I'm back Enjoying Railways again.

[@NathanielKempson]

SO good to see you again. We were all starting to get a bit worried about you!!

[@bambukouk]

welcome back, I was missing your videos :-)

[@richardboucher6904]

Jonathan, great to see you back!! I have missed any new content on your channel but still enjoy watching the old videos especially your Simplex climbing the grade on your old USA track. I hope Joan has found a great place in England to stretch her legs. I have just hit the notification bell so I won't miss any new videos. Again welcome back from Georgetown MA USA.

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Hi Richard, nice to hear from you. I trust all is well and and the steam coal still burning hot.

[@derekwalton6498]

Welcome back to the UK. Look forward to seeing more of your posts 😀

[@WickyWoo5375-i2q]

KZbin recommended your videos to me, Hope to see you back at the track once COVID is all over, and maybe with a brand new little chufton too!

[@ade9685]

Missed this one clicked on the latest one and you had to be in the UK when I saw the Westbury White Horse! was New Hampshire last time I was watching! Now all makes sense! Glad to see you posting a vlog or two

[@zanderkmd2020]

It's great to have you back! Your engines are lovely!

[@danprice7973]

Welcome back to Britain!!

[@privatejoker5403]

Welcome back I’m glad to see your back over the pond again sad to see the railway go

[@alientrainstudios]

Welcome back to youtube! :)

[@laszlofyre845]

Welcome back! Shame you had to rip up the old track- a closed and lifted line looks forlorn in any gauge really. I can't think that the new house owners would not just keep it, even if of no use to them. No soul, some people, lol. Looking forward to some more quality uploads from BITD (not over keen on modern preserved stuff mostly), especially from the Walkden system. The tasters have made me positively drool! Glad you got a ticket for the Simplex, and it is back out there. Mine expired in 06, and not much point in renewing it yet. It just sits on my kitchen table........but one day it will run again. Carry on digitising and stay well. Cheers'n'beers from Oop North!

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Hi, Thanks for the comment. Even with the 8mm already digitized it takes a while to sync the sound and edit it for KZbin, but it's on it's way.

[@arthurb354]

It's great to see you back! I love your videos :)

[@TheDaf95xf]

Welcome back 👍🏻 Watching you pull up your garden railway was like watching something for the 60s in Great Britain after Dr Beeching closed down our railways 😩 Looking forward to seeing more of your videos 👍🏻 Cheers Stevie

[@clearprop]

Adding my comment to the others - it's really good to see you back. Looking forward to seeing more of what you do so well. 👍

[@davldcooksey4137]

Hello Jonathan , Great to see you back, I was hoping you my still have more of the Astley green footage or any other pits, love your 5" gauge Modle , Any way Happy New year to you and your family, 👍👍👍.

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Hi David, thanks for your support. There's more Astley Green to come. It's a bit difficult with covid to run the 5" with all the clubs closed but that will change with a happier New Year.

[@davldcooksey4137]

Gandy Dancer Productions That's brilliant news, you got me interested in looking at old footage of pits on KZbin , Thanks for the reply,👍.

[@steamgent4592]

Well congrats getting back home! There is plenty of beautiful steam to enjoy there!! I'm sure you're adjusting to how much everything looks and feels different from when you left!! Keep making videos you're videos are a real pleasure to watch!! Both the vintage & live steam videos

[@jordanbailey3289]

Great to see your ok and your making more videos! We have a 5” ground level line at wansford now we’re building, if your ever near and want to visit bring the loco along!

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Hi Jordan, thanks for the invite. Have an ambition to travel the country enjoying all the different tracks there are.

[@saltleywsc]

Great to see you back !!

[@wideyxyz2271]

Big changes and nice to see you back. The clip of dirty Vicky took me back lol. Its changed so much since the 60's and 70's. Love your industrial films and look forward to seeing the new digitised ones. Its a pity about the lurgy restrictions at the moment but it cant last forever. Welcome back!

[@svemeraldspirit681]

Great to see your videos back. They’ve always been an inspiration for me - I’m planning to build my own railway. When I saw you moved, I was thinking in my head I wonder where, turns out the club you run at is the one I’m about to join, so no doubt we will meet soon! Cheers

[@JamesSimpsonn]

Fantastic to see you back Jonathan, you really have been busy. Really looking forward to seeing the videos you have lined up. All the best and welcome back to blighty

[@little_eagle4942]

i love your work

[@gibbo1000]

Fantastic to see you back and posting again. I'm looking forward to your new videos.

[@joosh.761]

Welcome back, I have missed your videos quite a lot, especially the miniature railway! Cant wait to see what is yet to come!!

[@voxnut]

Glad to have you back! I have enjoyed your videos!

