Will it Move - First Attempt at Driving the Locomotive YOU Helped Save From Scrap!

Hello all you fine and wonderful people,
Firstly, thank you all. You're an amazing community. You came together to help save the Ruston 165 from being sent to scrap.
The big question is that, being sold with a gearbox fault, will it actually move, or is it just a paperweight?
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[@Hyce777]

Bloody fantastic. Congratulations mate. That must've been an incredible feeling. :)

[@lmm]

Cheers buddy. It was absolutely beyond description

[@DownDiecast]

Hello hyce!

[@susanlua4792]

Sup Hyce

[@nickm9123]

Bird man from the ESnD! Awsome! When are we getting a hyce fleet?

[@southern207hobbies]

@nickm9123 he is planning on building Zuma form scratch watch his streams

[@WG14]

This man will own all the rustuns in the Uk 😂

[@RedtailFox1]

and we, his community, will likely be the enablers who help him do it because we are as mad as he is

[@lmm]

😂 😂 No, that's too many 😂

[@WG14]

@@lmm shush you need more

[@WaveTheConqueror]

@@WG14 agreed!

[@ashleywilson8033]

All hail the Ruston King! 😂

[@johnbaker2910]

I swear. Once (or If) all three Ruston's are in service, there HAS TO BE a Lawrie's Goes Loco...Loco Gala. We'll call it the LGLG, Lawrie Goes Loco Gala. Starring all three Rustons in service. Have 303 Shunting in the yard and as a station pilot. McAlpine on small trains. And 165 on bigger trains.

[@lmm]

It'll happen!

[@BrentSudric]

Lawrie Ultimately Goes Loco

[@mdpenny42]

Starring the "Reepham Rustons" :)

[@richardsweeney197]

I hope so!! Wonderful news Lawrie!!​@lmm

[@IsaacDaBoatSloth]

fun that over 200% was raised

[@lmm]

Madness isn't it

[@trainnerd3029]

I think it would be a lot of fun to hang out and work on the locomote with him!

[@signalmanlucas659]

@@lmm That's the LMM community at its finest, just madness.

[@HeavyTanker-vx4oq]

Every time I see this thing, my eyes go to that VERY familiar shade of tank engine blue on those wheels....

[@lmm]

😂 😂 Some of the British Sugar locos where blue

[@HeavyTanker-vx4oq]

@@lmm the more yah know, still funny how it's basically the exact shade of blue

[@fishw]

@@lmm big magnetic number 1 or 11?

[@DIDYOUDO5778]

​@@fishwit's a little tank engine with extended side tanks

[@caramelldansen2204]

petition to turn this loco into a fake-steamer thomas the tank engine? 😅

[@stevekovoc3939]

I can't believe this fully functional loco was almost scrapped. It needs a tune up, but it's extremely far from hopeless.

[@lmm]

It's mad isn't it. Far too good to scrap!

[@Arjay1127]

I had to cheer when it went into gear and started moving. And of course, the excitement when you went through the gears was definitely contagious. Great job, Lawrie!

[@lmm]

Thank you very much!

[@arcticwarriors7014]

@@lmm all that diesel needs a new coat of paint and it should be good as new

[@Amtrak09]

Lawrie is a legend! I look forward to seeing your locomotive fleet growing!

[@lmm]

You and me both!

[@guypenryn7008]

He will be after a railway next 😂it’s great to see the engines being saved!

[@SteamboatWilley]

It starts! It runs! All it needs now is a lick of paint.

[@lmm]

Couple of other little bits too

[@sirrliv]

@@lmm Like a cab floor.

[@bentullett6068]

​@@sirrliv my first job at the Severn Valley Railway in my department I volunteer at was modify the floor in our Ruston 165DM to be removable to access the transmission.

[@srfurley]

Looks like somebody has painted some parts of it fairly recently.

[@lmm]

@@bentullett6068 this needs a new floor entirely!

[@Edward2400]

the fact the engine was saved in a day is nothing short of a miracle so happy to see this old diesel get preserved

[@lmm]

Oh it's madness. Awesome, but mad!

[@clockwork3494]

Your joy was infectious, the pure excitment at seeing and hearing the engine grumble to life before taking off put a smile on my face. Can't wait to see where things go from here, a lot of TLC is clearly required but I think given how many people donated to the cause it's safe to say we all agree it's in the right hands with you Lawrie.

