KLR 'Minx' Build - a simple 7 1/4 inch gauge battery electric locomotive for our garden railway

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

Impressive sound, the "clonk" when the direction is switched. It's like from a 17 ton railcar! Well built.

[@Unfnation]

Ingenious! This is perhaps the most delightful little episode I've seen on You Tube in some time. I appreciate the honest and unassuming presentation along with the clever build based on Edmondson's design. Well done sir. We shall be keeping an eye on you.

[@donotwantahandle1111]

A useful simple loco to get things done!

[@777mjt]

Absolutely superb, me and my daughter laughed at the Geese being triggered by the horn so much! Good old Geese, ready made security guards they are! 😅

[@jorgesabater8640]

How fortunate to have enough space for your hobby! Such fun!

[@karenslittlerailway]

Yes, I am fortunate to have the space I have got, but others have fitted 7 1/4 inch gauge railways into smaller spaces

[@teamidris]

I like the mini moto brake calipers. Nicely made, cable operated and an axel disk is easy to make.

[@karenslittlerailway]

Good idea. I did something similar idea on my earlier 'Imp' locomotive, though I used push bike brake parts with the callipers acting on the sides of a pulley that was part of the drive train.

[@teamidris]

@@karenslittlerailway yes, it’s quick and simple, we have a similar thing, but John built a scissor with four bike brake blocks onto disks for the ride on coaches. I can move my wheels between seven and five inch, the central disk makes that simple :o)

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Lovely job!

[@mutantthegreat7963]

Really nice. Look forward to seeing some carriages

[@Jia-dp9cu]

Is he a scientist 😮 he looks very intellectual person

[@RKMa64]

This is so cool 😎🚂

[@TheJchronic]

I dig it ! and the reaction from the geese at 10:21 😆😆

[@vlogwithabrar6149]

Very nice video

[@thedoorider]

very nicely done!

[@oojimmyflip]

They look suspiciously like Robin Relaint Engine and gearbox mounts, I used these to build a floating platform for my diesel generator as it was vibrating a neighbours kitchen floor.

[@karenslittlerailway]

I've no idea as to what they came from, I just searched for anti vibration mounts, and bought the cheapest available at the time

[@WhitehouseFilms]

Do you think you could do a coverage on how your wagons and coach were made? I'm looking into making up some 7 1/4 stock of my own and I'm currently looking at various references

[@karenslittlerailway]

I'll try to think of something. They are very simple - the wagons have no suspension at all, and the carriage is built around some bogies obtained from e-bay

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

!Very nice video, likes from me!

[@vester681]

Nice

[@madleech]

Excellent wee build, very functional but great looking too, and love the warning device. How very fun! How stable is the engine on 7 1/4 gauge? I always feels like with minimal gauge that if the track wasn't perfectly level and you were off centre everything would topple over?

[@karenslittlerailway]

I find it surprisingly stable, not a hint of toppling over on our line, though with the short length and tight curves speeds are fairly slow. Concentrating the mass low down helps keep everything stable. Having the bottom of the chassis not far above rail level across the whole width of the loco means there is little chance of tipping very far as long as the surrounding ground/track bed is more or less level with the top of the sleepers.

[@Yellow_iron_and_spanners]

wow

[@hi1172]

I'm curious what the overall length is? And the wheel base length

[@karenslittlerailway]

Overall length is 4 feet, wheelbase 21 inches from (possibly faulty) memory. It's cold and dark outside so I haven't checked

[@hi1172]

Do you know what the caliber on the ammo boxes is? I love the way they look as the body

[@karenslittlerailway]

@@hi1172 They were simply described as steel ammo boxes approx. 19x17x15inches when I bought them. A search on the net suggests they are British Army L15A1 ammo boxes. Hope that helps.

[@mark6302]

sweet

[@uktvcool]

Are you related to cooldudeclem by any chance?

[@gedhuffadine1873]

Where do you get the rail track

[@karenslittlerailway]

The rail is 30x12mm mild steel flat bar from our local steel stockholder, chairs from PNP Railways and sleepers cut from 3x2inch timber. Details of how we made the track and points can be found on our web site at www.karenslittlerailway.co.uk/construction.php

[@paulduncan3214]

Terrif !