Preparation Work On The Roundhouse Russell Live Steam Locomotive & First Run
Welcome to the first behind the scenes in the train room, where I prepare live steam locomotives and get them ready for running. The first steam locomotive I’m preparing for 2026 is my newly acquired Russell locomotive from Roundhouse Engineering. It was announced that this steam locomotive has now been discontinued, Last year I thought I better act quickly before I missed my chance to own one. I always wanted to have a Russell in the collection, so here we are. This is the first live steam train services on the garden railway this year and it was pulled by Roundhouse Russell.
The Russell will be known as R4, because the first letter of the loco’s name and it’s the forth steam locomotive in my collection.
The American locomotive at the end of the video is from the Bachmann Big Hauler train set with freight cars with caboose and the black plastic track. This locomotive is numbered 9.
00:00 Intro
00:15 Bring the locomotive closer, to be worked on.
01:15 Insert the batteries into the loco and transmitter.
03:48 Testing to see the radio gear works.
04:40 Filling the locomotive up with gas and water.
08:20 Fill the displacement lubricator with steam oil.
09:44 Oiling up the moving parts on both sides.
12:50 Lighting it up for the first time.
14:15 Watching pressure gauge raises and the safety valve lift.
16:30 Running in light engine.
20:54 Running with coaches.
24:30 The American engine is taking over the passenger train.
25:48 Credits.
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