[@keithrussell4871]

Great to see you back, you inspired my recent 5 inch gauge steam loco purchase, always sad to see a railway being dismantled though.

[@railfan1762]

I watch ur videos a lot and I'm glad to see ur back

[@CandidZulu]

Good to see you back. I have been waiting to see the completion of the build. And I must say, as much as I love the USA, I think you left at a good point in time!

[@zachstrains]

Great to see you I definitely missed your videos

[@machiningbasics1729]

Welcome back, great to hear from you again. Hope to see you at a show at some point

[@peteallen4629]

Glad to see you are back .

[@highdownmartin]

Picked a great time to move back to the divided UK! Hope you find it worth it and good luck. I’ve re thought some of my aspirations, and will concentrate on building my little 16mm empire this year. God knows how the big wide world is going to pan out, but if we’re at home much more , the garden is our refuge. 12” to the foot at the bluebell won’t be featuring like it did , mores the pity.

[@ButlersLane]

Nice to see you again

[@nathanbarraud4349]

It's great to have you back !

[@peterflitcroft9756]

Welcome back. Hope you get a chance to come up to Manchester soon. They are hoping to get the new 2ft gauge railway at Astley Green certified next year. You are welcome to come and visit our track at Urmston when we start running again.

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Hi Peter, thanks for the invite. I will get up to Manchester once the covid thing is over. Hope everything is ok at Astley?

[@peterflitcroft9756]

@@GandyDancerProductions Hi Jonathan. Bit quiet at Astley due to Tier 3. They managed to have a carols by headlights service just before Christmas. Have you seen the Facebook page. 'Lancashire Mining Museum '

[@bennyhill3642]

I LOVE IT!!!!!!! Didn't know you moved from USA...? Why did you leave?? Just wondering.. I wish I had a train like that one. But where would I ride it in South Carolina lol

[@mattditchphotography5044]

Great to see you back Jonathan!

[@scotth4760]

Glad to see you back

[@dreamsteam8272]

Good to have you back!

[@parthobasistha6135]

Dear mr. Jonathan. This is really wonderful. Did you try any experiments in your garden on the intricacies of loco shunting. Regards partha

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Hi, I didn't do any shunting other than running the loco backwards up the hill sometimes.

[@ACE324MINER]

great to see you back in action :)

[@msampson1949]

Astley green........ great to see new footage, might see you at west wilts

[@philburton6111]

You've moved to a nice part of England, up here in Bolton it never stops dam raining.

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Hi Phil, I know what you mean I was brought up in Manchester.

[@_brutalistsbible_5049]

very excited to see more of the 8mm!

[@jma7930]

welcome back to the uk!

[@TheElderlyBiker]

Welcome back to the UK If you find yourself near Yeovil, come and visit us at WYDMES, when the pandemic has settled down....

[@tommyherts]

Would be nice to see Russel in the flesh at the national garden railway show (Peterborough) if covid has calmed down by then.

[@thevioletvalleyrailway346]

Wonderful to see another video after a while. May I just say that the simplex runs beautifully but I will miss the engine not being on the ground and not on the elevated track. Also what happened to the 5” Gas Mechanical?

[@GandyDancerProductions]

There are some superb ground level tracks around here one almost a mile long. It's just the covid that restricted me playing on them this year. The gas mechanical healthy and well and will be out and about soon.

[@zachstrains]

Have you brought your gas mechanical loco out to one of the railways yet

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Yes, I have. It runs very well and fast with not as many curves as the old railway. I've shot some video but not enough to make a film yet.

[@zachstrains]

Sounds great:)

[@SammyBFilms]

Welcome back, and merry Christmas!! :-)

[@Steven_Rowe]

Jonathan so good your back on KZbin. What county did you move to and will we see you on Escape to the Country ????? Love that show here in Australia.

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Hi Steven, I doubt that show will come round to see me. We moved to Wiltshire with lots of railway action here. Hopefully get round to filming some of it after covid.

[@Steven_Rowe]

@@GandyDancerProductions Nice county Wiltshire, the old LSWR ran through it and of course THE ACE The Atlantic Coast Express. Keep posting love her work especially all the old videos you took and the industrial steam. Sadly gone

[@trainman9024]

do you still have your diesel or no

[@toscanatrains]

Did you bring the Diesel with you? So happy that you're back posting videos again!

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Hi, it's safe and sound and been run a few times here.

[@jacobwalker6092]

Awesome! Just out of curiosity, why did you move to the US and what state was it?

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Hi, I moved for work and the adventure. I lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

[@jacobwalker6092]

@@GandyDancerProductions very interesting, Thankyou for getting back with me!

[@bail60163]

It seems you are not too far from my local club, the East Somerset Society of Experimental Model Engineers. Once things get back to normal, you should take your engine their for a run! Half a mile ground level with various yards for shunting!

