GARDEN RAILWAY ATTACKED!! Unbelievable footage of trains being attacked

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  • čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
  • Hello and welcome to this impromptu video showing some amazing footage of my garden railway trains being attacked!
    Is this the culprit who knocked my 40 off last month.
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Komentáře • 80

  • @casperbacon1423
    @casperbacon1423 Před 4 dny +41

    probably thought the jinty was a Wrenn. sorry....

  • @darkangnarly1084
    @darkangnarly1084 Před 4 dny +26

    You are going to have to build a branch line for it to sit on.😜

  • @brightonred27
    @brightonred27 Před 2 dny +2

    Brought a smile to my face Dan, looks like he's saying get your railway out of my garden !!

  • @IrishModelRailway
    @IrishModelRailway Před 3 dny +5

    Amazing video, Dan! Thanks for taking the time to observe and record.

  • @stepht8677
    @stepht8677 Před 2 dny +2

    As a birder and Garden Railway person this is fascinating, the Blackbird is definitely acting as if the trains are a threat/predator. Bet the nest isnt far away. Never seen this behaviour before !

  • @alanwagstaff16
    @alanwagstaff16 Před 4 dny +10

    That blackbird just don't like trains for some reason. Maybe he thinks they are snakes or something.. But it's amazing to watch .

    • @bobcholawo6787
      @bobcholawo6787 Před dnem

      Yes. This bird has done Dan a favour, we are all watching and subscribing if not already.😂

  • @julielewis1164
    @julielewis1164 Před 4 dny +6

    Wrongly or rightly worded i think this video was brilliant because its unique and well captured thanks dan

  • @markrich7171
    @markrich7171 Před 2 dny +2

    I remember reading a article about a garden railway in an edition of the Railway Modeller where the author said that you don't realise how much wildlife and there is in a garden and how family pets act. From slugs and snails on the track to mice taking up residence in a tunnel, birds throwing dead leaves onto the track when looking for insects and spiders and webs ending up on the locos as well as the family rabbit running along the track thinking its a train and the family cat deciding that the bridge that carries the railway over the pond is a great place to stalk the fish. Which is why mine is fully demountable when not in use. It takes a little while to set up but it saves a lot of aggravation.

    • @bobcholawo6787
      @bobcholawo6787 Před dnem

      In deed. But lovely to have wildlife around. Slugs even get into our pantry, but we cope.

  • @donwright3427
    @donwright3427 Před 3 dny +3

    Yes thats Blackbirds for you. One watched me plant my sweetcorn then proceded to dig up every seed and eat them. Luckily they dont present a problem to our local rolling stock in Tywyn.

  • @hughoconnor9172
    @hughoconnor9172 Před 3 dny +2

    Blackbirds are apparently declining in the UK and should be encouraged not deterred. Perhaps a long removable tunnel from the entrance might suffice as the bird will probably lose interest outside the nesting/mating season.

  • @user-br8my6oj8q
    @user-br8my6oj8q Před 4 dny +2

    Hi there , he might think it’s a snake ! Good luck with that. 👍🏻🤓👍🏻

  • @stefanbattige7988
    @stefanbattige7988 Před 4 dny +3

    Like a Pterosaurus attacking a Jurassic Parc visitor`s Mk1-coach! Perfect movie!

  • @johnbill9201
    @johnbill9201 Před 3 dny +1

    Great funny video Dan, time to run The Black Bird Express thanks for sharing John

  • @bluebellcentralmodelrailwa4064

    That Blackbird was sure F off at the trains. Made me laugh 😂 when he 1/2 entered the tunnel. Made me think he was saying..."🐦‍⬛Your tea's oot, Come ahead, who's next" Thanks for this great comical vid, cheers Kevin 🙋‍♂️👍🤝

  • @jonhigginson4096
    @jonhigginson4096 Před 3 dny +3

    Reckon you need a brush prototype on there. Hawk, Kestrel or Falcon would keep him away.

  • @maltnz
    @maltnz Před 4 dny +4

    See if you can find a hawk silhouette to cut out and paint from the plywood you have there. Might deter the blackbird perhaps?

  • @thepacerman
    @thepacerman Před 4 dny +3

    maybe he thought it was a slip coach that stopped short of the station and he was just trying to help out lol

  • @neiltonks4627
    @neiltonks4627 Před 4 dny +3

    The bird probably has a nest nearby and sees the trains as a threat to his young.

