What a lovely interview, you really do have a wonderful way of drawing out why the hobby means so much to Tony. I was also highly impressed with how gently you brought the Pullman train to a stop in the station; I've seen old hands do a far inferior job!
Very well made video! Little Bytham has a special place in my heart, and whenever I travel to London I always look out for Tony’s house. He is the most amazing man, and whenever I go to visit him, Mo and Gilly, it’s always an amazing day out. Can’t believe how close after my visit this was filmed too!
Thank you for making this. I always really enjoyed watching Tony run his trains, his commentary and his emphasis on his dear friends whom he cherishes. Glad he's still with us.
I must say how much I thoroughly enjoyed your interview with Tony! It was so down to earth and I found myself agreeing with many of the points mentioned. I have enjoyed the hobby since I was a young boy and I am now 58. As Tony said life gets in the way as you grow up but as you find the time the passion for trains draws you back in and you can indulge yourself once again. Well done to Tony and his friends for recreating a piece of his childhood in such meticulous detail. I greatly admire their skill and the joy it brings to others. Cheers from Down Under Australia 😊
My partner Alison is just starting out making miniatures and it's a fascinating hobby that has captured both our imaginations. This layout that Tony has built is just amazing, and inspiring too. Love the video, just so natural and organic. I would need to build the short section of track West of Tilehurst station on the GWR, which is where I spent many a childhood hour spotting Castle and King class locomotives pulling the Cornish Riviera Express our of Paddington.
This was a real joy to watch - I have been interested in trains since I was a young boy, and I am on my 5th layout build - Tony epitomises everything that brings us joy in this hobby! The hobby encompasses so many different skills that one needs to learn, that bring enormous satisfaction...The Best Hobby in the World...
Thanks for this excellent video, its nice to see the over all views and set up of LB and I could listen to Tony all day, I could listen to all three of you all day (you all raised good points, about: social history, the history of technology, hobbies, therapeutic endeavours, finances etc.). I first met Tony when he had his other 4mm FS layout, Stoke Summit (the real location was also a record breaking section of that famous high speed line), at a local show, with his WMRC mates, Stoke Summit is a layout favourite of mine, possibly my most favourite of exhibition layouts, I've watched it for ages at various shows/exhibitions, exquisite. Ive learned a lot about model making philosophy from Tony, his layouts, videos etc. Ive corresponded with Tony on and off from time to time and he kindly extended an invitation, however my health is such, that I wouldn't be able to travel far, nor cope with a visit (I live in hope). Your video has helped me to fulfill some of that ambition and to see the layout in its natural setting - and what a marvelous set up it is. Many thanks to you and Tony👍💜✌️😊
How lovely to see this pop up on my feed. Tony is a huge advocate for mental health and the benefits that having a hobby has for our well being. Serving in the military left me with some issues, however after reading and hearing articles by Tony, It encouraged me back into model railways after a decades long hiatus. He is probably part of the reason Im still here. Thankyou for posting this. 😊
Lovely! My father was a model railroader and train enthusiast. When he was a teenager in Pennsylvania, he worked painting train-cars for the railroad. I inherited all of his model trains and buildings. My brother and I also have our own train sets since we were children. I wish more kids would go back to trains and dollhouses. SO much fun and great for imagination and seeing the world in ways most folks don't.
I'm absolutely loving your video! My brother had a model railroad with an imaginary scene (not based on a real place) that he built with my dad. My favorite was the tunnel through a papier maché. In Portland, Oregon, where I live, there's a huge community-built model railroad depicting Mount Hood and communities around the Columbia River Gorge. I got to see it as a child and I think it's still there. You've inspired me to investigate.
Not sure how this video popped up but I am glad it did. As others have said Tony’s passion is there to see, and Hannah’s really measured and thoughtful questioning is excellent. It remind me of James May and his quest to get youngsters to build Airfix kits. There was so many people stories in this video - it’s not all about the trains but they do help!!
Respect to Tony for saying it the way it is. I am 44 and started off with model railways in 1986 and my first Airfix kit in 1989. I am thankful to have modelling skills I learned via trial and error. My soldering skills are basic but I learned it all by myself and I love this hobby. I hope more people go into the hobby. There is ways to save money with sales and the pre-owned market.
I think since Francis Bourgeois has softened the modern outlook of Trainspotting being for anoraks, it’s now rather ‘cool’ to be a train nerd. It took me until being nearly 50 to not worry about liking trains and having a ‘trainset’ (sorry Tony)…but now it’s no longer shunned by the media. Little Bytham is what I would’ve dreamed of building when I was 10 years old but my oval of Hornby track had to suffice. Cracking video 👍
What an excellently intelligent interview. Good questions, wonderfully thoughtful responses, from both. So nice to see your enthusiasm for, yes, a rather socially corrosive hobby. Curiously,when you and Tony were discussing the nostalgia interest, and how instead of being nostalgia of the real thing, or trainspotting days, but more a nostalgia of a model railway that's made such an impression it brings the desire to build similar. Pretty much everyone I know who has an interest in a model railway, none had a real interest in their youth (bar myself as I didn't have a life). They developed the interest in a model railway solely as an adult, and as a result of happening across seeing a model railway in some form of medium (TV, show, youtube etc). So Curiously, I'd consider that the basis of most model railways built today aren't due to a desire to harness nostalgic memories but are as a desire to replicate a model railway. Model begets model. A further to this is the still quite active (and expensive!) Exercise in tinplate train collecting and running. None of the items can be from a nostalgic standpoint: it's just to long ago: thence the interest is acquired due to some erstwhile experience that has instilled the interest. It's not even necessarily an historic collectors interest, but moreso this impresses me so this is what I want to keep being impressed. Wonderful video. Gonna watch it again me thinks...
