The BIGGEST *private* 5” Gauge railway in the UK!

[@samuelives20]

That is just insanely beautiful. I would spend every sunny day on this layout! It’s just so cool

[@WardleRestorations]

Hope you enjoyed! Feel free to subscribe for lots more content on the way!

[@pressstart1490]

*"The only thing that differences a man with a child are the size of their toys"* I heard it somewhere

[@jackminiaturetrains6627]

That’s the same engine that I got

[@eileenfitzgerald7612]

Wow, amazing! How wonderful, I love it! I can't amagine how much work went into building that!

[@phantombrakeman4983]

How delightful to see smiling people having fun running their trains in 2020. Feels good!

[@WardleRestorations]

Phantom Brakeman feel free to subscribe if you enjoyed! Loads more content on my channel if you wanna take a look 👏👏

[@KidDynamite6]

man i appreciate the shit out of how much labor it was to build it my hats off to them.. the amount of stone is many tons alone

[@benlahrman4149]

The 5 inch gauge 10 wagons are the best. Love the tales of them trundling along like the old LMS goods trains

[@danielfantino1714]

Impressive torque that little 4 wheels loco. Pulling easily a person and so many wagons. Nice to see a smilling lady that have so much fun in that generally male world. Scenery, trackwork and those neat models. ❤❤👍👍

[@jimbojet8728]

Just love this layout and the impressive presentation. Thank you

[@IrishEddie317]

Beautiful little railroad. What a labor of love! Your choice of music for the video was excellent. Good job all around.

[@WardleRestorations]

You’re the first person who didn’t hate the music 😂 really glad you enjoyed the video mate, feel free to subscribe for plenty more to come!

[@fencepost7587]

God I would have killed to have something like this in my backyard when I was a kid. So damn cool!

[@dattam3251]

I loved this railway and it's layout.I like the idea of riding on the train and thinking as if I am in driver's seat. Really amazing. I am subscribing to see more videos.

[@WardleRestorations]

Glad you enjoyed it! Loads more content to come, appreciate you subscribing!

[@steveharper5536]

A mega production from Ollie & Tian of Wardle Road. Awesome guy's loved it, more please.

[@WardleRestorations]

Steve Harper thanks for the kind words! Hopefully lots more to come!

[@charlieboy418]

From Vancouver Island, great layout and what a lot of work that you have done. I grew up with the LNER and this brings back great memories.

[@WardleRestorations]

Its actually my friends railway! But thanks for watching!

[@naivegauge]

Loved it - so big, and so small at the same time!

[@WardleRestorations]

Naive Gauge thank you! Hopefully more to come!

[@normanrowe2831]

Ollie and Tian. That was great. Thanks for taking us along.

[@WardleRestorations]

Norman Rowe thank you for watching Norman! Appreciate the kind words!

[@J94-r8b]

Nice one Ollie, I bet you loved every minute of it, Nice to see your Ruston (Planet) with those box vans, also I've never seen 5 inch gauge track on the ground, I've always seen the 5 inch gauge raised track railways, stay safe :)

[@WardleRestorations]

J94 I much prefer it on the ground! Looks more realistic among many other things!

[@Rule1ModelRailways]

Loved it, to think of all that ballast! I thought my layout was a lot of ballasting!

[@WardleRestorations]

Rule 1 Model Railways yeh tonnes and tonnes of it 😂😂

[@mervynbur]

A marvellous 5" gauge railway, fantastic. Merv.😃

[@2010ditta]

That was great stuff..Ollie and Tian. Very enjoyable. Thank you.

[@WardleRestorations]

tim jd dowd thank you as always Tim, really glad you enjoyed!

[@douglasemerson9017]

Beautiful layout. Have you seen the videos of train mountain in Oregon?

