People are always quick to slate triang hornby with their standardising of parts, eg the brake vans you pointed out. Also their silver seal wheels and later ringfields. What they forget, however, is that the benefits of this and the scale of production meant that we all could afford to have trains. Anyone who has worked in manufacturing industry would be nodding rather than tutting at these clever engineering benefits. On another note....I still love the chuff chiff sound. So effective, yet so simple.
I always marvel at how well you get these old Tri-ang models to run over point work . Love the B12 , mine is a black BR one . Excellent video as usual . One of the few good points of the 75 catalogue (disappointing because the range was massively reduced from 1974) were these picture strips of trains at the bottom of the page . You need to get your LMS 2p out next . Ironically many of the locos depicted had already been discontinued !
Good morning Russell glad you enjoyed the video. An interesting period this for Hornby, there must've been a great deal of work going on behind-the-scenes with the number of models coming up by the end of this decade. Thanks again for looking in. Oscar
Hi Oscar, nice recreation of the band showing the long trains at the bottom the page of the catalogue. I remember getting that catalogue (my first) and looking longingly at those images as a kid in Tasmania, no doubt the reason I now have long rakes of Esso and mineral wagons on my present layout, albeit in Dublo. Lovely video this morning. All the best Guy
Good morning Guy, glad you enjoyed the recreation from the catalogue, it's amazing how evocative some of these images are and the memories they bring with them, It's the catalogues from the late 70s. I remember mostly as a child especially the HST on the front cover of the 77 edition and the Mallard on the 79 cover. Having had Triang railways/ Triang Hornby passed down to my brother and I from another family member who had grown out of the hobby these catalogues represented bright, shiny new things which looked way more sophisticated than the older items I was playing with, I went on to get the system 6 track and the Zero 1 plus a handful of the cheaper locomotives and rolling stock of the period. But always longed for an HST or a Mallard, models I would never get before my interest in the hobby diminished and became interested in other things. All the best. Oscar
good morning Oscar. your ability to capture the the ideas promoted by Hornby is evocative : combining items from the 60s, 70s and 80s covers the period of my own model railway collecting until other interests took over, Thank-you.
Hi, thanks again for taking the time to look in, it's terrific to hear you're enjoying these videos seeing these older model railway items in action. All the best. Oscar
Thanks for taking the time putting this long train together Oscar, it's a treat to see. The B12 looked purposeful and is a lovely smooth runner, and I feel the 'chuff chuff' sounds much better at these slower speeds. I'll experiment sometime with adding foam to the sound-box of one of my 'sound' locos to see if it mutes things down a bit. All good fun and thanks again.
Good morning Peter great to hear you enjoy the video, a little foam in the tender is a good way to take the shrill edge of the sound. Thanks again for looking in. Oscar
Great seeing these old uns... Got my first Triang in 1963, brings back memories... The chuff,, chuff sounds brilliant, would have loved that one, but had to make my own chaffing sounds, lol...
Good morning great to hear you enjoyed this picture, the chuff , chuff sound was such a great bit of added play value to the to these models. Take care. Oscar
Lovely locomotive. I believe the signs that the model has been played with and enjoyed often enhances it. Great collection of wagons on show. I like the chuff chuff sounds. Cheers Paul.
Thank you, Paul. Great to hear you enjoyed seeing this collection of items, they have definitely been enjoyed in the past but very well looked after. Oscar
Hi Oscar, The tranquility of Sunday morning shattered by the chuff chuff sound and turntable 😂😂, joking of course, all part of the enjoyment. Nice crisp and bright B12 with a great selection of wagons. I have the B12 in wartime matt black, quite a contrast to the Apple Green. Some nice running shots in there. Gordon
Thanks, Gordon. Glad you enjoyed that. the one in wartime matt Black is a terrific looking model, great to hear you have it in your collection. Take care. Oscar
Great video again Oscar, watching Sunday morning staying safe with gusty winds hitting across the country outside, I've got a few of the B12's in different guises, like you say we collect things and forget where we put them, all part of the fun, thanks for sharing, TC John
Morning John thanks again for looking in. Hope the winds didn't affect you too badly in your area, in the end we got away with it quite lightly here in the north east but it was so incredibly wet. Oscar
Hello Oscar, it's Martin from Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Great to see your B12 Locomotive. She looks fine in LNER Apple Green. It's always interesting to see how the wagons change over time. With different colours etc. but that's part of the fun is collecting the different types. That is why when we visit model railway exhibitions you never know what you will see for sale. Well thank you once again Oscar for your very interesting video.. Going to make a cup of tea now and have my toasted tea cake. Keep safe Oscar and have a good week ahead and ill see you next Sunday. 👍🚂
Good morning Martin, the apple green livery just seems to look so attractive on this particular locomotive. Visited the local model railway clubroom last weekend in that horrendous weather we had, it turned out to be a very brief visit. I was soaked head to toe by the time I got there.. just as I walked through the door the club bring them by stand first display you came across, I spotted two Tri-ang well wagons one with a tank load and the other with a crane load in original boxes, hard to have those! Couldn't cope with walking round the exhibition dripping with rainwater so decided to knock on their head and go home. Thanks again for taking the time to look in. Oscar
Hi Oscar, super idea to replicate the picture in the catalogue. That apple green version of the B12 is a lovely looking locomotive and goes perfectly with those N.E coke wagons. Some really nice running too. Regards, Antony.
