The Joy of Train Sets - History of Model Railway

The Joy of Train Sets - History of Model Railway - Part 1 Bassett-Lowke

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10 жыл бұрын

The Model Railway Story: From Hornby to Triang and beyond, this documentary explores how the British have been in love with model railways for more than a century. What began as an adult obsession with building fully-engineered replicas became the iconic toy of 1950s and 60s childhood. With unique archive and contributions from modellers such as Pete Waterman, this is a celebration of the joys of miniaturisation. Just don't call them toy trains.

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@ralphgiles4754 2 жыл бұрын

I have watched this documentary so many times whilst working on my model railway.....definition of heaven!

@oscarosullivan4513 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@Phil-oj5nr 2 ай бұрын

Got my first train set, Hornby 0 gauge clockwork, in 1953. Have been modelling railways ever since. A great hobby, you meet other modellers and help each other with any problems that arise. Visited the Bassett Locke shop in High Holborn many decades ago. On visits back to UK visited as many model shops as I could. Semi-retired in Picton, South Island, New Zealand.

@humbertofigueroa3455 2 ай бұрын

I can watch this documentary over and over again. Thank you

@PalomboDylan 5 жыл бұрын

I am 23 years old and I live in America and I love British railways and I have a few hornby steam locomotive and if I must say I am so glad that model railways went into smaller scales

@joshdeighton8636 4 жыл бұрын

dylan palombo America gay

@sitarnut 4 жыл бұрын

Right on... Me too...I'm 75 and just got my first Dublo "Duchess of Montrose"..... nicely detailed.

@VestedUTuber 4 жыл бұрын

Thing is, it's the bigger scales that are going to keep the hobby alive, especially with how prices for smaller-scale equipment are skyrocketing. N-scale rolling stock is actually more expensive pound-for-pound than G-scale, for example.

@PalomboDylan 3 жыл бұрын

@@VestedUTuber oh yes they are. when i was a kid which im 25 now N scale and Z scale model trains at a local hobby shop would cost $140 USD or more and now they are even more expensive. but yet new hornby OO/HO scale models like the new hornby princess Elizabeth cost 225 to 235 GBP which is almost $350 to $400 USD and that is nuts. thats why i just buy hornby railroad range stuff in decent condition on ebay. i definitely dont have $350 to $400 USD to piss away on a model train.

@oscarosullivan4513 2 жыл бұрын

The Railroad mark two coaches are nice but the couplings can be a pain in the arse

@Calvertfilm 4 жыл бұрын

Bassett-Lowke - an amazing guy.

@davidwillard7334 2 жыл бұрын

Like WREN ! O !! GAUGE ! I WANTED ! TOO !!

@steamymallard7649 6 жыл бұрын

The man who created model trains soaked up the magic in the mountain and had the lady smile

@Foxx_modelling 2 жыл бұрын

amen

@Idkjustgothere 6 жыл бұрын

THIS MAN IS A GENIUS!

@johngibbons2984 4 жыл бұрын

My first train set was a trix twin made by Bassett Lowke in Northampton the town I was born in and mum worked at Bassett Lowke for a while in late 50s early 60s.

@teredude 4 жыл бұрын

AWESOME!!! I Will watch this great documentary over and over.

@oscarosullivan4513 2 жыл бұрын

10:32 looks fun

@Cool2BCeltic 8 жыл бұрын

I never knew that Bassett-Lowke had connections with Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Fascinating.

@flippop101 8 жыл бұрын

What a great piece of film! Thanks!

@TheCreatorReviews 9 жыл бұрын

Not only Great Britan has a passion for trains. In evrey town were i am theres about , 1 or 2 model railroad places or shows in 1 town.

@davidsheriff8989 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful documentary..I lived as a kid next to an embankment with trains bothe passenger and coal rujnning every 20 mins or so....brings back memories..

@EdwardsDayOut 3 жыл бұрын

Hooray for model trains!

