Great vid Sam, made me laugh in this one, quite a few of my favorite locos (being GWR) and the history behind them is always interesting, also nice selection of gwr coaches.
Superb vid Sam, thank you SO much for doing Collett. Running the pannier bunker first was the really killer, Tank locos were designed to run either way, and I wish more folks would show them running that way. Also, yes the 14xx was a Collett design. They were introduced in 1932 and originally called the 48xx class, but they were renumbered as 14xx in 1946. There was also a batch of ten others, nearly identical, but called the 58xx, but were not fitted for working with auto coaches and mainly used on light branch line good trains. Interestingly like the Collett goods, they were an updated version of an earlier engineers design, in this case George Armstrongs 517 class.of 1869! Apparently the 517s were getting life expired, and Collett just tweaked the design slightly by using a more modern boiler design and making minor alterations to the valve gear etc. A case of 'if it aint broke don't fix it' Any, your best vid yet, and my favourate is the Pannier, for as much as I love the King and the Castle (as well as most thing GWR)., there is something very workman like about the 57xx that give the a functional elegance.
Hi again Jon, and thanks for the marvelous comment - really appreciate that! Very interesting about the 14xx, a bit of good luck that I chose to use her then lol! Really glad you enjoyed it though, and I hope you like the rest! All the best mate, Sam :)
#4082 was built at Swindon Works on April 30th, 1924 and was withdrawn from service on September 30th, 1964. She was cut up at Cashmores Scrapyard in Newport on January 31st, 1965.
Thanks very much again Russell, yeah the third line is really useful! Very kind of you to say though, hopefully one of the others might beat it?! All the best, Sam :)
#6147 was built at Swindon Works on January 31st, 1933 and was withdrawn on December 31st, 1965. It was cut up at Cashmores Scrapyard in Newport on August 31st, 1966.
#8751 was built on Halloween Night, 1933 and was withdrawn from active service on December 31st, 1962. It was Scrapped at Swindon Works on January 31st, 1963.
The Halls were so successful that they inspired William Stanier and Edward Thompson. The Black Fives were their LMS counterparts and the B1s were their LNER counterparts.
My favourite kind of GWR steam engine is the 4-6-0 Manor or 78xx Class. I have two Manors, both of which are preserved. They are Hornby 7819 Hinton Manor from the Severn Valley Railway, and my favourite Manor of the 9 saved from scrap, Bachmann 7822 Foxcote Manor from the Llangollen Railway. Foxcote Manor also answers to her affectionate nickname Foxy. Both are green; Hinton Manor was preserved in GWR green livery before being repainted BR black. Foxy is essentially in BR Brunswick Green, yet she has been temporarily painted black. She will return to her original colour eventually. I'm sure you showed a Manor engine in your loft-shed tour video, and would like to see the engine running in your video collection if you please. I love steam engines big and small alike, including Thomas the Tank Engine who is my favourite childhood hero and all his friends.
My first ever loco (other than one I had when I was about 4 years old) was a triang Kneler hall, I still keep it as a display piece on my sidings but she doesn’t run anymore
Thanks peeps - the GWR is fabulous isn't it? Don't know much about German locos, but I want to find out now - I'm going to google some lol! Cheers, Sam :)
Thanks very much Des - I love the Castle too, it's one of my favorite Wrenns.... though I think I can say that about all of them lol ;) Cheers mate, Sam :)
Its the Hagley hall with an AH sound not AE. The real one was preserved in the engine house at highley station on the severn valley railway. It may not be there currently, as I haven't been in a while
Great running session. I would like to see a review of kneller hall as I have the same model, I have a dapol 14xx and that runs alright. And your right the 14xx was designed by collett. Keep the faith - Callum
Thanks Callum - yeah I'll have to review Kneller hall at some point! Yeah the 14xx tends to run okay, but it's quite horrible to dismantle and service! All the best mate, Sam :)
Thanks very much - glad you enjoyed it, the King is fabulous! I bought a Warship today lol - thought you might be interested hehe ;) All the best, Sam :)
No I'm not unfortunately - the ones I'm doing seem to be before BR, but I obviously have to have at least 6 of their locomotives to be able to do them! Cheers, Sam :)
Can't find a "magical wind" on EB - pity, as I think all manufacturers should supply them with points :) Won't choose a class, as think they were designed for different uses. For flexibility, the 6147 is most adaptable. Well packed session - good work. Alan.
haha thanks Alan, yeah the magic wind is always useful while filming! Yeah, it's always difficult to choose - I just love them all! Cheers mate, Sam :)
Hi mate - thanks very much mate, yeah summer's being quite fun! Yeah I could have talked about the streamlining - I tend just just stick to the basic facts though! Cheers mate, Sam :)
Hi, thanks very much! Sadly I don't have many of the Hornby flying Scotsman models, just a couple of the old ones and that's it! Sorry about that mate! Sam :)
I'm not sure I would call Charles Collett one of the Great Engineers, Churchward yes, Collett no. Although it was under his CME that the Castle was built, this was a continuation of Churchward's work. Collett oversaw the stagnation of the most advanced locomotive design till with little advancement till virtually overtaken by the other three.
