Sam's mum hears a bang on the attic floor... "Does Sam want a cup of tea... ahhh... no; he must have a loco on the express points!" Good job mukka. A fair review. Merry Xmas from Oz to you and your family. Gaz
That's a magnificent looking loco from Bachmann Sam. It's good that they've added proper wheel bearings, all that's left now is for these major companies to produce reliable motors, and there will be many happy owners out there...Bob
I have finally received mine from Rails on pre-order. Delay was due to Royal Mail dealing with four times the usual post for this time of year. Everyone ordering online of course due to Covid. I must admit i was chomping at the bit awaiting it's arrival as you can imagine. I am going to leave opening the box & relive those childhood memories of getting an engine on Xmas day. Your review has certainly made me even more excited & obviously can't wait to see it running on my layout. Thanks again Sam for another expertly reviewed model. Have a good Christmas!
Thanks for sharing Richard - yes I was waiting impatiently for mine too - at least we both have them now! Hope you have a fantastic Christmas day, and enjoy that moment of opening the box at long last! Merry Christmas - Sam :)
I’ll give Sam an extra star for including the measurement of proper track gauge on the wheel sets; not all the Internet reviewers tick this box. Good going! 😍
Nice one Sam. A Bachmann steam loco with all the frills and about time too. Hornby, I hope you have seen how good the build quality on this loco is. It is time to have a word with your Chinese manufactures and let's see how good next year can be. Martin. (Thailand)
The EFE range is meant to be their version of the Railroad range to compete with Hornby and the special commissions from the big dealers like Hattons. Unfortunately though I think they got lost with the pricing on the models on offer which are mostly old models from their own range or other manufacturers like Heljan and DJ models.
Wow! Do you really think the EFE rail range is their attempt at the Railroad range?! I think it would be.... except they're mostly priced *above and beyond* premium models!! ;D Merry Christmas - Sam :)
@@SamsTrains that's what Bachmann marketed it as. They said it was a rival for the cheaper models sold by Hattons and hornby unfortunately I think they missed the part about keeping them reasonably priced like the other manufacturers.
@@SamsTrains Thank you for doing your reviews, which are independent. With the best will in the world, Magazines cannot provide a completely honest review.
Re: traction tires; my Roco Austrian Railways class 1020 electric has 6-axle drive, a strong 5-pole can motor, weighs 517 grammes, and has 4 traction tires. Continental European manufacturers are obsessed with traction tires, whether the models need them or not. North American models seem to never come with them, and none of my UK models have them either.
Thanks for sharing Kenneth - I'm very glad that manufacturers of British trains don't tend to use them - I'm certainly not a fan! Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Glad to see Bachmann getting their arses into gear with steamies at last. Brian Hughes has bought the sound version which is impressive and obviously being DCC, the firebox flickers and slams shut.
Sam you are making me want one! I'm getting the Bachmann Midland Compound in MR Crimson Lake (preserved No. 1000) for Christmas as well. Comes with 3 gorgeous coaches too. The 1P is spectacularly beautiful Sam!
Hey Sam, absolutely loved the video and that 1P really is a stunning model. Quick question: Would you ever consider reviewing a Dapol Class 68? Also merry Christmas Sam.
Lovely although the livery sadly represents a short transitional period from the fully lined MR livery to the simplified livery circa 1907. The fully-lined livery up to 1907 included fully lined crimson lake wheels and boiler bands. With the simplified livery post 1907 came the new MR crest on the coal bunker and that large gilt numbers that carried into LMS days. This model also has the Deeley revised smokebox door over the more elegant original Johnson door. So if you're modelling the Midland railway in 1907 then this model is perfect!
Hi Sam, Just got the S&DJR version with sound. Unlike the Bachmann 117, the speaker is of a good quality & provides a good level of sound. Unusually, for the firebox you have to use the F6 to open the firebox door, you then see just the red LED, when you press F9 you get the shovelling & then the red & yellow LEDs flicker. Great review & very fair. Have a great Xmas!
That sounds epic Boa, glad to hear the sound is good! Very interesting about the flickering LEDs - that doesn't make any sense does it? Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Hi Sam, Thanks for another great review, what a lovely little engine. I couldn't stop my self getting the S&DJR Prussian Blue version and I am surprisingly really impressed with it. Enjoy yours! Have a lovely Christmas. Thomas
I agree whith you about the bachmanns tank engine. And i think that Bachmann has pulled it off and the color livery is so crisp and so ritch maroon color. I love this nice loco. And i hope for every one that bachmann has a mutch better planing when it comes to allotments than Hornby had. I just cant get enuogh of the british steam locos. But my favorite loco from Great Brittan is the Detlic diesel loco whith the Napier deltic v16 cyl engine. Keep up the good work Sam. 👍👍👍😊😊😊👍👍👍
Bachmann: (Breaks Sam with the well tank and frightens Sam to death with a diseased caterpillar) Also Bachmann: Let’s make good quality models as well to confuse people
Sam, I'm slowly loosing my money to trains - I have about £225. Saving up for an 0 guage show in March, D9nt know if it will go ahead; But still. I may buy this engine! Thanks and Merry Christmas!
Hi, terrific model and enjoyable review, I highly doubt I’ll ever get this one as they’re all sold out. Well, at least I’m getting a superdetail Hornby B17 for Christmas!
Amazing review on the Bachmann Midland 1P tank engine! The detail on this model is excellent and same goes for the livery as well! I also like the unusual wheel configuration it has! It’s almost like a 4-4-0 but reversed! I’m gonna give this 1P Midland tank engine an A-! 😃👍
I will always find the difference in Americana and British locomotives astounding. These were branch line locomotives, a American branch line locomotive could be everything from a 0-4-0 to a 4-8-4. Just depends on what was available.
