First Drive on a Brand New Steam Engine - Lawrie Goes Loco Ep 34 - Corris Number 10.

Hello good people of the internet.
Well. We've done lots of exciting things here at LMM, but this may be the most prestigious.
Today Lawrie is the Corris Representative to be the first driver of the Brand spanking new Falcon, Number 10, on it's first ever public steaming.
That's quite exciting.
Like, really, really, really exciting.
However the engine isn't complete, and it needs your help to do so - Have a look here to Donate and make it happen! www.corris.co.uk/the-future/f...
The page has lots of options so you can donate towards, or even pay for a specific component yourself!
If you want more information on the Corris Railway, check out their website here: www.corris.co.uk
If you want more information on Alan Keef, the Builder - have a look here: www.alankeef.co.uk/
00:00 Intro,
00:38 Overview of Corris Number 10,
03:10 The history of Number 10,
05:57 It's not yet finished!
06:43 The cab and controls,
09:12 Preparation work
14:05 What's Number 10 like to drive?
24:09 Outro,
A video featuring:
Lawrie - Presenter, so honoured to have been asked to drive the engine,
Charles - Cameraman, equally excited to be having a go on No.10
An edit by Lawrie, Grade by Matt.
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[@chillofixstagfilmer]

I personally love when i can see Lawrie work the controls, it fells like you're in the cab.

[@lmm]

I'm glad you enjoy it!

[@gs425]

I second that. You do this perfectly Lawrence

[@lmm]

@@gs425 thank you!

[@adamcrane3571]

Good morning @@lmm

[@THOMARIUS.]

Lawrie performing a first public firing of the new Corris number 10, bringing it to life and giving the engine it's first breathes. The beginning of new steampower on the Corris. A very special moment and video indeed.

[@lmm]

It was a pretty good day!

[@eliotreader8220]

@@lmm how much steam pressure where you or should I say they was running no10 on exactly? probably doesn't take much to make a narrow gauge engine move. seeing you light the fire took me back a few years when I was trying to light the fire in my MSS O gauge engine at a event in France where me and my Mum was selling ice cream. the wind kept blowing the matches out and those fuel tablets are not easy to light. two kids saw what I was doing and went and got their dad who was in charge of the BBQ who had a lighter which was a great help to my steam engine.

[@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial]

The excitement of Lawrie here is palpable!

[@lmm]

Can you tell I enjoyed it?

[@HeavyTanker-vx4oq]

Oh i can't wait to hear this one going up the bank. Especially with those larger drivers than #7. It will sound amazing. And look right out of one of those story books

[@lmm]

I'm so excited for that!

[@Countrysideboy247]

You must make a Visit to the Himalayan town of Darjeeling, in India. There are these British era narrow gauge steam trains still active for service.

[@lmm]

I'd love to visit Dargeeling. One day...

[@bentullett6068]

I have always wanted to visit this railway since I saw it on a BBC documentary series back around 2006-2008

[@Countrysideboy247]

@@bentullett6068 Neither have I unfortunately. Tho I did see a proper running steam locomotive pulling passenger wagons up the hills while travelling to darjeeling. Just near to darjeeling there is this other hillstation by the name Kalimpong where 70 year old Series 1 land rovers are still being used for ferrying supplies to various Tea Estates. Unfortunately most of them have been swapped with Mahindra Engines and may soon face extinction.

[@harrisongrant8558]

This is a defining moment for you and your channel, Lawrie- You've shown us the past and helped preserve the past, and now your channel has grown to the point that you're also showing us and building the future of steam preservation. You've worked hard to get to this point and you and the LMM team should be proud of that. As for the loco itself, the drivers are absolutely massive for a British narrow gauge steamer, and I kind of like that because it seems to sit very confidently and comfortably for its size- it reminds me of the huge high-drivered Atlantics we had in the US in the 1900s-1920s.

[@lmm]

It's a great looking thing isn't it! Looks like a big engine scaled down. Thank you very much, I am very proud of what we can showcase here at LMM! Here's to bigger and better things.

[@NZT_Videos]

i love when lawrie is in the cab it inspires me to drive locos

[@lmm]

Excellent!

