Retired engineer Barry Smith took his hobby to extremes and built himself the most amazing train set in the garden of his home in Scorton near Lancaster in Lancashire
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00:14 Well, it came about because I had an OMB 00.
00:17 And when the wife said I could have a reel,
00:19 I lost interest in that and started on this one.
00:21 I always get a kick out of going through the tunnel
00:24 and over the bridge.
00:25 But there's nothing particular, because it's
00:29 all special to me.
00:31 I started in about 2005 and just been adding bits to it
00:38 and making the machines and the railways and the carriages.
00:42 It's just an ongoing thing.
00:43 So there isn't really a time scale on these things.
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01:02 There were derelict gardens that were used many years ago.
01:09 And I simply needed access to get material
01:15 through for the garden.
01:16 So I built the railway initially for that.
01:20 It just became a hobby and just expanded from there.
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01:54 But unfortunately, it's just for family.
01:57 And we have tried to use it and give public train rides.
02:01 But it just gets too out of hand.
02:03 And we can't get insurance anyway.
02:04 So we just keep it for friends and family.
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02:21 I've always been an engineer.
02:28 And I never do anything unless it's practical.
02:32 So it started because I needed access
02:36 to get some gardening materials around.
02:38 And wheeling wheelbarrows up and down these hills
02:40 wasn't a solution.
02:42 So it just started like that.
02:44 And you just get interested in and a lot of encouragement
02:48 from the family.
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03:15 Well, it's got to the point now where
03:17 it needs a lot of maintenance.
03:19 So before I can go any further, I've
03:21 got to put right what's been down for 15 years
03:24 and repair the sleepers.
03:27 So I haven't got any specific plans
03:29 other than make it look better.
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04:30 But I've always had an interest in engineering.
04:32 And there's nothing like the history of the UK
04:36 from an engineering point of view that only involves railways.
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