Union Tank Line, reporting mark UTLX, isn’t actually a railroad, they just produce and loan tank cars out to the various railroads (hence the X in their reporting mark) Hyce has a great video on why most rolling stock used on the railroads aren’t actually owned by the railroads themselves, but by industries and companies that loan them out, kind of odd to think about.
As an NFL fan, every time you said Derrick car, I couldn't help but picture the New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr. So when you said Derek Carr (Derrick car) has different coloured bogies and a simpler underframe, I couldn't help but giggle. Not sure whether the Saints fans would give Derek a five star rating for 'value for money' either 😂 Seriously though, great review, excellent as always.
Amusingly, the Virginia & Truckee and the Western & Atlantic ran on opposite sides of the country. The V&T runs in western Nevada near Reno/Carson City, while the W&A ran in northwestern Georgia between Atlanta and Chattanooga, TN, with its main still in use by CSX to this day as the CSX W&A Subdivision. The V&T Derrick has what I believe are supposed to represent wooden ties (sleepers), which I assume the crane would be used to pick-up and place alongside a line to be used for replacing older, worn-out ties. MOW trains these days, in my experience, use hoppers for ballast, gondolas for ties, flatbeds for carrying MOW equipment (and sometimes temporary housing for the MOW crews), and welded rail cars. There are also things like rail grinders operated by LORAM that you see over here occasionally, which I've been able to shoot. They're quite a sight to see at night, I must say!
Set1= kitchen, engineering, bunk, storage box, black smith, work flat cars. Set 2 = 28 ton crane, work flat, Hart gon., crane tender, work caboose, rail and tie cars
Sam If you like this kind of stuff, you'd love the rustic narrow-gauge On30 and On18 trains used in old-time mining and logging layouts. There are TH-cam channels dedicated to them.
Very enjoyable to see this train coming right from the farwest running here. high quality wagons, just by coupling them all makes a little diorama with a great potential of storytelling.
Hi Sam. This is one of my favorite eras in American railroading. It's a good era to model if you don't have a lot of space and can't accommodate the wide radius curves that some of the modern American locomotives & rolling stock require. Trains like this were featured in Many American western movies and TV shows.
Hi Sam, viewer from Northern Nevada and I have visited the Virginia and Truckee railway that still runs from carson city to virginia city nevada. There are several 4-4-0 4-6-0 and some narrow gauge steam on display and most running at the museum in Carson City. Thanks for doing the American models every now and then but I still enjoy and watch all of your videos! Cheers Sam!
Great video sam, I hope you're doing well, both good models, but the fact they have done better than all of this years british stuff maybe tells us a bit about the quality of especially hornby going down, but maybe im wrong - like i say, awesome video sam :)
Didn't realize that Bachmann made turn of the century models. I've seen the ads but never really paid any attention to them. I've been building my models from kits. Cheers from eastern TN
On a side note is anyone else amused when American rolling stock divides up lettering by syllables over panelling or support beams rather than a separate name plate for the company name
Hi Sam. Good choice of prototypes here, the whole train just looks so interesting. Some great, wierd and wonderful things were tried out on American railroads. Some of my favourites are the Shay and Climax logging loco's, the Camelbacks and the Galloping Goose railcars. Bachmann made Shay and Climax loco's in H0 scale but sadly now discontinued.
I know you’ve said in the past that you always try to buy new, but there’s an older American engine that I think might interest you. It’s the Southern Crescent Limited made by Franklin Mint. It’s a fully die cast model that can usually be found for less than $100. Keep up the great vids!
Bachmann produces quite a few other maintenance of way vehicles, the Wickham trolley you reviewed previously is very similar to a speeder they have in the maintenance of way range with a crane car and an extra car. I'm not too sure how many they have in this old time style though. Great review, I'm really impressed by the derrick car!