[@lmm]

I'm excited to get stuck in

[@traumgeist]

Two of the wheeled conveyances procured by Lawrie in un-broken condition have been Rustons. There’s an indication of how hard they are to break in there somewhere.

[@lmm]

😂 😂 😂

[@mercury7590]

Lawrie’s next big challenge: Buy one of the Barclays from Thomas Muir in Scotland and get it restored. (Joking of course… though it would be neat.)

[@2428matt]

stop giving him ideas

[@lmm]

Maybe one day!

[@alexv3375]

Absolutely superb to hear that this Ruston's been saved! Scrapping it in today's era of heritage railways would've been absolutely tragic, especially with how it works.

[@lmm]

It really would have been!

[@IsaacDaBoatSloth]

actually i cant believe it was going for scrap

[@lmm]

Me neither

[@Canadiansteamer43]

​@@lmm paint the loco in navy blue with a yellow running board and grills

[@samk4128]

​@@Canadiansteamer43why?

[@Rocker-1234]

mans is out here, not just documenting history, but actively saving it. Lawrie, you and your community are absolute madlads. keep up the amazing work.

[@tomtative]

Your laugh at 5:19 is so contagious!! I'm glad it works :)

[@lmm]

So am I!

[@Arkay315]

Now we can finally say that lawrie has a fleet of locomotives. Congratulations Lawrie, you're doing good.

[@lmm]

Thank you very much

[@Arkay315]

@@lmm you're gonna some more headboards for all of your locomotives

[@lmm]

@@Arkay315 that's a valid point!

[@greyfox8194]

the happy shouts as she moved was all i needed to be given a smile

[@lmm]

I was so excited

[@greyfox8194]

​@@lmm its great to see cant wait for all 3 to be up and running in the future and im so surprised given she ran normally she was gonna be put to the torch but thats not a worry anymore good job as always. i wish you the absolute best and may the machine spirit bless you and your locomotives.

[@ja-bv3lq]

As an American I really enjoy seeing these little direct-drive locomotives. Here in the USA, once steam and the narrow-gauges lost favor, pretty much all of the locomotives were the GIANT diesel-electrics. Even the "little" yard-engines are massive compared to these cool little guys.❤

[@lmm]

Similar story here, DE was coming into fashion around the time this was built, and by the 60's it was all basically hydraulic or diesel electric

[@harrymcandrew1447]

maybe the loco working was its own way to thank Lawrie from a sudden death fate at the scrap yard ! nice to see it saved even if i couldnt afford to contribute stuff due to being tight with stuff

[@lmm]

It's a far too good of a machine to be cut up!

[@Chaos42666]

If the scrapyard Ruston is a Lazarus, this one is certainly a Ben Gunn, left behind for dead with plenty of vim and vigor left to give. Both likely owing to Sir William for inspiring a bunch of nutters to rescue them.

[@lmm]

Heh, I like that

[@CrippleX89]

Lazarus and Ben Gunn could be appropriate names for these machines

[@HuberttheLMS8F8375]

@@CrippleX89too right

[@DOCTORDROTT]

This loco is going to look fantastic painted up and serviced. Well done.

[@lmm]

I sure hope so

[@StuartJohnson-cy2sx]

It was fantastic to see it start up and run down the track. Also wonderful to know it has been saved from the gas axe. It would be amazing to see this Euston returned to its British Sugar livery, as she wore in her Kings Lynn days. Well done everyone!

[@lmm]

Do you know if it was blue or green when it was there? I've seen photos of the one at Ely in blue, but looks like there's green on the bonnet.

[@forrestrobin2712]

When she started moving I nearly cried 😂❤

[@lmm]

Me too watching it back

[@stephencameron4032]

Hi Lawrie,great to see this loco running, there's another one on the Strathspey Railway, but it hasn't run for nearly thirty years, after it was damaged in an arson attack which destroyed a GNSR six wheel brake van, it's claim to fame is that, prior to the railway re-opening, it was driven up the Highland Main Line,(try getting away with that these days),by the then head of engineering at the railway, hopefully, one day, it'll be restored, but, like every other heritage line, there's a long queue of locos ahead of it, anyway,as I write this, I've just come off night-shift, and I'm like a zombie, sorry for filling up your comments section, take care, all the best from Scotland, Stephen.

[@lmm]

Best wishes for getting the thing sorted! What a shame that people do terrible things like that...

[@rafchris]

Well done. To be honest when you got down the yard I thought there was going to be a top gear esque "But then........ Its stuck in gear and wont go into reverse"

[@lmm]

We both said that at the time!

