I have found a good use for spare tenders on the layout - Weathering! Typically towards the end of the steam era, old tenders were filled with cement and used for snowplow frames, or used as diesel brake tenders (For non fitted trains) and here in the US, as spare water tanks for steam heritage trains.
Great video Sam, love that idea of seeing your cannibalized locos and the junk inside of the boxes, although a little but sad to see. Thanks for another great video
I was "digging" i my scrapyard too last month to find some NEM coupling for one of my older loco. I do find some, but i really need to sort out my "junk-box"; while scavenging I found in a sack with 25 new set of metal wheels (I wanted to do some upgrades once) 2 new PIKO tender connectors (rare, wanted, old parts), 2 spare motors for my BR 95, 2 bags of US parts parts bags ... ect. besides the usual junk.
Ooh always nice to find some NEMS - they're worth quite a bit actually!! Sounds good anyway mate - always nice to have a scrap box! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Great video, but here is a tip from a enthusiast of some 40 years. KEEP THIS STUFF - Stockpile it. I have probably saved thousands over the years by reconstructing endless numbers of locos, coaches and wagons from the remains of others. This is an underrated and very enjoyable part of the hobby. Picking up lots of repairs and the like and just waiting. It is incredibly satisfying.
Not only could these be potentially be used for parts but I believe some people actually go the extra mile and heavily weather them so that they can make an actual graveyard(?)/scrapyard. Never the less I think its always sad when a locomotive stops working, especially if it's one you've had for a long time and you've grown attached to. That's what happened with my first ever loco.
Yeah absolutely - I've seen lots of those around! It'd be worth doing one day for sure. Yeah it is very sad, but luckily most parts are still available, if you need them! Cheers mate, Sam :)
Always good to have a scrap lot ,, its like when i buy a car here in Australia ,, I always buy another one for spares so it dosent cost so much to repair stuff ... Agian reinforces my plan to keep as many bits as i can so i have the parts as needed. Cheers from John in Australia
Oh sam look its tangos and heljan bad locos block of old flats...tangos neighbor is a old jinty...ha ha ha...love your channel hope you do some n gauge area on the layout
That's a very interesting graveyard Sam, I think I've got a box of scrap locos somewhere I thinks its got old Triang and Hornby motors and chassis' and body's ....James.
Hi James, thanks a lot mate - yeah I thought it might make an interesting video - and I do enjoy looking through this from time to time! Glad you enjoyed it mate, Sam :)
I'd do this with my few HO scale trains that don't work-like my Bachmann James that sits there and sparks when you apply power to it-but I probably wouldn't take it apart... I just wouldn't have the heart to. LOL. Interesting video.
Just a thought but these can be painted right? Why not dinge the bad bodies up and add a scrapyard on your layout? If not I'm sure a mold can be made of each you want, cast from the mold and do it that way. Just a thought
Sam'sTrains Well that's a given, I'd recommend watching some prop videos from Punished Props. Bill has a nice way to weather and grime pieces if you don't know how already. Thanks for responding I found your channel by search and it's been intresting and informative. I know how to make stuff and just thought I'd ask in case they were different since the only train set I owned was a Lionel O scale, Die Cast New York Flyer.
The BR 42 "Warship" locomotive is the base for the _Thomas & Friends_ character Diesel 10, the villain of _Thomas and the Magic Railroad_ and _Day of the Diesels_. You can turn your broken "Warship" locomotive into Diesel 10. There are TH-cam videos on doing this.
I know you said you had no room but if you make a scene on a table or something you could paint them up to a scrap yard scene and lay them round the place. You could also put in a shunter doing things. Just an idea
Maybe you could make a scrapyard on the layout somewhere paint the bodies to look old and rusty try and fit a few chassis and fit em together maybe make a few of them look abandoned
Hi mukka, at 9:00 that is a Lima PWA pallet bogie van. I have a few of those smart looking modern vehicles. Its odd why yours has been through the ringer! 16:15 those 'railway markings' are gradient profile posts. They incline down to show where a line starts to descend downhill and up to show where a track starts to head uphill. They usually have numbers on them eg. 1 in 40. Spoiler alert... however, if an arm is level then the track is...? I have a few scrapped vehicles like you and it is always heart wrenching to throw them out... so I hang onto them hoping the boffins in the research department will one day find a use for them.