Thanks Antony, glad you enjoyed that, its a particularly good looking version of the B12 in this livery, the shade of green is very attractive. Take care. Oscar
Thanks Oscar, another fun video, that page in the '75 catalogue inspired me to buy more than my fair share of the R101 Bannockburn coke wagon, I do love the NER version especially the rail blue finish, the wheels you pointed out were widely used by Wrenn on their wagons and coaches, as you say probably expensive to produce compared to the later silver seal.
Morning Oscar, very enjoyable video again. An interesting re-creation of the 1975 Hornby catalogue image. Perhaps the first of a series of similar tarins? All the best from Rob & Sue
Hi Oscar... I have the black version of this locomotive also with the "chuff chuff" mechanism. It sounds more convincing on yours than it does on mine. Might have something to do with the sound being concentrated coming out of my phone speaker? My Princess from the same period features it too. Amazing the effect a rotating piece of sandpaper, fixed to an axle, has. It's a lovely looking model. Handles this long rake with ease. Great that you emulated the catalogue imagery. The grey LNER break is a nicely balanced model. Thanks for putting all this together for your followers. 😊
Morning Brian thanks again for looking in, terrific to hear you have the black variation in your collection. The chuff chuff sound mechanism is beautifully simple, it must've been one of those lightbulb moments when they came up with that in product development at Tri-ang Hornby. Take care. Oscar
Good morning Cameron, hope the weekend weather this past weekend has been reasonably kind to you in Glasgow, very wet and windy here in North Shields. Great to hear you have those terrific models in your collection. Oscar
Oscar, what I love about what you do is that it is all about running trains, and your knowledge of all of your locomotives and rolling stock. For me, you bring back Al lot of childhood memories and I had the black B12 and the green one with smoke units. Very happy days. To be perfectly honest, I get tired of watching TH-cam videos of stuff like Chadwick Model Railway and all these other rivet counters who have nothing more than disdain at playing trains. Charlie at Chadwick, whilst very informative, never runs anything. I've questioned him on this and get little or no reason as to why. In actual fact , he has a great model railway bit surely its a means to an end, I.e. running trains and deriving pleasure from it. Like I said, I love watching your videos and thanks for making me smile and reminisce on good times just playing trains.
Good morning Paul thanks for looking in. It's terrific to hear you're enjoying the videos. It's really nice to be able to run these items. I had a number of them back when I was a child and have added many I wished I had as a child to my collection, its a great deal of fun bring these older railway items into life on the railway, it's the feel on the controller, sound and smell of these models/toys which puts a big smile on the face. Take care. Oscar
I got this B12 for Christmas 1974. It had the chuffing sound and smoke unit. The bogie wheels on mine were made from plastic and overtime split. I still have it somewhere at home.
Great range of items in this video Oscar, the B12 is a nice loco, one I would like to add to my own collection as it’s currently not one I have, it is most likely to be one of the recent hornby ones though which will have a lot more detail and features on it, LNER green as well makes it a very handsome loco, very nice rake of wagons behind it as well, great video overall Oscar, keep up the great work.
