Me: *Wakes up and gets on PC* Lawrie: YA LIKE LOCOS?

I know this engine fairly well as I was security for the locomotion railway museum starting on the the site build from start to Finnish. I was also lucky enough to still be there when the first loco's began to arrive on site...some great memories and still visit from time to time as I live in Durhum.

Love the loco videos! They're what brought me to your channel originally. Keep up the good work.

I know you like locos but don’t fall off the running boards when she is going or you will really be chuffed to bits.....

A really fantastic story behind this one! It really is sweet that so many people who originally saw the engine at work got a chance to see and ride it in preservation.

There's nothing quite like a Ruston & Hornsby shunter! Descended from good Lincoln folk, having lived in York and regularly walked past Rowntree's and lived in Grantham where Hornsby's originated and heck, even born in a place called Hornsby, am I now rather in love with this little loco? You betcha! Am I also a little bit in love with you for sharing this footage, well, err, not quite, but I am very thankful! :)

What a nice little engine with a charming story to go with her or him because it's named Ken. This is another great program from you and the team, clear, concise and easy to follow. Keep up the great work. :)

Still my favorite of all your series. It's awesome getting to watch you drive other locos. Especially another Ruston.

as a york man, it’s nice to see something that worked so close to my home :)

Thanks Lawrie, another really enjoyable video. Would love to have a ride in that loco. The 38 tube stock whistle is a nice touch. Will have to visit the railway I think! 👍

Excellent! Love it!

At the TTM in Hobart, Australia we have a very similar Ruston 88DS which we use as our shunter, it's an adorable little thing.

Learned to drive diesel on an air-start 88 at NVR, that was in about 1981.

Great video lawrie. Looking forward to the next one. Many thanks John A

Lovely loco with a great history and story to it. Looks and sounds delightful to drive.

Allways love this sires every episode it is all very interesting on the history of the locomotives you drive!

Lovely paint job and such solid, characterful little locomotives with their oversized buffers. Cheers.

Lovely little loco and very enjoyable episode.

I can understand your enthusiasm for the Ruston 88DS- I have a soft spot for them myself (see my Icon) having helped commission and drive one at Upper Boat power station in the late 60s and being involved with the procurement, preparation and delivery of the GWS loco from Didcot power station (then being constructed) to the Didcot Railway centre. If it had been towed dead, the chains would have had to be disconnected, but that was avoided by driving with engine running, coupled behind a 08 BR loco (necessary to operate the track circuits) on the main line-great fun! The loco did need some work- new leather ring on the air brake cylinder, cylinder head repair & extraction of rusted spark plug from the Wolsley petrol donkey engine, a change from 6V electrics to 12V and a complete repaint. After that it was a very useful engine for shunting and PW work, but the heaviest consist that it was called upon to move was the hauling out of the shed of "Pendennis Castle", "Blue Peter", the Huntley & Palmers fireless loco, and a coach all coupled ( I could be wrong, but there might have also been a crane tank loco in the consist). Quite a load, but the Rustons are impressive little machines. One point, again relying on my memory, seeing the movement of the pressure gauge, the gearbox oil pressure is normally maintained fairly smooth by air pressure in an accumulator in the gearbox and the shutdown procedure should ensure that the air is not lost when the engine stops, otherwise the charging procedure has to be followed. I enjoyed your video, the memories it brought back, and it was obvious that you were enjoying driving the Ruston. Well done.

Great video thanks for the info must may need to drive thanks James

The Ruston 88, The Sweetest Thing - Lawrie Goes Loco Episode 11 Lawrie's Mechanica love louis shirley

Time for a mass trip to the Derwent Valley Railway?

Just brilliant thanks epic

Just a thought, maybe that kind of speedometer is easier to make if you have a connection where the speedometer cable will turn both ways.

That thing is beautiful

Very nice man loved this engine!

Lawrie you couldnt have picked a better loco i work as a second man with No3 its just an amazing machine which we all love . Great video well done .

She's a keeper!

