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D9015 was a limited edition of 550 in 1998, its far better geared and crawls beautifully if lubed and maintained properly. I love the paint scheme on it! They get better as they go, my 55009 (same motor) goes another 50% faster and will happily pull 12 old tri-ang mk 1s. I imagine it would take modern coaches like they weren't there! £28 is steal for it, they go for £80 + now. Beware of flash (like on an airfix kit) from the gear where it comes off the sprue. get that off the teeth, clean off the old grease and keep the bearings well oiled. They never let you down these old models.

Hi Richard Just caught up with this by typing in Hornby L1 maintenance. My L1 given me identical problems but with added motor growl going forward only for some reason? Your video shows how the bogie pick ups should look as I am getting shorts there after my adjustment. I will try motor grease on the worm. Thank you for the good video.

Well well, I had no idea that an A3 was fitted with Peppercorn smoke deflectors. Every day's a school day. Your closing remarks were spot on: if your enjoyment stems from watching reasonably detailed steam locos hauling trains around at speed, then these are for you. Some of my favourite locos are from this era, too.

Nice video. Lack of lining was a wartime measure, as were grey-painted roofs (less visible to enemy aircraft). 'LNER' was also abbreviated to 'NE' on ex-works coaches during wartime; many of these measures were still in place into the BR era.

Sorry I pressed the thumbs down button by mistake, l really enjoyed this video and l can feel a 4x2 version coming into my head so as l can do some running in our flat as my 8x4 layout is in my sons garage. Did this layout progress further? All the best Andy Humphreys.

Enjoyed the session. Whilst my Lima diesels work pretty well and seem to be able to haul exceptionally heavy loads, my two Lima steam locos (a J50 & a 94xx) are hopeless. I've had both from new and stripped them down & serviced them on several occasions, but they disappoint me as much now, 3 years back into the hobby, as they did when I left it 40+ years ago. Your J50 just flies around the track!

I share your liking for A4s, and have at least one example in the various liveries in which they were outshopped, apart from the Garter Blue livery with "British Railways" written on the tender. I think Jenny Kirk has more A4s than the two of our collections combined... I have a Doublo City of London, which OOBill got back up & running for me last year, and it is my most powerful loco too. I've had it hauling 14 Doublo tinplate coaches with hi-friction plastic wheels at a reasonable pace. One of my future projects is to create an adaptor coach so it can haul tension lock stock. Thanks for sharing.

Soms really nice locos there, running very well indeed in my opinion. Thanks for sharing 👍🚂

I'm hoping for a release of Blue Peter in its current "real life" livery of Express Blue. Trouble is, if Bachmann do offer it, they'll probably want £300 for it! Clever people, those CME's in the steam era, developing "horses (or locos) for courses". Great to see a few of my favourite locos running (9F, A1, A2). Regarding my comment on Part 1, I think we're on the same page!

A very interesting video. From what I gather, it is widely accepted that Gresley's P2 had the most tractive effort, and Stanier's Princess Coronation/Duchess class had most HP (excluding the Garret's etc). Mind you, an original GWR King had more tractive effort than a 9F, buy as you say, the 9F's wheels were much smaller but due to the sum of Its parts was able to match the top speed of a King. At the cost of wearing out the track more quickly, of course! I like the use of the A1 & A2 examples. Which one do you think was the better loco?

Hello. I was directed to your channel by Adi Pullen, after sharing with him my interest in the GER/BR(E). Glad he did & I've now subscribed. My J52 & J72s look great, but as you say, are not great runners. My B1s are pretty ancient too, although I did resist the tempation to snap up a new example at Rails of Sheffield beung offered for £99 plus a 5% bank holiday discount. There was also a new Q6 for sale somewhere for well under £100. I have several tender driven A3s, which still run extremely well, as does an early loco driven Flying Scotsman (the one that made a chufding sound via a piecw of sandpaper under the tender). I also picked up a loco drive Prince Palatine a while ago for not much more than £50. She runs fine too. Personally, I like the Hornby B17s, but have - despite Adi's excllent review - decided not to buy the new stramlined version. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Richard, I thought I would take a look at your channel after your kind comments on mine. I totally agree with your views on saving money when buying Locos and rolling stock within a budget. You have some very nice Trains running in this video which proves you can get a lot of pleasure from these older models at reasonable cost. Cheers, Paul.👍👍🙏

Thanks for a really nice video Richard. Very relaxing after a long day. Keep up the good work of showing that you can model effectively on a tight budget.

