Preparing a Miniature Steam Locomotive on the Eastleigh Lakeside Railway

[@gmrgamingrm]

There's something so relaxing about watching videos like this.

[@Viggovw-i9x]

True

[@leokimvideo]

My God, I think this is the ultimate model train I have ever seen.

[@cnichols9382]

Well it ain’t a model more like a ultimate investment.

[@superknightlol]

lol didnt expect to see you here

[@jamesgroccia644]

Seeing you is a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@nightw4tchman]

Didn't expect to see you here.

[@dimilinklink8739]

Omg

[@Voyager141]

Nice to see all the tender love and care that is put into prepping these mini trains for service. :D

[@SatNavDan]

A lot of hard, dirty and rewarding work at the end of it.

[@MrStr8den]

Quite satisifying and relaxing to watch a group of enthusiasts quietly getting on doing what they do best...until @ 10:05 !!

[@rockingboygames2967]

How did you say that was so embarrassing but!!!!!✌️⭐😁

[@flybobbie1449]

School break time in 70's i would go sometimes to library. On the shelf was a book on steam locos and details how they worked. I then realised the book was aimed at loco model builders (6 inch wheel castings gave it away). Was amazed to think people would build such. Back then many men worked in machine shops and building a live steam loco a hobby in the garden shed.

[@HSMiyamoto]

I love how the model A-4 sounds just like a full-size engine, and so do the little passenger cars as they roll by.

[@SaiTaX_the_Chile_boi]

it is a steam engine, just a tiny one.

[@belchnasty]

A very well made video and engine. No music, long shots & well composed 15 minutes of pure pleasure. Thanks!

[@Petriefied0246]

So much work involved in getting this up and running, but what a beautiful engine!

[@Aieou472]

i still cant believe that this was filmed at a place that ive been to uncountable times. the great thing about this place is that you can just drive in, park, buy a ticket and get on a train. its completely open to the public. and its a great area for walking as well.

[@KayoMichiels]

Man, that A4 class looks ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!!

[@Ulsterbusman129]

Doesn’t it

[@thatoneluckymiatagaming]

Its realistically operated like a real steam

[@robbyboy03]

Would love to have seen more of it running. Hard to call it a model being so large. Truly beautiful to watch though. Well done.

[@timmius4294]

It's great people with such great hobbies. Greetings from the Westerwald, to the Great Britain 👍

[@ElNeroDiablo]

This was truly an engrossing awesome video, and I must thank KZbin for recommending it to me from Charlie Bishop's Chadwick Model Railway channel.

[@chiefs1587]

Awesome video! There needs to be more of these start up videos out there!

[@lasalleman]

Beautiful model. Can't imagine the work that went into building it. Must have been thousands of hours.

[@paddydu5113]

Make that years

[@LukeAlfordUKsteam]

@@paddydu5113 Thousands of years lol

[@DemeterHUN]

@@LukeAlfordUKsteam I was there 3000 years ago...

[@colinmcnab6145]

Thousands of hours and tens of thousands of pounds. A ready made small live steam gauge 1 will cost over £10k.

[@Lnerfan1]

3 arelsdale engines came to mind

[@mattseymour8637]

Yeah I've heard that and use it in my loco . I think they like to recreate the real experience!

[@tallandhandsome29]

I was at Woking station yesterday and an EWS diesel hauler came past so I barely looked up....but it was pulling ‘Union of South Africa’, another A4 up towards Waterloo. It wasn’t moving quickly but still too quick for me to get my camera out, darn it.

[@schlaackmusic]

Or s they were called in the old Thomas stories, "vera wee engines!"

[@jamesberlo4298]

Its just amazing the Skill, Talent , Brains and passionate dedication & drive for perfection some individuals posses .

[@omegadavids6362]

Spencer: Sir Nigel.... You looks Small Judy: I know Nick: Me Too

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Finest of the finest, now we need a large german 05-001 streamline scale modell :-)

[@Hofsan]

One thing about the British and British engineers. Always polishing, full size or scale. Beautiful.