Those is some BIG buffers~

Great video folk

hi lawrie. many thanks for your unwitting help... lol . in the past year i've been helping out on a ruston88 airstart. . and its great to lean as we go. NOW I KNOW how to use the gears..lol. PROPERLY. ALL THE BEST FROM THE CREW AT BISCESTER D8 ARMY BASE.( FORMERLY FINMERE STATION ) preservation group

Trains!!

Yay a new vid just woke up to a new vid that means the day will be great

I love that beautiful green paint :)

Awesome video! :D

it would be brilliant to see lmm on the isle of wight driving a 1938 tube stock train

Oh no, Lawrie is going loco again!

Dawn, that had not even been a question if i had lived in the UK. :)

Is it worth more being a manual because all the jdm drift train fanboys want them? bet it pulls like a stage 2 fabia vrs

Guess the double acting speedo is linked to where it takes its drive. I suspect at a point past the reverser, hence it has to revolve in either direction??

The history of the Rowntree's (York) factory is very interesting and well worth checking out, as well as the DV(L)R, in various book and archive photographs. So, Lawrie.... Did you go inside the Farming Museum, proper, and gush over all their tractors and farming equipment? 😂

Another lovely product from Ruston of Lincoln, what's not to like about this little beauty

I used to live next door to Rowntrees in York before the Swiss took over. They still had their little railway. York is a smelly city, there were two breweries and Rowntrees, take your choice depending on wind direction, mash or chocolate. Only it wasn't just chocolate, they boiled down bits of animal for the gelatin to make jelly, eww, but the worst was the After Eight days when the air smelt of peppermint. Nice for the first 5 minutes then quite nauseous. In the mornings my little Metro would be covered in brown dust, I often wondered what if I licked it, would it taste of chocolate? My Wife would love a full sized loco.

I live in Darlington which is the birthplace of the railways

another fellow ruston loco on the siding next to ya at 26:49

Same thing on the class 101 dmu 1st gear full throttle position 4 back to idle engage 2nd gear full power then back to idle and change up or down

i must admit im going to have to steal the description of destroying the gearbox lol

AutoDoc is my new favorite website got everything for the restoration of my ST170 except for one part! The inlet manifold!

If I’m correct I believe Loughborough GCR have a Ruston 48. Would be quite cool to get yours running with it :)

The 50A on the front is the old shed code for York depot which is now part of the National Railway museum in case anyone’s as wondering what it stood for

I get the feeling Lawrie would love Class 37s.

Lovely engine would love to drive this! I'm a 165 driver. One thing I noticed you didnt do properly was the cold start. To do this full throttle and pull out the lever below and it will stay out. They are fantastic engines. Thanks for the great video

think I cabbed that beuty with a friend who went to take the lines pics still like the engine sound of it

Hornby are bringing out a 88 ds in this livery. Not sure exactly when, but it looks good!

Didn't realize how close you are to where I live about 20 minutes away used to love going to railway as a kid

I want one of those triangle steam loco signs kool loco too

I had no idea you live in my county, Lawrie. That's something. Tell me where do you live exactly? (I live down Melton-way, and have been to America to see relations there at least once when a child). I would argue on one hand, based on all the tribulations your team have faced, that the fewer vehicles you have the easier it is to keep on top of everything - especially since your passion for vehicles is part-time. And yet your enthusiasm for anything new and exciting to add is delightful, unwavering and the sign that the essential measure of getting everything back in order is there. Loss of a girlfriend to that is entirely another matter! Regards, Samuel F.

There is now a hornby model

Now I understand the saying: Whiskey turns into Tango turns into Foxtrot. Without one, the other two cannot exist.

We have one called hector it’s blue and very claggie

I can see you loved that. It's great to see you doing your bit for recruiting some younger folks (like yourself) into the heritage/preservation scene. I was listening to a programme (probably on Radio 4 - I'm old) about one such place and one of the old boys was worried that there wasn't enough younger people coming up to hand on the skills required to keep these fabulous machines running. After all, the old boys and girls with the knowledge won't be around forever. Also - what's going on in some of these carriages (not the passenger ones) you often drag along behind you? That second pink one seemed to have a working chimney - is there a stove in there to keep the guards warm?