  • @anthonytaylor298
    @anthonytaylor298 Před 4 dny +1

    I have plastic garden mesh around the outside and inside of my 3 feet high garden railway test track. I used a staple gun to fix it to the decking boards on which my track is laid. The mesh is cheap but takes time to cut the lengths and height required. I too have had a blackbird swooping down on running trains but it never made contact.
    Thanks for all the videos 😎👍🏻

  • @jeffbrown2401
    @jeffbrown2401 Před 4 dny +3

    Great video Dan Jeff at branch Brothers

  • @andymarriott8150
    @andymarriott8150 Před 4 dny +1

    Great funny video - I reckon this Black Bird is an aggrieved competition entrant who didn't win so he's taking his revenge 🤣😂

  • @XDFRailRoadCooler
    @XDFRailRoadCooler Před 3 dny +1

    I like what you put at the end of the video

  • @carlbentley80
    @carlbentley80 Před dnem +1

    The bird is a reincarnation of Marple’s and Beeching, he is trying to shut down your railway. Probably wants to build a motorway over it.

  • @robertbate5790
    @robertbate5790 Před 3 dny +1

    I think you are right, from it's stance I would agree with territory protection. Quite why an inanimate object should attract attention I'm not sure. He must have learned to associate it with the moving trains. And possible answer to the 40's mishap. Well caught action. Perhaps a warning to other garden operators, of whom there are many. 👍👍👍👍

  • @user-cj1wm6xd4y
    @user-cj1wm6xd4y Před 4 dny +3

    His nest could be in garage or he wants to live in garage blackbirds are incredible intelligent and super good at hiding nests I would sit in garage very quiet and there maybe a young trapped

    • @dansmodelrailways7886
      @dansmodelrailways7886  Před 4 dny

      I’m in the garage/workshop everyday. There is nothing in there at the moment

  • @user-kd2uf2ns6z
    @user-kd2uf2ns6z Před dnem +2

    He will stop this game soon. If only he could tell you why. Please be kind to him. God bless you.

  • @delphjunction1168
    @delphjunction1168 Před 4 dny +5

    Hi Dan.
    That blackbird has told you before to get O gauge. Doesn't like oo. 🦅🦅
    Thumbs up thumped 👍
    ....Pete....

  • @garethparkin9498
    @garethparkin9498 Před 4 dny +1

    That is ace I have never seen that before lol

  • @Crepello100
    @Crepello100 Před 4 dny +1

    Fascinating! I've never seen that, even though I've been feeding the birds etc. by model railway for a few years now. Maybe he sees it as another male blackbird? I have seen blackbirds muscle in on jays who were feeding from the wagons. Also (I've just remembered) many years ago I had an N Gauge outdoor layout and had a blackbird attack a train. Only happened once.

  • @piers995
    @piers995 Před 3 dny +1

    Reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds"! Funny though 😃

  • @ibelieveyou2066
    @ibelieveyou2066 Před 4 dny +2

    That's not a bird. That's a winged mini T-Rex! 😃

    • @robertbate5790
      @robertbate5790 Před 3 dny

      Surprisingly, the nearest living relative of T-Rex is the common chicken. Unbelievable but true

    • @ibelieveyou2066
      @ibelieveyou2066 Před 3 dny +1

      @@robertbate5790 KF T-Rex, from now on!

    • @robertbate5790
      @robertbate5790 Před 3 dny

      @@ibelieveyou2066 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @weAreNotAloneHere
    @weAreNotAloneHere Před 2 dny +1

    He probably wants that hole as a nest, perfect size . He probably thinks that object is taking a good nest that he wants

  • @stephencope7178
    @stephencope7178 Před dnem +2

    A reincarnation of Beeching or Marples perhaps?

  • @peterm7548
    @peterm7548 Před 4 dny +1

    Quite bizarre! In OO gauge this amounts to an attack by a monster bird - the stuff of horror movies!

  • @Petemonster62
    @Petemonster62 Před 3 dny +1

    It's the Giant Claw! (I don't recall the Giant Behemoth or Gorgo attacking a train.) Maybe you should equip your steamers with a smelly smoke unit? Or like Ewhurstgreen said, run some bare wire on the telegraph pole's insulators to form an electric fence.

  • @bensnowdon3
    @bensnowdon3 Před 3 dny +1

    This blackbird just wants to play trains with you dan!!!!

  • @Biigfish559
    @Biigfish559 Před 23 hodinami +1

    He needs a name!! How about Mr Beeching? :)

  • @Dogtown16v
    @Dogtown16v Před 3 dny +2

    I bet the passengers were scared.

  • @anandadesilva6558
    @anandadesilva6558 Před 4 dny +2

    He might be planning to make nest in the tunnel!

