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00:02When you're spotting, you can't do it without hot tea.
00:05No. Ooh!
00:07Do you want one?
00:08I think we could probably share that one.
00:11I don't usually get the ones these big, really.
00:14I used to have a python that could distend his jaw and eat like that.
00:19You had a python?
00:20I was a keen herpetologist. Ooh, look.
00:23Ooh!
00:27Do you know what's hilarious?
00:30There are probably pork pies in this train.
00:35God, I'm cold.
00:47I'm Francis Bourgeois, and I love trains.
00:50Oh, my God! Oh, God! That's soot in my mouth!
00:53I've roped in my petrolhead pal, Chris Harris,
00:56for an epic project.
00:58That's impressive.
00:59Rescuing a dilapidated locomotive.
01:01This isn't a quick fix.
01:03No shit, Sherlock. Look at the size of it.
01:05Francis hooked me with engineering.
01:07That is the coolest kilometre ever fitted to a machine. Look at that.
01:11Then blew me away with weapons-grade enthusiasm.
01:15Nice one, Danny!
01:18And I'm all in for a restoration race against time.
01:22She just rolled beautifully.
01:24Yeah, seven times.
01:25We've just six months to fix this loco to replace her failing sister.
01:30We have to get this locomotive ready for when she needs to come off.
01:34It's a race against time.
01:36Yeah!
01:36This is British industry!
01:39My dream is to see her back on the railway.
01:42Feel like an infant reattaching to its mother's teat.
01:45Mine...
01:46I can live vicariously through you.
01:48Just to witness that moment.
01:52Brilliant.
01:53Absolutely brilliant.
02:07Today, the project to restore 37025 hangs in the balance.
02:14Right.
02:15So, the wheel set that has caused this hiccup is in here.
02:20And we should see, hopefully, the damage.
02:24And much like our project, the damaged wheel hangs in the balance, too,
02:29in the South Devon work shed.
02:34It might actually just be something very slight,
02:37but it can end up being a bit catastrophic.
02:40Before I join Chris and the team in Scotland,
02:43I'm checking in with wheel specialist Nick.
02:45Morning.
02:46How are you?
02:47Good to see you again.
02:48And you.
02:49To discover the extent of the problem.
02:52Right, so, this is the problem wheel path.
02:55Is this the damage?
02:56That's the damage.
02:58Let me bring it right up so you can see it a bit better.
03:04The thing is, it looks so insignificant.
03:06Yes.
03:07Hidden by the tire, it wouldn't be seen.
03:09But all of the weight of the loco is being transmitted through these wheel pans.
03:14Yeah.
03:15So, even though it's just a slight chink in the armour,
03:17this could end up being catastrophic, right?
03:20Very much so.
03:20Very much so.
03:22Nick fears that the gouge is just the visible part of a wider area of damage.
03:28The outside edge, you can just see a crack.
03:32If it was left, it could go into the wheel pan.
03:36And that was a big no-no in the railway world.
03:38What you're saying is this crack could propagate throughout the whole wheel pan?
03:43Yep.
03:44If you get a crack that goes all the way across, you get the wheel starts to wobble.
03:46And it only has to hit a set of points, and the wheel's in the wrong direction, then?
03:51Yeah.
03:52You have your catastrophe.
03:54The MPI will reveal more background information you can't see by naked eye.
04:00What does MPI stand for?
04:02Magnetic particle inspection.
04:04Small iron filings in a fluid.
04:08First, Mick adds a spot of white paint, then sprays on some iron filings in a liquid solution.
04:15Applying a magnetic field through the metal wheel, the tiny black filings cling on to any defects in the surface.
04:23Oh, I can see it.
04:25Yeah.
04:25Just coming along the top there.
04:27Yeah, yeah.
04:27You see, there we have a crack.
04:29Heading into the wheel pan.
04:30Yeah.
04:31We go round the other side.
04:33Well, you see it right away underneath.
04:35That's a crack.
04:36Yeah.
04:37It means we can't use this, right?
04:39We recommend you don't use it.
04:40OK.
04:41So it's...
04:42We're going to need a new wheel pan.
04:45Yes, unfortunately.
04:47But another wheel pan coming down doesn't guarantee it's going to fit that axle.
04:51So even if we've put it on a lorry, we don't know until we get here?
04:55No, we don't know until it comes apart.
04:58With no guarantees that a new wheel will actually fit our axle,
05:02I'm also worried about the added costs of moving heavy pieces of metal from Scotland to Devon.
05:09I'm hearing money.
05:11Yes, and coins.
05:12And I'm slightly worried about our sort of financial situation.
05:16Also causing a knock-on effect time-wise.
05:18This is going to be another probably upwards of ten grand now, isn't it?
05:24Oh, yes.
05:24It probably is.
05:29Hello, Guy speaking.
05:30Hi, Guy.
05:32Process here.
05:32How's it going?
05:33It's time to break the bad news to Guy, back at the workshop in Bowness.
05:39It's basically being suggested that it should be scrapped.
05:42Yeah, got it.
05:43Got it.
05:44Not good.
05:45At the end of the day, we're going to have to send another set of wheels down,
05:49and we'll try and organise something as quickly as possible.
