The Locomotive sent to PRISON! Lawrie Goes Loco Episode 29

[@lancecluster]

I believe that is the first time I have watched a "sponsored commercial" that I actually was interested in the product and enjoyed the "commercial". nice job.

[@lmm]

Pleased to hear it!

[@SuperTrainStationH]

@@lmm The Rail Blue Leader is TOO delicious.

[@alwaysbearded1]

Another brilliant loco. You find such fun things to run. Such an interesting mix of old and new. That great Gardener engine sound. Modern controls and electrical with old school engine and basic construction. I like the big twin disc. All of the transmission components seem large for 165 HP but it is all torque. I'm glad the loco got out on good behavior and has been rehabilitated and is now a useful member of society.

[@lmm]

It's a cracking bit of kit!

[@V8Bluebottle]

I'm guessing that the reason for the double reading speedometer is that it's a mechanical Hall effect sensor which is cable driven from the final drive. The cable spins the other way when going in the other direction and therefore moves the needle the other way.

[@AlexanderBurgers]

it absolutely is, a steel bell with a very light clock spring over a rotating magnet driven by the cable. They could've added some kind of direction rectifying gear to make the magnet always rotate one way, but that's just one more thing to break or wear out, making the needle go both ways is much easier.

[@lmm]

I believe that's correct.

[@azyr1n]

At 3:11 the buffers look a bit like googly eyes which i love

[@ryano.5149]

Over oiled? No...that's corrosion prevention! Also, you just gotta love the small side-rod diesels! So much character!

[@lmm]

That's the best terminology!

[@TerryBeatson]

This thing looks shockingly similar to a Hillside Workshops NZR TR class shunter. Love a good 0-4-0 diesel!

[@RHTeebs]

17:27 one argument I have for yellow lights on top of locos is: what if you're in an environment where you have equipment that is louder than a diesel engine? Such as a factory or dockyard or military railway. So, no. You can't always hear it coming.

[@lmm]

My argument to that is horn, but I do see why they're needed. Still not a fan

[@isctony]

I agree with Lawrie - more likely to see the great big Loco before spotting the light on top! haha

[@mark7321]

If I recall correctly Lawry mentioned some steelworks or steelmill service. Earprotection mandatory, so ... yellow light. Just like on the forklifts.

[@gs425]

....yes lawrie all that...and it says Wetwang on the side . The funniest village name ever :-) That coupled to the name plate above the sand lever which says "sanding Leaver " hahaha. I suppose you pull it a few it leaves the sand...hahaha

[@lmm]

Excatly! I'm looking forward to the railway returning to Wetwang. Be a great announcement

[@gs425]

@@lmm hahaha great

[@18robsmith]

Further to Lawrie's criteria I would add "two shades of green".

[@lmm]

Very good addition

[@michiel1551]

I love it when vehicles have a permanent look of surprise 😁

[@FM60260]

Is the look if expression on a class 31 just incredibly grumpy?

[@lmm]

It has a bit of a face doesn't it!

[@almostkentish3042]

To be fair to the whole yellow warning lights thing, I've had a 4-engine 108 DMU sneak up on me while I'm working in the yard. Just about any other machine noise will drown them out until they're very close.

[@lmm]

Is that so? Sneaky things then DMU's

[@jappedut9009]

Your voice gives you away, you love this locomotive ❤❤❤

[@MervynPartin]

What a locomotive salesman you are, Lawrie! I'm so impressed that I want one, myself. Seriously, it does tick the boxes- Size, Power, Reliable engine and transmission manufacturers (Gardner and Twin Disc), Ease of preparation and driving, and Westinghouse brakes.- Just the job for a small or medium sized heritage railway. Should be capable of some quite heavy load hauling if needed.

[@lmm]

It's a really good little thing!

[@jamescounts481]

Very great video. A nice engine looks like it was fun to drive. Thanks again James

[@lmm]

You're most welcome. It's a real nice thing!