As to your question about what other Bachman Mo. W. Cargo, there is I can look that up real quick. [note 1]: The actual maintenance of the way section only has Gandy dancers. But in the actual rolling stock section. It's just one Crane which is the 250 ton crane and boom. There are test weights but that I don't think will be much use. But you could make your own custom version with the painted. Unleashed black test wait, but yeah. [note 2]: From what I can tell there are some British railway stuff. With with Bachman because I see British railway brake vans
As an American, you need a period correct, what's called a "bobber caboose" and some era-appropriate passenger cars to finish out the train. Bachmann makes both. The era specific passenger cars are what Bachmann calls "1860-1880 era passenger cars" . Many times the freight cars (what you call wagons) and passenger cars were combined into one train called a "mixed train" and it was finished at the rear with a "bobber caboose".
Don't model in this time period, but American locomotives and rolling stock from the late 19th Century sure have a wonderful charm to them! I could see these being pulled behind an American, Ten-wheeler, or maybe a Consolidation class steam locomotive out West. If I remember correctly, Athearn is coming out with some DCC + Sound old time Consolidation class locomotives next year that look wonderful (especially the D&RGW livery).
The Derrick car and the old-time tanker from Bachmann are very nice models because of the nice detailing and the separately fitted parts. Plus, the price on both of the wagons is reasonable Sam.
I like both tanker and wagon equally. But I love the sound of the blue 4-4-0 tender engine best of all. I'd love to see her running with your Disneyland coaches sometime. Can I see that, pretty please? The tender engine is music to my ears, and blue is my second favourite colour.
9:48 C'mon... giant KitKat bars... (less identification) (Actually, rail ties/sleepers.) 13:25 Also known as "Stage Fright" when it works off camera but not while filming... Awesome review, awesome rolling stock. John
I give you top marks on your review and agree the derrick car is the better of the two by a country mile and I mean a US country mile it is longer you know, lol. I do think the railroad ties could have had a semblance of wood grain as you pointed out it looks more like chocolate bars, yum. Great reviews, Jersey Bill
The load on the Derrick car looks like KitKat bars. I like them both, but the derick cars removable derick and the free wheeling down the hill convinced me. Besides, I like KitKat! 😋
Hi Sam... Sorry for commenting off topic, but thought it was a way to get your attention. Regarding Controllers, What's the chances of getting your hands on a working H&M HM3000 controller, and giving it a good review, esp its inertia capabilities & fine control? Again, sorry for commenting off topic.
That's the thing about Bachmann. They can make some REALLY nice models, but also some duds. Just depends on the product line and the time period (in which it was produced, not what's being modeled)
The Bachmann MOW cars are based off the IHC MOW cars that you can still find for pretty cheap. There is a few different cars that make a neat looking train. The tank car is, honestly, gigantic and out of scale. Closer to OO, so if you have a rivarossi or IHC 4-4-0 it will look better.
Hi Sam. I’d give the crane/derrick car a 4-1/2 star rating for quality because of the weird planks (?) on the decking. They’re oversized for HO scale railroad ties; closer to O scale, I think. And if they’re supposed to be metal beams, then a steel color with a bit of rust speckling would have looked better. That being said, this car clearly belongs with the blacksmith car in any MOW train of that era. 😅
Union tank line wasn’t a railroad, they produced and leased tank cars for railroads and private corporations to use. The dome on top of the tank is to allow for expansion, this would allow for closer to maximum filling. As far as the roll test, the Derrick car is considerably heavier than the tank, since both are riding on the same truck (bogies), the tank would not roll as far or as fast as the Derrick car. Gravity being what it is. Now for MOW cars, there should be a tool car bunk cars and maybe a cook car to complete the train. I don’t know if Bachmann has had such models or not. These models could be kitbashed from box cars, just like the real railroads did. Unfortunately, Bachmann is the only manufacture, importer of this era of locomotives and rolling stock since Athern bought out MDC Roundhouse (which is now owned by Horizon Hobbies). Roundhouse had an extensive line of “old time” freight and passenger equipment, as well as a nice “shotgun barrel” 2-8-0 and several models developed from the superstructure. However, Athern/Horzion hasn’t seen fit to continue production of these models in HO or N scale. Rivarossi (through AHM/IHC) at one time had an extensive line of locomotives and rolling stock from that era. Tyco had a couple of locomotives they produced, “The General” and a 4-6-0 “Roger’s” from the Sierra Railway in California. The rolling stock, in my opinion, left a little bit to be desired.