11:08 I recently got a Tri-Ang coach just like that along with some other 1955-ish Tri-Ang pieces with original boxes. I tried to see if you had any the week I got it, but I guess I didn't look hard enough. Mine has a "banana" roof and no clear plastic for the windows.
hey Sam, have you ever considered taking parts of engines from your scrap yard and making a custom engine? for example the body of your old warship and putting 2 sets of pistons on it like a UP challenger.
Hi! Lots of people suggested that - but they're really needed for parts! I did try that with my April fools video, if you saw that? I build that loco from old parts ;D Cheers mate, Sam :)
If your layout had a permanent table, you could make the scrap bins into a scrap yard industry for your layout. It's what I am doing for my layout. Only had a old ATSF F unit though
You know you can use those engines for scrap models like paint some Orange-ish red marker paint something like that besides you can use those broken engines like diesels took them to melted down at the smelters or the scrap yard
Cool video, I thoroughly enjoyed it. You should add a scrapyard to your layout and use some of that lot for set dressing. That'd look so awesome. Only use the useless parts, though. Keep the salvageable parts.
on my layout the Murkey Creek railroad co. I always send no. 6 down the line with the cleaning car which is a work caboose, caboose no.2. I have it as a modern company that kept their equipment from the beginning and still uses their steam locomotives, 8 steam and 4 diesels and I will probably add one more diesel locomotive
You should totally use these old items for a scrapyard scene in your Christmas story 2017! Also Sam are all the trainspotters going to get a shout out at the end of the year? Also how many subscribers do you get roughly a day?
haha yeah I could do - that's a cool idea!! Yes I might be able to do that - though there are lots and lots! I think it's 20-30 a day - which is amazing for me! :3 Cheers, Sam :)
They have lives you know! Don't take them! I would honestly buy some of these, they look interest and I could salvage them (especially the Princess Royals). I almost had a loco that was good for scrap, it's my newest addition: Adderley Hall, haven't even had her for a week. So when I wen't to Britain I looked up a model shop nearby and found one, they had her so I decided to get her with some carriages, the person working in the area I was in said that Hornby had sent this model to small hobby shops, but they later decided to take them back, so the model had been sitting there for a while. I was prepared to have to do maintenance on her and when I put her on my layout in America the motor made sounds but didn't go, so I considered sending the model to you, but I waited a day and then stripped her to the chassis to see if any dust was building up in the motor, apparently a part next to the steam chest came loose and that jammed the linkage, so when I ran it, it snapped off and I had to put it back on and now the whole thing is fine.
Hi mate - yes they definitely have lives! They're just waiting until I need them for spares - they always come in useful! Ooh nice - sounds like you did a good job there - glad it's working nicely now! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@@SamsTrains They are pretty good videos though the muxic in the background to this did little to enhance my enjoyment (I am not a music fan these days, far too old and miserable :) ) I have a pile of old triangs, possibly one of the few collections of trains to rival yours. Perhaps one day you could do a 'day out' video - I recommend the Pendon museum (for realistic everything) and also visit the very near to them Didcot railway museum for the real thing. Videos of those would be good.
great video mate! it's a shame about all the locos and stock that we can't use,I suppose it's better than it all just getting melted down somewhere in a factory!! -all the best mate
Oh, and I saw in your Thomas & Gordon shunting disaster the falling off the track Thomas. If his mechanism is (as I suspect) the same as the Duck mechanism try running him backwards. Duck (from when my son was younger) faultlessly goes round curves backwards but always falls off the same curve going forward. The front axle is for some reason best known to Hornby basically loose in the chassis, it provides no support for the engine as it pushes into the curve and it will start to roll (like the Reliant Robin of top gear stupidity) and as it starts to roll will pretty much every time topple. Its a design fault, something that seems sadly very common with many manufacturers these days, probably one the know about and choose to ignore after all there are a huge number of mugs out there so they will continue to sell to those who dont know. The old 50s and 60s Jinty models are generally less 'realistic' (especially with the motor showing in the cab) but both pull more and stay on the track (though a 3 poll motor doesnt do crawl very well). They are also pretty robust against young kids which makes them pretty ideal for getting kids excited - what the Thomas models would have done had they stayed on the track. Of course some of the old Jinty models like my old railway children set(s) have a smoke unit with a pump that creates proper 'puffs' , some of my older tender engines also have this and some even had a plastic box in the tender with a bit of sprung sandpaper which caught a metal scraper clipped to the axle and created a chuffing sound to go with the smoke! My old caledonian only has a tube for the smoke generator so doesnt puff but does smoke. Detail has improved but innovation honestly has fallen off. Worse for me is as far as I know the only people producing in the UK are Peco, they are excellent, but my biggest disappointment was opening an Oxford diecast to find the made in china stamp, they claim they cant afford to make in the UK, total and utter crap - Peco can, Oxford, Hornby et al are just a combination of greedy and have an obliging ability to look the other way on Chinas human and animal abuses.
