Could these be the Perfect EV's at the Amerton Railway Steam Gala

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Today Lawrie heads to the Amerton Railway for their steam gala - but he's not been allowed on the footplate of one of the noisy, smoky and dirty machines. No, he's been told to report to the Industrial Railway...
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[@Sohave]

Announcer on the passing trains: "And on your right hand side you can see a Lawrie being in his natural habitat."

[@bentullett6068]

On your right hand side it's hiiiimmm

[@Mekaniskidiot]

Sjovt at se en Dansker her :D Håber alt går vel for dig

[@lmm]

Causing chaos 😂

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

​@@lmm>>> Inciting a _battery_ of trouble...😉

[@KibuFox]

Locomotive with googly eyes always make me smile.

[@I_like_planesandtrains860]

Closest to get Thomas and friends

[@lmm]

It was amusing

[@digbymodelrailway2929]

@@lmmRuston needs googly eyes

[@Shipwright1918]

I mean, if I had a chance to take one home, I wouldn't be saying no. They're quiet, so aside from the wagons bumping and the flanges squawking a little on the curves and points, could probably get away with going for a trundle anytime I wanted. "What's goin' on?" "Nothin' luv, just the neighbor using his industrial battery loco to take out the dustbins again, go back to bed."

[@lmm]

Yeah, excatly. They're really quite good fun

[@jmonsted]

It might be a little soulless, but it's a heck of a lot easier than waking up a cold steam loco :)

[@TheHoveHeretic]

.... providing you remember to set a decent trickle charge overnight (the tricklier the better for optimum battery longevity).

[@lmm]

Lot easier, not as much fun though!

[@jmonsted]

@@TheHoveHeretic To be fair, if you were going to do anything serious with these today, you'd just put in a bank of LiFePO4 cells.

[@physiocrat7143]

There are ways of getting steam locomotives to work without turning up hours beforehand.

[@the_retag]

The only sustainable one i know of are electric pre heaters. Other methods damage the engine long term​@@physiocrat7143

[@Sohave]

I like the googly eyes. they look so goofy on such a piece of very industrial and utilitarian machinery such as this.

[@lmm]

It amused me too

[@AbbeyYard]

Bob the Builder lookin ahh

[@Prewarpostwaramdmore]

The switchman is getting his steps in today.

[@lmm]

Certainly did!

[@caramelldansen2204]

I've always wanted a BEV loco, they're so cute and just brilliantly simple!

[@lmm]

They're really quite good fun

[@optroncordian7863]

Some years ago I was a member of a model railway club. We've had a large layout with gauge 1 trains. Our operations when we had guests were to run two loops with trains to make an attraction.

[@PatrickESpecht]

Love the aerial view of the three sets of track. Great for showing how a wye works, especially since they are hard to railfan.

[@lmm]

I thought it would be fun

[@ThePlayerOfGames]

Excellent use of electric motivation to keep old tech going how the original designers wanted whilst delivering an experience that modern audiences will accept

[@basscharenborg6441]

Hi Lawrie, I just found out Corris No10 is fully completed and in steam(!) Not at this specific moment I think, but still, it is done! It is steaming along in two videos that got recommended to me, and the videos are 3 and 4 days old. The images are from the Corris railway gala "the falcons will fly" Edit: There was a typo

[@lmm]

Yes it is. I filmed with it last year, video to come soon!

[@basscharenborg6441]

@@lmm That's awesome! I'll be on the look-out

[@ptonpc]

Good to see they have been preserved.

[@lmm]

Yeah, me too!

[@CrippleX89]

They (especially the white one) remind me of a peat railway museum near where I live. They run engines not unlike these (tiny industrial ones on overgrown, uneven tracks), but the ones they run are mostly a little older (~ 1930’s - 60’s) and run on diesel. There’s nothing quite like the sound and smell of a single cylinder two stroke diesel thumping away at low RPMs!

[@lmm]

It's a super sound!

[@roberttapken1139]

Those locos are quieter than my HO locos. fun time.

