GWR Panniers, Auto Trains and a "Star" Hauled Express bring the Great Western to Neville Grove!
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- This channel has been short of Great Western content so far, and being a fan of all the big four, that just wouldn't do. Luckily, I've had a brace of Swindon machines visit the weathering studio recently, and with their owners permission, they were pressed into service on a variety of GWR train operations.
Pushing and pulling, shunting and squealing, a clattering heavy freight and an express all disturb the peace with real live archive sounds recorded by Peter Handford in the 1950's. So grab yourself a beverage, make yourself comfortable and enjoy!
The push - pull "Auto Trains" were quintessential of picturesque rural branchlines on the Great Western, and ran up to 4 coaches in a range of combinations and locos. This set was visiting from Cronfach Railway for weathering and comprises an auto fitted Bachmann 64xx and two Collett Auto Trailers. The Pannier is the stunning little model by Bachmann, whilst the the coaches are elderly Airfix models but have more recently been made available in the Hornby Range.
The 28xx is the current Hornby tooling which is another great model and a must have for any Great Western or Western Region Layout. Thanks to Mitchell Lowe for sending his one in for "in use / polished weathering".
A member of the smallest GWR pannier type also makes an appearance with 1370 pottering around on station pilot duties. This is the impressive Heljan model - just look at that incredibly slow running! Also sent by Mitchell, this tiny little loco was sent for repainting and "in use / polished weathering".
Disturbing the peace is Star Class "Queen Victoria" on an express. This loco was visiting from @MrTBrearley for detailed modifications and polished weathering.
Peter Handfords amazing archive sounds are used in this video with kind permission from Old Thundridge Records. They have digitally remastered a substantial part of the collection and have made it available for purchase on a number of CD's. Be sure to check them out!
Now THIS was the model railway content I've been looking for
Awesome, welcome aboard! Plenty more to come and do check out my back catalogue 👍👍👍
likewise, never seen someone link audio like this for a whole vid, so nice to kick back and relax to
@@NEVILLEGROVE cheers for the upload my friend
What a gem! That is an immaculately made little film, top to bottom. Thoroughly enjoyed that……..
Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!
In 1959 I can remember catching a push pull train with a pannier tank loco in the middle of the train from Saltash cornwall back to my aunt's hose in Plymouth.
Hey Chris, great memory, thanks for sharing and for watching.
When a Loco was propelling an auto coach there would only be one man on the footplate!
Some of the very best model railroad photography I have ever seen. Tremendously realistic.
Wow, thanks for the amazingly generous comment! Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Fantastic. The real sounds provide such extra realism. Something that a loco only sound from a decoder in a loco, will never do.
Many thanks! The sounds of the railway are such a big part of the enjoyment of the hobby for me, glad you enjoyed the video.
Superb layout + excellent weathering of your rolling stock. I love the GWR atmosphere.
Glad you enjoyed it many thanks. Yeah k love the GW to for atmosphere and their noisy locomotives 😊
Beautiful Great Western machines! They look so well detailed, and the cinematography is excellent!! Very well done to you!
Found your channel by accident. Brilliant. Greetings from Arizona, USA
Welcome aboard and thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Takes me back to my childhood listening to the birds in the fields and in the distance a goods train chuffing up an incline, cracking video.
That's awesome, thanks for the comment. I'm too young to remember BR steam but that sure sounds idyllic. I have experienced it many times linesiding at places like the SVR which was a big influence on this video.
Love this GWR 1930's-40's session. As a modeller of GWR in 1944, it struck a chord in me... and gave me also a few ideas for my project of layout once I've got my wheelchair adapted home.
That's great to hear that this inspired you, good luck with your layout, and thanks for watching!
Really enjoyed that, just my cup of tea and the scenery is amazing too.
Excellent thank you, and thanks for watching.
Fantastic video and sound with well thought out camera angles , As for the layout one of the best i`ve seen !
Thank you very much Graham! Glad you like the layout and the video.
I love the realistic sound
The archive sound recorded by Peter Handford is fantastic, a priceless record.
Brilliant video, really like the way you blended the natural surroundings sounds with the steam trains great to watch and listen to, great to see the gwr theme too thanks for sharing 🙂👍🏻
Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I did pay extra attention to the ambient sounds, they seem so characteristic of the preserved Great Western branches we've visited.
Beautiful and amazing work
Thank you so much 😀
Marvellous. Inspirational too.
Awesome! That's great to hear, thanks for watching.
This is fantastic, thank you 😊
Hey Dale, thanks for providing the starring role of your Auto Set. Glad your happy with it now its back on home territory.
Superb modelling and very fine weathering. Sound effects perfect
Thanks very much indeed! 👍
Fantastic!
Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Love the bit with 2811 wish I could’ve seen them run before the preservation era began with some real trains behind them
I know what you mean, would love to have seen one on a really heavy goods.
