Esso Tank Wagon - Laminated Metal & Peeling Paint

[@roberthocking9138]

Thanks for the update and congrats on your wedding , I hope you have many many happy years together

[@WardleRestorations]

Appreciate it thank you!

[@mmmmmtrains]

Congrats on wedding 👍 Don't know if you'll have enough access as they can be big but a mag drill would get the rivets out.

[@WardleRestorations]

Any particular brand of mag drill you suggest? Thank you!

[@mmmmmtrains]

@@WardleRestorations Sorry, I don't have any suggestions on brand. They can be £300+ though so might be worth checking any local tool hire places. Is there much access underneath as the drills can be tall.

[@WardleRestorations]

I’ll take a look either way. Our engineering guys might have one!

[@ThePhosphater]

I do enjoy watching your video's

[@WardleRestorations]

Very kind of you to say, appreciate it!

[@Odinnyb13]

Congratulations on the wedding! and splendid work as always!

[@WardleRestorations]

Thank you, & thanks for the nice words!

[@tomeames903]

Amazing video as always, love seeing the progress :) Congrats on the wedding!

[@WardleRestorations]

Thank you Tom!

[@colinwykes1833]

Congratulations to you and Tianna on your wedding. I admire your hard work on the tanker, each part you restore is begging to show what the tanker is going to look like when complete great video Ollie. :) :) :) Tale care and stay safe.

[@WardleRestorations]

Thank you for the kind words mate, yeh when I step back I can see how much I’ve already done but the road ahead is still long 🤣

[@jamesbowsher5982]

Great progress. Nice to see some moderately heavy engineering and to know you've got a plasma cutter. That'll save you time! Congrats on your wedding. Looking forward to seeing your next episode.

[@WardleRestorations]

Thank you for the kind words, yes a plasma cutter was a necessary investment after the amount of cutting discs I’ve been through! 🤣

[@Skipper.]

Congratulations on your wedding, and on your progress with the tank it’s looking good.

[@WardleRestorations]

Thank you mate, much appreciated, hope you enjoyed the video!

[@nutsnbolts77]

Congrats on your wedding. Tank wagon progress is coming along nicely.

[@WardleRestorations]

Thank you & yes, slow and steady. Already made large amounts of progress since the video was filmed too!

[@garysoap7925]

Glad you’re at it again

[@WardleRestorations]

Me too, just very time consuming!

[@3BRail-xw9kb]

Good progress Ollie and a great update video!! Hope the good weather holds for you.

[@WardleRestorations]

Fingers crossed, sun won't be here forever!

[@IACooper]

A quick and easy way to get out old rivets is to grind the head flush - which also reveals where the shank of the rivet is (not necessarily in the middle of the head!). Drill a small pilot hole through the body of the rivet (5mm ish will do). Use gas-axe to open out the pilot hole into a cross - the ends don't need to break out of the edges of the rivet as you're just heating & relieving the centre. Once the centre has been relieved try a lump hammer and a drift, if it doesn't punch quickly out then let it cool a bit - this will make the rivet contract and a slacken slightly, then reheat back to red to soften the metal and drift out with lump hammer again. The most time consuming part is grinding the heads flush, especially when you've got loads to do.

[@BritishRail60062]

Would C F Booths at Rotherham be able to help? They scrap a lot of trains when they are decommissioned. Great work on the tank wagon. Hopefully one day, I hope you can restore a Class 60 Diesel Locomotive. Keep up the great work. All the best, Peter.

[@WardleRestorations]

That’s hoping there’s some class 60s left, unfortunately any of these tanks that wernt preserved would have been cut up many moons ago

[@octopus680]

Great restoration work -i should send my vintage trucks to you!

[@WardleRestorations]

Ha! No guarantee you’d get them back in one piece 🤣

[@octopus680]

@@WardleRestorations He he im sure your wrong, keep up the good work. 👍

[@shedhead00]

Congratulations and look after your wedding ring while you're working with metal.

[@WardleRestorations]

Haha I will do, wasn’t as expensive as her ring though! 🤣🤣

[@cheekyfox161]

Tanks for the update!

[@WardleRestorations]

Was waiting for a tank pun 🤣🤣

[@Madonsteamrailways]

I bet you’re painting this tank wagon to protect it from the elements!! I’m highly impressed!!

[@WardleRestorations]

Thank you!

[@mels1811]

Brilliant video Ollie

[@WardleRestorations]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Flymochairman1]

Good going Ollie. Congratulations again and best wishes to Mr & Mrs. I so wish I could come and help but distance isn't the only obstacle. Can you use scrapers instead of the wire wheel on some areas? Just a thought. Stencil sets too? All the best and catch up again soon, sir. Cheers!

[@Living_Life_RN]

Great video Ollie. You’re doing a great job given the limited facilities available to you. The mix of units of measurement from 3:00 did hurt my head a little tho. Keep up the good progress and congrats on your wedding mate.

