Hello Barrie,1 / I have just been watching this video for a second time, and I notice that both of your pantographs appear to have an additional brass (conducting ? ) wire running from the pantograph into the plastic roof. So, has your model been modified, or partially modified to collect current from the pantograph ? And if so, how is the changeover switch arranged please ? 2 / Subsequent to your first broadcast of this video, I have had the opportunity to view this model up close. The one I have inspected has each pantograph secured by a brass bolt and nut, so it would be possible to run a strip of phosphor bronze strip, being secured onto to holding bolt with an additional nut, and then soldering a wire near the mid point (avoiding the body securing bolt ! ) to enable a connection to a change over switch attached to the central body weight with cast metal air tanks, which would allow for an option of overhead collection. If this modification was done, I suggest that the phosphor bronze strip and its attachment points to the pantographs be covered with a strip of paper based masking tape, to prevent any possibility of the prosper bronze strip touching, and thereby shorting out due to contact with the metal bogie tops. 3 / I am under the impression that Hornby Acho did not make provision for overhead collection, however, your model displayed above may either have been modified, or perhaps it is a latter production version which did provide for overhead collection. 4 / By the way, your running HA models have out lasted the in service prototypes ! 5 / you make very informative videos, and I have learnt a lot fro your videos, as I am sure have others have, and we have gone on from pure entertainment to being informed, probably without even realising it. 6 / best wishes, and regards to you and your family, from a retired signalman in Australia.
I remember you demonstrating this a few years ago. It's still mesmerising! I saw it once work "for real" on the Great Central Railway. Awesome. Thanks for sharing again.
Baz it looks to me that you have modified the ramps that operate the TPO. They look to be much better than standard. I would appreciate you showing your modifications to make yet another apparatus more efficient please. 👍🚂👨✈️
Always liked the TPO. I guess I must've bought my first in the early 60s, then bought another carriage 3 years ago. Simple but entertaining. The roof of my first became quite distorted somehow.
Hello Barrie, another excellent, and interesting video.Quite some years back, I had read that the DDR/Deutche Democratic Republic/East Germany retained the name DR/Deutches Reichsbahn due to arrangements made by the Four Powers Occupation Government (UK/USA/USSR/France) relating to cross zonal railway access and interchange. Both the DB and DR also unofficially co-ordinated their rolling stock classification and numbers (including motive power) to accomodate eventual amalgamation. In the interim, DB, and then DR, went over to computerised numbering, where the last digit is a check digit (which is a sensible idea of itself ! ). Also, about a year before the Berlin Wall came down, West Germany/Bundes Republic Deutchland/Federal Republic of Germany concluded that reunification was unlikely to happen for quite some time, so they started to plan on making Bonn the Permanent, as opposed Interim, Capital, then everything changed ! Great video Barrie, trusting you and the family are keeping well, Best regards from Australia.
Another great looking loco Barrie seem to recall seeing 3 cylinder pacifics in Germany circa 1970 not sure of the class. The valve gear is very well made on your model. All the best, Brian.
Hello Barrie I have got my hands on a Fleischmann Class 18 from Germany in great condition only came yesterday so still gentle test running. Very pleased with it - the downside? Got hit with a Customs Charge which I had to pay to Royal Mail.
well Barrie if an old bloke of 75 yrs of age who likes model trains cannot indulge himself on occassions why would we bothered, I have always liked German manufactory items from my farming days especially Claas ag machinery.
Barrie from what little knowledge i have this Class P 10 / 39 loco appears to be a Deutsch Reichsbahn Gesellschaft one . German Railways up to 1945 . I am not sure about the livery of this one but it does bear a slight resemblance to the Prussian State Railways Green . After 1922 there were a total of 260 locomotives delivered to the DR . Their main duties were for passenger and express trains operating in the foothills of mountain areas . They weighed about 162 tons and could travel forwards at around 110 km/h and backwards at 50 km / h . I hope this is of some help to you . If i am wrong i am sure someone will correct me .
These were introduced from 1922 and after WW2 the ones remaining in east Germany were converted to a br 22 with New boilers fitted but were not a success, Fleischman also made one of those versions and if i can find my model i'l get a picture of it sent to you all the best to you and Wendy and have a nice weekend
Good memories of these locos in my early spotting days at Iver on the Western Region 1967 the Warships looked great in green and you have captured the era well with the coaches. All the best from the Welsh Marches, Brian.