I LOVE YOUR APRIL FOOLS DAY VID! ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAD A BOX WITH A CASTLE OR KING CLASS ON IT AND YOU CALLED IT A SCHOOLS CLASS! I JUST STARED AT THE SCREEN, CONFUSED. IT WAS SO FUNNY!
Just finished watching this video and was wondering if you would know. I have a ho scale realistic plastic union Pacific bigboy model and was wondering if it would be possible to put powered drivers under its body for a cheap working piece??
I'm not sure about that mate - it may well be possible, but probably cheaper to buy a whole big boy, rather than trying to get the chassis for them! Thanks for watching - Sam :)
great video Sam! can't wait to see normal service resume on Wednesday for the regular videos. just recently subscribed to the channel really like what I see. thanks Matthew
All my locos and rolling stock just don’t work / run as well as they did 7 - 8 years ago when my layout was built. Guess who’s going shopping! Great video as always :O)
Bloody Hell, Sam! Take care of your things! Haha, just kidding. I think you may have more scrap locomotives than i have locomotives in general! Great video.
Just came across this while looking through your older videos. The van body at 9.03 is an old Lima fertilizer van, not a bad model. Do you have the roof , if you do and don't want it I'd take it off your hands, won't need bogies as the lima ones were wrong anyway
Hey! Unfortunately I don't have the roof for that - and most of this stuff has been used for other projects or otherwise disposed of! I will let you know if I come across anything like that though! Thanks for watching - Sam :)
3:49 missing motor screw? wouldn't sending it to you cost the amount of 100 motor screws, he might find at a hardware store?😂😂 Needless to say there might be some salvable parts there for a fun project or two in the future.
You Should make a piece of scenery that's a scrap yard/loco graveyard and put some of these in the scrap yard. Don't glue them down or anything, so you can take them off and steal the parts.
Hi Sam. That's a nice unusual collection. I've just heard about your services and I was wondering if you could dcc one of my locos; I've got a really nice Bachman lord nelson but it has the old metal split chassis so it's quite difficult to convert
Hi Ant, nice to hear from you mate, glad you liked the video. Ah, the thing is with those, you really need to remove the wheels in order to properly access and isolate the motor... the problem there is that the crank pins snap in, rather than screw in. I find that you have to use lots of force to remove them, which often results in breakages. I'm sorry not to be any more use than that - but I don't want to be doing jobs where there's a good chance of damaging something that doesn't belong to me! If there's ever anything else I can help you with, please do let me know! Sorry again, Sam :)
R.i.p some of Sam's engines
"they was a really useful engines"
19?? or 20??-2017"
*never forgotten*
😢💐
haha! They're still very useful though - for parts and things! :D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
Mark Horner lol
jakeyboy gaming good grief
Ha
You should use these old locos and parts as a scrapyard part of your layout
haha yeah that would look fantastic! I use these for spares though - which means I do still need them!
Cheers,
Sam :)
Sam'sTrains Oh, neat
@@SamsTrains You could just use the shells.
Shaggy is Boss he uses them too sometimes I think so anyways.
Could just put them there for the time being and as Sam needs them he could rummage through. It’ll be a lifelike junkyard
You should decorate the ones that are not working in train rust and make a scrap yard set for your model railway
Yeah I could do actually - that would look great! :D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
Oh no he got mad
it's always sad when your model trains stop working
Yeah it's sad - but you can use them for parts, so that your others can keep working! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
wooden oliver 03 I've rebuilt 5 from the dead and have never had to scrap one
Gaming blue engine productions I never saved any of my engine I lost a diesel and steam engine and 3 Bachmann Thomas's
With high replacement costs, sometimes having it repaired by someone like Sam is an excellent option if he takes on repairs in future... Alan.
Jouef is 🇫🇷 and im 🇫🇷
Sadly my really old Hornby Thomas has stopped working thinking about sending it in to you.
Ahh okay - sorry to hear that mate :(
That's great though - just let me know if you want to! :3
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
I have found a good use for spare tenders on the layout - Weathering!
Typically towards the end of the steam era, old tenders were filled with cement and used for snowplow frames, or used as diesel brake tenders (For non fitted trains) and here in the US, as spare water tanks for steam heritage trains.
