The Tiny Engines Of The Steeple Grange Light Railway

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[@lewiscarty5517]

This is actually near my home, just outside of Cromford, and the Steeple Grange Light Railway is fantastic to have near my home.

[@SamsTrains]

Oh very nice Lewis - your home is in a lovely place!! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@williamhall667]

@@SamsTrains I used to live in Brassington, the high peak trail runs across the top of the hill. if you walk a bit further.

[@darkfrag83]

@@williamhall667 how coincidential....I too lived in Brassington for a couple of years about 15 years ago

[@williamhall667]

@@darkfrag83 it was over 25 years ago when I lived there just over the road from the village hall.

[@No_more_wren]

Same

[@andrewpalm2103]

Well, well. Perhaps you are a railway enthusiast after all. A very well produced and enjoyable video, Sam. One of my favorite railroad topics is those small "critter" locomotives. Thanks!

[@SamsTrains]

haha maybe you're right Andrew - really glad you liked this one! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@Damien.D]

Very cute industrial railway. Had to check the gauge on the web, it's a tiny tiny 18 inches (547mm) ! But the original line was standard gauge. The remains of the cable hauled part are notable. It's pretty obvious of how it used to work. The wagon-catcher looks like and idea coming straight from a Sam's train experiment....

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks a lot Damien - yep that's the one, very tiny gauge indeed... but yeah, all new, not a preserved line or anything! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@gs425]

Credit where credit is due Sam. I know I sometimes comment with criticism, although always meant as constructive, however this is the best produced video you've done to date. Perfect detail, perfect length and great shots of the location. Have to say I was wondering if you were going to rate it's crawl and mechanism at the end lol. As for your presentation, it definitely got 5 stars from me! Cheers Gary

[@SamsTrains]

Well that's very kind Gary - thanks a lot and glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@tiddles4x4]

Please highlight more of these small heritage railways. They need our support and are often overshadowed by the bigger more famous railways.

[@NgenicKMicroTrains]

I feel the history in a beautiful place there. Very nice video ! Thank you, Sam !

[@SamsTrains]

You absolutely do - amazing little place! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@mrowl-the-dsm1304]

Great to see Sam on Tour, i love these little travel vlogs, that show different railways, that in turn create/inspire ideas for model and layouts so we really should support these. Its not too far from me, so I will be popping along when it reopens and take a look, and offer a donation. Good Stuff Sam

[@SamsTrains]

Thank you!! I really like doing them too - I'll definitely do more in the future!! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@fozz1437]

Light railway locomotives always look adorable! I'd love to visit one someday but they're basically non-existent in the USA :(

[@SamsTrains]

I agree!! Hope you can find some to visit soon :( Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@devinholland2189]

Look in to 7 1/2 in railroads. There are many of them scattered around the usa with more being built every year. Technically minatures they run live steam and haul passengers.

[@bentullett6068]

In the UK we have a few American narrow gauge locomotives running on a narrow gauge line in Brecon in Wales.

[@devinholland2189]

@@bentullett6068 2foot guage?

[@Tinhat47]

Fozz, we have two so famous that songs were written about them! The Frisco Silver Dollar Line (The Oak Ridge Boys “Ozark Mountain Jubilee”) and The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway (C.W. McCall’s “The Silverton”), not to mention the Dollywood Express at Dollywood here in Tennessee!

[@stegotron]

Can't beat a miniature railway for a day out. The hill looks like good exercise too!

[@SamsTrains]

Absolutely - it sure was good exercise!! ;D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@teescottageguyproductions]

If you go back to the Cromford and High Peak Railway soon on it there is the Middleton Top Incline Engine House. It’s a winding house with a persevered twin beam engine in which now runs on compressed air on open days instead of steam. There is also the leawood pump house which pumped water into the Cromford canal. It has a preserved Non Rotative beam engine which still runs on steam! It’s a bit like Tees Cottage Pumping Station where I volunteer (that’s what my channel is named after)

[@rjds1800]

Went there a few years ago, Steeple Grange and the artifacts around Cromford and High Peak is a fascinating place. There's a functional stationary engine in the area too.

[@edwardmortimer2150]

Went here a few years back, it was a tremendous little railway. Highly recommended to anyone in the area!

