For me the GWR has always been THE quintessential British railway company with great locomotives and the prettiest livery.

We are so unbelievably close to that 100k glad to be here for the past 4 years

It's really ironic that you made this video today as it's officially Duck's 92nd birthday.

As a certain pannier tank said, “there’s only two ways of doing things. The Great Western Way, and the Wrong way” Also loved the video. Great to see the GWR bois every now and then

Anyone : Makes a minor mistake Duck : *”That wasn’t very Great Western of you”*

Loved the "City of Truro" locomotive Sam. Real eye candy for the train enthusiast. Pete.

Hi Sam , at 78 years old I grew up on the railway at truro with all my family working on them , I love the grange and castles ,, those being my favourites, as a boy I used to sneak into Truro engine shed and clean the brass work and get paid a tanner ( sixpence )by the maintainence men ) great days and great videos of yours , keep it up , regards Roy.

DUCK REFERENCE FROM THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE AND FRIENDS "Theres two ways of doin things the Great Western way or the wrong way"

One of my favorite non-American steam locomotives has always been the 57xx pannier tank. Ergo, that's why Duck is my favorite Thomas character. There's a very...professional look about them. They look like they take great pride in their work, and they look good fulfilling said duties. And that really must have rubbed off on Wilbert Awdry himself, given Duck and his motto. "There are two ways of doing things: the Great Western way, or the wrong way."

During the 1930’s Charles Collet’s idea of the 2-8-2 wheel arrangement of the 7200 class was to rebuild 4200 & 5205’s with extended coal bunkers to give greater range in the South Wales Coalfield; Shedded at 86A Ebbw junction, 86G Pontypool Road, 86J Aberdare, 87D Swansea East Dock, Cardiff & Barry Area 88A. They were later deployed to other locations for iron ore & mineral trains on the region.

Best running session this year. Great Western locos have that unique charm.

Sam: makes an inconsequential flub Duck: the wrong way

Man is so close to 100k. You gotta do all of your LMS locos

It’s like all of my dreams in one go. Thank you so much Sam absolutely incredible video : )

Fan--bloody-tastic! I've been waiting for this video for over a year and here we are! And finally the county class! Woo! Hehehe. I'm excited

If I might choose my 5 favorites, they would be : King, Castle, Manor, Pannier and Saint class. Being a GWR lover myself, i was extatic to see this video coming and was not disappointed.

actually duck said once theres three ways: the great western way, the wrong way, and the thomas way

Love the 94xx. That copper stack is so beautiful.

Yesterday I got my first british model train, it's a hornby j15

Sam,The shot at 15.30 looked fantastic, really enjoyed that session all the best and early congratulations on 100k,. all the best

Duck is stated to be a 57xx (despite his earliest illustrations resembling a 64xx) and is numbered 5741 in the RWS (though is still technically the NWR's #8). When appearing in show, he was a brighter shade of green like Percy and Henry, no separated black smokebox, less defined steps to either side of his face, and a black plate on his cab with a yellow 8 (likely to make it more obvious to kids that he's the 8th). As for Oliver, he had green wheels, and his 11 was yellow with red borders like most of the others and no black plate; his GWR number is 1436. For them in a full NWR style livery, I imagine: apple green, red boiler bands tank and bunker lining, yellow cab windows, yellow numbers at the middle of the tanks, green wheels, red running board. Percy has most of these apart from no bunker lining, brass dome, boiler bands on his saddle tank, and number on his bunker. I think those three are the only Westerners to work on Sodor. Lastly, for a Great Western Way joke, I'll link you to this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bd2hpNeCuOC0fGQ.html

Come on Sam, Almost there, 100k here we come!!!

You have an outstanding collection of GWR Locos

I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed this video, and would love to see a special on the Southern Railway! Keep up the great work, Sam!

2:49 Great Scotland Yard. It's Percy The Small Engine From Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends. Thanks Sam'sTrains Mate. X

I love the GWR trains and especially the green liveries they have! thanks for revisiting this Sam!

Good evening Sam Lovely video to watch. Even as a dedicated modeller of diesels, I do count myself as a fan of the GWR. I model the Great Western mainline / West Country, just firmly in HST time rather than King Class... That being said my favourite GWR locomotive is the Castle. This is a combination of sentimental reasons and admiration. The late great John Peel once narrated a channel 4 series called “Great Trains”, one episode focussing on express services. In the episode it was explained how the Castle was sent for trials against the A1/3 from the LNER and totally blew it away. It’s said this experience led to Gresley re-working the A3s to produce much better performance. Stay well, keep the videos coming.

