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Love the model. Fitted decoder and sound to 805 obtained from Road & Rails. Access is an nightmare. The worst I have ever come across and I am approaching 400 locos. I have the special 70001 which came with sound. I hope Bachmann will do the two new liveries for the model.

Came across this review, a couple of days after I received 3 of these coaches, I already have some short Hornby, scale length Lima and Joueff versions, but as you’ve said these are by far the best and I’m very pleased. Might even add a couple more, but my layout isn’t big enough to run a 7 car rake. …….Yet. 👍

Wishing Jim Deegan and associates all the best in their great endeavours. One note of caution; the most important need for any rail preservation project is secure and weatherproof storage accommodation for locomotives and rolling stock. We can see in Dromod where all sorts of artifacts are acquired, diluting much needed care. In Moyasta we see ITG locos and coaches deteriorating in the sea air, covered only by tarpaulins. This of course is because Irish Rail evicted the ITG collection from Inchicore, which should have been retained as the nucleus of a national transport museum. In Carrick-on-Suir we see the 101 class Sulzer and a couple of G class locos covered in corrugated metal to resemble containers. Only the ex-C class 226? is under secure cover in the former goods shed. It is an absolute disgrace that the Irish government or Tipperary County Council could not facilitate suitable buildings. They even stipulated that any extension would have to match the rubble stone goods shed. Successive Irish governments have proved themselves to be philistines, devoid of any interest in our heritage. We have only managed to preserve the few treasures courtesy of Northern Ireland. We must thank Downpatrick & Co Down Railway for taking in two wonderful ITG locos, the RPSI with their workshop in Whitehead and the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Cultra, for hosting GSR no. 800, Maedb (Maeve) and an original Sulzer from 1951, Ireland's first diesel loco. Also, an original D&KR coach plus Donegal vehicles. Unless solid, secure storage is provided, vehicles will fall victim to the weather and/or vandals.

I usually buy Accruscale but their Cl31 is modelled with the door handles in the open position? I use to drive these on BR at Sheffield, The door handles on the Bachmann model are right.

I really need a proper Cl 45/46 C'mon Accruscale please.

Can I use a bachmann decoder with the hm dcc app ?

Just bought one of these off eBay. Very stuttery on take off and slowing down 😕 any suggestions

I bought one of the refurbished version. Have never been able to get the lights to work properly. The best I have achieved is 3 lit cars and the headcodes lit at both ends.I have put the middle 2 cars together in every possible combination and checked / changed all connecters but - to no avail. The instruction sheet is useless as the carriages depicted in it bear no resemblance to the carriages provided!! The model does not run well either being very jerky at slow speeds ( i.e.<4/28). Also I find the plain grey roof of the 4 cars very ugly and unrealistic. Strange Bachmann can do a realistic roof for its 2-car EMU's. But not this expensive model. Thus with me this model largely remains in its box. I can't find anything whatsoever about it to recommend.

With regards to speakers, why didn’t you recommend the Accurathrash 8 ohm speaker? Works perfect with my HM7000 in this loco, not setup needed just plug and play.

My favourite models would be Accurascale Class 66, Cavalex Class 56, Bachmann 25 and 30, on the coaches the MK2B had I known how good they were I’d have purchased more. Completely agree that the heavily discounted Hornby MK3 and some of the retooled HST are great buys

I agree those class 66's are just so good.👍

Best model of the year for me was undoubtedly the Cavalex 56s. I bought two of the first batch and have 3 of the second ones on order.

My best model of the year the Bachmann Class 117 dmu finally available in BR Blue, the sound is very realistic. Very pricey at £485 though. Bargains of the year: Heljan Class 33 at £105, and the stunning Heljan Class 07 at £99. Thanks for the videos, keep them coming.

I prefer HMDC its perfect for me , its nice and simple to run a couple of train's on up to 8tracks , i put a speaker in the middle of my layout, it sounds great, and i control the train's with my HMDC app on my phone 👍.

I only bought 5 locos all year - 2 of which were Accurascale 66s. I'd pre-ordered 66779 Evening Star early 2023 and when it arrived I was just blown away by it. The most perfect out-of-the-box new loco I've ever bought - it looked fantastic, had a top-quality feel and it ran perfectly straight from the box. Lifetime warranty and only £169. A joy to receive and a reminder of what the experience of buying a new locomotive should be. So pleased with it that I ordered the EWS liveried 66171 - and it was exactly the same enjoyable experience. It's a very positive reflection on our hobby as a whole that this is the standard of model locomotive that can be produced. Bravo Accurascale. Got the Hornby Class 67 Pullman pack as a present and I still rate the 67 loco as a hidden gem of the Hornby range and the Pullman coaches some of the most beautiful ready-to-run coaches in my collection.