Considering that the LNER was always impoverished, yet succeeded at innovating and constantly improving in spite of such, makes this little budget running session quite the appropriate event! with a little attention, I doubt many would even comprehend that the budget was tight.

Hi Richard I hope you are well Yes it nice to have a budget You have some fantastic locos there. My lner budget loco i say is gnr j13 and j94 Stock is grafar coaches. Sorry to ask did you like my lner wheel arrangement video i did Thank you for sharing your models with us Keep safe ARP

Well done

A great idea.. maybe you should do this to the tender and it will then make it look similar as the plastic imitation on the tenders does look tacky from the ones I have....

Wow! I've had to make sure a minimum of 12"....... I model in n gauge!

A wonderful layout, well done. I am 68 years old now and I've seen many layouts over the years and I would put your layout up at the top with the best of the best. It's a great tribute to the mighty L.N.E.R. There is so much detail to see and I can see you have put a lot of time and effort and thought into planning your layout, well done sir. I spent most of my working life on our railway system in many different jobs over the years and although I only vaguely remember the very last few years of steam working on BR, your layout still brings back memories of items from the time of the L. N.E.R. like wagons, coaches, ect. I live in the East Riding of Yorkshire where the L.N.E.R. was the dominant railway company. Once again, you've done a great job. 👍 Sorry for sending this comment very late but if I don't do it now I shall only forget. It's just turned midnight and it's now 10th of March. 👍

Look it's a J70 with a face!

Nice close-ups, loved watching it. Cheers Jef

These old coaches are great for repainting into a camping coaches , or making a train breakers diarama in a far corner on your layout, A bit of imagination and the sky the limit.

Ive got 9" radius curves on "00" track using black beetle motor bogies

25 coaches unassisted out of King's Cross during the war.

Hi Richard, I think you’ve misidentified a couple of your Kirk End Vestibule (EV) coaches. 4:40 onwards, the first coach is a corridor 3rd, not a 1st - EV Firsts had only six compartments, thirds seven. The next coach is a Composite, not a Third - although it has seven compartments, the three at the right hand end (Firsts) are wider than the other four (Thirds). The “First” at 15:04 is also a Third. Michael Harris in his book “LNER Carriages” says the reason for 52ft 6in stock being built for the Great Eastern section was the short platforms at certain stations, particularly at London Liverpool Street. As many trains in those days included through coaches for various destinations that were detached en route, trains of standard 61ft 6in stock would have been too long to be accommodated. This was less of a problem in later years when through coaches were increasingly replaced by connecting trains at junction stations, and the short Gresley coaches were used more widely around the network, often indiscriminately with the longer vehicles. I’ve always liked the Kirk kits, despite some problems like the roofs being slightly too wide and not always fitting up properly, and I’m really pleased that Phoenix are reintroducing them. Some I’ve fitted with brass sides to produce more unusual types.

Awesome layout. Thanks for uploading!

We enjoyed your video very much and enjoyed the detail on your layout!

Great selection there - Nicely Presented “Teaks”- many thanks 🙏🏻

Ellis Clark are going to produce RTR quads, no good for me im an 0 gauger butcam building the 0 gauge Kirk Quads. A full 8 car GN set will cot over £700 . Imbine how much an 0 gauge set ould cost I do have an O gaugexN7 and and N2 although for the GE i would need quints and not quads

Great video 👍

Very interesting, thank you for explaining.

Hi Richard I hope you are well As for me am thick I don't truly understand it sorry But I like to learn Thank you for the video Sorry I don't truly it Keep safe ARP

An imaginative layout with effective use of card kits and an unusual selection of rolling stock. A thoughtful and informative commentary with good video photography. Thanks for uploading.