What a lovely man explaining life as it really is I'm 61 now and always loved railways love this model railway video well done to all involved from northern soul tony
Oh my goodness you have brought so many memories. My Dad and I always sat up his trains around Christmas time. They were from his childhood. It was a fun time. My Mom had many miniatures so we all had our hands on setting up a Christmas scenes for the trains to past. My Dad is still around he just turned 80. But he has past his trains to my brother. I remember my parents telling me they had to let the telly warm up before the picture would come on lol. And I remember if you wanted a different channel you had to get up and change it. And the was only 5 channels that would come in. But if the weather was bad you were better off with the radio.
Fantastic video. I've visited Tony and Little Bytham; not only is it an incredible model of an interesting prototype location but Tony and Mo are fantastic people. As for model railways, I kept my interest in it hidden for years but then one day realised that it was silly to do so; all hobbies and interests appear a bit geeky to others who don't share that interest but that is no reason to keep quiet about it.
What a delightful interview of a supremely talented and generous man with a passion. The comments on hand-crafting really ring true today. In my opinion is is due to the school curriculum withdrawing ART as a subject, leading to many children being frustrated by the lack of opportunities to create and make things with their hands. I have a network colleague who runs extra mural after school art classes in South London, highly rewarding in disseminating skills, but many of the children who attend are incapable of using their hands - some even struggle with a knife & fork. I am delighted that my daughter and partner are self-confessed Chemistry graduate geeks and love making clothes, Lego kits, ceramics, whilst still holding down careers in Accounting and IT. Great channel. Subscribed.
Good afternoon I have the book of the making of this fantastic railway Tony wright signed my copy of the book at Loughborough at the model railway show at the grammar school.I also have a DVD which was in model railway magazine one Christmas issue of Tony working on this layout. I also have all the right track series DVDs. The one the gentleman I think is called Solomon, he made the track for this layout, great interview. Keep up the good work Tony. Many thanks, Colin.
Enjoyed this so very much. Model railroading like so many other hobbies is so expensive, and you need a passion for history, love of people, pride of place. ❤
Thank you and thank you Tony. As a young lad from Norfolk, each year along with my parents we went on holiday to Retford (staying with a favourite Aunt & Uncle), and one of my fondest memories is sitting in our Ford Anglia on the bridge besides Retford engine shed, overlooking the station and watching the steam engines (which we no longer saw in Norfolk). I now model LNER, a bit before my time but many of the same engines that I spotted at Retford.
Guten Abend, Sir. Großbritannien has a wonderful railway heritage but I would like to say there is a lot in Ireland too. Railway modelling remains very popular and there are several wonderful shows annually. Donegal Dad trains is a good channel to look at. Some wonderful Railway museums (3) within 30 minutes of Belfast including a heritage railway😊 I wish you a nice evening, Ian
In 1981 we performed the 'Real Live Punch and Judy Show' in the garden at the Willoughby Arms, run then by a couple that I knew, originally from Lincoln. The model looks just like the real thing!
We went to a museum at skegness called the village, used to be church farm museum and they were setting up a model railway that a man who grew in skegness spent many hours working on in south Africa. Yhe whole thing is a model of skegness and the surrounding railway areas as it was when he was a kid. When he died his widow shipped it over in 36 boxes. The men at the museum worked off the mans videos and photos of the railway as the man had it to get it right. Then the widow came over to visit and see it up and running in skegness where the people of skegness can enjoy it. I thought that was lovely x
@Northerner_Transport_Hub we went 3 weeks ago and it was in the shed opposite the cottage with the thatched roof when we got there she said it was locked because there was no one to man it and it's worth a lot of money but just as we were about to leave a man was opening it and he let me and my kids in and told us yhe story behind it. There's a picture of the man who originally made it and a bit about him on the wall near the model railway. I thought that was a nice touch x
What a great video ...I know just what Tony means, because I built a small {8ftX10ft} model railway in my loft of the place I used to go "trainspotting" in the late 50/early 60's {the area being what is now known as "Aldwarke Junction" near Rotherham} .....where the main ex-LMS line ran within 100yds of an old ex GC/LNER branch line. I try to keep it as accurate as possible, using only models of the trains {sorry .... engines ;-) } that I saw there. I may even have stood on Doncaster Station at the same time as Mr wright, as it was just a "pocket money" train ride to get to Doncaster. Well done Mr Wright {if youre reading this}.
On a point of accuracy, Bytham station was at 92m16ch fromKings Cross. Mallard hit 126mph at 90m16ch. 2miles in distance. Essendine station to the south of Little Bytham was at 88m55ch. Therefore this station being 1mile 41ch south from where Mallard hit its record speed was closer than Little Bytham station. I know all these mileages as my Railway career started at Essendine and I know the GN mainline very very well. Thank you for posting this wonderful rendition in miniture of an era never to return. Also brings back memories of people I worked with but are no longer with us.
I believe Tony and his team of collaborators initially looked at Essendine, however it did not lend itself to reproduction in 4mm:f1t scale/00 gauge within the 32ft x 12ft parameters that the space allowed as well as Little Bytham did when plans and operational considerations were taken into account. It also had the bonus of being able to include a representation of the M&GN crossing the line as a scenic break and mini layout. Many of the collaborators upon this including Tony as members of the Wolverhampton MRS had previously constructed the highly regarded exhibition layout Stoke Summit.
