Thank you for the salute, but it was entirely a coincidence that YOU put out a video about the real Toby the week that we were picking an identity for the GE tram packs. I saw it and went into work and argued the case for 127 and it was carried. I'm glad you like it. 😀
Funny about this! I was going over my xopy of Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives: Volume 48, which lists the J70 Class. Wilbert Awdry stated in his "Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways" that while Toby could have been 68221/127, he never explicitly confirmed it. Like I did with other characters, in order to fill gaps in what I like to take as finishing something Wilbert Awdry never got the chance to, I checked the J70 allocation details in the Yeadon Book, and matched them up to the history of the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway. I found that 68217/136 of 1903-vintage, unlike 68221, worked from the beginning of its life at Wisbech and, apart from one winter stint at Colchester, was not transferred away until the arrival of the first Class 04 Diesels in 1952. I thought that alone aligns so well with the Toby we all know, and giving a solid foundation for his dynamic with Henrietta too. 68217 was thus withdrawn from service in March 1953 with a newish boiler fitted as late as 1949, which adds something as well to the condition Toby would have been in when purchased - initially transferred - by Sir Topham Hatt. The tramline Toby would have worked, I ascertained to have been a branch to Wisbech St. Mary. I used the same Yeadon Book to ascertain another Sodor Resident attached to Edward's Branch Line: the first-built J68 Class 0-6-0 Tank No. 41/7041, which in 1940 was sold to the War Department and never returned, being scrapped at Faslane Shipbreakers in Scotland by 1952. In my take, Toby met an engine aptly dubbed Celia while their basis engines were in Stratford Works upon the outbreak of WW2. Not forgetting her telling story, Toby advocated for Sir Topham Hatt to give her the second chance he got, and she was saved in a position of being dismantled for spare parts on the spot. What do you think? Regards, Samuel Farris.
Tug in 2021: "I never bother to pick up any of the newer Bachmann releases like Rosie or Oliver because frankly, they just don't really interest me." His Fiance Christmas 2023: "Hold my wedding ring."
38:33 I'm sorry but you saying you want to be burried with USA flying scotsman might be the funniest thing ever. You know, hearing you talk about all those American locos has really made me hungry for an american railroad histories video!
@@Matts_Conrail_Chicago_Mainline Well, to be fair, the middle railroad Penn Central could have been better. But, that was a bad idea. Merging two railroads with different corporate structures, and then shotgun-forcing PC to take in the NH as a condition of the merger didn't help matters.
Hey Tug, I’ve always loved trains, but recently thanks largely to you, I’ve decided to embrace the hobby and start collecting models. My girlfriend bought me my first model for Christmas, (and I put another on order right afterwards), so now I need to get some track and create a circuit for them to stretch their wheels. Thanks for all the great content, it was cool to see another model collection video of yours drop. All the best for 2024!
@@reeheehee9615 I’m Australian, so my partner bought me a C38 Pacific (one of my favourite locos). I’ve currently got a Hornby P2 on order waiting to be delivered - so those are my starting two.
@@cz.gazz. I actually work (volunteer) at a railway in NSW Australia, the Cooma Monaro Railway, hope we can meet one day and best of luck with your layout!
It's especially funny when you consider the American engines are built to a smaller scale than the British ones. British trains are modeled in 1/76th scale, American and mainland European ones are 1/87th scale. So the size difference is even more pronounced in real life.
A fellow Atlantic enjoyer! Always good to see more love for the beautiful 4-4-2s. Being an SP fan, I must recommend you check out their A3 class of Atlantics. Stunning, nimble little locomotives. I picked up a brass one myself not too long ago for only $300, which really ain't that bad for brass prices.
I think a way to incorparate narrow gauge to your layout might be having it run with standard gauge on the balloon loop and having them meet at a harbor on the balloon loop
I got back into trains (more specifically thomas stuff) recently due to rewatching some old thomas stuff from my childhood and this channel has been my favorite to watch relating to it. I'm still only a teenager, but later on I may get a train collection similar to this, and it's been great to find a new purpose in my favorite childhood series
Honestly Tug, this video is really both well detailed with the chapter groups of certain engine classes but also REÀLLY well explained! Hope you like reading this comment!
You have one impressive collection. I like how diverse your collection is. It's so cool seeing various British and American engines together in one collection.
damn tug these models look great! crazy how many models can be collected in just a year, would give a liver for a custom commision from you (edit: incase you were wondering (which i doubt) i love dean goods engines)
I said this on your first video on your collection on the old channel, but one word: wow! Absolutely wow! So many locos. And I love the fact that you've represented all the eras of British railway history into the bargain.