Agree with the reduced Heljan class 57. Picked up the same one & renumbered it to a DRS example. Exceptional bargain!

Shame you missed out with the Cavelex class 56, at the start of the year. That goes has my No1 with the accurascale brush 2 has No2

Very informative as always eugene, i think your choices are very respectable! Just got the accurascale class 66 in freightliner, and i agree with your rating in every way! Id love to get one of the heljan 57s too :) i dont think ive commented on your videos before, but im subscribed and have been for a while!

Great video as usual, i did buy a few new items last year, and some coincide with your own honorable mentions, a rake of Hornby's FGW (Fag Packet) MK3's at GBP19.95 each, another at GBP29.95 to complete the 'set', matched with my Heljan Class 57 "Pendennis Castle" at sub GBP100 also in late 2024, I agree with your appraisal, albeit having some negative feedback, I love it. Other faves sub GBP80 were two Dapol Class 73's in different liveries, and sub GBP120 I got two sound fitted Hornby Railroad+ Class 47 diesels, and a sub GBP110 a Hornby Railways Class 50 Diesel (I added a discounted HM7000), also a Heljan Class 33/2, factory weathered, and a Bachmann Class 24/1, both at sub GBP115. Steam hasn't missed out with an acquisition of a Bachmann factory weathered 3MT, and as recently as last week a Hornby King Arthur Class "Sir Martin Frobisher" both sub GBP120. When I typed this it shocked me in how much I spent in 2024, but then I realised by taking advantage of the sales (new) I saved in total, almost I much as I spent! I don't think that will be the case going forward into 2025, although my first purchase is another Heljan 57 in FGW/GWR Green livery for GBP95. OMG I love this hobby, Happy New Year for 2025 to all other railway modellers :) ...Drew

Really good picks and honourable mentions, 2024 has seen some large forward leaps in what’s possible in model railways. I’m fascinated by them but I don’t have any of my own, which is probably a bit weird, but I’ve no wish for any. Vicariously railway modelling is enough for me and your channel, the way you show and review models is definitely a highlight. All the best for 2025!! P.S. with such leaps forward seen, I wonder if the Class 66 holds up for the decade with six more years of innovation? Certainly interesting to see.

Happy New Year, model of the year for me personally was the Rapido Jones Goods, perfectly executed in form and function with the only caveat being the evil drawbar arrangement.

It would be nice if they could supply these coaches with passengers fitted. In my opinion it would definitely enhance the look of these models. They're nice looking coaches as they are, but with passengers fitted too they'd look even better. And how about a driver and co driver too for the power car?

Eugene, another great video, & agree on the Accurascale Class 66. It's my favourite model/purchase of 2024. Looking forward to the Class 60's in coming months from both Accurascale and Cavalex. Preordered a couple from both. Battle of the 60's lets see which is the best. I was not as impressed with the Cavalex Class 56 as I was the Accurascale Class 66 so my money is on currently on the Accurascale model. I am sure others may have a differing opinion on this. Let's wait and see! Best bargin of 2024 was a Hornby Class 67 EWS livery 67016 the full all singing version which I got for £90 brand new. I really like this locomotive in real life and equally like the model. Also, I picked up a Bachmann Class 08 think it was around £70-75. brand new. It was the orange G&W livery version. Looking to make the move into DCC in 2025. Any advice as to the way I should go would be appreciated. I would like to go full DCC sound after watching your video's and other on YT. However, I cannot afford to chip my entire collection with sound decoders and speakers (My currently collection stands at around 90 diesel locomotives and 40 DMU's). Also some of the models date back 25 years or more so probably not worth chipping some of these locomotives. Looking forward to watching more of your videos in 2025 and wishing you a Happy New Year.

Another great video and looking forward to 2025. The class 66 is to modern for me but it is a really good model, well deserved first place. Enjoy the new year.😊

I think the Cavalex class 56 should have been mentioned as this is a superb model all round, sound, running etc.