The sight really worth seeing in terms of heavy freight in steam days was the tank version of the 28xx, either the 2-8-0T 42xx or the 2-8-2T 72xx plodding through Cardiff General with trains for Margam - quite slow but definitely in charge of the job.
Last passenger train sound and movements
Really my dream.
Thank a lot.
Glad you liked it and thanks for watching till the end!
This channel is one of the most amazing works of art I've ever seen. Greetings from Argentina.
Wow, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Magic. Atmosphere captured perfectly.
Really nice layout.
Nice closeups. Realistic speeds.
Thanks.
Howard
This is an amazing video! The detail in the grass and trees and the well blended backscene really does it for me :)
Great to hear! Thank you very much.
Very enjoyable, thank you
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
Wow. Just wow. What a pleasure that was to watch, glad i stumbled upon your channel.
God’s Wonderful Railway in all its glory! Brilliant video - even better when watched with a cuppa and a slice of cake! 👏 👏 👏
Great combo, up there with an amber ale and a packet of salt n' vinegar crisps as the best way to watch railway vids.
Done! Great video too, I'm just starting my own layout and this video is very inspirational! I'll be sure to watch more of your videos! Thank you Hornby Model Railways for leading me to this channel.
Love this! Great sound effects and very entertaining, thank you!
Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Is that a pic of the USA tank at Shillingstone?
Great vid thanks for sharing 👍👍👍👍
Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Yay buddy very interesting👍👍👍👍
Great video. Really enjoyed watching that while eating my lunch. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Dib's! What did you have?
@@NEVILLEGROVE just rabbit food! Trying to be half healthy.
@@dibsyardshuntinglayout Good for you, at least you had a dose of Chocolate and Cream to go with it.
@@NEVILLEGROVE ahhh! I like it!
Those close up shots of your locos such as the fire box glow & motion etc all look superb, Add the sounds & this completes yet another outstanding upload. Thks for sharing.
Thanks so much for watching my videos, glad you enjoy them 👍
Great video you put together with loads going on. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much again and glad you enjoyed it!
Great and thanks very much for replying to my comment. Have a Great Christmas and Happy New year. Take Care & Stay Safe.@@NEVILLEGROVE
@@medwaymodelrailway7129 thanks very much indeed, you too!
A pleasure to watch, Steve! Thanks for sharing.
Rabbit food again was it?
Having recently travelled from Australia and again been to Penzance on 'Night Riv' and back on the excellent day train, plus for first time visited WSR at Bishops Lydeard, I enjoy God's Wonderful Railway.
Your scenes are so realistic. Great camera angles and scenicising. Extremely well done.
Thanks very much Edmund, I hope you had a fantastic trip and will be returning again soon. The Severn Valley Railway is a must too if you enjoy the GWR.
@@NEVILLEGROVE I have previously been on SVR. I didn't have time to explore Brignorth, just did a return trip. WSR was longer and I loved stopping for more than an hour at Blue Anchor to see the (signal)box. Just great, but sad there's a landslip - hopefully it can repaired even though it may be challenging.
Absolutely amazing! Love the skylarks and ducks!
Coaches in charge of an engine. How fascinating!
Realistic weathered paint
Realistic chuffing sound
I really love this
From Thailand
What a fantastic model Railway. Love the themed videos. You must have a big collection of locomotives. Great sound effects. Well done. Love to see a few Westerns and Warship diesel locomotives.
Many thanks! As it happens, none of the locos in this particular video are mine, they were all visiting for my weathering service. But it does give a great variety for video subjects. I do have a video in the pipeline that includes a Western, watch this space!
Absolutely perfect from the lighting to the smoke from the steam locomotives. This is a masterpiece! I too started several times to build a set but education and job changes made that impossible. I can live vicariously through your set and others that have excelled in what is an underappreciated art form.
Awesome thanks..........
Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Absolutely delightful 🎉 love your sound mixes especially the Skylarks and Nightingale
BIRKENHEAD!!!! That’s where my granny lived and where I go on holiday!
Your layout has quickly become my favourite layout on UA-cam would love a layout tour video
Oh thank you! Thats great to hear, glad you enjoy the content, much more to come...
Memories of Train Travel when I were a lad, GWR has always been my Fave. I Just Love an Auto Coach Combo, reminds me of Sunny South Devon. Beautiful Models and Great Skills on show here. Many thanks for Sharing ✨🙏🏻👍🏻
Yeah a wonderful part of the world, synonomous with summer holidays for me. The auto trains are so full of character. Many thanks for the kind comment and for watching.
Very well done ! Great Sound and close ups.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you.
great video and layout
Thank you very much!
Felt like I was watching children's TV from the 80,s when I was a kid watching this, wind in the willows, things like that, half expected to see Thomas come chuffing down the track and Postman in his red van lol. I'm just getting into model trains, only had one simple set as a kid, the British rail blue and yellow hst. Hoping for a few more this time around.