[@donwright3427]

Your videos bring us like minded folks stuff we would never see elsewhere. Well done Mr mechanimarvel

[@lmm]

Pleased to hear you're enjoying what we do!

[@williamsantangelo]

Very good history of a great little shunter. Thank You Lawrie, luv your channel immensely Mate, keep em rollin

[@lmm]

I'm pleased you enjoyed it!

[@andrewentwistle515]

Another great Diesel Engine Test Drive by Lawrie. I to didn't know that the Railway existed at all. Thank you for sharing this with us online.

[@lmm]

You're most welcome!

[@joelightrailway2362]

Excellent review of this nice little diesel loco Lawrie 👍👍

[@lmm]

Thank you!

[@vladabocanek3703]

This loco looks like very practical and reasonable. Thank You for video.

[@lmm]

You're most welcome!

[@ajaxengineco]

The shape puts me in mind of the shunter from Derail Valley! 15:52 interesting spelling of 'lever'!

[@lmm]

It gets the job done 😂

[@BrooksMoses]

How else would you spell a device that leaves sand?

[@henrybest4057]

@@BrooksMoses Its the wrong kind of leaves. 🙂

[@jashugg]

Great video of an interesting loco! At 14:41 you seem pleasantly surprised that the door opens, I would have thought that was a pretty standard feature of a door.

[@TheAverageDutchman]

Standard doors yes. 60 year old (or older) heritage locomotives usually less so.

[@lmm]

Having a door that opens to the cab, that can be left open and not encrouch into the cab is lovely. Means you get some airflow on hot days

[@QALibrary]

very well done on the sponcership

[@lmm]

Thank you very much

[@wellingtonnorthjunction3911]

At Telford steam railway we have an 08 (08757) which has a remote control system and that has emergency stop buttons

[@wally1022]

Great video Lawrie, Like the history on the shunter. love that Gardner engine. keep up the good work. Cheers from down under. Wally

[@lmm]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@peterwhite9546]

That is such a smart idea. Around where I live there is a large need to fill those jobs, and our prisons are full, sadly the people in charge are not smart enough to connect the 2.

[@Menticknap]

What a super advert for Yorkshire Wolds Railway!

[@lmm]

It's a really great little line!

[@JulianLane-l8v]

@@lmmit is, please, please come to East Yorkshire and visit out superb railway. 👍🏼

[@lmm]

@JulianLane-l8v I could visit again

[@JulianLane-l8v]

@ hi Lawrie, please do. There is now a beautiful signal box built which was originally at Sprotborough. Hopefully very soon our new visitors centre and working facility build will commence soon. As before we will make you most welcome 👍🏼

[@JulianLane-l8v]

Did you see our other loco currently being restored ‘Patricia’? I think shes a beut too?

[@pbyfr]

A nice little locomotive with a great retro look. That would make a great model.

[@lmm]

Yes it would!

[@TB76Returns]

"That is a long dipstick" Not heard that one before

[@lmm]

It was!

[@trespire]

The master key switch, as well as the red and green push buttons look identical to 30mm diameter panel mount from Square-D ( now owned by Schneider Electric ). I recently ordered & replaced an identical key switch, on an industrial machine from the 80's. Key Switch specialy delivery from the US.

[@lmm]

Oh really?

[@Mildcat743]

For not being a Ruston product, it bears a striking resemblance to the Class 07, almost like a baby brother since it's 4-coupled and the 07 is 6-coupled.

[@lmm]

Yeah, I see where you're coming from

[@cbmsysmobile]

Ooh that's a lovely old Gardner idle.....

[@lmm]

Great isn't it

[@Halo1Buff]

The more of these little locos I see the more I want one. I'd never have anywhere to put it though....

[@lmm]

Need a railway to go with it!

[@Zebrails]

12:00 Racine, Wisconsin! Nice.

[@lmm]

American kit did get used over here!

[@ptonpc]

Beautiful engine.

