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Dave Robinson
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Videos of railway interest in particular Live Steam
O Gauge Live Steam: Wiltshire 2024
At the start of July I opened my garden railway for live steam running. The day started in light rain but ended in glorious sunshine. It was also a blustery day throughout hence the wind noise. But we all had great fun.
Of note is some very long freight trains snaking round the various S curves. Also double headed NER 0-8-0s. There is also good representation of passenger trains.
The video is topped and tailed by my favourite passenger engine - NER class R. This model is battery powered and was made by Chrisopher Dean.
00:00 Introduction
00:33 LNER N2 (Nicolas)
00:42 LNER Q5 (John)
01:30 NER R (Chris)
04:48 Q5 collects more hoppers (Jack)
05:43 Q6 added to long train (John)
08:35 Two GNR Atlantics (John and Dave)
11:26 GWR 2-8-0 (Alex)
12:33 Mouse on Hoppers (Jack)
14:48 Coal fired Mikado (William)
17:24 LNER D49 (John)
18:52 LNER J21 (Jack)
18:59 Tornado (Nicolas)
22:42 Alex backs onto hoppers
23:53 BR 4MT (Nicolas)
24:42 Epilog NER R
25:26 The Crew
25:52 Credits
Of note is some very long freight trains snaking round the various S curves. Also double headed NER 0-8-0s. There is also good representation of passenger trains.
The video is topped and tailed by my favourite passenger engine - NER class R. This model is battery powered and was made by Chrisopher Dean.
00:00 Introduction
00:33 LNER N2 (Nicolas)
00:42 LNER Q5 (John)
01:30 NER R (Chris)
04:48 Q5 collects more hoppers (Jack)
05:43 Q6 added to long train (John)
08:35 Two GNR Atlantics (John and Dave)
11:26 GWR 2-8-0 (Alex)
12:33 Mouse on Hoppers (Jack)
14:48 Coal fired Mikado (William)
17:24 LNER D49 (John)
18:52 LNER J21 (Jack)
18:59 Tornado (Nicolas)
22:42 Alex backs onto hoppers
23:53 BR 4MT (Nicolas)
24:42 Epilog NER R
25:26 The Crew
25:52 Credits
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O Gauge Live Steam: Crewchester May 2024
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Open day at Crewchester in May 2024. True to Crewchester origins there were a couple of clockwork engines as well as the usual mix of live steam. There is a good mix of locos and stock as well as an unusual Gresley slip coach. Jack provided shunting support when strengthening trains etc as well as very credible run up the steep bank from Fircombe Hall. Thanks for Alex and William for use of the...
O Gauge Live Steam : Crewchester Sept 2023
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Something to brighten up these dark evening with a reminder of warmer weather an live steam outside. In a pleasant day we ran on Crewchester for the second time in 2023. Of note was William getting to grips with his coal fired Mikado, A J27 running through the new high level avoiding line of Abbottsdene, King Arthur running through Crewchester at record speed ( the crew had not been informed of...
O Gauge Live Steam: David Meyrick Sept 2023
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On a very warm (too warm ?) early September day we met at David Meyrick's extensive garden railway for a steam-up. Good combination of freight and passenger trains snaking round the open curves. See many passing shots as well as trains thundering through Earlstone station. Thanks to William, Nicolas and Neil for use of their clips and stills 00:00 Intro 00:27 GWR King (David) 00:50 LMS Crab (Jo...
O Gauge Live Steam : Chris Lovell Aug 2023
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We had great fun on Chris Lovell's garden railway this year. In this video you'll see several times of an engine turning on the triangle as well as many of the runs starting and ending in the station area. You will also see a couple of times when an engine had to wait for a crossing movement ahead. So satisfying to represent prototypical operation. See the pair of L1s BTW as it was filmed over ...
O Gauge Live Steam Wiltshire Aug 2023
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The weather at the start of August was very variable. As a result my annual open day was actually over two days on consecutive weekends. The first weekend was only a very small gathering but we managed to get some running in between the downpours. Fortunately the second weekend had much better weather and we had a large gathering including several locomotives which had not visited before. I'm i...
O Gauge Live Steam on Crewchester May 2023
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Live steam running on Crewchester in May 2023. Lovely sunshine and excellent steaming Thanks to Nicolas and William for sharing clips and Graham for the photograph of the Usual Suspects. 00:00 - Prelude 00:08 - LNER B6 (Rafe) 00:46 - LMS Princess (Nicolas) 01:18 - Coal fired Mikado (William) 02:48 - Merchant Navy (Alex) 04:04 - Class 47 (Alex) 04:32 - LNER Q6 (Dave) 05:05 - NER T2 (Chris) 06:56...