I believe RUclipsr 'Railway Mania' is a Rapido employee, so he might have suggested some of these recent Thomas inspired releases like GER N° 127. I dont want to say for certain though! As a Bressingham man im giddy you have Martello in your collection, you can now get her as shes seen today as B662 from the collectors club exclusive that people are scalping on but not for too much money last time i looked.
Crazy that you have this massive of a train collection. I hope you get back to doing the custom Thomas models that you used to do. Maybe we can see you do Emily, Charlie, Molly, Billy, Hiro, Stanley, Murdoch, Ryan, Mavis, Diesel, Rosie, Whiff, Paxton, or even the narrow gage engines! Hope to see another early video! Great work!
31:47 you should make a pre-Sodor Rosie and have her be in that BR green. I think that would be pretty neat. A backstory idea is she came to Sodor to be the victorstown pilot engine.
Congratulations in advance on your marriage!! 🎉 love your videos as always man and especially love your further dive into model railroading. Best wishes to you! 🤟🏻
Hey Tug, you've got me deep into the lore of Sodor. Having read "The Island of Sodor" I've ended up being a little confused about the whole political timeline of the island, as it all broken up by character rather that by date. I doubt it would be that popular a video, but I'd LOVE a "History of Sodor" video where you compile the history in there, and re-tell it as one story.
Greetings from your hometown! 😝. When im not working on my Garden Railway in the backyard with my son (yes...a garden railway in SF!) im watching your videos...because i believe there is no shame in a grown ass man still enjoying The Railway Series! 😎🤘
Looking foward to seeing the updated NWR engines, if the originals are anything to go by they will be amazing. Also watching the Class 121 struggling to move was painfull.
One thing that may be fun would be to paint the dead oliver custom in its rusted "scrapped" coloring, could be a good terrain piece or just some scenery for the background!
Man... Wish I could have my own model train collection like that. Also, nice to see a fellow Washingtonian on RUclips, even if you said you're originally from San Fran. It'd be cool to meet you at a convention someday.
WOW. I can't believe that you have THAT many models! I really liked seeing all of them and also seeing the TVS accurate Thomas models! Quite a talent you have for modifying all of those models! Also, it's great to hear you're going to be getting married soon! Congrats! Great to see all of these (impressively detailed) models again!
If you’re looking for more American steam, Bachmann’s 2-8-0 Consolidations are great choices. And if you’re willing to spend a bit more, I highly recommend Proto 2000 steam, they run like Swiss watches and are very detailed. I have several of them but my favorite is their 0-8-0 Switcher.
50:43 yep. thats me. Dillon the F40PH. you're probably wondering how i ended up in Tug's video. so it all starts sometime in 1976 when i was born in a EMD factory. i left the factory in the Phase 2 livery and headed for my route on the Northeast Corridor. by 1991, me and my bois (the other F40PHs) were already being replaced by P40DCs and 8-32BWHs. eventually i got tired of Amtrak selling us F40s and left for the Galar Region (yep. the Pokémon Region in Pokémon Sword and Shield) i would work with many Intercity 125s. the Mark 3 coaches were lighter than the Superliners i was pulling in America, but they did the job. i liked pulling Mark 3 coaches on the Mainline, and sometimes, i even towed broken down Intercity 125s! this just goes to show the British Railways era was bad, but it could have been worse.
There's a certain poetic irony that the engine you plan to use to make a realistic take on Daisy has such a weak motor and can barely move even when it's not pulling anything. It's so similar to the character in that regard, it's hilarious.
Isopropyl Alcohol really helps to strip paint off models if you want to get them smooth for airbrushing, also highly recommend Revell paint remover for any stubborn parts!
That GCR 9N would make a great TVS character. It’s fan-character time! *Ahem* Robert is a Class 9 tank engine from the Great Central Railway, who works as a shunter at various locations along the Little Western line and the Coastal run. In his GCR days, he was teased relentlessly by the other engines for his huge size for a tank engine, and his controller turned a blind eye. So he doesn’t often speak to others, preferring to keep to himself. But with the help of Duck, Oliver and Arthur, he learns that good people and engines are very real, and not to assume that goodness is just a mask to hide evil
Congratulations on the Wedding! The American models really strike my interest in this update. It's great that you are now living in Washington state and are becoming a Great Northern fan. Believe me, it is one of the best railways in the country. As a fan myself, most of my HO gauge collection is dominated by Great Northern models of all kinds, mostly boxcars. I cannot recommend the GN more and here is a tip: avoid the ready-to-run GN liveried 2-8-0s by Broadway Limited, Bachmann and any other company that makes them as none are accurate to the real GN F-8 Class. The brass models are more expensive but are exactly like the real prototypes. I hope you consider more Washington State lines in the future. For Washington State railroads, I also collect Canadian Pacific, Northern Pacific and currently on the look out for Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway stock. And, the unfinished models of Gordon, James and Henry, the first words that came to mind when you said they were the only models not show cased were "Disgraceful, Disgusting, Despicable." Couldn't resist.