Good morning David those newer Hornby models look to be beautifully detailed, it would be a lovely addition to your collection thank you again for taking the time to look in. Oscar
Lovely Consist and Great Loco - I have Green and Blue B12’s tho I’m still Searching for a Black One at the Right Price - The Esso Tankers Look Fab. Many thanks 👌🏻
Good morning Donni, great to hear you enjoyed the look at that collection models together. It took me ages to find the Hornby Railways Black NE version from the late 70s at the right price. I think this is always the way you have it in mind you've seen lots of something around, then when you go to look for one, they aren't very many and those around are our silly price. All the best. Oscar
Hi Oscar. Nice locomotive never actually owned this model, well detailed and a lovely livery. Very enjoyable video I am more of a passenger chap then freight but nevertheless very good…
Morning Michael, thanks for looking in. Great to hear you enjoyed the video, I will plan to get this B12 out with some passenger rolling stock soon. Oscar
Hi Oscar. That B12 looks to be in nice condition, considering its age. I did not own a B12 until 2 years ago I purchased one on eBay. It was made in china and has very nice finish, including separate hand rails. Unfortunately after a while the plastic worm and drive gear did not engage, resulting in poor performance. The motor looks to have been adapted from the one in the R070 turntable.(might be in the 21st century versions of "Lord of the Isles" and the R553 Caledonian single wheeler) but (never seen the inside of these Locomotives, so this is a guess). I tried to alter the steep angle of the motor, in relation to the drive gear, but without success. Recently I purchased a replacement chassis (Hornby made in Margate, with X03/04 motor) which works just fine, and it has a small flange on the centre driving wheels. Sorted!!! Kindest Regards Christopher.
You mentioned some damage to the strapping on the tanker wagon at the start of the video. A while ago I obtained some milk tanker wagons off the 'net' second hand. After they arrived I noticed damage to straps straps a missing tanker lid and some struts broken in half (all age related wear and tear). After a (very) quick online search I found replacement parts for the lid and strapping (3d print) and the 'cradle bars' were replaced with 1.2mm round section plastic rod.
Good morning Jimyjames thanks again for looking in. I could be wrong but isn't the B-17 a newer more advanced and powerful locomotive than the B12, being built slightly later probably taking advantage of advances in technology of the period. Take care. Oscar
Wow, Oscar.. That is quite a load on the train today .. The B 12 with Magnadhesion seemed to handle it well though.. I don't think that we have enough wagons with 'pin-point' axles to duplicate that train. So many of our wagons are earlier 'sleeved wheels" with die-cast chassis types? Our collection only has a few Coke wagons and earlier tanks anyway. Not enough to copy your rake? I can't get over how well the "chuff-chuff" sound works.. (even if it does get on one's nerves)? No worse however, than the repetitive sounds made by modern "sound equipped" locos... I must admit, that It's hard to beat just listening to the motors whirring away in my humble opinion? Such a long rake took some effort to keep the entire train in the shots? You did well... Lovely to see the signals working with the points in the 'prelude' shots too.. We enjoyed that.. Charlie has been running a train of 8 T.C. (Box, Stock & refrigerator) wagons behind two R 159's.. He likes 'big' trains too? Great video. Thanks for sharing. Rob & Charlie
Good morning Rob & Charlie, the Magnadhesion definitely helps, I was surprised it was still so effective with the plated wheels, Will try and get a few more shots of the signals changing over with the points in coming videos. Thanks again for taking the time to look in. Oscar
People are always quick to slate triang hornby with their standardising of parts, eg the brake vans you pointed out. Also their silver seal wheels and later ringfields.
What they forget, however, is that the benefits of this and the scale of production meant that we all could afford to have trains.
Anyone who has worked in manufacturing industry would be nodding rather than tutting at these clever engineering benefits.
On another note....I still love the chuff chiff sound. So effective, yet so simple.
I too like the chuff, chuff sound, who needs DCC?😊
I think that the 'Chuff Chuff' sound is better than the modern DCC steam sound files!
I always marvel at how well you get these old Tri-ang models to run over point work . Love the B12 , mine is a black BR one . Excellent video as usual . One of the few good points of the 75 catalogue (disappointing because the range was massively reduced from 1974) were these picture strips of trains at the bottom of the page . You need to get your LMS 2p out next . Ironically many of the locos depicted had already been discontinued !
Good morning Russell glad you enjoyed the video. An interesting period this for Hornby, there must've been a great deal of work going on behind-the-scenes with the number of models coming up by the end of this decade.
Thanks again for looking in.
