I cannot believe it, the oldest surviving film star in the world it's unthinkable, they cannot possibly not run her. "What about Olton Hall, she's static" Perhaps there were not railway enthusiasts of sufficient faith for Olton Hall

Oh, an SLIP with Lion in it? How very delightful! (Yes folks, you saw that one coming! :P )

Lion, albeit as Thunderbolt, was one of my favourite trains as a kid. I would love to either see her in person or in running order. I would love to see a replica (especially as Thunderbolt)

There is a group on Facebook that's been in talks about building a replica of a Liverpool & Manchester Northumbrian Class 0-2-2, and a replica Lion has also come up as a possibility. Honestly, as new-build projects go, this seems on the surface to be one of the easier candidates due to her small size, relative simplicity of components, lack of space requirements for assembly, and thus lower cost. And it has the benefit of the real thing still technically being with us, thus allowing it to potentially serve as a reference for any information that cannot be gathered from other sources; i.e. if you can't find what the left-hand linkage on the valve gear is on any surviving plans, just ask the Liverpool Museum if you can crawl under her with a measuring tape (carefully, of course, and out of regular opening hours so as not to give Joe Public any silly ideas). As for health & safety concerns, beyond what would be covered by either a thorough restoration or replica the main counter-argument I see to any such concern would be the operating replicas of Rocket and Planet. If they can be run safely, why not a new-built Lion?

I would love to see a replica of this loco though. It’s beautiful

I mean America has Jupiter and 119 replicas running why not Lion

We already have a replica of the similar Planet type locomotives, so I'd say a Lion replica isn't too far fetched!

I’ve read about her in my encyclopedia of locomotives, but it mentioned nothing of her film career.

She is the Lion, hear her roar

I can see why it was chosen. It is a beauty.

IDK about a Lion replica but if 1830's-40's engines are your taste then a replica of the 1846 Sharp single "Odin" was completed last year in Denmark after 13 years of construction by the Danish National Railway Museum.

Rode on that one in carriages. Ithink York railway museum. A few years ago now. Still got my certificate...

“Health and safety” *But the train was attached with Lion BY A ROPE, BY-A-ROPE!!!!!!*

The haystack firebox is also represented by Furness Coppernob 3

Finally! Ive been waiting for a Slip on this engine for a while!

I knew this one would come out eventually. One of your all time favourite engines, isn't it? I'm glad it's finally here, good job.

Don't know if this counts as a replica, but there have been several Gauge One live steam models of Lion made by Aster and other makers, both in prototypical and in the Titfield Thunderbolt guise. As for restoring the original engine to steam, I'm always of the opinion that a working locomotive is better than a stuffed and mounted keepsake that simply sits and deteriorates from lack of use, but ultimately that is up to the people who own her to decide With steam locos, the "ship of Theseus" concern about keeping everything original is almost a moot concern, as the very nature of a steam locomotive means that during the course of their lives components were replaced, rebuilt, or upgraded countless times in order to keep the engine in good running order, almost analogous to a living creature. There's practically nothing left of you from when you were an infant, all your cells have been replaced numerous times and your body has changed as you grew, but are you still the same person as that little infant? All signs point to yes, and I would argue the same for a steam locomotive, or a ship, or an old car, or anything else you'd care to go about restoring and operating.

this is a great way to start a monday. many thanks from a US fan

Well done Chris! :D

The lion is a lovely looking engine

Lion! I go to university near Liverpool and go to see Lion whenever I can. Lovely piece of engineering

Behold! The mighty Lion, hear her roar, I mean whistle.

I wish the replica would come soon

Very nice

We have a locomotive from the 1840's called Lion, and it's also a museum piece. Only differences are the inside frames, outside cylinders and 0-4-0 wheel arrangement.

There is also a pub named after her next to the ex Liverpool Exchange station. Next to the Railway pub ironically.

Health & Safety Ruin everything!!! 😝

The picture of her on the woodhead route in the 80s is one of the strangest railway photos I have ever seen.

I'd build one for sure. Shall we start a Kickstarter campaign?

Can you do a video about British goods trains, like trucks, vans, flatbeds, or break vans. I like to learn more about that stuff.

Can you do DSER 15 and 16?

Hey Chris my name is Oliver my Friend Frankie met you at The Watercress Line today he Showed me a good pic anyway just wanna say hope your Well And Keep up the Great Work on your Channel my Friend and Stay Cool ;)

W8ing 4 this...

There is a operational live steam model in Los Angeles. If you can do new builds like Tornado, Lion should be easy.

Ive only just realised I googled it up and I realised that this is an 0-4-2+t, ive alway thought it was an 0-4-0+t

I have not heard about "Titfield Thunderbolt" until I started watching this channel. Unfortunately if I tried to watch it i would have some expectations bias from Chris to be the best movie on the world. Kinda feels spoiled for me.

Do the rocket please

I'd swear that was actually a Terrier tank! ;-)

Where is she

Finaly

judging by what ive read and herd on the grape vine ..sooner than you think !! from what ive been told money for it is already there and waiting for the word go ..personaly I think a replica would suffice giving the age of lion and like you said the amount of modifications needed to run would quite possibly spoil her completely ..pluss it would give us younger generation a chance to see one in action ...just ashame she's in there slowing gavering dust ....whos with me on a day to clean her ?

Apparently there's going to be a replica of a sister called Tiger. Should be interesting if its true

Don’t mean to be a pain but you need to restock volume 1

Heath and safety? In the Great Lakes we have freighters that pretend OSHA is not a thing.

were is lion even located anyways as never herd of her till now

Maybe short but defiantly Interesting but you said tank engine but lion is a tender engine

Terribly displayed in her new home in Liverpool. Like city of Brum she's surrounded by Perspex and interactive displays. Like displaying a faberge egg in an egg box full of Lego bricks

At the end, the commentary mentions that it is a tank engine. This is completely wrong, as it definitely has a tender attached to it. Nobody knows how much of this locomotive is original, as to run it on the main line, the boiler needs to be replaced every seven years.

What up boys

So we could be in, or not far from, a timeline where it is more accurate to call this engine "Thunderbolt"?

a replica you say? Hmmm, I'd say within the next... five, maybe ten years.

Talk about mileage.............

Of course its not the real lion, They "left for Titfield" ;D

pretty much zero

Terribly displayed in her

First