That Hornby Nelson looks lovely and like my hornby Arthur, that's got a very detailed cab like your loco. And I agree those Wrenn pullmans are nice ,I've only got one but its a great runner behind behind my locos , and I used to long ago help restore a Brighton belle car that's now back with the VSOE company.and also helped save a rare original 6 wheel pullman car called Balmoral that had been used as part of a bungalow extension after it had been taken out of service way back in the early 1900s and thought lost but now being restored by at the Bolton & Embasy railway, I've got a real interest in pullman cars and their history.
My top 5 locos are: 5. Hornby 57XX pannier tank 4. Hornby 14XX auto tank 3. Hornby A3 Pacific loco Flying Scotsman with realistic chuffing sound 2. Dapol old tooling terrier 1. Hornby new tooling terrier I think the D16/1 is a nicer looking engine than the D49 Only one Schools class loco was shown to the school it was named after. One ended up having to change its name.
And you managed to find one of the rare ones... A Br39 in the photo grey version of the last Prussian state railways scheme (without the imperial eagle roundel) The color scheme is meant to better show the engineering details. After the first time washing the grey parts get their actual color, as the white paint is a chalk wash...
Eventhough your latest purchases are highly detailed and very reliable models, i personally think the British locos are nicer looking. but i appreciate that's just my opinion.
Hi Barrie, I'm really enjoying your down to earth train vids. Great learning too with the locos and wagon history. Awesome stuff, cheers from New Zealand, Millsie 😁
Dear Barrie, this is an excellent video, well done. I really like the way you used the turntable to closely examine the DRG/DB/DR 2-8-2 Cl 41 tender locomotive, and the livery of photographic grey shows well the very American look of this particular locomotive. Being one of the two prototypes, 41.001 or 41.002, both of which were coupled to 2'2'T32 tenders to suit 20 metre / 65'7'' turntables.The tender is also very American looking with its equalised 4w bogies, to its insert coal bunker. This is a very interesting, and informative video, thank you. Best wishes and regards from Australia.
Although my Top 5 would be different to yours, it's a joy to hear you speak with such positivity and pride about your locos, and how they bring you happiness. My current Top 5 would be: 1) Hornby (Railways) Tornado in early BR Green, 2) A brace of Lima class 20s in early BR diesel livery, 3) Hornby A1 Lemberg in Wartime Black, 4) Bachmann Robinson 04 in late BR Black, 5) Dapol class 52 in Maroon. BTW, DC Kits have a new Hornby 4F (44341) for sale for £65.
In my collection of railway dvd's ther is one of a driver on a preserved line driving the train from an auto coach and he explained about how much more effort was needed in using the controls in the auto coach due all the mechanical linkages and rods going back to the engine. The driver said you really had to swing on the regulator handle to start the train.
I've got a hornby 14xx and 2 Airfix ones ,the hornby one is rubbish and one Airfix one is ok ,but want to get one of the Daplo ones at some point, as like you say heard their the best ones.but a lovely little loco and seen the one that the guys at Didcot first saved back in the 60s. Also I've read somewhere these locos could manage over 70 mph on the main line too.ive got a Airfix 4f and also the 2 Airfix 2P 4-4-0s one in BR lined black and LMS Red both lovely locos.
Hi Barrie, Your trackwork I assume is super4 steel track looks in good order? Interesting to hear how you have automated some of the sections. I will be 70 in November and I have to remember to write stuff down as the short term memory is fading😉
Hi Barrie! It’s so great to see you again! I subscribed to your previous channel; I’m happy to see all is well. You may not remember me, but I was the girl that was getting into model trains through my fiancé playing your videos during dinner! I have thoroughly been convinced since then, and in half a year we have joined our local model train chapter (for HO scale) and have officially 8 locos! I have also since learned about all the major couplers (was a huge embarrassment when we bought stock that couldn’t match our only loco at the time). I have a question: Why are so many hobbyists interested in buying new only, and have minimal understanding for upkeep or repairs? The chapter we’re in, while the gentlemen are great, they really do not like used locos. Is it just a culture thing here across the pond, or is it fundamentally how the hobby is suppose to be? Many locos we’ve tried to fix do not look like they were designed to ever be opened or maintained…
Hi Barry, I had a Flieshman HO scale class 94 an 0-10-0T many years ago and sadly it was one of my many models that I sold off to fund my ‘O’ gauge project. Fortunately in 2019 I managed to sauce an ‘O’ gauge new version by LENZ, DCC Sound fitted with 30 functions that included a smoke generator at a cost of just over £1100. This Class also had a nick name “BLACK BUFFALO “. An absolute brilliant model and as you said “you only get what you pay for “. A great Video Barry, regards from Ron. 🚂🚂👍
Well, you managed to get the class 18 Pacific out of number 4 road eventually, this is the engine that I described in a previous post ,as a Maffei 4 cylinder compound Pacific originally built as Royal Bavarian state railway clas S3/6.I must say that it is a firm favourite in my collection, and wonder what you think of it?