05:52OK.
05:52Cheers.
05:52See you.
05:53Bye.
05:56We weren't expecting this to be easy.
06:00With something like this happening, it's actually bringing me closer to the kind of the jeopardy of the project.
06:08And I don't want Guy to associate this negative situation with me and my kind of involvement.
06:18So I need to rekindle some of that positive energy.
06:34The team in Bowness move fast.
06:38They select a replacement wheelset from the yard and send it off on its long journey to Devon.
06:48I wasn't really expecting this.
06:50I expected to come back full of joy, bouncing around like Tigger, saying how great it's going to be.
06:54Yeah.
06:55I didn't expect you to say it was going to cost £10,000 extra.
06:57For that little tiny ding.
07:00It sort of stops things.
07:01Moments like these are just part and parcel of railway restoration.
07:06There were going to be setbacks, weren't there?
07:07Yeah.
07:08That's not to say that we can't continue and try and make headway in other areas.
07:12Let's seize the day.
07:13I'll get a sweet treat en route.
07:15I'll catch you at the depot.
07:17OK.
07:17All right.
07:18What am I in charge of?
07:19Haggis buns.
07:27These Doc Martens, I keep on tripping up.
07:31Oh, I've got a dap shop here.
07:33Look at these.
07:34I have some of them.
07:35Hello.
07:36Good morning.
07:37Good morning.
07:38Oh, it smells lovely in here.
07:41Hello.
07:42Hi.
07:43Ham and cheese toasting.
07:45Please.
07:46Do you have any pork pies?
07:47Yes.
07:48I'm going fruit loaf.
07:50Please.
07:52And gingerbread man, please.
07:54Gingerbread man.
08:05Oh, the ground is bloody freezing.
08:09Come on.
08:11Get your rags on.
08:13It's really cold.
08:15Why do you have such a heavy insole?
08:18Because I have collapsed arches.
08:20Oh, do you?
08:20Yeah.
08:21If I don't give myself the right arch support, then my knees go like that, and then my hips
08:26go like that, and then it messes up your back.
08:28So that saves everything?
08:30Technically.
08:31Despite the ongoing delays, we're still hopeful that we can make ourselves useful to the volunteers
08:36at the depot.
08:38Morning, gents.
08:39How are you doing?
08:40Morning, Guy.
08:41We're just doing insoles at the moment, Guy.
08:42Excellent.
08:43Well, I would hold your horses.
08:45What's up?
08:46Because we've got no wheels at the moment, we've effectively got nothing for you to do.
08:50So, we are somewhat stuck at this moment in time.
08:53So, yeah, sorry about that.
08:57In which case, cup of tea.
09:00And on that bombshell, there's no better place to chew the fat than in our surrogate
09:05home, the Bothy.
09:09The wheelset has a dependency that's causing a whole backup.
09:14OK.
09:15And...
09:16So, in gastric terms, we're sort of...
09:18We're constipated.
09:20Yeah.
09:20I thought you might say that.
09:27I have to say, and I say this with a massive grin on my face, he did interesting colour.
09:33Well, I mean, I feel like that's a relatively well done gingerbread.
09:38It looks like Mr Blobby's been lying in the sun too long.
09:42That's not a button either, that man.
09:47Look, you clad...
09:48It's not our tool.
09:50You can't do that.
09:52Come on.
09:53How's he supposed to walk around now?
09:56Despite being absolutely delicious, the gingerbread man struggles to keep our money worries
10:02at bay.
10:03The only solution is to throw more of their money and their labour at the problem.
10:08Doesn't seem entirely fair.
10:11Like all organisations dedicated to the preservation of railway history, Bowness is a charity,
10:18so funding can be challenging.
10:22We could potentially accommodate some kind of fundraising function.
10:27OK.
10:28Good.
10:28Yeah.
10:29And actually sitting here talking about it, we're wasting time.
10:32Come on.
10:32And get this moving.
10:33We're here to make money.
10:50Really, this is a bit of a treasure trove.
10:53It is.
10:54Francis and I have taken it upon ourselves to raise money to cover the costs of transporting
10:59a new wheelset to Devon.
11:02And it seems that revenue sources are lying all about us.
11:06Is that not the solution to all of our problems?
11:09Francis?
11:10Francis?
11:11Yeah?
11:12Aren't these very valuable?
11:13Yes, these are the name plates.
11:14Would be a good probably four grand, five grand.
11:18Each?
11:18Each.
11:20And that gives Francis and me an idea, which is going to require Guy's approval.
11:26Chris and I have realised that there may be an opportunity for raising money in potentially
11:34auctioning off items of relevance to 025.
11:39Say, for example, the old name plates.
11:41So the plan is you will sell our crown jewels on our behalf?
11:47And, of course, all revenue going back to the locomotive.
11:51Bit awkward.
11:52OK.
11:53Just slightly.
11:54This is like a sort of slightly oily dragon's den.
11:57And right now, three dragons are out.
12:00You've got one left in the room.
12:02What's your next move?
12:03I'm going to leverage nostalgia.
12:06Yes, good.
12:06Mm-hm.
