Hi Craig. Merry Christmas to you (again!), and congratulations for winning JK's UA-camr of the Year award. You've got some excellent models. Thanks for showing them to us.
I'm definitely in the market for one of those Dapol Westerns. Big heavy beasts just like the real ones. Hope you've had a happy Christmas. We bought some more Playtrains track for my daughter and she's getting another train for it soon.
Great video Craig great collection you gave there.I am glad Gladstone got a good score if that's the right word.I have one and Tom Marshall Buggleskelly station has done a wonderful job.I have one put have not sound fitted yet definitely a job for 2025.Hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 😊
Merry Christmas Craig, awesome video and a great look at your fantastic collection mate. I won’t lie that Clayton in Ribble livery is easily my favourite, love LOVE the weathering 😎🙌 have a great holiday mate and take it easy!
100% with you on non working fans. We should start a non appreciation society, The No Fans Fan Club. You have so many locos that are either already in my collection or will be; 'great minds think alike' as somebody once told me to say. 🎉Merry Christmas 🎉
A good sign the caps not on ! 😂 happy 🤶 Christmas mate hope you and your family have a wonderful time.ive actually stopped buying locos now, got enough and with prices going up so much and getting crazy , so making do with the ones i have.
To be a model collector there is no need to have cubords full of locos and it also comes down to how long you're into the hobby, I think you've already got a nice collection, and I'm sure it will gradually grow. To the question is there a perfect loco, I guess not, even with the latticed lazer scanning, the producer has to make adjustments to let it run as a model. What often disappoints me the most, if it comes to new models, is the use of older types of motors, I often don't understand why they didn't use a 5 pole cordless motor, it's not that these are rare. Saying this or that brand is the best also doesn't exist, although I often prefer some brands more than others, but that doesn't mean their flawless. For the running problems you have with your Bachmann class 24 (14:03), have you looked at the plastic gear that sits on the axle, this is often a classic Bachman problem for the somewhat older types, the plastic gets unstable and often show hair cracks letting the axle slip, this shows in your running performance, and is only getting worse over time. Then the best thing to do is order a new one and replace it. And then your love hate relation with Locomotion, since your video, I've investigated a bit more into the model, if it comes to pick ups it's only one wheel that picks up, so instead of 8 wheels picking up, only 4 do, so you lose already 50% on such a small model. And in general DC and basic DCC running often is staling on points and bad connections due to only the 50% pick up is a problem. The best performance I've seen, is simple soundless DCC, remove the speaker, and install a heavy stay alive, that will give you the best performance. Perhaps a bid more wait will also be an improvement. DCC sound will always be a big problem, as there just is to little space to get it all in, to make it a good runner.. Hornby did a stunning job making this model optical good, but not having a DCC house brand sound or non sound decoder with stay a life, that fits, the poor pick up, and even an older 3 pole motor is not good for a brand new tooling in this day and age, that to my opinion is a big disappointment. And that you have to fiddle and improvise for a model that is not cheap a big shame. Would I not have bought it, as an era 1 fan don't think so, but should someone else make this model better, you can guess what I would do… Craig and all the fans, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a stunning new model railroad year…
Great video, I do like a Class 37!👍Tomorrow, after 40 years, i will be opening my first railway set and starting my N Gauge Journey! 😬👍😳😁 Have a great Christmas and New Year 🌲🎅🚞🚂🚃🚃🚃
Lovely collection Craig I completely agree with you about the older model Bachmann 37s I think they don’t look out of place next to the latest and greatest, I’ve even ordered an older 8 pin one this week as I’m addicted to buying them 😂 you did well getting one for £50 I’ve just paid more than double that for the 8 pin! Cheers and Merry Christmas 🎄
Really lovely fleet that pal, amazing how quick they can grow I should know 😳 Hope you and the family have an amazing Christmas and all the best for next year.
Thoroughly enjoyed this resume whilst relaxing int’ Bath!!! (Yes, you have a good ‘Bathroom’ voice HaHa!!)Cheers Craig. Great idea for an end of year vid!
Have a great Christmas Graig and family Thank you for all your help and advice and friendship in the last year ,as usual great video love watching you and talking to you in the flesh Keep doing what your doing my friend we all appreciate it Thanks Dion x
Have a great Christmas Graig and family great video and a nice collection i am terrible for loco collecting i have new loco's that i have not even be ran and i have several on pre order that will end up same i must stop
Are you sitting comfortably? then I'll skip that and get on with it! - A long time ago, 1965ish, I was at school with a lad called Frank Clayton, who went on to be an apprentice at the Vulcan foundry. We lost contact when he discovered girls, and I joined the Navy, but whenever I see a Clayton shunter, real or model, I wonder if it was the same Clayton.
@@IronHorseRailways Thanks, I just recently upgraded from Hornby's eLink (don't laugh) to Roco's z21 but was not aware of a JMRI app for phones (guess it runs through the NCE).