I have a hornby turntable minus its motor I could modify it to your suggestions just need a motor. Does yours have the original hornby motor? Thanks for posting Barrie. All the best, Brian.
Hi Barrie, by the way, I really appreciate you taking off the body and giving a good tour of the Hornby Acho mechanism, this is really great thing to do, Regards from Oz.
Hi Barrie, another interesting video. 1 / The SNCF BB16000 25kvAC were built between 1958-1963, and the last one was retired in 2012. The BR AL1/ Cl 81 (BTH/AEI) were built between 1959-1964, and with the last one being retired in 1990; so both classes were contemporaries. 2 / the SNCF BB 16000 were derived from the outwardly identical BB 9200 1,500vDC of 1958-1964, with the last one being withdrawn in 2014. 3 / Re the red Lima locomotive you mentioned, 6 locomotives of the BB 9200 class were modified for the Paris-Toulouse High Speed 1,500vDC "Capitole" service, and these locomotives were indeed dark red, and known as the BB Rouge / Red locomotives, and included permanently mounted ":Capitole" headboards, with BB 9291 preserved as such at Mulhouse Railway Museum. 4 / As you say, the engineering and design of the Hornby Acho BB 16000 is superb, and is significantly better than either the Hornby Dublo, cat2245 (2rail) / 3245 (3rail), E3002 or later (and different ! ) TriAng Hornby R753 E3001. Electrically, and mechanically, the R753 is inferior to the Dublo original (and a lot cheaper to make ! ), yet the British model AL1s both have an overhead change over switch to enable the pantograph to collect power, yet the Hornby Acho BB 16000 does not appear to have this provision 5 / By the way, the owner of both Roco and Fleischmann brands has decided that Fleischmann, as from 2019, shall concentrate on N Piccolo brand, and Roco will incorporate Fleischmann HO into the Roco brand, and Roco will be available as Roco HO and Roco TT, Best wishes and regards from Australia.
Hi Barrie, 1 / re the Tender Cabin on DB and OBB (Austrian Federal Railways) 2-10-0s, according to Trains Illustrated Annual, 1962 p77, in 1955, DB / Detaches Bundesbahn / German Federal Railways, had 10 cabins built on the rear of some Class 50 engines, which as Ivovanzon164 indicated below were not a success, but from the beginning of 1959, 491 tenders were equipped with Centre of Tender Guards Cabins, (no provision for driver controls) and are usually coupled to Class 41 ( 2 cyl 2-8-2) & 44 ( 3 cyl, heavy 2-10-0) oil burning locomotives . The tender was extended to the buffer beam to offset the loss of water space.The Guard's Cabin is equipped with a folding seat, a table the full width of the cab, folding wash basin, two steam heated radiators, two bookshelves, two Emergency Brake Handles (one inner & one outer) . The German cabin is 6'6" long x 4'6" wide x 7'2" high in the centre. The provision of Tender Guard's Cabins was to overcome a shortage of Guard's Vans. 2 / I understand that DB abolished the need for Guard's Vans on the rear of trains in 1955, due to all rolling stock then in service being equipped with air brakes. 3 / Your query re Disc Wheels is that they are a mono bloc steel casting without a seperate tyre, therefore they are less prone to metal fatigue, and if the steam locomotives so equipped were modified for a higher speed, then mono bloc steel disc wheels would make sense. 4 / with reference to "The German Class 52 Kreigslok", Peter Slaughter, Alexander Vassiliev, Roland Beier (Frank Stenvalls Forlag, 1996 isbn 91-7266-140-2) p7, Design simplification included the use of disc type pony wheels in lieu of standard spoked wheel, and K2'2'T32"Wannen" tub tenders. 5 / The Cl 52 Kreigslok / War Locomotive was derived from the DRG/DB Cl 50 2cyl 2-10-0, with the wartime Interim Austerity design classifies as Cl 50 UK / Ubergang zur Kreigslok / Transitional War Locomotives (their numberplates were 50UK.xxx), all of which were designed with a 15 tonne axle load, and to travel at 80kph either forwards and backward. 6 / the OBB 2-10-0s with Tender Cabins were Class 52 kreigsloks equipped with converted Wannen bathtub tenders. 6 / another very enjoyable video Barrie, trusting you and your family are well, Best wishes and regards from Australia.
