History of Live Steam and Model Engineering

[@robtroman7917]

Model Engineers are a very special breed, I have nothing but total admiration for every single one of them, passed and present.

[@FckYTube-r3v]

Same here, wish i had that kind of skill.

[@piperg6179]

I’ve got it! All i have to do is become a mechanical genius, deveop infinite skill and patience, buy a small machine shop and devote 50 years to this, maybe 100. I do have a wonderfully accommodating wife, so at least that item is settled.

[@BasementEngineer]

I built a 3/4" to the foot model of a Canadian Pacific Hudson. Began in 1985 and steamed it for the first time in 1998.

[@haroldpearson6025]

I'm now 82 and built my first 3.5g loco, an LBSC Tich when I was 12/15. Join a model engineering club and get help from the members. I'm on my 7th loco now!

[@presenttense7189]

My grandfather made several live stream locomotives from blueprints in his tiny workshop at the back of his garage. I was lucky enough to inherit one when he passed on but what i wish more than anything now that im in my 40s is that id spent more time with him helping and learning from him. He was a very talented man.

[@gvet47]

Many of the craftsman that built great model steam engines are no longer with us. I think about the older lathes and mills they had to work with to produce the very detailed and accurate parts. I have never met any of the builders in my 75 years. I have been fortunate to build several small stationary steam engines from kits sold today.

[@telwood15]

The day's of Bridgeport and Colchester etc are fading sway.

[@15nyonker]

@@telwood15 You can make more working at McDonalds than you can as a apprentice machinist in a lot of cases. I’m in my 20s and I find it so sad to see a lot of skilled jobs disappearing.

[@lilroc2168]

great comment ,i got my machinists paper back in hs on manual machines likes these......i was no were near as good as these gents but i knew the trade ....kids these days dont have skills like this or the aptitude for the math

[@ajaypande6391]

What an awesome film! The camerawork is brilliant, and the cameraman must be a train lover for the lovingly created shots. The best live steam film I've seen! Thank you!

[@ukmodelengineering]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@johnwest7993]

I met a machinist in Chicago who built 2 of these trains. They were beautiful. He spent years on them, and his wife made all of the interior fabric decor for the cars. They were amazing. I'm sure they are now in a museum.

[@glennfryer1539]

I had the honour of meeting Martin Evans when I worked MAP in the late 70's, he was a real gentleman !!

[@ianbeech4874]

Thank you for posting this, I will recommend it to other members of the Manx Steam and Model Engineering Club. Ian Beech.

[@envitech02]

Excellent shots of the steam driving mechanism!!

[@Pitmirk_]

I love the correct English- it sounds great and feels crisp. Even has correct use of quite.. back in the day when educated speech was reassuringly direct.

[@areguapiri]

Most Americans can no longer speak basic grammatical English. It is pathetic in America!

[@jamescerone]

@@areguapiri”proper” grammar is arbitrarily chosen by an elite few. Language is language; it’s developed by the masses and evolves as time goes on. We would be better off listening to what people are saying, not focusing on how they say it.

[@ceedeekaytee1961]

I think it is an understatement to call such people "Hobbyists" A hobbyist would make one from a kit. These machines are works of art in their own right.

[@andthenhedead6076]

I think “rich madman” fits better personally

[@jalbhagwagar3353]

Absolutely. These are passionate geniuses that most would never understand. And, dare I say, they do have a streak of madness in them. Imagine the unlimited patience for the attention to detail that they have to pay. And, the many, many parts that need magnifying glasses, on and on. Salute and deep respects 🙏🏻

[@milivojeta]

I watched your video with delight. An exceptional work of engineering. My sincere admiration.

[@ukmodelengineering]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Gearz-365]

I'm 19 yet I'm fascinated by the world and craft of model engineering. It covers all sorts of mechanical things that I like, from engines to locomotives to machine tools and vehicles, and even clockmaking! It's a craft I'd love to pursue :)

[@BAll-n7w]

work hard play hard... not only does it take a considerable amount of time and skill in all different aspects, it also costs alot of money, machinary and tools.

[@Gearz-365]

​@@BAll-n7w Yeah I feel like those would be my biggest obstacles, but I would still like to put in the effort

[@Gearz-365]

​@@BAll-n7w Yeah that is gonna be one obstacle. But I still hope to someday be a part of the craft and keep history alive.. in miniature ⚙️

[@haroldpearson6025]

Its a beautiful and under appreciated hobby.