Bachmann seems to have discontinued the derrick car and blacksmith car as they're not shown on their website. I don't think there are any other models like them that are current ready-to-run models, they're either discontinued, model kits, or you have to make something like that yourself. 8:28 the frames are a bit high on the tank car as the couplers should be in those black boxes molded above where the coupler actually sits. The flatbed does not have this problem. 9:37 using those tie-down brackets to place details and loads has been a thing since the Tyco days (1970s)! I have some Tyco flatcars that have pieces to hold truck trailers which can be removed the same way if you want a flat deck to load other things.
to me bachmann 4-4-0s look ok, the only upgrade I would give is how high the cowcatchers sit, make them ride just a tad bit lower, the gap between track and catcher is a bit too big
I haven’t seen the Derrick car before but i have seen some Virginian and truckee locomotives/rolling stock before at the Carson city railroad museum, including their 1904 mckeen motorcar, would be really cool to see you review that if a model is ever released
Bachman did have a baggage and passenger coach from that time period in the 80s. I don't know if they have a more modern version of those models though.
Those are neat cars. Im going to look into the blacksmith car. That engine has a lovely livery, but it think it would look a bit more dashing with a different funnel. And no sound.
I think it would be great if hornby make something similar with some 0-6-0 and some items of rolling stock from the 1860s to 1890s instead of making more Beatles products
If you paint up the bogies (and the packing timbers on the derrick car) on those three pieces of rolling stock, it'll improve their appearance no end. Nice items, otherwise
I am now curious as to how many companies have used the same molds of these and the blacksmith's car . I have sets from Walther's ,IHC and Tru-scale . I heard there were a handful,lol.
The derrick car's brown trucks look very shiny and plasticky. Some weathering would probably make them look much better. Other than that they look very nice.
There very interesting piece of rolling stocks Sam, I might get some for my old time 4-4-0 because I need something to run with it. Although I'll probably wait until the price comes down a little. Cheers Jasper & Willow
The MOW cars you have reviewed are from manufacturer IHC. Bachmann bought the tooling when they went under and they still hold up as fantastic cars. Bachmann's own 1800's freight equipment, however, leaves much to be desired. Many have frames which are far too thick and ride too high. To me, the tank car is total junk. Nice stuff though!
Sam been a great fan of these reviews, but can I ask why you don't include import duty and postage when you quote the price? Or are they duty free etc? Regards Graham
Sam, With the Black-Smiths Car - does the Black Smiths bits come off the bottom bit of the Wagon like how the Crane does come off the Wagon at all??? 🤔🚂🚂🚂
I like your videos but TH-cam is ruining the quality with those damn adv video every couple of mins in between if they could show them at the being and the end but in between takes the biscuit!
Will you be doing a video on the Ellis Clark LOWMAC I didn’t even know they were doing one in OO but one snuck out today, same price as the Rapido one, so curious to see your thoughts on them?