[@lmm]

It is rather

[@thesudricmerman3318]

Oh nice my local preserved railway

[@lmm]

It's a a great place

[@warrior3456_]

I love how it's got all those switches I want to flip them all

[@lmm]

There was a great feeling to them

[@williamtheNWRS3class]

aww its so adorable :D

[@GavinY]

Gardeners are silly smooth

[@lmm]

It's a lovely lump

[@thestarlightalchemist7333]

I've actually met a KR models distributor, he runs a small hobbyshop that recently opened.

[@lmm]

They're really nice guys

[@agolftwittler1223]

Lovely machine. Thank you Sir, stay on track. Pun intended 😁

[@lmm]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@agolftwittler1223]

@@lmm I rarely ever miss out on one of your uploads. Thank you.

[@lmm]

@@agolftwittler1223 thanks for supporting us!

[@flippop101]

Great video, nice channel, subbed!

[@lmm]

Thank you very much!

[@eze8970]

🙏Interesting lack of records for the ' some amount of time' periods!

[@lmm]

Yep, some things we just don't know

[@Anthonywinters_]

god i misread the titel as "this locomotive sent me to prison!" and i thougth the locomotive in the thumbnail was the ruston 48 with a diffrent titel

[@lmm]

😂 😂 Not quite. The 48 may send me to an asylum!

[@Iron_Duke1847]

Locomotive exploded? AIR TOOLS!

[@lmm]

Excatly!

[@graemew7001]

Yellow light are a great idea if you're deaf or have ear protectors on but we all have bugbears in life, I'm not listing my list here, you don't have that long to live haha!!

[@lmm]

*grumble* just don't like them on locos 😂

[@graemew7001]

@@lmm 😂 we all have our cross's that we carry, I hate LED headlights..... you should hear me on the subject!!!

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

"Sanding Leaver" Hmmm. Nice though :)

[@lmm]

😂 😂

[@WoodsBeatle]

Lawrie have there ever been military trolleys/streetcars/trams

[@lmm]

Not to my knowledge

[@FM60260]

I thought this one looked a bit like an NBL shunter at first, like the one at the B&KR.

[@lmm]

Maybe a bit of similarities

[@richardw64]

You don't imagine 160hp moving 28 tons, but there it is.

[@trr94001]

At shunting speeds it’s all about torque and 11 liters should give plenty of that.

[@MervynPartin]

Many years ago, within the shed at Didcot, one road was occupied by Pendennis Castle (before going to Australia), Blue Peter, a crane tank loco, the Huntley and Palmers fireless loco and a coach. I think that it was around 400 tons or so, but we managed to pull them all out together using the Ruston 88DS which of course, was only 88 hp.

[@lmm]

It's amazing how much torque there is though!

[@steammadandmore8894]

Are you going to the fenland light railway tomorrow?

[@lmm]

Afraid not tomorrow - I'm at Didcot

[@cloud564]

9:06 I used the diesel to restore the diesel

[@lmm]

It's a clever system!

[@roberthocking9138]

Nice engine, what a shame it no rolling stock to pull

[@lmm]

There will be soon - they're making good progress!

[@blockstacker5614]

I looked up OO gauge and it's kinda weird. It's track scale is smaller than the scale of everything else

[@bentullett6068]

You are correct in what you are saying. The track 00 scale and H0 scale model trains run on is the same but locomotives and rolling stock and other accessories are slightly larger. 00 scale is bigger than H0 scale asFrank Hornby who created Hornby trains wanted a similar size model railway system as H0 but he struggled to get some of the details on his models in H0 scale so decided to slightly increase the size to allow those details to be shown. Since then most UK outline locomotives, carriages, wagons and line side items have stuck with 00 scale but some of the H0 scale buildings, vehicles and line side accessories can be used on 00 scale layouts and the H0 scale loco's and other carriages and wagons can also be used on a 00 scale layout.