Oscar
Hi Oscar, nice recreation of the band showing the long trains at the bottom the page of the catalogue. I remember getting that catalogue (my first) and looking longingly at those images as a kid in Tasmania, no doubt the reason I now have long rakes of Esso and mineral wagons on my present layout, albeit in Dublo. Lovely video this morning. All the best Guy
Good morning Guy, glad you enjoyed the recreation from the catalogue, it's amazing how evocative some of these images are and the memories they bring with them, It's the catalogues from the late 70s. I remember mostly as a child especially the HST on the front cover of the 77 edition and the Mallard on the 79 cover. Having had Triang railways/ Triang Hornby passed down to my brother and I from another family member who had grown out of the hobby these catalogues represented bright, shiny new things which looked way more sophisticated than the older items I was playing with, I went on to get the system 6 track and the Zero 1 plus a handful of the cheaper locomotives and rolling stock of the period. But always longed for an HST or a Mallard, models I would never get before my interest in the hobby diminished and became interested in other things.
All the best.
Oscar
Another great video Oscar, I got this locomotive with smoke for Christmas 1974 still runs great. Michael
hi Oscar from the Watford area, great video, as usual great to see trains we used to play with in the 60's and 70's.
Hi Peter, thanks for looking in and taking the time to comment. It's lovely to hear you're enjoying the videos.
All the best.
Oscar
Another beautiful train Oscar. I am most impressed with the B12 for being able to handle that many wagons. David.
Thanks for looking in David, this locomotive definitely has quite impressive pulling power, especially as it has the plated wheels.
Take care.
Oscar
good morning Oscar. your ability to capture the the ideas promoted by Hornby is evocative : combining items from the 60s, 70s and 80s covers the period of my own model railway collecting until other interests took over, Thank-you.
Hi, thanks again for taking the time to look in, it's terrific to hear you're enjoying these videos seeing these older model railway items in action.
All the best.
Oscar
Thanks for taking the time putting this long train together Oscar, it's a treat to see. The B12 looked purposeful and is a lovely smooth runner, and I feel the 'chuff chuff' sounds much better at these slower speeds. I'll experiment sometime with adding foam to the sound-box of one of my 'sound' locos to see if it mutes things down a bit. All good fun and thanks again.
Good morning Peter great to hear you enjoy the video, a little foam in the tender is a good way to take the shrill edge of the sound.
Thanks again for looking in.
Oscar
Great seeing these old uns... Got my first Triang in 1963, brings back memories... The chuff,, chuff sounds brilliant, would have loved that one, but had to make my own chaffing sounds, lol...
Good morning great to hear you enjoyed this picture, the chuff , chuff sound was such a great bit of added play value to the to these models.
Take care.
Oscar
Great video to start a soggy Sunday with Oscar. Always a pleasure to see. Thanks for sharing. Roy.
Good morning Roy, it's been a very wet and windy weekend here. Great to hear you enjoyed the video.
Take care.
Oscar
Lovely locomotive. I believe the signs that the model has been played with and enjoyed often enhances it. Great collection of wagons on show. I like the chuff chuff sounds. Cheers Paul.
Thank you, Paul. Great to hear you enjoyed seeing this collection of items, they have definitely been enjoyed in the past but very well looked after.
Oscar
Hi Oscar,
The tranquility of Sunday morning shattered by the chuff chuff sound and turntable 😂😂, joking of course, all part of the enjoyment.
Nice crisp and bright B12 with a great selection of wagons.
I have the B12 in wartime matt black, quite a contrast to the Apple Green.
Some nice running shots in there.
Gordon
Thanks, Gordon. Glad you enjoyed that. the one in wartime matt Black is a terrific looking model, great to hear you have it in your collection.
Take care.
Oscar
Great video again Oscar, watching Sunday morning staying safe with gusty winds hitting across the country outside, I've got a few of the B12's in different guises, like you say we collect things and forget where we put them, all part of the fun, thanks for sharing, TC John
Morning John thanks again for looking in. Hope the winds didn't affect you too badly in your area, in the end we got away with it quite lightly here in the north east but it was so incredibly wet.
Oscar
Hello Oscar, it's Martin from Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Great to see your B12 Locomotive. She looks fine in LNER Apple Green. It's always interesting to see how the wagons change over time. With different colours etc. but that's part of the fun is collecting the different types. That is why when we visit model railway exhibitions you never know what you will see for sale. Well thank you once again Oscar for your very interesting video.. Going to make a cup of tea now and have my toasted tea cake. Keep safe Oscar and have a good week ahead and ill see you next Sunday. 👍🚂
Good morning Martin, the apple green livery just seems to look so attractive on this particular locomotive. Visited the local model railway clubroom last weekend in that horrendous weather we had, it turned out to be a very brief visit. I was soaked head to toe by the time I got there.. just as I walked through the door the club bring them by stand first display you came across, I spotted two Tri-ang well wagons one with a tank load and the other with a crane load in original boxes, hard to have those! Couldn't cope with walking round the exhibition dripping with rainwater so decided to knock on their head and go home.