O Gauge Live Steam: DavidMeyrick July 2023
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Its July so its O Gauge Live Steam at David Meyrick's wonderful garden railway. There are many wonderful shots as trains run through the station, over bridges and through cuttings including several passing shots as trains snake past each other. See Rafe's award winning WD 2-8-0 has received a coat of paint in BR black. Thanks to Nicolas who provided some of the clips including the two walk-roun...
O Gauge Live Steam: David Meyrick Sept 2022
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This is my final video of O Gauge live steam from 2022. David Meyrick opened his extensive garden railway on 17th Sept. There was a full compliment of locomotives and stock in action. Hence there are many passing shots with trains running concurrently on the inner and outer circuits. In addition, we made use of the storage sidings and side platforms with several trains starting their runs runni...
O Gauge Live Steam: Chris Lovell Aug 2022
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After a break of a couple of years due to Covid, it was great to be back at the usual two day event in August hosted by Chris and Beverly. This double track is well integrated into the garden and offers multiple interesting viewpoints. In addition the spectacle was enhanced by several several passing shots at trains snake past each other. Chris' track highlights some interesting civil engineeri...
O Gauge Live Steam: Crewchester at 70
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This video is a celebration of Crewchester at 70 and consists of clips from Graham's open days in May and Sept 2022. While the majority of sequences are of live steam, there are some of battery electric and clockwork. In 2022, Graham made two changes to the track layout which increased the operational interest. Firstly all three of the through platforms in Crewchester can access the top loop. T...
O Gauge Live Steam David Meyrick July 2022
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Just before the weather got really hot and dry, David Meyrick opened his garden for live steam running on 2nd July. As you can see from the video, the weather was typical for the UK with a mixture of sunshine and showers. However our enthusiasm was not dampened with many excellent runs including from some engines not seen before. Indeed the overcast weather enhanced the steam effects. There are...
O Gauge Live Steam : Wiltshire June 2022
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At my open day this year a local professional photographer and railway enthusiast came along and took many fantastic shots. So this time my video consists mainly of his stills in a slideshow with a few videos clips at the end. As you will see and hear, the weather was not the best. But I'm reminded that grass can be green. In fact it was a full two months after my open day before I was to cut t...
O Gauge Live Steam: Crewchester May 2022
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Graham made an improvement to the track layout in Crewchester. Now all the through platforms can reach to loop making for some interesting movements. For example, John's coal fired Atlantic runs light engine to the carriages waiting in Crewchester on an empty road. Then draws the train forward anticlockwise on the loop. John and Jack have fun with a pick up goods dropping off some wagons for Fi...
O Gauge Live Steam - Graham talks about Crewchester
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Graham talks about his inspiration for his garden railway designed for live steam. In it, he explains some of the things you need to consider for live steam as well as how to integrated the line into a garden. You will get a tour of the line as well as several of the best video clips of running sessions over they years. Graham was a good friend of Jack Ray and hence Graham explains how he rescu...
O Gauge Live Steam : Crewchester Oct 2021
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O Gauge Live Steam : Crewchester Oct 2021
O Gauge Live Steam : David Meyrick Sept 2021
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O Gauge Live Steam : David Meyrick Sept 2021
O gauge Live Steam - Wiltshire Aug 2021
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O gauge Live Steam - Wiltshire Aug 2021
O Gauge live steam: David Meyrick July 2021
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O Gauge live steam: David Meyrick July 2021
O Gauge Live Steam : David Meyrick Sept 2020
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O Gauge Live Steam : David Meyrick Sept 2020
O Gauge Live Steam in Wiltshire Aug 2020
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O Gauge Live Steam in Wiltshire Aug 2020
O gauge Live Steam Crewchester July 2020
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O gauge Live Steam Crewchester July 2020
O Gauge Live Steam: David Meyrick July 2020
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O Gauge Live Steam: David Meyrick July 2020
O Gauge Live Steam in Essex Oct 2019
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O Gauge Live Steam in Essex Oct 2019
O Gauge Live Steam: Crewchester Oct 2019
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O Gauge Live Steam: Crewchester Oct 2019
O Gauge Live Steam - Wiltshire Oct 2019
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O Gauge Live Steam - Wiltshire Oct 2019
O Gauge Live Steam: David Meyrick Sept 2019
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O Gauge Live Steam: David Meyrick Sept 2019
O Gauge Live Steam: DavidMeyrick July 2019
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O Gauge Live Steam: DavidMeyrick July 2019
There must be a way to put a remote control in those locos...
@@UncleFester84 some of the steam locos have governors which means they run at a constant speed. So need for RC. The battery locos are all RC
The BR 4MT and Tornado are stunning. Hope to see more of them!