Recently, I have been gaining appreciation for locomotives here in the US. I really like the old EMD E & F unit locomotives, and the Cowl units are really cool. I, like you Unlucky Tug, I am too from the west coast. Also, I think that their clearly needs to be US OO scale locomotives, and UK HO scale locomotives, just to create the accuracy of Scale between the Two.
So if you're looking to go deeper into American locomotives, Walther's is on a roll with their diesels, and if you can find a proto-2000 USRA standard 0-8-0 at a decent price go for it. I don't have one myself but people keep telling me they are outstanding models. Edit: People are also loving the Bachmann New York Central Hudsons, Trainworld still has a bunch of them so why not give it a shot?
Timestamps 0:09 Intro 1:11 Pioneering Era 2:10 Pre-Grouping Era 14:08 Big Four Railway Era 24:23 British Railways 32:18 Industrial Railways 36:50 Preservation 42:35 Narrow Gauge Railways 46:26 American Railroads 52:06 North Western Railway 1:03:40 Outro
As much as I love being American and American railroading, I ADORE British locomotives. Especially their liveries, cause we Americans only painted streamlined locomotives (in terms of steam), and any color you can find on a steam locomotive is either very VERY dark green or blue. Man I love BR Blue like tug, and I like br green on a few locomotives (more specifically, the Bullied Pacifics) and Br black looks nice, and I absolutely LOVE the big 4 and pre grouping liveries . Learned something too, British railways did something similar to Strasburg 2005-2016 (well before 475 got her N&W lettering back in 2017 permanently after a photo charter) and have British railways but in the style of the locomotives original railroads, even tho I saw tornado in that livery 100 times online, I only JUST figured that out cause of this (also the case with the Strasburg fleet a few months ago). Another thing I figured out, that the class 121 exists. I used to hate British diesels being a steam fanboy, but I’m trying to warm up to them, still a steam boy tho.
Fun Fact: at 16:17, most people know that b12 is an engine that appeared in The Railway Series and was never seen again as time went on. But if you go on RUclips, there are tons of Thomas fans that have seen this engine in the series and made their own stories about him. The fans named him Alfred
Ironically, if you ever manage to get another model to make it all over with, you could turn the old one into his scrap variant and then remove his motor to make him a free wheeler
I have an idea for your dead Oliver model. You can remove the motor and customize it to look like he did in Escape! Take off the siderods, write "SCRAP" all over him, and it'll be perfect once you finish Douglas.
Stephenson rocket wasn't the first successful steam locomotive, just the winner of the Rainhill trials. There were extremely early locos but the first commercially successful was salamanca at the Middleton Railway, the first successfull standard gauge was locomotion I believe
So far we have seen: Season 1 (1984) - *COMPLETE* Season 2 (1986) - *INNOVATIVE* Season 3 (1991) - *BIG* Season 4 (1994) - *COMFY* Season 5 (1998) - *PEAK* Season 6 (2002) - *CUTE* Season 7 (2003) - *EYE OF THE STORM* Jack & the Pack (2003) - *QUAINT* Season 8 (2004) - *MILQUETOAST* Season 9 (2005) - *???*
47:54 My favorite steam locomotive of all time! The Southern Pacific GS-4 No. 4449 Daylight is one striking beauty of an American streamliner; its bell, air horn, and her famous Hancock 3 Chime steam whistle will always be iconic to a steam locomotive in my heart! The fact you have a collection of American trains is very impressive.
52:06 you ever thought of doing Emily in the RWS/Headcanon style of Models??? Probably would need to buy another stirling single for such an idea (since you probably would like to keep the current one you have) 4:41. But considering how much that model is currently...i doubt we'll be seeing her anytime soon... but hey...sounds like a cool idea, at least. Also maybe Diesel too. Headcanon of him being brought back again and staying somewhere on sodor??? Or like Spencer, he's a mainland engine that sometimes comes over to sodor. To help when needed???
Good to know the Bachman (definitely spelt that wrong) class 08s are the best option. I'll probably be buying quite a few of those over the next few years.