12:07Do you remember back in the day when you might have someone who would go door-to-door collecting
12:11scrap?
12:11Yes.
12:12It's usually on a bicycle.
12:14I don't know where I'm going with this, Chris.
12:16Also, how much scrap can you get on a bicycle?
12:19Let's have a look at it and then see if we've got, if we think there's got some value.
12:22He has just let you off the hook.
12:24He's given you a lovely out.
12:25Take it.
12:26Don't say another word.
12:27Take it.
12:27Take the out.
12:28Let's go, don't we?
12:30I'm not sure Guy's convinced.
12:33Nor am I with Francis' next choice of revenue streams.
12:38I'm not Del Boy, but I'm not seeing vast amount of value in a second-hand lightbulb.
12:42Definitely not.
12:43No, but picture this.
12:44Someone has bought a lightbulb that has been in the headcode box of 025 and they light their
12:50bedroom with it.
12:52For a month or so.
12:54Yes.
12:54Also, what happens if you've got screw fit, not bayonet fit in your bedroom?
12:59Well, it'd just be specified in the listing.
13:03I didn't think it would come to this.
13:04Right.
13:05We're trying to flog second-hand lightbulb.
13:06Just as though we're getting a bit desperate.
13:10Fluff.
13:10Are we going to sell fluff now?
13:13That's your holy grail.
13:14I know exactly what we need.
13:16That's what you want.
13:19It's not a poisonous snake.
13:20Come on.
13:21So, this here.
13:23Chop it up into bits.
13:24Key rings.
13:25Yeah.
13:26Yes.
13:26What they're called is flame cuts.
13:29Are they?
13:29Yeah.
13:30So maybe £5 a pop.
13:31You can get loads out of that.
13:33Wouldn't people really pay that much for a bit of rusty metal?
13:36Yeah.
13:36Just put it on your key ring.
13:37Sand down the edges.
13:39I like that more than light bulbs.
13:41OK.
13:42These old seats might do well in an auction.
13:44We'll have those.
13:46They call you in it, innit?
13:47I've got it.
13:47I've got it.
13:48Remember this.
13:49And Guy thinks Francis' fascinating list of Class 37s is valuable too.
13:55And like a dog with a bone.
13:57And I will, even though it was poo-pooed massively, the bulbs.
14:04That's OK.
14:04We're still going with a light bulb moment then.
14:06OK.
14:06Yes.
14:07OK.
14:08We do still need a nameplate for the real thing.
14:12Yes.
14:12But yes, sounds like a plan.
14:14OK.
14:15With all our valuable items collected, it's time to contact the auction house.
14:21Hello.
14:22Hi.
14:23Francis.
14:23With three annual auctions and up to 1,500 bidders a time, Simon Turner's GW Railway
14:31Anna is the biggest railway memorabilia auction site in the world.
14:36We have flame cuts from 37025's kind of body side.
14:43These aren't in the best condition, but I wondered what your thoughts are.
14:48It's just a piece of metal.
14:51It's just blue.
14:52It's not really going to set the world alight with collectors, unfortunately.
14:56OK.
14:58We have the driver's seat.
15:03Yeah, I mean, we've sold one or two.
15:05I would say sort of around about 200.
15:08Do you want to demonstrate the dust?
15:09No.
15:10No, there's a lot of DNA in these, which probably needs to stay in them, I think.
15:15Yeah.
15:16200 each, not bad.
15:18But surely this will go for thousands.
15:22Good sign, but if you flick it over, that's what a lot of our collectors look for.
15:28We want to see that it's actually been carried on a logo, so it's really important that that
15:34corrosion stays on there because that gives it a lot of provenance.
15:38OK.
15:38I would say it's going to be anywhere between 1,500 to 2,000 plus, maybe.
15:45Three to four grand for the pair is a bit less than we'd hoped, but we've got more up our
15:50sleeve.
15:50So, this is something I've created myself.
15:56Not to...
15:57Oh, yeah.
15:59Have you signed it?
16:02Um...
16:02He will, he will do.
16:04That would probably help.
16:05He's signing it right now, actually.
16:07Now, this is a man who's got three and a half million followers on Instagram.
16:13And this...
16:14Two and a half.
16:14Sorry, two and a half mil...
16:16Soon will be three million followers on Instagram.
16:18I mean, this must be worth thousands of pounds.
16:21Yeah.
16:22Bit of a curveball for me, but...
16:26I'm sure Simon's response to my lightbulb will be glowing.
16:30Was it from Woolworths?
16:32No.
16:34It's the thought that someone can light up their room with 37025's bulb.
16:40It's a 60-water.
16:42It's not those...
16:42You know when you used to go to the cupboard and get the 40-water out and you couldn't see...
16:46And you'd always end up weighing on the carpet?
16:48It's not...
16:49It's a 60-watt.
16:50This is going to be your new niche.
16:52Sadly, on that one, I don't think that's going to be a warm and fuzzy item.
16:56Right.
16:57Well, thank you, Simon.
16:58Yes, maybe one for you to market, I think.
17:00Thank you very much, Simon.
17:02Yes.
17:02Brilliant.
17:03Thank you. Take care. Have a good day.
17:04See you, guys. Bye.