[@SamsTrains]

Very nice! I really enjoyed it too - very good indeed! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@bentullett6068]

These days out with Sam are great. If you can Sam have a day at the Apedale Valley Railway as it's a very interesting little narrow gauge line as it has a WW1 field railway using pre fabricated metal track which was like the narrow gauge track used in WW1. Best to go on a Gala day.

[@derronbailey9332]

Great Video Sam. You should definitely do more trips to real railways alike this one. I will for sure try and make a visit here when it opens next year. :)

[@pierslindley]

A very nice video. Hopefully they will get the rest of the line open this winter, ready for next spring.

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks a lot Piers - fingers crossed! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@FlyingScott]

One of the regular locomotives of this line is preserved at the Bluebell Railway, North London Railway class 75 no116, an 0-6-0 tank engine.

[@SamsTrains]

Oh I didn't know that - thanks a lot for sharing! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@paulcherrytrains3339]

Enjoyed watching. Good to see the smaller railways in action. Cheers Paul.

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks a lot Paul, glad you liked this! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@EerierFish16]

Nice to see you out in the open for the first time.

[@SamsTrains]

haha the first time?!? Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@SteamRoller605]

Good to see a different style of video. The Erewash Valley is full of old railways if you know where to look, some going back to horse-drawn tramways. More like this, please.

[@SamsTrains]

Thank you! It sure is - would love to film some more of them! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@duck1946]

Sam , excellent dayout video, looking forward to more? Have a look at 15inch guage Kirklees LightRailway ,near Wakefield some unique locos and Galas are excellent!! No handrails to criticise today!! Stay safe,

[@alancolclough4347]

Took my daughters on this railway back in the early 90s , now taking grandchildren . Great to see it still operating, and still having ex underground mining ' paddy cars'

[@SamsTrains]

Ahh fantastic - it is so lovely that it's still operating! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@Themodelrailer]

Really great to see something a little different good amount of footage and hopefully may get a few more people visiting to keep it alive and going

[@samgineer9857]

I thought you weren't a train enthusiast, you were a MODEL train enthusiast? XD Seriously though, always fascinating to see smaller railways such as this. Thank you for another great video!

[@Jimyjames73]

Hey Sam - I've been there quite a few yrs ago on my bike & @ 0:26 cycled both up & down that hill!!! @ 1:42 - I do believe that old wagon in that 'Catch Pit' is real!!! 🙂🚂🚂🚂

[@AntoekneeDE]

Thanks for the review, great to see some out-and-about, especially for a less publicised venue.

[@SamsTrains]

It's a pleasure, glad you liked seeing it! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@robertsparks3685]

A very enjoyable video. Beautiful clips. Very well put together with narrative and music. Thanks Sam.

[@logstudios8372]

I enjoy these types of vlogs, will you do the BlueBell Railway soon?

[@SamsTrains]

Thank you!! I'd love to one day! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@markofraneta614]

One of the most amazing videos to date. Excellent job Sam!

[@plesantvalleygospelsingers6259]

Oh my gosh Sam this is the best video of you done yet thank you so much for your work I struggle with depression and you just make the day a little bit better for me have a loved one day to be on your videos or at least one of my comments thank you so much Sam!! :-)

[@SamsTrains]

Thank you so much!! Really glad you liked this one!! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@markfrench8892]

Due to the lack of money I doubt I'll ever be able to visit this railway. Thanks for sharing.

[@lapiswake6583]

Very interesting. I've visited Wirksworth a few times for the EVR, but I didn't know this small railway existed until now.

[@thomasoates3003]

A lovely little railway, this. I always make sure to visit it when I'm in the area.

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks a lot Thomas - I'd highly recommend it! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@thomasoates3003]

@@SamsTrains No problem. Derbyshire is excellent for preserved railways.

[@LKBRICKS1993]

I have been on the high peak trail many times it us such a lovley place. I love the old brown round train station signs. Hope you enjoyed your day out Sam.

[@SamsTrains]

Awesome! That whole area is very lovely, very much enjoyed it! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@MrJoeyWheeler]

A fascinating little exhibit. Though I still feel sad to see that so little remains of the line. I imagine it'd have made a fine tourist attraction had it preserved.

