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Hi, this is a great honest review of a loco being given a second chance, I have an original Hatton’s class 66 with Legomanbiffo sound I fitted with the EM2 Bass speaker, I believe this was the factory setup and as far as I’m concerned one the best sound files I’ve heard, the bass is thunderous and I love it, I watched a video via Torrendon Rd about how to fix the axle box issues, the Accurascale model is a great refurbishment but for me the speaker down grade to a EM1 spoilt it for me, ESU have the best class 66 money can buy hands down even if it’s H0 scale, the dashboard lights up and it has a smoke generator and there are led’s mounted in the bogies that represent sparks when the brakes are applied and the flange squeal is available, the Accurascale model is a representation of what could have been, an 8ohm passive radiator speaker will do a better job than the Accurathrash speaker in my opinion, I’m a big Accurascale fan but their sound file isn’t as good as Legomanbiffo’s, I do wonder if Bachmann will ever upgrade their class 66 as it could be a great alternative but the price would be excessively high, thanks for sharing.

I was probably the most pleased to see the Railroad Range announcements. As we're now actually seeing more cheap and cheerful models coming into the range for beginners, or those of us who just want to run trains on a budget. The price has also been a big shock, but a pleasant one. The Deltic coming in at £75 is unbelievably good, when you remember how much they've raised the prices of the Class 66, Class 37, Class 47, and the Bo-Bo's in the last couple of years. The 08 shunter at £60 is great value. And the B4 really surprised me coming in at £40, as it's marketed as a 'new tooling'. Considering they've sold cheap and mass produced 0-4-0 D Tanks, and Smokey Joe for £50 and up. The Deltic, 08, and B4 'Normandy' all went on my pre-order list. They still aren't perfect when it comes to balance on value. I can't understand how they seriously charge £80 for outdated toolings of the J83, Pug, and Jinty. Or £165 for the Terrier, when that was less than £100 just a few years ago. Especially when the P Class just got shipped out by Accurascale and came in at £100. The J15 is probably the star of the whole range though. They were great models when they first batch came out. And they still go for around £100 used online. So I'll be more than willing to pay £125 at the retailers for one, and especially in that lovely GER blue.

I am a subscriber of your channel looking to buy a class 802 5-cars set and wonder if you know the length of this class 800 on the track . It will be very helpful for me knowing that info . Cheers and thank you for keeping informing us about new models .

Thnx Eugene🎉,,🚂🚃🌸

I have the Harry Patch/FGW HST and as my most expensive purchase, I wanted coaches for it. . I bought the full set of MK3 coaches, 3 sleepers and one of the two buffet cars available (I have the older version). I have seen the newer but they are quite expensive.

Great update. Really atmospheric photography. M

The Railroad Azuma is of the same ilk as the Railroad Javelin - there is no interior detail or lights! There is no separately fitted roof detail, and the mechanism is a single power bogie in the power car. However, these deficiencies would not be noticeable from a distance, should you wish to have a second Azuma in the background! Thanks for uploading.

The narrow gauge rail system donated by the State agency was used supply 'peat' not turf, to power station's. Those stations burned loose (semi-dried) machine harvested peat, not sod's of turf saved by hand.

Wonderful to see such progress on this great project! 👏

Truely incredible what you're achieving in Connemara.

Reopening of the railway line would cut down on Traffic Jams, Road Deaths, Car Accidents & Pollution 24 hour trains in summertime & St Stephen's Day limited services are needed.

Reopening the line would cut down on 1) Traffic Jams, 2) Car Accidents/Road Deaths & 3) Pollution 24 hour trains in summer & St Stephen's Day trains are needed too.

very lovely indeed, thanks for sharing - Posperous growth - Regards Elizabeth

The signal box is the highlight for me at the moment. Beautiful restoration.

Delighted to see this. Only looking at old slides from the mid 1960,s when I was a nipper. Up in Donegal among the old Donegal Railway rolling stock and stations. I believe they have a line open too. I used to cycle to BenLettery hostel in my youth hosteling days and see some of the old permanant way was still there, the odd bridge and think what if... Great to see trains there again. Out of little acorns.

Is that maker's plate on the water tank at 2:45?

Where do the line run from --- to?

I'm sure the Connemara Railway will be a successful tourist attraction, but one of my concerns is when the Irish standard gauge is reconstructed, where will they get steam locomotives from?😐

I have been a supporter of this for a very long time. A full steam train service from Galway to Clifden would be a dream but unfortunately it would be impractical...

