O gauge live steam: Chris Lovell Aug 2024

Video of Chris Lovell's open weekend in August 2024 when the sun shone on both days. There was a good line-up of locomotives - mainly live steam but some battery and clockwork locos included. The track conditions were excellent and I tested to the limit with some high speed running on the down slope. We made use of the pointwork in the station / loco shed area to assemble trains and many times starting and ending a run by driving under steam

Thanks to Alex, Trevor, and William for use of their clips and to Neil Moore for use of his stills.

Special thanks to Chris and Beverly for their hospitality over the two days.

00:00 Slideshow
00:27 LMS Patriot - Trevor
01:25 LNER O5 - Rafe
02:57 LNER D49 - John
04:44 GNR Atlantic - John
05:37 4MT - Nicolas
08:16 Flying Scotsman - Nicolas
08:45 North Staffs KT - Rafe
10:03 LNER Q6 - John
11:54 GWR 47xx - Alex
13:01 LMS Princess - Nicolas
13:20 GNR Atlantic - Dave
15:37 Mikado - William
16:31 LNER J36 - John
17:55 Precursor Tank - John
21:03 LNER Q6 - John
23:00 LNER Q6 - Dave
25:11 - The Crew
25:47 Credits

[bambukouk]

thank you
hope we will see more of the Patriot in the future 😀
please

[victorruiz]

Hey Dave! Do you have any reccomendations/sources for O gauge live steam construction? I have 2 books on O guage(one titled How to Build an O Guage Locomotive and the Gloucester articles) but im looking for more current builds. I dont realy see anything online. Pictures would help. Ty!

[Roy-giul]

Hard to believe that 4MT is live steam! Its speed was so consistent both up and down grade. Likewise the NE 2-8-0.

[schutendohkji]

1. All these live steam locos must b scratch built? And perhaps the same
w the cars?

2. What's the exact scale used vs. the track gauge? 1/43.5 (Brit's), 1/48 (USA), bodies on 1 1/4" Ga tracks?

[olli]

Are all these custom built or are they built from a kit? These look great!