Just those two MoW peices. Everything else is ether European, or static kit based. As for the tanker, that's kinda how they looked. Though with a smaller tank as a whole. Having done modern diesels a few years ago it's definitely a stark difference. I found that I like my American trains like how I like my warships, ww1 into ww2 era, specifically USRA equipment. By the time the 1910's come around those 1800's steam locomotives and associated rolling stock would be mostly phased out with more famous engines beginning to crop up in the late 1800's. Another interesting fact on the tankcar is the decal that reads "Westinghouse airbrake", today the Westinghouse company is called "Webco" and manufactures the previously GE built GEVO series locomotive, aswell as a battery-electric demo engine and multiple hydrogen powered units. Their air brakes are standard equipment on most US rolling stock (noting that there may be other manufactures). As for why I like USRA equipment: They're cheap as almost nobody wants them and the USRA has alot of standardization, meaning no real road specific details to worry about. If you look at USRA equipment the railroad it's assigned to is at the top of the tender with "US" down below. That would change after ww1 ended. The ww1 & ww2 era's also give me plenty of room to model alot of things most folks typically cant. From early diesels to famous electric locomotives, and early streamlined passenger trains.
I have mixed feelings about the brown bogies. At first glance they look good, but then they look like brown toyish plastic. I guess they are making a simple attempt at a weathered look, but I'm not sold on it.
0:56 - I cannot see a link ?!? 4:57 - you should go more often to the gym I dont think that it is "heavy". I admit I saw a Gützold BR 119 loco that almost had 1kg (800 Gramms) - that was heavy but still I could lift it easily enough.
Prototypically., the valve was more than likely right at the bottom of the tank. This may be the reason for the tank riding so high. I have seen quite a few comments on the tank’s size, it does look a little Large for this application.
@@johnbeck3270 The tank is the one used on their On30 line of cars and it has simply been placed on an HO flatcar. I would say that the tank rides hi because the supports are what they had on hand.
C'mon, Sam, the tanker hadn't been run in yet (LOL)! The molding on the crane looked very plasticky in the brown color (sic) - was it plastic or metal? Irritating? Play that "whistle" again!
Union Tank Line, reporting mark UTLX, isn’t actually a railroad, they just produce and loan tank cars out to the various railroads (hence the X in their reporting mark) Hyce has a great video on why most rolling stock used on the railroads aren’t actually owned by the railroads themselves, but by industries and companies that loan them out, kind of odd to think about.
As an NFL fan, every time you said Derrick car, I couldn't help but picture the New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr. So when you said Derek Carr (Derrick car) has different coloured bogies and a simpler underframe, I couldn't help but giggle. Not sure whether the Saints fans would give Derek a five star rating for 'value for money' either 😂 Seriously though, great review, excellent as always.
Same with Derrick Henry for the titans and ravens
Amusingly, the Virginia & Truckee and the Western & Atlantic ran on opposite sides of the country. The V&T runs in western Nevada near Reno/Carson City, while the W&A ran in northwestern Georgia between Atlanta and Chattanooga, TN, with its main still in use by CSX to this day as the CSX W&A Subdivision.
The V&T Derrick has what I believe are supposed to represent wooden ties (sleepers), which I assume the crane would be used to pick-up and place alongside a line to be used for replacing older, worn-out ties.
MOW trains these days, in my experience, use hoppers for ballast, gondolas for ties, flatbeds for carrying MOW equipment (and sometimes temporary housing for the MOW crews), and welded rail cars. There are also things like rail grinders operated by LORAM that you see over here occasionally, which I've been able to shoot. They're quite a sight to see at night, I must say!
Set1= kitchen, engineering, bunk, storage box, black smith, work flat cars. Set 2 = 28 ton crane, work flat, Hart gon., crane tender, work caboose, rail and tie cars
12:10 Yay the 4-4-0 is back, it's certainly been awhile.
Cheers Jasper & Willow
haha yeah - I do like that one!!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Hi @@SamsTrains would you be able to review the Hornby “black prince?” If so thank you
Sam If you like this kind of stuff, you'd love the rustic narrow-gauge On30 and On18 trains used in old-time mining and logging layouts. There are TH-cam channels dedicated to them.
Very enjoyable to see this train coming right from the farwest running here.
high quality wagons, just by coupling them all makes a little diorama with a great potential of storytelling.