Thanks, I hope it brought back happy memories. Good luck with the new setup.
Absolutely brilliant! Perfect!❤
Thank you for a most enjoyable video of your layout and some of the engines and rolling stock. GWR are one of my favourite locomotives. The camera work was truly excellent.
Biased, obviously, because my 'Star' makes an appearance - subtly weathered by Steve - but what a masterclass this is! Amazing camera angles, and stunning mix of steam sound and general atmosphere
Thanks MrT, not just skylarks this time! 😂
Fantastic train video 👍👍👍.
Greetings Gert
Thanks for the comment and for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Superb, Love the wild bird sound too
Thanks Robert, quite a few different species included in this one! Glad you enjoyed it.
Amazing, great video, attention to detail spot on, brilliant how you’ve got the dirty grimy weathered look, even got black greasy patches on buffers, the only thing missing is the steam, cheers Martin👍
Thanks Martin, glad you enjoyed it!
Would love to see a full layout tour at some point. Some quite incredible modelling, especially the vista across the canal. Plus my favourite region for traction.
Thank you very much! A tour is in the pipeline at some point, but in the queue as I have so much footage already that needs editing! 😅
Done - Thanks for the incredible videos, and Merry Christmas!
The ramp leading up to the coaling tower is so cool!
Ha thanks! The coaling stage itself was salvaged from my Gramps’s old layout and squeezed in, but I’m pleased with it. The ramp isn’t finished yet - much scenic work to do.
Done. Great videos. Brilliant layouts and sound effects.
I liked your Q1 video and I sometimes watched it again for my pleasure.
That’s great to know, thanks!
Just come across this channel and very pleased I did. Done
Superb bit of video, so realistic
Your Best yet👍 you must be Proud of production all of it !👍😎
wow, excellent modelling here, and your camera work is amazing.
Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed the show.
This man knows how to film model trains!
Thanks mate - I’m still learning!
Great video, and a beautiful layout. Love the auto coaches :-) Brilliant work with the sound. All the locos and rolling stock have a really nice vintage feel to them and so life like :-)
This is amazing. The best adaption if sounds I've seen in a model railway. As for the layout itself well it's stunning. Love my own layout and although not on this level this video has given me some ideas for slight improvements. Brilliant pal.
The year is 1997 and gone are the days of regular steam service Duck is sitting with Percy and oliver and Duck is telling the story and reminiscing about days long gone about his regular push pull and local goods freight train and his frinds that is long gone from the old GWR
Amazing video and a truly stunning layout that the excellent camera shots really bring to life. As others have said this could be real! I think I spot a lot of Scalescenes brick papers for the retaining walls? I use a lot of these in my layout and it’s really great to see them used on a layout of this scale and quality to stunning effect!
Thank you very much, and well spotted! They are indeed Scalescenes retaining walls and the tunnels and viaduct are too which I adapted to be on the curve. They’re excellent, especially for those on a budget like i was. All of it cost less than £15 to download then the cost of the cardboard. It was a lot of work, but excellent value. I’m sure yours looks excellent 👍
Amazing lovely thanks 😊
I thought I was the only one using corrugated cardboard for subroadbed! Sooo much cheaper than cork and lots of it about. Nice work. Oh and in case you weren't aware, you can install a small spring in the journal boxes to prevent the buffer bashing on the Autocoach and loco.
Excellent and creative filming!
Thanks Michael, I appreciate the comment and thanks for watching 👍
Love the 3rd coach in the passenger train. I have trouble getting my Star class to pull more than 6 coaches.
It is a clients nice kit built coach, the detail such as the handles is all printed but still looks very effective - especially when on a moving a train.
Fun GWR Fact: The GWR 111 “The Great Bear” is the only Pacific locomotive of the GWR.
Yeah and the very first pacific to run in the uk. What a model that would be! Unfortunately it wasn’t very successful though and was withdrawn as early as 1924, by which time the more powerful, but smaller, Castle class had been introduced. Another fun fact: Great Bear was supposedly “rebuilt” into a Castle to balance the books with the accountants, but in reality only a front section of the frames was reused along with the number plate 111. Not even the name was reused as the new loco was Viscount Churchill!
Great Layout and fantastic videoing, very realistic, I love GWR, one of the best railways.
P.S. I subbed.
Cheers, Gary.
Thanks Gary, glad you enjoyed it and welcome aboard! 👍👍👍
Done. Beautiful.
