A lovely trip down memory lane. I still have a 1952/3 boxed set that has not seen the light of day for at least twenty five years. The paintwork on the passenger coaches has seriously faded because I left them on permanent display in a bedroom window, so they are fully painted on one side and sun bleached on the other. Watching your video reminded me that with all the messing about needed to achieve a half-successful run, a complete afternoon of creative entertainment could be enjoyed on a rainy day. I remember trying to bank the curves so that the train didn’t fly off the track. I also remember our pet budgerigar riding round on the back of one of the waggons!
A lovely 0 guage Hornby Clockwork railway layout in the garden. An inspiration for us all. After retiring eight years ago I returned to modelling in 0 guage and have started to build a layout in the garden. Many thanks😊
The immaculate condition of those red boxes! I was brought up in Bexleyheath and I remember well the horse and cart used by Southern Railway to deliver furniture and heavy items to houses. I do not know where they could have loaded from a flat bed lorry but I suppose there must have been sidings somewhere. I have some 0 gauge given to me as a present from my son. I bought track joining clips as track always coming apart, particularly on bends. Surprised you did not have that problem.
@@TriflingCircle I do have two types. The black ones grip the inside of the joining sleepers whereas the older silver type grip the outside of the sleepers. I think the latter are earlier second hand ones I had been given.
I remember my dad presenting me with a Hornby tinplate trainset when I was about 4 in 1973. I don't think it worked very well, but it piqued my interest in trains and model railways. Lovely to see these things working. I think my collection included that LNER tank engine. Thanks for showing this.
One of my life time happy memories is when I kept asking my Mum if I was going to get this loco for Christmas she actually showed it to me before the big day, to keep me quiet! I couldn't have it until then however. Magic!
Those interested may like to see and compare my first attempt at doing this almost exactly four years ago in the video titled A ONE DAY HORNBY O GAUGE GARDEN RAILWAY which is still viewable on TH-cam.
Admiral really loved watching your video. I have some lovely Hornby clockworktrains. Can you tell me how you keep the track looking so good. My track has faded in colour and I want to restore it to how it was..Thank you…Perry
Hi Perry. My Hornby has always been stored in a closed metal trunk away from the light. I wonder if that is the reason. Some track is ancient second hand and that has become darker over the years.
@@ADMIRALSCORNER thank you for your reply. My track has been stored in a cardboard box and the original gleam it had has gone and the track has faced In colour. Can anyone who is into clockwork trains tell me how I might get the track to look like new. I have no rust on it. Admiral your engines and rolling stock look lovely especially the LNER tank engine. Oh and you have a good assortment of trucks. I have a red lumber truck which has chains in it to keep the load in place plus a guards van needing new couplings. As a child some of the train was played with but I managed to keep several things in lovely condition complete with boxes. I lived near the main southern line to Bournemouth and remember seeing the Bullied Pacifics and standard class fives thundering by. Towards the end of steam several engines would pass our dwelling and would be all polished ready to haul special trains. All the best to you Perry
I never came across anything from Basset -Lowke as a boy but knew it was a revered name. I did get a few items from Chad Valley but being poorer quality I didn't like them so much and most haven't survived!
I had no Bassett-Lowke items. However, my mother would take me sometimes to London and we did go to Gamages. The Bassett-Lowke shop was in Holborn and nearby. We would always stop and look in the window Once we went inside and were shown around. That shop so upmarket is now a McDonalds.
@@TriflingCircle Gosh is it? What I knew about Bassett-Lowke besides their products being beyond the ability for most to purchase was that they at least made more realistic locos with more than four wheels and coaches the same. I later found out that Hornby did that too, years before the war started. I couldn't understand why they had stopped doing that!
That would be a good idea! I was just curious to see how they ran out of the box. If the weather was better I would probably have had a longer running session and done that.
I have made several videos with Hornby clockwork trains so you can see for yourself. Its not very long unfortunately. You can see Robin Paine's video on TH-cam where he took the clockwork mechanism out of the loco and fitted a battery and a remote controlled an electric motor in its space. That ran for much longer. That sounds a great idea.
Clockwork trains aren't very good at working outdoors, as far as I'm aware. What you need is a proper 0 gauge garden railway, powered by electricity. If you have room to create one, that is.
A lovely trip down memory lane. I still have a 1952/3 boxed set that has not seen the light of day for at least twenty five years. The paintwork on the passenger coaches has seriously faded because I left them on permanent display in a bedroom window, so they are fully painted on one side and sun bleached on the other. Watching your video reminded me that with all the messing about needed to achieve a half-successful run, a complete afternoon of creative entertainment could be enjoyed on a rainy day. I remember trying to bank the curves so that the train didn’t fly off the track. I also remember our pet budgerigar riding round on the back of one of the waggons!
Happy memories indeed!
A lovely 0 guage Hornby Clockwork railway layout in the garden. An inspiration for us all.
After retiring eight years ago I returned to modelling in 0 guage and have started to build a layout in the garden.
Many thanks😊
That should be great! I wish my garden was big enough for that!