[@lmm]

They're really good

[@I_Like_Ham_]

It is like magic when you restore something like that to its former glory

[@TheHoveHeretic]

Indeed, but showroom condition may be regarded as a tad over-enthusiastic by lovers of industrial kit. 🙂

[@lmm]

It's great they got the packs to fire up again

[@tryingagain14]

Thanks. The overhead made it make sense. I didn't quite follow the route before that shot. It did look funny running through the grass with no track showing

[@FBUK300]

I think the googly eyes give it character

[@lmm]

They amused me

[@highpath4776]

Indeed the thing about a good gala (or even a normal day at a preserved railway) is motion action of other locomotives/ rolling stock / even static cranes or water filling.

[@lmm]

It was good to be doing something and providing a spectacle

[@bruceknights8330]

I acquired 3 9f the 5.5t Clayton's from RNAD Crombie and moved them to a new line we were building on Havengore island. Great bits of kit and still in service, as far as I know. We also had 20 plus of the RNAD wagons as well, like the ones being pulled on the steam line. Happy days

[@lmm]

Oh that's awesome!

[@germantanker131johnny2]

Interesting creatures. Oh speaking of battery locos. I wonder how Titch is doing?

[@lmm]

I assume its still running well m They had a larger one coming back into service too

[@Chewligan1]

You've go to love Lawrie's enthusiasm. Great stuff.

[@lmm]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@nathanh.5373]

If you get the chance you should go take a look at the Petange to Fond-de-Gras heritage railway in Luxembourg, they've got some really nice standard gauge rolling stock and, a bit more unique, a narrow gauge mining railway with steam, diesels and electric locos, with the electric ones actually running through the mine

[@lmm]

I'll add it to the list

[@guywright7388]

Thanks for drone shot. Made a lot more sense after that, and did look like fun. 🚂

[@lmm]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Dhira108]

Just somehow lawrie manages to be just at the right spot to get one of the steam trains in shot The googly eyes made me wonder if this is a new Thomas the Tank engine story were we meet lawrie the train driver 😂

[@lmm]

Lots of planning!

[@Chaos42666]

These little nuggets and ol' Atlas sure could have a chat about working for ages and then work and batteries drying up.

[@lmm]

I had a word with the owners over that!

[@nikidesignsolutionsandgami1518]

Locomotives hold the record for being the first EVs. Plus you can get an industrial battery locomotive cheaper than a new car.

[@williamsantangelo]

Lawrie that's really neat, luv them little engines! Thank You

[@lmm]

You're welcome!

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

I think those googly eyes are perfect...😊

[@FlyingScotsmanFan12345]

love your new train

[@lmm]

The 165 is very exciting

[@JoshKilen]

very nice little locos.

[@andrewreynolds4949]

Speaking of having broken things, it’s been a long time since the last “what’s broken now”. I really enjoy the railway content (I’m actually more of a train person than a car person), but I do get curious about how everything in the barn is doing

[@lmm]

More updates are in the works. I've just been busy and not made as much progress as I'd like

[@TechJoe1994]

Yeah if say a mobility scooter won't hold charge you can join a bunch of 9v together and attach it to the battery. Kills the 9v ones but gets the big one going again saving a fortune. I imagine it's a similar thing here I'd love to plod around on something like that all day ferrying cargo back and forth.

[@KrisDouglas]

The batteries in these are a big group of 2v cells in a mix of series and parallel to get the right voltage (I think they're nominally 72v but I'm no expert)

[@GraceFoulques]

Ah yes, a fun and entertaining video of Lawrie driving trains while I wait for my shift to begin with a cup of tea. Keep up the good work as always guys! :3

[@lmm]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@richchester187]

Have you ever been to the Dymchurch railway ? I just came across it while finding out where Dymchurch was and it's got a crazy small gauge track. It's gotta be a must see.

[@highpath4776]

whiplash on moving off, yes its the same on the latest single deck buses of "london transport".

[@lmm]

I suspect this is more fun

[@thetbird69]

More locomotives with googly eyes please

[@lmm]

It was amusing 😂

[@petejones9755]

Bagnall Isobel stood on a plinth outside Stafford railway station for many years having been built in Stafford. It worked Cliffe Hill Quarry in Leicestershire, some remnants of which are hidden in the undergrowth if you know where to look. Also under road tarmac in a couple of places.