Wow, in my opinion this is one of your best reviews ever, i have mixed reviews of bachmann as i have some great models by bachmann but i also have some bad ones and this has raised my opinion by far. Just one other thing, you said that corless motors don't go well with feedback controllers. What controllers are feedback, I am considering a model with a corless motor but i am not sure if my Hornby Select controller is a feedback controller. Could you let me know if the hornby select is a feedback. Anyway, Great Review Cameron
Thanks so much Cameron - sure, I have mixed opinions on Bachmann, but this loco gets a largely positive review, and it's very well deserved! The Select shouldn't be feedback as far as I know! Merry Christmas - Sam :)
I have the DCC and sound one and I agree with you it’s lovely model however as regards pulling power it’s poor. I had it pulling 1 coach and it struggled on the gradient both straight and curved with slipping.So I coupled it to 3 trucks plus brake van and that was ok 👍 The sounds are fantastic and the independent brake is excellent so I’ll live with the poor traction. I enjoyed watching the video and it was a great review
Very nice Tony - though I'm surprised that there was trouble with 1 coach, what kind of incline is yours? Glad the sound was good though! Merry Christmas - Sam :)
It looks like the handrail on the right side of the cab is broken at 8:50 . I kept wanting you to do a close up on the right hand side as well to try & get a better look but you never showed it.
Well spotted! I never noticed that during filming - just been to check, and the broken parts are now sitting together, so you can't tell! Wonder if that happened when I had the loco in the cradle? Pretty sure it wasn't there when I did the initial inspection. Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Hi Sam. Quite beautiful. The 'gold' bell housing had a centre mould line, which is a shame (I didn't notice whether the boiler had one). While you were fitting the traction-tyred wheelset, it looked as though the driving wheels were not quartered; if so, why not? As I model in N gauge, I presume I cannot buy the four-wheeled coaches you ended up putting behind the 1P; what were they, please?
Thanks Paul - yes I was careful to show the mould line - didn't look too good did it? Nothing like that visible on the boiler though. Not sure about the quartering, that seemed fine to me, though the surface of the rubber didn't appear very smooth, hence the limping! The coaches were Hornby 4 wheel coaches, they produce them in all kinds of liveries. Merry Christmas - Sam :)
In the early seventies Graham Farish or Grafar, as they were then, made N scale four wheel generic coaches, well before Hornby and Hattons Genesis. Might be hard to find now.
Lovely locomotive. Imagine if the companies released holiday versions of real life locomotives. Like say, Flying Scotsman with a Christmas livery and decorations?
It seems hard to find trains this year that will ship, I had to go domestic and Use ebay I wanted some european stuff from reynaulds but I would have had to wait with my card on hold forever, I did manage to get some fleischmann wagons and a strange german Piko "western" set which includes a "americanized" German BR55 steam loco, Flat car, Boxcar, 2 Bavarian compartment coaches and a brake van all labeled with American railroad names. The set appears to be very old and I have never seen it before and it apparently runs and has the original 220v controller and a newer 120v transformer... It looked like A spaghetti western train So I had to have it, Shipping was a bit much and it wont arrive for another week so...
Could you show a video on how to fix loose crank pins E. G hornby thomas, you see I just got the passanger and goods set for Christmas and the crank pins keep falling off
@@SamsTrains They are coming out next year. Original gauge 1 Thomas replicas. They are making Bill and Ben, Thomas and LBSC Thomas. Merry Christmas to you too!
sory but with my senseof humor i am unable to resist that you showed this with 4 wheel coaches and a load of bull. the only problem with watching your fantastic videos is that i get a case of gas(gear acquisition syndrome)and tomorrow I am phoning up a model shop to ask them to let me lay buy one of these as they only have one. i share your reservations about coreles motors, although a friend who scratch builds nz railways locos swears by themi think your lackof inerta comment is on point at that price 5 pole skew wound please Mr bachman
If I had to buy another locomotive this one would be the prettiest engine in my collection if I had to have a British engine in my American Fleet of engines it would be the starring attraction in my little model railroad museum but I very beautiful model wish it had sound
Sam: I am aware of your stated reasons for running on the floor BUT you really should encourage your followers to get up off the floor and onto a well-built baseboard. It really is the only way to achieve acceptable running provided your track has been laid with care. Plus as you get older a baseboard saves your knees and gives you a realistic eye level view.
Did you say they were taking them out of service in 1990 huh and the last one came out in 1950 some how does that work Sam I mean I do know what you meant I will say with this one I personally think they did a good job especially with giving people who like traction tires the option to put them on giving people who don't like traction tires the option to keep them off just giving the option is always a good thing
Did it sound like 1990? I said 1919! I agree, lovely to have the option - particularly as the tyres caused performance issues! Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Do any locos with coreless motors have flywheels? If I understand correctly how coreless motors (and I may not) then a flywheel wouldn't really work as it could put the rotor out of sync with the motor controller - but I could be completely wrong on that!
Yes some do have flywheels, the J70 did! You might be thinking of brushless motors, but coreless ones run on straight DC, there's no motor controller involved! Merry Christmas - Sam :)
This is a grand looking engine. Shame there no 1P locos left. But the H Class is practically the same. And by the way, just because it’s a 1p class, doesn’t mean it costs 1p.
Thanks a lot Tomas, yeah pity they didn't make more! The H class has far more performance issues in my experience, and no sadly it costs more than 1p :( Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Hi Sam, I normally love your reviews and I hate to be negative but, have you been at the "Christmas sherry"? you spent most of the review showing this stalling, wheel slipping and waddling its way round your layout. And the loose wire, and the none flicker fire box, and the thick plastic glass in the cab, and the wheel pick-ups that don't touch the wheels, and that price! Yes it looks great but is still very plastic in the detailing. I was one of the unlucky ones who got one, yes it looks fantastic BUT (insert an expletive between every word); It runs like a pig, stalls everywhere, wheel slips setting off at low speed, SQUEEK_SQUEEK_SQUEEKS round every curve, waddles like a drunk duck, dies on pretty much every point, trips my layout on every high speed point and other points randomly. If that's not enough it decouples on straights (go figure). Compared to the Dapol GWR Mogul this thing is just garbage. Putting mine up for sale on FleaBay ASAP. Merry Christmas dude and stay away from that sherry.
