Hi Rick & Pauline, thank you for the video, loved your face Pauline when Rick got the Blue Diesel book out🤣, I live in Cheadle heath, & where the Morrisons is now used to be Cheadle heath train station & on that line going towards Cheadle is the old station which is now a pub called the Cheshire line tavern, if your ever in that area you should pop in for a drink and a bite to eat, I highly recommend it, it also has a garden centre next door to it, cheers, Pete,👍
No 37 as your favorite😱, this I didn't expect, are well Rick…?😂 The most hilarious part in the video was when you sad "and some people say that all diesels look alike", the face expresion of pauline spoke without words🤣🤣🤣 Although spending half my career on diesels, I never had a pasion for them, even before I became a train driver, as a kid steam trains appeal more to me. And I driven both of them, steam and diesel, and of course diesel driving on it self, in comparison to steam, is a completely different world, much cleaner and (comfortable). And comfortable is a big word, diesels up to the 90th where loud, dirty oil spilling and bad seating. They where so loud that under full throttle, if someone was with you, you had to shout to communicate (this resulted significant lost of hearing after many years, typical symptom for my generation of train drivers). The funny thing is, that when we have a reunion now and then (always at the same pub), the owner puts us apart from the rest of the customers, as we're so loud.😅 The good thing about these early diesels was, they were simple, no electronics, all was electrical mechanical and very reliable. As a matter of fact the worst diesel I've ever driven was the Class 66/77, although these where not so noisy, and you had a good seat, but the death man's paddel sat at a wrong angle causing back pains on long trips (this is a pedel you have to push every so much seconds, if you did not the loco would go into emergency break). Also the electronics where a nightmare, moisture and vibration caused big problems, plus if you drive across borders in continental Europe, with all the different safety systems for each country, they often caused so much problems that they where really hated by train drivers and signalers. Also the breaks are really bad, specially without load, it would reduce your speed a lot to get to the required breaking distance. If it comes to real driving comfort, the last generation of electric loco's where the best, ergonomically, silent, airco, cruse control, even came with a fridge and a cooker for storing your lunch and heating it up. Anyway nice model collection, I only have two blue Hornby railroad (ex Lima)sound DCC fitted class 40's, where I do hope to swab the body of one for a green one, one day, as in not having two the same. I bought them at the time, and I think this was also Hornby's intention to get people familiar with DCC sound. But in the end I really didn't like sound to be honest, and makes your model way to expensive. Maybe it's nice for shows, but to me it sits in the same category as smoke generators, useless and unrealistic. cheers, Danny
Hi Danny, yes I'm surprised Pauline didn't choose the 37 as her favourite. The Deltics with all their silver seem to have attracted the magpie in Pauline! All the best Rick
Hi Carl, the 87 is a very good Lima model and available in several liveries. Despite coming out in 79 I think it is one of Limas best. I remember my Dad buying me one around 1980-81. Since I got back into trains it was at the top of my list to buy. The model I have now was a £30 eBay buy in 2018. All the best Rick
Hello, Pauline and Rick! Nice to see you both again and hope you are well. Fun video with nice clips from layouts. By any chance, on the two class 40s (???) with the UK flag, the second one shown had a much larger flag, and it even looked shiny/reflective. By any chance was that a post-purchase add-on??? Or, is it just a different company's interpretation. The first one just seemed "right," while the second one felt modified. Another great bit was showing the locos and going back to the footage of the old actual loco. Great stuff, as always! Cheers!
The two class 47s are Lima models of different locos. Two 47s had union flags added for the Queen's Jubilee in 1977. I googled the locos and one of them definitely has a brighter flag along with a silver roof so it looks like these two are pretty accurate. Thanks as always Rick
great video guys i have got nearly every loco you showed in this video and like you my first loco was the green lima western and i have the blue one as well some great layouts at the show wouldnt mind a lima class 40 though
Hi Pauline and Rick! I am glad to see Bobby escaped out of the house but was recaptured by a trader, next time Bobby! I see Rick you have caught Pauline’s blue loco disease! Anyway another really great video, but please show a few green or red diesels next time, I was beginning to think the tide was coming in! I forgot to say I had a Triang class 77 (Electra) in blue and a blue diesel, I cannot remember the class, but it was Triang blue with a white roof and dummy middle wheels on the bogie. Harry
Hi Pauline & Rick. A great video and I was always a steam enthusiast, as they were my Era. But I didn’t mind the odd Green Diesel class 20, 31, 08, 55s and so on. Now I admit that I do like many of the modern Era’s and I have 15 class 66 in OO gauge and I have a Dapol O gauge now on Preorder. Guess what it will be in the Green Evening Star livery ! How are you guys feeling about this then ? Regards from Ron 🚂🚝👍
I think Pauline has the right idea!! To me, it’s got to be steam!! I said the same when I volunteered at the Epping Ongar Railway!! My favourite steam is the S160. My favourite diesel is the Class 37!!