[@georgejonesthestarseeds77]

No way?! This is amazing! Can't wait to see this fully completed! To see steam locomotives being built in the modern day and driven puts a tear in my eye!

[@lmm]

It's brilliant isn't it! I'm excited to give it a proper run!

[@georgejonesthestarseeds77]

@@lmm Is there an estimated date as to when this locomotive will be completed?

[@lmm]

@@georgejonesthestarseeds77 summer 2023 - finance permitting

[@georgejonesthestarseeds77]

Videos have been uploading recently of No. 10 arriving and working at the Corris Railway already and painted red! It's amazing! Very surprised they managed to get it done so soon!

[@mickspencer4171]

How wonderful to see a brand new steam engine.

[@lmm]

Pretty special!

[@tjmfarming9584]

Corris No.10, despite it being unfinished, looks stunning! Almost as if this was exactly like that falcon in the books, on its first day in traffic. I think that if No.10 could talk, it’d certainly see you as one of its favourite drivers judging by how it handles so smoothly for you lawrie!

[@lmm]

Thank you - she's looking cracking!

[@OneTheTracks]

I love the way Lawrie talks about this. So much joy!

[@lmm]

I did quite enjoy it

[@liamgough6520]

So the newest locomotive Lawie has driven is a steam engine with design from the 1800s Go figure Also excellent video as always Lawie

[@lmm]

Thank you! Excited to see a new one in the 2020s!

[@jackx4311]

@liamgough6520 - Think on this; levers, wedges and rollers - all key components in your car - were invented over *3 million years* ago. Is that a reason to stop using them?

[@patrickwebb7311]

10:08 Lawrie: I was given a shovel *continues to handtoss* that made me chuckle. Jokes aside, it’s quite exciting to see No. 10 (I must admit I wasn’t aware over the pond of the project till now). Glad to see the Corris’ continuing story, who’d have thought a closed line would come back with 2 new built steam locos when the line first closed?

[@lmm]

It's amazing isn't it! It's not just becoming a heritage railway, but a continuation of the Corris!

[@SyncViews]

Surprised to learn how many new steam locomotives being built. Was only aware of the impressive Peppercorn Class A1 Tornado, would be an interesting one to see some day.

[@lmm]

I'm working on it!

[@tacfoley4443]

There is a 'Sandringham' ten-wheeler and a 'Clan Class' under construction at one location oop North, a 2-8-2 P2 in the later stages, and a Patriot, too! All can be found here on KZbin. Statfold Barn is also the home of the Hunslet locomotive works, builders of narrow-gauge locos.

[@SimJackson]

The wife was very tickled when Laurie was oiling up saying 'Dribbly dribbly' xD

[@lmm]

😂 😂

[@garyhardwick8489]

You are such a lucky man. A brand new steam locomotive is an amazing thing. You are clearly so passionate about it. I look forward to the video of you driving this machine when it is completed and I hope you enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed watching all of your steam videos. Thank you so much for your enthusiasm!

[@lmm]

Very lucky indeed! It was such an honour to be able to have a go with it! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@NSSd80mac]

Lawrie has found his new Favorite! Love it! Can't wait to see the finish product!

[@lmm]

I'm excited for that too!

[@richardbrobeck2384]

great video and I looked up the boiler makers and what great little company this new addition to the family will be really nice !

[@lmm]

We're really excited for it!

[@jasperraine6104]

that's not just the newest steam engine in the UK, that's the newest steam engine in the world! Seeing a builder's plaque say 2022 on a steam engine is absolutely wild.

[@lmm]

It's very exciting!

[@frostedbutts4340]

Replica builder's plates would make a great fundraiser / collectible!

[@andrewentwistle515]

Yet another great video from Lawrie. It was great to see him drive the next Loco for the Corris Railway. I look forward to seeing the engine complete and running on the Corris Railway with Lawrie on the footplate.

[@lmm]

So do I!

[@A-Lovely-Bit-of-Kit]

Love the enthusiasm!

[@lmm]

Thank you

[@billmmckelvie5188]

Excellent video!