[@Jakegriffin2006]

Next on Lawries Adventures he purchases a HST set with one 1st class 1 Buffet car and 1 standard class

[@lmm]

Definitely not 😂

[@Jakegriffin2006]

@@lmm Would be a good video haha well done and getting the community together to yet again save another Locomotive!

[@TheGramophoneGirl]

A great video - all the more special because lots of us have helped save that loco. Good to see it going down the line than be crushed for scrap.

[@lmm]

It's a far better fate for it! Thanks for being part of the adventure

[@jaymesmith7361]

Yes I'm crying....and so are you. ❤

[@lmm]

Was a bit 😂

[@MayaPosch]

I can't wait to visit Lawrie's Heritage Rail Line with the world's most complete collection of Rustons :)

[@lmm]

Maybe one day 😂

[@PedalBox]

"Ran when parked" and it still does. Frankly amazing

[@lmm]

Isn't it just

[@SodorTrain1225]

It's alive!!!! This is absolutely brilliant! Call me crazy, but I think this engine would look great in red. Maybe it could match Jupes, and you could have TWO big red things!

[@lmm]

Certainly would be different

[@1471SirFrederickBanbury]

It's alive! Glad the lovely little Ruston is doing pretty well considering. The Ruston museum is starting and will never be stopped! You'll be able to get the three perfect paint jobs with the extra money!

[@lmm]

Here's hoping for sure!

[@rorythomson8763]

IT LIVES! And that rousing music was the right choice.

[@lmm]

Thank you!

[@ryano.5149]

AHHHH THE SIDERODS!!! So happy another one of these great "little" machines gets to continue doing the thing! Congratulations to all involved! I wish the folks at Ruston who built it could see the love people have for their (at the time) unassuming little shunters!

[@lmm]

That's something I never concidered. I wonder what they'd have thought that 70 years on people would keep them not because they were a piece of plant that earned money, but cause they quite liked the machine.

[@ianstransporthistorystuff8175]

Nice locos ,and we saved the 2 0-4-0 Ruston deisel locos at Beeding cement works back in 1986 with the Brighton railway museum, sadly now long closed and both sadly were cut up ,but there nice locos to have.well done and I wish you and the loco all the best ,and another peice of history is saved 😊

[@lmm]

Sad for them to be cut up! Saving them is the easy part, it's what comes next that it the challenge

[@earthbaine9803]

well done everyone glad we made the target👍

[@lmm]

Exploded through the target

[@jonwhite4250]

That is absolutely splendid! I actually cheered when she moved!

[@lmm]

So did I when I watched it back!

[@ptonpc]

Congratulations everyone! Fantastic to see the old girl still living.

[@lmm]

Superb wasn't it

[@nigelcole1936]

Great to see that it turned out to be a runner and not just a large and expensive paperweight. Pleased that my very little tiny contribution has been well invested. Well done Lawrie!

[@lmm]

Thank you very much!

[@nigelcole1936]

@lmm oh I did nothing

[@hartleymartin]

Lawrie made a sensible purchase - again! (Last one was Humpty)

[@lmm]

It's not... That sensible 😂

[@trainnerd3029]

Even with a little locomotive like that… That’s got to be a rush! Looks so fun! 7:34 looks like a model, except for the smoke

[@lmm]

It's amazing how good the smoke generators are these days

[@Buildergames]

The utter excitement as it went up the gears, exhilarating!

[@lmm]

It was amazing

[@warbirdgamer]

Not surprised if he opens a Ruston museum

[@lmm]

Maybe a museum one day.

[@andeebee519]

That reaction when it moves off, brilliant. 🤣

[@lmm]

It was exciting

[@Autobotmech]

Thank you Laurie , it does the heart wonders to see these machines saved from scrap or worst.

[@lmm]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@cassettebox77]

I never knew that this ruston's engine runs, i mean at first i never thought it will run because of the condition of the thing but i was actually suprised that it actually works and it drives the ruston pretty well! Amazing work lawrie! And your team!

[@lmm]

Good old British Engineering that!

[@ashleywilson8033]

2:56 remember Lawrie, we put a little bit extra oil to protect everything as you said so it wasn’t spilling anything! 😉

[@lmm]

Protecting it for the future!

[@AnthonyFurnival]

It’s proof that she wanted to live, and the fundraiser was proof that we all wanted her to live too 🙂 thank you for arranging to save her!