17:06I feel a bit disheartened.
17:08Yeah.
17:08You wanted the signs, nothing else.
17:11Time for a tot-up.
17:13You love your whiteboard sessions, don't you?
17:15Yes.
17:16Have you got these all round your flat?
17:17I do.
17:18I have my to-do list board.
17:19Do you?
17:20And it's just a reminder of how domestically incompetent I am.
17:25Cut toenails.
17:26Eat.
17:27Put laundry into the washing machine.
17:29So, Simon estimated the name plates to be 1.5 to 2 grand each.
17:36That's well below what you told me these things were worth.
17:40What we're going to make at auction doesn't look as if it's going to make that 10 grand target.
17:46Time for some creative thinking.
17:48Look, we have to look to our strengths here.
17:51Got to use our resources.
17:52Set up an OnlyFans account and have you wearing different garments holding the plates.
17:59Budgie smugglers.
18:00Budgie smugglers.
18:01You'd make 20 grand.
18:03Are you suggesting that as a prop?
18:06I think it would work.
18:07Can you imagine you, soft lit but oiled up?
18:10I'm seeing you really oiled up.
18:11I have transport for London budgie smugglers.
18:15Do you?
18:16I once ran into the sea in Florida wearing said budgie smugglers.
18:24Bloody hell.
18:26A good opportunity to show my holiday photos, but I'm not really keen on Chris's OnlyFans idea.
18:33And there is another problem to factor in which might cost us yet more money.
18:38There's one thing that I forgot to mention, Chris.
18:42Yep.
18:42Of course, if we're selling the name plates, we need to make new ones.
18:46Oh, yeah, that's fancy, isn't it?
18:50Oh, yeah.
19:02Brown, please.
19:03Brown, sir.
19:04For me, thanks.
19:06We're in Yorkshire, preparing for a day at a local foundry, forging new name plates for 025.
19:13How did you sleep, Chris?
19:15Not too bad.
19:15I got tired yesterday, Francis.
19:17You?
19:17My toes were pointing out at the end of the bed.
19:19You're long, aren't you?
19:20You're long.
19:21Yeah.
19:21Now, where would you go first with this?
19:23Well, you work your way around.
19:25Do you?
19:25Do you start at the 12 and go around?
19:28No, well, I'd probably start with a bit of bacon.
19:31Would you?
19:31Yeah.
19:32What, is that because it's looking appetizing or because bacon is the thing to start with?
19:36Bacon.
19:37OK.
19:37Right, I'm going to follow your little loop.
19:41Today, Chris and I will be assisting a true master of old school British engineering.
19:48A level ride of the Jaguar.
19:50The glide.
19:51Do you feel it?
19:51Yeah, yeah.
19:53Just gliding.
19:54Depressions.
19:55Wow.
19:58What a way to travel.
20:00Grace, pace and space.
20:08Right.
20:10Here we are.
20:12Good to see you again.
20:13Since the privatization of the railways in the 1990s, Procast have been the main foundry casting
20:20nameplates for vintage and modern British locomotives.
20:24Foundry master Jim's technology is straight out of the 19th century.
20:30How pure does it have to be?
20:32We will be using aluminium for our nameplate, although for some locomotives it's historically
20:37accurate to use harder metals.
20:39Feel that.
20:40Especially if...
20:41That's brass, is that?
20:43Good lord.
20:44Feel that.
20:44It's about three times heavier than aluminium.
20:46But this brass is used...
20:48Ooh!
20:49Okay.
20:50This brass is used for the southern region's steam locomotive nameplates.
20:54The southern stuff's gunmetal.
20:55Oh, it's gunmetal?
20:57Let me just get you a gunmetal.
20:58He's done you there.
21:00He has done me.
21:01That's superior knowledge.
21:02I don't often see that, but also he did you kindly.
21:05He didn't go, oh, it's gunmetal.
21:07He went, oh, that's gunmetal, which he's now going to produce.
21:10That's gunmetal.
21:12Again, only slightly heavier than brass.
21:15Bloody hell.
21:16Let's see.
21:18Crikey.
21:19I'd say this is about going back to my gym days.
21:23Let's...
21:24My elbow's locked.
21:27It's locked.
21:28Ah!
21:30Going back to my gym days.
21:33With my elbow unlocked, thankfully, we start the pattern-forming process in Jim's storeroom.
21:40I recognise that Royal Highland Fusilier.
21:43Yeah.
21:45Nothing beats a picture with a nameplate.
21:49It's all about composition...
21:52..and timing.
21:57Jim's nameplates are the stuff of legends.
22:00Francis, what's that?
22:01And there's one that I'd like to show Chris.
22:04Dick Mabbott.
22:06Well, that's the place?
22:08Chief Electrical Engineer at Brush Traction.
22:12Instrumental in the Class 73-9 conversion programme.
22:16Yeah.
22:17Well, that's on the side of a train?
22:18Yep.
22:19Dick Mabbott.
22:21Speak for us.
22:24V-E-R...
22:26First task?
22:27Putting together the words Inverness TMD that will be the basis of our mould.
22:33I use these pins on my model railway.
22:35Yeah.