[@colindavenport2196]

Beautiful, My wife would have to drag me away. Ha Ha. Amazing railway layout. Thx. for sharing with us all. Take Care! Stay Safe! :-) :-)

[@mikefournier2601]

Very nice good two see them running like to see more .in iron mountain Michigan they had a lot bigger one had 6 cars you could ride around the park 7 people at a time .look like a strimliner from the 60 ..wish they still had it .

[@lewispeake6691]

This is a marvellous garden railway, I wish had enough room to build this stuff, I don’t even have enough room to build a 00 gauge layout let alone this. Excellent video

[@WardleRestorations]

Really glad you enjoyed it! I also have a Facebook page and Instagram! Feel free to subscribe for more

[@kellyashfordtrains2642]

I've never seen a miniature gauge Garratt before, but I've had a ride behind a Narrow Gauge one on the Welsh Highland Railway. Garratt steamies aren't exactly my cup of tea, but they are useful. They have a charm that's hard to ignore.

[@bnrailfannz8262]

Saw one of your posts this morning. I was hooked! Even though Im an American modeller (H.O scale) this is WOW! Ive subscribed.Got to see more! Awesome :-)

[@WardleRestorations]

Awesome, thank you!

[@Cnupoc]

every transport fever player: I WANT THIS IN MY LIFE!

[@jackminiaturetrains6627]

That’s the same engine that I got

[@brianteel1905]

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[@dinxsy8069]

I sure have missed riding on the 5inch gauge down where i live near Eaton Park in Norfolk due to the covid situation.

[@TheGramophoneGirl]

That looks a labour of love - and a load of fun.

[@WardleRestorations]

A LOT of labour but hopefully even more fun!

[@MouldyRaspberry]

This is nuts, would love to have this in the garden! The wiring in the signal box looked terrifying though...

[@WardleRestorations]

He told me it took him just 2 weeks to wire that all up, id have been there for a month! lol, glad you enjoyed mate

[@geordieceltic2]

This is just superb, where do you start. The power of that Ruston, the signaling, infrastructure and rolling stock, just amazing. Then put pops a Garrett.

[@WardleRestorations]

Haha glad you enjoyed mate! This was filmed a few years ago, I’ve bought a full size loco since then! 🤣

[@geordieceltic2]

@WardleRestorations Wow that's great to hear. Good luck with your loco.

[@xr6lad]

Be great to see aerial view of the layouts. Maybe by drone

[@TheDrumvader]

That looks amazing, I'd love to take my loco to places like this when corona has gone

[@jasonfernee3755]

Stunning layout and great upload buddy.

[@WardleRestorations]

Thank you! Plenty more content on the way!

[@TiannaBerry48]

amazing video, even better that i was in it 😄 we had so much fun here and can’t wait to go back 😃

[@steveharper5536]

You was the leading lady Tian, why do you think all those joined the stream, only saying. Tell Ollie you need to be on the credits.

[@WardleRestorations]

Steve Harper agreed Steve 😆😆

[@TiannaBerry48]

aw steve! don’t be silly, ollies behind all the talent 🤪 thank you tho! x

[@retrorobbyreviews]

Your layout is so cool. So many things to play around with. I wish it could see this in person :). Oh well watching the video makes me happy too.

[@WardleRestorations]

RetroRobby it’s actually a friends railway! But glad you enjoyed the video

[@solarbrother8886]

What a fun day! I enjoyed your video, and have subscribed, 👍. And 🔔.

[@WardleRestorations]

Thank you 🤗

[@donotwantahandle1111]

Wow! so many scale wagons and carriages!

[@steamsearcher]

Drove past Cambridge on Tuesday! To collect some Copper Sheet of course. David and Lily guilty of buying a house 3.5 miles from the Reading Track. Lovely layout.

[@WardleRestorations]

I was at the layout Tuesday to! Hope you enjoyed the vid!