[@lmm]

Thank you very much!

[@TTXG_ROPER]

Wow brand new, such a nice engine, look forward to see it finished

[@lmm]

So do I!

[@chrisloomis1489]

So smooth , the little engine. A delight to hear the whistle too 💪🏻♥

[@JoshFosterBikesAndEngineering]

I did a week's work experience at Keef's - camped in the yard for a week! During them building Lynn (wouldn't recommend the camping element). Hugely talented and welcoming people.

[@lmm]

That sounds pretty good!

[@JoshFosterBikesAndEngineering]

@@lmm all for a good cause. Raised a tiny amount of money for the new station building at Leighton Buzzard railway. That's how I got the link up with them. Thoroughly enjoyed watching your videos recently, fantastic content.

[@shakedydogshake]

Always love your channel, Lawrie! Steam rules! Steve in Minneapolis,MN.

[@lmm]

I agree! And thank you very much!

[@donotwantahandle1111]

Very cute! I'd tap that for a cup of tea.

[@lmm]

She's great!

[@stevemellin5806]

A fantastic locomotive

[@Nyinxie]

"Why can't we build a Diesel instead?" Single best line I've heard in years. Delicious Personality. Says a lot.

[@lmm]

Thank you very much!

[@bentullett6068]

So many interesting new build locomotives are being built at the moment in both steam and diesel.

[@lmm]

There are several projects at the moment

[@bentullett6068]

@@lmm Also great to see one of the severn valleys boiler restorations at the end of the video

[@steamsearcher]

SUPERB!!! We are working when we can on a sweet 7 1/4" gauge Jessie. 0-4-0 saddle tank of course. Lovely locomotives. Well we got to your STEAM FOUNTAIN and saw the machine marks and melted back into Model Engineering mode. Yes the classic far too many bits on a Locomotive against Not Enough Hours in the day, And today? Yes far too cold to venture down to our Workshop. We saw you at the MIDDY August 2021.

[@lmm]

Did you enjoy your trip to the MSLR?

[@steamsearcher]

@@lmm YES we did and went on every train except for one where we went on THE GRAND TOUR. Totally enjoyed the workshop and the story of the FREE!!! donated carriage which ended up costing £7,000 by the time it had been transported, had the asbestos removed. and had a new roof. We walked up the extension the evening before after a day at Bressingham. A whole week of beaches and steam railways. Love David and Lily.

[@crazyfvck]

Excellent! :) Good job dude :)

[@lmm]

Thank you!

[@Funtimeatdisney100]

It’s sir Handel 0:56

[@lmm]

It's Corris number 10. Looking very similar to Sir Haydn

[@MaxwellTheTrainFan]

Wow a brand new steam locomotive in 2022 this is amazing 😮😮😮 . We will look back on this many years in the future and say “wow that engine was old” but it is brand new steam engine in 2022 😮

[@lmm]

We do the same with number 7!

[@MaxwellTheTrainFan]

Wow cool , I am a big fan of both the wails railways but haven’t got the time cuz of school but will be coming to see these small engines at x mass and what the skarloey railways engines were based on 🚂 I hope to see some of you there .

[@NW-gi1cp]

Sir handel 🤣😭💀

[@FunAngelo2005]

I was thinking to same thing

[@geographyRyan]

*Handel

[@grapesofwraith1066]

Based on the same basis (No. 3)!

[@lmm]

It is the same class as Sir Haydn

[@KPen3750]

I saw the Alan Keef video and I noticed you on the footplate! I am so happy to have this video!

[@lmm]

Oh really, did you come up and say hi? It was a good day!

[@KPen3750]

@@lmm Sadly I was not there on the day, but the video of the open day was on youtube. I live vicariously through you across the pond

[@lmm]

@@KPen3750 ahhh! I see, yes a few people saw me in other media!

[@markgouthro7375]

Such a curious blend of modern machining and traditional fittings.

[@lmm]

It's rather superb

[@jacquespollet7999]

très beau reportage sur cette petite locomotive pleine de charme et comme le conducteur, on s'amuse comme des enfants , c'est génial à contempler ...de chez moi en France

[@lmm]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! It is a great locomotive

[@marty6779]

Seeing a white steam engine is so weird XD looking forward to when it's painted and finished.