22:36They're good, aren't they?
22:37They're old, er...
22:38Gimp pins.
22:40Is this whole show just a wind-up?
22:43Do you know, we filmed something last week and he turned round to me with a straight face and he
22:47said,
22:47there's not enough flesh on that flange.
22:50Can I be a smidgen over?
22:52Like that.
22:53Perfect.
22:56I'd say that's pretty spot on.
22:58Yes.
22:59Looks good.
22:59Downstairs we'll get it moulded up.
23:01Right. Let's go.
23:02Chop the good one.
23:03With a perfect pattern ready to go...
23:05Get a good covering on it, so it covers all the letters.
23:08Right.
23:08It's time to play with sand and create the mould.
23:12Come on, put your back into it.
23:14Look at that grip, you've got the grip of a panther.
23:15Oh, God.
23:17Sorry, can we do it?
23:18Can we...
23:19I'll hold it, you can do some of that shimmy.
23:20Come on.
23:21He's got a strong old grip, this lad, isn't he?
23:23I know.
23:24Look at his hands.
23:25He's a monster.
23:26I mean, look at those things.
23:29But my hands really come into their own when they're used for the sand scattering.
23:34You better jostle.
23:35Go on.
23:37Don't be frightened of it.
23:38Oh, right.
23:39He looks like the hand off the... the monsters.
23:42That's it.
23:43So we'll plug that into the airline and...
23:45Looks like a prosthetic limb.
23:47To compact the sand, something a little more mechanical.
24:02It looks like you're milking a really aggressive male cow.
24:06Milking a male cow?
24:08Work that one out.
24:11Compacting the sand firmly ensures that the mould takes on every detail of the pattern.
24:19I mean, your posture's interesting.
24:21I think it's back-breaking, that does.
24:24We've successfully created one half of the mould.
24:28What, the hips into play?
24:30We've not seen the hips yet.
24:31No.
24:32So it's the same again to create the second half of the mould sandwich.
24:36And our pattern is the filling in the middle.
24:40So this is where the metal's going in.
24:44Oh, bravo.
24:45Look at that.
24:48On its side, twist it.
24:50Now, to see if our pattern has been successfully compressed into the sand.
24:55Oh!
24:58Wow.
24:59That is beautiful.
25:01It's ready.
25:04Time to melt the aluminium.
25:07Am I right in thinking this aluminium's come from booths in Rotherham?
25:11Yeah.
25:11Yeah, booths in Rotherham.
25:12If you remember in Derby, the cab outside, that was scrapped at Rotherham Booths.
25:18There could be a little bit of that locomotive that we're going to be melting down and creating our nameplate
25:25with.
25:25Yeah.
25:26But it's like, there's railway DNA in the metal that we're using.
25:29I like the sound of that.
25:30So then, let's fire it up.
25:33Yeah.
25:33Let's get warm.
25:35And with a flick of a switch, Gandalf Jim heats up his cauldron to 800 degrees centigrade.
25:42Oh, yeah.
25:44You can really feel that in your chest now.
25:52This is British industry!
25:57After 30 minutes of wizardry, the aluminium has liquefied.
26:02Wow!
26:02Fantastic.
26:03It's Macbeth, isn't it?
26:05Sweet.
26:05You can hold it a bit further back if you want.
26:07And because I'm the sensible one, I help Jim pour it into our mould.
26:12Ready?
26:12Yep.
26:15That's fabulous.
26:18Yep.
26:18Oh, the smell.
26:20Railways are all about smells, aren't they?
26:21It's a sweeter smell.
26:22Dare I say it?
26:24Marshmallow-y?
26:24Yeah.
26:26In the time it takes to drink a brew, the molten aluminium is all set.
26:30Tip it forward.
26:32Here we go.
26:32Do we have a nameplate?
26:35That is fabulous.
26:37Isn't that great?
26:39We'll leave Jim to make a second plate so that both sides of 025 are adorned.
26:45The total cost?
26:47£1,000.
26:49Let's hope we can get a lot more for the originals at the auction.
26:53We're all in there, aren't you?
26:54After a quick selfie for the team at Bowness, it's time for me to bid my farewells.
27:00Boys, I've got to go. I've got to get on the aeroplane.
27:02Thank you so much.
27:04Really, really enjoyed that.
27:06I do like it.
27:14While we've been pouring molten metal, the wheelset that will provide a replacement for
27:19our broken wheel has arrived in Devon from Bowness.
27:25Overseeing the replacement is this man, Tony.
27:30He may be an expert, but even he can't guarantee our replacement wheel will fit on our axle.
27:39Tony, how's it going?
27:40Hello, Francis. How are you doing?
27:41Good to see you again.
27:42And good to see you as well.
27:43Right, so this is our Saviour wheel set.
27:46Is it the donor wheel that we got for your other axle?
27:49Fingers crossed, yeah.
27:50Once we have this wheel off, we can then assess whether it can actually fit onto the axle that we
27:59have already.
28:00And if that isn't a match, I really, really don't want to be the one who tells Guy.
28:08The first task is to apply some pressure.
28:13Now, Francis, we're going to take the plug out and we're going to inject oil into it to help float
28:18the wheel off.