"The great western way" Clever! Very clever!

I definitely want to see more of these! I remember your videos on engineers of the big four such as Stanier, Drummond and Gresley and I really enjoyed those. Oh also you are so close to 100k and its and absolute pleasure to be with you for the last 5 years

Great Video as usual. I try not to miss any. Keep up the great work.

Brilliant video as always, and I love the GWR! Great entertainment for the end of my birthday as well so thanks so much!

Hi Sam Also a fan of GWR and I have studied it in depth. I visited most of the Motive Power Depots before detruction in the 1950s and 1960s. I gained my steam ticket driving a Hall. My problem is that because of the successfull boiler standardisation when you create OO scale models the similarity becomes a problem and many models look extremely similar.

I've got a Hornby King George 1 with TTS sound - it's a favourite, and go-to engine for hauling any kind of coaches. I think it looks better in the flesh than it did in the video, wonderfully detailed, and the sound is the best of any of my TTS locos - great chuffing, and the long whistle is awesome. As you know, I'm hard to please, so this is definitely a recommendation!

King Class, not only King of the GWR loco's, but King of all UK loco's.

Love these trains. Congrats for soon hitting 100 subs.

*I swear if duck and Oliver isnt in this I'm sueing.* *I'm not suing *

Wonderful video Sam can't wait for more! Got to love GWR green.

What a great running session! You are tantalisingly close to 100k! I have been subscribed (on various accounts) since around 45k subscribers!

What a stunning collection of GWR { Gods Wonderful Railway } Locomotives. Thanks for posting such an interesting video. Cheers Greg

Nobody: Literally Nobody: Duck: There are two ways. The Great Western Way, and the Hell Way!

Oh dear This is the best model train video I’ve ever seen

Very cool vid Sam I like the choices at the end

Great video Sam I can’t wait to see you hit that big 100k ,been having a tough time recently and your videos always make me smile ,keep up the great work

What a Lovely selection, and what a delight. Our latest Hattons order had Large Prairies in it. O gauge as well!! Also Small Prairies are very sweet. Dukedog. City of Truro have seen both in action! Mogul. The Grange... Must get one of these. The one that does make me smile is the Larger County as the boiler is the same as Stanier put in his 8F. Useful as they use an 8F boiler in the New build County!! Castles are also Lovely. Thank you Sam. D&L.

Well done Sam you’re so close to 100k bet your there by the end of the week you deserve it with the amount of work you put into your videos well done!

CITY OF TRURO :D GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY :D THOMAS AND FRIENDS :D This video made a bad day really good. Really hope you do a LNER, LMS and SR video, I love these videos.

5:28 You Brits sure knew how to make a locomotive look classy. Gorgeous model.

My favorite Great Western locomotive has to be the newer Saint Class, specifically 2999 Lady Of Legend. She's such a gracious engine

My favourite railway company. The GWR did have other railway companies locomotives enter their fleet as there was a Terrier and one of those strange sentinel steam locomotives like the Dapol/model rail magazine produced.

Very interesting Sam. Thank you.

Big GWR fan here! You made me very happy 😌

Hi Sam, There are quite a few 4-6-4 tanks bigger than the 72XX, biggest I can find with dimensions easily available is the L&YR Dreadnought Tank at 15.2m with the 72XX at 13.67m, although the LB&SCR L class /looks/ huge as well. 72XX is the biggest GWR tank though yes.

The GWR is by far my favourite company from the Big Four, not just because I live in Swindon, but because it was the oldest company with the most history.

I really enjoyed this one Sam, the GWR built some magnificent locos at Swindon, and many different classes having interchangeable parts, making the whole system a very efficient one. A very impressive collection you've amassed there....Bob

Congrats on almost reaching 100k Sam!! You deserve it :)

Very nice session Sam. The GWR produced some wonderful locos. Think my favourites are the Halls and Manors. Many thanks as always.

Quite a show of GWR locos. Impressive!

Great video Sam! I'd love to see more of these running session videos in the future!

I love all of the GWR locomotives and tank engines, my personal favourite is the Small Prairie class. Great video Sam, cant wait to see you do the other railways.

I love the GWR so naturally I enjoyed this video :)

Hi Sam. For me, the sexiest engine ever to run on British tracks is, without doubt, the 'City Of Truro'! There's something about engines with outside frames that make you stop and stare in awe, and the Truro has that effect on me. And for me, the frame has to be in its original Indian Red livery, while pulling a rake of those gorgeous chocolate & cream clerestory coaches. Heaven!