Hi Barrie, The more I see of your layout and collection of locos and stock the more I like it. I think I will be spending some cash on the continental models as they are so interesting keep us updated on your aquisitions. Brian.
I've got two of those Hornby acHO coaches, a 1st and a 2nd class, they're very good runners. I run them together with identical Jouef ones (that are slightly shorter, but not really noticeable if you apply the 3-foot rule) and a Jouef postal car. I really enjoy your Continental collection. All the best from Padua, Italy.
Hello Barrie,1 / I have just been watching this video for a second time, and I notice that both of your pantographs appear to have an additional brass (conducting ? ) wire running from the pantograph into the plastic roof. So, has your model been modified, or partially modified to collect current from the pantograph ? And if so, how is the changeover switch arranged please ? 2 / Subsequent to your first broadcast of this video, I have had the opportunity to view this model up close. The one I have inspected has each pantograph secured by a brass bolt and nut, so it would be possible to run a strip of phosphor bronze strip, being secured onto to holding bolt with an additional nut, and then soldering a wire near the mid point (avoiding the body securing bolt ! ) to enable a connection to a change over switch attached to the central body weight with cast metal air tanks, which would allow for an option of overhead collection. If this modification was done, I suggest that the phosphor bronze strip and its attachment points to the pantographs be covered with a strip of paper based masking tape, to prevent any possibility of the prosper bronze strip touching, and thereby shorting out due to contact with the metal bogie tops. 3 / I am under the impression that Hornby Acho did not make provision for overhead collection, however, your model displayed above may either have been modified, or perhaps it is a latter production version which did provide for overhead collection. 4 / By the way, your running HA models have out lasted the in service prototypes ! 5 / you make very informative videos, and I have learnt a lot fro your videos, as I am sure have others have, and we have gone on from pure entertainment to being informed, probably without even realising it. 6 / best wishes, and regards to you and your family, from a retired signalman in Australia.
I remember you demonstrating this a few years ago. It's still mesmerising! I saw it once work "for real" on the Great Central Railway. Awesome. Thanks for sharing again.
Baz it looks to me that you have modified the ramps that operate the TPO. They look to be much better than standard. I would appreciate you showing your modifications to make yet another apparatus more efficient please. 👍🚂👨✈️
Good to see you having fun that harms nobody !
I have one. Great fun.
Always liked the TPO. I guess I must've bought my first in the early 60s, then bought another carriage 3 years ago. Simple but entertaining. The roof of my first became quite distorted somehow.
Early Tri-ang models were made of an 'Asotate' which suffers over time.
Great video on cool train s thanks lee
Hello Barrie, another excellent, and interesting video.Quite some years back, I had read that the DDR/Deutche Democratic Republic/East Germany retained the name DR/Deutches Reichsbahn due to arrangements made by the Four Powers Occupation Government (UK/USA/USSR/France) relating to cross zonal railway access and interchange. Both the DB and DR also unofficially co-ordinated their rolling stock classification and numbers (including motive power) to accomodate eventual amalgamation. In the interim, DB, and then DR, went over to computerised numbering, where the last digit is a check digit (which is a sensible idea of itself ! ). Also, about a year before the Berlin Wall came down, West Germany/Bundes Republic Deutchland/Federal Republic of Germany concluded that reunification was unlikely to happen for quite some time, so they started to plan on making Bonn the Permanent, as opposed Interim, Capital, then everything changed ! Great video Barrie, trusting you and the family are keeping well, Best regards from Australia.
Another great looking loco Barrie seem to recall seeing 3 cylinder pacifics in Germany circa 1970 not sure of the class. The valve gear is very well made on your model. All the best, Brian.