[@mattval6293]

Woooooooooow awesome stuff mate. But where’s your hi vi vests lol

[@G4RY1159]

Some nice touches Love that real signal

[@trailwayt9H337]

View of the tiny railway is giving a beautifull experience to me. I am really enjoyed this journey with the tiny train. I am a visitor from India for this tiny railway zone ❤️ 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@sammartland932]

Are some of the switches-points controlled by rodding? I thought I saw some at about 4:00

[@WardleRestorations]

some of them have rodding and hydraulics

[@tonka301180]

awesome layout...needs a bit of love but rly awesome!

[@ursborner72]

Such a wonderful video, just a plesure to watch. Thank you very much for sharing this. Greetings from Switzerland, Urs

[@WardleRestorations]

Really glad you enjoyed! feel free to subscribe for more if you like!

[@ursborner72]

@@WardleRestorations Done that allready. Looking foreward to future videos.

[@daciatravel.647]

Very nice little railway! 👍👍👍📹🚅🚅

[@homeandelectronicsstop1599]

really a good railroad that can be seen every so often.

[@labradormcgraw]

It's hard even to imagine owning something like this. This layout borders on the insane. Not that I'm jealous of course.

[@WardleRestorations]

Haha it’s a great place to run my locos!

[@somersetandy9238]

Hello Wardle . Just Found this One. Great Video. I Luv It. Stay Safe & Take Care. Cheers Andy.

[@WardleRestorations]

Hi mate, really glad you enjoyed!

[@MSgt-op4ke]

What a lovely place! 🇬🇧

[@jasonedwards3969]

What a fantastic place to visit and to run your own loco too ! Top Stuff !

[@WardleRestorations]

Jason Edwards thank u!

[@colinwykes1833]

Hey Ollie, that was sooooo cool. And if I don't see more I shall throw all my toys from the pram, after that I shall throw a tantrum and scream and scream till I'm sick. That might just be a bit dramatic but I think you get the point lol, really loved it thanks to you and Tian :) :) :)

[@WardleRestorations]

Colin Wykes don’t worry mate I don’t want to disappoint u! Will get filming more ASAP!

[@trainswithmark]

Great vid! That railway looks awesome. Wish I could do something like that in any guage. Just looks like fun!

[@WardleRestorations]

Really glad you enjoyed Mark!

[@jackminiaturetrains6627]

That’s the same engine that I got

[@KeretaDensha]

I cant imagine how heavy the locomotive. It carries a man. Wow...

[@theventuracountyrailfan]

Lol you should see some of the American ones, they can pull 100 people

[@jackminiaturetrains6627]

That’s the same engine that I got

[@themechbuilder6171]

you should see the STEAM ones!

[@baldypalmsrailroad]

Awesome layout! I'm interested in your track signal system, and your switch house. Love all the rolling stock are hand made. Ron//

[@WardleRestorations]

It’s a friends track! He’s put 25 years into it!

[@baldypalmsrailroad]

A friend with "ride on" trains is a good friend to have. Yes im sure a lot of years have been invested in the wonderful layout. Ron//

[@paulmavric887]

What a great Railroad layout👏👏👏👏👍

[@dthead]

Visiting all the 5inch tracks will keep you busy for years !! Lots to visit . Enjoy !

[@WardleRestorations]

Lots more content to come!

[@Steven_Rowe]

Love it. Can I give you one tip on videos. When you pan the camera you need to be deliberately very slow unlike when you turn your head. It looks like so much fun

[@WardleRestorations]

Cheers Steven

[@wayneruckley7346]

A wonderful layout and great presentation thks

[@jackminiaturetrains6627]

That’s the same engine that I got

[@MaartenRuisch]

You call your size 5" gauge. Is that the same as 1:16? I am building a Cargo wagon scale 1:14 but I also need weeks? The cargo wagon is part of an scale forklift truck. Because we had the forklift truck to load an unload the wagon. And that is what I want to show in RC. SO inam.looking for rails and wheels.

