Had a few problems today re axiety worries. Thanks for cheering me up as usual.Mick.

Another very enjoyable video Rick and Pauline. Great choices in favourite locos Pauline especially the Class 37 and Mallard.

Unbelievably, when first introduced, the Terrier tank locos were mainline passenger locos, hauling commuter trains in and out of London. Latterly, after replacement by bigger locos, they moved onto branchline services, such as the Hayling Island branch. Do not worry about the future of the hobby - as with everything when one door closes, another opens. One big retailer calling it a day - very sensible when you look at the timing (from their business perspective) and the loss of one big exhibition is not a sign of doomsday looming. As the Warley club has said, their members are getting older and putting on a massive show is getting beyond what they are comfortable with. Again, very sensible. What we probably havent heard about is the number of clubs that have disappeared. But then, not everyone has a need to be a part of a club - I did for a few years, but now prefer to do my own thing, on my own. I've still got mates who are modellers and most of those friendships have been made over the internet and then at exhibitions. This hobby has such a diverse band of followers - most of whom, do model, and get enjoyment from, a very diverse range of subjects. One of the great things about your channel is that you go to shows and point out superb modelling of great detail, but then produce great content around what you like to buy and collect - quite different things. Media savvy youngsters seem to love Francis and now he is doing a bit more with model trains, that might rub off. (Personally, I think its all a load of tosh, but you cant please all the people, all the time). Hornby caught a bit of a cold when they tried to diversify with SteamPunk models, so Im not sure we will see anyone try that type of link up again, but who knows.

My Dad took me to see City of Birmingham in the Bham Science Museum in the 70s.Majestic.

Hi there to you both. I do hoep all is well with you both :)!!! Sorry I am so late to this one, but I was in NY for the BIG Fest for Beatles convention. I do like the ones that you are showing right away!!! You got a nice Ho one their mate. OOO Hot topic. I hope it is not going away.... For me my Train shop is about 45 minutes away :(. I did enjoy you talking about it. You are so right about Music sucker lol right!!!! I think this is me ...... Back to this great store. I did enjoy him talking. WOW what a shop he has I would like it a lot!!! Now back Home for more good fun. I sure did like all you got just great wow. This one was a bit long . But lol all is good and have a great rest of the week and take care!!!!!!

Really enjoyed the video it is how suprising now mind how many couples enjoy trains sets together me and pauline seem to like the same kind of trains and love shunters and the rustons as well are in various colours look forward to nxt video

Great video guys nice too see a model shop no model shops where I live now all closed sadly the class 37 livery is railfreight distribution filmed these in the mid 90s anyway all the best 👍

Support your local shop! I love a 47. I have many Lima ones - 37 is Railfreight Distibution sector livery - love the Lima 37s - such good value.... love the Ruston 48DS too - I have the Army one and the Whisky Distillers one. Argh the pocket rockets... but the chassis can be useful for 3d printed industrial loco building. I dont know why but Im not keen on the A1/A1X's. Each to their own I spoze. Not a LNER fan but I have got the TTX sound 'Gadwall' in garter blue. Well you have to have one... Some of them books encourage one to fall down rivet counting rabbit holes... Great fun video, thanks both!

Having been a volunteer at the Epping Ongar Railway, I must point out that blue Class 20 Diesel are anything but rare!! There are around 500 of them on the railway as a whole, most being on heritage railways.

Jennifer Kirk often refers people to Arcadia Models!! They have some gorgeous and interesting things for us to buy!!

I've kept a lot of locos, rolling stock and buildings since I was a teenager. I have done a few sell and swaps over the years too, but I only got stuff that was right for the size of layout that I had. I think what you said about the zombie train is right, a lot of young people are in to horror or sci-fi related stuff and a train that ticks those boxes is sure to get them interested. I've always taken to steam as I grew up with Thomas and The Railway Series books and also living nearby to the Severn Valley Railway. I do like modern image stuff too like Class 37s in rail freight grey but there aren't many kicking around at an affordable price, even at second hand. I love going to model shops as you can ask for advice on anything about the hobby, a model shop near me repaired the tender for my Flying Scotsman loco so now it runs smoothly. I have bought online too as I've found items I want much cheaper than in shops or even Hornby's own website. All the best, Alex.

I only attend three model railway exhibitions a year. They are the London Festival of Railway Modelling, the August Open Day at the Hoddesdon Model and Railway Club and the Whitewebbs Museum of Transport Model Railway Day, this year in July.

When I was a kid, my dad was into model trains and I thought he was daft. I liked to build model planes and model cars. When I got a bit older I was heavy into slot car racing building my own brass chassis and rewinding motors to make them go faster. Then I got into music and girls like all teens do.🤣 Now I'm into the trains again. Maybe my dad wasn't as daft as I thought.

I’m not a fan of brake vans, but I’m going to have to add one to my collection of freight vehicles!! It’s very unusual for a freight train to have no brake van!!