No, I think on balance my score was very fair. The stalling only took place on express points at insane slow speeds; I was careful to make it clear that this was a worse case scenario. With a bit of modification to the rear pickups, the issue would go away I'm sure. Performance with the optional tyres was much worse, but fortunately those were not fitted to the model as standard. If yours runs like that, definitely send it in for some free repairs, as is your right under warranty. As seen in my video though, the performance was fantastic overall! Merry Christmas - Sam :)
@@SamsTrains Merry Chrismas dude and keep upthe good work but honestly? Having to swap the wheels to make it pull a load! Would you buy a car that you had to swap the wheels on to get it to go up a hill? Your whole review of this apart from how good it looks was negative and bad. This is not just the worst model engine I have bought, it is the worst anything that I have ever bought, yours did not work, the only thing I can say positively about mine was at least it did not burn my house down. Not fit for purpose. It is soooooo bad Heljan could have made it. I am not having a go, you are right about all the bad stuff you said about it, it is that bad and worse. I will take apositive away from this, yours was garbage and mine was worse. Thank you so much for all your reviews as you are my go to guy before I waste my hard earned dosh on garbage. Merry Christmas dude.
I've noticed bachmann printed makers, shed and water capacity plates look very flat and unrealistic vs hornby, who tend to put a lot more effort in. Given they are meant to represent cast bolted-on plates it looks cheap to me, as on this model. Am I alone in this? A great model though.
Cutting out even without traction tyres, can't pull the stalk off of a mildewy melon without them, even worse brown out problems with them, and stuttering on points and curves - you said all this yourself in the video! For £150 with running problems either way, it's not good value - in fact, it's ridiculous...
Well I'd like it more if I could let my heart rule my head, but sadly it doesn't perform well enough for me to want one. It's a working model, not just for display, so yes, it looks great, but good performance is what I'm looking for, and this does have a few hiccups!
Having picked mine up from my local shop the day these arrived, mine has been in use pretty much constantly all week. Of all of my locomotives, this one is the best performer by a considerable margin. Out of curiosity, what part of its performance wasn't good enough? If you expect it to perform like a Stanier pacific and pull a crack express up Shap, you're entirely missing the point of them. They're supposed to be a little potter about branchline engine, expected to drag one or two dilapidated coaches around at 20mph. The real things in BR days were only trusted with two coaches and the model manages four times that many on level track, so the models haulage is higher than is required. Even when they were used on the 'intra district' suburban services around Birmingham in the 1910s they ran with four coaches and occasionally pulled empty stock of two sets totalling eight empty coaches. I tested mine to eight bogie coaches and it would have taken more, but its only ever going to run with two. If you want an engine that was built to haul longer trains then the 1P is not the right engine for the task, that is the whole point, that is why it was given the 1P power classification. Electrically speaking yes, the bogie pickups might need a tweak to act more positively, mine didn't but some invariably will do. But I've had models from all of the main manufacturers that need pickup adjustment. I have a Hornby Peckett, another normally immaculate performer, which arrived with NONE of the pickups properly contacting the wheels. The 1P I have will pick up fully from each axle without fault, I can place it on tissue paper with just one axle on the rail, it doesn't matter which one and it will still crawl faultlessly. So, it pulls more than the real thing was designed to, and as long as the pickups are properly adjusted it runs better than almost every other model out there; you literally cannot get any better performance than that! ;)
Well he didn't review yours, so I can only go on what I saw - it was poor with traction tyres, which could be a problem if you have inclines and would need them - and worst of all it was browning out on express points - and if that's the case it wouldn't even go over some of my points! In my view, small engines need as many pickups as possible, so to sell something for 150 quid when half the pickups aren't even positioned properly, is outrageous. If yours was OK, then this is down to Bachmann quality control, and I have found that to be poor with other models, but for this price it's not acceptable. And to say we have to take it apart and re-position the pickups is ridiculous - I wouldn't know how to do that, and even if I did, why should I have to? We don't all have perfect tracks, and I've not found small engines generally reliable, especially at slow speeds, so most of my 0-6-0's have tenders with tender pickups, and they run perfectly - although I have hopes that 'Rails' new Connect decoders will help brownout problems. To be honest I think model train fans put up with a lot on nonsense - if new cars were as poor as a lot of model locos are, the car manufacturer would go out of business. These things are expensive - there's no excuse for those that don't even work properly - and if I'd got what Sam got, and the bogey wheel pickups weren't even touching the wheels, and it stalled even on an express point, I wouldn't have given it 5 stars for performance - I'd have sent it back!
@@SuperJ333 Its your prerogative to write off a model based on an online video, but my advice is to go and handle models in a shop and see them running in person before passing judgement. Odds are, any issue can be sorted there and then, it saves a lot of disappointment and postal returns. Comparing this to new cars is effectively saying you don't need to do basic maintenance on the new car by the way. Factually incorrect. You need to do quite a lot to a new car to get the best out of them. When you buy a new car they will go over it with a finetooth comb before they give you the keys AND you are usually advised to bring it back for servicing quite soon after taking delivery of it, where they will continue all that tweaking and adjustment for you as the car breaks in. I've had to do clutch adjusts, brake adjusts, TPS tweaks and I always change the oil after the first 50 or so miles and check for metal shavings to make sure all is well with the crank and bearings on top of what the dealer recommends. I bet you've never encountered a brand new motorbike too...I've known people strip them completely down within the first week of ownership. New model locomotives are the same, they need a bit of tweaking to get the best out of them, ideally they also need that packing grease cleaning out and proper lubrication too. Its part and parcel of model railways, as is regular stripping down and maintenance as they age. Expecting otherwise is unrealistic. The main trouble is that when buying models online you can't check the model over that you are buying, which means you can't sort out the tweaking which is usually needed at point of purchase. That leaves the onus on the purchaser to do the tweaking necessary, and believe me I've had my fair share of new models that needed some work! My local model shop will do that kind of tweaking with ANY model they sell, new or second hand. I also do their repairs for the N Gauge stuff, being as my local shop is owned by my model club chairman and I run the N Gauge department ;) The vast majority of repairs are also usually down to dirty or poorly adjusted pickups, followed swiftly by damage caused by the owner poorly handling them. I will admit that I take advantage of people who return models like this, they'll send it back saying its a non runner and get a replacement, I'll make an offer before the shop sends it back to the manufacturer and every single time I've managed to sort the issue and obtained a bargain. Best case being an LGB garden railway locomotive worth £1500, the original buyer bought it, stripped it to clean the packing grease and put a keeper plate back on the wrong way around, which locked up the mechanism. They sent it back, got a refund and I bought it for £500, turned the keeper plate the correct way around and saved £1000 for my 30 seconds of trouble. Regarding the traction of this model, it will still take a realistic load of two coaches up a 1 in 50 incline. It will just about manage three actually, so again, the model does what was expected of the real thing without needing the traction tyre. If you want it to pull a crack express over a mountain, it will do that with the traction tyre fitted, but again, it will need some tinkering to get the best out of it.