28:19Right.
28:20So I've always wondered what that is.
28:22Yeah.
28:22I've asked people before.
28:24They don't know what it is.
28:25They haven't really had a clear answer before, so...
28:27There is a channel on the inside of the wheel, which is like a groove that goes all the way
28:32around the inside.
28:33And that fills the wheel and acts like a cushion to it.
28:35Then it's like...
28:36Oh, OK.
28:37It should slide the wheel off.
28:39The wheel grips the axle thanks to an extremely tight interference fit.
28:44To get the wheel off, high-pressure oil flows to the interface between the wheel and the axle
28:50and forces expansion until the grip is loosened.
28:53That goes up to...
28:5550,000 PSI.
28:5650,000 PSI.
28:57Yeah.
28:58We've never gone up that high.
29:00But even so, 10,000...
29:02I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that if I...
29:05Yeah.
29:05What we're going to do now is connect the foot pump.
29:08So off you go with your foot then.
29:10Go on then.
29:10Keep going.
29:13Oh, wow.
29:14And that'll do.
29:16So the oil pressure's in there now?
29:18The oil pressure's in there now.
29:20So we just want to have a look around here.
29:23I can't...
29:23Oh, yeah.
29:24Just coming out.
29:24See it coming out there?
29:25Yeah.
29:26That's good.
29:26Fingers crossed we should get that off pretty clean.
29:29The bubbles confirm that the oil pressure inside the hub is holding and expanding the metal
29:34wheel.
29:34A good sign.
29:38That axle and wheel have been married for over 60 years.
29:41So it's going to take more than just a bit of oil to separate them.
29:48To help the divorce, the wheel is attached to a massive ram that will push the axle through
29:53and release the wheel.
29:56There used to be a loud bang with this.
29:58Normally because they've been on there so long they've actually just rusted in position
30:01and you're breaking the rest of the way.
30:03Okay.
30:03So if it's no bang, it's good.
30:06Okay.
30:08And if there is a bang, it isn't good?
30:10It could be or it couldn't be.
30:11That's the thing.
30:12It could be or it couldn't be.
30:14Okay.
30:16Let's go then.
30:17Try and get it up between 20 and 30.
30:20That'll do.
30:21So what we'll do now then is we'll bring a ram out to the wheel.
30:25Okay.
30:25Let's do it.
30:27And we'll just keep an eye on the pressure.
30:30I'll keep on the emergency stop.
30:35Still up.
30:36It's not moving yet, is it?
30:38Just when it looks like it's not coming off...
30:40Here we go.
30:41It's gone.
30:42Really?
30:42Yeah.
30:42The wheel starts sliding over the axle.
30:46Shall I go faster?
30:47You watch it.
30:49That's done.
30:50That took nothing to get it off.
30:51Yeah.
30:53Fab.
30:53Wow.
30:54That's that, done.
30:56And on the wave of success from the wheel removal,
30:58an exciting nugget of news from the model railway world.
31:02Acura scale have just announced they're doing class 73-9 locomotives.
31:08Okay.
31:09I'm not sure which ones they're doing, but that should include dick my butt.
31:13Dick my butt?
31:15You're not saying butt, are you?
31:17No, I am.
31:18You are?
31:18Dick my butt?
31:19No.
31:20They didn't call a train that.
31:22They did?
31:22Oh, no.
31:27The replacement wheel may look good.
31:30That's the axle.
31:31But it's only going to help us get out of this situation if it will fit our axle.
31:37Go on.
31:38Look.
31:40Just doing some...
31:42Go on.
31:42He's praying to the wall.
31:44He's praying, isn't he?
31:44Yeah.
31:45Sadly, the railway gods won't decide this.
31:48Yeah.
31:48Okay.
31:49But what will is a bore micrometer.
31:53A measuring tool accurate to a thousandth of an inch.
31:57That's about it there.
31:58So, 7.754.
32:00Just keep a note of that.
32:02If the diameter is too narrow to fit on the axle, it can be widened.
32:07But if it's too wide, it's all over.
32:12Okay.
32:17I can almost hear a pin drop.
32:21All right.
32:22We have got a 7.62.
32:24Okay, so...
32:25Go on, then.
32:26That's a difference of seven fail.
32:29Yeah, we're in the money.
32:30We're in.
32:30We're done.
32:31Yeah.
32:31We're done.
32:32We can put the wheel back on.
32:33Yeah.
32:34We can get it on.
32:35That's good.
32:36Really good.
32:38Time to share the good news of the car.
32:41It looks like we're going to have a golden wheel set heading back up to Bowness.
32:46Excellent.
32:48Chris.
32:49And Mr Harris, who's racing Porsches in Kenya.
32:53Yes!
32:54How are you going?
32:54Every cloud has a silver lining.
32:56Okay.
32:56Keep me updated.
32:57Send my love to the crew and tell them that Kenya is awesome.
33:00We're P11 overnight, four seconds behind P10.
33:04Our aim was to come top ten with Ferdy on his first full rally.
33:08He's driving like a demon.
33:09Oh, well done.
33:10Well done.
33:11I'll speak to you.
33:11I want to get back, alright?