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks Damian - yes that is true, but a lot of people sure do enjoy it... it's a lovely trail! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@vectorbrony3473]

If you can find it, check out some of the old videos of the Cromford and high peak railway when it was working. You see that the cable was a continuous loop and the wagons would be lashed to the cable to be hauled up and down. Most of the time gravity would be used with the steam engine acting as a helper.

[@ChetNotJet]

I recommend the LRR ( leak and rudyarad railway ) it is 10/4 inch gage and 1.5 k each way along a small walk that was a branch line

[@goldstartrains8483]

So close to home, nice one Sam! Have ridden these little trains with my daughter many times :)

[@darkfrag83]

Did you go to Middleton Top? The steam engine is still in place there. The wagon in the catch pit near Cromford Wharf is a genuine runaway

[@JBB27907]

I really like these tinyy vlogs! Hope you make more in the future :D

[@SamsTrains]

Thank you!! I will try to make more!! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@alanthorne3921]

As much as I love my full size trains I am leaning more and more to small mining/colliery operations and I have all the scenery/buildings /rolling stocketc to start a layout but no suitable locos.I take an interest in this because my Great Grandfather was the driver for decades of Wee Wee Georgie Wood a small narrow gauge steamer,that served the mine as well as the only communication to the outside world to the town of Tullah in Tasmania.A road was finally put in about 1960.Wee George is still going with tourist rides on a loop track around the town.There are vids on KZbin.thx Sam

[@shaunontheinternet1452]

If you find yourself round here again, check out Middleton top, where one of the winching engines is still there and kept in working condition. I also believe that the wagon in the catch pit is a genuine runaway!

[@willderbyshire4043]

Great video, if you’d have carried on walking you would of reached the Middleton top engine house, the engine is still there and they run it on odd days on compressed air!

[@billthomas8205]

Excellent, Sam - great to publicise such a good cause.

[@TurnFullCircle]

Omg!….you are in my neighbourhood! I live in derbyshire and you are on one of my favourite walks….small world! Cheers

[@Kitcheneering]

Hi Sam - if I'm not wrong many of the Commonwealth War Grave headstones were cut from this quarry.

[@Red_wine]

Would be interested to know how you got to high peak junction, that damn cromford road has been closed for over a bloody year now.

[@cogidubnus1953]

What a cracking little railway Sam...thank you for showing it to us...

[@iceeblueburst03]

Nice cute little miniature railway!

[@brianmicky7596]

Hi Sam Nice one looks a fantastic little railway, , otherwise lost in time, Thanks for the discovery, All the Best Brian 🤗😎, (PS glad it wasn't raining)

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks Brian - it was great to visit! And very lucky that it was dry too! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@peters1127]

Thanks for the ride and information.

[@thehobbyistden3720]

Nice to see what was a industry of trains still being used for history tours :D

[@AnythingForViews.]

Man it’s incredible how that crash pit works Fr

[@davidmolin8944]

Oh yes good old two foot narrow gauge railways always the most interesting experiences

[@adamstroudley]

Yay another e b i c vlog from Sam! Never heard of this railway before, I find it interesting

[@chasesrailwaylinesrr6447]

I love narrow railways there look so cool

[@johnpeters1441]

Nicely done. Never seen anything like this in the states out side of an amusement park. ( I dont get out much haha ) good change up !

[@dwaynejohnson4892]

You should review the hornby class 50. An amazing tool! Great video Sam ❤️

[@eastpavilion-er6081]

I noticed the brake van at the start of the video. I've been there in June of this year. As I remembered, the brake van is situated beside a beautiful resting area by a canal. It was quite a nice place.

[@SamsTrains]

Yeah that's the place - it is very lovely indeed!! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

Wow nice video with lots going on. Thanks for sharing.

[@blackseriessupremeleaderky669]

Yesterday I saw duchess of hamilton with my step brother and my step dad and it was awesome

[@ssarnold19]

Aww Sam I love these kind of videos! Looks like it was a bunch of fun and a nice day out.

[@SamsTrains]

Thank you so much! yes a really lovely day out! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@magnificus8581]

Looks fun! If I lived in the UK, would defo visit!

[@OlivierGabin]

Thanks to makes us discover such an interesting 304,8mm to the foot narrow gauge railway. I put it on my list of UK heritage railways to visit. No public transportation to go there ?