My god that 2023 USA Scotsman is gorgeous. I really hope Hornby (or anyone) releases an updated version of the Pre-Tour Scotsman with her second tender, It’s easily my favourite state she’s been in.
Blip at 10:44 - It was Heljan that made the new ES1, not Rapido! Should've checked the box before writing the script... My bad!
No worries unlucky tug
Unforgivable, I am reporting you to the train police.
Oh well we all make mistakes sometimes 🤷♂️
Alllll good! Cool collection, I’m jealous 🤣
Actually bill and Ben’s faces are swapped
Guys, I think Tug might like trains. Just a possibility
Yeah I think so too
No way, I don’t believe this!
He seams like a plane guy I think
Nah he seems more of a car guy
Nah
Thank you for the salute, but it was entirely a coincidence that YOU put out a video about the real Toby the week that we were picking an identity for the GE tram packs. I saw it and went into work and argued the case for 127 and it was carried. I'm glad you like it. 😀
That is AMAZING! I had no idea! Thank you for making the case for Toby!
@@TheUnluckyTug_official oh and BTW that electric loco you really liked, that wasn't ours, it was by Heljan. 🤣
Every credit to you, I had 127 and carriages running around my Christmas tree, perfect blend of realism and RWS representation.
@@TheUnluckyTug_officialyou work is amazing
Funny about this! I was going over my xopy of Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives: Volume 48, which lists the J70 Class. Wilbert Awdry stated in his "Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways" that while Toby could have been 68221/127, he never explicitly confirmed it. Like I did with other characters, in order to fill gaps in what I like to take as finishing something Wilbert Awdry never got the chance to, I checked the J70 allocation details in the Yeadon Book, and matched them up to the history of the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway.
I found that 68217/136 of 1903-vintage, unlike 68221, worked from the beginning of its life at Wisbech and, apart from one winter stint at Colchester, was not transferred away until the arrival of the first Class 04 Diesels in 1952. I thought that alone aligns so well with the Toby we all know, and giving a solid foundation for his dynamic with Henrietta too. 68217 was thus withdrawn from service in March 1953 with a newish boiler fitted as late as 1949, which adds something as well to the condition Toby would have been in when purchased - initially transferred - by Sir Topham Hatt. The tramline Toby would have worked, I ascertained to have been a branch to Wisbech St. Mary.
I used the same Yeadon Book to ascertain another Sodor Resident attached to Edward's Branch Line: the first-built J68 Class 0-6-0 Tank No. 41/7041, which in 1940 was sold to the War Department and never returned, being scrapped at Faslane Shipbreakers in Scotland by 1952. In my take, Toby met an engine aptly dubbed Celia while their basis engines were in Stratford Works upon the outbreak of WW2. Not forgetting her telling story, Toby advocated for Sir Topham Hatt to give her the second chance he got, and she was saved in a position of being dismantled for spare parts on the spot.
What do you think? Regards, Samuel Farris.
Rapido definitely has a Thomas fan as a worker. Not only are they rereleasing the Stirling Single, they are also releasing the Alfred and Judy twins.
If they re-release the Stirling Singles, I’d love it if they could manufacture the domed variants.
They are?!?!?!?
@@JacqueTheInsaneEngine yeah. They made a whole announcement video for both.
They're also doing the Bill/Ben livery that Alfred wore. Which is cool.
@@RichardHunslet1963 wait really?
Tug in 2021: "I never bother to pick up any of the newer Bachmann releases like Rosie or Oliver because frankly, they just don't really interest me."
His Fiance Christmas 2023: "Hold my wedding ring."
Well you beat me to it 😆
@@RailRocket05well he said he loves Atlantics so I'm going to say this
" I wanted a Atlantic he said BUT THAT ________ ________ ____ SENT ME THIS
Yea, Rosie was a surprise, so was Oliver
38:33 I'm sorry but you saying you want to be burried with USA flying scotsman might be the funniest thing ever. You know, hearing you talk about all those American locos has really made me hungry for an american railroad histories video!
yeah lol
There's quite a plethora of videos about our rail network as it was in the pre-Amtrak era and many more exist of rail post-Amtrak.
@@Matts_Conrail_Chicago_Mainline Well, to be fair, the middle railroad Penn Central could have been better. But, that was a bad idea. Merging two railroads with different corporate structures, and then shotgun-forcing PC to take in the NH as a condition of the merger didn't help matters.
