Very clever set up being able to run straight into the shed and be at an acceptable height to do servicing. I have a 1:19 grade on my own line at home and it can be a challenge. You've done well.

Love the "tick"-ing noise her exhaust makes

Nice way to keep in touch with the neighbours. Your loco is beautiful, and your channel quite superb.

I love the way you run the engine fast. Just something about watching those little giants pull with so much torque is amazing! And I love the track with the uphill and downhill grades. It's the best.

Being a steam enthusiast myself, especially for The Flying Scotsman, I’ve always thought these models were really cool, anyway nice lil locomotive and stay safe

What a lovely garden and a lovely loco to go with it!

Wow! What a place! :-D Love the fish too. :-)

Genius ! Such a great hobby! Fell in love with trains at a young age , became a driver on the underground and have always loved old steam locos and the railways of Great Britain , steeped in British history around the world! Absolutely amazing !

Can't wait to see what you have in store for the future. Keep it up!

Great show! Really enjoyed it. Thanks

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooh. That's one Heck of a gorgeous railway.

Great video & wonderful track!

Makes me wish that I lived next door.......i'd be hassling you constantly for a ride. Superb!

Thanks for your video. Its so relaxing. From Hong Kong **

WOW Never seen a rig like that. Fantastic hobby. Thank you for sharing this with us.

Just like the big engines, great vid mate, thanks for posting

Another great video - Like the fish pond too - is it new? - Making some progress on my Simplex rebuild and purchased a Poly iV now also - Running battery Locos just aint the same - keep them coming

I am a kid that is very interested in steam locomotives and you have inspired me , my dream is to one day have a backyard railway

Beautiful layout. Cheers!

Bother lovely video mate really enjoying all the stuff your doing keep it up, love the mic work you have. Really makes it feel like your there 🙂

Amazing that a small locomotive can do so much. Nice to see the Missus on board even if only for a garden inspection.

Wow, that engine is amazing!

As an Englishman I'm sure you've heard the saying, "I bet your neighbours love you!". On this occasion it looks like they actually do! I was bought up around these model steam engines my dad builds them. He would love a garden railway. We are lucky to have several in our area (Leicestershire) our nearest being a few minutes a way. Subscribed.

I've just found this by chance, and I have no regrets

This guy's living the dream here.

Hell man that's pretty damn cool 🧐..👍

this is exactly the set up i want if i ever win the lottery! this is amazing!

Would love to see some new videos. I enjoy watching them hope to see them so. And happy railroading.

It needed a lot of hard work of yours. Hats off to you Sir.

Very well filmed and edited, a brain in charge!

Great movie! I have seen it a lot of time! Very exciting, stay safe and cheers, Fabrizio

Love it! One day I may do the same with my 9F. Thanks.

I love the informative present in the video, I'd honestly love to own one of these types of miniature engines one day. At a curiosity, have you derailed on your engine? On another note, I like the shot you took of putting coal into the firebox while the engine was in motion. It was a nice video.

Amazing!

Thanks for the video! :)

RE: My previous comment. You have moved back to England from the US. I have watched a few more of your videos and now understand. Have enjoyed them all. Thanks for making and posting them, and all the best back in England.

that's just too cool

Omg, my dream was presented in this video! 😍🚂🔝

Congratulations from France!

One of the nicest Simplex i've seen.

thank you for sharing this id love to understand the engineering involved in making that

Beautiful!

That loco is such a runner!

I love your channle so much, and i hope you never stop making videos about your trains!

Great railway.

Amazing i think it's awesome

So cool. :)

Lovely to see the practical side of a home garden railway. I'm currently building a Polly I all on my own (as I'm nowhere near a club) so your channel and similar are essential viewing in my opinion. One aspect I have trouble researching is the building of the track. Can you do a video on how you build your track? rail type and size, sleepers connectors gauge setting and how do you tie the rail to the sleepers? Thank you

Nice video mate and good commentary too.

Wehre arme the eng ins From?

That’s soo cool

Thanks for the info. So blue is not bad then? So less smoke is better ?

