What's happened with the Locomotive?

[@bluefoxy6478]

If Sir William was still around, he would be happy that his little ruston found a new home with a good new owner to take care of it.

[@lmm]

Yeah, I really think so. He did seem to take a liking to me, and was very happy that I was so very excited by the thing. What an honour it was.

[@bluefoxy6478]

It must really be. You lucky sun of a gun. BTW congrats on reaching 10,000 subs!

[@lmm]

I really do feel very privileged on this one. Thank you very much. We can't quite believe it!

[@bluefoxy6478]

Cheers to another 10,000!

[@GooseWaffe]

@@bluefoxy6478 this comment is amazing now isn't it?

[@SmithsMuseum]

I just love it when the question in the title is answered in the first 5 seconds. I will now watch the rest of the video.

[@markfrench8892]

It might not be the Flying Scotsman, but it's a beauty.

[@lmm]

I think I like it more than 4472 anyway 😂

[@bluefoxy6478]

It was own by sir William, the man who used to own 4472.

[@mjotrainbrain]

This was the first video I ever saw from you lot, hard to believe it was almost 2 years ago! It's been great seeing the channel grow! I'll be glad once you get that starter rebuilt and back in the Ruston, I'm itching for a video of it!

[@lmm]

I'm itching to have it running again too! Been far too long since it's made an appearance! It's been mad really this whole KZbin experience

[@highdownmartin]

Must have been undercover at fawley? People who were saying its small haven't tried stripping all the paint off it!

[@lmm]

It was under the shelter, one side exposed to weather, so not too bad. The stripping took a week. I'm indebted to alot of people for helping out with that!

[@DJ_K666]

I'll definitely have to visit the MSLR at some point as it looks like a nice little line. I do think the bigger railways seem so much less friendly, more about getting people in and out as quickly as possible. I was fortunate enough to drive one of these on the 2ft gauge AMberley railway in Sussex when I used to volunteer there.

[@therailwaysgoblin]

Woah! This is my first video I've seen of this Channel and I already love this channel! Sir William would've loved what your doing with the small ruston, it's soo cute!

[@lmm]

Thank you, glad you're enjoying it! I think he would have been really pleased :)

[@sheep1ewe]

This old lady is my favorite on this channel, i still dreaming with my model locomotives... :)

[@lmm]

I'm so smitten with her, she's an absolute beaut!

[@sheep1ewe]

@@lmm Almost all old locomotives sadly went to the scrapyard in my country, You guys realy deserve a gold medal for Your work with those woderful projects and preserving! My grandfather worked on the railroad when i was a little kid, hi showed me some old steam locomotives and tould me about them. ~

[@lmm]

We're super lucky in the UK with what we've managed through and save. It's really quite impressive! Thank you, we're really proud of what we've done!

[@sheep1ewe]

@@lmm My grandfather had an old catalogue where one could order small industrial railroad machinery from a Swedish company called "Edstrands" in the 1930s, i wish one could still order from it...

[@lmm]

Oh wouldn't that be awesome!

[@mattus1gig]

The size of that fan belt!!!! What kind of engine is in that?

[@lmm]

It's quite a chucky thing. It's one of Ruston's own units - the VRO

[@robertedwards3147]

Have you thought about using a wet sand blaster attachment on a water blaster for getting steel ready for paint

[@guyfromtma]

Was there lead paint in use in the UK back when the Ruston was first made? Might want to be careful about that dust while sanding and rust busting. Love the channel and this series, by the way.

[@NJPurling]

Unfortunate that nobody thought: 'Those tyres look thin. Hang on while we take a look at the state of the tyre profile.' A new set of tyres sounds very expensive.

[@lmm]

Wouldn't have stopped me buying it 😂 They're pretty expensive, but need to be done.

[@ATJonzie]

I absolutely love the size of the buffers compared to you and the size of the loco! Its just funny.

[@lmm]

They're actually functional, they're to stop the buffers locking together when pushing a wagon round a tight curve.

[@ATJonzie]

@@lmm cool

[@simidhel]

Nice update and great to see it's maintained such a good condition. Am off to see if you have more recent videos od it running now... Oh and you have a great presentation style by the way!