Hey Thomas theriost
“We talk a lot about trains on this channel “ that is the biggest understatement of this year and it’s only January
1:03:01 Bachmann has promised that they will never transfer over too All Engines Go and I really hope they keep their promise
same here. bachmann is our only hope at this point.
Damn right
Plarail is still making old thomas stuff, I think
@@JacqueTheInsaneEngine nope, we've lost them to all engines go too.
@@locobuff345 they still making older ones, they're just not releasing new ones
“And here is Oliver, who is dead” thanks for making me spew water all over my phone as I busted up laughing.
Project G-1 moment
How to break your phone
38:35
just remember
If you touch Tug’s Flying Scotsman model, your hand comes off.
I once took it one night and returned it before he woke up
50:43 OMFG YOU GOT ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES IN OUR COUNTRY, the F40PH!! Thats my favorite EMD ever
well AMTRAK still has them in service for godsake
@@chrismrugala6696yeah as NPCUs
I love those! My bachman spectrum version is a really beefy boy, and it's almost as old as me. I love it
I love the new format where you put the models on a turntable rather than showing them from one side. Really gets me to appreciate all the details.
I love how every engine he owns was spinning by the shed
Hey Tug,
I’ve always loved trains, but recently thanks largely to you, I’ve decided to embrace the hobby and start collecting models. My girlfriend bought me my first model for Christmas, (and I put another on order right afterwards), so now I need to get some track and create a circuit for them to stretch their wheels.
Thanks for all the great content, it was cool to see another model collection video of yours drop.
All the best for 2024!
That’s sweet! Best of luck to you!
@@amazi6542 thank you!
Just curious, what model did you start with?
@@reeheehee9615 I’m Australian, so my partner bought me a C38 Pacific (one of my favourite locos). I’ve currently got a Hornby P2 on order waiting to be delivered - so those are my starting two.
@@cz.gazz. I actually work (volunteer) at a railway in NSW Australia, the Cooma Monaro Railway, hope we can meet one day and best of luck with your layout!
I like "NWR Mint", it's a fun idea for an AU, and it looks so fetching on your Duck (and Oliver), even if the mint wasn't intended as an AU idea
You love your model collection and must be proud of them
Diesel Rosie and Derek
The models of all the American engines are my favourite simply because of how massive they are
Go Big or Go Home is the American Way for Steam Engines
@@SONICX1027too bad from what I hear they don't care for preservation as much as other countries
It's especially funny when you consider the American engines are built to a smaller scale than the British ones. British trains are modeled in 1/76th scale, American and mainland European ones are 1/87th scale. So the size difference is even more pronounced in real life.
Imagine how many things your first model has seen. Dude has been there for *everything* .
A fellow Atlantic enjoyer! Always good to see more love for the beautiful 4-4-2s.
Being an SP fan, I must recommend you check out their A3 class of Atlantics. Stunning, nimble little locomotives. I picked up a brass one myself not too long ago for only $300, which really ain't that bad for brass prices.
51:08 Based Kodachrome! I got a pair of Santa Fe units in the scheme, a GP39-2 and an SD45-2, both from Athearn.
I didn't know real diesels could have pretentious names.
“Dick Hardy”.
@@darkassassin395best engine name ever
Fun fact: there WAS an LNER V2 named "The King's own Yorkshire Light Infantry"
Don't forget Cock O The North.
@@darkassassin395Named after someone within the Severn Valley Railway I believe
37:22 the Middleton Railway was the first preserved standard gauge railway, beating the bluebell by a few months
Guys… it’s not an obsession… it’s a hobby!
29:09 Ah, that good old Dapol "Quality" control!
...Or lack thereof.
For those wondering, a number of the stranger names for locomotives come from racehorses. Blue Peter and Galtee More are two good examples of these
Please tell me there's a locomotive named "Potoooooooo" (pronounced pot-eight-o's) somewhere.
@@Tiggeralt the mail line ancestor most thoroughbreds live today? I can check.
I haven’t found one yet. It may have existed, but I haven’t found one yet.
Most of the Quarry Hunslets were named for racehorses, Holy War sounding especially metal.
I think a way to incorparate narrow gauge to your layout might be having it run with standard gauge on the balloon loop and having them meet at a harbor on the balloon loop
Thomas: “blue is the only proper color for an engine!“
Unlucky tug: “I couldn’t agree more!”
I got back into trains (more specifically thomas stuff) recently due to rewatching some old thomas stuff from my childhood and this channel has been my favorite to watch relating to it. I'm still only a teenager, but later on I may get a train collection similar to this, and it's been great to find a new purpose in my favorite childhood series
Honestly Tug, this video is really both well detailed with the chapter groups of certain engine classes but also REÀLLY well explained! Hope you like reading this comment!
