71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan

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71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan

Post by James from Devon » Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:01 pm

Had to share this, maybe you know about it??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsUjnBfc-o4

That Silver Lady is going to need a bit of TLC after that run :)
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Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan

Post by tom_tom_go » Sun Dec 31, 2017 10:22 am

Imagine doing that at scale speed, they would need crew changes.

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Post by LNR » Sun Dec 31, 2017 1:54 pm

Can certainly see why the paintwork looked so battered in the other pics. shown elsewhere on the forum, falling over quite a few times. Be interesting to know how often the lubricator was drained/topped up.
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Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan

Post by JMORG » Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:44 am

First hand experience: It's the most qualified locomotive to do it!

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Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan

Post by Killian Keane » Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:43 pm

Amazing they didn't get James May in on this, its exactly the sort of thing he would do, in point of fact he did do something very similar on the Barnstaple - Bideford route with 00 gauge models, need I say they did'nt fare as well as that Silver lady
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Post by cncmodeller » Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:05 pm

Shame it was such a dull loco I would have chosen something more interesting.

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Post by tom_tom_go » Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:10 pm

cncmodeller wrote: โ†‘Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:05 pm Shame it was such a dull loco I would have chosen something more interesting.
Not everyone is interested in prototypes.

The Silver Lady was my first live steamer and has been faultless.

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Post by Killian Keane » Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:16 pm

cncmodeller wrote: โ†‘Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:05 pm Shame it was such a dull loco I would have chosen something more interesting.
What would you have chosen?
Bear in mind they will most pikely have had to replace parts as they go, 71 miles is a long distance, so having to machine new one off components would be highly impractical and the reassurance of replacement parts availability will have been a determining factor in their choice of loco
I'm more dissapointed that it wasn't pulling anything
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Post by tom_tom_go » Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:24 pm

To complete the challenge (key word here as this was a technical exercise and not meant to be a model railway) pulling rolling stock would of added to the list of 'what can go wrong'.

I think we should all be congratulating Roundhouse that one of their locos could achieve this task.

I doubt any other provider of live steam in this scale could of supplied a loco and parts support to complete the journey in the required time frame and at the price of this particular Roundhouse loco.

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Post by FWLR » Thu Jan 04, 2018 6:32 am

Thanks for posting James, I have got it on record so I can view it again and again. :thumbright:

Agree with Tom, not everyone is interested in prototypes, glad it was a live steamer, will be watching it with Anne, she is getting more and more into Railways now, then ever she did when I was doing N Gauge even though she did book weekends away on heritage lines. She was the one who came and told me about the program on Sunday. :thumb right: :thumbright: :thumbright:

PS, Still doing N but nowhere near has much now. :thumbright:

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Post by Peter Butler » Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:20 pm

Just watched episode one and found it generally entertaining.... nice to see how many 'ordinary' people are actively involved with railway modelling, either as club members or individually. I'm glad that has been put into the storyline right from the start. As for the 'professionals' involved in decision making and man-management..... hmmmm!!!!!!
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Post by tom_tom_go » Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:30 pm

I have it recorded so will watch tomorrow.

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Post by ge_rik » Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:31 pm

Peter Butler wrote: โ†‘Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:20 pm .. nice to see how many 'ordinary' people are actively involved with railway modelling, either as club members or individually. I'm glad that has been put into the storyline right from the start.
Saw an article in the Times (yesterday?) About the series which claimed that Railway Modelling is the second most popular hobby after angling. I hadn't realised that.

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Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan

Post by markoteal » Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:33 pm

Yes - I smiled at Mrs H as that point came up!
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Post by JMORG » Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:34 pm

Gloucestershire 16mm group exhibited ay that very Bristol show when he visited! Makes you wonder if we influenced his decision...

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Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan

Post by Killian Keane » Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:35 pm

They musn't be including sport as a hobby, I wouldn't either
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Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan

Post by tom_tom_go » Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:45 pm

My wife just mentioned the Silver Lady drowned!

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Post by Peter Butler » Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:47 pm

tom_tom_go wrote: โ†‘Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:45 pm My wife just mentioned the Silver Lady drowned!
So did one of their Quads.... and this is just the beginning!
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Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan

Post by invicta280 » Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:13 pm

I was expecting to watch from behind the sofa, thinking it was going to be cringeworthy in the extreme, but overall I thought it positive. As has already been pointed out the some of the team leadership, man ( and woman) management, and co-ordination fell short but then I guess they were a thrown together bunch without much in the way of prior planning meetings.
I thought the Silver Lady probably the ideal loco for the job.

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Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan

Post by Killian Keane » Sun Jan 07, 2018 11:13 pm

Nice to see that Teddy Boston got a mention
People are already flogging the track on facebook
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