Full Preparation and Drive of a full sized ex GWR Steam Train 5619! Lawrie goes Loco Episode 42

[@telfordsteamrailway]

Thanks for visiting our railway and driving our flagship engine. We really enjoyed having you, hopefully next time you visit it’ll be a cleaner job !

[@bwilesuk]

Yes please XD t'was a good day though.

[@leightonmoreland]

great! Now you're making him be the cleaner too!?

[@NextEevolution]

I can't remember the last time I was so thoroughly entertained by the immense suffering of another person. In all sincerity, I did appreciate all the effort you went through starting, lubricating and filming all of this! And that of the volunteers keeping this engine running in preservation!

[@bwilesuk]

Never before have I had such difficulty of pointing a camera in to a black void to try to film the oiling up! Oh the tales! Thanks for watching

[@NextEevolution]

Thanks for your efforts too! I was wondering who was helping Lawrie film too!

[@bwilesuk]

@@NextEevolution Joshua from the TSR, and myself :) very cooperative effort!

[@railwaymad]

​@@bwilesukgood work 👍

[@gs425]

We used to have one here at swanage, 6695. It lurched forward on every piston stroke, spilled tea in the first carriage. You could feel it waddling along with its two big cylinders. The hammer blow to the track was atrocious, and let's be honest it never really fitted in on an otherwise Southern line. That said....I grew to love it. It had great character!!

[@BexonBoy123]

45:55 Them new build houses will have such a great view of this beauty, jealous!

[@JH55000]

One of the very first engines I ever worked on, had some lovely turns. I remember we had a plank to spread across the buffers for emptying the smokebox, if it was wanted

[@bwilesuk]

oh, we used one alright! Just odd to have to need one XD

[@bwilesuk]

Just to note during the outro where he says "next year" he means this year, being 2025, for the centenary. I can also say the people at Telford are very gracious and kind.

[@railwaymad]

Brilliant and entertaining video guys. A real joy to watch. Loved it ❤

[@joeyvampirowellsteed]

Nice loco that, had a great turn on it during its short stay at Llangollen

[@stevesalvage1089]

Super , what a party oiling that up , thanks lawrie interesting ,

[@bwilesuk]

I can laugh at it now that I'm not wedged in to the side of the thing covered in oil lol

[@anumeon]

I just hope that someone will Sponsor Lawrie to go to the US and have a look at some of their steam locos.. Now those are some seriously big locomotives. With that said,, huzzah for another video. I love LMM. :)

[@gregoryandrews4956]

Nice! I had a footplate ride on this loco back in 2019 when it was on loan to the Swindon and Cricklade Railway (my nearest & Wiltshire's only standard gauge heritage railway), brings back memories.

[@josephkarl2061]

23:15 The SR class Q1 also required a board across the buffers to access the smokebox, but I think it was just a board and didn’t have to be custom made 😎

[@citricamoeba]

I have a strange fondness for the 5600 class, something about how rugged they look. Happy Birthday 5619!

[@LaurenceCorr]

Great video Lawrie

[@joelightrailway2362]

I really like the Taffy tank 5600 class and they’re very unusual looking loco. But I really like them. I really was incredibly surprised the Telford Steam Railway doesn’t have an pit, I guess they watch your vid with you on Pendennis Castle and thought it be amusing that you do it again with the Taffy tank. Truly great entertainment.

[@Arkay315]

5:28 "there are two ways of doing things, the great Western way and the wrong way"

[@bradleysainsbury]

Hey Lawrie !! Good timing !

[@HiraethFilm]

It may be my South Walean bias showing but I do adore these locos 😊

[@Kilnline]

Awesome video Lawrie! Glad you had a great time with 5619 at my local heritage line. Hopefully you'll come back one day... maybe to drive the steam tram?

[@ArcadeAzrall]

Ah yes, the good old 56xx! I've driven this beast and 6695 many a time - oiling up is by far the worst thing about the locos, sometimes having the big-ends in the right position can make life easier for us "bigger" chaps!