Very similar, £60 and a bit including Royal Mail £8 handling but it’s a great loco
Hello Barrie I have got my hands on a Fleischmann Class 18 from Germany in great condition only came yesterday so still gentle test running. Very pleased with it - the downside? Got hit with a Customs Charge which I had to pay to Royal Mail.
Join the club; my last Loco from Spain cost £48:11p customs Duty ?
well Barrie if an old bloke of 75 yrs of age who likes model trains cannot indulge himself on occassions why would we bothered, I have always liked German manufactory items from my farming days especially Claas ag machinery.
P. S. I think the valve gear on these German locos were known as " Heusinger Valve Gear " . This model is based on The Queen Of The Rolling Hills .
Barrie from what little knowledge i have this Class P 10 / 39 loco appears to be a Deutsch Reichsbahn Gesellschaft one . German Railways up to 1945 . I am not sure about the livery of this one but it does bear a slight resemblance to the Prussian State Railways Green . After 1922 there were a total of 260 locomotives delivered to the DR . Their main duties were for passenger and express trains operating in the foothills of mountain areas . They weighed about 162 tons and could travel forwards at around 110 km/h and backwards at 50 km / h . I hope this is of some help to you . If i am wrong i am sure someone will correct me .
Color scheme is very early Drg, the red and black came a few years later
These were introduced from 1922 and after WW2 the ones remaining in east Germany were converted to a br 22 with New boilers fitted but were not a success, Fleischman also made one of those versions and if i can find my model i'l get a picture of it sent to you all the best to you and Wendy and have a nice weekend
Good memories of these locos in my early spotting days at Iver on the Western Region 1967 the Warships looked great in green and you have captured the era well with the coaches. All the best from the Welsh Marches, Brian.
Coke wagons ?we need some crack wagons 😅
Those cars need a clean they look old and crusty and dusty should be a Sunday car cleaning not a running session 😢
That Hornby Nelson looks lovely and like my hornby Arthur, that's got a very detailed cab like your loco. And I agree those Wrenn pullmans are nice ,I've only got one but its a great runner behind behind my locos , and I used to long ago help restore a Brighton belle car that's now back with the VSOE company.and also helped save a rare original 6 wheel pullman car called Balmoral that had been used as part of a bungalow extension after it had been taken out of service way back in the early 1900s and thought lost but now being restored by at the Bolton & Embasy railway, I've got a real interest in pullman cars and their history.
i love this video, but i noticed the rear pony truck being derailed, and it kept distracting me from how beautiful the model is- great engine though!
My top 5 locos are: 5. Hornby 57XX pannier tank 4. Hornby 14XX auto tank 3. Hornby A3 Pacific loco Flying Scotsman with realistic chuffing sound 2. Dapol old tooling terrier 1. Hornby new tooling terrier I think the D16/1 is a nicer looking engine than the D49 Only one Schools class loco was shown to the school it was named after. One ended up having to change its name.
Barrie the HO Fleischmann Locos are now made under the Roco Brand name . The existing Fleischmann brand name now only make N gauge only .
And you managed to find one of the rare ones... A Br39 in the photo grey version of the last Prussian state railways scheme (without the imperial eagle roundel) The color scheme is meant to better show the engineering details. After the first time washing the grey parts get their actual color, as the white paint is a chalk wash...
Eventhough your latest purchases are highly detailed and very reliable models, i personally think the British locos are nicer looking. but i appreciate that's just my opinion.
Hi Barrie, I'm really enjoying your down to earth train vids. Great learning too with the locos and wagon history. Awesome stuff, cheers from New Zealand, Millsie 😁
Good to see you still reflecting on some old favourites
Beautiful photo grey loco.
Dear Barrie, this is an excellent video, well done. I really like the way you used the turntable to closely examine the DRG/DB/DR 2-8-2 Cl 41 tender locomotive, and the livery of photographic grey shows well the very American look of this particular locomotive. Being one of the two prototypes, 41.001 or 41.002, both of which were coupled to 2'2'T32 tenders to suit 20 metre / 65'7'' turntables.The tender is also very American looking with its equalised 4w bogies, to its insert coal bunker. This is a very interesting, and informative video, thank you. Best wishes and regards from Australia.