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Hi Bailey, thanks for the invite I'll definitely come over and run sometime.

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Actually, I realised I ran over at your club in 2019 and had a great afternoon.

[@Alby_810]

What are the measurements of the piece of iron and how far are they from the start of the piece of wood?

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Hi, the iron is 7/16" wide by 1" deep and 20 feet long. The sleepers are 12" long 2x4's pressure treated. Measure from the center of the tie 2 1/2" out on either side for the inside edge of the 5" gauge rail. On curves widen the gauge by 1/32 to 1/16 to help the engine go round.

[@thomashenderson3901]

@Gandy Dancer Productions What is that 4-4-0 tender loco at roughly 32 seconds in? It looks great and I can't quite read the number.

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Hi Thomas, it's a Southern T9 working on the Swanage Railway.

[@thomashenderson3901]

@@GandyDancerProductions Wonderful, thank you ever so much! Really enjoyed your piece on the Graig Merthyr colliery locos a while back,. Living only a few miles away in Swansea it was fascinating to see how different things were around there.

[@highdownmartin]

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[@Alby_810]

how did you do those tracks? What size are they?

[@GandyDancerProductions]

If you watch the whole video you'll see the sleepers are 2 by 4 pressure treated wood notched to 5" gauge with steel strip 20 feet long pushed into them.

[@chriskirton9581]

Looking forward to Astley and Walkden railways Part 9.

[@Alby_810]

How much distance is there between the two iron bars?

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Hi, 5 inches.

[@minedyourselfvlogs]

Glad your back!, how did the gas mechanical go after shipping?

[@emdB67]

I suppose it'll have to be converted to petrol-mechanical now. lol!

[@minedyourselfvlogs]

@@emdB67 😂 some aren't gonna get that 😂😂

[@emdB67]

@@minedyourselfvlogs - Perhaps not. But not really my problem. lol! :D

[@minedyourselfvlogs]

@@emdB67 Exactly! :D

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Hi, it survived no damage. I have run it a few times and will show that in the future. Thanks for asking.

[@charlie_a_2406]

Welcome back!

[@Alby_810]

What gauge is our locomotive?

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Joan is 5 inch gauge and Russell is 32 mm gauge.

[@LSD123.]

8:08 Wouldn't want to derail...

[@jodywales6760]

Groovy

[@cristiandavila6373]

Did you move to America in the first place I thought you lived in Britain at first

[@cristiandavila6373]

Error I meant why'd you move to America in the first place

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Hi Cristian, I did live in Britain first, was born here then moved to US for 25 year before moving back.

[@williamarmstrong5809]

yay your back!

[@itisyarb]

you love to see it

[@laaity]

Hello! Its been so dam long I just came back from umgeni steam railway

[@GandyDancerProductions]

Hi, I looked at your videos with a lot of steam action going on in South Africa.

[@laaity]

@@GandyDancerProductions o really? What do you think?

[@GandyDancerProductions]

@@laaity I spend time in Africa making a film for a TV series in the late '90 and was privileged to film some of the best steam action I've seen since the end of steam here. I am glad to see some is still happening. My Advice is keep your camera steady and use a windshield on the mic to stop the wind noise.

[@laaity]

@@GandyDancerProductions thank you Umgeni steam railway is the most original heritage railway in south Africa And where the last So you where in a tv series hei? Cool If you have footage of our railways Please show Plus im gonna give you a shout out for the advise You should wacht steam2wheels

[@LukeLovesTrains-Mr.RailYard]

No more 5-in British steam in America anymore. You hardly can find any miniature British steam locomotive in my country. 😔

[@GandyDancerProductions]

I know. I had to go upto Canada to run mine other than at home when I lived there.

[@Johia_Mapping_2]

:D

[@mechanicalmoron2251]

:)

[@Alby_810]

What are the measurements of the piece of iron and how far are they from the start of the piece of wood?

[@Alby_810]

how did you do those tracks? What size are they?

[@Alby_810]

How much distance is there between the two iron bars?

[@Alby_810]

What gauge is our locomotive?

[@ryanhodson8193]

Welcome back!

[@Alby_810]

What are the measurements of the piece of iron and how far are they from the start of the piece of wood?

[@Alby_810]

how did you do those tracks? What size are they?

[@Alby_810]

How much distance is there between the two iron bars?

[@Alby_810]

What gauge is our locomotive?

[@Alby_810]

What are the measurements of the piece of iron and how far are they from the start of the piece of wood?

[@Alby_810]

how did you do those tracks? What size are they?

[@Alby_810]

What are the measurements of the piece of iron and how far are they from the start of the piece of wood?