Yes, to be fair the performance was absolutely fine. I think the browning out was caused by the poorly adjusted pickups, which I think should be easy to fix. With the tyres fitted, the performance was poor, and I would not recommend it. Out of the box though, the performance here was much better than most other models! Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Sam's mum hears a bang on the attic floor... "Does Sam want a cup of tea... ahhh... no; he must have a loco on the express points!" Good job mukka. A fair review. Merry Xmas from Oz to you and your family. Gaz
haha pretty much, lol! Thanks a lot Gaz, have a good one!
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
The oz kids.
That's a magnificent looking loco from Bachmann Sam. It's good that they've added proper wheel bearings, all that's left now is for these major companies to produce reliable motors, and there will be many happy owners out there...Bob
Thanks very much Bob - it's a very good job indeed! You're right - motors should be the focus going forwards!
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
My Oxford Rail Colfix Tanker came in the mail today. Beautiful and sturdy model. Definitely worth a look at.
Sounds fantastic Ben - I will be interested in trying those! :D
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
This has to be the longest review for any tank engine wow there was a lot about this tank engine to talk about.
Inspired by Chadwick model railway 🥱
haha yeah! There was a lot to say, decided not to cut any of it out this time! :D
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
I have finally received mine from Rails on pre-order. Delay was due to Royal Mail dealing with four times the usual post for this time of year. Everyone ordering online of course due to Covid. I must admit i was chomping at the bit awaiting it's arrival as you can imagine. I am going to leave opening the box & relive those childhood memories of getting an engine on Xmas day. Your review has certainly made me even more excited & obviously can't wait to see it running on my layout. Thanks again Sam for another expertly reviewed model. Have a good Christmas!
Thanks for sharing Richard - yes I was waiting impatiently for mine too - at least we both have them now! Hope you have a fantastic Christmas day, and enjoy that moment of opening the box at long last!
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Hey Sam! Are you thinking to do like live steam locomotives, I know that they are quite expensive but maybe you can try!
Maybe I will do one day - they would be great fun to try! :D
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
@@SamsTrains it's a very good idea
@@SamsTrains Hornby did release some in OO gauge too. You could run them on the main layout.
@@TestECull and destroy the carpet, as they leak oil and water
He would go lunny if he got some live steam locos mike
I’ll give Sam an extra star for including the measurement of proper track gauge on the wheel sets; not all the Internet reviewers tick this box. Good going! 😍
As soon as I saw the thumbnail, I audibly said “Oh Wow!”This looks beautiful. Another thing for the list.-Das Mann
haha for sure - it just looks awesome doesn't it?!
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
As soon as I saw the thumbnail I audibly said... "Here we go... another overpriced poor quality offering from rip off Bachmann"!
@GaryNumeroUno I also was apprehensive due to it, well being Bachman!-Das Mann
So you like trains and Sturmgeschütze as well!👍🏻
@@JPoulAndersson ah I see you have a keen eye!-Das Mann
Nice one Sam. A Bachmann steam loco with all the frills and about time too. Hornby, I hope you have seen how good the build quality on this loco is. It is time to have a word with your Chinese manufactures and let's see how good next year can be. Martin. (Thailand)
Thanks Martin, it certainly is about time! Absolutely! :D
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Bachmann are picking up they're game.👍 Hopefully Bachmann will make they're own railroad range
The EFE range is meant to be their version of the Railroad range to compete with Hornby and the special commissions from the big dealers like Hattons. Unfortunately though I think they got lost with the pricing on the models on offer which are mostly old models from their own range or other manufacturers like Heljan and DJ models.
Wow! Do you really think the EFE rail range is their attempt at the Railroad range?! I think it would be.... except they're mostly priced *above and beyond* premium models!! ;D
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
@@SamsTrains that's what Bachmann marketed it as. They said it was a rival for the cheaper models sold by Hattons and hornby unfortunately I think they missed the part about keeping them reasonably priced like the other manufacturers.
Can't believe a bachman model made it too the top 5 this is what bachman needs to do more of
I know - we need much more of this in future! :D
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
I finally received the first of my BR Johnson 0-4-4tanks. A beautiful model.
Wonderful Don, hope you're very pleased with it!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@@SamsTrains Thank you for doing your reviews, which are independent. With the best will in the world, Magazines cannot provide a completely honest review.
Re: traction tires; my Roco Austrian Railways class 1020 electric has 6-axle drive, a strong 5-pole can motor, weighs 517 grammes, and has 4 traction tires. Continental European manufacturers are obsessed with traction tires, whether the models need them or not. North American models seem to never come with them, and none of my UK models have them either.
Thanks for sharing Kenneth - I'm very glad that manufacturers of British trains don't tend to use them - I'm certainly not a fan!
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Great review to watch while relaxing after a busy week so far at work, thank you Sam :)
Thanks so much Cameron, that's lovely to hear! :D
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Glad to see Bachmann getting their arses into gear with steamies at last. Brian Hughes has bought the sound version which is impressive and obviously being DCC, the firebox flickers and slams shut.
Absolutely Wayne, great to see an amazing steamer from them at last! :D
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Last Christmas I got a Thomas Bachman set, I love it so much
Ooh awesome - they are fun sets aren't they?! :D
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Yea btw I’m a huge fan
Sam you are making me want one!
I'm getting the Bachmann Midland Compound in MR Crimson Lake (preserved No. 1000) for Christmas as well. Comes with 3 gorgeous coaches too.
The 1P is spectacularly beautiful Sam!
haha sorry about that! Ooh good choice on the 1000 - those are amazing models too! :D
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Hey Sam, absolutely loved the video and that 1P really is a stunning model.
Quick question: Would you ever consider reviewing a Dapol Class 68?