@oscarosullivan4513 2 жыл бұрын

Diesel locomotives do it for me

@azbrowne 8 жыл бұрын

I would've loved to see the Awdrys on here.

@Benji_transport_vids Жыл бұрын

This is so nostalgic for me

@NorbertRoll 6 жыл бұрын

Great documentary.

@strafrag1 8 жыл бұрын

There's nothing like an iron horse.♥

@dustpanandthebrush5293 3 жыл бұрын

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@ogvision2957 6 жыл бұрын

The music in the background from 2:34 to 3:36 is the theme from "The Persuaders" (a 1971 TV series starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis). Bit of an odd choice!

@timothysmith8300 7 жыл бұрын

i will say it once and i will say it again steam and steam model railways rule long live steam and model railways.

@radioguy1620 3 жыл бұрын

the pandemic returned a lot of people to model railroading I heard.

@annajeannettedixon2453 8 жыл бұрын

WE ALL LOVE STEAM LOCOS THERE HARD WORK TAKE LOT OF LOOKING AFTER DIRTY OILY GREASY HARD WORK AND WE JUST CANNOT GET ENOUGH HAS WE JUST LOVE THEM EVEN THE MEN THAT WORKED ON THEM ALL THERE LIVES WALKED AWAY AT THE END OF STEAM WITH TEARS IN THERE EYES saying good bye to a old friend there steam locomotives the peoples locomotives

@oo0Spyder0oo 8 жыл бұрын

I admire steam but I like diesels even more these days. All good stuff.

@davidwillard7334 2 жыл бұрын

ESPECIALLY !! THE !! FIRE !! MANN !!

@hatakashi1900 8 жыл бұрын

Is it possible for u to upload the whole episode in 1 video? Pleaseeeeeee

@gamesinc8568 3 жыл бұрын

Being 10 I love trains I haven't got a table yet but I'm thinking of getting one

@oscarosullivan4513 2 жыл бұрын

Keep your stable small

@davidwillard7334 2 жыл бұрын

Basseettt ! Hound !! Lowke ! The ! CLASSIC !! STURDY !!/ ROBUST !! CLOCKWORK !! MECCANO !! KEY !! SPRING !! LOCOMOTIVE !! !! WITH RODS !! At the BACK !!! FOR ! ADDED !! REALISM !! HEY !!

@im1hpbro283 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when I got my first set when I was 7. It was a Bachman Chattanooga set and I peed myself when I got it but now I am team Lionel lol

@medwaymodelrailway7129 3 жыл бұрын

Like video."thumbs up from me".Hope there more

@ashujchwd 3 жыл бұрын

Lok’s models makes today’s models look like Disney

@CombraStudios 7 жыл бұрын

5:11 is the thumbnail

@ModelRailwaysUnlimited 6 жыл бұрын

LOL yep it got me and became a way of life :) Shame about all the mad costs, bad quality control nowadays

@Romin.777 4 жыл бұрын

Not if you buy Märklin..

@barryroach1980 6 жыл бұрын

Is Stephen Mangan narrating this?

@WhiteBoyMikey21 4 жыл бұрын

Inventing something by importing it from germany, it doesnt get more british than this. greetings from nuremberg V.

@oscarosullivan4513 2 жыл бұрын

Taking things from elsewhere and improving it thats the western way in general

@davidwillard7334 2 жыл бұрын

Because it's not Marlklin !?? ) RiiverRossi !?? Lionel !?? Trix ;!!?? Bad Enough ! With Lima !?? Hey !

@pim1234 3 жыл бұрын

The Music...what serie was that in the 60's ? The Avengers ?

@Mr_Fancypants 3 жыл бұрын

The persuaders? (1970's?)

@pim1234 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mr_Fancypants You are right ! tnx !

@lickemftw8879 7 жыл бұрын

7:39 Dr. Strange?