[@WardleRestorations]

Thank you for the kind words! Can only apologise for the mix of units, soon as I start getting hot / tired my brain doesn’t want to use the same unit 🤣 hope you enjoyed, I’ll try keep the units the same in the next one!

[@Living_Life_RN]

@@WardleRestorations don’t worry about it too much mate. I’m much the same when I get too hot. Only difference is that I usually manage to lose the thing I’m measuring before I get chance to measure it 🤣

[@carolinecleaveley-q1r]

congratulations on your wedding Ollie. caroline

[@WardleRestorations]

Thank you Caroline 😊👍

[@campcreekhill8933]

Congratulations.... you should have jacked the tank with 20 ton bottle jacks

[@WardleRestorations]

Had thought of that but was worried there might not be much stopping it move left or right if lifting from below, compared to a crane or something!

[@tonyveness7037]

Congratulations on your marriage yes in joying every episode. 🇦🇺 Austraila

[@WardleRestorations]

Glad you’re enjoying from across the pond!

[@GWRailFan]

massive congratulations on the wedding, do you not have a local scrap yard, or some sort of metal works near you who might have some off cuts or can do a cheap cut for you ?? engineering do an amazing job, railways like these would be lost without someone who can do that sort of skilled work, i dont get why other preserved lines dont do an open top wagon with benches, as long as weather is mint it gives an excuse to do a freight kinda day anddd gets out in the lush air as you go up and down

[@kellyashfordtrains2642]

Very nice. Not to interfere, but husbands and wives stick together. Family comes first. Nevertheless, are any proper trains able to run yet? I prefer ground-level shots.

[@WardleRestorations]

What proper trains do you suggest we have running?

[@kellyashfordtrains2642]

@@WardleRestorations I like the Bubblecar, Mr. DMU, if he's still there, and best of all a saddle tank engine with a few Guard's Vans (brake van special style). Those are my suggestions. To me, a railway isn't a railway without an engine in operation.

[@WardleRestorations]

Plenty of bubble car and steam engine shots in the video!

[@sunking9050]

Congrats on your marriage. Have I missed something because I haven't been able to find any updates beyond #22 (or #23) for Brake Van Diaries

[@WardleRestorations]

Brake van is still at the railway, I’ve just been very busy with other projects so it’s gone on the back burner!

[@sunking9050]

@@WardleRestorations it’s obviously your call but I think it’s a bit unfair on your viewers to leave us hanging out to dry just as it appeared you were to getting closer to the finishing straight…and what a beauty when finished I can imagine

[@WardleRestorations]

Not anywhere near the finishing straight, my regular viewers know how I do things on this channel so perhaps you might be best looking for another channel to watch.

[@sunking9050]

@@WardleRestorations ok I’ll take your advice and unsubscribe. I just wanted to give you some feedback but obviously that’s unwelcome so I’ll be singing off from herein. Thx for the enjoyment of watching tall the series so far

[@WardleRestorations]

@@sunking9050 no worries!

[@JRM-VSR]

Part of the issue with cost of the metal may well be the shipping -- shipping things that are longer than 1m is much more expensive. If you can collect it, that may change the price dramatically...

[@WardleRestorations]

Yeh I’ve only ever looked online so maybe best to start finding some local suppliers!

[@motherfolkinrhymes3836]

It might work out cheaper to find a local engineering firm and purchase as a full sheet of 5mm steel. Some places will then cut to size in house so you can collect the cut pieces and the off cuts or they may deliver to you if you are local. When purchased online, the cost goes up over 1m length because of postage size and weight restrictions, bigger or heavier stuff may be cheaper shipped on a pallet if you can't collect yourself.

[@WardleRestorations]

Yeh I need to do some research and find some local firms but ordering online is just so much easier, all be it far more expensive!,

[@robine5280]

Drilling additional holes isn't a great idea because it weakens the beams (and the most part of the load is on the upper and lower part of an I, C or I beam). Maybe try an air hammer on those rivets. These are pretty cheap like the needle gun.

[@WardleRestorations]

Yeh i think i plan to get them out one way or another, saves drilling excess holes too. I’m sure my needle gun has an air hammer attachment so i might have to try that!

[@newlynnrailway]

Price jump is due to the size, Hikes the postage, your better off looking for a local steel stock holder or engineering firm.

[@WardleRestorations]

To be honest I didn’t even consider the extra postage but makes sense, I’ll have to find some local metal dealers

[@Blairgowrie_Forest_Railway]

Have you ever considered sandblasting the rust off your wagon?

[@WardleRestorations]

Yes I have, unfortunately because of the fact it’s outside and the sheer amount of blasting material I’d need it just isn’t cost effective

[@Madonsteamrailways]

Which heritage railway is this? I know it’s a heritage railway because of the diesel multiple unit Class 101 or 117!! I used to be Train Janitor at the Epping Ongar Railway.

[@WardleRestorations]

This is the Colne Valley Railway in Halstead! :)