Love your new 12” to the foot layout. Not sure how you fitted it in your loft but the attention to detail is amazing especially the scenics.

Wow! The DMU is great! It's got DCC sound and smoke effects. Shame it hasn't got sprung buffers. I thought for the price it would be good.

Does anyone else feel strange seeing Sam emerge from the loft lol ,looks like a great video sam

The van at 1.19 is a Palvan. They were supposed to be a new and modern kind of van in the 50s - the idea was that they could be quickly loaded by forklift trucks, one on each side (with the doors offset so the forklifts didn't run into each other). Unfortunately, most stations only had platforms on one side, so the vans would usually wind up only being loaded at one end, which made them rough riders. I'm kind of surprised that nobody's done it ready-to-run, it's an interesting-looking BR-era prototype.

Need to introduce us to Mrs Sams Trains. Our partners that have to put up with our hobby and being dragged around to places are all too often forgotten 😂

I'm sure they appreciated you speaking with a hushed voice so as not to scare the trains off.

This is pretty relatable, even the fact that me and Sam both agree with wearing Adidas Copa's

Looks like, a great heritage line there Sam really liked seeing the DMU in BR blue and grey a classic livery in my opinion, hope you had a great time.

Such an interesting video Sam. No steamies, yet still looks fascinating. It's cool to see something run at least, even a diesel. Thanks for showing us this.

I'd live to see more of these!

NIce to see you in the sun, Sam! Next year's April Fools video should be you walking around a full-size loco and making some of your usual observations... "No NEM pockets? C'mon, British Rail, even Dapol have NEM pockets!"

To be honest Same, your O gauge layout looks brilliant. It’s come on really well

I recently visited the Grand Canyon Railway, and I was busy geeking out over the old locomotives and rolling stock they had on a siding. Looking for old equipment is definitely one of my favorite things to do when I'm near real trains.

The fact the you have visited this and the great central railway has confirmed my thoughts you live in the Leicestershire area. I've only been to the GCR (as its down the road for me), but I once have driven past Battlefield Line

Always good to see these old stations, locos and rolling stock, very nostalgic, amazing that so much is in preservation A good diversion from your normal videos, hope you get to film more

Great video and thanks for sharing this, visit of yours. I have been to the battlefield line for a few years and i can tell you the footbridge did used to/does lead to the platform. it is a matter of turning left at the bottom of the steps on platform two and then making a left handed "u" turn to bring yourself to platform 2. As it is normally not that overgrown in that area as it can be fixed given time.

Been here a few years ago. It's a great small place with alot of history well worth a visit. Stops up around bosworth so a nice walk after.

Made a nice change this video, I remember in the mid 1980's travelling from Crewe to Preston as a wheelchair user we got put in the guards van, it was either freezing or to hot in the summer. Now we can travel in everyday coaches, who says things haven't improved.

This is fantastic! Good on you man, would love to see more!

WOW - that was really interesting - you ought to do more of these 'Out & About' type vids Sam - enjoyed seeing the Museum - did you buy any thing from the Museum or the Shop??? 😎🤔🚂🚂🚂

Apparently I own a yard of track at the Battlefield line my Dad bought in my name in the 80's during a fund raiser, possibly the push to Shenton. Everything is a little fuzzier nowadays. If you want unusual uses of coaching stock, I can recommend the cream teas at Pecorama served in a Pullman. Or if you ever make it to Wales the cafe at the Betws-y-coed railway museum used to do a cracking breakfast. At both places the model shop isn't too bad either!

Lovely video and glad to see heritage lines are up and running so well. Did you weigh the dmu for us - it seemed quite heavy and tons of separately applied detail, which was a good thing!

Nice little line the battlefield. Need to get down there again someday. I believe the hall class is wightwick hall on loan from Buckinghamshire railway centre. They have a few industrials too. Think they run steam on Sundays during the busy seasons

I liked the solitude of the area and the bids singing away,be great to have a look at all there relics in the shop.

Nice video Sam, hope you and Mrs Sam's Trains (?) had a good time. The Battlefield line can look like a bit of a tip in places but the hall class based there is immaculate and most of the "in use" stock is in a highly presentable condition. Shame about the sprung buffers though :(

I don't care about the lack of steam, this little line looks beautiful! Also, I thought the bit about the other model enthusiast was funny :D

Interesting to see a 116 (?) motor coach running with a 121. And 45015! I lived in Leicester for 4 years for uni, but never went to the battlefield line. I only did the GCR Loughbrough once. Also nice to see a pair of 33s in the yard. Saw my first one on the mainline today, 33025 on the back of the Royal Windsor Steam Express with B1 61306 Mayflower at the front.