[@lmm]

Thank you, yeah we're really proud of the job that we have done on it. Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying what we do!

[@ewannewton979]

Are their any plans to fit a shackle and vacume or air brake

[@lmm]

Not at the moment. We don't have any air stock at the moment at the MSLR, so certainly not air 😂 Maybe vac in the future, but not currently.

[@ewannewton979]

@@lmm would help to have air stock wouldn't it 😂. I suppose if it's not hauling any stock their would be no point

[@lmm]

We shunt with it, but it seems to stop everything pretty well, and can only shunt one or two wagons up the line at a time anyway!

[@timothysmith8300]

keep uup the good work ive drivern a ruston 165 hp many times good fun hard work preparing /oiling up ect but good fun all around .

[@lmm]

165's are pretty good locos to be honest. I really enjoy using the one at the MSLR. We'll certainly try our best!

[@craiglogistics2092]

A good old Ruston built in my home town of Lincoln

[@lmm]

They made some brilliant bits of kit.

[@teescottageguyproductions]

There is a old loco like yours just sitting next to the Darlington railway Musuem

[@lmm]

There's quite a few of them about

[@Ellenslife851]

Looks like it’s coming out nice can’t wait to See it all done

[@lmm]

It came out lovely. Better than the red it arrived in.

[@Ellenslife851]

I agree it was pretty ruff when you first bought it. But I can’t wait to see the finished product on it when it’s finally up and running in fully restored. Because I really think it is a neat piece and you don’t see too many of these old Smaller trains like these being saved from the scrapyard a lot of people are slowly getting rid of that stuff especially railroads that have had that stuff sitting out for years and and it broke down on them years before they are scrapping it for the value not fixing or not selling it to a collector what they should do. I know of an old steam train that’s probably longer than that and twice the size of that but it’s sitting at the American Railway Co. terminal in New York City USA I believe is where it is at that terminal and it has been there since it was parked some 60+ years ago after having issues and then upgrading to a better train that was faster instead of fixing that one and it’s a shame to see that it is such in rough condition I wish I could go to New York City and buy the train off of them because it’s a shame to see the state that it is in I think it deserves to be rescued and restored. They’re a part of our history and I think they should be preserved for more generations to appreciate the history of the world.

[@Ellenslife851]

Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels But you see this was many items getting scrapped it just because nobody buys them right off I think they should be preserved.

[@lmm]

It's important to save these things, once they're gone, they're gone. I'm so proud of how the 48 is looking now! In fairness in the UK there are loads of little industrial locos preserved. We're very lucky! Saving steam locos needs many people and more money sadly. But very worthwhile!

[@Ellenslife851]

Think it would be cool to have an old steam train like the one that is sitting at the American Railway terminal and if I had a big enough piece of property that I could build a railroad track going around my property and be able to deliver my hair and different things to different areas of my farm that has always been a dream of mine since I watched a farmer on ABC who had had a life dream to own a rail road in his backyard and as he got older and started to retire more from the farming industry he decided to build one of those but I think it would be handy to have for my farm and help me out immensely by delivering the hay right to the loft door of the barn. Or maybe delivering grain for my cows or feed for my chickens or food for my horses whatever its uses are it would still be of a great use on the farmstead

[@JC-il6ps]

Nice little loco that, will it be used on passenger trains when it's up and running or will it be limited to shunting/stock duties?

[@lmm]

It's mostly going to be used for works trains and light shunting, but all being well she'll do some passenger services with our brakevan on special days. And thank you, I'm so happy with it!

[@edwardmortimer2150]

Can we have a video of u driving it on a longer stretch of track

[@lmm]

There's a couple of shots in What's Broken Now videos of it trundling about, but we'll try and revisit it soon!

[@michaelfougeroussejr9571]

Not sure what happened but could not hear a word you said!

[@lmm]

That's interesting... I'm sorry about that!

[@commodoresixfour7478]

Yeah same here. I enjoy them however.

[@laurajager-crneck3416]

Not sure what happened but my audio was choppy and couldn't hear him as well.😞

[@lmm]

No idea what's happened there for you guys. Sorry about the inconvenience, Seems OK at this end, I'll have a further gander..

