Taking over the Miniature Railway at Foxfield for the day!

Hello everyone,
Last weekend Lawrie got asked to go and help out at the Foxfield Railway - what could possibly go wrong?
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A massive thank you to the Foxfield Railway for inviting me along to operate the railway!
A video featuring:
Lawrie - Presenter, enjoying miniature trains,
Ben - Cameraman, excited to drive trains
A video edited by Lawrie
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[@FoxfieldRailwayOfficial]

Thank you for helping to man the miniature 😇 people REALLY enjoy it.

[@Trainsaregreat365]

Finally another episode of lawrie goes a little loco I thought this series ended a long time ago good to see it back

[@lmm]

Loads of Lawrie Goes Loco to come

[@alexanderbeck5063]

oh hey! a new LMM Video! Let's drop what all im doing on this lovely saturday and enjoy!

[@richardbrobeck2384]

Same here !!

[@spaceengineer16]

yep

[@laurencecorr7255]

Yep

[@kdenyer1]

Lawrie must be a ghost train as people keep popping in and out 😂

[@Iceni_Paul]

You really do need to pay us a visit at the Dunham’s Wood Light Railway, near March in Cambridgeshire, there is a wonderful choice of battery, IC and steam traction running through a delightful woodland setting.

[@Tony-he8ze]

Your videos always make me feel good. Thank you!

[@lmm]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@grrfy]

Foxfield is great, we are sort of spoiled for classic trains around here, try get to the Apedale Valley Light Railway to ! well worth it , along with the CVR of course,which drives past where I used to live opposite The Black Lion.

[@lmm]

Yeah, there's lots in the area!

[@MrFoxman360]

Great fun video, camera work and editing make it a great watch

[@sambowz9077]

Howdy from Texas! 🤠Y'all always make me smile.

[@lmm]

Pleased to hear it! Always amazed that there are people all around the world watching

[@SDE1994]

nice to see that Hercules has been pulled out the siding of shame and got a new coat of paint

[@williamsantangelo]

Thank You Lawrie, great railroading

[@jacksnorth4074]

This puts me in mind of dobwalls theme park, did anyone else here ever experience that? 😊

[@jacksnorth4074]

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[@Reggyrail]

Certainly did. Loved it. Much missed.

[@glynvalleytramwaytrust]

Great stuff and fab work! 👍

[@lmm]

Thank you!

[@dsop]

Great video! Very cool that you operated the railway in its entirety.

[@lmm]

It was very cool

[@MrCarrera28]

Living the dream, who doesn't in their heart of hearts want to be a train driver!!

[@lmm]

It's good fun

[@daquirifox]

Lawrie's light railway real :3

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

good vid on you out on the railways thanks lee

[@lmm]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lordsjaak]

well to see both you to driving it is enough footage to watch and i still like it

[@lmm]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lordsjaak]

@@lmm i know you are bust shedule, is it possible for episode "what is broken now? " because i also little bit wondering about rest of the team and their projects?

[@lmm]

@@lordsjaak the rest of the team left the channel.

[@lordsjaak]

@@lmm that is really sad to hear it. but keep going with your spirit you doing great work on your channel

[@lmm]

@@lordsjaak it's just been me for about two years now.

[@loganbloom6191]

Hey lmm I recently watch a video of abandoned locomotives in UK scrapyards and in the back ground of one of the photos I believe I saw a J70 aka a steam tram engine in the background.

[@lmm]

Oh really!

[@loganbloom6191]

@@lmm yes but I have been struggling to find it again. If a do you might want to talk a look to see if I'm correct or not.

[@Trainsaregreat365]

Ben and Lawrie make a good crew

[@bwilesuk]

Aw cheers. I’m not entirely incompetent it seems considering I’m quite new to this

[@Trainsaregreat365]

@@bwilesuk I know that lawrie said you are also a volunteer at the foxfield railway

[@lmm]

It all went very well

[@Trainsaregreat365]

@@lmm I guess it did

[@I_Like_Ham_]

Well look who has been very active this week

[@lmm]

I always am

[@jamesthomas5109]

Love the wagons 😊

[@lmm]

I thought they were a good touch

[@jamesthomas5109]

@@lmm Agreed.

[@landyfox8976]

Another enjoyable video making for gentle viewing 👍🏻 It was also nice to see Jack Dibnah make an appearance on the little 4” Steam Roller too! 😊

[@lmm]

That's a cracking little engine!

[@nawbus]

This is a great little line at The Foxfield. My kids always want a ride when we go!

[@lmm]

It's really good fun

[@bentullett6068]

Listen to the sound of those Honda GX120 engines on full chat. It doesn't remind you of go karting, a lawnmower or a generator at all. Looks a great little minature railway and the locomotives are pretty decent little things.