[@lmm]

It'd gonna look amazing!

[@edgallegos496]

Very, very nice.

[@lmm]

It is rather!

[@crystalcormier7201]

Canadian here, They should name the loco after you!

[@Marcy53Volkswagen]

the fact falcon is the number 3 and the episode has number 3 in it is very much a coincidence

[@lmm]

Yes it is.

[@tamarmolerick3814]

Excellent

[@lmm]

Thank you

[@charalinedreemurr2953]

Amazing. I'm surprised anyone has built another steam locomotive. Usually everyone wants a diesel locomotive, but to have an actual brand new steam locomotive in 2022-2023, that's fascinating.

[@lmm]

There are quite a few being built at the moment believe it or not!

[@charalinedreemurr2953]

@@lmm that's amazing, do you ever think that steam will make a comeback in any industry other than passenger?

[@jamesrailwayvideos4365]

Alan Keef I belive did the restoration/ rebuild of the ryde pier tram, which I've uploaded onto my channel. The work they do is amazing

[@lmm]

They do alot of good work!

[@Chris-yu5pd]

Thanks love your chanel

[@lmm]

Thank you very much!

[@optimusprimevlogs]

Awesome! Now I know where I’m gonna work after college

[@lmm]

There are a few places out there!

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

How long did it take to build and how much did it cost? What firms made the parts? What improvements were made over its predecessors? The story of its construction would make a fascinating video.

[@lmm]

The process started in 2007, which involved creating new drawings from number 3. Alan Keef has done almost all of it. The cab opening would be a modification, but as number 3 has been modified throughout its life, 10 is already a very different to how it 1 2 and 3 would have been new.

[@MrJoeyWheeler]

I do enjoy this project. I love how the Corris railway adapted to the problem of its old engines being more connected to Talyllyn at this point.

[@lmm]

It's the correct thing to do, and means that after all these years, that they're still the only two classes of steam engine to work on the Corris!

[@janadden8762]

Nice locomotive

[@lmm]

She's lovely

[@buffplums]

I wish there were a series of videos documenting the construction but there appears to be very few.

[@dinohdan]

Good video 😎

[@lmm]

Thank you very much!

[@kymvalleygardensdesign5350]

How good is that another new steam loco! I had no idea about this one.

[@lmm]

It's quite exciting isn't it!

[@kymvalleygardensdesign5350]

@@lmm yes it is

[@frostedbutts4340]

Find someone who looks at you the way Lawrie looks at this engine haha

[@lmm]

Excatly!

[@gravybiscuit4266]

Congratulations on such an achievement from across the pond! Glad things are going in such a great direction and the cooperation of all involved for such a long term vision. The great paint job really fits it at this point, as the size and scope of the project itself reminds me of the question... "How do you eat an elephant???" "One bite at a time." I do have one question about the details though...is that a "CE" mark on the boilerplate? I really can't make it out in the short time of the video.

[@lmm]

Thank you very much, and yes it is. All properly done

[@markmedia8252]

Sounds like it's the dream machine

[@lmm]

It's looking very promising!

[@DOCTORDROTT]

nice loco that

[@lmm]

It's going to be cracking!

[@max_archer]

It's interesting how, without the cladding and the layers of paint and grime that'd normally conceal a lot of the detail, this really looks like a giant version of a live steam model engine. Obviously the principles are the same so naturally there'd be similarities but some parts, like the steam turret in particular, are shockingly similar in design.

[@lmm]

She is quite an old design! But the basic principle of a steam engine is very similar regardless of size

[@Danis8Pastry]

Love it when Lawrie Goes Loco. 😁 Will you one day be visiting the Isle Of Man Railway? They’ve got 65 miles of “Manx Gauge” track to play with.

[@lmm]

I'm really hoping to

[@peterjarvis9367]

No longer, I fear. The Peel and Ramsey lines were closed years ago. There remain the Port Erin line of the IOMR, the Manx Electric, the Snaefell, the Groudle Glen and the Laxey mine railway. All are enchanting.....