No Worries
Hi Barrie Thanks you have shown us something a bit (no a lot) different
Although my Top 5 would be different to yours, it's a joy to hear you speak with such positivity and pride about your locos, and how they bring you happiness. My current Top 5 would be: 1) Hornby (Railways) Tornado in early BR Green, 2) A brace of Lima class 20s in early BR diesel livery, 3) Hornby A1 Lemberg in Wartime Black, 4) Bachmann Robinson 04 in late BR Black, 5) Dapol class 52 in Maroon. BTW, DC Kits have a new Hornby 4F (44341) for sale for £65.
"Perfection spoils good". Excellent advice.
She's a lovely looking loco Barrie. I am pleased to see that you still have some British models in your fleet.
Nice one Barry I use the the very small o rings from an assorted o-ring set Patrick Quinn IRL
In my collection of railway dvd's ther is one of a driver on a preserved line driving the train from an auto coach and he explained about how much more effort was needed in using the controls in the auto coach due all the mechanical linkages and rods going back to the engine. The driver said you really had to swing on the regulator handle to start the train.
Hi Barrie Fleischman are now owned by modeleisenbahnn munchen who also own roco
grate vid on running trains thanks for share on channel keep up the grate vid you do and shareing
I've got a hornby 14xx and 2 Airfix ones ,the hornby one is rubbish and one Airfix one is ok ,but want to get one of the Daplo ones at some point, as like you say heard their the best ones.but a lovely little loco and seen the one that the guys at Didcot first saved back in the 60s. Also I've read somewhere these locos could manage over 70 mph on the main line too.ive got a Airfix 4f and also the 2 Airfix 2P 4-4-0s one in BR lined black and LMS Red both lovely locos.
Hi Barrie, Your trackwork I assume is super4 steel track looks in good order? Interesting to hear how you have automated some of the sections. I will be 70 in November and I have to remember to write stuff down as the short term memory is fading😉
No its not Super 4 track; its the current standard Hornby track witch is nickel sliver and Code 100.
Hi Barrie! It’s so great to see you again! I subscribed to your previous channel; I’m happy to see all is well. You may not remember me, but I was the girl that was getting into model trains through my fiancé playing your videos during dinner! I have thoroughly been convinced since then, and in half a year we have joined our local model train chapter (for HO scale) and have officially 8 locos! I have also since learned about all the major couplers (was a huge embarrassment when we bought stock that couldn’t match our only loco at the time). I have a question: Why are so many hobbyists interested in buying new only, and have minimal understanding for upkeep or repairs? The chapter we’re in, while the gentlemen are great, they really do not like used locos. Is it just a culture thing here across the pond, or is it fundamentally how the hobby is suppose to be? Many locos we’ve tried to fix do not look like they were designed to ever be opened or maintained…
Hi Barry, I made a comment on your Class 39 Video regarding this 94 0-10-0T ( nickname The Black Buffalo )
Hi Barry, I had a Flieshman HO scale class 94 an 0-10-0T many years ago and sadly it was one of my many models that I sold off to fund my ‘O’ gauge project. Fortunately in 2019 I managed to sauce an ‘O’ gauge new version by LENZ, DCC Sound fitted with 30 functions that included a smoke generator at a cost of just over £1100. This Class also had a nick name “BLACK BUFFALO “. An absolute brilliant model and as you said “you only get what you pay for “. A great Video Barry, regards from Ron. 🚂🚂👍
Well, you managed to get the class 18 Pacific out of number 4 road eventually, this is the engine that I described in a previous post ,as a Maffei 4 cylinder compound Pacific originally built as Royal Bavarian state railway clas S3/6.I must say that it is a firm favourite in my collection, and wonder what you think of it?
Hi Barrie do you ever watch Oscar Paisley?
I have a hornby turntable minus its motor I could modify it to your suggestions just need a motor. Does yours have the original hornby motor? Thanks for posting Barrie. All the best, Brian.
Your turntable works like clockwork Barrie fair play.
Hi Barrie, by the way, I really appreciate you taking off the body and giving a good tour of the Hornby Acho mechanism, this is really great thing to do, Regards from Oz.