[@ab_railways_original]

Hi I just wanted to say that I love steam engines and I happen to live on the NYMR home do Sir Nigel Gressley (but currently it’s being repaired in the NRM)

[@turbulanceism]

I would love to see an a4 built on the RHDR... They are so pretty

[@zakaria-ghali]

يبتيملىىز😇😇😇💣

[@treeman101]

we need more footage of the train rolling around the track

[@agerolight2701]

Wowie! That one's a beauty

[@mentalunicorn9567]

Why is there nothing like this up Newcastle area yes beamish had like couple steamy things but nothing as cool as this I need this in my life!!!!!!

[@WCGUK2024]

Put in planning permission and become a founder of a model engineering society

[@korianal]

This model reminds me of Spencer a lot.

[@iancanty9875]

Wow! So that’s how they keep the old girl in tip top order! They use 50 foot high giant engineers! 🥴 And did you see the size of that whopping lawn mower? why it’s as high as a house!🥴🤪

[@victorjr8004]

*DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION*

[@paddydu5113]

Stop you’re not funny

[@iancanty9875]

@@paddydu5113 Nothing is funny if you’re determined to be miserable and to pick fault with those who are just tying to inject a little light heartedness into today’s dark world

[@skandto]

@@iancanty9875 he is right tho like this person is not funny so stop using big words to make yourself look smart when you are not

[@iancanty9875]

@@skandto Eh! ????

[@jackyblue67same10]

This is so cute I would love to ride on that lil train .I've never rode on any train but I'd love to though .

[@DeafIaint]

Such a soft exhaust, I can't tell whether this model is just a two cylinder loco or a three cylinder one.

[@gerrard1144]

A4's are 3 cylinders

[@DeafIaint]

@@gerrard1144, we know. It's the model I'm referring to !

[@generations113]

She is 3 cylinder

[@bravolima7766]

She's a beauty ! Amazing locomotive

[@gupadre8255]

Used to go there all the time when I was younger

[@Eduardo_Barbicha]

Extraordinary Locomotive!

[@TexasRailfan2008]

How come it’s always rainy in England

[@rajeshnarayanaswamy5773]

Rainy climate and steam makes nostalgia

[@Shipwright1918]

What a splendid engine!

[@davesalmond6726]

Those folk are GIANTS -I would like to know from whence they obtain giant screwdrivers and inflammable cheese though.Amazing dedication.

[@mylestheepickid7487]

That boy is a legend stem engine

[@theflyingscotsman9902]

At 3:50 mark , reminds me of my little stationary engine when I was a kid . Esbit fuel tablets 😉

[@СергейНовиков-ц4ш3х]

Подскажите пожалуста где купить такой паровоз,может кто то у вас продает?Взарание блогадарен Сергей.

[@fabiamoon1696]

I live about a mile from Lakeside, it's a fun place to go.

[@WCGUK2024]

I have been once and love it

[@PinkestValentine]

I mean it guys if you ever need help there, im gonna by myself a ticket and speed to you and help you out as best as I can,thats how much of an train fan I am, from kindergarten until now

[@vulgivagu]

Is this by any chance the lovely engine that used to run on Christchurch Quay years ago. I have a photo taken in 1956 of an identical engine .

[@PinkestValentine]

To be honest, I would work there, evem without pay. I would even pay money to work there

[@ediwelderock8695]

Yey

[@bradleyblack3800]

Me too

[@Plymouth_Belvedere]

This is a volunteer basis. You dont get paid regardless

[@charliesadv8493]

What a beautiful machine

[@roberttaylor6108]

I was hoping it was going to Belch smoke like one of those really old school locomotives

[@acescionti711]

Robert Taylor that’s only if they’ve put to much coal in and was virtually exclusivel to American loco because all USA thought of them was as a work horse so they weren’t treated correctly

[@acescionti711]

Belching black smoke there’s to much coal no smoke not enough thick wight and creamy plums just right

[@ГогаМихась]

It is very cute, it would be nice to change the boiler technology so that there is no smoke and smell.