Hmm, not too sure at the moment really... but I've made a video with my top 10 locos, if you wanted to see what they were back then? All the best, Sam :)
#6028 was built at Swindon Works on July 31st, 1930 and was retired from service on November 30th, 1962. It was cut up at Birds Scrapyard in Newport on August 31st, 1964.
#3210 was built at Swindon Works on December 31st, 1947 and was withdrawn on November 30th, 1964. It was broken up at Cashmores Scrapyard in Newport on February 28th, 1965.
#5934 was built at Swindon Works on June 30th, 1933 and was retired from revenue service on May 31st, 1964. It was cut up at R.S Hayes Scrapyard at Bridgend on August 31st, 1964.
Thanks for the video Sam. its amazing how by watching a video about model trains, i can learn so much
No problem mate - and yeah absolutely, I find the same thing watching other people's videos! :D
Cheers mate,
Sam :)
Great vid Sam, made me laugh in this one, quite a few of my favorite locos (being GWR) and the history behind them is always interesting, also nice selection of gwr coaches.
Thanks very much mate - really glad they were some of your favourites!
Thanks again for all the support mate,
Cheers,
Sam :)
Superb vid Sam, thank you SO much for doing Collett. Running the pannier bunker first was the really killer, Tank locos were designed to run either way, and I wish more folks would show them running that way.
Also, yes the 14xx was a Collett design. They were introduced in 1932 and originally called the 48xx class, but they were renumbered as 14xx in 1946. There was also a batch of ten others, nearly identical, but called the 58xx, but were not fitted for working with auto coaches and mainly used on light branch line good trains.
Interestingly like the Collett goods, they were an updated version of an earlier engineers design, in this case George Armstrongs 517 class.of 1869! Apparently the 517s were getting life expired, and Collett just tweaked the design slightly by using a more modern boiler design and making minor alterations to the valve gear etc. A case of 'if it aint broke don't fix it'
Any, your best vid yet, and my favourate is the Pannier, for as much as I love the King and the Castle (as well as most thing GWR)., there is something very workman like about the 57xx that give the a functional elegance.
Hi again Jon, and thanks for the marvelous comment - really appreciate that! Very interesting about the 14xx, a bit of good luck that I chose to use her then lol!
Really glad you enjoyed it though, and I hope you like the rest!
All the best mate,
Sam :)
Hi! I doubt you'll get one on Amazon - best to check Ebay instead! :)
Cheers,
Sam :)
2:26 love how you say, give me a shout if it makes a noise, like we can speak through the video. luv the vid though, some nice locos
haha, well it's very scary when I expect stuff to de-rail lol! Glad you liked it though, I had great fun making this one!
Cheers,
Sam :)
Great video mate :) my favourite locomotives
Oh that's great - glad you enjoyed seeing them!
All the best,
Sam :)
#4082 was built at Swindon Works on April 30th, 1924 and was withdrawn from service on September 30th, 1964. She was cut up at Cashmores Scrapyard in Newport on January 31st, 1965.
Thanks very much for the info as always Vincent - very sad to hear of course!
Great video Sam . Very enjoyable. You certainly using your three lines to max benefit. Not sure you can beat this one!
Thanks very much again Russell, yeah the third line is really useful! Very kind of you to say though, hopefully one of the others might beat it?!
All the best,
Sam :)
#6147 was built at Swindon Works on January 31st, 1933 and was withdrawn on December 31st, 1965. It was cut up at Cashmores Scrapyard in Newport on August 31st, 1966.
Very interesting as always mate - I'm taking note of these - can't know too much about your models!
All the best mate,
Sam :)
#8751 was built on Halloween Night, 1933 and was withdrawn from active service on December 31st, 1962. It was Scrapped at Swindon Works on January 31st, 1963.
Thanks Vincent - they wasted no time cutting her up then :(
Cheers,
Sam :)
The Halls were so successful that they inspired William Stanier and Edward Thompson. The Black Fives were their LMS counterparts and the B1s were their LNER counterparts.