[@lmm]

They're real good fun

[@Trainman1229a]

LMM --- Lawries Miniature Mainline

[@lmm]

I like that

[@NaoPb]

If it isn't Lawrie, who practically could've been my brother. Though I'm leaning more toward cars as far as my interests go. But I still love trains. And I am sure I would've found myself getting distracted looking at all the rolling stock in the sheds as well 😄 You've reminded me of miniature railways and I'll be sure to see how many there are in my country and hopefully visit them between now and the end of the year. And maybe at some point I'll visit the ones in the UK as well. I'm sure I would like it on your side of the north sea.

[@althejazzman]

I wish you had had a chance to drive one of the miniature steam engines!

[@lmm]

It might well happen

[@heritagetransport4242]

Lawrie you need to go to the Ruislip lido railway!

[@lmm]

It's in hand!

[@TrainGuyGeth]

Lawrie should visit the dolgarrog railway society. Not a public railway tho if you email them you could have a chance. They also have a little loco called Tarus. I know it runs just hasn't moved in a while. Also great news with the ruston.

[@JamestheCVRvolunteer]

I wish lmm went to churnet valley railway which neighbors Froxfield I volunteer there and it is one amazing railway

[@lmm]

Hopefully going to happen soon!

[@garethparkin9498]

I second that

[@railsaroundsouthjersey]

So a ham's antenna can been seen in the drone Video & at 21:22. KOOL!!

[@Mrdoctile]

Great fun

[@bobspeirs]

The points that you slowed down for how did they change. As I didn't see any on change them.

[@lmm]

They're spring loaded

[@TheSammckay]

You were a really useful engine, driver...

[@lmm]

😂

[@CaptainDonut0]

Next step LMM Needs to open it own Passenger/freight service

[@lmm]

Maybe one day!

[@rafchris]

Did anyone else hear a shade of miniature Deltic like sound at 8:46

[@TheCebulon]

19:29 Is this Eliot or Grisu?

[@samparkinson162]

LMM the NG15 has almost been finished at the WHR it will be the first running in the UK and I belive 1of 2 running will u have a look ?

[@lmm]

Hopefully!

[@blinard1]

I think i missed something. If the track is teardrop shaped and has a turntable at the terminus, i dont see the need to top and tail?

[@bwilesuk]

If I recall it’s to do with the power of getting up the bank with a full load of passengers as it’s a bit of an incline for the umph the one engine on its own has.

[@lmm]

It's to speed things up on return to the platform, and one is effectively the guard when on the back end

[@blinard1]

@@lmm thanks

[@adamcrane4851]

Hello

[@Fadly1277]

Hello sir, greetings from Indonesia, I want to ask what kind of rails are made for the miniature locomotive track? and are there any mini locomotives for sale there?

[@lmm]

No, they're all privately owned. I think it's steel track

[@Grumpygoodsengine]

I love the witch can you do a video on it

[@lmm]

I would love to

[@wideyxyz2271]

Cool

[@Captain_Char]

so a rail walk, wouldn't that have been done via a rail inspection car back in the day on a full sized railway?

[@lmm]

Back in the day, yes

[@Mamodguy]

Lawrie are you coming to festival of transport 2024 at hellingly?

[@lmm]

I don't think so

[@Mamodguy]

@@lmmok

[@JakeEdmondson]

Big 🚛 back with another video

[@frselsig]

How was YT? It's nice to see my loco on the screen!

[@Doodledude24Scratch]

0:20 peter sam from ttte?

[@coffeecatrailway]

How long before Lawrie has a mini railway around his house?

[@lmm]

Ah to dream

[@Taggart00]

Ben needs an LMM grease top hat.

[@bwilesuk]

I’m not familiar with these

[@Taggart00]

@@bwilesuk the Hat Lawrie was wearing

[@bwilesuk]

@@Taggart00 ooo

[@adamliebreich-johnsen6104]

Why don't they use those steam locos they have in their shed? Or that gorgeous tram?

[@lmm]

Because I'm only trained on the ones I drove

[@bwilesuk]

The steam engines are currently down for maintenance

[@Trainsaregreat365]

7:15 Lawrie and Ben are the only people on board

[@bwilesuk]

No that’s not me as I’m flying the drone off camera.

[@Trainsaregreat365]

@bwilesuk OK I didn't know

[@LondontransporduckL99]

Hey lorry you should build a 5 inch guage ruston 48

[@paulhorn2665]

So whats the story behind the little traction engine model on the bench (behind Lawry) at 14:36 min? The owner should keep a lookout, not that it get stolen!

[@samcgill]

How much fuel did that thing go through in the day?

[@bentullett6068]

Those Honda engines are pretty fuel efficient. Hence why they are mostly chosen for applications in garden machinery, small construction machinery, generators and go karts.

[@bwilesuk]

We went through a diesel can’s worth for one of them (though don’t know if the can was full)

[@lmm]

They were both pretty empty and had 2.5 litres of petrol added to them both. One ran out just as we were putting it into the shed.

[@anubratachakraborty1370]

14:39 I thought at first that it was Mark Zuckerberg on your left!

[@bwilesuk]

I have been told that several times. Alas I do not have his wealth… though I am married to a half Asian

[@anubratachakraborty1370]

@@bwilesuk One should live happily with whatever wealth God has given him. Wish you a prosperous life!