Ahh yes of course - sounds great mate, I might have to give that a try! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
Great video Sam, love that idea of seeing your cannibalized locos and the junk inside of the boxes, although a little but sad to see. Thanks for another great video
Thanks mate, glad you liked that! Yes it's sad to see - but they all have their purpose, spare parts and what not! :D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
The N2 that was sat on would make a lovely scrap loco.
Yeah it would actually... maybe it had a trip to giant country?? ;D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
wew, thats the best looking graveyard ive seen xD
haha thanks Oskar - I guess it's better than ones with people... that'd make a morbid video ;D
I was "digging" i my scrapyard too last month to find some NEM coupling for one of my older loco. I do find some, but i really need to sort out my "junk-box"; while scavenging I found in a sack with 25 new set of metal wheels (I wanted to do some upgrades once) 2 new PIKO tender connectors (rare, wanted, old parts), 2 spare motors for my BR 95, 2 bags of US parts parts bags ... ect. besides the usual junk.
Ooh always nice to find some NEMS - they're worth quite a bit actually!! Sounds good anyway mate - always nice to have a scrap box! :D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
nice scrapyard collection
Thanks a lot mate!
Cheers,
Sam :)
lol i got a tr-iang coach that has a wheel that is broken those plastic ones
Great video, but here is a tip from a enthusiast of some 40 years. KEEP THIS STUFF - Stockpile it. I have probably saved thousands over the years by reconstructing endless numbers of locos, coaches and wagons from the remains of others. This is an underrated and very enjoyable part of the hobby. Picking up lots of repairs and the like and just waiting. It is incredibly satisfying.
Yes of course - I do keep everything, it's always handy for parts! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Hi, I have a request if possible could you show us all the coaches rolling stock you currently have?
Hi Tom - yes I normally do whole collection videos every September, or there abouts - so not long now! :3
All the best,
Sam :)
I gave a request too
you could use some of the smaller bits as scrap loads
Yes that's true - you certainly could do! :3
Cheers,
Sam :)
my childhood died when i saw britannia
haha! Sorry about that - I do have some perfect ones though, so they died for a good cause ;D
Cheers,
Sam :)
Sam'sTrains that's good could you review a couple for me?
Great video! I am glad I'm not the only one with a scrap yard!
haha thanks mate - no I'm sure your not! ;D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
You should make fake crashes in slow motion with these like a complimation
haha yeah that would be fun - but most of this stuff doesn't even run, it's just bits an bobs ;D
All the best,
Sam :)
The most beautiful graveyard I’ve ever seen
16:35 this is beautiful .
haha! I don't know about that - it's a bit messy ;D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
sam'strains yeah im weird
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL lololololololololololololol me too 😂🤣
Make that gross
who would ever think that a video on scrap engines would be interesting? well it was! Great idea, good video!
haha! I wasn't sure it would be either - but glad you enjoyed it mate! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
I think it has something to do with Brittannia's ashpan, the thing that fell off.
haha absolutely!! :D
Not only could these be potentially be used for parts but I believe some people actually go the extra mile and heavily weather them so that they can make an actual graveyard(?)/scrapyard. Never the less I think its always sad when a locomotive stops working, especially if it's one you've had for a long time and you've grown attached to. That's what happened with my first ever loco.
Yeah absolutely - I've seen lots of those around! It'd be worth doing one day for sure. Yeah it is very sad, but luckily most parts are still available, if you need them!
Cheers mate,
Sam :)
The troublesome trucks, coaches and trains that have learnt their lesson!
haha exactly... so they'd better watch out ;D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
I have a couple of bogies that would fit that triangle hopper wagon
Ahh really?? I think I may do too somewhere, come to think of it! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
*Ironic that a fan of steam engines has a scrap yard with steam engines in it. Lol.*
haha I know right - but this lot helps to keep my main engines working - they donate parts frequently! ;D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
Sam'sTrains Sprichst du deutsch?!
so a part doner?
amazing scrapyard collection my friend
Thank you!! :D
0:04 Cow
Blimey that was quick ;D
Why Not? Poor bullman isn't gonna like being called a cow
+RaDicAl he really needs a cow for company. bet he gets really lonely oh his own.
Thats the infamous "bullman"
Always good to have a scrap lot ,, its like when i buy a car here in Australia ,, I always buy another one for spares so it dosent cost so much to repair stuff ... Agian reinforces my plan to keep as many bits as i can so i have the parts as needed.