Absolutely! I find that really interesting that other engineers took inspiration from them! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
My favourite kind of GWR steam engine is the 4-6-0 Manor or 78xx Class. I have two Manors, both of which are preserved. They are Hornby 7819 Hinton Manor from the Severn Valley Railway, and my favourite Manor of the 9 saved from scrap, Bachmann 7822 Foxcote Manor from the Llangollen Railway. Foxcote Manor also answers to her affectionate nickname Foxy. Both are green; Hinton Manor was preserved in GWR green livery before being repainted BR black. Foxy is essentially in BR Brunswick Green, yet she has been temporarily painted black. She will return to her original colour eventually. I'm sure you showed a Manor engine in your loft-shed tour video, and would like to see the engine running in your video collection if you please. I love steam engines big and small alike, including Thomas the Tank Engine who is my favourite childhood hero and all his friends.
Ooh very nice - yes the Manor class is very lovely - they're superb things really!! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Looks like you were working hard on the railway today. A big like from me for this video, all the locos looking great.
Thanks very much Keith - yeah always hard work, but very enjoyable to make!
All the best mate,
Sam :)
Collett's designs were amazing
I agree - he designed some beauties! :D
Thanks for watching,Sam :)
Brilliant Video Sam, you've helped me model my GWR railway now. :)
Thanks very much Robert! Really glad this was useful!
Cheers,
Sam :)
Just out of interest, have you got an old Hornby King Class that you can look at.
My first ever loco (other than one I had when I was about 4 years old) was a triang Kneler hall, I still keep it as a display piece on my sidings but she doesn’t run anymore
My favourite Collett locomotive is GWR Pannier Tanks!
Very good choice - I think they were really important engines to the GWR!
All the best,
Sam :)
Meee Un - Same here, Im looking to get loads of them in 00 gauge!!
I love the GWR!!!
oliver die Great Western LoKomotive yeah we can see that. by the way are you German?
+Tedthetrain productions yes I am ☺
cool!! i really love the engines of germany having gone there to see it.
+Oliver die Great Western LoKomotive
+Tedthetrain productions okay I really love english engines because they look so great!
Thanks peeps - the GWR is fabulous isn't it? Don't know much about German locos, but I want to find out now - I'm going to google some lol!
Cheers,
Sam :)
Excellent production Sam ..Merry Thanks do like the Castle class ...Des..
Thanks very much Des - I love the Castle too, it's one of my favorite Wrenns.... though I think I can say that about all of them lol ;)
Cheers mate,
Sam :)
+Sam'sTrains can you do races please
I may do some at some point - yeah! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
love the running video. can you do an video on streamline and spam can locos?
Thanks very much - and great suggestion - I've got something like that very similar planned! :D
All the best,
Sam :)
Its the Hagley hall with an AH sound not AE. The real one was preserved in the engine house at highley station on the severn valley railway. It may not be there currently, as I haven't been in a while
Thanks a lot for letting me know Guy - sorry about my bad pronunciation!
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
Great running session. I would like to see a review of kneller hall as I have the same model, I have a dapol 14xx and that runs alright. And your right the 14xx was designed by collett. Keep the faith - Callum
Thanks Callum - yeah I'll have to review Kneller hall at some point! Yeah the 14xx tends to run okay, but it's quite horrible to dismantle and service!
All the best mate,
Sam :)
my Mainline Collett goods in BR Black is Due to arrive This Tuesday
Sam's Trains I like/love both GWR 6000 Class 6023 King Edward II (1930) and GWR 4073 Class 7029 Clun Castle (1950) equally.
Me too Mark! :D
Lovely locos-especially the King Class!
Thanks very much - glad you enjoyed it, the King is fabulous! I bought a Warship today lol - thought you might be interested hehe ;)
All the best,
Sam :)
Lol, I would like to see that, although I'm considering my RUclips name to something more privatisation era style, cuz thats what I'm interested in.
By the way are you planning to do a Day with Riddles locomotives, basically a bunch of BR Standards, I especially would love a Britannia.
No I'm not unfortunately - the ones I'm doing seem to be before BR, but I obviously have to have at least 6 of their locomotives to be able to do them!
Cheers,
Sam :)
Brilliant video. I'm not a GWR person but it was still a great video! :)
Thanks very much mate - glad you liked it anyway, plenty of stuff for you coming up! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
Can't find a "magical wind" on EB - pity, as I think all manufacturers should supply them with points :) Won't choose a class, as think they were designed for different uses. For flexibility, the 6147 is most adaptable. Well packed session - good work. Alan.
haha thanks Alan, yeah the magic wind is always useful while filming! Yeah, it's always difficult to choose - I just love them all!