Well certainly a vast array of Blue….and why not. I agree Rick the Trix DMU is superb. As layouts are concerned in your footage, the forest was excellent, and I like the Class 76’s. And of course the various layouts with the weathered models.
My favourite type of train is very early electric. I’m in the process of converting my 00 gauge layout into an NG7, or 0 16.5 to model Halfway House on the Volk’s Electric Railway in Brighton.
I reckon you got away with that Rick, Pauline made Irene's day when she got 2 steamer's out, she actually thought hoping there would be more. Great video. All the best.
@@wellchuffedrailways I like your videos, as do others, due to your obvious passion and not being a model snob, like not having to have the latest greatest £300 super detailed monster but grabbing 30 year old Lima's because they have character or just appeal to the eye of spending a little more on a WREN because they are your passion, do love the bargain hunt section of your videos, never change the pair of you x
Thank you very much Sarah, I do like the Wrenn models full of character and an interesting history with the carry over from Dublo to them being produced in tiny numbers until they closed down. We have several box folders of Wrenn documents which gives an insight into just how much they struggled through the years. Thanks again Rick
I reckon Pauline could be swayed by a Class 17 in BR Blue. I think we're blessed with all the shades of BR blue; Lima BR blue, Hornby BR blue, Bachmann BR blue, all the shades.
The Lima 47 like the 31 were and still are decent models. Only the Bachmann 47 IMO is a better model. Detailing and weathering make the Lima now Hornby models look good.
I was a child in the steam days and grew up to become a (diesel & electric [AC and DC] ) train driver until retirement. I can't stand steam engines and when I first started on the footplate nearly all of the 'old boys' still around back then who had had to work on steam engines hated them too. The most common thing you would hear them say was, "Bloody steam enthusiasts. They wouldn't be so damn keen if they had to get up at three O'Clock on a winters morning to go and work tender first in the frost and snow." Whenever you are at those shows I tend to ignore what YOU are looking at and I try to see what BR blue & grey stuff is visible in the background. I certainly agree that you give too much time to those bloody kettles and not enough time to the diesel and electric preference. So come on Rick, put your foot down and demand some balance 😉.
My Triang Hornby Hymek was even older than yours, as it had plastic wheels in the rear bogie, so no pickups. Awful runner. Weren't / aren't class 40s known as "Whistlers"? Having said that, I have total respect for your detailed knowledge of your fleet and the respective prototypes. Personally, I'm ambidextrous: I like both diesels and steam locos 😂
Hi Rick & Pauline, thank you for the video, loved your face Pauline when Rick got the Blue Diesel book out🤣, I live in Cheadle heath, & where the Morrisons is now used to be Cheadle heath train station & on that line going towards Cheadle is the old station which is now a pub called the Cheshire line tavern, if your ever in that area you should pop in for a drink and a bite to eat, I highly recommend it, it also has a garden centre next door to it, cheers, Pete,👍
Cheers Pete, not far from us really and we have family nearby so we might pop in. All the best Rick
No 37 as your favorite😱, this I didn't expect, are well Rick…?😂
The most hilarious part in the video was when you sad "and some people say that all diesels look alike", the face expresion of pauline spoke without words🤣🤣🤣
Although spending half my career on diesels, I never had a pasion for them, even before I became a train driver, as a kid steam trains appeal more to me.
And I driven both of them, steam and diesel, and of course diesel driving on it self, in comparison to steam, is a completely different world, much cleaner and (comfortable).
And comfortable is a big word, diesels up to the 90th where loud, dirty oil spilling and bad seating.
They where so loud that under full throttle, if someone was with you, you had to shout to communicate (this resulted significant lost of hearing after many years, typical symptom for my generation of train drivers).
The funny thing is, that when we have a reunion now and then (always at the same pub), the owner puts us apart from the rest of the customers, as we're so loud.😅
The good thing about these early diesels was, they were simple, no electronics, all was electrical mechanical and very reliable.
As a matter of fact the worst diesel I've ever driven was the Class 66/77, although these where not so noisy, and you had a good seat, but the death man's paddel sat at a wrong angle causing back pains on long trips (this is a pedel you have to push every so much seconds, if you did not the loco would go into emergency break).