@@__Dusty_ Yes Nicolas is an excellent modeller. Having his battery RC models on hand means there is never a gap in traffic. Indeed at one point we had 3 trains active on two running lines.
How do you get these type of engines?
By building them. You can find some online once in a while if you're lucky.
Unfortunately most of these engines are scratch built. Details of how to do so are in the Live Steam book available in the Gauge O Guild store. You can find commercial built externally fired locos (e.g. Leech Jinty and Bassett Lowke Mogul) on the Internet occasionally.
My mind is blown
Well done! 👍👍
just subbed . love the trains .
thunbs up doc. !!!!!
Just sublime 😍
Very Nice Indeed 😊
I have enjoyed watching all of your videos, but... this one is by far the best you have produced! Not only editing but camera work was great. I particularly loved double heading and very long train. Thank you!
@@bambukouk thanks for our comments. The long freight trains are a particular highlight of this video
Fabulous stuff. I would love to have a garden railway. MAny thanks for posting :)
Running in the garden is great. As a builder you have to think about similar civil engineering problems that face the 12" to Ft engineers
I really wish that there were some film of Jack Ray's 'Crewchester'.
@@532bluepeter1 there are several videos on the Gauge O Guild archive of the original Crewchester. Jack Ray was keen to use photography and video to promote the hobby.
@@DrDave_63395Thank you for your response. Is that exclusive to Gauge '0' Guild members?
@@532bluepeter1 afraid so. when I tried this morning it asked me to log on using my Guild password. But then the Guild offers a one month free membership
Jack made five or six full length vhs records of his layout in operation. That ended in 1998, when Jack baqecame full-time carer to his wife. The layout was dismantled in 2002 and l helped with that, hence l have the Crewchester buildings here on my layout that you see now. Jack was delighted with their new home and often came here to run, and latterly just to watch. He died in 2011, aged 95, leaving a huge garden railway legacy. He has been my inspiration since l was ten, with all his magazine articles over the years. In 2022 we celebrated Crewchester's seventieth birthay. Though you bemoan the loss of the original Crewchester l hope you have enjoyed David Robinson's brilliant records of steam days at the current one. Thankyou David, (7400 hits in six days is phenominal ) and thank you Jack for your vision of a great way to use a garden. Graham Sheppard
Excellent thanks
nice layout, but too many wagons to pull uphill ( or not enough steam )
@@jandoerlidoe3412 thanks. BTW if you are commenting on the Q6 at the end of the video, it has a governor to keep the speed down to a prototypical rate.
Superb layout ! 😊 My dream O gauge garden railway. I have an ideal garden. Unfortunately my age and my budget won't allow it. Great video though ! 😊
@@robertmatthews8302 Graham has done much to integrate his railway into the garden as well providing many scenic features including signals we engine drivers often demolish!
Astonishing. What an achievement.
Bonjour quel modèle de voie utiliser vous pour l extérieur merci
Track is Peco with Peco points. I also use Markway points outside
@@DrDave_63395 Merci
Great vidio, nice garden layout. Thanks for the morning coffee...
First time I've come across this fantastic layout - what a huge effort that must have been to create it, and the motive power and rolling stock. Thanks for sharing.
Your welcome, If you want more information about Crewchester layout, in my video ua-cam.com/video/STEJPbiT0n4/v-deo.html Graham explains the history
Shear perfection! The raised track that is obscured by the hedge is really effective and looks like an embankment. The planting is very impressive. Well done and thank you for sharing.
@@geordieceltic2 Graham’s planting of Loniceria Nitida is an excellent way to hide the supports for the raised track section
Loved the Slip Coach.
@@tonywise198 I did half think about dropping that clip😀
Are Alex's clockwork locos teleguv fitted Dave?
@@robertcomerford375 yes. Actually Alex is Bob Lovells grandson. Bob did much to popularise Telegov regulated clockwork engine back in the day.
That’s amazing - I love clockwork and have some of the big vintage Bassett Lowke pacifics plus a Walker-Fenn with the gramophone regulator- would love a telegov loco. The live steam is also divine as always. Again - I have some vintage steamers but these are so refined 👍
@@davidparry1982 advantage of high pressure internal firing. 😀
@@DrDave_63395 He couldn't run anything not so equipped then :>) I think how many phones went to scrap years ago, their dial speed regulators could have been put to good use!
Wow 🤩
Well done! (Love the shirt)! 👏😊
always worth waiting for 👍 thank you for another great video Chris
Hey, how much water is in the boiler and tender, and how long can you run on it?