Great stuff sam - have you seen /messaged lazerjet about a collaboration between you, Francis bourgeois and lazerjet himself? It'd be great to see!
Thanks Jack! Yeah I did message him - will see if we can sort something out!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Hi Sam. This is one of my favorite eras in American railroading. It's a good era to model if you don't have a lot of space and can't accommodate the wide radius curves that some of the modern American locomotives & rolling stock require. Trains like this were featured in Many American western movies and TV shows.
Hi Sam, viewer from Northern Nevada and I have visited the Virginia and Truckee railway that still runs from carson city to virginia city nevada. There are several 4-4-0 4-6-0 and some narrow gauge steam on display and most running at the museum in Carson City. Thanks for doing the American models every now and then but I still enjoy and watch all of your videos! Cheers Sam!
Great video sam, I hope you're doing well, both good models, but the fact they have done better than all of this years british stuff maybe tells us a bit about the quality of especially hornby going down, but maybe im wrong - like i say, awesome video sam :)
Thanks so much Jack - haha true - don't know what it is about this old time stuff by Bachmann but I love it!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Looks wonderful ... a caboose, maybe, next?
Sam, are you sure you didn't _accidentally_ hide the Beatles wagons in the bin? :)
:-D
hahaha no I don't think so - still haven't found them though!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
The Beatles train is now a has bin !
@@MichaelWhite-i3bLIMES!
@MichaelWhite-i3b Very punny. 😋
0:13 The tune reminds me of the theme of Brokeback Mountain.
hahaha!
A jus' can't quit ya Sam 😂
Didn't realize that Bachmann made turn of the century models. I've seen the ads but never really paid any attention to them. I've been building my models from kits. Cheers from eastern TN
On a side note is anyone else amused when American rolling stock divides up lettering by syllables over panelling or support beams rather than a separate name plate for the company name
Hi Sam. Good choice of prototypes here, the whole train just looks so interesting. Some great, wierd and wonderful things were tried out on American railroads. Some of my favourites are the Shay and Climax logging loco's, the Camelbacks and the Galloping Goose railcars. Bachmann made Shay and Climax loco's in H0 scale but sadly now discontinued.
I remember watching the review of the Bachmann High Rail truck, for some reason this video reminds me of it
5 Unlabeled "Kit Kat Bars ready to unload !
I know you’ve said in the past that you always try to buy new, but there’s an older American engine that I think might interest you. It’s the Southern Crescent Limited made by Franklin Mint. It’s a fully die cast model that can usually be found for less than $100. Keep up the great vids!
👍👍 Love that era . I've had good luck with Trainworld . Large / varied selection, decent prices , interesting sales / closeouts . . .
Bachmann produces quite a few other maintenance of way vehicles, the Wickham trolley you reviewed previously is very similar to a speeder they have in the maintenance of way range with a crane car and an extra car. I'm not too sure how many they have in this old time style though. Great review, I'm really impressed by the derrick car!
As to your question about what other Bachman Mo. W.
Cargo, there is I can look that up real quick.
[note 1]: The actual maintenance of the way section only has Gandy dancers. But in the actual rolling stock section.
It's just one Crane which is the 250 ton crane and boom. There are test weights but that I don't think will be much use. But you could make your own custom version with the painted. Unleashed black test wait, but yeah.
[note 2]: From what I can tell there are some British railway stuff.
With with Bachman because I see British railway brake vans
As an American, you need a period correct, what's called a "bobber caboose" and some era-appropriate passenger cars to finish out the train. Bachmann makes both. The era specific passenger cars are what Bachmann calls "1860-1880 era passenger cars" . Many times the freight cars (what you call wagons) and passenger cars were combined into one train called a "mixed train" and it was finished at the rear with a "bobber caboose".