[@lmm]

It's a lovely engine too

[@nathan83699]

Nice one Lawie, shame you didn't have time to do my challenge however can save that for next time, see you soon buddy

[@lmm]

Next time for sure. I have it in my head how to do it

[@Handle423]

The boys are playing around with their lil battery powered trainsets 😆

[@DangerAngelous]

5:55 something about this shot, akin to a real car on the left and then you in a little tikes car on the right 😂😂

[@stephenwise-w5i]

I love the Amerton Railway galas, unfortunately not able to get there at the moment. Shouldn't these be named; Amp and Volt perhaps?

[@lmm]

That'll be up to the owners I guess

[@Trainsaregreat365]

Really cool video as always from lmm

[@carl-oscarbjorkman8923]

Maybe you should get a set of googly eyes so you could have fun with your own locos.😂

[@lmm]

I think I'll pass 😂

[@toyotaprius79]

1:54 It would do an awful lot of good, as a presenter, to know and share what battery refurbishing and voltage balancing is

[@fussyboy2000]

So what are the works numbers of the two electric locomotives?

[@bentullett6068]

Those googly eyes make it look hilarious and cute at the same time.

[@lmm]

It's amusing isn't it

[@jonrpearce]

I take it you were there on Sunday then? Went on Saturday and they had a diesel on the industrial shunting the tipper wagons around.

[@lmm]

That's correct

[@adamcrane3571]

How is your 2 fire engines

[@lmm]

They're fine thanks

[@fishpop]

What gauge are these engines and the larger ones seen moving around? Both seem like Narrow Gauge but the size differences confuse me.

[@PeterJewell2]

It's probably all two foot gauge. (Haven't checked.) You can see from the owner's plates on the two battery locos that they were previously used for tunnel construction, and therefore small size was important -- very little superstructure further out than the wheels.

[@KrisDouglas]

The whole railway is 2 foot gauge. 🙂 There's some colossal engines on 2 foot gauge, but these are all fairly small. Around 10 metric tons is our limit.

[@musiqtee]

6:36 walking back for the other loco - you couldn’t take the (steam) train back? 😅

[@lmm]

Was tempted!

[@SurvivingTheApocalypse]

Will you ever be returning to Alford to see their progress?

[@lmm]

Yep!

[@Fadly1277]

hello sir, I am also a fan of locomotives in Indonesia, and worked for an Indonesian railway company last year, I want to know the process of assembling mini locomotives there

[@KrisDouglas]

These are full size industrial locomotives used on light railways where big engines and wagons won't fit.

[@turkeytrac1]

It bob the battery loco!!

[@TheHoveHeretic]

The quirkier the better in my books and those two tick plenty of boxes! Question please: Do those tipper waggons behave better empty or loaded?

[@lmm]

I think they'd be better loaded. They're a little light

[@KrisDouglas]

​@@lmmyou wait till one comes off when it's full, they're a lot less fun then 😂

[@PeterJewell2]

I was wondering how they would cope being loaded, as the skips were rocking about pretty wildly. If you look carefully, there's quite a lot of the skip 'V' below the pivot points which will lower the overall centre of gravity and stabilise the skip against the load above the pivot..

[@KrisDouglas]

​@@PeterJewell2they are generally quite compliant. You can re-rail one by hand on your own when empty, and if they weren't 600mm gauge (our railway is 610mm/2ft) they would run nicely. They are certainly a bit less wobbly when loaded. They are very well engineered.

[@SDE1994]

found out just an hour ago that Amerton has a Leek & Manifold signal box

[@TheHoveHeretic]

Wow .... would that be from Waterhouses? IIRC, Hulme End had a ground frame, ditto intermediate stopping places ('stations' always sounds a bit grand for 6in high platforms, some with a glorified garden shed and less with an earth closet!!). Nice benches though.

[@lmm]

The whole place is pretty cool

[@highpath4776]

have these got mileage or operational hourse meters on them ?

[@lmm]

I think I recall a counter

[@AlbertBenajam-ww1db]

The areal view of Y o0rstions prooves it, as at end he points out kust Like doing it at sctual Industrial RR.