I really enjoyed your charming video showing your Hornby "0" gauge clockwork trains !!
I am glad to hear that!
The immaculate condition of those red boxes!
I was brought up in Bexleyheath and I remember well the horse and cart used by Southern Railway to deliver furniture and heavy items to houses. I do not know where they could have loaded from a flat bed lorry but I suppose there must have been sidings somewhere.
I have some 0 gauge given to me as a present from my son. I bought track joining clips as track always coming apart, particularly on bends. Surprised you did not have that problem.
On looking closer you do have joiners. Think they are smaller than mine.
@@TriflingCircle I do have two types. The black ones grip the inside of the joining sleepers whereas the older silver type grip the outside of the sleepers. I think the latter are earlier second hand ones I had been given.
What nice memories! Glad you shared that with us! I have some old Lionel trains, so fiddley to keep them going!
I don't think I'd have the patience these days to do much with clockwork trains!
I had Hornby O gauge as a boy. I laid the track on the earth in the garden but it rusted very quickly.
Yes that could happen!
I remember my dad presenting me with a Hornby tinplate trainset when I was about 4 in 1973. I don't think it worked very well, but it piqued my interest in trains and model railways. Lovely to see these things working. I think my collection included that LNER tank engine. Thanks for showing this.
One of my life time happy memories is when I kept asking my Mum if I was going to get this loco for Christmas she actually showed it to me before the big day, to keep me quiet! I couldn't have it until then however. Magic!
@@ADMIRALSCORNER and you've still got it, that's amazing!
Those interested may like to see and compare my first attempt at doing this almost exactly four years ago in the video titled A ONE DAY HORNBY O GAUGE GARDEN RAILWAY which is still viewable on TH-cam.
I enjoyed that. THANKYOU FOR POSTING
Admiral really loved watching your video. I have some lovely Hornby clockworktrains. Can you tell me how you keep the track looking so good. My track has faded in colour and I want to restore it to how it was..Thank you…Perry
Hi Perry. My Hornby has always been stored in a closed metal trunk away from the light. I wonder if that is the reason. Some track is ancient second hand and that has become darker over the years.
@@ADMIRALSCORNER thank you for your reply. My track has been stored in a cardboard box and the original gleam it had has gone and the track has faced In colour. Can anyone who is into clockwork trains tell me how
I might get the track to look like new. I have no rust on it.
Admiral your engines and rolling stock look lovely especially the LNER tank engine. Oh and you have a good assortment of trucks. I have a red lumber
truck which has chains in it to keep the load in place plus a guards van needing new couplings. As a child some of the train was played with but
I managed to keep several things in lovely condition complete with boxes.
I lived near the main southern line to Bournemouth and remember seeing
the Bullied Pacifics and standard class fives thundering by.
Towards the end of steam several engines would pass our dwelling and
would be all polished ready to haul special trains.
All the best to you
Perry
Remember the old saying.
Lower classes train sets came from Gamages.
Middle class Hornby
Upper class Basset-Lowke
I never came across anything from Basset -Lowke as a boy but knew it was a revered name. I did get a few items from Chad Valley but being poorer quality I didn't like them so much and most haven't survived!
I had no Bassett-Lowke items. However, my mother would take me sometimes to London and we did go to Gamages. The Bassett-Lowke shop was in Holborn and nearby. We would always stop and look in the window Once we went inside and were shown around. That shop so upmarket is now a McDonalds.
@@TriflingCircle Gosh is it? What I knew about Bassett-Lowke besides their products being beyond the ability for most to purchase was that they at least made more realistic locos with more than four wheels and coaches the same. I later found out that Hornby did that too, years before the war started. I couldn't understand why they had stopped doing that!
ancient train set
Just right for an ancient owner!
Hi Mike I trust you gave them a drop of oil before playing with a Good selection of O gauge. Cheers
That would be a good idea! I was just curious to see how they ran out of the box. If the weather was better I would probably have had a longer running session and done that.
Perhaps spraying the clockwork mechanisms with some light oil like GT85 may loosen things up a bit.
Yes I am sure that's a good idea!
Hi, im interested in starting an O guage set and wondered how long one of these will run for when fully wound up?
I have made several videos with Hornby clockwork trains so you can see for yourself. Its not very long unfortunately. You can see Robin Paine's video on TH-cam where he took the clockwork mechanism out of the loco and fitted a battery and a remote controlled an electric motor in its space. That ran for much longer. That sounds a great idea.
I have to ask - what is that lovely Routemaster? A model?
it was a model assembled from weekly parts on subscription with a magazine. I have made several videos here on TH-cam of how its build progressed.
Clockwork trains aren't very good at working outdoors, as far as I'm aware. What you need is a proper 0 gauge garden railway, powered by electricity. If you have room to create one, that is.
Sadly we don't have room for a proper garden railway. If we did, real steam would be my choice for power.
That however is very expensive, if the best!
@@ADMIRALSCORNER Please can you tell me how you keep the track looking so good. Mine is faded in colour and I want to restore it. Thank you..Perry
@@PerryRobinson-gt6fy See my reply above.