Cheers mate,
Sam :)
*02:28* Flashback to James ripping a hole in a coach, requiring bootlace to mend
13.Mar.2021
haha love it!! ;D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
the first of the king class was sent to the b&o centennial of rail fair in the USA were she was given a brass bell which is still on her buffer beam
Oh cool, I didn't know that either - thanks a lot! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
6000 KGV
9:06 wow that was lucky! ;)
I know - I felt blessed!
My Favorite Collett Loco are either the Halls or the Kings.
Ooh good choice - yes those are some of the nicest! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
I saw a king class at didcot railway center in the beuatiful BR express blue
Ooh fantastic - what a brilliant sight that must have been!
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
hi sam
hope summer good for you and family
am shocked you never mention about the king and castle streamlined version
but still great vid
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Hi mate - thanks very much mate, yeah summer's being quite fun!
Yeah I could have talked about the streamlining - I tend just just stick to the basic facts though!
Cheers mate,
Sam :)
hi sam can you name the sites that you get your trains from
Hi! It's mainly just Ebay and antique centers!
All the best,
Sam :)
they started restoring another castle engine now so i think that makes it going to be 9 of them soon.
Oh wow! I didn't know that, but that's fantastic news! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
I have the kneeller hall too but I don't have a Todd brake van or any brake vans as a matter of fact now that I think of it
That;s cool! Kneller hall is an awesome model! Yeah I only got my toad quite recently too - they are nice though!
All the best,
Sam :)
A day with Charles Collette
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
please make another GWR running Day Sam. please please
I will do at some point yeah - thanks very much for the comment, hope you liked this one!
Cheers,
Sam :)
You'll be right back mann you should say
haha!! xD
hi!, awesome video, could you do a video on all of the flying scotsman models that hornby have made?
Hi, thanks very much! Sadly I don't have many of the Hornby flying Scotsman models, just a couple of the old ones and that's it!
Sorry about that mate!
Sam :)
+Sam'sTrains what about different make of engines... a running day with some dapol, some Bachmann, some hornby and some wrenn.
keep up the good work
Sam's Trains I mostly prefer Charles Collett (1871-1952) more than any other engineers from GWR (1833-1948).
Yeah that's fair Mark, love Collett! :D
Hi Sam, do you have a Bachmann 57xx or ever considered getting one? I would love to see you review one sometime. Nice video by the way!
Hi mate, yes I do have one - I'll be reviewing one very soon! :D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
13:25 what does the text on that little shed say?
I'm not sure I would call Charles Collett one of the Great Engineers, Churchward yes, Collett no. Although it was under his CME that the Castle was built, this was a continuation of Churchward's work. Collett oversaw the stagnation of the most advanced locomotive design till with little advancement till virtually overtaken by the other three.
That's fair enough Don - I'll accept that, haha! ;D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
My favorite collett loco is hands down, the Hall class and my favorite engine of the class is Olton hall aka hogwarts express!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Shawn, great choice in the collett - I find those fantastic looking too! Alton Hall is a gorgeous locomotive too!
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
how many Pullman coaches do you have?
About 15 all told - it's quite a mixture though, some are Hornby, others are tri-ang and Wrenn!
All the best,
Sam :)
32:35 which 2P is that on the table?
I can't remember - it could have been yours though... or mine left over from the Drummond one!
what is your favorite train
Hmm, not too sure at the moment really... but I've made a video with my top 10 locos, if you wanted to see what they were back then?
All the best,
Sam :)
why wasn't the 61xx in the poll?
There was a cap - unfortunately I can't add more than 5 answers :(
:(
14:37 cow
Well spotted! :D
#6028 was built at Swindon Works on July 31st, 1930 and was retired from service on November 30th, 1962. It was cut up at Birds Scrapyard in Newport on August 31st, 1964.
Thanks again, looks like she survived a little while before being cut up then,
All the best mate,
Sam :)
#3210 was built at Swindon Works on December 31st, 1947 and was withdrawn on November 30th, 1964. It was broken up at Cashmores Scrapyard in Newport on February 28th, 1965.
Thanks Vincent, Duly noted as always - much appreciated :)
Cheers,
Sam :)
#5934 was built at Swindon Works on June 30th, 1933 and was retired from revenue service on May 31st, 1964. It was cut up at R.S Hayes Scrapyard at Bridgend on August 31st, 1964.
Thanks again Vincent, very interesting to learn - it's great to have access to such information about individual locomotives!
Cheers,
Sam :)