[@ukmodelengineering]

It sure is

[@officialbritishtaxpayer5609]

Thanks for sharing this - if I'd seen it at the time, I'd have been bitten by the engineering bug a lot sooner than I was!

[@Steviegtr52]

Thank you for a fantastic film. Watched from start to end. Amazing craftsmen.

[@ukmodelengineering]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lapassiondestrainsminiatur7881]

احب كثيرا ما تقوم به لاني شغوف بالقطارات المصغرة واعشق الابداع والفن والدقة في العمل الذي تفعله . اتمنى لك التوفيق مع كل الحب والتقدير.

[@revolvolution7372]

This is filmed in sweden and at 9:10 He is saying "What remains is to try out the Whistle" and then "Not so bad huh"

[@ukmodelengineering]

@Revolvolution737, thank you for the translation.

[@Rimrock300]

Looking at that video picture I did think it was a documentary with Sir Richard Attenborough himself, this time about model trains. But...no) Anyway, none the less a great video!

[@GRAHAM1514]

Excellent film , I wonder where all those superb locos are now and if the fantastic tracks are still there , Thanks for posting

[@ukmodelengineering]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@TiagoFernandes-ro6ck]

Yes they are!

[@vstol]

@@TiagoFernandes-ro6ck There was track for the York Society of Locomotive Engineers in York and we also used a 3/12" and 5" track at Eggborough Power Station. It has all been demolished.

[@raymondleggs5508]

A similar sized miniature Diesel passenger train was built for the 2002 Jean Claude Van Damme action film Derailed. It was a bit painful to see those locomotives and coaches blown up and smashed in the movie, since they reproduced everything down to the rivet.

[@devilsoffspring5519]

No kidding eh! But, money is money and the movie is supposed to make more money. It's sad as all hell when good work is destroyed, though. Especially deliberately.

[@frankmarkovcijr5459]

At least they only destroyed a model train I hate when they show for that stupid new James Bond movie or whatever it is where they run that steam engine off the cliff in England. How could they purposely destroy a beautiful running locomotive like that for a stupid movie is incomprehensible.

[@matze6054]

So greatfull and amazing! I am speakless! Good job!

[@ukmodelengineering]

Glad you like it!

[@marianhoops8543]

Love your videos it gives us the ability to see great steam shows in places that we will never have the opportunity to go to also love your version of Ghost Riders in the Sky ❤

[@ukmodelengineering]

Thank you very much!

[@Mason58654]

Thanks for uploading this! 👍 Makes me glad to own a few titles 📕 by Martin Evans. My neighbor has a rideable live steam layout in his own yard, and hopefully the knowledge in those books will help me catch up with him!

[@ukmodelengineering]

No problem!

[@mikeking2539]

An American locomotive, pulling two British coaches,( A GWR coach, a LMS coach,) and a European coach! But I suppose it is part of the fun of operating a live steam railway!

[@union310]

Showing you what can be built....

[@gordonbeck4054]

Some model makers are totally brilliant in their form of constructive art !!

[@gordonbeck4054]

Some of their models can't even reach a current saleable price !! They are literally price less gems of complex completion that are kept as family looms !!

[@haroldpearson6025]

The live steam passenger hauling aspect of the hobby is totally under represented, it's all about table top electric. Whole TV series helping Hornby promote its business.

[@otaviowillians8570]

friend, how do I get the projects for a live steam locomotive, especially the columbia locomotive by Martins Evans that appeared in the video ????

[@ukmodelengineering]

@Otávio Willians, checkout 'Blackgates Engineering' - www.blackgates.co.uk/3_5__gauge_locos.html

[@frankmarkovcijr5459]

120 years ago around your Christmas tree before people had Electric in their homes you would have a live stream engine 2 inch gauge something like that going around the tree which is lit with real candles. It's amazing how nobody Burns their house down in those days with candles burning in the tree with a live stream engine circling it that was probably alcohol fueled. I guess people had more sense to not do stupid things. I've seen some of those turn of the century engines and they are like Jewels with the amount of handicraft work involved. Of course they were rather expensive but then quality pieces of equipment usually are but then with maintenance they would last forever. You have 150-year-old live steam engine from the turn of the 19th century that have outlived several of their owners.