Also merry Christmas Sam.
Thanks a lot Cal, they are! Sure - it's on my list of locos to review! :D
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Hey Sam, I'm loving the 'Easy Winners' Rag. My favourite is 'the Cascades'!
Thanks Simon! Not familiar with that one - will have to listen to that! :D
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
I play these videos at 0.75 speed. Makes them much more relaxing, and NO that is not a complaint!
Lovely although the livery sadly represents a short transitional period from the fully lined MR livery to the simplified livery circa 1907. The fully-lined livery up to 1907 included fully lined crimson lake wheels and boiler bands. With the simplified livery post 1907 came the new MR crest on the coal bunker and that large gilt numbers that carried into LMS days. This model also has the Deeley revised smokebox door over the more elegant original Johnson door.
So if you're modelling the Midland railway in 1907 then this model is perfect!
Hi Sam,
Just got the S&DJR version with sound. Unlike the Bachmann 117, the speaker is of a good quality & provides a good level of sound.
Unusually, for the firebox you have to use the F6 to open the firebox door, you then see just the red LED, when you press F9 you get the shovelling & then the red & yellow LEDs flicker.
Great review & very fair.
Have a great Xmas!
That sounds epic Boa, glad to hear the sound is good! Very interesting about the flickering LEDs - that doesn't make any sense does it?
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Hi Sam, Thanks for another great review, what a lovely little engine. I couldn't stop my self getting the S&DJR Prussian Blue version and I am surprisingly really impressed with it. Enjoy yours! Have a lovely Christmas. Thomas
Thanks so much Thomas, I don't blame you - they look amazing too! :D
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
I agree whith you about the bachmanns tank engine.
And i think that Bachmann has pulled it off and the color livery is so crisp and so ritch maroon color.
I love this nice loco.
And i hope for every one that bachmann has a mutch better planing when it comes to allotments than Hornby had.
I just cant get enuogh of the british steam locos.
But my favorite loco from Great Brittan is the Detlic diesel loco whith the Napier deltic v16 cyl engine.
Keep up the good work Sam.
👍👍👍😊😊😊👍👍👍
Thanks a lot Oden, they really did a great job!
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
@@SamsTrains You are wellcome Sam.
And i wish you a merry xmas.
👍👍👍👍😊😊👍👍😊
Try reviewing the Bachmann USA 0-6-0 side tank Porter because it has a decoder installed by factory and runs well in both DC and DCC
Great idea Nathan, those do sound good! :D
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Bachmann: (Breaks Sam with the well tank and frightens Sam to death with a diseased caterpillar)
Also Bachmann: Let’s make good quality models as well to confuse people
haha love it!! xD
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
The small oval shaped plate is the manufacturer’s plate. It tells you the name of the designer, and the date and location at which it was made.
The BR version is also very nice with Belpaire firebox and condensing apparatus.
Yes! All of the versions look super nice! :D
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
What an absolutely lovely looking loco! I do love crimson and maroon coloured steam locos
Thanks mate - me too - lovely aren't they?! :D
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Sheer Craft, Imaculate Loco, and as usual fantastic review Sam.
Merry Christmas, Cheers. (:
Thanks so much Aman, glad you thought so! :D
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Sam, I'm slowly loosing my money to trains - I have about £225. Saving up for an 0 guage show in March, D9nt know if it will go ahead; But still. I may buy this engine! Thanks and Merry Christmas!
haha I know the feeling mate - I've blown a lot of money on trains too, lol! ;D
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Nice to see a loco that wasn't a disappointment like many recent reviews!
Thanks Philip - very nice indeed, by no means disappointed in this one! :D
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Hi, terrific model and enjoyable review, I highly doubt I’ll ever get this one as they’re all sold out. Well, at least I’m getting a superdetail Hornby B17 for Christmas!
Hopefully I'll get a J15
I have just bought one watching this so they aren't all sold out :)
Thanks James, the B17 sounds awesome - hope you like that one! :D
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Sam'sTrains I definitely will, I’m getting Kilverstone Hall in apple green :D. Have a merry Christmas too!
@@Jay1330 Hopefully with Christmas money I'll be able to get the BR green B17 from hattons for £109 pounds. Welbeck Abbey
That's one the best steam loco's Bachmann made.
I'd agree Sean! :D
Amazing review on the Bachmann Midland 1P tank engine! The detail on this model is excellent and same goes for the livery as well! I also like the unusual wheel configuration it has! It’s almost like a 4-4-0 but reversed! I’m gonna give this 1P Midland tank engine an A-! 😃👍
Thanks so much - yeah I agree - overall an excellent locomotive! :D
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Lucky I live in America while you get the good Bachmann
haha sorry about that! :(
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@@SamsTrains don't be sorry I can't help where you choose to live happy holidays
I will always find the difference in Americana and British locomotives astounding. These were branch line locomotives, a American branch line locomotive could be everything from a 0-4-0 to a 4-8-4. Just depends on what was available.
haha it is pretty astounding isn't it? Very different!
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Did someone see gap under the boiler of the engine on the other hand its beautiful model ever
Sure, there's a lovely gap under there! :D
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Bachmann's best steamer
It probably is!! :D
I love the British and American engines so much
Me too!! :D
it would be fun to see you review large union pacific locomotives (maybe UP 4-8-8-4's)
That would be fun - I will look out for one! :D
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@@SamsTrains merry christmas to you too :)
Hi sam just to let you know there are new Bachmann thomas locomotives. The LBSC Thomas and buzzy bee james.
You're right - I'd love to try them!! :D
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Wow, in my opinion this is one of your best reviews ever, i have mixed reviews of bachmann as i have some great models by bachmann but i also have some bad ones and this has raised my opinion by far. Just one other thing, you said that corless motors don't go well with feedback controllers. What controllers are feedback, I am considering a model with a corless motor but i am not sure if my Hornby Select controller is a feedback controller. Could you let me know if the hornby select is a feedback.
Anyway, Great Review
Cameron
Thanks so much Cameron - sure, I have mixed opinions on Bachmann, but this loco gets a largely positive review, and it's very well deserved! The Select shouldn't be feedback as far as I know!