Hi Barrie, another interesting video. 1 / The SNCF BB16000 25kvAC were built between 1958-1963, and the last one was retired in 2012. The BR AL1/ Cl 81 (BTH/AEI) were built between 1959-1964, and with the last one being retired in 1990; so both classes were contemporaries. 2 / the SNCF BB 16000 were derived from the outwardly identical BB 9200 1,500vDC of 1958-1964, with the last one being withdrawn in 2014. 3 / Re the red Lima locomotive you mentioned, 6 locomotives of the BB 9200 class were modified for the Paris-Toulouse High Speed 1,500vDC "Capitole" service, and these locomotives were indeed dark red, and known as the BB Rouge / Red locomotives, and included permanently mounted ":Capitole" headboards, with BB 9291 preserved as such at Mulhouse Railway Museum. 4 / As you say, the engineering and design of the Hornby Acho BB 16000 is superb, and is significantly better than either the Hornby Dublo, cat2245 (2rail) / 3245 (3rail), E3002 or later (and different ! ) TriAng Hornby R753 E3001. Electrically, and mechanically, the R753 is inferior to the Dublo original (and a lot cheaper to make ! ), yet the British model AL1s both have an overhead change over switch to enable the pantograph to collect power, yet the Hornby Acho BB 16000 does not appear to have this provision 5 / By the way, the owner of both Roco and Fleischmann brands has decided that Fleischmann, as from 2019, shall concentrate on N Piccolo brand, and Roco will incorporate Fleischmann HO into the Roco brand, and Roco will be available as Roco HO and Roco TT, Best wishes and regards from Australia.
Hi Barrie, 1 / re the Tender Cabin on DB and OBB (Austrian Federal Railways) 2-10-0s, according to Trains Illustrated Annual, 1962 p77, in 1955, DB / Detaches Bundesbahn / German Federal Railways, had 10 cabins built on the rear of some Class 50 engines, which as Ivovanzon164 indicated below were not a success, but from the beginning of 1959, 491 tenders were equipped with Centre of Tender Guards Cabins, (no provision for driver controls) and are usually coupled to Class 41 ( 2 cyl 2-8-2) & 44 ( 3 cyl, heavy 2-10-0) oil burning locomotives . The tender was extended to the buffer beam to offset the loss of water space.The Guard's Cabin is equipped with a folding seat, a table the full width of the cab, folding wash basin, two steam heated radiators, two bookshelves, two Emergency Brake Handles (one inner & one outer) . The German cabin is 6'6" long x 4'6" wide x 7'2" high in the centre. The provision of Tender Guard's Cabins was to overcome a shortage of Guard's Vans. 2 / I understand that DB abolished the need for Guard's Vans on the rear of trains in 1955, due to all rolling stock then in service being equipped with air brakes. 3 / Your query re Disc Wheels is that they are a mono bloc steel casting without a seperate tyre, therefore they are less prone to metal fatigue, and if the steam locomotives so equipped were modified for a higher speed, then mono bloc steel disc wheels would make sense. 4 / with reference to "The German Class 52 Kreigslok", Peter Slaughter, Alexander Vassiliev, Roland Beier (Frank Stenvalls Forlag, 1996 isbn 91-7266-140-2) p7, Design simplification included the use of disc type pony wheels in lieu of standard spoked wheel, and K2'2'T32"Wannen" tub tenders. 5 / The Cl 52 Kreigslok / War Locomotive was derived from the DRG/DB Cl 50 2cyl 2-10-0, with the wartime Interim Austerity design classifies as Cl 50 UK / Ubergang zur Kreigslok / Transitional War Locomotives (their numberplates were 50UK.xxx), all of which were designed with a 15 tonne axle load, and to travel at 80kph either forwards and backward. 6 / the OBB 2-10-0s with Tender Cabins were Class 52 kreigsloks equipped with converted Wannen bathtub tenders. 6 / another very enjoyable video Barrie, trusting you and your family are well, Best wishes and regards from Australia.
Hi Barrie, The more I see of your layout and collection of locos and stock the more I like it. I think I will be spending some cash on the continental models as they are so interesting keep us updated on your aquisitions. Brian.
Hornby acHO locos and stock are truly built like tanks. I've got the Sncf 131TB 2-6-0 tank engine.
I've got two of those Hornby acHO coaches, a 1st and a 2nd class, they're very good runners. I run them together with identical Jouef ones (that are slightly shorter, but not really noticeable if you apply the 3-foot rule) and a Jouef postal car. I really enjoy your Continental collection. All the best from Padua, Italy.
The solid pony wheel was to speed up manufacturing, this solution was adopted also on some batches of the Italian FS Gr740 2-8-0 locomotive.