Thanks for this Laurie, I’m an 88DS owner and found myself saying yes and nodding a lot during your commentary on all the good stuff about these brilliant locos.

28:49 I thought it broke down or crashed into something. Do to the noise.

Wish i could buy a loco and then i just remembered i live in Australia where we just pretend the railway is expanding while scrapping locos

Dude That thing sounds like a jet engine

Coming up next episode! ...and next week....Lawrie: I have done it again, please send help! ...but first, lets take a trip in my new locomotive, a Ruston 88! :D

Yours will need to be repainted at some point in the future, so maybe you can line it then?

He Ken Cooke some good food

The transmission sounds for all the world like an old epicyclic Leyland preselector bus transmission

So no triangle of doom on your wipers then?

Yay can you do a pannier Jinty or 14xx

Hay Lawrie if you want to own another ruston 48 look on the horby website as they have a ruston 48 model loco that would fit in you shed as it is a oo gauge locomotive that horby produces

Hi. You have a new suscriptor. I'm trying restoring a Ruston 165DE, no fab. 323601 from abandoned Tharsis sulphur and cooper company, a scotland Enterprise in South Spain. Good videos and works. Regards from Huelva.

It's worth mentioning that on normal operating days you can usually drive whichever locos are in use the full length of the line for £5 under supervision, and light engine between the scheduled service trains: www.dvlr.org.uk/self%20drive.html I drove this and their 03 and 04 over the course of one afternoon and the following morning in May 18. A lot of fun! Completely agree with you about how friendly everyone is. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o9WEgaqnuN7JnoU.html

And now Hornby is doing a model of such DS

At least in an apocalypse I’ll know how to drive one and escape as applicable

Go to Sittingbourne kemsley light railway

I just ordered a 00 gauge exact model of this

25:36 ‘gear selector thingy’

did people know that there are 2 austrailan locos in the uk K1 on the welsh highlands railways this is and an Tasmanian government railways M class M2 at the Tanfield railway

That Tube train whistle is as flat as a pancake. It should be a loud high pitch shrill. They still use them on todays modern tube trains if you didnt know. Great Video though.. :) BTW whats that blue car at the start of the video. ?? The reg number doesnt seem to exist with the DVLA

Can you make a video on Darjeeling mountain railway? It is still having a steam train operation!

So, a 4 cylinder that might be started backwards? Is it a 2-stroke?

Is there no clutch?

Lawrie's im are railfan from sweden and I like uk trains:) but something Im wonder how ederway look inside is at brake car and also how its work :D can you if you don't already maid a video of it :D

Can you do an episode on a break van

Review the Mardyke Diesel

Who built the gearboxes for these? Those are loud.

Oh dear...who else had visions of Lawrie buying one of these? oh come on now, speak up!

what brand of oil are you using?

This is rare. I've given you the thumbs up, but a few less ad interuptions would be nice!

Great loco and video Would you be interested in driving an 03 shunter at some point next year? We have one on the Gwili which is receiving work over the winter and hopefully a re-paint. If your interested just give me a shout and I'll see if we could get you permission to do this

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Boring thought. The speedo most likely works the way it does, because otherwise you would need an extra diode or two. The meter presumably measures a voltage, which is proportional to the speed, and is most likely generated by a spinning magnet in a coil of some sort, and smoothed by a capacitor (condenser). The voltage will be positive in one direction and negative in the other, hence the center weighted meter. I could of course be entirely wrong. Time to consult the service manual, which of course will be in the glove box ;¬)

So how's your Ruston goin now?

Yet again I'm a day late and a dollar short‼️ The pressure of trying to be "First" is starting to tell, I'm a burnt-out husk of a man‼️😫😫😫

what happened to the audio around 6 mins

Can anybody teel me what round black things in front and back are

88hp ? Even trucks didn't have such a low power output by then !

Only 8 dislikes? Wow that’s insane