Nice - I like unusual rolling Stock, and you deffo have something to be proud of there. Prices for New Items are ridiculous, all my stock is preowned/modified/renovated, and that’s the way I like it, uh-huh uh-huh! 😁👍🏻

Hi Richard, an interesting look back at older models. I remember having one of those Airfix N2's and they were for the time brilliant, way better detail than Hornby's offerings of the day, when Hornby was all you had available as a kid at that time. Same with your V1/V3 the early Bachmann model was again amazingly well detailed for the time, and the split chassis was ok because DCC wasn't round! Bachmann later upgraded the chassis in order to make the model more DCC friendly. I remember when the newer model came out they, Bachmann, did say it was only a chassis upgrade to enable DCC operation. The problem with the Hornby L1 front pony truck is the two point pivot underneath, if the pony truck isn't perfectly inline when the loco is going forward it gets pushed to one side or the other, resulting in the behaviour you described. I've never been sure why Hornby designed them this way. Anyway a great review of your locomotives. All the best Dave.

Hi, that was a really interesting look at some quite unusual coaching stock. A huge saving on the forthcoming ready to run models, although as you said, not to the same level of detail. However seeing them running on your layout who's going to see all the detail. I might have to start looking for some of those myself. Great looking layout by the way, I'll check out some of your other videos. Happy Christmas, for yesterday, all the best Dave.

I managed to get several types of Ian Kirk when still possible and they were really cheap then. I am EM gauge. I used a matt yellow base with a top coat of varying shades of wood stain as teak can weather to almost a chocolate before being restored. Some sections gave a rather patchy appearance and all the coaches have a somewhat non-uniform look.

Hi Richard I hope you are well Merry Christmas Yes Ellie Clark price is high but it £80 a coach it works out as I think The n7 is fantastic so is j27 Thank you for sharing your models with us Keep safe ARP

Lovely Coaches, I would settle for one set for now and hopefully a second hand set sometime in the future. Martin (Thailand)

Off peak one set. Rush hours two sets coupled together.

Wonderful set! Is the cream and blue rake of coaches on the shelf in the background the Fliegender Hamburger from either Liliput or Kato? Happy Christmas, Joachim

Great for round the Christmas tree.

Those 90s models are really stunning, but the tender starting first has been a sort of turn off for me. Is there a way to solve this?

Hi Richard, hope your doing well, I love the j50 model! Reminds me of when I was on it with my parents. Recently been watching your videos more often, Chris Choo Choo!

Hi Richard, Good to watch a new video. Incidentally with such a large layout, how do you keep your track clean ? If you will excuse my inquisitiveness. Kind regards

Hi Richard I hope you are well Love the p2 fantastic model Runs wonderful on your railway Great mixture of locos and stock. In you video you said the j50 was hornby it Lima great model from the time Always look for to school break to see your videos Thank you for sharing your models with us Keep safe ARP

Nice to see some LNER trains running!

Always been a huge fan of Ian Kirk kits. It's amazing what you can do with them if you're prepared to add a little detailing. I did a Dia 62 conversion a couple of years back and I'm proud to say it's the pride of my fleet. (There's a video of it on my channel). After some lengthy absence from the market, they are slowly being reintroduced by Phoenix under the ExKirk banner. Thats' going to put a huge dent in wallet at some point! Great video BTW.

Subscribed, only just found your channel and this is the 3rd watched, really like your videos so far, the talking style, layout n models etc. I made a video not far from latest upload list partly calked 'modern RTR Nope-outs' etc where I do a similar thing n show wgat 2nd hand loco's you can get online and it's a similer vein as your video's. Dunno if it'd interest you but think it might. Like yourself I like the modern and older loco's for different reasons and with modern new prices going nuts I've been buying lots of childhood 'wants' in recent years too. Loads you can get for £30-50 if you keep the eyeballs out!

Hello Richard, I typed "smallest OO radius" into Google and found your video. I'm very grateful, I intend to have a go with some old Triang/Hornby stuff. I am appalled at the prices for new OO stuff approaching that of O gauge! Fair play to you.