Also the electronics where a nightmare, moisture and vibration caused big problems, plus if you drive across borders in continental Europe, with all the different safety systems for each country, they often caused so much problems that they where really hated by train drivers and signalers.
Also the breaks are really bad, specially without load, it would reduce your speed a lot to get to the required breaking distance.
If it comes to real driving comfort, the last generation of electric loco's where the best, ergonomically, silent, airco, cruse control, even came with a fridge and a cooker for storing your lunch and heating it up.
Anyway nice model collection, I only have two blue Hornby railroad (ex Lima)sound DCC fitted class 40's, where I do hope to swab the body of one for a green one, one day, as in not having two the same.
I bought them at the time, and I think this was also Hornby's intention to get people familiar with DCC sound. But in the end I really didn't like sound to be honest, and makes your model way to expensive.
Maybe it's nice for shows, but to me it sits in the same category as smoke generators, useless and unrealistic.
cheers,
Danny
Hi Danny, yes I'm surprised Pauline didn't choose the 37 as her favourite. The Deltics with all their silver seem to have attracted the magpie in Pauline! All the best Rick
Hi guys, that's a real nice collection of blue diesels. My favourites are the 37 & the 20, tho I would love a 87. All the best guys. Carl.
Hi Carl, the 87 is a very good Lima model and available in several liveries. Despite coming out in 79 I think it is one of Limas best. I remember my Dad buying me one around 1980-81. Since I got back into trains it was at the top of my list to buy. The model I have now was a £30 eBay buy in 2018. All the best Rick
Hello, Pauline and Rick! Nice to see you both again and hope you are well. Fun video with nice clips from layouts. By any chance, on the two class 40s (???) with the UK flag, the second one shown had a much larger flag, and it even looked shiny/reflective. By any chance was that a post-purchase add-on??? Or, is it just a different company's interpretation. The first one just seemed "right," while the second one felt modified. Another great bit was showing the locos and going back to the footage of the old actual loco. Great stuff, as always! Cheers!
The two class 47s are Lima models of different locos. Two 47s had union flags added for the Queen's Jubilee in 1977. I googled the locos and one of them definitely has a brighter flag along with a silver roof so it looks like these two are pretty accurate. Thanks as always Rick
Each to their own!! I prefer a good steam locomotive over a diesel locomotive any day of the week!!
I like both to be honest. 😀
@wellchuffedrailways So you're ambidextrous, too!
great video guys i have got nearly every loco you showed in this video and like you my first loco was the green lima western and i have the blue one as well some great layouts at the show wouldnt mind a lima class 40 though
Cheers Geoffrey, my first proper Diesel loco was the blue Lima Western Renown. Not a bad model to be fair. All the best Rick
You couldn’t have a chance to talk me out of my steam locomotive collection!! A very large percentage are analog, while a few are digital.
Good fun, as ever :) Thanks both
Hi Pauline and Rick! I am glad to see Bobby escaped out of the house but was recaptured by a trader, next time Bobby! I see Rick you have caught Pauline’s blue loco disease! Anyway another really great video, but please show a few green or red diesels next time, I was beginning to think the tide was coming in! I forgot to say I had a Triang class 77 (Electra) in blue and a blue diesel, I cannot remember the class, but it was Triang blue with a white roof and dummy middle wheels on the bogie. Harry
Hi Harry, Bobby's doing well now he is back in captivity! Steam locos for the next few videos then things will be back to normal😂😂 all the best Rick
Aha...knew I'd get to see the Woodhead....lotta fun, thanks both.
Cheers Andy
very nice well put together
Thanks very much!
Hi Pauline & Rick. A great video and I was always a steam enthusiast, as they were my Era. But I didn’t mind the odd Green Diesel class 20, 31, 08, 55s and so on. Now I admit that I do like many of the modern Era’s and I have 15 class 66 in OO gauge and I have a Dapol O gauge now on Preorder. Guess what it will be in the Green Evening Star livery ! How are you guys feeling about this then ? Regards from Ron 🚂🚝👍
Hi Ron, some diesels look nicer in green, Hymeks and Class 40s being two. That evening star livery does look very nice, congratulations!
I think Pauline has the right idea!! To me, it’s got to be steam!! I said the same when I volunteered at the Epping Ongar Railway!! My favourite steam is the S160. My favourite diesel is the Class 37!!
Awwwww did not see the class 33 crompton on a run around 😢 hi pauline .