[@Danis8Pastry]

@@peterjarvis9367 So the rest is just laying there unused?

[@Captain_Char]

this reminds me of the ongoing joke of the Enterprise - B "let me guess, not installed till tuesday" but this is neat to see a raw off the works locomotive, not even in livery yet, not even fully completed but still in fire, from engineering standpoint you'd think by 2022 we'd have made easier way to oil internals of a steam engine

[@lmm]

You'd have thought wouldn't you! I'm hoping that's something that will change

[@timwoodcock5635]

Unboxing a kettle, lmm style. Nice.

[@lmm]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@robnewman6101]

You're a really useful engine.

[@lmm]

It will be!

[@robnewman6101]

Thank you.

[@jackminett768]

Love the falcon

[@lmm]

It's amazing isn't it

[@jackminett768]

@@lmmit is

[@hughbrown9398]

Lovely little engine. Pity they used such an early Triang chassis on it with the old closed back wheels ;-). I do think we need to know more about the odd little roller in the background though.

[@lmm]

😂 😂 Next year hopefully we'll do something with it

[@afberglund2764]

Central lubrication would be great

[@lmm]

Yes, it would help. Lots of it is unfinished

[@raymondleggs5508]

cute little Loc

[@lmm]

She's lovely

[@Michael-Madrid]

would love to see you at Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway No. 5 Hercules might be nice a nice loco to do a history of, the littlest armored train

[@lmm]

I'd love to see that too!

[@jonp3526]

No.7 is "toylike" 😄 Hopefully No.10 doesn't learn any of "Sir Handel's" tricks...

[@lmm]

It's going to be a cracking engine

[@jonp3526]

@@lmm Joking aside it does look very good. I have half a set of drawings for a 3 1/2" gauge version based on it's older brother (well brothers if we consider CR No.1-No.3 combined) (why half a set? Too long a story for here..) Probably just as well that the handbrake was fully functional considering the way the land drops away at the end of the temporary track... The regulator handle, bracket and shaft layout is very "Hughes"/Falcon also being used on the tram engine designs.

[@lmm]

@@jonp3526 it is certainly a sibling. I too am very glad the Handbrake functioned!

[@888johnmac]

ooh such a cool thing , a new steam engine

[@888johnmac]

and well done Charles , managing to set up in a position that captured the entire line

[@lmm]

Isn't it just - he did well, he had a long way to walk!

[@jackx4311]

Building new steam locos isn't 'bonkers', Lawrie - it's inevitable! For one thing, existing preserved lines are expanding - and new ones are opening - and they'll all need locos, more than are currently available. For another, when BR started scrapping locos, what ones did the rail enthusiasts go for first? The big, glory stuff! Kings, Castles, Duchesses, Gresley pacifics and the like - yet what do most heritage railways need? Branch line locos - like BR Standard 2s, 3s and 2-6-0 Std.4s; Jinties; Panniers and Prairies - and nowhere near enough of them were saved from the gas axes. Even the GWR heavy mineral 2-8-0s and 2-8-0Ts used by the Gloucs. & Warcs. Railway look right with their 4ft 7 1/2" wheels, as their typical working speed was about 25mph, which fits in perfectly with Light Railway Act requirements - whereas A4 Pacifics with 6ft 8" wheels look silly trundling along at 25, and even worse when running tender first! Building NEW steam locos? Vaporetur florebit!

[@lmm]

There are loads of engines kicking about awaiting funds for overhauls to fill the operational need, the more pressing concern is that many are getting worn out. Where do you draw the line to stop rebuilding something? New boiler, sure that's the consumable, wheels and frames? Things like the standard 3 may well be the future of Heritage railways, and the P2 the future of the mainline.