[@MervynPartin]

It is weird, but unfortunately Britain does everything different to the rest of the world. I would prefer to standardise on H0 on my model railway, (and have used American H0 models for a one off video of the MBTA), but the only stock that can be used on my final Southern Railway model is 00 gauge.

[@lmm]

Oo is just wrong HO. It started being oversized to take the standard motor that Hornby had been using in their O guage, and its just... Stayed

[@PowerTrain611]

One thing is for certain, and that is the thing is immaculate for something that was disassembled and reassembled countless times by countless inmates. Every qualified mechanic has his or her own way of doing things, but things can get messy when there's that many people performing the same procedures repeatedly. Too many cooks in the kitchen and all that jazz. To add convicts to that equation is just another kick in the pants. If the thing were here in the states, it would be a miracle if it became a stationary display after undergoing the same treatment!

[@MervynPartin]

Many years ago, at the Caerphilly Railway Society in South Wales, we had a guy placed with us on a Community Service Order. He was a really good hard worker and I sincerely hope that after being with us, he managed to put his life in order.

[@PowerTrain611]

@@MervynPartin Seems like to some extent the justice system works better across the pond!

[@lmm]

I think for people wanting to turn their lives around and leave with a skill set, this represented a really good project.

[@bow-tiedengineer4453]

I wonder if not telling the landlord about the name was an Ivo Hugh reference.

[@lmm]

It's just a nice surprise isn't it

[@QALibrary]

I very much like the googly eyes

[@lmm]

😂 It needs a set

[@jasonhowe1697]

long time watcher, flashing light has nothing to do with pedestrian warning it was used as a visual cue in industrial zones such as docks, iron works and any industry where overhead gantry cranes worked in unison also worked as an hazardous cargo beacon or visual aid at night or low light,,

[@lmm]

At night the thing is fitted with lights though. I accept that flashing catches the eye more, but I still hate them 😂

[@jasonhowe1697]

@@lmm what would you prefer safety or being dead because the grantry can't see you same also applies to places where you have to make it to a siding so the trains can pass themselves without collision..

[@lmm]

@@jasonhowe1697 safety is important, but still looks rubbish 😂

[@madmaxius1334]

Literally tiny Salty from Thomas and friends

[@lmm]

I think that's based on a class 07

[@REALFeltysCoinsAndTrains]

The front buffers look like eyes.

[@lmm]

Does it look like that?

[@REALFeltysCoinsAndTrains]

@@lmm Yes

[@NJPurling]

The flashing lights are an unfortunate necessity. If it worked at a steelworks then that is going to be one hell of a noisy environment. Any noise of it's movement may be submerged in the background racket Having two yellow bulbs on the bonnet ends sounds sufficient after American railway practice except without the tolling bell! Trackwork in Industry was sometimes rather dodgy. Maybe steelworks were an exception if they are shifting really heavy lumps of steel and often white-hot liquid slag. This is my local railway. I will have to ask them what the patterns of bolt-holes in the buffers were for. I would guess they were a non-standard coupling for internal-use rolling stock at Shotton.

[@lmm]

I understand some industry they're required, but still not a fan

[@Charlie-x4j]

Why does it look like a mini salty

[@4014train]

What did salty do

[@JintySteam1]

Where did you say it was built again? Couldn't tell cos it was a bit of a mumble.

[@lmm]

It was built by GEC traction

[@ank55o7]

3rd

[@agolftwittler1223]

As the old saying goes, "The third is the Turd". Just saying 😜

[@ank55o7]

@@agolftwittler1223 Damm guess I'm a turd

[@agolftwittler1223]

@@ank55o7 Just kidding Sir. I see no turds around here 🙂

[@lmm]

Good work!

[@ank55o7]

@@lmm thank you

[@pauljohansson288]

First

[@agolftwittler1223]

Nope, not even close. Better luck next time. For whatever weird reason.

[@FM60260]

Transdev

[@lmm]

Good job

[@TwigTheThird]

Wetwang

[@lmm]

That's where they want to return to