The Return of the Romulus - 7 1/4 Narrow Gauge

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In this latest video we see the return of a locomotive which previously features in one of our earliest videos, Engines in the Night. The 0-4-0 Romulus is on a some what long term loan whilst its own railway is under construction.
Back from being in a workshop in Staffordshire for six to nine months, it's difficult to recognise the engine after having extensive work carried out. The side tanks are replaced for a saddle tank, a new dome cover, the cab restructured, new pipe work, ash pan adjustments, brake handle moved and even a new whistle! But most obvious is the new livery, the blue is bye bye and the green is go. Still to be fully finished and already rumours of a different livery for next year.
Today was more about testing the locomotive after all this extensive work. A late start in the day but plenty of trains to haul up the gradient!

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@manolhsmanolhs1508 10 ай бұрын

Very nice job , God bless you all !!!

@SimonTog Жыл бұрын

Super good video, thumbs up :)

@haroldpearson6025 Жыл бұрын

I am the builder of Ankor Wat which was built in Cambodia along with its sister engine Ankor Tom, owned and regularly run by a member of Newcastle SME. i feel a little sad that you felt you had to make so many changes. The original local had an interesting history and character. The owner of AT reports much interest in AT's name and background. Upon completion I disassociated them from Romulus which generally thought of as rather crude. Did you know, for example that the valve gear was designed by the late Don Ashton. I designed AW as a working engine with ease of maintenance in mind, look at the design of drain cocks for example. The stainless firegrate. Just about all the pipework can be removed without a major stripdown. You now have another green saddle tank!

@somersetnarrowgauge714 Жыл бұрын

Hello Harold and thank you for contacting us. We should start by explaining that we do not own the loco, it is a long term guest loco on our line whilst the owners are building their own railway. It’s very interesting to hear the history of this loco. Amazing that they were both built in Cambodia and assumably shipped over to the UK at some point? We shall certainly pass this information over to the owners. Thanks again, SLR.