[@jackx4311]

@@lmm - I take your point, Lawrie, about the numbers of locos awaiting the cash for restoration; but I question how many of those locos are suitable for what the preserved lines need to 1) run their services, and 2) to run them at a profit. Some years back, I was talking to the loco superintendent at the Bluebell, about their Merchant Navy. He said if they ran their normal service with either the SECR C Class, or the H Class 0-4-4T, they'd use about one or two buckets of coal from their loader. If they used their 9F, it would be about three buckets. If they used the MN, they'd use *six* buckets of coal - and, he said, when you take into account the oil as well, he doubted the MN would even break even on its running costs unless every coach was filled to capacity. He pointed out that it was a very different situation to run an MN on the main line, where instead of pulling five coaches, it could easily take twelve (and all fully booked *and paid for* in advance). On the flip side of that coin are the many railways currently running services with short-wheelbase shunters - such as the Austerity 0-6-0s with their 11ft wheelbase, and the (even worse) Yankee Tanks, at only 10ft - simply because they can't find anything more suitable. Even on the steep grades of the Kent & E. Sussex, where I think the steepest part is 1 in 37, both those locos will take five Mk.Is and a van - but they knock the track about very badly indeed and boy!, can you feel it by the end of a day's firing. In comparison, the small pannier tank (1638?) they have rides like a coach, thanks to it being designed to run at speed. When they hired in a Jinty, and a BR Std. 2 2-6-0, all the crews noticed the difference in smoothness of running. Frankly, given the option of endlessly repairing shunters - and suffering the damage they do to the track at 25mph - or using engines designed to run well and efficiently at 25mph, I draw the conclusion that (as the loco super at the Bluebell said to me), in the long run the only path that makes economic sense for the preserved lines is to do exactly what the old railway companies did; build the *right* tools for the job that they do, and in sufficient numbers. Currently, there are plenty of short-wheelbase shunters and big express engines in preservation, but a dearth of engines in the middle. And I can't help but wonder; for the cost of building Tornado, how many Standard 2s could you have built for the same money? The Thwaites dump truck I used to drive for a building firm was just the job, lugging round sand, gravel and concrete on building sites - but even on a short trip on the road, it made a slow, noisy, very uncomfortable car, with very heavy fuel consumption.

[@DieselD182]

After he was put into service until 2023, I wonder if he’ll visit to the Talyllyn Railway and double heading with Sir Haydn.

[@lmm]

I am sure there are plans for that

[@cadcamcreations]

Yes, I designed the cab so that a part of it can be unbolted so the Talyllyn crew can have access both sides of the cab, both No7 and now No10 had this very much in mind before construction.

[@DangerAngelous]

It does make you wonder, in the same way that we today are gushing over No. 10 as a brand new steam engine in this era did people similarly gush over the original No. 1/2/3/all of the above when they were made? Did they back then think 1/2/3 were going to entrench themselves in the minds and hearts of many down the line today?

[@lmm]

It's a fun thought isn't it. I suppose the original railway meant money coming into the area, and opened it up to the rest of the world.

[@wyattweiler7208]

Choo Choo Charles be fixing to make a jaunt over for a look... >_>

[@lmm]

Scary

[@ReggieArford]

When oiling 'round, before the run, would an oilcan with a longer spout help? I've seen them much longer than the ones you've been using.

[@Nomanjj]

We need to also get heritage lines in the US. It's amazing how they built this locomotive

[@Yorie1234]

From what I've seen those do also exist

[@chrisbruce5711]

We do have heritage lines.. in fact we have quite a few, the one that comes to mind a a narrow gauge tho right now

[@harrisongrant8558]

There's a ton of tourist railroads in the US, especially in Pennsylvania, California and Colorado. There's some preserved narrow gauge American steam (Colorado Railroad Museum, East Broad Top railroad), but it's mostly 3ft or 3ft 6in gauge. There's not a lot of 2ft preserved steam in the US (with the exception of the stuff in Maine like the Sandy River and Rangely Lakes Railroad) because it wasn't terribly common; in the UK 2ft gauge is the most common for narrow gauge.

[@lmm]

There are quite a few heritage railways in the States. There are some new build locos working too! Including some American 4 4 0s

[@Jdmjunkie001]

Look up Cumbres & Toltec.

[@thomaswykes3647]

It would be great to see you do a review of the brand new replica steam loco "Blythe" on the Southwold Railway.

