The Greatest Garden Railway of all time - with the Biggest Working Steam Locomotive in the UK.
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Published 2023-07-01
Well, today I have quite the treat for you - this without a doubt is the greatest garden railway I have ever been to.
It's made ever better by the fact that it's home to the single biggest working steam locomotive in the entire UK.
Yes, you read that right. This is the biggest.
So, what a treat to get invited to this exclusive day, and then, well. It got better.
A video featuring:
Lawrie - Presenter, glad he put his overalls in the car
Adrian - Cameraman, host of the YouTube Channel Peddle Box helping out over here.
An edit by Lawrie
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All Comments (21)
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Lady Patricia is an incredible engine, and I bet she's awesome to see in person, but I have to say it does feel a bit like looking at a zoo animal in a tiny enclosure. She needs space to run around and really show off what she can do!
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When you tell your mum you want a garden railway, but you didn't say it would be a scale garden railway ;)
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American here. Ive alwyas admired the craftsmanship and details on british steam locos. Gorgeous looking engines
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Flying Scotsman in the background. "Biggest steam loco in the UK" (casually adds a 2nd tender) "ah there we go".
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Looks like it was a fantastic day, I'm curious about how many private railways there actually are in the UK like this, running full size locos simply for the owner's pleasure.
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It's absolutely surreal to see a Finnish locomotive in a British livery (and name) running over here, but amazing! Really gives you some idea of how huge Lady Patricia is compared to most preserved steam locomotives you'll find in the UK.
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Very nice - I was very lucky to be given a spirited cab ride of over 100 miles or so on the mainline aboard the sister locomotive 1009 in Finland back in 2016. I fully recommend at trip out there if you can. There are an amazing number of surving locos thanks to their strategic reserve policy and the Finns are wonderful people.
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The owners are long time friends of my family and my husband and I had the most memorable experience of a private “steam-up day”. I have ridden those magnificent engines, and indeed stood at the end of the track and filmed a parallel run. We ate sausages cooked on the coals of St Vincent. Lady Patricia is unbelievably huge, a gorgeous towering beauty, and one of my favorite pictures is of myself standing next to the wheels which are a lot bigger than me. It was wonderful re-visiting those memories through watching this video; so thank you. Of course our visit occurred during the restoration period of Lady P, and the steam-up was the very first time. Such a pleasure to see her in all her fully restored glory.
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I was overjoyed to learn 1016 had been restored to operation. I've always been fascinated with railways all over the world, their operations, history, rolling stock etc, so seeing something different to what we're used to in the UK is always a joy to see. Keep up the good, Lawrie and the team. :3
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14:15 Train Whistle Captions (Music) Thank You
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Now that’s what I call an engine
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Had the pleasure of a private steam up day at this amazing place. The owner and his wife were very freindly and treated my two children to an ice cream. will always remember that day
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I knew this video was coming, I saw someone else's video of this line and you were driving that magnificent little traction engine. I also like that large green locomotive, it reminds me of the large locomotives that run here in the U.S.
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Despite being standard gauge, Swanscombe and Sir Vincent look so small that I'd have guessed they were narrow gauge locomotives.
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Absolutely love Edwardian and Victorian British steam trains. Absolutely beautiful pieces of machinery and art.
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Only came across this video by chance and enjoyed it. You have yourself a sub.
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I think for Lady Patricia 'Majestic' springs to mind and she looks amazing in LNER colours. The little Aveling and Porter had me chuckling hearing it reminded me of Ivor the Engine, and after several G&T's found myself making the noises....................... Oh dear.......
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It's a beautiful locomotive. It shows that it is well cared for.
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This isnt a garden railway anymore this is a full blown heritage line. Its amazing that they have an actual (but slightly downscaled) steam engine worthy of something like the LNER or SR.
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If anyone ever wants to have a proper trip on a Hr1, there are two working ones still in Finland. 1009 is ran by a private steam loco club and 1021 is owned by the national railway company VR. Both of them still make museum trips around southern Finland. There are videos on Youtube of both going full beans. I appreciate the care that Lady Patricia has been given.