Hi, happy new year to you and your family, I’m surprised you didn’t mention the Cavalex class 56, it was developed from the ground up and has a superb factory sound, thanks for sharing.

Yes 66001 my first 66 from Accurascale and wow! Thr box art is part of the reason i bought it! Stupid yes i guess so.

Accurascale's class 66001 and secondly heijan's class 58001

Hello again. HNY. Excellent models one and all in your 2024 list. Couldn't argue with the Top 5. My finger hovered over the "buy" button for Restormel Castle more than once (and even today, I have an opportunity to buy it at that mid-£80 price you mentioned from Rails, so who knows??), but I eventually went for Pendennis Castle, in retro GWR livery, which cost me a little more. I also bought a Heljan 33 for £99 from Kernow. My other bargain buys include an Accurascale Manor for just over £100 in their recent sale, and a Hornby Std 2MT from Kernow, also at just over £100. A couple of very keenly priced Bachmann 37s from Kernow were also purchased. Perhaps my favourite buy was the newly-tooled Hornby 9F at £149.95 from TMC. There were a few others, including a new but old tooled Bachmann B1, but at £85 it was too tempting, as was a new tooled V2 bought for £140 at the NEC show earlier in the year. Looking forward to enjoying more of your excellent content in 2025.

Happy new year Eugene 🎉 Price apart, my favourite has to be my Hornby blue/grey HST set. Coming in next, my Heljan 33/1s and 33/2s. I also picked up a Cavalex 56 and Accurascale 37, they are great models, but I love 33s and Valencia engined 125s. Just can’t get my hands on a 33/0😢 Would love you to post a tour of your layout…it looks great, especially the bridge/viaduct 👍🏻

Thanks. The new hornby br 125 intercity are the winners for me

Thank you so much Eugene for this channel and all the tremendous effort you put in to every episode, it's really appreciated. Kind regards, Julian

Excellent Eugene another excellent session from you and look forward to plenty more in the forthcoming year. Well yes Accurascale did do it for me and delighted it came top although how did you rate the 37 from Accy, im very happy with mine. Ah would like you to cover the Cavalex 56 some time this year. For me its right up there with the Acc 66.Would like to hear your thoughts on it. Finally your thoughts on the Accurascale 92,did they settle in for you? Wishing you a great New Year, all the best cheers Nick.

Happy new year EuviRail.

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Thanks for the video, I like your channel and presentation, plus your layout looks great

on the east coast main line there was 8 coach's to each set

Mr Pedantic here, but the coil springs on the bogie at the buffet end of the TRUB model, should be green, not yellow.

I do really want to get Class 43 Set, but the lack of availability and the price Hornby think they can charge is not doing it for me :(

Nice looking coaches. The Mk3 is by far my fave British coach. I'm hoping for loco-hauled versions of this latest iteration to be announced for next year. If not, I may just pick up some HST versions (if I can find them!) and renumber. I realise there are detail differences between the HST and loco-hauled coaches but I could live with that (not least the lack of buffers!).

The thing that annoys me about any HST release is that it is nearly always a WR set. As far as i know only one ER set has been produced other than the 'Farewell set' they did. They should have done a 70/80s set for ER layouts modeling this era.

These looks like the complete package - excellent tooling and attention to detail - two minor moan is that difficult in obtaining these at discount price ( along with the HST) and price is a bit OTT at full RRP - now £49.99 hornby each.

Very good models of a classic train set. The TGS coach didn't appear in HST sets on the GN mainline until Guards complained about the excessive noise in their office in the rear of the power car. Secondly the GN sets had a buffet and a restaurant coach. This making up the eight coach set. Two first class, Restuarant then Buffet car then four second class coaches. The official title of the TGS was Trailer Guard Second.

Some loco hauled mk3a exec livery would be welcome.

Didn’t Hornby buy Oxford Rail? Guessing they had a head start with the tooling.

How do you fit the mag light ?

Couple of things, WR sets had 8 coaches and ER sets had 7 coachs, and the coach letters went from A at the TGS end to H the 1st class at the front (WR set).

One thing i know that someone did pick up on was Hornby got the coach letters the wrong way round on these, the TGS should be A and First Class G. They did get it right on the Intercity Executive liveried ones though. Other than that a terrific rendition of Mk3.

Would you know what coaches I would need to go with the R30097 Inter City Executive livery Hst thanks

How do the couplers work?