Cheers from John in Australia
2:40 you killed Disel 10
haha!! xD
Oh sam look its tangos and heljan bad locos block of old flats...tangos neighbor is a old jinty...ha ha ha...love your channel hope you do some n gauge area on the layout
haha!! xD
That's a very interesting graveyard Sam, I think I've got a box of scrap locos somewhere I thinks its got old Triang and Hornby motors and chassis' and body's ....James.
Hi James, thanks a lot mate - yeah I thought it might make an interesting video - and I do enjoy looking through this from time to time!
Glad you enjoyed it mate,
Sam :)
I think this was like one of the first of your Vids I watched Sam, I was hungry for model railway videos.
Ahh fantastic - hope you liked it! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Sam'sTrains Yep, I did, You’re very welcome Sam.
Nice Graveyard these would make for some nice custom ideas!!!!
Thanks Jody, yes it would actually - my april fools video came from this lot actually! :3
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
I'd do this with my few HO scale trains that don't work-like my Bachmann James that sits there and sparks when you apply power to it-but I probably wouldn't take it apart... I just wouldn't have the heart to. LOL. Interesting video.
Awhh that's a shame - but I know what you mean, it's very scary to take your favourite engines apart!! D:
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
Just a thought but these can be painted right? Why not dinge the bad bodies up and add a scrapyard on your layout? If not I'm sure a mold can be made of each you want, cast from the mold and do it that way. Just a thought
Yeah you could paint them actually - that's a great idea! I would need to keep the chassis for parts though :/
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
Sam'sTrains Well that's a given, I'd recommend watching some prop videos from Punished Props. Bill has a nice way to weather and grime pieces if you don't know how already.
Thanks for responding I found your channel by search and it's been intresting and informative. I know how to make stuff and just thought I'd ask in case they were different since the only train set I owned was a Lionel O scale, Die Cast New York Flyer.
The BR 42 "Warship" locomotive is the base for the _Thomas & Friends_ character Diesel 10, the villain of _Thomas and the Magic Railroad_ and _Day of the Diesels_. You can turn your broken "Warship" locomotive into Diesel 10. There are TH-cam videos on doing this.
Yes that's right - that would be very cool to do, though sadly I don't have a working chassis for it :(
Thanks for the comment,
Sam :)
I know you said you had no room but if you make a scene on a table or something you could paint them up to a scrap yard scene and lay them round the place. You could also put in a shunter doing things. Just an idea
Yeah I definitely could one day - it's a great idea! :D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
Maybe you could make a scrapyard on the layout somewhere paint the bodies to look old and rusty try and fit a few chassis and fit em together maybe make a few of them look abandoned
HI Jonah, yeah that is a really nice idea - I might do that one day!! :D
Thanks for that,
Sam :)
Sam'sTrains it could be good maybe for like a Halloween special
Hi mukka, at 9:00 that is a Lima PWA pallet bogie van. I have a few of those smart looking modern vehicles. Its odd why yours has been through the ringer! 16:15 those 'railway markings' are gradient profile posts. They incline down to show where a line starts to descend downhill and up to show where a track starts to head uphill. They usually have numbers on them eg. 1 in 40. Spoiler alert... however, if an arm is level then the track is...?
I have a few scrapped vehicles like you and it is always heart wrenching to throw them out... so I hang onto them hoping the boffins in the research department will one day find a use for them.
Very cool Gary, thanks for the info on all of this - duly noted! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Do you still have that hornby doublo coach?
I'm not sure Nathan - I'll have to check!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
11:08 I recently got a Tri-Ang coach just like that along with some other 1955-ish Tri-Ang pieces with original boxes. I tried to see if you had any the week I got it, but I guess I didn't look hard enough. Mine has a "banana" roof and no clear plastic for the windows.
Ahh fantastic - real old gems those! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Sam could you get all your working engines, Thomas and friends and other ones,and have a big giant race?
haha that would be awesome - lots of people do want to see races it seems! :D
All the best mate,
Sam :)
Thanks! Lol im A kid that is gonna (maybe) gonna build a steam train XDDD. Its gonna be able mini tho :)
you can use some of those locomotve chasis for making a scrapyard
Yeah I could do - though I do want to keep them for spares really!
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
hey Sam, have you ever considered taking parts of engines from your scrap yard and making a custom engine? for example the body of your old warship and putting 2 sets of pistons on it like a UP challenger.
Hi! Lots of people suggested that - but they're really needed for parts! I did try that with my April fools video, if you saw that? I build that loco from old parts ;D
Cheers mate,
Sam :)
I see that some of the chassis of the engines free-wheel. How do model engines free wheel? Does something need to be added or removed?
