know very well !

[@youmanskids]

thanks again, that was fun video. alway love your uploads, keep it up! roger