[@lmm]

Thank you for being part of it!

[@AnthonyFurnival]

@@lmm my pleasure, it was only a tenner but I guess a lot of tenners come together and achieve great things! Looking forward to seeing progress updates 🙂

[@pennsyrailfan]

Well, you know what they say about buying vintage vehicles- all you're buying is someone else's problems!

[@lmm]

Oh always

[@drewbarker8504]

Lawrie, you and everyone else who save this (functional) piece of equipment are legends. Your enthusiasm for little Rustons is akin to the enthusiasm for little H.K. Porters-small but mighty.

[@lmm]

Thank you very much

[@Alky17_youtube]

Lawrie really said “muahahaHahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!👹👹😈” when it worked

[@lmm]

I was pleased

[@Alky17_youtube]

@@lmm well we all would be 🤣

[@keith800]

A fantastic sight , yes certainly a new chapter in its life and hats off to you for getting this saved and lets hope this use of You Tube is a turning point in raising funds for more of our heritage to be saved .

[@lmm]

I'm really excited to get her sorted out!

[@larx4074]

That's a good all-round locomotive there Lawrie, a wee bit careworn, but a runner with what looks like a sound engine and gearbox. All the very best with this one.........👍👍

[@lmm]

Thank you very much!

[@dannybrookes3296]

The fact it still works despite a minor leak is insane.

[@lmm]

It's a good old lump

[@Nova_Blaze]

Man, between Sir William and now this one, Lawrie has caused me to really fall in love with these little Ruston shunters. Can't wait to see how she looks once she's cleaned up and pretty again. Though, if i may make a suggestion, the blue wheels and red rods are a great look on her

[@lmm]

I can't wait to get it sorted

[@trainspotter454]

Happy to have contributed to this project, can’t wait to see what you do with it

[@lmm]

Thanks for helping out! Lots planned!

[@davidmuller9412]

It was watching you telling everyone about this, Barrington & the rolling stock that made me subscribe, so watching you bring this tired but still great locomotive into life again was just truly wonderful. Can't wait to see what happens next, your enthusiasm and charm absolutely got to me and I was grinning the whole time too. Great video, thank you!

[@lmm]

Thank you very much!

[@Edwardfan99-bg8ew]

All hail the Ruston King

[@Tank_Driver]

MR Beast: buys a train to destroy for a video ❌ Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels: buys a train to save from scrap ✅

[@iansankey6320]

Time to go back for the kettle

[@lmm]

If I had a load more money, maybe

[@Canadiansteamer43]

Now you need a steam locomotive. Maybe try building a new class of tank engine?

[@lmm]

A steam engine would need a huge amount of money

[@tylerdrury8603]

Fair play to you for keeping this piece of history alive

[@lmm]

Cheers!

[@melodymonger]

Great stuff 👍😃. Always nice to see a piece of vintage engineering saved and working again. Congratulations 👏

[@lmm]

Thank you very much

[@fishw]

Well thats a good start then!

[@lmm]

Exceedingly

[@caramelldansen2204]

This loco, sold as "not working": works fine Literally anything I buy on ebay sold "as new": completely broken 😭

[@lmm]

We've done some work to it. Knowing how a 165 is meant to work has certainly helped!

[@caramelldansen2204]

@@lmm Fair enough!

[@JetSet523]

Glad theres progress on this loco!

[@lmm]

Me too

[@user-xz9dn2ub1x]

One word FANTASTIC Thanks to every body😊😊😊😊

[@lmm]

I couldn't agree more

[@Beans1905-rv2ev]

That laugh is the laugh of someone that will have a villain arc but his weapons are rustons

[@lmm]

What an arc it'll be!

[@Beans1905-rv2ev]

@@lmm yes it will

[@androidemulator6952]

This has be be the most "Mad English trainspotting" thing ive seen ever !

[@lmm]

Thank you 😂

[@Ma_Deuce_338]

Cool! Good Save Man! To you and your gang! Nice to see one saved from the scraper!

[@lmm]

It's exciting to save it before they got their mitts on it!

[@jorgenvids9338]

Thank you all for making this happen! what a true shame it would have been to lose that sharp looking locomotive.

[@lmm]

It would have been a real travesty

[@OONeal]

Absolutely excellent, loved this and look forward to see what comes with all this 😊

[@lmm]

Loads of exciting stuff in store

[@derekp2674]

Excellent news, thanks Lawrie and team.

[@lmm]

Isn't it just!