33:12Right.
33:13See ya.
33:15I'm probably closer to this locomotive than I have ever felt with any other mechanical
33:21thing.
33:22It's making my desire to make this work even stronger.
33:27Yeah, I really want this to happen.
33:41Ah!
33:42Chris!
33:44How are you?
33:45Good.
33:46Good to see ya.
33:46Welcome back to sunny old Bowness.
33:49Yeah, I'm glad you're back actually.
33:50Got a lot to catch up on.
33:52Fill me in.
33:53The wheel set is done.
33:55It's on its way.
33:56Is it?
33:57Should be arriving tomorrow.
33:59Nameplate.
33:59That's where I left you.
34:01Ta-da!
34:02There she is.
34:03Just like Mr Simon said, the back shows its provenance.
34:09And whilst you've been gone I've been thinking about fundraising.
34:13Yeah.
34:13Actually do something that interacts more with the local community.
34:17Remember the bakery?
34:19I think maybe we could get a special Class 37 fundraising biscuit in their shop window.
34:26Sorry, just stop there.
34:27You're going to earn £10,000 out of a biscuit?
34:30Well no, but it will be a component of the fundraising.
34:32OK.
34:33So I'm probably going to try and activate that today.
34:37Just testing the water a bit.
34:38I'm liking your language.
34:39It's very...
34:39That is very apprentice.
34:41Activate.
34:42Hmm.
34:45A gingerbread train could be an option.
34:48Hello again.
34:50Good job.
34:50Indeed.
34:51But I have my eye on a biscuit that mirrors the sturdy qualities of a Class 37.
34:56After sampling one of your gingerbread men.
34:59Yes.
35:00Don't want to be too forward, but I have a proposal, if you will.
35:03Perhaps we could do a collaboration where we do fundraising biscuits.
35:08Perfect.
35:09Yeah.
35:09Great for the town.
35:10Yeah.
35:11With maybe even a resemblance of 37-025.
35:15Yeah, yeah.
35:16We'd be up for that.
35:16Yep.
35:17Great.
35:17I suppose it would be good to try an Empire biscuit, just to see if that could be a good
35:22basis for the biscuit fundraiser.
35:25Yeah.
35:25That would be fine.
35:27I'll get you a nice big one.
35:29Oh, a nice big one.
35:29Yes, thank you.
35:30Who does the biscuit making here?
35:33Cairn.
35:34And that has our mobile phone number.
35:37So you get to contact her.
35:38Right.
35:39Well, take care.
35:39Lovely to see you again.
35:40Yes.
35:40Thank you for the biscuit.
35:42Okay.
35:42Cheerio.
35:43Bye-bye.
35:44Bye, everyone.
35:45Bye.
35:47Bye.
35:47Everyone here seems to know about the railway, seems to enjoy the railway, so I think it's
35:53nice to have a fundraiser railway-related biscuit in the local butcher slash baker.
36:03Time to put the plan into action.
36:07Why have we come to an estate for biscuits?
36:11I don't understand at all.
36:12Come on, you can still make biscuits in your kitchen.
36:15Yeah, but biscuits for ten people.
36:16We're making more than that, aren't we?
36:19Hello.
36:20Hello.
36:21Cairn runs a bakery business from her home.
36:24That's a tremendous doggy.
36:26It's a big dog, yes.
36:27With her help, we're going to test drive a few ideas.
36:29Let's make some biscuits.
36:33There's something so naughty about doing such big quantities of stuff.
36:36How often did you get to lob an entire pat of butter or something?
36:40I like this.
36:41With industrial quantities for biscuit-making ingredients.
36:45That's beautiful.
36:46Perfect.
36:46Mixing begins.
36:48Look at that.
36:49And Francis dazzles with his repartee.
36:53The Class 37 is known for making beautiful noises.
36:57So would there be a biscuit that might have a particular crunch that you would say is beautiful?
37:03He's picking it up now.
37:05Erm, I think biscuits are quite quiet.
37:08Quiet?
37:09Yeah.
37:14Just give it a wee wiggle.
37:16With our dough rolled, we can start cutting our biscuits.
37:21The resourceful Cairn provides a loco-style cookie cutter.
37:26We'll get these in the oven and then we'll ace them.
37:29Coffee?
37:30Ah, tea, please.
37:31Tea, fab.
37:31And in the twitch of a dog's whisker, they're baked and cooled.
37:36Right.
37:37Let's get some icing done.
37:38Time to get creative.
37:41I'm tapping into a mental state of total calm.
37:47That looks good.
37:49It just looks like two stick masks.
37:51It doesn't look like the British Rail logo at all.
37:53We've got the six colours.
37:54We've got the six colours.
37:57Right then.
37:58Fabulous.
37:59So imagine you're at the platform at Bowness Station.
38:03Uh-huh.
38:04It's like I'm there.
38:05And in the spirit of an Empire biscuit, jam in the middle.
38:10That looks awesome.
38:11Can I do the honours?
38:12Yes, you can.
38:19Tasting notes.
38:20To use a railway term.
38:22Uh-huh.
38:22That was proper thrash.
38:24OK.
38:25Is that good?
38:26Yeah.