[@thersaholycow]

Cant hear a thing, what happened to the audio?

[@lmm]

Not a clue, got volume at our end.

[@Marci124]

It's only mangled in mono for some reason. Like for instance when one has only one Bluetooth earphone connected. The issue lies somewhere between YT, the browser, the operating system, the laptop, and this video. Shame on the guilty party, I'm sure one of these days we will figure stereo out.

[@jollygreenjeff2640]

lawrie goes his own loco

[@musicgarryj]

There was a similar British Rail departmental shunter No.DS1169 based at Yeovil Junction in the early 1970's. www.flickr.com/photos/12a_kingmoor_klickr/41516074570

[@lmm]

Oh yeap, it's the same class. Poor little thing.

[@sardav160479]

Happy new year to you

[@lmm]

Thank you - and to you!

[@lt1fd3s]

i look forward to the little loco video tours of England!

[@lmm]

I really want to take to some other railways. That would be so much fun

[@kymvalleygardensdesign5350]

I would love to own an engine that you could actually operate! (A little bit jealous) 😀

[@lmm]

It's been quite the challenge

[@kymvalleygardensdesign5350]

@@lmm I am sure but all these old machines are.However well worth the effort.

[@daveanderson5680]

I’d be interested in hearing the mechanical details of the engine & driveline. Regarding “performance”......I’d like to watch a half a dozen Ferraris & Lamborghinis try to pull a little train along.

[@lmm]

I've had a long running debate with one of my friends over would his jag xf be able to drag my loco. Stayed tuned in the new year for a closer look at the loco!

[@bluefoxy6478]

"I challenged my friend to see if he can pull my loco!"

[@Pekkett]

Of course there's gonna a little bit of rust, It's a RUSTon.

[@lmm]

It's a good little thing

[@AGSGuy]

Standard Gauge?

[@bluefoxy6478]

Yes it is.

[@lmm]

It's a tiny little standard gauge diesel. One of the smallest mass produced in the UK!

[@Kai01191-t]

5:37 it's half asleep Chris

[@Curlicuecurli]

I want a train now

[@lmm]

I recommend it. It's quite strange, knowing other people can use it, but it's made me so happy!

[@Curlicuecurli]

Well I can’t anyways because I’m 14 lol

[@bluefoxy6478]

* several years later * Will likes trains: i went out and bought a train.

[@lmm]

That would be good 😂

[@CB3ROB-CyberBunker]

it's gonna need a 'big old diesel' just to move those steel plates it it self is made of around. :P bet that thing weighs like 20 tonnes all on it's own. lol.

[@lmm]

She's pretty light actually, only 7.5 tonnes!

[@benzinapaul7416]

Just seen Hornby have launched a OO scale model of the Ruston...be a cheaper option for you!

[@lmm]

I just saw it this morning! I'm so excited. I'm definitely going to have to get one!

[@bluefoxy6478]

Bet hes gona make a model version of the yard were it works and out it on display there and then have another ruston in the cab of the full size one cause why not?

[@thecanadianbandit3841]

It’s been Rustin

[@lmm]

Despite the name, it was actually surprising good!

[@bluefoxy6478]

Ayyy nice pun!

[@theextremeanimator4721]

Are they more powerful than a car?

[@lmm]

I think that very much depends on the type of car. Power probably not, Torque, quite possible.

[@PieAndChips]

Could easily beat a Skyline in a drag race

[@lmm]

I reckon so 😂

[@смиренный-х2б]

The train has 45hp or so

[@MrKeyboardCommando]

Aargh, I'm not first‼️ Bugger, bugger, bugger‼️🤬🤬🤬

[@lmm]

I'm not disapointed in you, but you should be disapointed in yourself. 😂 😂 😂

[@MrKeyboardCommando]

@@lmm The latter half of your comment encapsulates my life. As for the former half, that's the first time I've ever been told that‼️😢😢😢

[@lmm]

I almost feel bad 😂

[@MrKeyboardCommando]

@@lmm 🤣🤣🤣 You're just a kind, sympathetic, soft hearted, total bastard‼️🤣🤣🤣

[@martynbuzzing3327]

You're too hard on yourself..😂 I'm sure your other projects worked out..