No time like the present to return to it ☺️! I unboxed my childhood trains which I hadn't run in decades and ran them with my kids. A whole new set of priceless memories made.
What a fabulous interview, as a girl in the 50s I could only ever watch train layouts from afar! Great video but YT failed to notify me…..thought I should let you know.
As a kid I wished I had the space in my bedroom for a permanent model railway. As this wasn't possible I started building model planes and tanks instead, mostly from the war years
Have you thought about small layout modules? Things like T-TRAK allow you to build a small section of railway and then join it together with your friends to run trains on. It's much more accessible than a big permanent layout 😊.
@@willjayne2658I don't think those layout modules existed when I was a kid. For a time during the school holiday I tried running a variant of Inglenook sidings with Peco points, a Hornby tank loco and five wagons on a strip of chipboard but there wasn't enough space on my desk or under the bed and it had to be dismantled at the end of summer. I had more success with Airfix planes because I could hang them from the ceiling, and Revell tanks because they fitted on my bookcase. When I got my own place I bought an old glass cabinet from the charity shop for my surviving tanks
@Nick-zp3ub they didn't exist when I was a kid either, there's a somewhat recent invention and now extremely popular in the US and gaining traction now here too. It's quite frankly the only way I could do the hobby in my current time/life circumstances.
"insanity"🤣🤣🤣 love it… I was so into trains that it became my profession. What a lot of people oversee is that often toys are there to prepare children, in a playful way, getting interested for a job they could do as a profession in later life. In the early 20th century children had static life steam engines, gils had dolls and real working kitchens, 40's to 90's it was model trains, cars and aviation, from the 90's it became computer related toys. It's all a reflexion of jobs you can do in later life, sort of social influencing.
That is fascinating! I never thought of it that way but, yes, you're absolutely right. These toys were fostering an interest that would likely lead to a full time job or career!
@@Realvintagedollshouse Well as you can guess I'm also a model railway fanatic, and a strange duck, because I live in Belgium and I only collect British rolling stock. Maybe it has to do with visiting my cousins in the UK at the age of 5 and I was infected with the model railway virus there. But within the model railway community, the approach people have, can be for many reasons, in Tony's case it was youth nostalgia, the scene he grew up in, for me it's the technical revolution, combined with social movement in a historical sense. My theme is the beginning, evolution and social impact of railways to early 20th century just before WW1. For the first time there was a middle class who started to have a good life, political impacts such as suffragettes on the street, so much happend at that time that molded who we are now. Anyway, loved your interview and Tony was a perfect host, and lovely story teller.
I went to Wunderland in hamburg this year which is basically a huge model railway with recreations of Rome/ Venice/ las vegas/ airport and all sorts. It was amazing! I would recommend a look or visit if you ever go there.
Girls and model railways in the 1960's. - My father, a model engineer, belonged to a society that built 3.5" and 5" gauge live steam model locos. Once a month the club held a 'running day' on a circular track in a municipal park. Tickets were sold to the public at sixpence a ride in aid of club funds. It was a club essentially for working men and their families although boys were tolerated. A local mid-teenage girl started showing up but was given the cold shoulder. She presumably got the hump and each month would turn up late in the afternoon and buy POUNDSWORTH of tickets in one go and then just stay on the train and hand back a ticket at each station stop. This forced the 'running day' to last into the evening. She was always distant and would not engage in conversation. We soon gave her the nickname 'Tickety'. Eventually she just stopped showing up. There must have been a story there somewhere.
Im a early 1950s boy, love both model trains and the real ones , I was surprised to see this video on this channel. I have to say how good the 1950s were, I loved the way women dressed and looked, even at school the girls dressed with little black shoes and white socks, often a bow in there hair. We all knew how special girls were as we all have mothers, my mum was old fashioned, always wore dresses and was always there for me. I love looking at all the vintage dress but also the way we lived, and how simple it was,not perfect but simple. Going to the dentist was frightening, it was like sitting in the electric chair lol. Here is a suggest for you as you like the old days etc. What about you look at bell ringing, so much a part of life back then. Here is ringing in Sydney, im standing on the box ringing the tenor. ua-cam.com/video/7wG1nUA6SD8/v-deo.htmlsi=8ZZBqtFtmbfDqPLy
I love my model well at moment just a oval railway. That being said, if someone has to be told to love a model railway. More than likely they aren't into them to begin with. Thus, this video would fall on deaf ears... NUFF SAID.
age is just a number, if a young person has an interest in history, steam engines in general etc the hobby will still go strong no matter what age in time
ive rehomed a passed gentleman's model railway i have been into the hobby since my grandfather got me a hornby set when i was a boy now all 3 of my children have an interest in my hobby all be it distant but hopefully it gets passed down
When I was a little GIRL, all I wanted for Christmas was a train set going under the Christmas tree 🎄 and my family thought I was silly because that was for "boys."😢 Pish posh
Yeah that's plain daft. An inherent interest in motorised vehicles / mechanical engineering etc is not gender specific. same can be said for pretty much everything. and i'm not a woke crusader type
PISH POSH INDEED! I will proudly be displaying a model train under MY tree this year and I hope, now, you can enjoy whatever you want to in spite of 'social norms' ❤
That's a shame. I have a little daughter and I'll be so pleased if she shows an interest in this kind of thing, me and her older brother have had a lot of fun playing with my old model trains (and maybe buying a few new ones.....) I think it's a great hobby for anyone.