@IronHorseRailways Abso-'king-lutely Craig! But if you didn't do it then someone else will, and you will likely be the funnier /more entertaining one to watch, so I'm glad you did! 👍😁 I'd get my willy, er.. I mean train collection out, but it won't be half as impressive as yours!
I have my locos on display when I'm not running them. I keep them (pretty much) all well maintained so I can run them whenever I wish. I get pleasure from both running and displaying them, which is why I love the hobby.
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Hi Craig. Merry Christmas to you (again!), and congratulations for winning JK's UA-camr of the Year award.
You've got some excellent models. Thanks for showing them to us.
I'm definitely in the market for one of those Dapol Westerns. Big heavy beasts just like the real ones.
Hope you've had a happy Christmas. We bought some more Playtrains track for my daughter and she's getting another train for it soon.
@@DJ_K666 aah great stuff deej
I have the Planet industrials Kerr Start Victory and it is a fantastic model. I have the factory sound fitted version and it's a gem.
Great video Craig great collection you gave there.I am glad Gladstone got a good score if that's the right word.I have one and Tom Marshall Buggleskelly station has done a wonderful job.I have one put have not sound fitted yet definitely a job for 2025.Hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 😊
Yes Gladders is a beauty for sure!
But I am considering a different sound profile for her eventually
Merry Christmas mate!
Merry Christmas Craig, awesome video and a great look at your fantastic collection mate. I won’t lie that Clayton in Ribble livery is easily my favourite, love LOVE the weathering 😎🙌 have a great holiday mate and take it easy!
@@Proper_Chuffed Merry Christmas to you Hilton, have a great one bud!
Great looking fleet. Yes indeed.
Cheers sir!
That's a nice loco collection you have there Craig, merry Christmas. :)
Merry Christmas mate! :)
Great collection of locos. Enjoyed all your content this year. Merry Xmas and all the best for 2025. All the best Anth 👍
Merry Christmas mate! :)
100% with you on non working fans. We should start a non appreciation society, The No Fans Fan Club. You have so many locos that are either already in my collection or will be; 'great minds think alike' as somebody once told me to say.
🎉Merry Christmas 🎉
Merry Christmas mate!
Another good year. Thanks for your videos and especially your personal thoughts.
🎉🎉 🎅🤶🎄🎁 Merry Christmas 🎁🎄🤶🎅🎉🎉
No problem mate, keep making the good scenic stuff, merry Christmas!
A good sign the caps not on ! 😂 happy 🤶 Christmas mate hope you and your family have a wonderful time.ive actually stopped buying locos now, got enough and with prices going up so much and getting crazy , so making do with the ones i have.
Cheers mam, Merry Christmas mate! :)
To be a model collector there is no need to have cubords full of locos and it also comes down to how long you're into the hobby, I think you've already got a nice collection, and I'm sure it will gradually grow.
To the question is there a perfect loco, I guess not, even with the latticed lazer scanning, the producer has to make adjustments to let it run as a model.
What often disappoints me the most, if it comes to new models, is the use of older types of motors, I often don't understand why they didn't use a 5 pole cordless motor, it's not that these are rare.
Saying this or that brand is the best also doesn't exist, although I often prefer some brands more than others, but that doesn't mean their flawless.
For the running problems you have with your Bachmann class 24 (14:03), have you looked at the plastic gear that sits on the axle, this is often a classic Bachman problem for the somewhat older types, the plastic gets unstable and often show hair cracks letting the axle slip, this shows in your running performance, and is only getting worse over time.
Then the best thing to do is order a new one and replace it.
And then your love hate relation with Locomotion, since your video, I've investigated a bit more into the model, if it comes to pick ups it's only one wheel that picks up, so instead of 8 wheels picking up, only 4 do, so you lose already 50% on such a small model.
And in general DC and basic DCC running often is staling on points and bad connections due to only the 50% pick up is a problem.
The best performance I've seen, is simple soundless DCC, remove the speaker, and install a heavy stay alive, that will give you the best performance.
Perhaps a bid more wait will also be an improvement.
DCC sound will always be a big problem, as there just is to little space to get it all in, to make it a good runner..
Hornby did a stunning job making this model optical good, but not having a DCC house brand sound or non sound decoder with stay a life, that fits, the poor pick up, and even an older 3 pole motor is not good for a brand new tooling in this day and age, that to my opinion is a big disappointment.
And that you have to fiddle and improvise for a model that is not cheap a big shame.
Would I not have bought it, as an era 1 fan don't think so, but should someone else make this model better, you can guess what I would do…
Craig and all the fans, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a stunning new model railroad year…
Merry Christmas buddy, and I'll take a look at that gear too! Cheers!
Great video, I do like a Class 37!👍Tomorrow, after 40 years, i will be opening my first railway set and starting my N Gauge Journey! 😬👍😳😁
Have a great Christmas and New Year 🌲🎅🚞🚂🚃🚃🚃
Enjoy it mate! Merry Christmas!