No we didn't show the HO 33 and a couple of others. Cheers Rick
Well certainly a vast array of Blue….and why not. I agree Rick the Trix DMU is superb. As layouts are concerned in your footage, the forest was excellent, and I like the Class 76’s. And of course the various layouts with the weathered models.
Thanks Nick, roll on the steam special! All the best Rick
Also your Wren blue tank engine is a superb runner.
My favourite type of train is very early electric. I’m in the process of converting my 00 gauge layout into an NG7, or 0 16.5 to model Halfway House on the Volk’s Electric Railway in Brighton.
A great selection of ‘blue’!
I reckon you got away with that Rick, Pauline made Irene's day when she got 2 steamer's out, she actually thought hoping there would be more. Great video. All the best.
Cheers Gary. Steam special soon and I will try and sneak some diesels in. 😀
A lack of 08's - 08, 37, 55 and 66 are my faves with the 43 HST's a close runner up...
Hi Sarah, we do have an 08 but not in BR Blue, thanks for the remainder to get one. I have an 06 but forgot it and the 25! Thanks for watching Rick
@@wellchuffedrailways I like your videos, as do others, due to your obvious passion and not being a model snob, like not having to have the latest greatest £300 super detailed monster but grabbing 30 year old Lima's because they have character or just appeal to the eye of spending a little more on a WREN because they are your passion, do love the bargain hunt section of your videos, never change the pair of you x
Thank you very much Sarah, I do like the Wrenn models full of character and an interesting history with the carry over from Dublo to them being produced in tiny numbers until they closed down. We have several box folders of Wrenn documents which gives an insight into just how much they struggled through the years. Thanks again Rick
Personally, I’m a steam fanatic!! I adore my collection of steam locomotives!! I have only one diesel, a Class 101 diesel multiple unit!!
You might well wonder what I run most. The answer is that I mostly take DCC Sound locomotives and unit to the club and analog at home.
Well that’s the real thing!! And yes, the batteries lived underneath the locomotive!!
I reckon Pauline could be swayed by a Class 17 in BR Blue. I think we're blessed with all the shades of BR blue; Lima BR blue, Hornby BR blue, Bachmann BR blue, all the shades.
Yes quite the array of BR Blue! Class 17 is a definite possibility. Cheers Rick
The Lima 47 like the 31 were and still are decent models. Only the Bachmann 47 IMO is a better model. Detailing and weathering make the Lima now Hornby models look good.
Hi, I have a detailed Lima 47 and it's not bad at all. Yet to get a Lima 31 (and what a choice there is).
All the best Rick
I was a child in the steam days and grew up to become a (diesel & electric [AC and DC] ) train driver until retirement. I can't stand steam engines and when I first started on the footplate nearly all of the 'old boys' still around back then who had had to work on steam engines hated them too. The most common thing you would hear them say was, "Bloody steam enthusiasts. They wouldn't be so damn keen if they had to get up at three O'Clock on a winters morning to go and work tender first in the frost and snow."
Whenever you are at those shows I tend to ignore what YOU are looking at and I try to see what BR blue & grey stuff is visible in the background. I certainly agree that you give too much time to those bloody kettles and not enough time to the diesel and electric preference. So come on Rick, put your foot down and demand some balance 😉.
Top comment! I will read this out in one of our vlogs! Thanks very much Rick
To my recollection, the Lima name was the branding of quality inexpensive locomotives and stock.
The diesels were good for the money and they produced a very nice range of liveries.
It sounds to me like something might have come off the line on the last diesel!!
Nah it's just a bit noisy!😀
That one is in SCRAP condition!! It would be taken apart and probably used as spares for another Class 37!!
Hi it's a peak but apparently all diesels look the same. 😀
class 40's were "whistlers", class 37's were "growlers"
Um....................
My Triang Hornby Hymek was even older than yours, as it had plastic wheels in the rear bogie, so no pickups. Awful runner.
Weren't / aren't class 40s known as "Whistlers"?
Having said that, I have total respect for your detailed knowledge of your fleet and the respective prototypes.
Personally, I'm ambidextrous: I like both diesels and steam locos 😂
Hi yes 40s are whistlers! Our Hymeks actually runs pretty well for an oldie but it's clearly a very early model. Thanks very much Rick
Wait... WTF... How... HOWWWWWW is this possible... Nope, not real...
How does a train guy. Get such a high tier Hottie
To be fair I didn't mention trains until after we were married! 😂😂
Would I start collecting steam locomotives? ABSOLUTELY NOT!! Steam started the whole railway thing, and still rules on heritage lines!!
boring!!!
Cheers😀