Thanks again for taking the time to look in.
Oscar
Hi Oscar, super idea to replicate the picture in the catalogue. That apple green version of the B12 is a lovely looking locomotive and goes perfectly with those N.E coke wagons. Some really nice running too. Regards, Antony.
Thanks Antony, glad you enjoyed that, its a particularly good looking version of the B12 in this livery, the shade of green is very attractive.
Take care.
Oscar
Great video! Thanks!
Thanks Oscar, another fun video, that page in the '75 catalogue inspired me to buy more than my fair share of the R101 Bannockburn coke wagon, I do love the NER version especially the rail blue finish, the wheels you pointed out were widely used by Wrenn on their wagons and coaches, as you say probably expensive to produce compared to the later silver seal.
Thanks for looking in Paul and the info on the wheels, Great to hear you've got a good collection of these Coke wagons yourself.
All the best.
Oscar
Morning Oscar, very enjoyable video again. An interesting re-creation of the 1975 Hornby catalogue image.
Perhaps the first of a series of similar tarins?
All the best from Rob & Sue
Good morning Rob and Sue, great to hear you enjoyed the recreation, not quite as it was in the catalogue but great un all the same.
Take care.
Oscar
Hi Oscar... I have the black version of this locomotive also with the "chuff chuff" mechanism.
It sounds more convincing on yours than it does on mine. Might have something to do with the sound being concentrated coming out of my phone speaker?
My Princess from the same period features it too.
Amazing the effect a rotating piece of sandpaper, fixed to an axle, has.
It's a lovely looking model.
Handles this long rake with ease.
Great that you emulated the catalogue imagery.
The grey LNER break is a nicely balanced model.
Thanks for putting all this together for your followers. 😊
Morning Brian thanks again for looking in, terrific to hear you have the black variation in your collection. The chuff chuff sound mechanism is beautifully simple, it must've been one of those lightbulb moments when they came up with that in product development at Tri-ang Hornby.
Take care.
Oscar
Very nice Oscar to see the B12 running ,especially in green livery .😊 Suffolk
Thanks Stephen, great to hear you enjoyed that.
Oscar
Good Morning to you Oscar from Glasgow another great video 📹 from you Sir I've got the Hornby Model of the B12 in N.E BLACK AND IN L.N.E.R GREEN
Good morning Cameron, hope the weekend weather this past weekend has been reasonably kind to you in Glasgow, very wet and windy here in North Shields. Great to hear you have those terrific models in your collection.
Oscar
I have a Hornby 4472 Flying Scotsman with realistic chuffing sounds and I have a Tri-Ang 70000 Britannia with a synchro smoke generator as well.
Oscar, what I love about what you do is that it is all about running trains, and your knowledge of all of your locomotives and rolling stock. For me, you bring back Al lot of childhood memories and I had the black B12 and the green one with smoke units. Very happy days. To be perfectly honest, I get tired of watching TH-cam videos of stuff like Chadwick Model Railway and all these other rivet counters who have nothing more than disdain at playing trains. Charlie at Chadwick, whilst very informative, never runs anything. I've questioned him on this and get little or no reason as to why. In actual fact , he has a great model railway bit surely its a means to an end, I.e. running trains and deriving pleasure from it. Like I said, I love watching your videos and thanks for making me smile and reminisce on good times just playing trains.
Good morning Paul thanks for looking in. It's terrific to hear you're enjoying the videos. It's really nice to be able to run these items. I had a number of them back when I was a child and have added many I wished I had as a child to my collection, its a great deal of fun bring these older railway items into life on the railway, it's the feel on the controller, sound and smell of these models/toys which puts a big smile on the face.
Take care.
Oscar
That was a really nive video, not too much going on, and a nice recreation of the image from the 75 catalogue!
I got this B12 for Christmas 1974. It had the chuffing sound and smoke unit. The bogie wheels on mine were made from plastic and overtime split. I still have it somewhere at home.