Lovely collection Craig I completely agree with you about the older model Bachmann 37s I think they don’t look out of place next to the latest and greatest, I’ve even ordered an older 8 pin one this week as I’m addicted to buying them 😂 you did well getting one for £50 I’ve just paid more than double that for the 8 pin!
Cheers and Merry Christmas 🎄
@doubleodave aye it was from a mate to be fair! Merry Christmas mate!
Really lovely fleet that pal, amazing how quick they can grow I should know 😳
Hope you and the family have an amazing Christmas and all the best for next year.
Cheers bud, merry Christmas!
Thoroughly enjoyed this resume whilst relaxing int’ Bath!!! (Yes, you have a good ‘Bathroom’ voice HaHa!!)Cheers Craig. Great idea for an end of year vid!
Merry Christmas Nick!
@ and yourself and Fam.
Great video. Quite possibly my favourite model railway channel on youtube!
Thanks 😊 🫂
Merry Christmas
If a locomotive stands still too long it does not collect dust, it gets weathered. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Martin. (Thailand)
Merry Xmas bud!
Loved the showcase boss, lovely work as usual, hope you and yours have a lovely, safe holiday. Cheers from the dirty south US.
Thanks bud, merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas pal.....all the best!
Lloyd
great vlog nice layout and train merry christmas thanks for share
Merry Christmas mate!
Have a great Christmas Graig and family
Thank you for all your help and advice and friendship in the last year ,as usual great video love watching you and talking to you in the flesh
Keep doing what your doing my friend we all appreciate it
Thanks Dion x
@@dionwoollaston2389 my pleasure Dion, have a great Christmas!
Hi Craig, very nice collection, I wish you and all the family a happy Xmas and blessed new year, thanks for sharing.
@@StormmyStormmy thanks dude, merry Christmas to you too!❤️
Fantastic video Craig & what a great verity of locomotive you have in your collection & merry Christmas
@@Jordan-Hunter98 cheers Jordan! Merry Christmas mate!
Merry Christmas Craig
Cheers bud, you too!
Merry Christmas Craig from all at Enwins
And you too Neil!
Have a great Christmas Graig and family great video and a nice collection i am terrible for loco collecting i have new loco's that i have not even be ran and i have several on pre order that will end up same i must stop
You too bud!
Love how straight up u are 🤣🤣🤣 have a merry Christmas and a happy new year craig
@@HauntedRailway probably a bit too straight up sometimes 🤣
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas lad! 🎄🥳🎄🥳
@@PeachyTT120 merry crumble!
@ Crimbo Crumble? I’m in! 😍
Have you tried adjusting the start, mid range & top voltage on Locomotion?
@csxrensville5105 no, that won't fix anything
@IronHorseRailways Just a thought.
Happy Christmas Craig, you going to do any more live streams in the new year?
Merry Christmas to you too!
Live streams eh? Would be nice I suppose ☺️ we shall see!
Haha I sent you a SP55x20x10 rail Exclusive speaker buddy
@@johnjmc hah legend 🤣❤️
I get mentioned alot haha
Are you sitting comfortably? then I'll skip that and get on with it! - A long time ago, 1965ish, I was at school with a lad called Frank Clayton, who went on to be an apprentice at the Vulcan foundry. We lost contact when he discovered girls, and I joined the Navy, but whenever I see a Clayton shunter, real or model, I wonder if it was the same Clayton.
Haha! Maybe mare!
No Hornby R320 Black 5? Charlatan! Kudos for the 4F though. Merry Christmas
Hi Craig, nice review. What DCC system are you using please? Edit just saw it was JMRI...
@@72Jspencer I actually use two, I have jmri and NCE powercab
@@IronHorseRailways Thanks, I just recently upgraded from Hornby's eLink (don't laugh) to Roco's z21 but was not aware of a JMRI app for phones (guess it runs through the NCE).
You seem to be morphing into Ali G!
Aaaaaaaight
Heljan argh
I love Heljan! They get better every year !
You bloody show-off! 😊
@@dibsyardshuntinglayout willy waving at it's finest 🤣🤣
@IronHorseRailways Abso-'king-lutely Craig! But if you didn't do it then someone else will, and you will likely be the funnier /more entertaining one to watch, so I'm glad you did! 👍😁 I'd get my willy, er.. I mean train collection out, but it won't be half as impressive as yours!
Can't view your latest video upload mate.
@@tail_lamp7538 it'll be live later bud
Why are Diesels more problematic than steamers?
@@Valleys56xx they're not lol
I don't understand hoarders that have so many trains that they cannot run them, is it an obsession to them or is an investment to sell latter on.
I don't think that's the case!
By the same logic, what is the point of a stamp collection unless you're going to send a lot of post?
@@northernblue1093 No it is not.
I have my locos on display when I'm not running them. I keep them (pretty much) all well maintained so I can run them whenever I wish. I get pleasure from both running and displaying them, which is why I love the hobby.
@@stephendavies6949 Enjoy
brass bearings on worm cause a horrid noise on heljan