[@hntrains2]

The inside looks just as bad as a real engine! The exterior itself - it's quite badass!

[@BaddyRaks]

What?

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

Nice video .Enjoy it thanks

[@brawler4456]

why do i like these so much?

[@jasonharper2601]

HOPE THE ENGINEER STAYS WARM WITH THE FIREBOX LOOKS LIKE A COLD DRIZZLING DAY

[@sprinklerautomation3085]

Love the sound of steam engine...

[@mattseymour8637]

Thanks for the reply.. so it's normal to have blue smoke if using steam coal like Welsh steam or Russian coal ?

[@Aryannareda]

J7uiuìui7uu77uuuu

[@bluebellsfan8704]

Those look and sound nice! :)

[@johngomes1552]

I dont know how this is miniture, that train is half my height

[@johnleach7879]

Well, it has some appeal: How many "minitature" tenders can you casually lean on?

[@davidantoniocamposbarros7528]

Imagine if this little fella here met the real Sir Nigel Grestley..... It would be like Typhoon meeting the Flying Scotsman

[@petrstuntbiker885]

Great ,nice,super work 👍👍👍😉🇨🇿🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@azharahmed3249]

GREAT WORK

[@nerfreak01]

10:04. Too noisy! 10:07. *Immediately does it again* Totally me. XD

[@godfamilytv.rehema4808]

Read less is the truth

[@WhistleStopWonders.]

I love the bit where the blowing the whistle and someone's says "its to noisy!" Then someone else Saye "Shut up"

[@nafcd]

would of been good to put a camera in a carriage and shown a view of a lap of the track included in the video.

[@SteveCarrett]

Very good video I enjoyed watching this.

[@themechbuilder6171]

beautiful locomotive!!

[@Mr_Tea_Rexx]

what gauge and scale is that, such a beautiful locomotive

[@peterszar]

Wow now, that engine had a nice throaty whistle/horn, compared with the usual whimpy sounding horns on British loco's.

[@Peter_Riis_DK]

How do you initially get the draft in the firebox/boiler?

[@tommoss2005]

What gauge is the track that it is running on?

[@WCGUK2024]

Eastleigh are multi sizes both 10 1/4 and 7 1/2

[@sharadsharma6842]

adding an removable Extension pipe of about 4-5 feet will keep the smoke and ashes running into the drivers eyes and lungs.

[@jackhromadka6842]

Or just have the engine larger, so the cab covers the driver

[@roberttaylor6108]

Or just wear goggles

[@SunnySelena420]

Where do people find minature locos like this. I would absolutely love to have a A4 running in my backyard one-day

[@WCGUK2024]

Garden ones are usually 3 inch gauge trains and a lot more cheaper

[@christopherdellwo5829]

Such model railroad associations also exist in Germany - Hessen - Taunus

[@WCGUK2024]

Here they are called model engineering societies

[@robbyboy03]

Magnificent model. I may have missed it but what gauge is it?

[@tgapcharlie]

I believe it's 7 inch gauge, also known as miniature gauge.

[@トラトラト]

紅茶をキメすぎた紳士らしい めっちゃうらやましいです。

[@timlazara1585]

I can’t believe, that is a jewel of the crown!! This is a commercial unit or it was made by hand? Thanks

[@WCGUK2024]

A model engineering society built it

[@arandomperson8315]

the flag on top the A4 is a thomas and friends flag

[@khzim2010]

nice hard work

[@modelrailshornby6131]

Can they repaint it to BR blue

[@martynbuzzing3327]

Got to love the British weather..

[@thomasthetankengine1767]

The LNER A4 Mallard, the engine Spencer was based off of?