HERMOSO!!! QUIERO UNO PARA MI!

Good afternoon sir, can you please tell us what radius your curves are? I'm considering a 5" loco as a future project and it would be good to know if it is feasible in my 50' wide space. It would be lovely to know why you chose a simplex over any other design?

somehow stummbled across your channel, liked and subed!

Great videos. Could you tell me what tool or how you created the sleeper slots for the rails? Thanks - Liam.

My friend has a 5 inch gauge Achilles which ran for about 3-4 hours one day and filled the smoke box half full with ash that had been pulled through the tubes the track which we run on has got some quite steep gradients on it so the locomotive has to work had around the 1/4 mike track.

do you treat the boiler water? even with fairly soft water it seems like hardscale would be a problem

Where and how do you get one of these trains? And how much do they cost?

A mix of fish and trains (there’s nothing better)

Great video!

Thats amazing, id love to do this but i have no idea where to start.

Great fun. 👍

Wehre arme the lock Form?

Do you clean out the tubes after every firing

What rail track size would that be?

The train looks like thomas

Where can i buy one of those

ThatLooks like the tiny times to take a job

This is really good! Why doesn’t this have more views?

The track you have laid, is it something you made or brought?

this is so cool

i'm watching a real Donald Duck - Out Of Scale. love it.

I’ve just bought my first live steam loco 😁 only a little one but have to somewhere 😀

Another good one. I'll still honour the promise to give you a tour of mine in the UK.

Lovely! This may sound like an odd question, but do you have any links with something called 'the Bristol Austin seven club'?

One question i have to ask, has there ever been a derailment while running? Edit: Or perhaps a runaway?

How wonderful - a SIMPLEX at work ! ! Here in southern Germany I am also running a SIMPLEX. I must say that this a quite tough and reliably workhorse ! My “DUTCHESS OF INVERNESS” is quite similar to your “JOAN”, besides an additional axle pump (you possibly did not mention yours). In preparation for the upcoming 2021 season I am about equipping my engine with an aditional steam-powered water pump, as being used at full-scale locomotives: www.regner-dampftechnik.com/product-page/dampf-speisepumpe Like the originals, I can use stops for easy filling the boiler. Let’s have fun with our SIMPLEXs and STAY HEALTHY ! !

Круто! :)

Enjoyed your Edge Hill loco shed film from 1968. Is this in America?

Hi dear friend. Do you know how to tell me where to find the small oil boxes that you see mounted everywhere on your loco?

I really enjoy your series of videos! I only have a humble little Gauge One Ruby that I've continued tinker with and improve through the years, but hope to do more in the future. I just picked up the Brian Wilson book and hope to eventually purchase a small lathe and mill in the future. Did you happen to chronicle the building of your garden railway? I would love to learn more about how you laid the track, how you kept the rail spacing consistent, what materials you used, and so forth. All the best, Dean

Lovely loco (Simplex ?)I wondered how are the sleepers, made of wood, fixed to the rails ?

Looks like great fun, even with the coaling of hands and face. Was it not possible to avoid such drastic grades or is that the challenge you were going for ?

I have a question where would you purchase such a locomotive

he is fast!

:) hi nice loco

Nice 😎👌

What coal do you use? Is it steam coal or housecoal?

This is a beautiful locomotive and if I could buy this cheaper than three thousand dollars I would be the first

I have absolutely no interest in this and have no idea why it was recommended to me. But watching your video was enjoyable and quite theraputic, so I can see why you enjoy the hobby. Just wanted to say thanks for taking the time to make such a quality video, one of those rare gems amongst the masses of dross!

Beautiful! Where did you get that locomotive? I'd love to have a railway at my home. Maybe someday.

Прикольно, можно траву соседям развозить...

Did you made the whole system

What sort of track have you use to build your railway? It looks like flat steel bar to my eyes is that right?

Where did you get this locomotive?

May I ask where you get your anthracite??

you actually built a superheater for your model steam engine? that's some dedication^^

The train is an E2 class btw nice train

Get steam up quicker with less water in the boiler. Once you got enough pressure to function, you can use some to add water later.