[@16-BITFPV]

There were lots of fires in the days of candles and early electricity, I had a pre-war O scale train set that was in a old house fire.

[@oiergarcia7533]

Imagine making one of this so realisticly that It ends up suffering a boiler explosion.

[@haroldpearson6025]

Boilers are made to a very high standard with mandatory testing required.

[@peterwhyte317]

As a boy i made things out of wood, and then plastic, but this is model engineering. It is wonderful. I have a question: If you aim for true scale, are there certain things that will not work if made to scale? I suppose boiler pressure has to be "real"., but you aim for scale speed. I suppose that aircraft modellers have even worse problems? Excuse my ignorance, but once one gets thinking...

[@billh308]

Physics do not scale down, like the steam whistle, and some things become too fiddly like super heaters.

[@BasementEngineer]

peter: You are correct, for example the fire tubes in the boiler are not to scale but larger. The boiler shell is thicker than the stress calculations require. The operating boiler pressure on a model may vary between say 80 psi to 110 psi, with 100 psi quite common. This pressure is sufficient to cause wheel slip with the locomotive. The full size locomotives had boiler pressures varying from 250 psi to 350 psi. As to scale speed. I've run my locomotive at a scale speed of 160 mph, and that was scary fast. The reason being is that model tracks are not as smooth or level as full size tracks.

[@robnewman6101]

You're a really useful engine.

[@robnewman6101]

You're a really useful railway.

[@barryrudge1576]

Steam locomotive models to me are the most beautiful form of model engineering and when you see the sort of price these models bring when sold shows many others feel exactly the same.

[@Tavin12353]

friend, how can I follow the drawings of the western maryland model engineer locomotive?? 

[@paulhammersley4562]

i used to ride on a similar L/S train track in the late 1960's (long gone now) in Middlesbrough at Albert Park, nice memories,

[@raymondleggs5508]

Beautiful locomotives

[@ukmodelengineering]

Indeed!

[@P61guy61]

Thank you for sharing this. Excellent!

[@ukmodelengineering]

My pleasure!

[@RustyInventions-wz6ir]

Very nice video. Great engines. I’m jealous.

[@ukmodelengineering]

They are

[@Reshumbox]

Didn't expect him to speak Swedish 😅😂🙂

[@maggnar]

This hobby require real education and technical skills. Every day this is more valuable because seems that less people is able to make it and enjoy it.

[@wizlish]

A delightful video! One small nitpick: the WM locomotive is a "Potomac", not a "Pocono" (which would be a Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western 4-8-4).

[@YODAMAN5]

AWESOME, for the love of STEAM...!

[@union310]

16 minutes in, recent sold in Yorkshire

[@princessofthecape2078]

What class of locomotive is the 2-4-0 initially shown?

[@rchristie5401]

Exceptional!!

[@carlospinto3879]

Verdaderos genios los hombres q construyen esos trenes...wow😮

[@envitech02]

What an excellent film with magnificent detailed scale models! I understand they are live steam and controlled via radio control. But just how is the fire controlled? Is there a mini robot that manually shovels coal into the fireplace?

[@TBone-bz9mp]

No, the coal is put in manually. Remember it’s not going to burn to scale.

[@barriewright2857]

Brilliant.

[@hondaxl250k0]

I have a model steam traction engine. Size of a large power wheels.. never fired it up. Got it from my grandfather. I’m afraid to fire it.. boilers scare the hell out me.. I’m a bike guy. But I love steam But dam steam you scary!!! 😮

[@BasementEngineer]

Test the boiler with water pressure to 1 1/2 times the operating pressure. With no boiler leaks or deformations you should be OK.

[@leonardimedke3368]

Parabéns pela criatividade 👏👏👏! Leonardi de são Gabriel do oeste Mato grosso Brasil

[@farrukhariffarrukh7899]

Sir I bought a engine its price

[@robnewman6101]

Wow. Interesting.

[@ukmodelengineering]

Very!

[@robnewman6101]

Thanks.

[@gjaltmeijer3192]

Great

[@branislavrakic9249]

is it possible to get somware blue prins of those amazing models?