1:1 scale is brilliant so realistic. Where I volunteer we are currently assembling a 1:1 scale GWR kitchen carriage. Haven't seen it since last year but the people who remained during Covid have certainly been busy as it has windows and doors on it now.

when was about 10-11 that foot bridge was pointed towards the platform we used to use it togo over the track but they turned the steps to use as a public foot path

Wonderful video Sam! I love your vlogs and your impromptu puns and jokes which are brilliant! The scenery and birds were absolutely stunning! If you can, I'd love to see more of this in the future!

Nice video I went on this DMU last year never thought to look at buffers and went on Wightwick Hall on 31st July.

This was the first ever steam railway and I think the first ever train I went on. The engine that pulled my first train was the B1 Mayflower. I think it’s now at the bluebell railway or that was where I saw it last.

Me and a friend were at the Battlefield line a few months ago, good to see it all running well still and nice to see you out and about for a change. Great vid Sam. Come to the Llangollen Railway sometime :D

Haha, I like the end montage. I am guessing the missus said something like: “Sam, just prat around like a tart and we’ll put some music to it later” 😜 A very clever way to keep using a bridge if it is a bit iffy I thought. And it is good to see they have got back into service. I always worry about the smaller lines so seeing them open is great. 👍 Terrible oversight about the buffers though 😲😆 I like seeing the bubble car coupled up to a trailer car. Reminds me of some of the strange formations I encountered on various DMUs back when I was a wee lad in Yorkshire and later in North London 😎 Cheers Sam, great fun 🍻👍🍀

Love this 😀 my local heritage line, could spend all day there 😀

Great video Sam , unusual seeing in the outdoors , but i enjoyed very much . You can do more of these , you have my seal of approval .

I see so many high railers here on Seattle that I was kind of surprised that you saw a high railer for the first time today! I’m also surprised by the amount of equipment just left to rot there. Nice video!

6:29 That 45 Peak just looks so sad.

Indeed a lovely line and staff running the line we visited earlier in the year. The only thing you missed was the beautiful canal running along side. Yes I know that this is a (model ) railway site but remember that for many years Canals and railways ran side by side. Thanks Sam maybe a few more field trips

Love snooping around this old stuff, great video Sam! And you got your yearly portion of fresh air as a bonus 😂😉

If you are ever able to visit Australia you would live the NSW Rail Transport Museum in Thirlmere. Massive collection of Steam locos is both stored and operational condition. It's a must visit for rail enthusiasts imo

I'm lucky enough to live and work near the battle field line, it's a great place to visit and yes the ride is very rocky. The walks around the area are fantastic.

More of these! That was fun to see and I kept thinking how nice it would be to convert those unused stations into a private home. The music you used reminds of what you would hear on the Charlie Brown holiday specials (do you get those over in Britain?). Thanks! 🚂

I've already had my first DMU rides since lockdown. The video and its departure sequel are on Kelly Ashford Trains now, if you want to watch them.

I loved this video. I would definitely enjoy seeing more of this sort of thing in the future

very nice to show that. big shoutout to heritage railways on these difficult time for them :/ *Support you local heritage railway(s)/museum!*

Great video SAM. Nice to see you out & about amongst the Big stuff. Makes a change from those carpet burns on the knees !!! ATB Mike.

Nice pair of legs !! The railway looks like my train room - bits of stuff all over the place - projects that were never started!

Very rare 33/2 there, the loco that put BRCW out of business and pleas for mercy at BR fell on stony ground as it cost BRCW an absolute fortune to make the unique jigs for the "slim jim" 33's. The "Slim Jim's" came about because of one tunnel on the Hastings to London main line which when double tracked was too tight for standard stock so instead of singling as it is today, they built the truncated stocks which included the awesome BR 201/2/3 classes, many wagons became slab sided because they might end up working freight through that tunnel as after Beeching any diversionary routes were wiped out as any freight wagons out of gauge could have gone down via the East Grinstead line and onto Lewes then into Hastings that way.

C’mon Sam. There’s only one thing we all want to know… who is Mrs Sam’s Trains? And when did you ever leave the loft to find her?!!

if you go back latter this month according to the website , the last three weekends they will be running he hall class... in august.. you should go back looks like a lovely heritage railway.

Ooh nice I've been there. Really nice line that is. Great video. I love old heritage lines. Shame there weren't sprung buffers, for however much money too.

Just got a Bachmann Tornado in the mail today! Absolutly love it so far, was totally worth it to pay the extra money to get all of the extra lining. Just out of curiosity, are you going to try one of the Ex DJM LSWR 02 (Now EFE) class when they come out?