[@williamsantangelo]

Congratulations too Y'all

[@lmm]

Thank you!

[@vincentroddy4984]

There is nothing more exciting than rescuing something from the scrap and getting it going again! Well done!

[@lmm]

It was a good day

[@cbmsysmobile]

Well the generous viewers have gone above and beyond with donations! Time for a good restoration. Hope to see plenty of restoration videos coming up!

[@lmm]

Lots in the pipeline

[@keab42]

I love how the wheels look in motion. Especially those counterweight thingies at the rear.

[@lmm]

Me too!

[@PeterJewell2]

That's the jackshaft. Transfers the drive from the gearbox to the wheels. Quite common on diesel-mechanical shunters, quite uncommon on models of such shunters.

[@thetrainman2013]

Now all that you need are some carriages and a railway to own

[@lmm]

I'd like a brake van

[@samk4128]

Plenty of railways out there that deserve and need more support. Just remember that there is no point owning a running loco without somewhere for it to run. So support the Pway departments.

[@Talesfromtherails8277]

It’s awesome it still works man! Congratulations!

[@lmm]

Thank you very much

[@Dr.Hoppity]

Fantastic!!

[@lmm]

Thank you!

[@turkeytrac1]

It always makes my day when you post, and that is so awesome it's a running loco.

[@lmm]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@MrAsBBB]

The best train video I have seen all week. I am so chuffed with the fact it’s been saved from the scrap heap. Well done

[@lmm]

Thank you very much!

[@stevesalvage1089]

That's fantastic , it's all ok , I agree , lawrie your a star, well done to all the people that saved this , keep us posted on the move , thanks for sharing,

[@lmm]

It's pretty stunning!

[@antone2tone]

Congrats to everyone that saved her!!! Absolutely made my day. Subscribed!!!

[@lmm]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@chriswalford4161]

What a great way of funding a restoration!

[@lmm]

It's been incredible

[@simaesthesia]

This is absolutely fantastic! Wishing you all the best with the repairs, servicing and paint job 😄

[@lmm]

Thank you!

[@WinterroSP]

Those are some glorious wheels

[@lmm]

Quite bright!

[@tomparmenter8665]

This engine needs a sick paint job with all the extra funds you've raised!

[@lmm]

It'll get a good job done

[@TalkingGIJoe]

congrats brother... a magnificint beast indeed!

[@lmm]

Thank you, she's a right beastie

[@bruceknights8330]

What shame to see how run down the Colne Valley line is now. Frankly, the little Ruston is far more in keeping with the short country line that the original restorers of the line built. Now we see that it has become a storage site for mk3s, DVTs and HSTs, whilst the basic infrastructure looks tired and unloved. It's heartbreaking to see and the story of this little Ruston seems to personify the decline. I'm so pleased that you are taking it to a new home, where it will be cared for and used.

[@lmm]

The railway has had a hard time with the landowner of late, but is working hard to recover. The hsts are owned by a preservation group and are all in working order.

[@devon896]

Well done to everyone that saved this and Lawrie for saving it. Although I feel a little cross at the Colne Valley Railway for not even attempting to fix what seems like a minor problem and then trying to scrap it because they couldn't be bothered with it.

[@lmm]

That's not quite the case - it's privately owned, and the owner has a number of other locos that need time and money. This was the one that got overlooked.

[@chriswhalen5684]

Extremely happy for you. Any saved locomotive is a good thing. To have saved a working one is such good fortune.

[@lmm]

Thank you, I'm exceedingly relieved

[@samuelpotter6639]

God I got really emotional at the end. It's wonderful to see people saving these engines from scrap, no matter if it's diesel or steam, they are beautiful machines. 😢

[@lmm]

I got emotional whilst editing!

[@Hercules4277]

Looking forward to seeing this restored!

[@lmm]

Looking forward to getting it done

[@thetrainguy4797]

@@lmmhuge target it worked, glad it you bought it!

[@abyssminiaturestudios6103]

She livessss!!!!

[@lmm]

Very excited!

[@c79sarah]

So glad this lovely Ruston could be saved, well done to everyone involved in saving it

[@lmm]

It's a super achievement

[@GrattonB]

WHOOO! Man I am so incredibly happy for you! I literally cheered when you showed it roll out.Your passion for this is infectious!

[@lmm]

Thank you very much

[@thelittlewesternmodelrailway]

I'm so happy to see another gem saved! Amazing work Lawrie, and everyone!

[@lmm]

Me too!