38:37 Remember, if Tug sees you touching USA Scotsman, say goodbye to your hand
You have one impressive collection. I like how diverse your collection is. It's so cool seeing various British and American engines together in one collection.
30:34 Evening Star is a Standard Class 9F, so congrats you’ve got 2 Standards 🎉🎉
damn tug these models look great! crazy how many models can be collected in just a year, would give a liver for a custom commision from you (edit: incase you were wondering (which i doubt) i love dean goods engines)
I said this on your first video on your collection on the old channel, but one word: wow! Absolutely wow! So many locos. And I love the fact that you've represented all the eras of British railway history into the bargain.
I believe RUclipsr 'Railway Mania' is a Rapido employee, so he might have suggested some of these recent Thomas inspired releases like GER N° 127. I dont want to say for certain though!
As a Bressingham man im giddy you have Martello in your collection, you can now get her as shes seen today as B662 from the collectors club exclusive that people are scalping on but not for too much money last time i looked.
It's time for me to ask him to suggest making thomas allen
Crazy that you have this massive of a train collection. I hope you get back to doing the custom Thomas models that you used to do. Maybe we can see you do Emily, Charlie, Molly, Billy, Hiro, Stanley, Murdoch, Ryan, Mavis, Diesel, Rosie, Whiff, Paxton, or even the narrow gage engines! Hope to see another early video! Great work!
31:47 you should make a pre-Sodor Rosie and have her be in that BR green. I think that would be pretty neat. A backstory idea is she came to Sodor to be the victorstown pilot engine.
41:48 Tornado is my favourite steam loco of all. I love her model and design. My goodness, you're a great collector!
Congratulations in advance on your marriage!! 🎉 love your videos as always man and especially love your further dive into model railroading. Best wishes to you! 🤟🏻
Hey Tug, you've got me deep into the lore of Sodor. Having read "The Island of Sodor" I've ended up being a little confused about the whole political timeline of the island, as it all broken up by character rather that by date. I doubt it would be that popular a video, but I'd LOVE a "History of Sodor" video where you compile the history in there, and re-tell it as one story.
29:14, funny, I used to have a Hornby one of those 121 bubble cars and it used to do exactly the same thing, I had forgotten about that until now
Greetings from your hometown! 😝. When im not working on my Garden Railway in the backyard with my son (yes...a garden railway in SF!) im watching your videos...because i believe there is no shame in a grown ass man still enjoying The Railway Series! 😎🤘
As someone who lives along the old great central railway, I'm very happy to see a few GC locos
Looking foward to seeing the updated NWR engines, if the originals are anything to go by they will be amazing. Also watching the Class 121 struggling to move was painfull.
10:05 Hornby's ancient J83: *Am I a joke to you?*
Watson I actually got to see in person at one point, it really goes to show how enormous these machines are compared to the people that built them.
How on earth do you decide what to run? What a collection!!!
One thing that may be fun would be to paint the dead oliver custom in its rusted "scrapped" coloring, could be a good terrain piece or just some scenery for the background!
With the motor removed
Man... Wish I could have my own model train collection like that.
Also, nice to see a fellow Washingtonian on RUclips, even if you said you're originally from San Fran. It'd be cool to meet you at a convention someday.
Happy wedding when you get married Tug! You go man. I enjoyed this once again. You keep cranking out quality, and I’m happy to watch it.
WOW. I can't believe that you have THAT many models! I really liked seeing all of them and also seeing the TVS accurate Thomas models! Quite a talent you have for modifying all of those models! Also, it's great to hear you're going to be getting married soon! Congrats! Great to see all of these (impressively detailed) models again!
Can’t wait to see these moving around on your completed train layout
I’m really jealous of your train collection goddamn those locos look really good. Why must hobbies be so expensive?!
5:33 best railway museum ever. Come visit next year when they officially hit the record for most historic rail vehicles!
I Love Tug Roasting Dapol
Great news (depending whether you have this model or not) Accurascale now has the rights to the hattons P class.
If you’re looking for more American steam, Bachmann’s 2-8-0 Consolidations are great choices. And if you’re willing to spend a bit more, I highly recommend Proto 2000 steam, they run like Swiss watches and are very detailed. I have several of them but my favorite is their 0-8-0 Switcher.