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@@SamsTrains ok thanks for letting me know
Merry Christmas too
I have the DCC and sound one and I agree with you it’s lovely model however as regards pulling power it’s poor. I had it pulling 1 coach and it struggled on the gradient both straight and curved with slipping.So I coupled it to 3 trucks plus brake van and that was ok 👍 The sounds are fantastic and the independent brake is excellent so I’ll live with the poor traction. I enjoyed watching the video and it was a great review
Very nice Tony - though I'm surprised that there was trouble with 1 coach, what kind of incline is yours? Glad the sound was good though!
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Merry Christmas Sam, it's not a steep incline but it slipped a lot pulling the coach which is a Bachmann composite SR Brake.
That looks super detailed Sam would not mind one myself
Thx Ben :)
Thank you Ben, glad to hear that! :D
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I love the color on the engine
Me too Chris! :D
This has officially made my day
haha that's awesome! :D
Nice review sam,this looks like a great model
Thanks a lot Moose, it really is! :D
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It looks like the handrail on the right side of the cab is broken at 8:50 . I kept wanting you to do a close up on the right hand side as well to try & get a better look but you never showed it.
Well spotted! I never noticed that during filming - just been to check, and the broken parts are now sitting together, so you can't tell! Wonder if that happened when I had the loco in the cradle? Pretty sure it wasn't there when I did the initial inspection.
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Hey Sam you should have a whole episode dedicated to buying trains off Ali express or eBay etc
Fair point
But still a interesting idea
Great idea, that would be fun! :D
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Hi Sam. Quite beautiful. The 'gold' bell housing had a centre mould line, which is a shame (I didn't notice whether the boiler had one). While you were fitting the traction-tyred wheelset, it looked as though the driving wheels were not quartered; if so, why not? As I model in N gauge, I presume I cannot buy the four-wheeled coaches you ended up putting behind the 1P; what were they, please?
Thanks Paul - yes I was careful to show the mould line - didn't look too good did it? Nothing like that visible on the boiler though. Not sure about the quartering, that seemed fine to me, though the surface of the rubber didn't appear very smooth, hence the limping! The coaches were Hornby 4 wheel coaches, they produce them in all kinds of liveries.
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
In the early seventies Graham Farish or Grafar, as they were then, made N scale four wheel generic coaches, well before Hornby and Hattons Genesis. Might be hard to find now.
Beautiful color beautiful video! Keep it up buddy!
Thanks a lot mate, appreciate it! :D
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It's official, bachmanns new locos I can trust
Their new ones, sure!! :D
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Sam when adding traction tyres its like a Hornby railroad railroad Loco I don’t like core less motors
Yeah it is a bit - I'm not keen on either of those myself!
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Seems Bachmann might finds it self again, if it going to make models like this! + The lined BR black do has metal safety-valves!
I hope so Tom - this was very reassuring! :D
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Almost 100k subscribers keep up the good work
Thanks so much mate!! :D
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Great looking loco and great vid Sam
Thanks a lot Harry, I definitely thought so! :D
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Can you do the review of the bluebell p class next year Wednesday Jan 6?
I don't have any plans to do that one Kenji, they look amazing though!
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Lovely locomotive. Imagine if the companies released holiday versions of real life locomotives. Like say, Flying Scotsman with a Christmas livery and decorations?
That'd be super cool - I'd like that! xD
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It seems hard to find trains this year that will ship, I had to go domestic and Use ebay I wanted some european stuff from reynaulds but I would have had to wait with my card on hold forever, I did manage to get some fleischmann wagons and a strange german Piko "western" set which includes a "americanized" German BR55 steam loco, Flat car, Boxcar, 2 Bavarian compartment coaches and a brake van all labeled with American railroad names. The set appears to be very old and I have never seen it before and it apparently runs and has the original 220v controller and a newer 120v transformer... It looked like A spaghetti western train So I had to have it, Shipping was a bit much and it wont arrive for another week so...
Sam may have reviewed this set a while back. Look through his old videos to find it.
Thanks a lot for sharing Raymond, that does sound a lot like the Western set I looked at!!
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
Could you show a video on how to fix loose crank pins E. G hornby thomas, you see I just got the passanger and goods set for Christmas and the crank pins keep falling off
Good idea, I'll look into that some time!! :D
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Merry Christmas Sam From Oliver :)
Merry Christmas Oliver!! :D
@@SamsTrains Thanks Same i'm going to Stream in less then a Hour i t would be Amazing to have you there too :)
The livery is beautiful, 2nd next to the caledorian livery in my opinion
Thanks Gabriel, yeah I'd agree - just a wonderful livery! :D
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What was your first best Bachmann steam engine before the 1p
That's tricky - probably the E1??
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Interestingly your two highest ranking 00 models this year are Bachmann...
True! But then again, 5 of my bottom 10 locos for the year are also Bachmann ;)
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Nice looking loco, must be one of the longest videos you’ve ever made!-Ben
Thanks Ben, yeah it's definitely one of the longest! ;D
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Forget the traction tyres, can you fit some weights into the side tanks?
That may be possible Bruce, I'll look into it!
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@@SamsTrains merry Christmas to you too Sam. Have a wonderful New Year. stay safe and well
Did you hear about the gauge 1 CoolProps Thomas models?
I didn't - what are those?!?
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@@SamsTrains They are coming out next year. Original gauge 1 Thomas replicas. They are making Bill and Ben, Thomas and LBSC Thomas.
Merry Christmas to you too!
A 1P loco? At last. A price even Sam can't complain about.
Yeah for sure - very pleased with this! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
sory but with my senseof humor i am unable to resist that you showed this with 4 wheel coaches and a load of bull. the only problem with watching your fantastic videos is that i get a case of gas(gear acquisition syndrome)and tomorrow I am phoning up a model shop to ask them to let me lay buy one of these as they only have one. i share your reservations about coreles motors, although a friend who scratch builds nz railways locos swears by themi think your lackof inerta comment is on point at that price 5 pole skew wound please Mr bachman
If I had to buy another locomotive this one would be the prettiest engine in my collection if I had to have a British engine in my American Fleet of engines it would be the starring attraction in my little model railroad museum but I very beautiful model wish it had sound
Sounds good mate, I reckon this could definitely be the starring attraction! :D
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Sam: I am aware of your stated reasons for running on the floor BUT you really should encourage your followers to get up off the floor and onto a well-built baseboard. It really is the only way to achieve acceptable running provided your track has been laid with care. Plus as you get older a baseboard saves your knees and gives you a realistic eye level view.