[@theoldesttruckproductions9548]

Yes.

[@Furrytrash428]

Tbh Spencer looks more like silver link

[@thomasthetankengine1767]

@@Furrytrash428 Yeah, but his brother, Mallard, is just the A4 Mallard engine with the face slapped on it

[@theoldesttruckproductions9548]

It's just a random A4. That's it.

[@davidantoniocamposbarros7528]

Guys it ain't Mallard,look at the nameplate

[@KKBED781966]

I remember when I was around 4 years old I was crying because I learned you couldn’t buy one of these 😂

[@HappyDude1]

you can buy it :;) but it will be more expensive then a car

[@AppleManiagaming]

@@HappyDude1 cost you about half a million.

[@WCGUK2024]

You can buy them they just cost more than a car 😂

[@falcor1969]

I've always watched this video with excitement at the size of this locomotive, but also with puzzlement as something about it just doesn't look right. I finally figured out what was wrong about this locomotive. It's too short. It's stubby looking. It looks like it's too short in length by about 12-18".

[@BabulNortheast01]

Wow! Excellent.. Love from India...

[@Cmdrbzrd]

A mini A4! So cute!

[@Merchello]

If you bought this, please tell me where you bought it, if you made it, please tell me how

[@SatNavDan]

It's not my engine

[@Merchello]

Could I ask who owns it

[@SatNavDan]

The railway owns it.

[@thedankestdoodle6952]

I don't know why but I thought the name plate said mallard

[@savneetsinghrairai6823]

This is so cool one should have in backyard to make children'happy.... I♥️it stuff from gone era ...it has its oun charm and we know how far we came in development..these were the starters

[@WCGUK2024]

You can get smaller 3 inch gauge trains for gardens

[@rockingboygames2967]

that's amazing that you should go to British got talent and show it that is very amazing I want to give you credit that's amazing I want you to keep that up. 🤩🤩😊

[@bradleyblack3800]

What’s the distance between the tracks I may have a locomotive that fits it!

[@Ben-jh3ul]

6 light years

[@royreynolds108]

10 1/4 inch & 7 1/4 inch gauges

[@DDRailways]

Nice engine, what gauge is it?

[@ellisplayz1443]

Mallard will always be amazing in any size

[@davidantoniocamposbarros7528]

That's not Mallard,that's Sir Nigel Gresley

[@jdavis460]

How much do they cost to build? I quite fancy one if I could find a decent track to run it on. As a retired train driver I used to work with the men who drove the full size locos.

[@WCGUK2024]

For this size around £25,000 the boilers are the most expensive parts

[@jandalewlaranguin192]

Sir nicao cresley looks like spencer from thomas and friends

[@niranjannarasimhulu1619]

That's a beautiful engine

[@josephinebennington7247]

Who makes the thousands of bits that make up such a loco, everything from plating, gauges, pipes, wheels, rods? Is it all from utter scratch or is anything off the shelf?

[@WCGUK2024]

They make the parts in the brick shed using model engineering society equipment

[@tankthehedgehog105]

Is There A Class E2 Tank Engine? Or No?

[@mikimusuu]

Thomas?

[@tankthehedgehog105]

Mr.Headcrab What?

[@SatNavDan]

Thomas was based on the E2. And we only have the outlined Thomas cover for when we used to have the events.

[@ross.venner]

What happened to the miniature railway at South Sea Castle. Did any of these locomotives come from there? Thank you

[@rictusmetallicus]

Miniature is a quite relative term, isn't it? I'd call H0/00 miniature and this pretty huge

[@SatNavDan]

HO/OO are model railways, not miniature railways.

[@DutchVanHelsing]

Wonder how much it weighs ?

[@alastairroulstone9552]

Do you know who built it? Looks just like Bill’s old Gresley.

[@alastairroulstone9552]

Just had a look on the website, it is his. Wondered where this ended up, not seen it since I was a kid..