Only because they’ve had their motors removed - the wheelsets will lock up with the motors in!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
we all have a scrap engine of some sort I mainly have the hornby 0-6-0 chassis
Oh yeah! Those 0-6-0 chassis do turn up a lot - I've got lots too somewhere, and a few tri-ang ones in there too! ;D
Cheers mate,
Sam :)
This was a really cool video! Interesting to see what scraps and parts you have lying around. Good work! ;D
Thanks a lot mate, glad you found it cool - I can't believe how quickly these parts build up!
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
The grape stomping one had me rolling I only just discovered the actual video a couple days ago and had no idea this was in it
You could always make a scrap yard set with the engines you said you completely took the parts you would take off.
Yeah that'd be very good! I do tend to keep these for spare parts though - which means I do need access to them! :3
Cheers mate,
Sam :)
Maybe you could make a extremely short INTERCITY 125
AKA THE "INTERSHORTY 125"
Oh yeah!!! xD
Wow - you look different. Much longer hair! Even though I'm about 4 years late I love watching these!
You could use some of those on your layout as scrap engines
Yeah I could!! I do want to keep them for spares though :3
All the best,
Sam :)
If your layout had a permanent table, you could make the scrap bins into a scrap yard industry for your layout. It's what I am doing for my layout. Only had a old ATSF F unit though
Yeah that would be awesome actually - hopefully that'll happen in the future! :D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
You know you can use those engines for scrap models like paint some Orange-ish red marker paint something like that besides you can use those broken engines like diesels took them to melted down at the smelters or the scrap yard
Yeah I've seen those actually - that's a very good idea! :D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
I think maybe you can repair some things with custom painting on it
Great idea - maybe I will try that some time! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Cool video, I thoroughly enjoyed it. You should add a scrapyard to your layout and use some of that lot for set dressing. That'd look so awesome. Only use the useless parts, though. Keep the salvageable parts.
Thanks a lot Neil! Yes that is a great idea actually - though I am keeping most of it for spares really! :3
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
The tracks which clip onto the turntable can they be bought from Hornby as I couldn’t find them?
I've never seen them sold separately mate - have you looked on Ebay??
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
on my layout the Murkey Creek railroad co. I always send no. 6 down the line with the cleaning car which is a work caboose, caboose no.2. I have it as a modern company that kept their equipment from the beginning and still uses their steam locomotives, 8 steam and 4 diesels and I will probably add one more diesel locomotive
Ahh okay! Sounds like a great idea mate! :D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
Can you repair the horse box exspress please and pull a train with it and make it a loco and do a review of it
Great idea! Maybe that would be fun to do! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Sam cheers for commenting to me back
6:30 yess Sam
That is the cover of the smoke unit
As soon as you showed it I when and stripped my pannier
Cheers Alfie 😀
Ooh nice Alfie, thanks for letting me know! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
You should have a part on your layout with all the engines,locos and couches which don't work as a scrapyard on your layout I think it would look good
Thanks David! Yes that might look good actually - though I do use these for spares quite often! :3
Cheers mate,
Sam :)
You should totally use these old items for a scrapyard scene in your Christmas story 2017!
Also Sam are all the trainspotters going to get a shout out at the end of the year?
Also how many subscribers do you get roughly a day?
haha yeah I could do - that's a cool idea!!
Yes I might be able to do that - though there are lots and lots!
I think it's 20-30 a day - which is amazing for me! :3
Cheers,
Sam :)
Sam! Have you ever planned to make a scarp yard to your layout it would look great 👍like maybe the ones that you don’t need?
I haven't thought of doing one, but I would really like to! :D
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Sam :)
They have lives you know! Don't take them! I would honestly buy some of these, they look interest and I could salvage them (especially the Princess Royals). I almost had a loco that was good for scrap, it's my newest addition: Adderley Hall, haven't even had her for a week. So when I wen't to Britain I looked up a model shop nearby and found one, they had her so I decided to get her with some carriages, the person working in the area I was in said that Hornby had sent this model to small hobby shops, but they later decided to take them back, so the model had been sitting there for a while. I was prepared to have to do maintenance on her and when I put her on my layout in America the motor made sounds but didn't go, so I considered sending the model to you, but I waited a day and then stripped her to the chassis to see if any dust was building up in the motor, apparently a part next to the steam chest came loose and that jammed the linkage, so when I ran it, it snapped off and I had to put it back on and now the whole thing is fine.