Did you say they were taking them out of service in 1990 huh and the last one came out in 1950 some how does that work Sam
I mean I do know what you meant
I will say with this one I personally think they did a good job especially with giving people who like traction tires the option to put them on giving people who don't like traction tires the option to keep them off just giving the option is always a good thing
Did it sound like 1990? I said 1919! I agree, lovely to have the option - particularly as the tyres caused performance issues!
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@@SamsTrains 🎁🎉🤔
0-4-4s are awkward to balance and weighty side tanks on this model would tip weight too much to the rear
True, but a nice metal boiler would have been perfect!
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Do any locos with coreless motors have flywheels? If I understand correctly how coreless motors (and I may not) then a flywheel wouldn't really work as it could put the rotor out of sync with the motor controller - but I could be completely wrong on that!
Yes some do have flywheels, the J70 did! You might be thinking of brushless motors, but coreless ones run on straight DC, there's no motor controller involved!
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@@SamsTrains Thanks Sam, yes, I am thinking of brushless motors - I obviously need to research coreless motors!
Loved the video today Sam beautiful locomotive I would just stick to the normal wheels and will you be getting the lbsc Thomas because it is out now
Thanks so much James, yes the normal wheels are what I recommend too! :D
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This is a grand looking engine. Shame there no 1P locos left. But the H Class is practically the same. And by the way, just because it’s a 1p class, doesn’t mean it costs 1p.
Thanks a lot Tomas, yeah pity they didn't make more! The H class has far more performance issues in my experience, and no sadly it costs more than 1p :(
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@@SamsTrains Yep. Over 12,000 pennies. It’s a bit ironic that the H class has performance issues.
Gorgeous looking loco
Thanks Russell, I think so too! :D
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It’s beautiful!
It really is :3
What would you recommend to start a model railway
Check out my video on getting started with model trains - it has all the basics! :D
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Hey sam, is it possible to put a five pole motor in this model?
Not to my knowledge - you'd have to find one small though, and get it to fit into the mountings! :(
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
It’s Lilly from the W&S
Ooh is it? That's very cool!! :D
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Sam, I was wondering where did you get that LBSC E2 that has the splashers on it?
I think I found mine on Ebay!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I think this is the basis of another character from victor tanzigs stories of sodor
Ooh interesting - I wonder if it is?!?
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Sam if you could buy any model railway engine (without a budget and by the way happy Christmas and happy new year)
Hmmm... probably a Big Boy for me, lol! ;D
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Merry Christmas season! ❤
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Hi Sam, I normally love your reviews and I hate to be negative but, have you been at the "Christmas sherry"? you spent most of the review showing this stalling, wheel slipping and waddling its way round your layout. And the loose wire, and the none flicker fire box, and the thick plastic glass in the cab, and the wheel pick-ups that don't touch the wheels, and that price! Yes it looks great but is still very plastic in the detailing.
I was one of the unlucky ones who got one, yes it looks fantastic BUT (insert an expletive between every word); It runs like a pig, stalls everywhere, wheel slips setting off at low speed, SQUEEK_SQUEEK_SQUEEKS round every curve, waddles like a drunk duck, dies on pretty much every point, trips my layout on every high speed point and other points randomly. If that's not enough it decouples on straights (go figure). Compared to the Dapol GWR Mogul this thing is just garbage. Putting mine up for sale on FleaBay ASAP. Merry Christmas dude and stay away from that sherry.
No, I think on balance my score was very fair. The stalling only took place on express points at insane slow speeds; I was careful to make it clear that this was a worse case scenario. With a bit of modification to the rear pickups, the issue would go away I'm sure. Performance with the optional tyres was much worse, but fortunately those were not fitted to the model as standard. If yours runs like that, definitely send it in for some free repairs, as is your right under warranty. As seen in my video though, the performance was fantastic overall!
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
@@SamsTrains Merry Chrismas dude and keep upthe good work but honestly? Having to swap the wheels to make it pull a load! Would you buy a car that you had to swap the wheels on to get it to go up a hill? Your whole review of this apart from how good it looks was negative and bad. This is not just the worst model engine I have bought, it is the worst anything that I have ever bought, yours did not work, the only thing I can say positively about mine was at least it did not burn my house down. Not fit for purpose. It is soooooo bad Heljan could have made it. I am not having a go, you are right about all the bad stuff you said about it, it is that bad and worse. I will take apositive away from this, yours was garbage and mine was worse. Thank you so much for all your reviews as you are my go to guy before I waste my hard earned dosh on garbage. Merry Christmas dude.
Can you do a review on the polar express
I would love to! :D
Awesome engine sam
Thank you AJ! :D
@@SamsTrains no problem
Sounds like you don't need the traction tyres then sam if it has the weight to it
Sure, the pulling power isn't terrible without the tyres! :D
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@@SamsTrains you too sam merry xmas
I've noticed bachmann printed makers, shed and water capacity plates look very flat and unrealistic vs hornby, who tend to put a lot more effort in. Given they are meant to represent cast bolted-on plates it looks cheap to me, as on this model. Am I alone in this? A great model though.
That's an interesting point - they are printed onto flat bodywork here, you're right. I wonder if that is inaccurate though?
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So 127 quid vs 149 quid based on two different websites. If you wanted Christmas savings, you’ve just got it.
Sure, 149 is the RRP, with 127 being a typical retailer price! :D
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It's Lily for S.O.S!
haha is it??! ;D
@@SamsTrains I think, I'm honestly not to sure...lol
@@SamsTrains Never known to much about European Trains, I'd love to learn more!
Anyone saying this is Lily - it's not. Lily is an LSWR 02 0-4-4T
haha yeah, seen a few Lily comments! :D
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Rails of Sheffield are asking over £200 now.
I think that's the DCC sound version mate - had me confused for a second too - apologies!!
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10:01 - It doesn’t scream. It feels painful.
haha good one Kenji! ;D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Great looking loco, but just can't see see how it can get 5 stars for performance...