[@liambobson1]

Amazing video! It's probably harder to organise compared to the smaller locos but would love more full size content like this ❤

[@althejazzman]

So we now need model figures of a lying down Lawrie to stick inside the motion gear of our model engines.

[@taloire43]

I now know why a driver told me, at the time of the changeover from steam to diesel, that he much preferred driving a diesel!

[@BHuang92]

This is an exceptional Great Western locomotive where function trumps style! It’s is a power lifter for a 0-6-0 loco!

[@schwarzermoritz]

Inside running gear...

[@bennickss]

0-6-2, not 0-6-0

[@phil69881]

I knew of a driver (about 5' 6" tall) that had the best way to sit whilst driving GWR side tank locos chimney first. Sit astride the tank and reverser, with his right leg dangling outside the cab and his left inside. 6619 used to do fairly well on the NYMR with 7 on. I think it also had a chime whistle fitted for a while....

[@michael32A]

Yes, that and a Kylchap exhaust, with its multiple concentic petticoat-pipes to maximise the draughting. I remember as 6619 visited the North Norfolk in 2009 in that form in early BR black, the year after 5619 here did so in late BR green when I was a Loco Cleaner and had fired a few round trips on 5619 (didn't get chance to crew 6619 to compare with/without the mod's). I understand 6619 has been de-Doncastered since?

[@JakeCollingham]

32:55 Imagine walking your dog and just seeing that 😂😂

[@SDE1994]

there was a lot of friends in high places and back room deals which resulted in the GWR getting favouritism at the grouping which i assume then led 5:44 onto the favouritism of not having to change their numbers

[@HeavensGremlin]

The origin of these locos really goes back to the Taff U1's. The GWR needed to replace these with a powerful, small-wheeled, short-wheelbase loco - so the 5600's were really Swindon's take on the Taff Class U/U1.

[@himaro101]

I'd love to see you do a LGL on a Pannier Tank. Absolutely my favourite engines out there.

[@bwilesuk]

That would be lovely

[@TFFJH-g7t]

This is my favourite type of loco

[@BennyBizzle1]

Lawrie, I love your videos, but every time I watch you prep a steam loco, I am grateful that I drive diesels 😂😂

[@Dan-jf3pc]

Lawrie goes playing with Colletts Taffy Tanks

[@gunnardannehl372]

It's a pleasure to listen to your humoruos even sardonic commentation and all the details you give to the loco. Gives me a grin. Especially the part when you are about to crawl into the frame. 😂 And the Germans in previous years complained about the 4 cyllinder compound steam engines - why tho? Compared to that, they gave huge clearance...

[@NSMerryweather4771]

Q1 needs a plank for smoke box

[@runaroundstu]

Your down the road from me in this one wow.

[@MervynPartin]

"Ugly Duckling"???? No way. lovely class of loco that was equally at home on the coal trains or taking me and other passengers from Cardiff to Barry Island, and based on a proven wheel arrangement used by the Taff Vale Railway, Rhymney Railway and others.

[@Railfan513]

Choo choo you would love the KVR (Kettle Valley Railway) in summerland BC Canada it is really old over 100 and a has a big steam locomotive that is 125 or 115 years old and it’s still chugging along great

[@Hitperson]

Lawrie clearly needs to hire a small Victorian child to help oiling this thing up next time...

[@forrestrobin2712]

The first time I've heard anyone else call that a sunroof 😂😂😂. It's always amused me. Great minds think alike Lawrie (he said modestly). There are of course two ways of doing things - the Great Western way... and the wrong way 😊 BTW, how long did it actually take you to get the baffle plate back in ? I'm having withdrawal symptoms Lawrie 😢. It's 16 years since I had the joy of lighting up and prepping an engine. Must have been either an NA 2-6-2T or the G42 Garratt on the Puffing Billy Railway. Appreciate your suffering, but admit it, you loved every minute. On the CFV, no one wanted to clean out a smokebox and steam clean the tubes... except me 😂. There I was covered in soot from head to foot and happy as a sandboy. It reminds me of the kids who love horses, they're quite happy shovelling horseshit out of stables for hours just because they are close to the animals they love. We are the same with our iron horses. (I don't mind shovelling horseshit either 😂). At least on a Vivarais Mallet, most of the oiling points have stoppers attached with a small chain, so you can't drop them 😊 Has to be said, but the WR enginemen who prepped these in the day must've been overjoyed when they started getting Class 25's 😂 Time for you to drive an 8F or a 2800 2-8-0 if you want POWER 😂 Brilliant !!!

