Bette darling looks like the LNER USA tour flying Scotsman

Why on earth does the train in this video look like the Polar Express?

I’m scared

ik no one cares but I made it 1.5k likes (What I really wanted to say is I love the vibe of this)

That was a very interesting and well made video. Cheers from a fellow Scot in Italy.

"...and here Toyota are pretending to be all modern with their hybrids!" Nicely said! Enjoyed seeing that footage of the Class 20 - one of those hauled the very last passenger train up the line I used to live beside, which was a casualty of the Beeching Axe and is now a footpath.

Interesting video! Though I really think you could've gone into more detail of the DB v200s.

Glad to be of help. Havevyou come across the BR DATABASE. It's a great resource for British locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric) from the pre-groiping era onwards. It's not so good for DMUs as this area hasn't been completed. For DMUs, I'd look at the Railcar Associarion.

The Class 41 was also ordered in order to compare performance against the Class 40. The Western Region insisted on some Type 4s with hydraulic transmissions and was also pressing for stessed skin construction, which the BTC opposed. The Western Region got both. NBL was struggling to get the axle load down to 20tons as dictated by the BTC and actually wanted a C-C bogie arrangement, but in 1955 no-one had worked out how to do this and so the A1A-A1A wheel arrangement was chosen. This axle load wax the reason the Class 40 and the Peaks had a 1Co-Co1 wheel arrangement.

As a trainspotter I remember being blown away at the sight of the D600 Warships en route to Paddington in the early 60s. I didn't know they were underpowered and all the rest of it, they were just impressive to look at.

If you look at the rear of the footplate ts completely flat to the tender plate .if you have it close coupled the two touch and the loco lifts the tender off the track .try removing about 1.5 mm from back lip of the footplate and slightly rounding the ends of the footplate.😊

There were actually two Class 41s (D600s) sent to Barry Scrapyard after withdrawal: Active and Royal Ark. And while Active was cut up in 1970, Royal Ark survived up until 1980. It was considered for preservation, but was in bad condition so no movements went forward and the loco was cut up when Barry was experiencing a shortage of wagons. Shame…

Fantastic story Flying Scott and I guess that some British diesel engines were not good enough for what they were made for 1:27

Interesting 🧐. Who knew Diesel 10 would be an unwanted engine. I guess that’s why Britt Allcroft chose the warship as Diesel 10’s basis. But I’m only exaggerating.

Bloody brilliant once again, thoroughly enjoyed this one. Had no idea there was ANOTHER warship besides the 43's... very informative and a mint model mate.

Excellent analysis.

"im sorry sir i didn't mean too i couldn't see when i had to stop!"-the flying Scotsman

I personally think of the Thompson Pacific don't look that bad I mean they're basically peppercorn pacifics just with cylinders that are pushed more back in fact I think that if the Thompson Pacific cylinders what pushed forward they would look okay dare I say they would look good and they would look almost identical to the peppercorn Pacific aside from the front

Wasn’t there a 2mt that like derailed itself

I’ve said this in your discord server, but I got the 1963 preservation Flying Scotsman in February 2023. I noticed a paint chip on the dome with some other glue spots as well, as well as the reverser rod being bent. I thought it was just unacceptable at the £363 price tag. I am however going to send it back to England sometime soon, despite the model being over a year old. But I’m fine paying for the repairs. Other than that, this was a great video!

Firey family reunion frfr

Noice

I was lucky enough to get the Hornby 92097 with Westinghouse pumps at my local model shop's summer sale. It's the best locomotive in my collection. I was looking to find a Bachmann one, and will probably acquire one a few locos down the line.

Panniers in team fortress 😲 Also they actually look quite nice with the American modifications

yep, had the same issue with Mallard, ordered an 8 pin from roads and rails before the loco arrived, thankfully Richard was happy to swap. god bless Hornby. you can't beat copy and paste

You got to be joking ! I paid 240 pounds for my bittern.🫠

I Love The Polar Express And I’ve Also Heard About The Flying Scotsman Steam Engine, And Also Love It

I had a go at the dublo 60007 for €200 from modellbanunion but sadly it was an atrociously bad runner and I had to send her back😢

Picture of 500 taken at Nottingham Victoria.

Larger radius turnouts, that's the ticket!

Who's here after what happened to Donald Trump?

Fun Fact: Lionel Electric Trains made the 700E Hudson which was the most detailed and very-prototypical version of the NYC Hudson. Lionel Cowen also loves the NYC Hudson

11:32 XD

Jesus who pissed in his beer?