38:27Yeah, good.
38:27High fives.
38:29Well done, guys.
38:30Thank you very much.
38:31With our test run complete, the plan is for Cairn to produce 100 a week for sale in the butcher
38:37slash baker shop and other Bowness outlets.
38:40At £2.50 each, that should bring in a handsome amount for the fund.
38:52It's a new day, and something special has pulled up around the corner from our B&B.
38:58Here we are.
39:00Look at that.
39:02There you go.
39:03New metal.
39:04New metal.
39:05Doesn't look like one and a half tons, does it?
39:07Oh.
39:09The wheel set from Devon is finally repaired.
39:12And the driver has kindly agreed to give us a lift to the yard.
39:17I really admire this.
39:19Look how nice this strapping work is.
39:21And the strap has a twist to it, so it doesn't flap.
39:26Yeah.
39:27Very good strapping.
39:28Really nicely done.
39:29Very good.
39:29Hiya.
39:30Driver Kev strapping isn't the only impressive aspect of his truck.
39:35Mallard.
39:36Potentially a reflection of how speedy the transportation processes can be with your company?
39:42Possibly.
39:42Possibly, yeah.
39:43Now, I've spotted a problem here.
39:46He's only got one passenger seat.
39:49Right.
39:51Set on his knee.
39:52We can't do that.
39:53We can't do that.
39:54But I really want to go in this.
39:56It's a Volvo.
39:56It's got an amazing automatic gearbox.
39:58They're so smooth, these things.
40:00I'd love to have a go.
40:01Please.
40:03While Francis goes and gawps at the other side, me and the biscuits make ourselves at home.
40:09Kev keeps a clean truck in here.
40:12So you have a black five on one side and Mallard on the other.
40:15Really?
40:15Yeah, yeah.
40:16This is made for you, wasn't it?
40:17I can appreciate it from the exterior.
40:19And you have tartan curtains.
40:21On is it?
40:23Kettle.
40:24Very good.
40:24It's like being in a train.
40:27Right, well...
40:27Obviously, it's lovely in here.
40:28I'll see you at the depot then, I suppose.
40:30Yeah.
40:35As Kev and I wend our way to the yard, we're left wondering how Francis is going to get there.
40:41There's a train guy.
40:44There he is at the sea.
40:45He's running there, mate.
40:47I don't quite know what he's doing, but...
40:51I know this doesn't look very normal, but...
40:53He's committed, is what he is.
40:55He's committed.
40:57This is a lovely truck.
41:04Look at the suspension on this chair.
41:06Lovely.
41:07Oh, joyous.
41:10Those gear changes.
41:11Buttersmooth, aren't they?
41:14Lovely.
41:14It's such a refined engine as well.
41:18Can we get you a taxi?
41:20It's all right.
41:22See, what I told you, it's not normal.
41:24Oh, no.
41:25It's two degrees and he's running by the side of you wearing Dr Martens and corduroy trousers.
41:29That's authentic.
41:32It's been an interesting few months for me.
41:34Can you understand that?
41:35Yeah, I can see that.
41:36Yeah.
41:38A mile and a half later, we're at the workshop and Guy and the team are here to greet us.
41:45Good to see you.
41:45Well done, you made it.
41:47This is special.
41:48We have the treasured wheel set.
41:49Yeah, well done guys.
41:52You know, this has been a kind of critical part to us getting this wheel back for us.
41:56Yeah, yeah.
41:56It has somewhat held us up.
41:59Is it always this complicated?
42:00Does it always go this wrong?
42:02Unfortunately, yes.
42:03You don't know where the problem's going to be, but you know this ain't going to be plain sailing.
42:07Now this is the domino that we can now knock to proceed with the dominoes.
42:13I like it.
42:16One and a half tonnes, that.
42:17That's a Mark V Golf GTI.
42:20I've just realised, I think they're going to plunk it on the railhead.
42:24Yup.
42:24The plan is to lay the wheels on the rails.
42:28That is awesome, isn't it?
42:29Is that not...?
42:30Look at the accuracy.
42:31And it's up to us to push them into the yard.
42:36Except Francis isn't dressed for the occasion.
42:39Now that is premium Missoni that I'm not looking to get dirty.
42:45Ready?
42:46From Devon to Bowness!
42:48Look at this!
42:49See, look, once you've overcome the...
42:51Feel how lacking in friction that is.
42:53Yeah.
42:54Contact surface is about the size of a 5p.
42:57It's getting a bit cruddy now, isn't it?
42:59Chris's attire isn't up to this either.
43:02Not on the Air Max.
43:04Yeah, my coat's covered in it now as well.
43:06Doesn't matter.
43:08We have got the problem wheels into the yard.
43:12That's a triumph.
43:13Shake my hand.
43:14I didn't think it would actually happen.
43:16No.
43:17Yup.
43:18Well...
43:18Let's go inside.
43:19We're making progress.
43:22Let's go back to our surrogate home.
43:23How much do you love the bossy in here?
43:24You love it, don't you?
43:25I love the bossy.
43:26Let's go in there.
43:27I've got a slightly drippy nose.
43:54I love the bossy.
43:57Thanks, it од
43:58You
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