  • @gregorybeckett9205
    @gregorybeckett9205 Před dnem +1

    great...looks to me that "Black bird has spoken"....lol

  • @johnbishop6667
    @johnbishop6667 Před 4 dny +1

    Brilliant perhaps he fancied the entrance to your shed as a nice safe nest site . Lucky it was only a black bird and not a Hobby , get it 😂😂😂 for those who don't know a Hobby is a raptor , swift like in shape , a lot bigger and fast .

  • @stephenB-yq9kw
    @stephenB-yq9kw Před dnem +1

    Build a plastic tunnel over the bridge using perspex

  • @stephenl5693
    @stephenl5693 Před 2 dny +1

    Bird's mate probably got killed by a mainline branch train then it sees smaller trains and wants to retaliate. Hopefully it will stop attacking and give you head peace.😅

  • @1947acw
    @1947acw Před 4 dny +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @JWitchard
    @JWitchard Před 4 dny +11

    The reincarnation of Maggy Thatcher. She was anti railway.

    • @dansmodelrailways7886
      @dansmodelrailways7886  Před 4 dny

      😂

    • @archstanton5603
      @archstanton5603 Před 4 dny +2

      Although railway privatisation occurred under John Major.....

    • @martinsurridge7390
      @martinsurridge7390 Před 3 dny +2

      No, she came back as an old crow?

    • @Mitch-Hendren
      @Mitch-Hendren Před 3 dny +2

      Much as I hated the auld boot ( her who shall not be named) . Her one redeeming feature ( apart from inventing mr whippy ice cream)
      Was she was against privatisation of the railway she knew it wouldn't work .

    • @PeterEdin
      @PeterEdin Před 2 dny +1

      Doesn't matter if was Thatcher or Major, they are all as bad as each other.

  • @davidhope7206
    @davidhope7206 Před 3 dny +3

    It's doctor beeching. He has been reincarnated as a black bird 🐦‍⬛. 😊 he looks a fiesty one 😂

  • @brakevanman469
    @brakevanman469 Před 2 dny +1

    Should have added Alfred Hitchcock theme from the birds

  • @ewhurstgreen
    @ewhurstgreen Před 4 dny +1

    Start modelling overhead electrics with live catenary perhaps? 😉
    _Seriously though, assuming the attacks are only taking place at that one location, a couple of wires strung above the track may offer sufficient deterrent....._ 🤔

  • @Rob.Coleman
    @Rob.Coleman Před 4 dny +1

    Obviously a Scalextric fan 😁.

  • @XDFRailRoadCooler
    @XDFRailRoadCooler Před 3 dny +1

    Mr. Black bird is a friend of Rosa's. That means all pigeons are known as Rosa. Not very keen on the British stuff, because your couplings are on truck/boogie. I have ho (Santa Claus) gauge. My couplings are on the body. I said that to someone running N gauge on CZcams. And the said it just has to work. My answer is if a train run on it's roof! Would anybody run a train just because it works! My point is I want a train to act & behave like a train. Not just because it works. It's how rails guide the system.

  • @cliveballiston7471
    @cliveballiston7471 Před 4 dny +2

    Bizarre

  • @joycemoore8135
    @joycemoore8135 Před 3 dny +1

    Yikes it`s RODAN!

  • @jackdaw3160
    @jackdaw3160 Před 3 dny +1

    He may think it’s a snake

  • @kingfisher1487
    @kingfisher1487 Před 3 dny +1

    Maybe you need a tunnel guard like the do on the main line

  • @tramdriver123
    @tramdriver123 Před 3 dny +1

    Is it a Luftwaffe bird? 😂

  • @forrestrobin2712
    @forrestrobin2712 Před 4 dny +1

    😮

  • @keithtanner2806
    @keithtanner2806 Před 3 dny +1

    Go for a bigger scale, G would give him a serious headache.

  • @stefanbattige7988
    @stefanbattige7988 Před 4 dny +1

    Maybe the bird took the full train for a snake and tried to scare it off!

  • @peternorris6438
    @peternorris6438 Před 4 dny +1

    A bit like Alfred hitchcock The birds

  • @stephendavies6949
    @stephendavies6949 Před 4 dny +1

    Hi Dan. Don't know if you recall, but this was my guess when the 40 got attacked. I think I suggested it may have been a magpie...

  • @mrpstapley
    @mrpstapley Před 2 dny +1

    Name the bird "Richard" (those who know history will get it}

  • @GodfreyTempleton
    @GodfreyTempleton Před dnem

    Your things are invading the bird's territory. Leave the bird alone.

  • @Verylonelyloconow
    @Verylonelyloconow Před 4 dny +1

    Theres your dinner for tonight