@Normandie17 6 жыл бұрын

lick'emFTW a

@TheLogFella 6 жыл бұрын

@shadowthejudgehog9081 4 жыл бұрын

A model train a year makes the money disappear

@davidwillard7334 2 жыл бұрын

If your in The R.T.R ! CATEGORY ! LIKE MOST !! HERE !! ARE !!

@Romin.777 4 жыл бұрын

So Basset imported his trains from Germany. Hahaha

@garyfrancis6193 5 ай бұрын

I wanted to see when this started. I expect the 19th Century but when in the 19th Century? Who were the first to create model train sets? It must have coincided with electricity becoming more common in cities and homes. This says “ history of model trains” but doesn’t say anything about its origins.

@don679 Жыл бұрын

I understand this is about British trains, but you can't talk about the history of model railroading without mentioned Joshua Lionel Cohen

@muir8009 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately of course one can watch any documentary on lionel and theres an absence of any mention of Bassett lowke or Frank hornby. What's most disappointing about this programme isn't the absence of Lionel, who of course didn't invent the toy train, didn't make the first electric train, didn't popularize toy trains; but the lack of anything not only of Bassett Lowkes competitor Gamage, but no mention of the Marklin brothers, a vague mention of a rather ambiguous reference to Nuremberg, but gives the impression that Bassett Lowke made his own models. Ives competed with Bing for the lower end of the US market, popularizing the toy train, Marklin and to a lesser extent the US brands like Knapp, Howard, Boucher etc serviced the high end. Lionel got his break because the US Government made German imports most prohibitive after WWI. Where Lionels genius was through marketing, borrowing the brilliance of Ives, and improving upon it. Lionel's trains were almost secondary

@blitzper8578 6 жыл бұрын

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@Jade2781 3 жыл бұрын

Funny train go BRrrrrrrr

@w.rustylane5650 4 жыл бұрын

What's a crown? Something like a guinea? Or a quid? We Americans don't know too much about the English monetary system before the European Economic Cooperation.

4 жыл бұрын

A Crown was 5 Shillings.Even when that went,we had the Half-Crown,which was 2/6 (12 pennies to the Shilling)

@oscarosullivan4513 2 жыл бұрын

Its old British/Irish money pre decimal. Quid is just slang for a given amount. A Guinea is just above a pound. Pre euro currency in europe was diverse

@davidwillard7334 2 жыл бұрын

The SQUID ! POUND !! Is like A Million ! $$$ !! HEY !

@daveday5507 5 жыл бұрын

I think your title is wrong. It should be: 'The Joy of Model Railways - History of Train Sets'. With respect, there is no way that Pete Waterman is a railway modeller. He collects and plays with toy trains.

@VestedUTuber 4 жыл бұрын

Why? Because he's not a part of your elite club that obsesses over 100% accurate perfection? Because he doesn't meet your standard of detail? Don't gatekeep.

@TheGameCamer360 4 жыл бұрын

Dave Day what a fucking idiot, have you actually seen his layout in its entirety. He’s far more of a modeller than any of us can hope to be. Your just bitter that he has the money to invest in it to such a grand scale.

@oscarosullivan4513 2 жыл бұрын

Dave day is a follower of Budget model railways so unlikely he is fussed about detail just laying track down and running trains and making scenery

@daveday5507 2 жыл бұрын

@@oscarosullivan4513 You could'nt be more wrong. I make rolling stock. I don't lay track or run trains. My point is that Pete never made anything in his life. He pays others to do it.

@goldentimes1998 6 жыл бұрын

Buffer

@davidwillard7334 2 жыл бұрын

They Could have ! Done ! A ! Slong ! Like the ! BUS ! STOP !! WITH ! THAT ! HEY ! ( DON'T ! STOP !! .........! )

@jackharrison6771 4 жыл бұрын

Is the art of Poetry becoming redundant? You just get a bunch of blokes with their kids or grandchildren enthusing about Model Railways and tell me otherwise.