[@harryprince5472]

Hey Sam hope your doing good , you’re videos just keep getting better and better

[@SamsTrains]

Thank you so much Harry, that's really kind of you! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@mistermadmachine6311]

It’s funny long before this I saw a video about a similar video about a mining railway with an engine that looked like these ones

[@foxhillrailway2252]

enjoyed that Sam. your loft us great but out n abt with Sam is awesome... more please... Neil

[@ravingsFNF]

We need OO/HO versions of all the engines in this video

[@ravingsFNF]

This is really cool. Going there is on my bucket list.

[@SamsTrains]

Awesome! Hope you can get down there some time! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@samsonstronghold]

OH MY LIFE! My neck of the woods! When was this filmed? If you don’t mind me asking. Would have been awesome to pop along and meet you :) keep up the good work Sam! :)

[@dansterland1824]

Wow didn't know that was there great find Sam u should try the ecclesbourne valley railway in wirksworth it's a nice one great video 😀😀

[@ciaranburke3243]

Very interesting place sam, like your out and about videos 👍

[@loltangera]

I used to work near there, never knew it existed.

[@RobA500]

Great video, an interesting looking place.

[@sturmtigerking4263]

Oh wow this is cool. Great video. Does this class as an almost abandoned exploration?

[@mileschalker2226]

Hello Sam, awesome video as normal, I am looking to buy my first model railway set (00 gauge) for Christmas, is there any that you recommend, i have a £300 budget (give or take), and am looking for track, a loco, and some rolling stock, preferably DCC. I have been looking at the "Bachmann whiskies galore fitted sound train set", and was wondering if you had any thoughts on it, or if you had any recommendations, from someone looking to get into the hobby, and is quite serious about trains. Thanks, keep the good content up, Miles Edit: Or, could it be worth it to buy the pieces separately, and create it that way, as then I get choice of loco, and also rolling stock. Do you have any shop links to those, which will also support the channel?

[@danhudson4614]

Not as small as I was expecting but great non the less.

[@warbirdgamer]

Can you visit Plym Valley it's only open on a Sunday as that where the little Ruston is from

[@davidsheriff8989]

you should do more when weather permits

[@rafic-gs6mk]

hi sam i have a question will you ever go to a narro gauge industrial stream railway?

[@SamsTrains]

I certainly would love that yeah!! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@HazaTrand]

Love these kinds of vids Sam

[@bjmorley]

The wagon is original, iirc ran aground in around 1948/9.

[@GNRA1GreatNorthern1470]

Very nice, I have a friend who volunteers there

[@BobThomas123]

Sam did you teleport to another dimension? A narrow gauge railway

[@premiumorca2575]

I want to go there

[@fredtedstedman]

Interesting and educational - good job Sam !!

[@garrymartin6474]

I believe the wagon has been there since the line closed, pretty sure I've seen pictures in situ from when the line was open 🤔

[@SamsTrains]

Very interesting Garry - it could really have crashed there then?>! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@No_more_wren]

Go to ecclesbourne valley railway it’s really close to it a station of it is close by

[@dogshome7110]

Sam is outside in the sun!!! :-)

[@paulcarroll7767]

Very interesting real life video Sam :)

[@joshuaW5621]

Minature railways sure can be cool.

[@SamsTrains]

They sure can!! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@Pannierstudio]

Hey Sam I just saw you on tv for a brief second on the channel called yesterday How does it feel

[@NWRJ_WStudios]

Very Nice Sam Cheers Laura & Felix

[@SamsTrains]

Thank you so much you two! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@jamesdunloptrains]

Awesome video today Sam hope you enjoyed your day out lots of lovely veiws

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks James - I really did, and very lovely views! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@nilo70]

Very entertaining Sam !

[@wilfcat1713]

You should go to Statfold Barn one day.

[@SamsTrains]

That sounds great!! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@chasesrailwaylinesrr6447]

Some people use n scale as a mini train for ho scale

[@teescottageguyproductions]

Great video!

[@horatioyen256]

nice i like these irl videos

[@Tre-engineshorts]

Can you go to the Tallylyn railway?

[@star86703]

I've be to Cromford cancel it look really nice😁