My sister tried to join our local model rail club a number of years back. It was very much a 'boys club' with the grown men actively excluding her from the demonstrations they were giving the sons of the group. After a few meet ups my dad pulled her from the club because he was sick of the disrespect she received (he wasn't interested in trains but refused to leave my sister) and didn't want her thinking that was an ok environment to be in. It was sad because she still loves trains
@@Realvintagedollshouseunfortunately not! She loves seeing trains/model railways in museums but I think the experience with the club (and the price and availability of the models now) really put her off
That's terribly sad! Clubs vary a lot, some are very warm and welcoming and some less so. There's a group called "Loco Ladies" who do what they can to support women entering the hobby, they exhibit at many shows and are a lovely bunch - and there's usually cake on their layouts too ;)! Maybe she could connect with them?
My dad was a fireman on the railway, (the man who shovled the coal on the fire to keep the engine going) he was train mad from 14 till he died at 87. I still have all his model stuff in many boxes I don't know what to do with it all. It breaks my heart to get rid of it as he loved it so much but it's filling a whole room 😣
Tony rehomes locomotives, he might be able to help you find them a new and loving home! Or, my boyfriend loves model railways, he might even take them off your hands! Your dad sounds wonderful ❤
It is a very expensive and time consuming hobby, and i know that kids are more into quick and instant gratification from screens, I know this as I'm in IT myself! I have my childhood 00 trainset in the shed, and my son has a smaller N trainset in his room (i say train set as i see it as a toy to be played with, rather than a model build for realism!) My youngest however is still interested, not old enough to volunteer at a heritage railway so tonight i'll be taking him to the local model rail society, see how he gets on :)
Apparently Rod Stewart is his own model train set and can often be seen when in the uk going to model train meetings/clubs etc I would love to have a train set like this.
Really love the work Tony does but very disappointed at the negativity towards TT:120 under the name of little bytham. Surely anyone who is a genuine enthusiast welcomes all scales in the hobby.
Lovely video of a beautiful model but why spoil it by using swear words in the captions? I’d show this to my grandson if these were not used. I’m sure I’m not in a minority saying this.
Oh John, I'm so sorry about that, I try to capture the people as "unedited" as possible and while I'm not a big swearer myself, I can't control how people around me express themselves. I'm sorry that I included subtitles at those moments too, I know some parts of the videos audio aren't perfect and I didn't want people to miss anything, hence the careful placing of '*' to hide the expletives. I really do apologise that you can't show it all to your grandson. But I hope that it added some enjoyment to your day. Love to you and your grandson. I'll take note of this for next time ❤
What a wonderful video and a great interview! Tony is a great guy and I hope I'll meet him at a show one day. The passion that he and his friends put into this layout is so evident, marvellous talent. I also saw you mentioning how you'd like to do a Christmas tree layout, I love those and may have something to help you along with it if you're interested. I'll drop you a DM on Instagram :D!
Ps i want to say how nice it is to see ordinary people interviewed and featured on your channel. Very interesting and refreshing
That means the world 🥺❤ thank you
What a lovely interview, you really do have a wonderful way of drawing out why the hobby means so much to Tony. I was also highly impressed with how gently you brought the Pullman train to a stop in the station; I've seen old hands do a far inferior job!
Very well made video! Little Bytham has a special place in my heart, and whenever I travel to London I always look out for Tony’s house. He is the most amazing man, and whenever I go to visit him, Mo and Gilly, it’s always an amazing day out. Can’t believe how close after my visit this was filmed too!
Tony is a gem. Long may he (and his mates) inspire the rest of us to mash parts together until they look right.
I love this 😂❤
bit of luck this popped up in my feed
nice video
thank you
Thank you for making this. I always really enjoyed watching Tony run his trains, his commentary and his emphasis on his dear friends whom he cherishes. Glad he's still with us.
What a glorious programme and proper discussion of craft, hobbies and friends. Thank you
I must say how much I thoroughly enjoyed your interview with Tony! It was so down to earth and I found myself agreeing with many of the points mentioned. I have enjoyed the hobby since I was a young boy and I am now 58. As Tony said life gets in the way as you grow up but as you find the time the passion for trains draws you back in and you can indulge yourself once again. Well done to Tony and his friends for recreating a piece of his childhood in such meticulous detail. I greatly admire their skill and the joy it brings to others.
Cheers from Down Under Australia 😊
My family (adult children) has to go see the model trains when ever we can. We love them.
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My partner Alison is just starting out making miniatures and it's a fascinating hobby that has captured both our imaginations. This layout that Tony has built is just amazing, and inspiring too. Love the video, just so natural and organic. I would need to build the short section of track West of Tilehurst station on the GWR, which is where I spent many a childhood hour spotting Castle and King class locomotives pulling the Cornish Riviera Express our of Paddington.
This was a real joy to watch - I have been interested in trains since I was a young boy, and I am on my 5th layout build - Tony epitomises everything that brings us joy in this hobby! The hobby encompasses so many different skills that one needs to learn, that bring enormous satisfaction...The Best Hobby in the World...
Thanks for this excellent video, its nice to see the over all views and set up of LB and I could listen to Tony all day, I could listen to all three of you all day (you all raised good points, about: social history, the history of technology, hobbies, therapeutic endeavours, finances etc.).
I first met Tony when he had his other 4mm FS layout, Stoke Summit (the real location was also a record breaking section of that famous high speed line), at a local show, with his WMRC mates, Stoke Summit is a layout favourite of mine, possibly my most favourite of exhibition layouts, I've watched it for ages at various shows/exhibitions, exquisite.