Superb thanks
Thanks 👍
@@NEVILLEGROVE I got my hands on 4 GWR autocoaches, the new/latest Dapol has the droplights painted red (correctly) but the Airfix and later Hornby do not. Quick upgrade.... Airfix is easiest, take out glazing and use an ultra fine red Sharpie permanent marker and colour in the droplights. I was so chuffed with the reult I bought a box of the Ultra fine red Sharpies and converted all old GWR coach models the same way and it is a sight to behold, cheers
What a great video: nice sequences, excellent camera-work and sound editing. Must have taken ages to put it all together. Much appreciated! One minor thing I noticed: the brakevan seems to have a bent axle or so, as it is wobbling on the main line sequence in the beginning.
Thanks for the kind comments and for watching. Yes I noticed the wobbling brake van when editing the video, and the loco had long gone back to its owner! Oh well, I’ve swapped the wheel set over now.
Great vid great layout great all round really well done
Great work! I’m now following with interest … 👍
I always enjoy the videos and weathering you do here on this channel. Being a GW modeller at heart I am taken by this particular video. However one very minor point I would mention is that there appears to be no brake gear on the 28xx and the rear sand pipe is loose and catching on the track !
Thanks very much for watching, I'll let the owner of the loco know.
Nice video like and subscribed from Czech Republic 🙂👍👍👍👍👍
Hallo🤩super video 👍👍👍👍
Hi! Thanks very much for watching.
So reallistic and a true piece of model railway art. I have been looking out for any fault that meets the eye whilst watching this specific episode but not because I am such a negatively enclined sad person but rather as I love the exact replication of the 'real thing'! I look for the 'give aways' that this film isn't depicting the original.
I actually have over the years really become more and more enclined to build and thus replicate the original, regardless of which model I am actually making. Where as in the past and when I was a lot younger my aim was to get a model finished, today my aim is to get it made as reallistic as it is possible for me to do.
I think that the internet has opened my eyes more than any magazine and still pictures could have ever done. I tend to be rather bored by models, and layouts which are let's say 'just built'! No matter how exact and clean a model may be made, it is rather the inperfections that bring the model to life thus draws in my attention. Saying all of this, I do understand and respect all model builders reardless of their experience or age and skill level. It is alone the experience that enhances ones skills, but it is also the question of each and every one of our individual perceptions of what and how much detailing one requires or would like. So at the end of the day it is all down to our individuality.
Wow, thanks for the thoughtful and in depth reply! Railway modelling is a very subjective thing and you're absolutely right, it should be done for the greatest enjoyment / satisfaction of the builder. As for Neville Grove, its very much a work in progress but I have taken a broad brush approach to the whole of the layout - most of it is just about acceptable, but not one single area is anywhere near finished! Good luck with yours, keep enjoying the hobby and thanks for watching.
Brilliant videos
Amazing layout and shots. I like how realistic the movements are. So natural how the engines stop and start. Were those locos to emit smoke I would have easily mistook it for the real thing. I have to say I wasn't actually aware of that class of Pannier tank @7:35 with the outside cylinders. Having looked it up I see that's a GWR 1366 class. Very interesting to see. So used to the 5700s etc
Done for the competition 👍
Done. Great video
An time point 1:19 is that a squeaky wheel or a Coot bird calling ?
Well spotted, it’s a coot!
Superb Video love all about GWR well done , love to know where you get your train crews from.
Thanks Maurice, the crew in the cab were actually the Bachmann train crews that I weather down with the loco to blend them in and look less shiny / plasticky.
@@NEVILLEGROVE Thanks Neville I will have a look at them, look forward to some more videos.
Great as always
As always a Wonderful video, I noticed that you use tension locks on your wagons and coaches but not on your loco`s, is their a reason for this ?. Also I realy did like the banking on the curves and you showed it off remarkably in the video.👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks! Yes there is a very good reason - none of these are my locos as they are from customers who have sent them for weathering. That said, I am slowly converting the fleet away from tension locks, some wagons have Kadees for auto uncoupling and some coaches have Hunt magnetic couplers. I’ll always need tension licks in some sort of capacity as I run so many visiting locos. Thanks for watching, yeah the banking / cant makes a huge difference in my opinion, worth the effort hopefully. 👍👍👍
Lovely👌👍
Excellent video. Thanks.
You encapsulate my schooldays!
Is 2811 a bit early in the class to have the curved front end?
Done and glad am subscribing
Beautiful layout and photograph! Is there any chance of adding a bit of smoke to your engines for the ultimate realistic effect ? I am a beginner and I wonder what’s involved in doing this.
The only thing I hate about British model trains, is that they are so damn expensive, especially in America, besides that I love them
Done re Hornby comp
And to be honest I'm surprised I've not subscribed to this channel.
I see many fantastic layouts on Y.T., but they are ruined, for me, by running trains at breakneck speed. Thankyou so much for such a smooth operation done at the 'proper' scale speed, so realistic. You've made an old fool very happy.
Beautiful detailing. What Scale is the model?
Thanks! OO Gauge, 1:76 scale.
done !!!