They have a Hall Class in a shed? That might be where the stray boiler came from, that was trackside. I can't remember if it was a carriage or a CCT, but the Bluebell Railway have a shop at Horsted Keynes in an item of rolling stock. A lot of railway models, books, toys and other things in there. I figured that it might be fairly common.

Reminds me of The Niles Canyon Railway where I've ridden a train. Lots of interesting things to looks at, some not in the greatest condition but interesting none the less.

get your head around this, this is the closest railway to me it's like 11 miles away to Shackerstone but it is also the hardest for me to get too

To add to Jago's comment. There were 2,388 PalVans built to Diagram 1/211 (to TOPS Code VPV, later some were fired with long link suspension and an air pipe to become TOPS Code VPD (and Diagram 1/263)) in nine batches. 7 were built at Faverdale, Darlington) and 2 at Wolverton. Whilst the doors proved to be adequate for the loafing of pallets the running gear soon became worn out due to the repeated loading cycles and the wagons became unstable at speed leading to a short life compared to the VanWides that came after them (TOPS Code VEV (some later converted to air brakes becoming VEA) and VMV, VWV). Some PalVans were sold off to private users including 20 used by Johnnie Walker Whisky and repainted from bauxite to blue/green with the company's logo at the right hand end. Others, like this one, were sold to the MOD where it carried the number WGB 4046, hence the grey paint scheme.

Really enjoyed this video. Would love to see more like this!

Cheers for the tour Sam. Laurie.

Great video, really enjoyed this one! Quick question for you Sam, I’m trying to get hold of some spare tiny springs for motor brushes, could you advise me as to where I might find some?

What a lovely video! I’ve recently re watched your “7 ages of steam” series and thought you could do the same with diesels or redo the series. Just a thought Thanks very much :)

Yet again Sam Another great video there m8 ,, i think you will find there is some (buff) in the buffers and you will need just a little bit more than a tad (pls refer to the tads and poofteenths rule below haha) little bit more oomph than just a finger to push the buffers in like say like around 70 tonnes worth of oomph thats in tne carriage it bufferring into hahaha... I also want to refer to the absolutely gorgeous lights at the 4.54m mark of the video you see I do scrap metal recycling for a living and have scrapped probably over the last 28 years or so "before collecting them was a thing" and I have scrapped probably around 3 or 400 of these types of light shades and simalar types and colours and only have only kept a few over the years. The scrap value to which is virtually 1 step above throwing into land fill and opened my eyed into how much more money i could make by selling them on ebay and wow wee the first one i put on got around $65 Australian dollars and thought was a gr8 price for something that weighed 3kgs and was worth only around $0.24 cents and it was in good condition so i thought oh well i will put another crappy one on & listed it for $9.00 just like the previous one thinking that maybe I might get asking price or maybe 10 buks for it and it sold for $175.50 which really blew me away with how much it sold for which to me is half a house payment and just couldnt believe it ,, the crappy one was bent rusted and chips in the enamel but it had that famous stuff on it called patina which is worth its weight in gold. Anyhoo as always i love the video you put on and i thank you heaps. Oh by tne way I will explane the tads and poofteents rule as i mentioned before ,, it was explained this to from an old ozzie fully koalafied bush mechanic was that a tad is equal 3 poofteenths and a pofteenth equals 9/10th's of sweet f#@kall ahahha Thanks again and Cheers from John in Australia.

Poor do not having sprung buffers , must have been a Rail Road version . Thank you for sharing your visit . Cheers........Peter

absolutely delightful - wonderful video -- love the museum - in fact love everything about the line - birdsong was lovely - oh ? did you adjust your dress before leaving ? :)

Glad to see you are getting out and about! I must admit I was worried about you cooped up in that attic for days on end making all those videos! Thanks for the outdoor excursion.

Great little railway, one of my favourites.

The Class 45 number 45015 is one of the first class 45s that had both The look of a class 44 with split headcode boxes. It was one of the D11 to D15. They are the only 5 that had that look. It languished at Toton for a long time and it was supposed to have gone under restoration, but the owner went bankrupt and there was another attempt to buy the loco and move it but the Battlefield line owners refused to let the people who wanted to buy it remove it from the railway as the previous owner owed them money for the rent of the space it was taking. So now it is in really bad condition and more or less fit for the cutters torch. Such a shame to get rid a of piece of railway history!