The capacity really depends on the prototype. My LNER Q6 (NETTA) boiler has a 90ml capacity but I usually start with 50ml. The axel pump will raise the water level during the run. The tender is mainly water with a meths tank holding 65ml. The run is governed by the amount of meths at about 30 mins - by which time the lubricator needs topping up again. As you see from my videos, we also top up the water in the tender on the go.
I would love to have 0 gauge live steam on my railway. I will be running my collection of Hornby live steam on the 00 gauge section of my garden railway. Thanks for subscribing to my channel.
BTW we will be running O gauge live steam at the Gauge O Guild show in Kettering next weekend.
Great show Dave. Gorgeous layout. How many of those engines are LBSC design?
Glad you liked the video. My Q6 is basically the NETTA design from LBSC but with a fire tube boiler and the cylinders closer to scale. In some of my other videos there is a BAT or two. Most of the other engines are scratch built from own design. That said, follow the words and music of LBSC and you’ll have a working live steam engine. If you do built an LBSC design, go for 29mm back to back wheels. Btw another source of inspiration is the Gauge 0 Guild ‘live steam’ book - still available from the Guild bookshop.
These are great.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed seeing these little steamers in action
Fun video.
I'd be curious to see what cars they ran with the Bowman trains. I have one of the larger Bowman trains myself but I haven't seen any cars for sale yet.
As an American I have to say I am in LOVE with these british trains. I own a Bowman I found here in the states but I'm thinking of perhaps picking up a Basset Lowke or something where you can control it's speed. The Bowman looks amazing but from what I've read it's kind of a light and let rip loco. lol
I so enjoyed this video. Here in your former colony, most of our live steam uses larger scales.
Glad you enjoyed these miniature live steamers
Excellent! 👍👍
The guard's tea jug must have gone flying across the van round the curves at that speed. Nice sounds, nice rolling stock.
Great stuff.... awesome layout... Great locos and rolling stock... 👍🙂🇳🇿✅
Thank you 👍
You are welcome
Bloody marvellous stuff.
Meep
Great videos. I'm wondering if the track maintenance is a lot of work? I know that you also have a ground level railway as this one is partially, does that add a lot of effort over a raised track?
Ground level track on a firm foundation (e.g. concrete base) and the track glued down is relatively easy to maintain. Indeed much of my track all I need to do is sweep off the leaves / grass and then run trains. I can run my petrol lawnmower wheels over the track without damaging it.
On live steamers of this scale are the outboard cylinders the ones doing the work or is there another inboard cylinder that is actually doing the work and propelling the locomotive? I'm from the US and I'm a welder by trade but I do have some machining experience and the idea of making an O scale live steam model of an American locomotive has always intrigued me.
Generally the cylinders are where they are on the prototype. FYI outside cylinder locos are generally easier to make as you have more space.
@@DrDave_63395 Thanks, that's what I was thinking but wanted to know for sure. Do you know of anyone in the O gauge Live Steam scene that has made a model of a US locomotive or does everyone that you know of stick with UK prototypes?
Loved the J27 with its train including a 'fitted head' trundling round, very realistic from memory. Thanks
John is keen to get the right head codes when he runs. Indeed he will often have some spare lamps in his pocket and change the code between light engine to coupled to the train.
Just what is that Mikado? I would think it's a P1, but the tender doesn't look like a Nor' Eastern tender and I didn't think you'd see a belpaire firebox on a Nor' Eastern either.
Its a freelance loco inspired by the LNER mikados. Its also coal fired with (for O gauge) a massive firebox. William recently acquired it and this is the first time he ran the engine in public. As you can see it was a very successful run.
Yum, that and a nice evening cuppa..... I will sleep soundly tonight :>)
Engineer Spider keeps loco ready to steam
13:57 my favourite moment 👍 how many wagons was that loco pulling? beautiful layout and great video thank you!
33 including the brake van.
@@davidwhiting1761 it was very impressive !
@@davidwhiting1761 Thanks for saving me the effort of counting🙂 Actually there were a couple of broken wagons (headstock pulled out or axel box failure) during the day. David's near level track and open curves makes these very long trains possible and a joy to watch.
@@DrDave_63395 it was indeed a joy to watch and one of many reasons I love live steam in G0 - realistic long open curves 👍 Talking about "near level" - what would be max gradient they can cope with, please? (1in 70 seems prototypical and it is recommended in G0 "Handbook of Garden Railways")
can you get Live Steam 7mm tank engines?
EBay often has single cylinder Burton Leech locomotives for sale. These are a 0-6-0 tank loco with Smithies boiler.
particularly liked some of the LNER locos and coaches. The coal trains at the start were great too with nice scale speed running.
Wonderful.
Thanks once again Dave. Where would I be without your regular videos?
You are welcome