[@Gameboy_1992]

HE HAD EYES.

[@lmm]

Amusing wasn't it

[@michaelbird3183]

Googly eyes rule!!!! Simples 😊

[@lmm]

It was amusing

[@AjSmit1]

why can't say, ontario, canada have dozens of lines like these today

[@lmm]

Do they?

[@Chillingandgrilling4449]

How are you so lucky to get all of these locomotives?

[@lmm]

Years of hard work!

[@QALibrary]

I can understand these being used in a private company for moving stuff

[@TheHoveHeretic]

Down in Sussex, at least one brickworks equipped their R&W battery electrics for driverless operation with ramp operated trip switches, meaning the loco was started manually and trundled off on it's own until it came to wherever the 'stop ramp' had been bolted to a sleeper. Luckily, it survived long enough to be rescued by Amberley's Chalk Pits Museum, where I believe the system forms part of industrial displays alongside the large collection of petrol and diesel locos.

[@lmm]

That sounds amazing!

[@lmm]

They're useful bits of plant

[@UncannySense]

Googly eyes should be standard equipment on all trains....

[@lmm]

It's very amusing for a novelty

[@Handle423]

What's up with the steamless, silent steam train?

[@KrisDouglas]

The track behind there is fairly flat, and our locos don't leak ;)

[@johnblair8146]

Those googly eyes remind me.of Toppsie Toaster.

[@lmm]

They're a fun touch

[@brunoramey50]

It's just an Ho Model train, but bigger !

[@lmm]

Pretty much!

[@jappedut9009]

Not much preparation in starting an electric locomotive is there ❓️😂

[@lmm]

It starts the night before by putting it on charge

[@highpath4776]

stick a passenger coach on the triangle line and invite nick badley and friends for a pointless journey

[@lmm]

It isn't rated for passengers. Otherwise a super idea

[@KrisDouglas]

​@@lmmyes we've definitely never done that 👀

[@funkyfinnthefish4473]

when i make money when im older i want to restore west pier in Brighton and then a local railway from march to Spalding England

[@lmm]

That's quite the project!

[@Taiki_the_tram_productions]

Yea

[@JintySteam1]

Those are the biggest googly eyes I've ever seen.

[@lmm]

They're very amusing

[@raymondleggs5508]

Meep! 😀🎺

[@arnaudlandry7370]

👀

[@TechGamer45]

The googly eyes should be slandered.

[@thomasawl]

i’ve made a final decision. All narrow gauge locos under 10 ton must have googley eyes.

[@lmm]

😂 😂 😂

[@raymondleggs5508]

field railway

[@lmm]

Great isn't it

[@abuBrachiosaurus]

Battery electric switchers/shunters, the only practical type of battery electric locomotive

[@lmm]

These will run the service on the mainline all day apparently!

[@TheHoveHeretic]

That was certainly the case until recently, but bi-mode MUs capable of running between unconnected OHLE routes are now considered economically viable with current battery tech. H² fuel cells are now proven tech which works, but really need to quadruple their working lives (measured in hours) before they become much more widely accepted. The tech IS advancing, but the story for now is akin to early jet propulsion. Solid-state batteries will be the next 'big thing' (Toyota intend full launch of a car so equipped in 2025) and this tech is vastly less prone to fire at the same time as supporting currently impossible charge rates.

[@jongmans38]

Video too long, repeats it self.

[@lmm]

You may be new to shunting

[@jongmans38]

@@lmm Yes, fair comment, but makes for a boring video.

[@PeterJewell2]

You could avail yourself of KZbin's Playback Speed setting. It's very useful for instructional videos where the presenter talks quite slowly. Saves a lot of time! Haven't needed it for Lawrie's videos.

[@MatthewBerginGarage]

EV's are shite

[@caramelldansen2204]

copium

[@Sohave]

No they make a lot of sense in their context. You don't want to be down in a mine next to a diesel exhaust and they are really cheap to operate.

[@MattyP62618]

🤡

[@JanHenk-k1b]

Ok matthew

[@MatthewBerginGarage]

@@Sohave So they have some use in certain instances. They would work better on an extension cord rather than batteries. Battery replacement is not cheap.