[@haroldpearson6025]

A. J. Reeves of Birmingham uk or Polly Models of uk.

[@Massi8046]

Technically Polly models sells kits

[@joseleopoldoayala7690]

48:18 les faltó una locomotora big-boy 4014

[@Das_Red]

one word,art.

[@suessadolf1476]

einfach genial handwerkskunst in vollendung brovo

[@dirttdude]

sweet jesus, that thing is hauling 20 people.

[@wildcoyote34]

amazing how much power a steam engine has ,,,now imagine that engine weighs a million 2 hundred 50 thousand pounds ,,,you get 4-8-8-4 big boy with 7000+ horsepower

[@simongardiner949]

All you need now is "Brief Encounter"!

[@cactiguide]

Man those people look silly riding that, but of course I would do it if I could

[@saivignessramasamy7248]

Which model is this locomotive

[@ironpepsi1]

this would be an awesome project, where would someone find a set of blueprints like these.

[@ukmodelengineering]

@Tom Leaf, there are many model engineering suppliers who can provide drawings for model locomotives, have a look at www.ajreeves.com/ or www.blackgates.co.uk/

[@fandangofandango2022]

Yer but these People are Craftsmen.

[@zach8204]

A watchmaker's hobby

[@timtom41007]

betul betul sebuah maha karya

[@leewyton7975]

What year was this ????

[@중석-x3d]

우리나라 에도 세계적인 모형기차 장인이 있죠 ᆢ인천에 계신다던데 성함은 있었지만

[@iggybeauchance7406]

What about the hydro test??? You just fire it up and hope hope against hope it don't explode???

[@gardnereng]

All model engineering societies in UK follow a rigorous regime of hydraulic certification testing, and scheduled repeated hydraulic and steam tests similar to full size.

[@stumpusMaximus]

The thing is, we *used* to do this, until people’s brains got rotted with the internet, social media, mobiles and cable TV. Hobby’s are a thing of the past never to return in this narcissistic world

[@lmyu9163]

Good Engineer 👍

[@johnwest7993]

Has anyone ever built a steam-powered airplane?

[@441rider]

Balloons are very large stirling engines of a sort.

[@devilsoffspring5519]

Yes, there have been steam engine powered aircraft. Not many, but they have been flown: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKiZf3mjmNOKY5o

[@ernestbarcella175]

A level of enthusiasm not conceivable in todays social hurricane !!

[@НиколайПанов-э8ц]

Я в восторге!!!!!!

[@machobunny1]

What a pity such a low res camera was used. This work is magnificent. It is painful to see it misrepresented by a lousey camera. I just read the note that it was filmed in the 80's and that explains it. Still...it hurts.

[@dallas184]

I tried to build my own miniature locomotive but them my mental health kicked in and ended it

[@union310]

It doesn't have to

[@TheGarageRailway]

Build a model railway with ready to run stuff, it will be much easier and i promise it will have a positive impact on your health

[@pietersnackaert]

I'm making one for a school project, only it's an 0-6-0 shunter, wish me luck

[@union310]

Adam, I spent months with severe depression and anxiety. Getting out and visiting my local model engineering society helped me greatly. Start with small steps and the journey will be fruitful.

[@xixengineering]

I build steam engines to help with mine.

[@jamostrainos]

christ i wish he'd put a shirt on 😭

[@iananderson5166]

Unfortunately Model Engineering is becoming a dying art. With the coming of computers and mobile phones, young people seem to be more attracted to these rather than displaying any wish to become a craftsman. Also, it is now almost impossible to get castings made, foundrys are not interested unless you want a thousand. The more recent development of Computer Numerical Control allows precision engineering without any direct input other than writing a suitable program. Admittedly this in itself is an art but is in a different league to personal operation of machines.

[@jasonrusso9808]

If this was my debut, I would have most certainly put a shirt on knowing that not only was I appearing on film but also had a wildly overabundance of chest/back hair. gross

[@Massi8046]

Are you saying your the guy in the video?

[@pierrelana280]

Pas de sous titres en Français. Aucun interet.

[@NorthernRAY1]

😍😍😍😍👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤❤

[@christopherhinton6456]

there arent any steam engines made today.

[@rafa6694]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[@adrikjohnson4682]

What do you want to bet that guys wife hated his hobby

[@BasementEngineer]

No! Most commentary from wives was "At least I know where my husband is".