Ive learned a lot about model making philosophy from Tony, his layouts, videos etc.
Ive corresponded with Tony on and off from time to time and he kindly extended an invitation, however my health is such, that I wouldn't be able to travel far, nor cope with a visit (I live in hope). Your video has helped me to fulfill some of that ambition and to see the layout in its natural setting - and what a marvelous set up it is.
Many thanks to you and Tony👍💜✌️😊
What a magnificent interview. Well done.
This was so lovely gentle and warm. Thank you.
Aww, he was sweet! I used to watch trains when I was younger…and even had one under our Christmas Tree every year.
How lovely to see this pop up on my feed.
Tony is a huge advocate for mental health and the benefits that having a hobby has for our well being.
Serving in the military left me with some issues,
however after reading and hearing articles by Tony, It encouraged me back into model railways after a decades long hiatus.
He is probably part of the reason Im still here.
Thankyou for posting this. 😊
P.s. Its also bought me to your channel. What fabulous content. Love it. 😊
Lovely! My father was a model railroader and train enthusiast. When he was a teenager in Pennsylvania, he worked painting train-cars for the railroad. I inherited all of his model trains and buildings. My brother and I also have our own train sets since we were children. I wish more kids would go back to trains and dollhouses. SO much fun and great for imagination and seeing the world in ways most folks don't.
I wholeheartedly agree ❤
This was truly delightful 😊
Thank you so much ❤
What a brilliant video and such sensible content and comment.
Love this video. Would love to see more videos like this
Understood and noted! ❤
I'm absolutely loving your video! My brother had a model railroad with an imaginary scene (not based on a real place) that he built with my dad. My favorite was the tunnel through a papier maché. In Portland, Oregon, where I live, there's a huge community-built model railroad depicting Mount Hood and communities around the Columbia River Gorge. I got to see it as a child and I think it's still there. You've inspired me to investigate.
Not sure how this video popped up but I am glad it did. As others have said Tony’s passion is there to see, and Hannah’s really measured and thoughtful questioning is excellent. It remind me of James May and his quest to get youngsters to build Airfix kits. There was so many people stories in this video - it’s not all about the trains but they do help!!
What an extraordinary, lovely video!
Tony is wonderfully humorous but with some very deep insight into things that matter to him.
I'll make sure he sees this ❤
Model Railways saved me, hope it does the same to others who need an alternative less toxic hobby.
That was delightful!!!
Respect to Tony for saying it the way it is. I am 44 and started off with model railways in 1986 and my first Airfix kit in 1989. I am thankful to have modelling skills I learned via trial and error. My soldering skills are basic but I learned it all by myself and I love this hobby. I hope more people go into the hobby. There is ways to save money with sales and the pre-owned market.
I think since Francis Bourgeois has softened the modern outlook of Trainspotting being for anoraks, it’s now rather ‘cool’ to be a train nerd. It took me until being nearly 50 to not worry about liking trains and having a ‘trainset’ (sorry Tony)…but now it’s no longer shunned by the media. Little Bytham is what I would’ve dreamed of building when I was 10 years old but my oval of Hornby track had to suffice. Cracking video 👍
What an excellently intelligent interview. Good questions, wonderfully thoughtful responses, from both.
So nice to see your enthusiasm for, yes, a rather socially corrosive hobby.
Curiously,when you and Tony were discussing the nostalgia interest, and how instead of being nostalgia of the real thing, or trainspotting days, but more a nostalgia of a model railway that's made such an impression it brings the desire to build similar.
Pretty much everyone I know who has an interest in a model railway, none had a real interest in their youth (bar myself as I didn't have a life).
They developed the interest in a model railway solely as an adult, and as a result of happening across seeing a model railway in some form of medium (TV, show, youtube etc).
So Curiously, I'd consider that the basis of most model railways built today aren't due to a desire to harness nostalgic memories but are as a desire to replicate a model railway. Model begets model. A further to this is the still quite active (and expensive!) Exercise in tinplate train collecting and running.
None of the items can be from a nostalgic standpoint: it's just to long ago: thence the interest is acquired due to some erstwhile experience that has instilled the interest.
It's not even necessarily an historic collectors interest, but moreso this impresses me so this is what I want to keep being impressed.
Wonderful video.
Gonna watch it again me thinks...
What a lovely man explaining life as it really is I'm 61 now and always loved railways love this model railway video well done to all involved from northern soul tony
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How wonderfully natural to see this and how you both warmed in each others company, let go and allowed us all in to those memories that Tony shared 🙏
Fantastic railway! Even more fantastic conversation! Thank you for sharing this one.🙂
Oh my goodness you have brought so many memories. My Dad and I always sat up his trains around Christmas time. They were from his childhood. It was a fun time. My Mom had many miniatures so we all had our hands on setting up a Christmas scenes for the trains to past. My Dad is still around he just turned 80. But he has past his trains to my brother.
I remember my parents telling me they had to let the telly warm up before the picture would come on lol. And I remember if you wanted a different channel you had to get up and change it. And the was only 5 channels that would come in. But if the weather was bad you were better off with the radio.
What wonderful memories 😂❤
What a lovely video ❤
Thank you for a lovely video
Wow, amazing video.
Great to see tony looking well...a legend in the model world 😉 keep going 👍🏻
Fantastic video. I've visited Tony and Little Bytham; not only is it an incredible model of an interesting prototype location but Tony and Mo are fantastic people. As for model railways, I kept my interest in it hidden for years but then one day realised that it was silly to do so; all hobbies and interests appear a bit geeky to others who don't share that interest but that is no reason to keep quiet about it.