Hi mate - yes they definitely have lives! They're just waiting until I need them for spares - they always come in useful! Ooh nice - sounds like you did a good job there - glad it's working nicely now! :D
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Rest in peace all the locos in this video, they're not forgotten and never will, one minute silence please
haha! Very well said! :D
hey Sam would it be possible for you to service a Bachmann HO scale American train, i was just wondering
Hi Joell, yeah that should be fine mate - but I can only accept orders from inside the UK unfortunately!
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Sam'sTrains ok thanks you for your time
Why don't you paint them to be rusty and make a little scrapyard area in your layout?
Yeah I could do actually, though I don't really want to ruin them for spare parts!
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Hey I got that train running but the wires broke in a day so I'm going to solder it but the hooks for the cars broke so I need to get one
Ahh okay! Good luck with that mate - I'm sure you'll manage it! :3
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Sam :)
as a laugh u should make a working train with all them spare parts . great vid sam : )
That would be a great challenge - thanks for the suggestion! :D
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yes the little bit towards the end is the removable cap for a triang smoke unit
Oh cool, thanks for this Dave!
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@@SamsTrains They are pretty good videos though the muxic in the background to this did little to enhance my enjoyment (I am not a music fan these days, far too old and miserable :) ) I have a pile of old triangs, possibly one of the few collections of trains to rival yours. Perhaps one day you could do a 'day out' video - I recommend the Pendon museum (for realistic everything) and also visit the very near to them Didcot railway museum for the real thing. Videos of those would be good.
gotta love the crayola box in the train graveyard box
haha I agree!! xD
its like a real scrapyard collection
haha! I know right! ;D
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could do a barry's scrapyard bit, as well there not going anywhere but have useful parts,
Yeah that might be cool actually! But yes I do need to hold onto these for their valuable parts! ;3
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great video mate! it's a shame about all the locos and stock that we can't use,I suppose it's better than it all just getting melted down somewhere in a factory!! -all the best mate
Yeah it is a shame - but as I say, I do use them for spares - so they're never wasted! :3
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Sam :)
Surprisingly entertaining video :-D Also you have a lovely carpet
haha thanks so much - and I think that's my first ever compliment on the carpet ;D
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About the scrap yard I do have a inter city 225 but it does not work I used your guide and it worked ok
That's very good to hear! Glad you could get her to run again! :D
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Sam :)
Oh, and I saw in your Thomas & Gordon shunting disaster the falling off the track Thomas. If his mechanism is (as I suspect) the same as the Duck mechanism try running him backwards. Duck (from when my son was younger) faultlessly goes round curves backwards but always falls off the same curve going forward. The front axle is for some reason best known to Hornby basically loose in the chassis, it provides no support for the engine as it pushes into the curve and it will start to roll (like the Reliant Robin of top gear stupidity) and as it starts to roll will pretty much every time topple. Its a design fault, something that seems sadly very common with many manufacturers these days, probably one the know about and choose to ignore after all there are a huge number of mugs out there so they will continue to sell to those who dont know. The old 50s and 60s Jinty models are generally less 'realistic' (especially with the motor showing in the cab) but both pull more and stay on the track (though a 3 poll motor doesnt do crawl very well). They are also pretty robust against young kids which makes them pretty ideal for getting kids excited - what the Thomas models would have done had they stayed on the track. Of course some of the old Jinty models like my old railway children set(s) have a smoke unit with a pump that creates proper 'puffs' , some of my older tender engines also have this and some even had a plastic box in the tender with a bit of sprung sandpaper which caught a metal scraper clipped to the axle and created a chuffing sound to go with the smoke! My old caledonian only has a tube for the smoke generator so doesnt puff but does smoke. Detail has improved but innovation honestly has fallen off.
Worse for me is as far as I know the only people producing in the UK are Peco, they are excellent, but my biggest disappointment was opening an Oxford diecast to find the made in china stamp, they claim they cant afford to make in the UK, total and utter crap - Peco can, Oxford, Hornby et al are just a combination of greedy and have an obliging ability to look the other way on Chinas human and animal abuses.