The tank car is beautiful
I build my trains from LEGO and have several tank cars in different paint schemes, such as Tootsie Roll, Lifesavers, etc. 🚂
Don't model in this time period, but American locomotives and rolling stock from the late 19th Century sure have a wonderful charm to them! I could see these being pulled behind an American, Ten-wheeler, or maybe a Consolidation class steam locomotive out West. If I remember correctly, Athearn is coming out with some DCC + Sound old time Consolidation class locomotives next year that look wonderful (especially the D&RGW livery).
The Derrick car and the old-time tanker from Bachmann are very nice models because of the nice detailing and the separately fitted parts. Plus, the price on both of the wagons is reasonable Sam.
I like both tanker and wagon equally. But I love the sound of the blue 4-4-0 tender engine best of all. I'd love to see her running with your Disneyland coaches sometime. Can I see that, pretty please? The tender engine is music to my ears, and blue is my second favourite colour.
Cant just call it the B&O engine can ya? Says that right on the tender (B&O is shortened from Baltimore & Ohio)
@@BattleshipOrion I'll call the model steamy whatever I like.
9:48 C'mon... giant KitKat bars... (less identification) (Actually, rail ties/sleepers.)
13:25 Also known as "Stage Fright" when it works off camera but not while filming...
Awesome review, awesome rolling stock.
John
I give you top marks on your review and agree the derrick car is the better of the two by a country mile and I mean a US country mile it is longer you know, lol. I do think the railroad ties could have had a semblance of wood grain as you pointed out it looks more like chocolate bars, yum. Great reviews, Jersey Bill
The load on the Derrick car looks like KitKat bars. I like them both, but the derick cars removable derick and the free wheeling down the hill convinced me. Besides, I like KitKat! 😋
add Kadee sprung bogies, and some Prototype Sharon couplings to that and you have something that truly looks amazing for the price!
Hi Sam... Sorry for commenting off topic, but thought it was a way to get your attention. Regarding Controllers, What's the chances of getting your hands on a working H&M HM3000 controller, and giving it a good review, esp its inertia capabilities & fine control? Again, sorry for commenting off topic.
That's the thing about Bachmann. They can make some REALLY nice models, but also some duds. Just depends on the product line and the time period (in which it was produced, not what's being modeled)
Awesome video today Sam I really like the look of them wagons
The Bachmann MOW cars are based off the IHC MOW cars that you can still find for pretty cheap. There is a few different cars that make a neat looking train. The tank car is, honestly, gigantic and out of scale. Closer to OO, so if you have a rivarossi or IHC 4-4-0 it will look better.
The Tank mounting looks a bit high. Not so good CG on curves when full . . .
Hi Sam. I’d give the crane/derrick car a 4-1/2 star rating for quality because of the weird planks (?) on the decking. They’re oversized for HO scale railroad ties; closer to O scale, I think. And if they’re supposed to be metal beams, then a steel color with a bit of rust speckling would have looked better. That being said, this car clearly belongs with the blacksmith car in any MOW train of that era. 😅
Those are sleepers for bridges.
Union tank line wasn’t a railroad, they produced and leased tank cars for railroads and private corporations to use. The dome on top of the tank is to allow for expansion, this would allow for closer to maximum filling. As far as the roll test, the Derrick car is considerably heavier than the tank, since both are riding on the same truck (bogies), the tank would not roll as far or as fast as the Derrick car. Gravity being what it is. Now for MOW cars, there should be a tool car bunk cars and maybe a cook car to complete the train. I don’t know if Bachmann has had such models or not. These models could be kitbashed from box cars, just like the real railroads did. Unfortunately, Bachmann is the only manufacture, importer of this era of locomotives and rolling stock since Athern bought out MDC Roundhouse (which is now owned by Horizon Hobbies). Roundhouse had an extensive line of “old time” freight and passenger equipment, as well as a nice “shotgun barrel” 2-8-0 and several models developed from the superstructure. However, Athern/Horzion hasn’t seen fit to continue production of these models in HO or N scale. Rivarossi (through AHM/IHC) at one time had an extensive line of locomotives and rolling stock from that era. Tyco had a couple of locomotives they produced, “The General” and a 4-6-0 “Roger’s” from the Sierra Railway in California. The rolling stock, in my opinion, left a little bit to be desired.