My most recently built A4 aquisition is definately 8 pin. But then I guess the basic design is now probably 20 years old. Which shows how good it was at the time and still stands up today. Im guessing that people are demanding 21 pin decoders these days, so Im thinking that there has been a transition period. Although as you say a small sticker on the back of the box saying 21 pin would be welcome. There is something special about the sound of a cast metal locomotive thumping over point work. I still have some original Dublo A4s from the 50s and they still run beautifully and are incredibly heavy. Detail wise they dont come anywhere near the latest offerings, but have a charm of their own. Although the originals do have metal tenders. When wrenn bought the tooling they moved to plastic tenders from Triang. I think Ive had every incarnation of Hornby A4 model. These new Dublo versions combine that old school dublo diecast presence but with smooth running and detail. 😊

wait... HE HAS A SECOND EYE!?!?

0:06 OMINOUS LONG BLACK SHADOW :O

That is one of the most annoying mishaps, I’ve had lack of socket printing on more than one occasion, standing in the store looking like a twat trying to get signal to Google the decoder type 😂 but indeed a beautiful A4, thanks for sharing mate. I feel it apt to add 60009 to my collection at some point given it bears my countries name 😏

Oh, the fun with DCC with the Dublo A4s doesn't stop with the lack of info on the box. I know for a fact some of them do have 8-pin sockets. I don't know how to feel about that to be honest, obviously, 21-pin is better than 8. At the same time, my need for everything to be uniform says that it is wrong for the Great Gathering/Goodby range to have different standards like that. Actually, I shouldn't say I "know that for a fact," the web listings for some of them say 8-pin and one Hornby range announcement said 8-pin, but it wouldn't be the first time Hornby messed up with basic information now, would it? Edit: And that is what I get for not watching the video all the way through first. Edit 2: Actually, I am pretty sure the early one do in fact have 8-pin sockets, I am pretty sure I saw the tender of one opened before. But that was around the start of the transition era.

While I am objectively over critical of the Hornby A4, may I add some quick(ish) fixes that could bring your model to the next level? One of my biggest issues, after the cylinders (which can be fixed, look on RmWeb), is that the buffer beam housing and general area is wrong, being right only for the first 4 A4s, but the true issue here is the thickness of the buffer housings. Had a look? You’ll notice that they are far too thick, and while Kean Maygib used to mass produce proper double acting buffers for the A4, you’ll have to search around for those now unfortunately, though you may be able to get Brassmasters to give you some from their near perfect A4 kit. The second problem is that there is a bunch of what I can only describe as metallic junk on the front of the bogie, chop it off, quick. For the colour, if you grabbed a tin of Phoenix Precision BR green, then dilute it to almost a wash, hand brushing it over the pre-existing paint would be a fast, and easy way to make the colour right, and may even fix the lining if you put in over that. Lastly, I’d highly recommend the Brassmasters detailing kit for the Hornby A4, because it makes an unbelievable difference, considering that it’s not that expensive. After all of that. It should still all add up to be cheaper than the 9f! Give it a try, or at least just look at the Brassmasters site for the difference that little detailing kit makes.

Hornby BR green has always been awful. Even mainline got it right 40 years ago. The A4 is probably one of the slightly better ones. Bachmann and accurscale manors are best for the BR greens. Dapol Manors are also awful

Magnificent work on getting Union of South Africa!

Is the tender also made of diecast or is it just plastic? I realize buying models off ebay is risky business but as a fan of UK/ European loco designs who lives in the US, it's my go to option. However, you can't imagine how fast I jumped at the chance to buy a Hornby Dublo A4 Dwight D Eisenhower R30265... For £153. The only condition was that it did not come with its original tender, instead coming with a corridor one from another A4. Same lively though and I can't tell the difference. I believe it was well worth it.

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Fun fact!!! The tender "Union Of South Africa" is currently wearing the very tender LNER No.10000 "Hush Hush" wore from 1929-1937 :]

Hey Scott. If I may ask, what would the name of the shop you got it from be? I was looking recently and found a shop in Germany that was selling both Union and Dwight for almost the same price as you paid.

It's impossible to have too many A4s, or Gresley Pacifics in general, to be fair. Lovely loco & a great price. Thanks for sharing.

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L+ratio+plundered+no wenches+marooned+mutiny+you have scurvy+I have scurvy

And I really love the snow scene, something that I'm thinking of doing to my layout. Mark.