Sam how many trains do you have
It's close to 400 now! :O
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400!!!! I only have 8
I have a broken Bachmann train it's Donald his buffers are missing his name plates is peeling off his tender has a missing buffer
Ahh sorry to hear about that Ashley :(
Maybe reuse the body shells and some broken chassis for a scrapyard setting
That's kind of what I do really - I keep all these bits and pieces for spares, and they are very useful! :D
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I LOVE YOUR APRIL FOOLS DAY VID! ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAD A BOX WITH A CASTLE OR KING CLASS ON IT AND YOU CALLED IT A SCHOOLS CLASS! I JUST STARED AT THE SCREEN, CONFUSED. IT WAS SO FUNNY!
haha thanks Luke - glad you liked that one ;D
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Interesting boxes of 'stuff' :)) I have some of my own....always handy to keep some bits and bobs :) All the best mate :))
Thanks Tom! Oh yeah - very handy to have, I'm always delving in for some part or other! :3
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Just finished watching this video and was wondering if you would know. I have a ho scale realistic plastic union Pacific bigboy model and was wondering if it would be possible to put powered drivers under its body for a cheap working piece??
I'm not sure about that mate - it may well be possible, but probably cheaper to buy a whole big boy, rather than trying to get the chassis for them!
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great video Sam! can't wait to see normal service resume on Wednesday for the regular videos. just recently subscribed to the channel really like what I see.
thanks Matthew
Thanks Matthew, yeah it should be fun - hope you'll enjoy it! Thanks so much for subscribing, that's very kind of you!
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this was a nice Video Sam.
Glad you enjoyed it mate! :D
Sam'sTrains Yep, Thank you Sam.
All my locos and rolling stock just don’t work / run as well as they did 7 - 8 years ago when my layout was built. Guess who’s going shopping! Great video as always :O)
Ooh at least you get to go shopping, haha! ;D
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I always take any parts I can off dead locos, wagons etc... before I scrap them LOL
haha yeah - then you've always got the bits you need!! :D
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You could build a weird Frankenstein loc. Some bits of everything! A british 2-6-6-4 with a forward cab or something.
haha absolutely Ja - that would be a lot of fun!! :D
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Made me think to sort my scrap yard out.
haha yeah! It's always worth knowing what you've got! :3
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Sam :)
Bloody Hell, Sam! Take care of your things! Haha, just kidding. I think you may have more scrap locomotives than i have locomotives in general! Great video.
haha thanks mate! These are there to service my main collection though - and they are very useful! :D
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Do you do any train spotting?
No not really actually - I'd like to though! :3
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Can you make a scrap yard on your layout with your scrap trains?
I could do actually - that'd be fun one day! :D
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Just came across this while looking through your older videos. The van body at 9.03 is an old Lima fertilizer van, not a bad model. Do you have the roof , if you do and don't want it I'd take it off your hands, won't need bogies as the lima ones were wrong anyway
Hey! Unfortunately I don't have the roof for that - and most of this stuff has been used for other projects or otherwise disposed of! I will let you know if I come across anything like that though!
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I have a scrapyard with an oooooold
Henry from like 2008. Now I have a new henry from 2018
10 years later!
Ooh awesome - that's pretty cool! :D
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What do you call that cow that you have on a pullman coach?
Gloucester city bullman!
Nice video!!
Morgan :)
haha! I love it!
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Sam :)
3:49 missing motor screw? wouldn't sending it to you cost the amount of 100 motor screws, he might find at a hardware store?😂😂 Needless to say there might be some salvable parts there for a fun project or two in the future.
Yes i like this type of video's and all the scraped bodys could be used on model railway could do abandon railway all good fun
Thanks Mark - quite a few people enjoyed seeing these actually!
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Those little Jouef wagons paint up very well. Very cheap too.
Yeah they're quite nice actually - I could try to do that one up!
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Sam :)
Sam'sTrains Sent a photo of a couple i painted. they come up okay.
You Should make a piece of scenery that's a scrap yard/loco graveyard and put some of these in the scrap yard. Don't glue them down or anything, so you can take them off and steal the parts.
Yeah that's a very nice idea - maybe I could do that one day! :D
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Hi Sam. That's a nice unusual collection. I've just heard about your services and I was wondering if you could dcc one of my locos; I've got a really nice Bachman lord nelson but it has the old metal split chassis so it's quite difficult to convert
Hi Ant, nice to hear from you mate, glad you liked the video.
Ah, the thing is with those, you really need to remove the wheels in order to properly access and isolate the motor... the problem there is that the crank pins snap in, rather than screw in. I find that you have to use lots of force to remove them, which often results in breakages.
I'm sorry not to be any more use than that - but I don't want to be doing jobs where there's a good chance of damaging something that doesn't belong to me!
If there's ever anything else I can help you with, please do let me know!
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Sam :)