Great range of items in this video Oscar, the B12 is a nice loco, one I would like to add to my own collection as it’s currently not one I have, it is most likely to be one of the recent hornby ones though which will have a lot more detail and features on it, LNER green as well makes it a very handsome loco, very nice rake of wagons behind it as well, great video overall Oscar, keep up the great work.
Good morning David those newer Hornby models look to be beautifully detailed, it would be a lovely addition to your collection thank you again for taking the time to look in.
Oscar
Nice one Oscar happy Christmas to you and family and best wishes for the new year Patrick Quinn IRL
Good morning Patrick, thank you again for looking in correct enjoyed the video.
All the best to you and your family for the festive season.
Oscar
Lovely Consist and Great Loco - I have Green and Blue B12’s tho I’m still Searching for a Black One at the Right Price - The Esso Tankers Look Fab. Many thanks 👌🏻
Good morning Donni, great to hear you enjoyed the look at that collection models together. It took me ages to find the Hornby Railways Black NE version from the late 70s at the right price. I think this is always the way you have it in mind you've seen lots of something around, then when you go to look for one, they aren't very many and those around are our silly price.
All the best.
Oscar
Hi Oscar. Nice locomotive never actually owned this model, well detailed and a lovely livery. Very enjoyable video I am more of a passenger chap then freight but nevertheless very good…
Morning Michael, thanks for looking in. Great to hear you enjoyed the video, I will plan to get this B12 out with some passenger rolling stock soon.
Oscar
Hi Oscar. That B12 looks to be in nice condition, considering its age. I did not own a B12 until 2 years ago I purchased one on eBay. It was made in china and has very nice finish, including separate hand rails. Unfortunately after a while the plastic worm and drive gear did not engage, resulting in poor performance. The motor looks to have been adapted from the one in the R070 turntable.(might be in the 21st century versions of "Lord of the Isles" and the R553 Caledonian single wheeler) but (never seen the inside of these Locomotives, so this is a guess). I tried to alter the steep angle of the motor, in relation to the drive gear, but without success. Recently I purchased a replacement chassis (Hornby made in Margate, with X03/04 motor) which works just fine, and it has a small flange on the centre driving wheels. Sorted!!! Kindest Regards Christopher.
You mentioned some damage to the strapping on the tanker wagon at the start of the video. A while ago I obtained some milk tanker wagons off the 'net' second hand. After they arrived I noticed damage to straps straps a missing tanker lid and some struts broken in half (all age related wear and tear). After a (very) quick online search I found replacement parts for the lid and strapping (3d print) and the 'cradle bars' were replaced with 1.2mm round section plastic rod.
Good morning thanks for looking in. That sounds like a terrific fix for those wagons.
All the best.
Oscar
With a load that long, an LMS or GWR Heavy Freight engine would be more suitable. Love the B12 in any case.
Hello Oscar - I've got a few B17's but I don't think that I've got any B12's- is there much difference???(& don't say a 5 number difference!!!) 😉🙂🚂🚂🚂
Good morning Jimyjames thanks again for looking in. I could be wrong but isn't the B-17 a newer more advanced and powerful locomotive than the B12, being built slightly later probably taking advantage of advances in technology of the period.
Take care.
Oscar
@@oscarpaisley Could be that Oscar 🤔🚂🚂🚂
Wow, Oscar.. That is quite a load on the train today .. The B 12 with Magnadhesion seemed to handle it well though..
I don't think that we have enough wagons with 'pin-point' axles to duplicate that train. So many of our wagons are earlier 'sleeved wheels" with die-cast chassis types? Our collection only has a few Coke wagons and earlier tanks anyway. Not enough to copy your rake? I can't get over how well the "chuff-chuff" sound works.. (even if it does get on one's nerves)? No worse however, than the repetitive sounds made by modern "sound equipped" locos...
I must admit, that It's hard to beat just listening to the motors whirring away in my humble opinion?
Such a long rake took some effort to keep the entire train in the shots? You did well...
Lovely to see the signals working with the points in the 'prelude' shots too.. We enjoyed that..
Charlie has been running a train of 8 T.C. (Box, Stock & refrigerator) wagons behind two R 159's.. He likes 'big' trains too?
Great video. Thanks for sharing. Rob & Charlie
Good morning Rob & Charlie, the Magnadhesion definitely helps, I was surprised it was still so effective with the plated wheels, Will try and get a few more shots of the signals changing over with the points in coming videos.
Thanks again for taking the time to look in.
Oscar