Bachmann seems to have discontinued the derrick car and blacksmith car as they're not shown on their website. I don't think there are any other models like them that are current ready-to-run models, they're either discontinued, model kits, or you have to make something like that yourself.
8:28 the frames are a bit high on the tank car as the couplers should be in those black boxes molded above where the coupler actually sits. The flatbed does not have this problem.
9:37 using those tie-down brackets to place details and loads has been a thing since the Tyco days (1970s)! I have some Tyco flatcars that have pieces to hold truck trailers which can be removed the same way if you want a flat deck to load other things.
to me bachmann 4-4-0s look ok, the only upgrade I would give is how high the cowcatchers sit, make them ride just a tad bit lower, the gap between track and catcher is a bit too big
Sam !! I was eating my supper when you mentioned your 'tingles' 😮
Can we have a warning next time? 😅
Save your tingles for Chloe 🤦
✌🏼
Awesome video Sam
I haven’t seen the Derrick car before but i have seen some Virginian and truckee locomotives/rolling stock before at the Carson city railroad museum, including their 1904 mckeen motorcar, would be really cool to see you review that if a model is ever released
When I bought the 2 sets of 6 wagons branded Walthers they where £48.95 for each set of 6 and they where all UP grey livery and markings.
The crane wagon must be best as it comes with its own supply of Kit Kat fingers! 🤣
If you want a loco that fits this era but can connect to both British and American couplings try out the bachmann beau!
Bachman did have a baggage and passenger coach from that time period in the 80s. I don't know if they have a more modern version of those models though.
Those are neat cars. Im going to look into the blacksmith car. That engine has a lovely livery, but it think it would look a bit more dashing with a different funnel. And no sound.
The large boxes under Derrick cars were for tool storage.
Could add a old time gondola & a bobber caboose (4 wheel). For more fun you need a new wheel flatcar.
I think it would be great if hornby make something similar with some 0-6-0 and some items of rolling stock from the 1860s to 1890s instead of making more Beatles products
If you paint up the bogies (and the packing timbers on the derrick car) on those three pieces of rolling stock, it'll improve their appearance no end. Nice items, otherwise
Excellent set.
I am now curious as to how many companies have used the same molds of these and the blacksmith's car . I have sets from Walther's ,IHC and Tru-scale . I heard there were a handful,lol.
Those brown blocks remind of chocy fingers
The derrick car's brown trucks look very shiny and plasticky. Some weathering would probably make them look much better. Other than that they look very nice.
There very interesting piece of rolling stocks Sam, I might get some for my old time 4-4-0 because I need something to run with it. Although I'll probably wait until the price comes down a little.
Cheers Jasper & Willow
Thank you!! Yeah that sounds fair - hope you find some at some point!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
The MOW cars you have reviewed are from manufacturer IHC. Bachmann bought the tooling when they went under and they still hold up as fantastic cars. Bachmann's own 1800's freight equipment, however, leaves much to be desired. Many have frames which are far too thick and ride too high. To me, the tank car is total junk. Nice stuff though!
I built the same models around 35 years ago from MDC Roundhouse kits.
UTLX is a Leasing Company, not a Line. Most Tank Cars in the US are owned by Leasing Companies.
Sam been a great fan of these reviews, but can I ask why you don't include import duty and postage when you quote the price? Or are they duty free etc? Regards Graham
You could instead of throwing those Beatles stuff in the bin, you could repaint them an put a little weight in them
A kit-kat delivery car? Nice.
Sam, With the Black-Smiths Car - does the Black Smiths bits come off the bottom bit of the Wagon like how the Crane does come off the Wagon at all??? 🤔🚂🚂🚂
Hey, Sam what’s the best retailer I can find to buy OO scale models from?