[@davepayne586]

never new they were that big, looks great

[@sanjeevpereira6765]

Great vedio & awesome background music

[@colinrobinson3034]

Thank you for your prompt reply. Besides those wagons are there any other rail stock available to pull ?

[@WardleRestorations]

Yes he has many different wagons and coaches, the box vans just happen to be my favourite 😂🙌🏻

[@imagentleman8]

Hi Ollie I loved the video but is there any chance you could tell me where in Cambridge this track is as I can’t find it on google

[@WardleRestorations]

Hi mate I can’t give away the address myself as it’s a friends private railway, so not open to the general public!

[@imagentleman8]

No I had a feeling that was going to be the case, shame though as it would bring in quite a bit of money if he ever decided to open to the public, especially if steam was on the track

[@WardleRestorations]

imagentleman8 he does often do galas for clubs etc but he’s not a fan of the fairground type style where people pay for rides, this is a more to scale model railway set up! Hope this helps 🙌🏻

[@kimjongbingbongtingtong4430]

@@imagentleman8 If you watch the whole thing carefully there''s enough info that I found it in about 20 seconds on Google maps, but it would be unfair to disclose the location, so you'll just need to stick on your best deerstalker and grab the magnifying glass

[@WardleRestorations]

Yeh it’s not hard to find but that’s not the point, it’s private property not a public fairground ride 😅

[@exehavenharbour]

Wow! Great video guy’s what a fantastic garden railway, I’d love one of those, now where’s the wife, lol! Cheers John

[@WardleRestorations]

Yeh it’s stunning! Feel free to subscribe for more! Got lots planned!

[@exehavenharbour]

Already subscribed and looking forward to more 👍

[@WardleRestorations]

Legend 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@chris58646458]

Hi Ollie you both looked if you really enjoyed the drive I thoroughly enjoyed the video it’s nice when everywhere is nice and green thanks for sharing that with us cheers both of you .... :0) ... Chris

[@WardleRestorations]

Sandrews international Junction hi Chris! Really pleased you enjoyed that! Yeh the weather was very nice!

[@greekrailways2681]

Hey, I like the video but how are the trains powered? Diesel traction, battery powered, or are the track electric like a model railway?

[@JPL04MEDAN]

WOW... Amazing railroad miniature... 👍🏼 Greeting from INDONESIA Railfans 😀

[@Bahamas-rd8le]

4:07 that’s from the AP Class 20 sound pack...?

[@WardleRestorations]

Mtroniks!

[@Zippin_and_Zoomin]

The engine with the tenders in the front and back looks like another somewhere wales engine 😀

[@iainrogers9183]

That’s just brilliant. Off the scale!

[@WardleRestorations]

Haha I’m glad you enjoyed mate!

[@eddywilliams6212]

Amazing! This is my dream I want to work towards for sure

[@James-Akers]

That is by far the best garden railway I've ever seen, and a 5" gauge ivatt 2mt , I was very impressed with that. Keep up the good work with the ride on wagon ollie and stay safe James P.s. shall I order some scale model scenery cable trunking for the owner so he can hide the cables? 😉😂

[@WardleRestorations]

You are going to need a lot of trunking in that scale to cover this garden 😆😂

[@James-Akers]

@@WardleRestorations *panic buys all the cable trunking they have left 😂

[@WardleRestorations]

LOL

[@sradowazyszczadoniecki6567]

What are the rails made of? is it an ordinary steel flat bar or some designed rolled steel rails for this gauge?

[@WardleRestorations]

im not entirely sure but I can find out for you!

[@awesomecronk7183]

That's a sweet sweet Garratt

[@jeffwells1255]

Very, very impressive!!

[@bentullett6068]

So cool, if I won the lottery this is what my garden feature would be.

[@WardleRestorations]

Glad you enjoyed mate! Plenty more to come!

[@navaneethdk]

How did you build those tracks

[@oliverbrelsford5472]

No problems social distancing in that garden!