[@lmm]

I have tried it, it almost happened three times, but no luck so far. Hopefully it will happen

[@Arkay315]

It's a beutiful locomotive, are they going to name it or just give it a number?

[@lmm]

The Corris locomotives never had names, so this is just Number 10

[@Ioan-vu6td]

Good

[@tomlivingstone7739]

Hi Laurie, are there any updates on this beautiful new locomotive?

[@FM60260]

I would've thought a new build might have gone with an oil fired system rather than coal considering the recent struggles with coal supply, they could have even run it on used veg oil from the local chippy.

[@lmm]

It was designed and construction started before the coal shortage

[@thomasyoung1914]

In love with it already how can I get one of those hats like you have on

[@lmm]

It's cracking isn't it

[@mrwaibel]

That’s very nice I would really like it if someone would reproduce an E2 tank engine

[@lmm]

The E2 wasn't a good engine, and would serve no real purpose in preservation. We have plenty of small engines already.

[@infinitefray8067]

there is this game called rail roads online and the porter engine looks almost just like hte corris number 10 minus a few differences like cab material and bumper materials.

[@lmm]

They are both Saddle tanks, but that's about it for real similarities

[@laryyan1358]

idk why but this train sorta seems like the one in choo choo charles

[@lmm]

Minus the legs

[@louiswright8282]

Well, if it aint broke, don't fix it... Steam Engines will never lose their style!

[@lmm]

Timeless isn't it!

[@Gameboy_1992]

Sir handle lookn good

[@lmm]

Number 10 is built from drawings of Number 3, sir Haydn.

[@Gameboy_1992]

@@lmm yeah, but you do get the reference?

[@lmm]

I do

[@ChineseTrainGuy]

Nice train! :D Does it go on a real track where it runs for a while?

[@lmm]

It'll be going to the Corris Railway when it's complete!

[@peterjarvis9367]

I just worry about that pony-tail; they have been known to catch in machinery and scalp the wearer. Some places require them to be in hair nets.

[@lmm]

Luckily there isn't really anything for it to catch in on the footplate...

[@Reimu__Hakurei]

She’s beautiful. I cannot wait to see her in full service!!

[@lmm]

Me too!

[@Consequator]

It wounds like the whistle needs some tuning still. tbf a small little engine like that should have a massive big-boy level whistle just because.

[@lmm]

An A4 chime! Or a S160's chime!

[@watershipfalls5520]

When will it be completly finished?

[@xymaryai8283]

i really want to see a new steam engine with contemporary industrial design

[@lmm]

It's a matter of funding something like that.

[@justeliashere]

Beautiful. How long did it take to build this engine and how many people were involved in building it?

[@lmm]

The build was commissioned in 2007 - and loads of people!

[@justeliashere]

@@lmm amazing. If I ever had the cash my dream is to make a small tank engine and drive it on my own small railway. This video is inspiring

[@lmm]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@boonie9448]

quite a nice saddle tank, is it a falcon?

[@lmm]

Built to the same design yes

[@bigkat1919]

Those drivers look large on such a small loco ha

[@lmm]

They're a good size. I think it all looks quite in proportion

[@xiiixiiixiii]

you should get ahold of pete waterman, and ask him if you can drive black prince xD

[@lmm]

I'd don't see how that would help, he doesn't own it 😂

[@xiiixiiixiii]

@@lmm I thought he did? Eather way black Prince gogogo lol

[@markrutlidge5427]

Just for thinking "why can't we build a diesel instead" you have been fired and band from LMM, (and excommunicated) 😄😄😄💕😄😄

[@lmm]

Diesels are a lot easier to prep!

[@markrutlidge5427]

@@lmm that's no excuse!

[@johnarnehansen9574]

I heard that there were plans og rebuilding a LNER J50 tank engine!..

[@lmm]

I've not heard that project

[@highpath4776]

Corris will soon have more locos than track

[@lmm]

We've 6. Which is a good number. Two steam, one battery, the rest diesel.

[@highpath4776]

think I would be happier with track that didnt end in a shipping container. My mind wanders easily

[@lmm]

Railway is railway. Was good to be able to test it