This was fascinating and uplifting. Have to visit, would love to see it grow

Miss one thinks early best in the whole range R30407 Great Eastern Railway - Class J15 - 564 I'M really happy to get it as one of my top two favourite trains in the UK next to T3 at Swanage. As never got a train from Honby in GER blue really hope more ERA 2 livery. As hope to get both livery of in GER grey and Blue would been great as North Noflok railway is 50 old this year. As could both livery to celebrate the railway in nice wood train boxes with a limited edition of 500 models. As by Wednesday night already sold out on Hornby's website showing people really like that train. Could do a nice of livery it has at North Norfolk railway as specials range four that railway could do them all as a limited edition of 500 models.

I don't know how often I've passed Maam Cross on the way up to the Turks or Bens (or further afield). It's great to see the railway being used again!

Can i use H0 tracks for OO scale trains

Currently I have only 1 major concern .. the size of the N18s of Hornby's HM7000 decoders .. most locomotives dont offer that much room in my scale - there's a nice video out from Sam's train reviews where he tries that one in OO (76) locomotives that are about twice the size of my scale (TT 120) ... And a minor concern about their stability - after in Sam's case the decoder went up in smoke the very next day after programming and testing it for the first time

Well done. Where will the train run from and to. Another great loss to tourism was the West Clare railway

So 3 questions. 1. When will the gauge be converted to Irish Gauge? 2. When will the Irish Traction Group and West Clare Railway (Irish Gauge) be invited to bring their stock here? 3. When will NIR No. 1 be acquired for the Railway? That is a Diesel at Beavor Power Ltd on Goat Mill Road, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil. They don't use it. But they are looking for a buyer.

Seeing narrow gauge and big broad sharing adjacent platforms nods a hint of the L & B at Barnstaple.

Tempted by a few items. The class 800 in GWR livery my eye but does depend on what the actual spec is but so far, seems very little on detail available as to exactly what you would be getting. Maybe pre-order and if they turn out to be too basic, cancel? The Midland Pullman HST I do want. I brought a rake of the mk3s at £21 each which are excellent so it seems strange that Hornby were offloading the coaches at huge discounts and still have stock. Guess as you say Hornby may feel they have created a demand for the power cars but at £355, even discounted is just too much. The coaches don’t look bad with blue/grey power cars and not being a rivet counter, can live with that!

Wonderful work

I like the BR Mark 3 sleeping car ! Once in service between London Euston and Inverness . Must have cost a pretty penny ? I assume it's for volunteers to sleep in . This one of last places you would expect to see one ! ( Although Irish Railways did use BR made carriages between Dublin and Belfast )

I never saw a railway in Connemara when I was there in 2015 !! And I stopped at Maams Cross briefly . Is it new ? I saw the remnants of one when I went to a small town west of Galway ! I forgets the name ! I think it might have been Clifden ? There were names and references to a railway once being there long ago ! Like the old station cafe or hotel and street names I think with a railway reference ? Station road ? And a few old railway buildings ? Was this the same railway ? I guess it must have been as I remember turning a Maam crossing on the way to Cong ! (I think ? )

I'd have preferred a standard Avanti pendolino too. I suspect we'll see this new version in the bargain bins. I was interested in the Blue Pullman HST until I found it will have that silly yellow patch painted on the front, limiting the operating period to just a few months at the end of 2021. Such a stupid decision by Hornby!! I do think the cheap Santa express will be very popular. I might even get one for the tree

I'm grateful for a second LMS Railroad coach to go with the sole example already in the range. It's a bit pricey for what it is but if it helps Hornby out of their current financial predicament that's a good thing.

Admittedly I haven’t bought much Hornby stuff beyond the 4/6 wheel coaches and the occasional private owner wagon, and I usually just get Bachmann locos. But the GER Y14 really stood out to me, and it’ll definitely try to pick it up at some point.

That 390 still runs with that climate change livery, so I dont quite agree that it ties it too tightly era wise

Hello again. I pre-ordered the GER-livered J15 for three reasons: 1) such locos used to chug through the town in which I now live on the erstwhile Waveney Valley Line until the early 1960s, 2) The loco on which this is based is in preservation about an hour away from me at the North Norfolk Railway, and 3) It's so damn pretty! And for £120-odd at the retailers, I just couldn't resist. The new Saint class was a welcome surprise. I'll keep my eye on that, and if it gets discounted, then I'll replace my ancient tender drive model. Overall, I thought it was Hornby's best announcement for years. Some very competitively priced models, IMO.

Will be getting the 390 and 805 (possibly one of the railroad 800s too out of interest). Also like we are getting full coach sets for the /1 390s but the current powercar can’t handle that so I wonder if they made any changes on that front.