[@WardleRestorations]

Exactly mate! Haha

[@sharktails6468]

amazing just needs an upgrade to 7,1/22"

[@homeandelectronicsstop1599]

good organized railway

[@AberystwythStation]

Hi Ollie. Very enjoyable 👍. The steamies look super! Especially the 2MT (I think it was! 😛). The 08 looks cool too. So... How do I get involved? 😝🤣 Stay safe, kind regards GWR

[@WardleRestorations]

The 08 is lush! Glad you enjoyed

[@jackminiaturetrains6627]

That’s the same engine that I got

[@Thomas.harding]

Is this based in Winchester

[@fatwalletboy2]

thats just nuts. is it smebodys private back garden or some kind of club set up? the stuff of dreams............i need to check my lotto numbers.

[@WardleRestorations]

Its someones private garden!

[@CycolacFan]

What’s the history of the layout, did he make everything by hand and how long has it taken so far? Is this a private layout or a club? Ever have trouble with leaves on the line?

[@WardleRestorations]

Everything’s hand made, took him 25+ years! It’s a private garden and yes, leaves on the line now and then!

[@henrikdagil3684]

What is 5" in scale size, im not good in the inch measurement 😊

[@mcbenman1793]

Who else is here from Zoe Robinson’s video Great video by the way. I loved the turntable bit it was so satisfying

[@WardleRestorations]

Glad you enjoyed!!!

[@Joe-iv5ks]

That's dedication to build and maintain a track like that and the fun of inviting friends over with their trains... Fabulous. Any idea how old it is?

[@WardleRestorations]

Joe Dempsey 25 years!!!

[@scottfw7169]

Looking at the turntable scene and thinking, eggs in a loose-coupled goods wagon ...

[@MrSmithtoo]

This is a 'garden' railway ?

[@WardleRestorations]

It’s in a garden so guess so!

[@ICUNA22]

Might take a little longer views of details (swivel device and 3 way switch, for example). Also show who Tian is and explain relation? Nice railroad and equipment!

[@WardleRestorations]

Il go into more details in a future video! Tian is my girlfriend, you can see her in the thumbnail!

[@wheezypalacemodels7726]

Wow Ollie, would love this in my garden...maybe need a lottery win first though. Great watch, thanks for that...Chris

[@WardleRestorations]

Really glad you enjoyed mate! Hopefully a lot more to come so feel free to subscribe for more if this is your sort of thing! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@chuckoster8221]

Just brilliant.

[@Rule1ModelRailways]

Im still pushing for a youtube meet up! :D

[@WardleRestorations]

Rule 1 Model Railways 100%!!

[@mcbenman1793]

Is that meet up public

[@homeandelectronicsstop1599]

very kool miniature train

[@DeanPorterEsq]

That can't be a cheap hobby in Fernando trains, tracks and buildings for the track but in terms of land it's based on.

[@Thetraveller411]

Do they have open visitor days for people who just want to come and see the trains ⁉️

[@WardleRestorations]

Friends of loco owners sometimes come along and watch but not the public as such

[@2KXMKR]

Just think, a few more years and DCC will probably be so advanced that you could convert these trains to run completely automatically. In just a few moments you could set up an entire day's running session, press the go button and sit back and watch the trains come and go.

[@WardleRestorations]

Its getting close to that already, a lot of options out there for radio control etc!

[@NewSouthEaston]

Wonderful! Makes my 5” gauge railway look like a siding! 😆 Great video.

[@WardleRestorations]

Don’t be silly, any size railway is a good railway! Put some pictures on my fb page if you have any, I’d love to see it!

[@johanstahl5555]

What are the rail maid of?

[@jtuttle11]

I don't believe car couplers like those have been used since the 1800's in America. Those things were 'DANGEROUS !'

[@astridvallati4762]

They are still used in Europe, although Auto Couplers are on modern unit trains. The Link is screw adjustable.