Excellent video as always, yes definitely make more of these style videos, they’re fantastic 👍 Keep up the great work 👍

“There are two ways of doing things. The Great Western Way, or The Wrong Way.” - Duck The Great Western Engine

I love your collection of gwr locos and I have been here for 4 years can't whit till you hit big

Amazing models never really been into the Great Western class but it's pretty cool to see how many were produced, great video

Congratulations Sam on almost 100K subscribers you deserve it

Amazing video Sam!

Another great video mate, you make them fun and educational. My favourite is the mogul they were like a general purpose engine. Could be used on main and branch lines. Keep up the good work 👍

They certainly were an impressive bunch, variety is the spice of life, like em or loath em, worthy of praise any day. The King class and 4700 class always caught my eye, as did the 9400 Panniers. Nice collection, be proud of it! 🙂👍

Great video of my local and favourite line.

Some of those classes of locos do look nice Sam I really like the kings and the 14xx Thx Ben :)

As a newbie, seeing so many side by side was fascinating and informative, helping me develop my likes and dislikes. Thanks.

Hi Sam the great western railway is my all time favourite railway company

Hi sam, i always forget to comment on those pieces of instrumental jazz that you play at the beggining of your videos. Great, as usual. My favourites the castle class. Keep on. Cheers!!

Can’t wait for the LNER and LMS video, excellent job once again my dude.

Please do more of these! I loved it!

Very well done Sam..I enjoyed that. My favourite GWR loco has to be the Castle..and especially the one preserved 5043 from Tyseley.

Great video Sam, both my Grandad and Great Grandad worked for the GWR so naturally it's my favourite of the big four and features very heavily in my collection, most of them passed down to me from my late Grandad. I love the Castle and King classes and am 1 engine from having a full set of Kings.

I love all steam. But being born in the South Wales valleys I can remember the last steam and first diesel. I wish I could remember seeing the 9f's as they hauled up our valley. The big tanks used to haul up our valley also. So for me it's GWR. Love them to bits.

That’s definitely the Great Western way for sure! 😃👍

Not too long ago I learned the town next to me used to be served by the Great Western, which surprised me since I thought I was in Southern territory. Apparently they used to run the old 14xx autocoach services here, which were later replaced by the railcars, and finally with more standard BR diesels before the service was ultimately scrapped and the station turned into a car park with a hidden platform and rails in the bricks. The GWR was for a long time my favourite of the Big Four because of the green colour - and exposure. I've found SR is a little too..IDK, I can't appreciate them the same way. But as time goes on, I've found myself appreciating the pre-grouping railways just as much like the LSWR and L&YR.

12:30 The one tripping point for the hall class is that with a smaller firebox than a pacific, they needed good quality coal to get the most out of them. But that's a pretty minor detail.

Great I love to learn about the GWR and about all four railroads hope you make this in to a series. You are really helping with my education about British rail.

Hi Sam have Hornby Holden tank from 1979 that I got in the Hornby branch line train set for Christmas. The locomotive still runs but it does get hot after running for a long time. So it comes out now and then for short runs, but it's great to have something from that long ago in the collection running. Great video always enjoy the content. Thanks Darryl in Ireland

Awesome video today Sam beautiful locomotives and my favourite is city of turo

Woo well done Sam

Oh wow 30 (or 29 shhhhh) locos! Great video. Will you do anymore of these? You have to love the GWR engines.

I really enjoyed it

Very nice sam, enjoyed that, king class my favourite,still have to add one to my collection a little wary at the moment buying a new one as my luck lately with new locos isn't great lately 😂

I have ocd thanks for arranging them neatly and not burning my eyes

You out of anybody deserves way more than 100k. You put so much work into modeling and you truly love the comunity, keep it up sam. I cannot wait to see smokey joe's new top speed :)

God's Wonderful Railway... What's not to like? Classy locomotives, stylish rolling stock, the best looking brake vans, prettiest clerestory coaches. I might be a bit biased?? Thanks Sam, great vid, you'll have to do it again when the Genesis coaches arrive!

Congrats on 99.999 subscribers Sam!

Great video sam hope you get to 100 know subscribers dave

It is simply the Great Western Way Sam!

I liked the King and the Castle classes. Great vid

Your Get Soo Near 100k GOOD LUCK btw I Bought Your Merch

Top railway company - GWR. top class - Castle. Top engine - City oF Truro. Grew up in Cornwall in 50s -60s so can just remember these engines. Loved the style of them. Can just about recall riding in chocolate and cream coaches though they were replaced by BR liveries too soon for my liking.

Yes please do more. Early pannier is my favorite

Just under 8 years of youtube and about to reach 100k. Proud of you mate