What a delightful interview of a supremely talented and generous man with a passion. The comments on hand-crafting really ring true today. In my opinion is is due to the school curriculum withdrawing ART as a subject, leading to many children being frustrated by the lack of opportunities to create and make things with their hands. I have a network colleague who runs extra mural after school art classes in South London, highly rewarding in disseminating skills, but many of the children who attend are incapable of using their hands - some even struggle with a knife & fork. I am delighted that my daughter and partner are self-confessed Chemistry graduate geeks and love making clothes, Lego kits, ceramics, whilst still holding down careers in Accounting and IT. Great channel. Subscribed.
Everything you said is absolutely spot on and exactly what I hope this channel holds into ❤❤❤ thank you for being here
Just seen the tiktok of this and had to check it out. Love the yap, reminds me of some old classic British telly. Great stuff!
You have just summed up exactly what I want this channel to feel like ❤
Love this. What a wonderful model railway! My great grandfather was a steam engine driver for more than 40 years and drove trains similar to these.
Oh wow that's amazing ❤❤❤
Good afternoon I have the book of the making of this fantastic railway Tony wright signed my copy of the book at Loughborough at the model railway show at the grammar school.I also have a DVD which was in model railway magazine one Christmas issue of Tony working on this layout. I also have all the right track series DVDs. The one the gentleman I think is called Solomon, he made the track for this layout, great interview. Keep up the good work Tony. Many thanks, Colin.
Thank you so much, I'll show Tony your comment ❤❤
very interesting video and an amazing model railway, thanks for sharing. Tom
Enjoyed this so very much.
Model railroading like so many other hobbies is so expensive, and you need a passion for history, love of people, pride of place. ❤
Absolutely spot on 😌
Thank you and thank you Tony. As a young lad from Norfolk, each year along with my parents we went on holiday to Retford (staying with a favourite Aunt & Uncle), and one of my fondest memories is sitting in our Ford Anglia on the bridge besides Retford engine shed, overlooking the station and watching the steam engines (which we no longer saw in Norfolk). I now model LNER, a bit before my time but many of the same engines that I spotted at Retford.
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what a great channel :)
Never visited UK in my 35 years ... think i have to come to the island soon
best regards from germany
Guten Abend, Sir.
Großbritannien has a wonderful railway heritage but I would like to say there is a lot in Ireland too.
Railway modelling remains very popular and there are several wonderful shows annually.
Donegal Dad trains is a good channel to look at.
Some wonderful Railway museums (3) within 30 minutes of Belfast including a heritage railway😊
I wish you a nice evening,
Ian
In 1981 we performed the 'Real Live Punch and Judy Show' in the garden at the Willoughby Arms, run then by a couple that I knew, originally from Lincoln. The model looks just like the real thing!
I'll make sure Tony sees this comment 😊❤
What a lovely video.
Subscribed because you made such a charming video.
Ian,
France
We went to a museum at skegness called the village, used to be church farm museum and they were setting up a model railway that a man who grew in skegness spent many hours working on in south Africa. Yhe whole thing is a model of skegness and the surrounding railway areas as it was when he was a kid. When he died his widow shipped it over in 36 boxes. The men at the museum worked off the mans videos and photos of the railway as the man had it to get it right. Then the widow came over to visit and see it up and running in skegness where the people of skegness can enjoy it. I thought that was lovely x
I went to that museum and never saw a model railway layout...
@Northerner_Transport_Hub we went 3 weeks ago and it was in the shed opposite the cottage with the thatched roof when we got there she said it was locked because there was no one to man it and it's worth a lot of money but just as we were about to leave a man was opening it and he let me and my kids in and told us yhe story behind it. There's a picture of the man who originally made it and a bit about him on the wall near the model railway. I thought that was a nice touch x
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This was lovely i like how you did this cute and what a railway
Thank you so much ❤
This was featured on a DVD way back when he started the layout! His narration when doing some tutorials is bliss
I could listen to him talk forever! ❤
I love this! Thanks for sharing :)
You're more than welcome, glad you enjoyed it ❤
That was a superb and interesting video, well done to all involved.
What a great video ...I know just what Tony means, because I built a small {8ftX10ft} model railway in my loft of the place I used to go "trainspotting" in the late 50/early 60's {the area being what is now known as "Aldwarke Junction" near Rotherham} .....where the main ex-LMS line ran within 100yds of an old ex GC/LNER branch line.
I try to keep it as accurate as possible, using only models of the trains {sorry .... engines ;-) } that I saw there.
I may even have stood on Doncaster Station at the same time as Mr wright, as it was just a "pocket money" train ride to get to Doncaster.
Well done Mr Wright {if youre reading this}.
I'll show Tony this comment, thank you ❤❤❤
On a point of accuracy, Bytham station was at 92m16ch fromKings Cross. Mallard hit 126mph at 90m16ch. 2miles in distance. Essendine station to the south of Little Bytham was at 88m55ch. Therefore this station being 1mile 41ch south from where Mallard hit its record speed was closer than Little Bytham station.
I know all these mileages as my Railway career started at Essendine and I know the GN mainline very very well. Thank you for posting this wonderful rendition in miniture of an era never to return. Also brings back memories of people I worked with but are no longer with us.