50:43 yep. thats me. Dillon the F40PH. you're probably wondering how i ended up in Tug's video.
so it all starts sometime in 1976 when i was born in a EMD factory. i left the factory in the Phase 2 livery and headed for my route on the Northeast Corridor. by 1991, me and my bois (the other F40PHs) were already being replaced by P40DCs and 8-32BWHs. eventually i got tired of Amtrak selling us F40s and left for the Galar Region (yep. the Pokémon Region in Pokémon Sword and Shield) i would work with many Intercity 125s. the Mark 3 coaches were lighter than the Superliners i was pulling in America, but they did the job. i liked pulling Mark 3 coaches on the Mainline, and sometimes, i even towed broken down Intercity 125s! this just goes to show the British Railways era was bad, but it could have been worse.
There's a certain poetic irony that the engine you plan to use to make a realistic take on Daisy has such a weak motor and can barely move even when it's not pulling anything.
It's so similar to the character in that regard, it's hilarious.
The Unlucky Tug is the best channel to help people who are starting up a model railway layout he gives good evidence so please sport he channel
Isopropyl Alcohol really helps to strip paint off models if you want to get them smooth for airbrushing, also highly recommend Revell paint remover for any stubborn parts!
Love the Tug’s Trains series, looking forward to seeing more updates to the layout and new customs.
A guy called unlucky TUG liking TRAINS? What madness is this?
Congratulations to you and your future wife! Wish you two the best of luck!!!!!!
“And the only standard I own” - The Unlucky Tug right after showing a 9F
That GCR 9N would make a great TVS character. It’s fan-character time! *Ahem*
Robert is a Class 9 tank engine from the Great Central Railway, who works as a shunter at various locations along the Little Western line and the Coastal run. In his GCR days, he was teased relentlessly by the other engines for his huge size for a tank engine, and his controller turned a blind eye. So he doesn’t often speak to others, preferring to keep to himself. But with the help of Duck, Oliver and Arthur, he learns that good people and engines are very real, and not to assume that goodness is just a mask to hide evil
Congratulations on the Wedding! The American models really strike my interest in this update. It's great that you are now living in Washington state and are becoming a Great Northern fan. Believe me, it is one of the best railways in the country. As a fan myself, most of my HO gauge collection is dominated by Great Northern models of all kinds, mostly boxcars. I cannot recommend the GN more and here is a tip: avoid the ready-to-run GN liveried 2-8-0s by Broadway Limited, Bachmann and any other company that makes them as none are accurate to the real GN F-8 Class. The brass models are more expensive but are exactly like the real prototypes. I hope you consider more Washington State lines in the future. For Washington State railroads, I also collect Canadian Pacific, Northern Pacific and currently on the look out for Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway stock.
And, the unfinished models of Gordon, James and Henry, the first words that came to mind when you said they were the only models not show cased were "Disgraceful, Disgusting, Despicable." Couldn't resist.
@@lukechristmas3951 The Episodes Are Amazing
I was curious of what the video was and I’m now gonna listen to this at work lol
Omg I wanna start collecting!
You'd need a LOT of money to get a collection of this size, just so you know.
Just build it up nice and slowly
Recently, I have been gaining appreciation for locomotives here in the US. I really like the old EMD E & F unit locomotives, and the Cowl units are really cool.
I, like you Unlucky Tug, I am too from the west coast.
Also, I think that their clearly needs to be US OO scale locomotives, and UK HO scale locomotives, just to create the accuracy of Scale between the Two.
I think a GWR livery King, Castle, Hall and Manor would be splendid
So if you're looking to go deeper into American locomotives, Walther's is on a roll with their diesels, and if you can find a proto-2000 USRA standard 0-8-0 at a decent price go for it. I don't have one myself but people keep telling me they are outstanding models.
Edit: People are also loving the Bachmann New York Central Hudsons, Trainworld still has a bunch of them so why not give it a shot?
Neat! Your collection is very impressive
Thomas looks honestly the best
1:03:21 Not Ryan screaming as he was picked up by the 0-5-0 from heaven😂
Timestamps
0:09 Intro
1:11 Pioneering Era
2:10 Pre-Grouping Era
14:08 Big Four Railway Era
24:23 British Railways
32:18 Industrial Railways
36:50 Preservation
42:35 Narrow Gauge Railways
46:26 American Railroads
52:06 North Western Railway
1:03:40 Outro
As much as I love being American and American railroading, I ADORE British locomotives. Especially their liveries, cause we Americans only painted streamlined locomotives (in terms of steam), and any color you can find on a steam locomotive is either very VERY dark green or blue. Man I love BR Blue like tug, and I like br green on a few locomotives (more specifically, the Bullied Pacifics) and Br black looks nice, and I absolutely LOVE the big 4 and pre grouping liveries . Learned something too, British railways did something similar to Strasburg 2005-2016 (well before 475 got her N&W lettering back in 2017 permanently after a photo charter) and have British railways but in the style of the locomotives original railroads, even tho I saw tornado in that livery 100 times online, I only JUST figured that out cause of this (also the case with the Strasburg fleet a few months ago). Another thing I figured out, that the class 121 exists. I used to hate British diesels being a steam fanboy, but I’m trying to warm up to them, still a steam boy tho.
