j 50, I just love the service hole in the tanks. good design far easier to lubricate the valve gear compared to going underneath with a pit. not only safer and quicker, but able to be done any time, anywhere, it also appeals in the sameway the bullied designs do . gee I wonder why i am attracted to the oddball. always fun to see your layout and more great reviews thanks Sam.

I've just bought a J83 model just like yours, this review has certainly helped me know what a gem I've bought.

Hornby's J83 was gifted to me as my first loco and I can say that it handles practically everything in the performance department.

hello again, the j83 was my favourite one,, I've just purchased a second secondhand one.. did not realise it could pull that many coaches,, I'll give my one a try...brilliant video again. Jim

Hi Sam , sorry have not commented for a while but have been on hols for the past 5 weeks . Got to catch up on your videos , loved the onboard camera shots from a previous one . The J83 has it for me , nice to be back . Cheers......Peter.

Great review Sam, have both locos , bought the Hornby J83 new in the seventies, it is as new now. Keep up the good work. Regards John, OZ down under.

I picked up a clean looking j83 recently for 15 quid. I think they make an excellent alternative to the 040s included in the current sets.

Great vid I love the LNER tanks!

Enjoyed the running session, nice LNER colour schemes. The Lima locos are interesting, perhaps because they are slightly different. The motors have their own sound too. : ) John chambs123 is right, the coupling rods on the J83 have been swapped, so appear upside down. Not a problem for you of course. : ) Cliff.

I have 2 of the Lima J50's.... the LNER green and a BR black. Thankfully, both of mine have cleanly applied striping. You can easily improve that connecting rod's appearance by simply super gluing the head of a hex bolt to the rod. If you wanted to take it one step further, you can actually connect that rod to the center wheels, using a hex head bolt. Cheers

Hey Sam another great review. The J83 has my vote although for 0-6-0 steam locos the best for me has to be the pannier tanks. Should take a look at bachman's model of them really nice locos. Keep up the great work

Nice review Sam...I do like the J83 and agree the linkage on the J50 is strange, but it did look OK on the track...Simon

Nice to see the j50 iv been wanting to see that for a wile and its nice the see a green j83 because I have a black one. Great video

OMG!! Thanks so much!!! the reason I first got into modeling was because my dad showed me some of his old lima trains from when he was young!!!! THANKS!!

One thing I think you overlooked Sam: Lima stopped producing theirs. Hornby are still, occasionally, trying to charge upwards of £30 for the ex-NBR J83.

you should try and get one of the older bachman J72 0-6-0s the're really nice!

I got this J50! Mine looked like it was never run before, it was still in box, she pulls over 15 carriages!

I am saving up for the early Br j50 (£75) and the large "D" couplings (£10).

I like the J50s, they have a nice box look to them, and they look nice on ANY layout :)

Hello Sam, it's got to be the J83 for me as I have two of them. Now I have ask Barrie davis this question and as yet I have not had an answer. (Maybe he has not seen it.) My J83's are Hornby's 8473 was made at Margate and 8474 was made in China. They both have a traction tyre on the middle axle and the rear axle is sprung. Barrie said, in one of his video''s that had sold all of his J83, but did not go on to explain why. Is it because they have a problem over points? I have searched the internet, with no results. Do you have a later J83? if so does it cause you any problems? Thanks Sam. Martin (Thailand)

great vid lner so l like j50 for me cuz it different I like different Locos like the q1 and p2 anyway good work as always

can you review the hornby railways conternentel tank enigne? it comes in green (the rarest ) ,red (the one on my profile and medium ) and black the common one that you could get with red wheels or black wheels

you should get a j52 tank the first privately purchased loco from BR was j52 no 1247

The J50 was originally used for Thomas by the Rev. W. Awdry.

What really catches my eyes on the J50 is the poor spacing of the loco number on the tank sides as they should be central directly underneath the N and E, and yes this is a 30 year old Lima model, but there is no excuse for that in my opinion !! ....

I've got a Lima class 94xx tank engine that's the same j50. With the middle wheels not connected

I have a hornby weathered j83 from the 2000s maybe

Just got a Lima J50 in black 😁👍

do u think that i could make a hilly sean out of papper masha

Plus my favourite is the j83

Hi Sam We Have The Same J83

J50 all day long though the J83 is very lovely. :)

The J50 is a vary quiet runner.

Yes

I got the j83 in my old smokey set

make the Reverend w awdry's model train on Thomas as a j-50 steam engines that Christopher awdry had when he was a kid

When will you review your O1?

As you can see Christopher awdry would ask his father To make a model of Gordon but the Reverend w awdry couldn't find the right parts to make Gordon so for Christmas he gave him a little j-50 steam locomotive with the NW and the number one Christopher awdry decided to name it Thomas

You see this on clockwork engines the fake linkage

I got a Hornby j83 for £21.50

My favourite is the j50

I prefer the J50s

J5083

Oh god. My J50 is in horrible condition compared to yours. Broken buffers and buffer beams. All of the extra paint yours has I do not have. Everything about yours is better. Even the running is better. Great review anyway. Nice to see some vintage models again. 👍

thomaslner

The J-50. Another engine that I'd describe as 'pleasingly ugly'. When does this model date from? I'd guess late 1980's - early 1990's. I do like it, but much prefer the BR black livery. My young brother had a J-83 in 1982 sort of time, and it was a lovely little engine.

These tank engines give me an idea, why don't you get your friend(s) and have a shunting race or other events. You decide the rules, BUT you need to use a tank engine. (You don't need to say yes.)

This is good

LNER 8920

J50

J50, ugly as the annoying P2. J83, cute as the Terrier Whitechapel. The J50 has unnecessarily long heavy side tanks, which completely ruin her appearance 100%. The J83 is 100% cuter, because she's just the right size for a small 0-6-0 tank engine. The tanks are exactly the right size, as is everything else about her. If I had a favourite LNER Tank Engine, the J83 wins rods down. The LNER Teak carriages suit her in elegance and charm. She definitely has what we call the cute factor.