Stapleford Miniature Railway Open Weekend August 2022

Footage from the Bank Holiday Monday of the three day event at the Stapleford Miniature railway. In this video are various railway shots, with footage of the BBMF Lancaster flypast at the beginning.
The railway only opens a couple of times per year, and always raises money for LOROS, Leicestershire's county Hospice. Most shots of the locomotives include the Home fleet locos which include a NYC Niagra, NPR Berkshire, A Curwen Atlantic, and the White Heron, a Warship inspired diesel loco.

[@BAProductions15C]

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[@tacfoley4443]

Wow!!!

[@BAProductions15C]

The locos are quite magnificent here

[@stevehadfield5963]

Nice video indeed, however I do feel you've missed out on filming all the other attractions at this event, as almost everyone seems to do. Yes the locos are the main attraction for most but there is so much more to see and do, classic car, vintage tractors, stationary engines and other small personal displays, and also possibly one of the biggest and best display of vintage and classic caravans in the Midlands if not the country! As I say ,good video, but maybe look at everything in equal measure next year?

[@BAProductions15C]

Thank you for the feedback, and it is something I may bear in mind and look at doing for next time. However, first and foremost I'm a railway enthusiast hence the specific focus. But alas, if people are interested in classic vehicles etc and there is indeed a viewer's among my content for it I will heavily consider it

[@stevehadfield5963]

I hope you do, cos you're obviously good at this filming lark. How about getting the exhibitors talk about whatever they're showing/ selling? I know quite a few of the caravan people are only too willing to explain how they've rescued, restored, and how they use their vans, me and the wife included, we're there every year!

[@roytabberer7427]

Nice videoing Bruce.

[@BAProductions15C]

Thanks Roy, Getting to grips with the camera more now

[@09ironman1]

How can I buy a train or a magazine

[@ChargerusPrime]

What's the track gauge?? I've never seen a live steam model of a berk or a NYC Niagara that big

[@BAProductions15C]

The track gauge is 10 and a 1/4 inches. Quite a popular larger size scale in the UK, I'd say next to 7 and a half inch gauge. These two models I would say are rather unique, as I believe, unless I am corrected that this Berk and Niagra miniatures are the only ones that exist of the locos in this particular scale.

[@ChargerusPrime]

@@BAProductions15C I'd say they are, I've seen 4-8-4 and Berkshire engines in 7 1/4 and 7 1/2 inch gauge but never in 10 1/4 I didn't even know that gauge existed, but I do know I wish I could buy them both and make my own road here in that gauge or take off that 1/4 inch and make it 10 inches on the nose.

[@tedlawrence4189]

Seeing some old guy, sitting on an engine which is not much bigger than he is, is quite silly.

[@BAProductions15C]

I'm intrigued. Silly as in funny? or Silly as in stupid? I will admit the proportions can be somewhat comedic, but many hundreds of hours, and thousands of pounds (In some cases a marriage as well!), have gone into miniature machines. I hope you don't mean the latter as it would be a shame to discredit the hobby or the effort put in by model engineers.