Thank you so much, your comment means the world ❤❤
I believe Tony and his team of collaborators initially looked at Essendine, however it did not lend itself to reproduction in 4mm:f1t scale/00 gauge within the 32ft x 12ft parameters that the space allowed as well as Little Bytham did when plans and operational considerations were taken into account. It also had the bonus of being able to include a representation of the M&GN crossing the line as a scenic break and mini layout. Many of the collaborators upon this including Tony as members of the Wolverhampton MRS had previously constructed the highly regarded exhibition layout Stoke Summit.
stunning love it miss this hobby
COME BACK TO IT ❤❤❤
@@Realvintagedollshouse i would but bit hard when u got size my bust hun might tyru it
No time like the present to return to it ☺️! I unboxed my childhood trains which I hadn't run in decades and ran them with my kids. A whole new set of priceless memories made.
@ very good point a. Might do it again
@@Realvintagedollshouse I will now I know I can get around the lay out had to check due to being big busted
What a fabulous interview, as a girl in the 50s I could only ever watch train layouts from afar! Great video but YT failed to notify me…..thought I should let you know.
🙄 this blooming platform, thank you so much ❤
As a kid I wished I had the space in my bedroom for a permanent model railway. As this wasn't possible I started building model planes and tanks instead, mostly from the war years
Oh wow amazing ❤
Have you thought about small layout modules? Things like T-TRAK allow you to build a small section of railway and then join it together with your friends to run trains on. It's much more accessible than a big permanent layout 😊.
@@willjayne2658I don't think those layout modules existed when I was a kid. For a time during the school holiday I tried running a variant of Inglenook sidings with Peco points, a Hornby tank loco and five wagons on a strip of chipboard but there wasn't enough space on my desk or under the bed and it had to be dismantled at the end of summer. I had more success with Airfix planes because I could hang them from the ceiling, and Revell tanks because they fitted on my bookcase. When I got my own place I bought an old glass cabinet from the charity shop for my surviving tanks
@Nick-zp3ub they didn't exist when I was a kid either, there's a somewhat recent invention and now extremely popular in the US and gaining traction now here too. It's quite frankly the only way I could do the hobby in my current time/life circumstances.
"insanity"🤣🤣🤣 love it…
I was so into trains that it became my profession.
What a lot of people oversee is that often toys are there to prepare children, in a playful way, getting interested for a job they could do as a profession in later life.
In the early 20th century children had static life steam engines, gils had dolls and real working kitchens,
40's to 90's it was model trains, cars and aviation, from the 90's it became computer related toys.
It's all a reflexion of jobs you can do in later life, sort of social influencing.
That is fascinating! I never thought of it that way but, yes, you're absolutely right. These toys were fostering an interest that would likely lead to a full time job or career!
@@Realvintagedollshouse Well as you can guess I'm also a model railway fanatic, and a strange duck, because I live in Belgium and I only collect British rolling stock.
Maybe it has to do with visiting my cousins in the UK at the age of 5 and I was infected with the model railway virus there.
But within the model railway community, the approach people have, can be for many reasons, in Tony's case it was youth nostalgia, the scene he grew up in, for me it's the technical revolution, combined with social movement in a historical sense.
My theme is the beginning, evolution and social impact of railways to early 20th century just before WW1.
For the first time there was a middle class who started to have a good life, political impacts such as suffragettes on the street, so much happend at that time that molded who we are now.
Anyway, loved your interview and Tony was a perfect host, and lovely story teller.
Jack, you and I sound like kindred spirits here when Tony speaks of your younger years and hiding away your love of railways as a teenager! 21:59
I will show Jack this comment ❤❤❤
Wonderful history!
Thank you, Tony's wisdom is infinite ❤
I went to Wunderland in hamburg this year which is basically a huge model railway with recreations of Rome/ Venice/ las vegas/ airport and all sorts. It was amazing! I would recommend a look or visit if you ever go there.
Oh I cannot tell you how much I want to go there!!! ❤
Tony is a legend in railway modelling circles. Great video, I follow you on TikTok already but have subscribed :)
Oh wow, it must have been so odd to see two worlds meet like this 😂. So happy to have you here (again) ❤
Why YOU should love Model Railways!
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This was really COOL 💜
Thank you so much, Tony's amazing 😊
Great video, loved the discussion :)
Thank you so much, Tony is a star ❤
Girls and model railways in the 1960's. - My father, a model engineer, belonged to a society that built 3.5" and 5" gauge live steam model locos. Once a month the club held a 'running day' on a circular track in a municipal park. Tickets were sold to the public at sixpence a ride in aid of club funds. It was a club essentially for working men and their families although boys were tolerated. A local mid-teenage girl started showing up but was given the cold shoulder. She presumably got the hump and each month would turn up late in the afternoon and buy POUNDSWORTH of tickets in one go and then just stay on the train and hand back a ticket at each station stop. This forced the 'running day' to last into the evening. She was always distant and would not engage in conversation. We soon gave her the nickname 'Tickety'. Eventually she just stopped showing up. There must have been a story there somewhere.
Very good, fun, Lovely Layout!!! 😊🚂🚂🚂
Thank you, I'll be sure to show Tony all these lovely comments ❤
Such an enjoyable video.
Thank you so much, Tony really brings the magic ❤
Im a early 1950s boy, love both model trains and the real ones , I was surprised to see this video on this channel.
I have to say how good the 1950s were, I loved the way women dressed and looked, even at school the girls dressed with little black shoes and white socks, often a bow in there hair.
We all knew how special girls were as we all have mothers, my mum was old fashioned, always wore dresses and was always there for me.
I love looking at all the vintage dress but also the way we lived, and how simple it was,not perfect but simple.
Going to the dentist was frightening, it was like sitting in the electric chair lol.