Since you're a Rapido fan, I assume you've either preordered or plan on getting their Alfred and Judy models when they get here?
I think you need more models of The Flying Scottsman
Very impressive collection of trains! Great video!
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOU AND YOUR FIANCE, AND YOU DO SO AWESOME WITH THESE VIDEOS. THANK YOU
Boy, 9 minutes since releasing and already 1100 views! I'm glad that Tug's trains are back!
Man, Steam Trains are the most beautiful form of transport.
Fun Fact: at 16:17, most people know that b12 is an engine that appeared in The Railway Series and was never seen again as time went on. But if you go on RUclips, there are tons of Thomas fans that have seen this engine in the series and made their own stories about him. The fans named him Alfred
It was not a b12
16:15 oh hey look it's Alfred
*Insert Alfred Hitchcock Theme here*
Ironically, if you ever manage to get another model to make it all over with, you could turn the old one into his scrap variant and then remove his motor to make him a free wheeler
Haha. Thomas in his old paint job didn’t look exactly pleased to be on display. By the way, you have an amazing collection. Keep it up!
I have an idea for your dead Oliver model. You can remove the motor and customize it to look like he did in Escape! Take off the siderods, write "SCRAP" all over him, and it'll be perfect once you finish Douglas.
Now I want to see him recreate Escape on his model layout. I really hope he sees this comment
Me too @@frostlord1246
Sounds great if there was a dead 14x model I would use I'd remove the motor and make a scrap Oliver too
Fun fact, Flying Scotsman can be seen wearing both blue and green in the animated movie Valiant.
Also R.I.P. Hattons. They will be missed.
When did this happen
@@HugeGarnetFan Jennifer E. Kirk informed me of it 2 weeks ago.
@@joshuaW5621 oh
Those three bodies you showed at the end look great so far! I'm surprised that Bachmann have not done Diesel 10 or Lady yet.
Well, diesel 10 would be illegal, and idk why lady has not been made
Stephenson rocket wasn't the first successful steam locomotive, just the winner of the Rainhill trials. There were extremely early locos but the first commercially successful was salamanca at the Middleton Railway, the first successfull standard gauge was locomotion I believe
So far we have seen:
Season 1 (1984) - *COMPLETE*
Season 2 (1986) - *INNOVATIVE*
Season 3 (1991) - *BIG*
Season 4 (1994) - *COMFY*
Season 5 (1998) - *PEAK*
Season 6 (2002) - *CUTE*
Season 7 (2003) - *EYE OF THE STORM*
Jack & the Pack (2003) - *QUAINT*
Season 8 (2004) - *MILQUETOAST*
Season 9 (2005) - *???*
Them railroad streamliners don't even fit on the turntable and they still got more turns than Gordon.
It's great to see an updated version of your collection.
47:54 My favorite steam locomotive of all time! The Southern Pacific GS-4 No. 4449 Daylight is one striking beauty of an American streamliner; its bell, air horn, and her famous Hancock 3 Chime steam whistle will always be iconic to a steam locomotive in my heart! The fact you have a collection of American trains is very impressive.
I got that Loco too!
52:06 you ever thought of doing Emily in the RWS/Headcanon style of Models???
Probably would need to buy another stirling single for such an idea (since you probably would like to keep the current one you have) 4:41. But considering how much that model is currently...i doubt we'll be seeing her anytime soon... but hey...sounds like a cool idea, at least.
Also maybe Diesel too. Headcanon of him being brought back again and staying somewhere on sodor???
Or like Spencer, he's a mainland engine that sometimes comes over to sodor. To help when needed???
Good to know the Bachman (definitely spelt that wrong) class 08s are the best option. I'll probably be buying quite a few of those over the next few years.
I busted out laughing at the "And Then Theres Maude"
My god that 2023 USA Scotsman is gorgeous. I really hope Hornby (or anyone) releases an updated version of the Pre-Tour Scotsman with her second tender, It’s easily my favourite state she’s been in.
The new Hornby 2MT and Black Five have removable snow plows, let’s hope Hornby keep doing this!!