Thanks a lot mate - why not?!? :O
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Cutting out even without traction tyres, can't pull the stalk off of a mildewy melon without them, even worse brown out problems with them, and stuttering on points and curves - you said all this yourself in the video! For £150 with running problems either way, it's not good value - in fact, it's ridiculous...
Smashing loco sam! Love the color.
Thanks Michael - me too!! :D
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Well I'd like it more if I could let my heart rule my head, but sadly it doesn't perform well enough for me to want one.
It's a working model, not just for display, so yes, it looks great, but good performance is what I'm looking for, and this does have a few hiccups!
Having picked mine up from my local shop the day these arrived, mine has been in use pretty much constantly all week. Of all of my locomotives, this one is the best performer by a considerable margin. Out of curiosity, what part of its performance wasn't good enough? If you expect it to perform like a Stanier pacific and pull a crack express up Shap, you're entirely missing the point of them. They're supposed to be a little potter about branchline engine, expected to drag one or two dilapidated coaches around at 20mph. The real things in BR days were only trusted with two coaches and the model manages four times that many on level track, so the models haulage is higher than is required. Even when they were used on the 'intra district' suburban services around Birmingham in the 1910s they ran with four coaches and occasionally pulled empty stock of two sets totalling eight empty coaches. I tested mine to eight bogie coaches and it would have taken more, but its only ever going to run with two. If you want an engine that was built to haul longer trains then the 1P is not the right engine for the task, that is the whole point, that is why it was given the 1P power classification. Electrically speaking yes, the bogie pickups might need a tweak to act more positively, mine didn't but some invariably will do. But I've had models from all of the main manufacturers that need pickup adjustment. I have a Hornby Peckett, another normally immaculate performer, which arrived with NONE of the pickups properly contacting the wheels. The 1P I have will pick up fully from each axle without fault, I can place it on tissue paper with just one axle on the rail, it doesn't matter which one and it will still crawl faultlessly. So, it pulls more than the real thing was designed to, and as long as the pickups are properly adjusted it runs better than almost every other model out there; you literally cannot get any better performance than that! ;)
Well he didn't review yours, so I can only go on what I saw - it was poor with traction tyres, which could be a problem if you have inclines and would need them - and worst of all it was browning out on express points - and if that's the case it wouldn't even go over some of my points!
In my view, small engines need as many pickups as possible, so to sell something for 150 quid when half the pickups aren't even positioned properly, is outrageous.
If yours was OK, then this is down to Bachmann quality control, and I have found that to be poor with other models, but for this price it's not acceptable.
And to say we have to take it apart and re-position the pickups is ridiculous - I wouldn't know how to do that, and even if I did, why should I have to?
We don't all have perfect tracks, and I've not found small engines generally reliable, especially at slow speeds, so most of my 0-6-0's have tenders with tender pickups, and they run perfectly - although I have hopes that 'Rails' new Connect decoders will help brownout problems.
To be honest I think model train fans put up with a lot on nonsense - if new cars were as poor as a lot of model locos are, the car manufacturer would go out of business.
These things are expensive - there's no excuse for those that don't even work properly - and if I'd got what Sam got, and the bogey wheel pickups weren't even touching the wheels, and it stalled even on an express point, I wouldn't have given it 5 stars for performance - I'd have sent it back!
@@SuperJ333
Its your prerogative to write off a model based on an online video, but my advice is to go and handle models in a shop and see them running in person before passing judgement. Odds are, any issue can be sorted there and then, it saves a lot of disappointment and postal returns.
Comparing this to new cars is effectively saying you don't need to do basic maintenance on the new car by the way. Factually incorrect. You need to do quite a lot to a new car to get the best out of them. When you buy a new car they will go over it with a finetooth comb before they give you the keys AND you are usually advised to bring it back for servicing quite soon after taking delivery of it, where they will continue all that tweaking and adjustment for you as the car breaks in. I've had to do clutch adjusts, brake adjusts, TPS tweaks and I always change the oil after the first 50 or so miles and check for metal shavings to make sure all is well with the crank and bearings on top of what the dealer recommends. I bet you've never encountered a brand new motorbike too...I've known people strip them completely down within the first week of ownership. New model locomotives are the same, they need a bit of tweaking to get the best out of them, ideally they also need that packing grease cleaning out and proper lubrication too. Its part and parcel of model railways, as is regular stripping down and maintenance as they age. Expecting otherwise is unrealistic.
The main trouble is that when buying models online you can't check the model over that you are buying, which means you can't sort out the tweaking which is usually needed at point of purchase. That leaves the onus on the purchaser to do the tweaking necessary, and believe me I've had my fair share of new models that needed some work! My local model shop will do that kind of tweaking with ANY model they sell, new or second hand. I also do their repairs for the N Gauge stuff, being as my local shop is owned by my model club chairman and I run the N Gauge department ;) The vast majority of repairs are also usually down to dirty or poorly adjusted pickups, followed swiftly by damage caused by the owner poorly handling them. I will admit that I take advantage of people who return models like this, they'll send it back saying its a non runner and get a replacement, I'll make an offer before the shop sends it back to the manufacturer and every single time I've managed to sort the issue and obtained a bargain. Best case being an LGB garden railway locomotive worth £1500, the original buyer bought it, stripped it to clean the packing grease and put a keeper plate back on the wrong way around, which locked up the mechanism. They sent it back, got a refund and I bought it for £500, turned the keeper plate the correct way around and saved £1000 for my 30 seconds of trouble.
Regarding the traction of this model, it will still take a realistic load of two coaches up a 1 in 50 incline. It will just about manage three actually, so again, the model does what was expected of the real thing without needing the traction tyre. If you want it to pull a crack express over a mountain, it will do that with the traction tyre fitted, but again, it will need some tinkering to get the best out of it.
Yes, to be fair the performance was absolutely fine. I think the browning out was caused by the poorly adjusted pickups, which I think should be easy to fix. With the tyres fitted, the performance was poor, and I would not recommend it. Out of the box though, the performance here was much better than most other models!
Merry Christmas - Sam :)
45 minute review wow
Yep! Lots to say this time! ;D
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