Reopening of the railway line would cut down on Pollution, Car Accidents, Traffic Jams & Road Deaths. 24 hour trains in summertime & St Stephen's Day trains.

It would be great if they could get the old original T5 locomotive from the dilapidated Tralee to Blenerville line before she rots away altogether

I thought it was a good range, pleasantly surprised with some of the releases and glad to see a lot of lower price points for new modellers. I’ve just taken the plunge on the steam gen black 5 so nothing I’ll be ordering immediately, except maybe a rake of BP TTAs with the hornby points I’ve stashed!

Nice overview. I guess Hornby have realised that in the main they have to go after the entry level/ budget modeller market as that is where its at , constant calls for more affordable / robust gear & hopefully they are going to go for broke & meet the demand. Big market that they have to themselves if they do it right. Its hi end diesels have all but been rendered redundant by the new entrants & so they've got limited scope to compete. I think Hornby are edging their bets that a new class 58 is coming from one of the new entrants. Been banging on at Hornby to make a railroad version of the 800 for years, its a great unit to kick start the railroad range to be more than just old models & for people like me its perfect who on modest budgets / wont pay Marklin prices for models that are not at Marklin standards. Funny you should mention with the pendolino that a £339 model shouldnt have traction tyres, so the question is why does a 499 euro Marklin class 66 with its die cast bodyshell / chassis, so its hardly a lightweight model, all the sound /smoke etc come with traction tyres on 2 wheels of each bogie? The even more impressive ESU class 66 also pushing the 500 euro mark also comes with tyres, theyre all wheel pick up etc , its interesting the difference in approach between 00 & HO & how tyres have been frowned upon by 00 reviewers etc. The main to take from the announcements is the sheer number of units in the range, Penny starting to drop that going after the juicy low hanging fruit is a crowded affair & that getting a head start with the units is marker in the sand. The Bullied tavern coaches fit the Hornby bill of making the quirky stuff , be interesting if they go the full hog with the mock tudor pub interior of the prototypes on the model. With the 91's, strange things to release given electric locomotives are not great sellers, or that theyve got wind that a rival model may be announced & theyre getting in there first while they can.

Nice response to Hornby latest offerings, I won’t buy Hornby anymore simply because they charge top dollar for poor quality models, (I still haven’t got over the IC DVT). The West Coast 805 interests me, but who on earth is going to pay over £500!? Thanks, but no thanks. Cheers John b🫣

The only items I've went for is the class 390 and the class 43. Got the coaches last time round and the model shop only got 2 packs in and 6 people had names down. So I've ordered direct this time. Hopefully get the class 43 lol.

I very disappointed they didn't do some more Lima Railroad class 37/47s as the other manufacturers classes are far too expensive. I can't see anything wrong with Lima/ex Lima 37/47s and have a large collection of them.

The J15 is a gem of a loco - nearly all metal. In that GER blue livery I think it'll do well for Hornby and at about £120 in the shops it's a sensible price. All credit to Hornby for being the only manufacturer who have a lower-priced range of products. It can't be as lucrative as the high-spec high-priced model market, but it's essential for our hobby that it is accessible to modellers on a budget. The Railroad range is a bit of a mixed bag, but there are some cracking models in there.

I'm looking fwd to getting lady of legend

I'd buy more Railroad if they added lights. I don't mind other details missing but I want sound and lights.

Very nice, like

The HST set is kinda funny. They skimped a little by only including one coach, eh whatever. I find it funnier that it's *Lima's* version of the HST in a 1980s "Hornby Rememberance" set. Could have been a nice touch issuing a Lima Golden Series version as well with the extra buffet coach, but alas, stronger branding wins out. The Railroad 800 looks odd. The windows in the renders are conspicuously blacked out. They aren't on the Avanti 805 featured later in the video, you can clearly see the interior and even straight through the coach. I wouldn't be surprised if they not only lack interior lighting, but lack interiors entirely like the Blue Rapier Class 395 sets.

Great balanced review, I pre-ordered the Bulleid Tavern set (go well with a rake of loco hauled Bulleid coaches), have heard that they have lighting although not mentioned in the Hornby release video, on my wishlist is the Flirt (2024 no yet released), Merchant Navy Blue Funnel Line (come on Hornby when are we going to get an SR steam engine with steam gen?), and that's it for me really. The 4 VEP's are a good model I have the earlier release in NSE livery all coaches lit, directional lighting, DCC ready (8 pin), traction tyres, all cars pickup. ...Drew