Hi Rick & Pauline, great video again, so much sad and seen, interesting topics. Perhaps start with my thought on the doomsday thinking on the hobby. A big retailer has stopped, a big show cancelled, and Hornby announced only one new tooling this year and the hobby seemed to be doomed, give us a break. You never had so many producers and gauges as we have today, and If you would buy all the new tooling for this year, you must have a very big purse. There are shifts in the hobby, like pre order, on line buying, more detail - higher prices, and an extensive choice from Era1 to si-fi and that is all normal. And lets be honest all over Europe, and the UK is no exception in this, we're in a recession and I predict that we've not seen the end of it, resulting that normal day life has become really expensive and the first thing that has to give in are hobbies. That's why the secondhand market is booming, an average new model £200, you have 4 models for that on the secondhand market, and there is nothing wrong with that. I think the second hand market at the moment is the lifeline for the hobby, that keeps the less well of modeler going, and keeps the community together. As for the big shows like Warley, I think I heard someone say £40 income, that screams stay away, and all you see there are the manufacturers, not the small secondhand business, so you don't go there to do a bargain as a small collector. You go to a small local show spend £5 income and buy 7 secondhand wagons for that price. As a Belgian British train collector, it's obvious I buy most things online as there is not much British for sale here in the shops. But when I come over to the UK, I wouldn't have been in the UK if I didn't visit my local smal retailer there, it's the place where same thinking minds come together, and if you have a good retailer, everything is discussed over a hot brew. And a smart retailer would always have a secondhand section, so long live the smal retailer and please support them. Anyway, I think we'll stop here, otherwise I will have written a book in the end🤣😜 Cheers, Danny

Great fun, R&P. I really enjoyed the extended version of the interview with Tim at Arcadia. An Awesome shop, there! A very blue video from opening brake vans to the Mallard. Sadly, it was impossible to duck the bad jokes. Take care.

I've got the Hornby Doublo version (City of London) of the Wrenn you showed, of 1959 vintage. My dad and I ran it almost continuously in the 1970s, but it was then stored until last year, and was by then a non-runner. OOBill was kind enough to repair/refurbish it and now it's doing what it did in the 1970s: running as smoothly as a swiss watch and bringing back some lovely childhood memories.

nice old brake van or caboose of the Katy, that is Missouri Kansas Texas railroad. Wikipedia says about the caboose, that now is gone in the us ; Cabooses were used on every freight train in the United States and Canada until the 1980s,[1] when safety laws requiring the presence of cabooses and full crews were relaxed. A major purpose of the caboose was for observing problems at the rear of the train before they caused trouble. By the way ,The Katy Railroad formally was merged into the Union Pacific Railroad system on August 12, 1988. The other blue brake vans look very nice too. Great video !

Thank you for another great video to cheer up the weekend. Totally agree with you about the options available from Manufacturers and would love to sell the trains that we remember from our own era, rather than a "Rocket" or a "Lion" (I don't recall seeing them running myself). It's lovely to see more detailed versions of well known engines, but time after time? Would love to see a Class 303 "Blue Train" which were the predominate trains on my local line from Gourock to Glasgow in the 70s/80s, but only available in kit form (if you can find one) or a £700 ready built kit...slightly outside of my price zone and didn't love them that much ☺ We need to get you up to Scotland for a couple of shows...Perth is a great show.

Back in the 70's I was the only one who had a train set that I knew about... go figure.

47s are very attractive locomotives, even with the noisy running gear!!

The little gold locomotive is an LBSCR Class A1X or Terrier. It was used on lines like the one leading to Hayling Island.

For me, it’s the Southern Railway that fits well with Dad’s Army layout, my largest locomotive being a Wainwright C Class tender locomotive with DCC Sound.

Brake vans are one of the staples of heritage railways. They give brake van rides at the Epping Ongar Railway.

Jackernakernory, great books😁

The last one was designed to be a rather attractive table decoration at Christmas.

cool vid on the show cool vid nice things you got thanks lee

The model you’re showing is the International Freight Sector.

hi Rick and Pauline great video as always great to see you in arcadia models do try and get there but like you cant make it through the week and sunday is the only day i could get there thanks for being our tour guides have you been to locoshed in whitefield ?

That looks just like the Hornby Class 101 locomotive, available in many different colours.

My 0-6-0 Tank is the green BP locomotive.

Is that Toby the Tram? Or is it one of the other J70 type locomotives?

I think that models in 00 scale has been "done to death" by all the manufacturers. There are only so many versions you can make. You are right how many versions of flying scotsman do you need? The same with class 66s, 37s & 47s. The 00 market has been saturated. Hornby have probably made a good decision to launch TT120 as it opens a new market.

Nice New Trains

Wahooo! Fame! I got a name-check.

37 and mallard ❤

First off nice video, always like seeing the old Lima loco's as sadly no longer own any my self That Lima Class 47 needs the whole gear train on driven bogie lubricating, trust me you will notice a big difference in noise and the running quality. Owned hundreds of Lima models over the years, never leave them for long periods either just idle, make sure they or run at least once a month or you may run into running problems.

So you’re running older locomotives on your layout? Be careful with the lovely old ones as they damage much more easily than a modern model.

The reason the hobby is dying, is because of the prices being charged. I want to build my own EM gauge trackwork. But the cost of chairs to make about one and a half metres of track, is £20. When I see what I'm getting for 320, I decided to knock this hobby on the head.