[@mrgreenandwhiteneverinvite9532]

Cool video

[@NathanielKempson]

If i recall correctly, this locomotive once vomited on an old friends car.

[@rolandbevan7088]

The origin is that the pre-grouping Welsh Valleys found this wheel arrangement was the best - well suited to the work that they were designed for. All that came to the GWR gave years of service. When the time for replacements came they were more effective than Prairies on their particular runs. Swindon standardisation fitting took its course. For a more heavier locomotive 2-8-0Ts were built, giving far better traction than a 2-6-2. Eventually 2-8-2Ts (42xx & 72xx) also came on the scene. 2-10-2Ts was a concept that was contemplated. There is a story that someone more knowledgeable might verify > Two Kings were coupled back to back for trial trips on Iron Ore workings from Newport to Ebbw Junction to Ebbw Vale. NB, Goliath of the Paignton Line. The R&SBr. had purpose built 0-6-2s for Mineral 4'-7" drivers and 2-4-2s for Passenger workings 5'-2" drivers both by Kitson's. Wheel centrings were the same.

[@lioncurlew]

I thought the LMS had a 4 added after 1948?

[@ThomasMckinnon-m8n]

Awesome you should try and make a video with Alfred and Judy or sterling single

[@lmm]

The Stirling Single would be challenging as it is long out of traffic and unlikely to be overhauled.

[@ThomasMckinnon-m8n]

@ that’s fair enough I wish it would be overhauled already I miss it 😢

[@bennickss]

Stirling single will likely never run again so he can't.

[@Cape_Cod_Steve]

👍 👍 👏 👏 Sweet

[@wellingtonnorthjunction3911]

You will have to come back and have a go on rocket

[@Sohave]

32:52 I would not be surprised if he found a skeleton of a child laborer holding an oil can in there. I wonder why so many British locomotives stuck to having their cylinders inside the frame, perhaps it was the loading gauge? I don't know, or just contempt for the working class among the designers.

[@Ensign_Redshirt]

I feel sadistic for liking this one.

[@maartendelandmeter7705]

Gasworks shit, not in the shiniest condition, but anyway nice video!

[@TheSudrianTerrier653]

Of all the things he could of driven, Never expected a taffy

[@MichealRandall-q2x]

Is it true lawrie that if you can drive one engine you can drive them all?

[@Wvw_trains]

Ace I would love to do what you do

[@TheAntisocialTrain]

Havent you featured the GWR Castle on the channel? Theyre bigger than these (undeniably brilliant) engines

[@lmm]

Yes, but not as a review.

[@TheAntisocialTrain]

Ahh right, my bad

[@SDE1994]

look for his Didcot video last year

[@guppybob]

Hydrostatic lubricators are, in fact, black magic and nonsense.

[@18robsmith]

Black????? No Brunswick Green, with either "Great Western" on the tanks, or a GWR shirt button.

[@HeavensGremlin]

...and as for the black BR livery........SACRILEGE. Back in BR days, a) the safety bonnet would invariably have been painted black, and b) the whole loco would have been so FILTHY, that you wouldn't have been able to tell WHAT colour the loco was - I say that as an old git, old enough to remember.

[@HeavensGremlin]

An important point - this isn't an 'ex-GWR steam train'. *Firstly, it's a locomotive/engine. The 'train' is what it pulls. **The other point is, that this IS a GWR loco - not an 'ex-GWR' loco, in the same way that a Morris 1000 Minor isn't an 'ex-Morris 1000' just because the company became British Leyland. It's a GWR loco that was - latterly - used for a while by BR, something really only INCIDENTAL to the loco's identity. Just saying.....