Here is a suggest for you as you like the old days etc.
What about you look at bell ringing, so much a part of life back then.
Here is ringing in Sydney, im standing on the box ringing the tenor.
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I love my model well at moment just a oval railway. That being said, if someone has to be told to love a model railway. More than likely they aren't into them to begin with. Thus, this video would fall on deaf ears... NUFF SAID.
age is just a number, if a young person has an interest in history, steam engines in general etc the hobby will still go strong no matter what age in time
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It's a really amazing video I have seen him at many shows but have been too scared to talk to him as I may say the wrong thing.
The worst he'll bestow on you is correcting your grammar, I promise 😂, he's a gem and loves it when people come and chat to him!
ive rehomed a passed gentleman's model railway i have been into the hobby since my grandfather got me a hornby set when i was a boy now all 3 of my children have an interest in my hobby all be it distant but hopefully it gets passed down
When I was a little GIRL, all I wanted for Christmas was a train set going under the Christmas tree 🎄 and my family thought I was silly because that was for "boys."😢 Pish posh
Yeah that's plain daft. An inherent interest in motorised vehicles / mechanical engineering etc is not gender specific. same can be said for pretty much everything. and i'm not a woke crusader type
PISH POSH INDEED! I will proudly be displaying a model train under MY tree this year and I hope, now, you can enjoy whatever you want to in spite of 'social norms' ❤
That's a shame. I have a little daughter and I'll be so pleased if she shows an interest in this kind of thing, me and her older brother have had a lot of fun playing with my old model trains (and maybe buying a few new ones.....) I think it's a great hobby for anyone.
My sister tried to join our local model rail club a number of years back. It was very much a 'boys club' with the grown men actively excluding her from the demonstrations they were giving the sons of the group. After a few meet ups my dad pulled her from the club because he was sick of the disrespect she received (he wasn't interested in trains but refused to leave my sister) and didn't want her thinking that was an ok environment to be in. It was sad because she still loves trains
That is such a shame 🥺. Did she ever revisit her passion?
@@Realvintagedollshouseunfortunately not! She loves seeing trains/model railways in museums but I think the experience with the club (and the price and availability of the models now) really put her off
That's terribly sad! Clubs vary a lot, some are very warm and welcoming and some less so. There's a group called "Loco Ladies" who do what they can to support women entering the hobby, they exhibit at many shows and are a lovely bunch - and there's usually cake on their layouts too ;)! Maybe she could connect with them?
@ ooooh thank you - I'll send her the name! An all girls group might be the perfect remedy to what happened in the past 😊
wow looking nice de layout nice say look right ..gr ian
It took me ages to find this video
I saw your Instagram reel advertising this video
Sorry about that! So glad you found it in the end ❤
My dad was a fireman on the railway, (the man who shovled the coal on the fire to keep the engine going) he was train mad from 14 till he died at 87. I still have all his model stuff in many boxes I don't know what to do with it all. It breaks my heart to get rid of it as he loved it so much but it's filling a whole room 😣
Build a simple layout , bring back the memories of your dad ,,,,,, and have fun in the process 👍👍
Tony rehomes locomotives, he might be able to help you find them a new and loving home! Or, my boyfriend loves model railways, he might even take them off your hands! Your dad sounds wonderful ❤
It is a very expensive and time consuming hobby, and i know that kids are more into quick and instant gratification from screens, I know this as I'm in IT myself!
I have my childhood 00 trainset in the shed, and my son has a smaller N trainset in his room (i say train set as i see it as a toy to be played with, rather than a model build for realism!)
My youngest however is still interested, not old enough to volunteer at a heritage railway so tonight i'll be taking him to the local model rail society, see how he gets on :)
Ooo I hope he enjoys it! ❤
@Realvintagedollshouse I think he is 🤣
hi, yes love my model railway as its 60's style [ Triang and T/hornby] so not worried about sounds and detail, we are all playing with toy trains .
🤫 I think you're absolutely spot on
Apparently Rod Stewart is his own model train set and can often be seen when in the uk going to model train meetings/clubs etc
I would love to have a train set like this.
Rod Stewart ey? Now that's really cool! ❤
@ yeah! Have a Google, also Jools Holland.
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When Tony started speaking, I did a double take. To my admittedly untrained California ears, he sounded like Michael Caine.
''Not many people know that '''😂😂👍👍
😂 love this
Oh dear its not 3 rail but Tony its still VG !
More real than toy trains
Really love the work Tony does but very disappointed at the negativity towards TT:120 under the name of little bytham. Surely anyone who is a genuine enthusiast welcomes all scales in the hobby.
Lovely video of a beautiful model but why spoil it by using swear words in the captions? I’d show this to my grandson if these were not used. I’m sure I’m not in a minority saying this.
Oh John, I'm so sorry about that, I try to capture the people as "unedited" as possible and while I'm not a big swearer myself, I can't control how people around me express themselves. I'm sorry that I included subtitles at those moments too, I know some parts of the videos audio aren't perfect and I didn't want people to miss anything, hence the careful placing of '*' to hide the expletives. I really do apologise that you can't show it all to your grandson. But I hope that it added some enjoyment to your day. Love to you and your grandson. I'll take note of this for next time ❤
What a wonderful video and a great interview! Tony is a great guy and I hope I'll meet him at a show one day. The passion that he and his friends put into this layout is so evident, marvellous talent. I also saw you mentioning how you'd like to do a Christmas tree layout, I love those and may have something to help you along with it if you're interested. I'll drop you a DM on Instagram :D!