8:10 I used the whole palm of my hand and even my side to try to push in some buffers once, they wouldn't spring for me. Quite a rare thing to come across imported buffered rolling stock in the states 8:34 what an unusual flowerbed. I'm surprised I haven't seen examples like this in shopping centers or anywhere else 10:12 that Hall Class is a visiting loco from Buckinghamshire which is 6989 - Wightwick Hall. The Battlefield line only owns an 0-6-0 saddle tank that is out of service

Been a while since my last visit when they used to have the B1 Mayflower based there.

Main thing is did your lass have a nice day out too, otherwise it’ll build up. Looks a nice quiet line that one, plus you’ve got the battle centre too.

Excellent video of your visit to the Bttlefield Line Sam 👍👍 I think Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway has most of it coaches buffers are sprung.

A new review of the new Australian ARM C38 was posted the other day by Matt Slade. Available from Hornby but not any UK retailers and mostly sold out in Australia. Lots of cost cutting with this model .

The other part of the dmu is in the loco shed being painted into a green livery which the other dmu will become after.

Really enjoyed this :) Loved the sprung buffer check!

Wow it feels so weird to see you outside and not inside the loft with your layout!

Hi Sam, thanks for that. The first rail van you asked about is an early BR PALVAN. It has wide doors for palletised fork lift loading. Apparently not very well like as they had rollers in the floor to move pallets on. This made them unstable in transit, and the idea was discontinued. A forerunner of today's intermodal traffic. Ex shunter BR TYSELEY.

About the shop inside of a coach in belgrade there is a cafe in an old tram used in yugoslavia

Nice idea to show us a 304,8 mm to the foot layout, it's refreshing ! By the way, I am preparing a list of the first tier heritage railways to see for my next holidays projects in Britain. This one looks interesting, I have to look how to go there by train, of course (I'm a no-car citizen by the way). Seems they are a diesel paradise, that's fine for me !

the station building is beautiful ! It looks just like the Dapol one .

Does it have proper bearings, at least?

6:36 there are 12 class 45 loco's left in the world - and this is one them and its rotting away.

Hay, Sam, how ya doing? Great to see the new video 👌😄 I wonder, have you ever thought about joining a railway preservation group? There great fun, and you can learn a lot about railways and get to actually run full size train's. And you meet fantastic new people. Anyway, have a great day and be safe and sound 👍 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚋 keep rollinon😁

Lovely video that Sam, many thanks, looks well worth a day out !

It’s different seeing you at a real life railway, you should vlog at the Severn valley railway

The van is a Palvan. It was one of BR's attempts at modernising goods traffic by allowing for pallets to be put inside of vans, but were not overly successful due to to rise of container traffic in the 60s. Maybe you could make one on the 3D printer, if you're looking for something visually interesting and which had widespread use. Would you be able to model some of this line in the future- that hybrid DMU looks particularly interesting.

I love seeing videos like this, and even though you are primarily a model train reviewer (watch the odd one), this is the content that I thoroughly enjoy and why I subbed! If you (or fans) have any good channel recommendations for similar, leave them in a reply!

“A shop, inside a coach” I actually work inside an old 486 unit which has been converted into a cafe on the EVR, it’s quite novel but it has all the space and kitchen supplies you need and we can use the cab for storing things in, it actually used to run on the line aswell but they just converted it and painted it into Pullman colours and called it the Pullman buffet 🤷‍♂️😂

Have you ever be to ecclesbourne valley railway just outside off derby went there for there diesel gala last weekend had a great time and they fast progrest last time I was there 😁

Sam this was amazing! Loved it! Incredible

Quite enjoyed this new style of video Sam - nice one.

9:20 "Please adjust your dress before leaving." I want one of those for the back of my bedroom door.

The title and thumbnail are possibly my favourite ever! Love them!

The van with the double doors is a pallet van from the mid 1950s. The stripey upholstery is early 1980s.

That shunter you said it might be an 04 or 03 out of those 2 it has to be an 03 because there are actully only 3 04s in the world one in the NRM (not in running order) one in Canada (in running order like the next one) and finally one on the NYMR (also the NYMR has 18 miles of track from Pickering to Grosmont but even more if you count the trains to Whitby

Excellent Sam, nice to see you come out and about, its an interesting line,

Highrailers are still used in the US, there's one parked outside the station near my house

1.00 'I wonder if this is the bottom part of it' Yes, this is indeed the 'bottom part' -- called the locking room, because as you can see, it contains the 'locking frame' with all the interlock connections down from the actual levers in the 'lever frame' upstairs. This is why the vast majority of signal-boxes are so tall.

I love these types of vids. You should do more like this also nice interview

Did you see the DMVs on the Asa Kaigan Railway they are very interesting high railer buses.

What a lovely little line and trains