Is there a link for the other Model Power tank review as i can not find it in the videos
I like your videos but TH-cam is ruining the quality with those damn adv video every couple of mins in between if they could show them at the being and the end but in between takes the biscuit!
Both of them look great, but for me, the derrick car wins out 👍
Please review Bachmann beau and skarloey
Will you be doing a video on the Ellis Clark LOWMAC I didn’t even know they were doing one in OO but one snuck out today, same price as the Rapido one, so curious to see your thoughts on them?
i wander ever sam gave full 5 star to all category
Sam, how can everything score a above average 4/5 and receive a average score of C?
Just those two MoW peices. Everything else is ether European, or static kit based. As for the tanker, that's kinda how they looked. Though with a smaller tank as a whole. Having done modern diesels a few years ago it's definitely a stark difference. I found that I like my American trains like how I like my warships, ww1 into ww2 era, specifically USRA equipment. By the time the 1910's come around those 1800's steam locomotives and associated rolling stock would be mostly phased out with more famous engines beginning to crop up in the late 1800's. Another interesting fact on the tankcar is the decal that reads "Westinghouse airbrake", today the Westinghouse company is called "Webco" and manufactures the previously GE built GEVO series locomotive, aswell as a battery-electric demo engine and multiple hydrogen powered units. Their air brakes are standard equipment on most US rolling stock (noting that there may be other manufactures).
As for why I like USRA equipment: They're cheap as almost nobody wants them and the USRA has alot of standardization, meaning no real road specific details to worry about. If you look at USRA equipment the railroad it's assigned to is at the top of the tender with "US" down below. That would change after ww1 ended. The ww1 & ww2 era's also give me plenty of room to model alot of things most folks typically cant. From early diesels to famous electric locomotives, and early streamlined passenger trains.
Hey sam i suggest you check out bachmanns old time bobber caboose i
Sam, I would like to question whether you will ever make a review on Cavalex and there Class 56 + 60?
I have mixed feelings about the brown bogies. At first glance they look good, but then they look like brown toyish plastic. I guess they are making a simple attempt at a weathered look, but I'm not sold on it.
Hey Sam, do you think you can review the Hornby R60135?
Have you thought about getting a Walter's trainline SW7?
Or a Athern SW1500 or SW1000
0:56 - I cannot see a link ?!?
4:57 - you should go more often to the gym I dont think that it is "heavy". I admit I saw a Gützold BR 119 loco that almost had 1kg (800 Gramms) - that was heavy but still I could lift it easily enough.
Is there a Beatles version ? Hoping for the ultra combo - Beatles EGG VAN !!!!
hahaha I sincerely hope not!!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Like it :D
...along with a walrus wagon, of course!
Can you try a trix locomotive they are 2 rail dc power
That's so cool
The derrick bogies look really cheap and plasticy. That brown slightly see through plastic does not look good.
Uh... where is the tank unload valve?
These are BS cars. Good engineering practice would place the tank supports directly over the bolsters.
Prototypically., the valve was more than likely right at the bottom of the tank. This may be the reason for the tank riding so high. I have seen quite a few comments on the tank’s size, it does look a little Large for this application.
@@johnbeck3270 The tank is the one used on their On30 line of cars and it has simply been placed on an HO flatcar. I would say that the tank rides hi because the supports are what they had on hand.
@@kenruble5292 I thought that tank looked familiar, and what you said makes sense from a manufacturer’s perspective.
Is it me or is the scale of the tank wrong?
These r kool
nice
Under a minute
haha well done - hope you like the video!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Better of two, best of 3 and above. I cringe!
Two decent wagons here Sam.
Thanks a lot David!
C'mon, Sam, the tanker hadn't been run in yet (LOL)! The molding on the crane looked very plasticky in the brown color (sic) - was it plastic or metal? Irritating? Play that "whistle" again!