On test: New Hornby LNER P2 Class 2-8-2s

Ahead of their review for the November 2023 issue of BRM, Howard Smith and Tony Wright examine these all-new locomotive arrivals from Hornby.
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Watch our 2013 review of Hornby's (Railroad) LNER P2 Class locomotive 'Cock 'O the North' here: • BRM tests... Hornby P2...

[@speleokeir]

Barrie Davis noticed on his channel that due to the space left for the smoke generator they're a bit back heavy. When he added a weight to the front it helped with the pony truck.

[@markarnold8160]

I should charge a consultancy fee with that adjustment and hope Hornby take note!
Always liked Tony's layout.

[@glennmartin17]

My model of 2003 did exactly the same, derailing on Peco large radius points. I will follow Howard's example and have a look at the spring tension on the pony.

[@ScottishNSRailFan]

Love my ‘Prince of Wakes’ and when fitted with HM7000 it is outstanding

[@stevenperry7493]

Nice review .Hopefully we will not have the same problem Hornby had with Thompson locos .

[@cbrooks122000]

Mine kept derailing on a double slip. I found that to correct the derailing, I tried correcting the springing but that didn't work. I eventually fixed it by slightly increasing the length of the shoulder by adding a valve gear spacer underneath it.

[@mattnimmo]

Lenz not Caprotti valve gear, on Cock o' the North.

[@ChaosXOtaku]

i had a problem with my merchant navy front pony it just kept derailing for some reason & i use very shallow curves, no set track at all, in the end i ordered another pony & it works fine now.

[@hamshackleton]

Even the pro-modellers get derailments!

[@SheltonDCruz]

yes i think it was the Engine as Tony's layout is pretty well built

[@hamshackleton]

@@SheltonDCruz As was stated, the pressure spring on the pony truck was maladjusted.

[@petersmith4455]

hi there. great video,dont the clowns at Hornby test for all these problems in the design stages ? its just one thing after another now, spares availability is more funny than Tom and Jerry and Spike. at least Bachmann has a back up

[@Pob2278]

More importantly, what are the curtain poles for?😂

[@hamshackleton]

Hanging a bigger backscene - or poking people who ask daft questions! 🙂

[@robertwhite361]

You should have put 23 on as you did in 2013😂

[@stefanattrill8565]

Howard Smith is a good-looking bloke.

[@Gilstrains]

👍🚂🚞🚞🚞👍😉

[@jameshardy4354]

We shouldn't have to touch them do hornby not test the models