Got my first train set, Hornby 0 gauge clockwork, in 1953. Have been modelling railways ever since. A great hobby, you meet other modellers and help each other with any problems that arise. Visited the Bassett Locke shop in High Holborn many decades ago. On visits back to UK visited as many model shops as I could. Semi-retired in Picton, South Island, New Zealand.
i'm american and have a small lionel collection but sometimes i wish i could experience trains like those made during the edwardian age, bassett lowke , marklin etc were like the rolls royce of model trains especially in gauge 1 and larger - live steam , fully furnished coaches that had insides like the real deal and don't forget operating mail cars
I am 23 years old and I live in America and I love British railways and I have a few hornby steam locomotive and if I must say I am so glad that model railways went into smaller scales
Thing is, it's the bigger scales that are going to keep the hobby alive, especially with how prices for smaller-scale equipment are skyrocketing. N-scale rolling stock is actually more expensive pound-for-pound than G-scale, for example.
@@VestedUTuber oh yes they are. when i was a kid which im 25 now N scale and Z scale model trains at a local hobby shop would cost $140 USD or more and now they are even more expensive. but yet new hornby OO/HO scale models like the new hornby princess Elizabeth cost 225 to 235 GBP which is almost $350 to $400 USD and that is nuts. thats why i just buy hornby railroad range stuff in decent condition on ebay. i definitely dont have $350 to $400 USD to piss away on a model train.
My first train set was a trix twin made by Bassett Lowke in Northampton the town I was born in and mum worked at Bassett Lowke for a while in late 50s early 60s.
Wonderful documentary..I lived as a kid next to an embankment with trains bothe passenger and coal rujnning every 20 mins or so....brings back memories..
The music in the background from 2:34 to 3:36 is the theme from "The Persuaders" (a 1971 TV series starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis). Bit of an odd choice!
WE ALL LOVE STEAM LOCOS THERE HARD WORK TAKE LOT OF LOOKING AFTER DIRTY OILY GREASY HARD WORK AND WE JUST CANNOT GET ENOUGH HAS WE JUST LOVE THEM EVEN THE MEN THAT WORKED ON THEM ALL THERE LIVES WALKED AWAY AT THE END OF STEAM WITH TEARS IN THERE EYES saying good bye to a old friend there steam locomotives the peoples locomotives
I wanted to see when this started. I expect the 19th Century but when in the 19th Century? Who were the first to create model train sets? It must have coincided with electricity becoming more common in cities and homes. This says “ history of model trains” but doesn’t say anything about its origins.
Unfortunately of course one can watch any documentary on lionel and theres an absence of any mention of Bassett lowke or Frank hornby. What's most disappointing about this programme isn't the absence of Lionel, who of course didn't invent the toy train, didn't make the first electric train, didn't popularize toy trains; but the lack of anything not only of Bassett Lowkes competitor Gamage, but no mention of the Marklin brothers, a vague mention of a rather ambiguous reference to Nuremberg, but gives the impression that Bassett Lowke made his own models. Ives competed with Bing for the lower end of the US market, popularizing the toy train, Marklin and to a lesser extent the US brands like Knapp, Howard, Boucher etc serviced the high end. Lionel got his break because the US Government made German imports most prohibitive after WWI. Where Lionels genius was through marketing, borrowing the brilliance of Ives, and improving upon it. Lionel's trains were almost secondary
What's a crown? Something like a guinea? Or a quid? We Americans don't know too much about the English monetary system before the European Economic Cooperation.
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A Crown was 5 Shillings.Even when that went,we had the Half-Crown,which was 2/6 (12 pennies to the Shilling)
Its old British/Irish money pre decimal. Quid is just slang for a given amount. A Guinea is just above a pound. Pre euro currency in europe was diverse
I think your title is wrong. It should be: 'The Joy of Model Railways - History of Train Sets'. With respect, there is no way that Pete Waterman is a railway modeller. He collects and plays with toy trains.
Why? Because he's not a part of your elite club that obsesses over 100% accurate perfection? Because he doesn't meet your standard of detail? Don't gatekeep.
Dave Day what a fucking idiot, have you actually seen his layout in its entirety. He’s far more of a modeller than any of us can hope to be. Your just bitter that he has the money to invest in it to such a grand scale.
@@oscarosullivan4513 You could'nt be more wrong. I make rolling stock. I don't lay track or run trains. My point is that Pete never made anything in his life. He pays others to do it.
Is the art of Poetry becoming redundant? You just get a bunch of blokes with their kids or grandchildren enthusing about Model Railways and tell me otherwise.
Got my first train set, Hornby 0 gauge clockwork, in 1953. Have been modelling railways ever since. A great hobby, you meet other modellers and help each other with any problems that arise. Visited the Bassett Locke shop in High Holborn many decades ago. On visits back to UK visited as many model shops as I could.
Semi-retired in Picton, South Island, New Zealand.
I can watch this documentary over and over again. Thank you
I have watched this documentary so many times whilst working on my model railway.....definition of heaven!
Agreed
i'm american and have a small lionel collection but sometimes i wish i could experience trains like those made during the edwardian age, bassett lowke , marklin etc were like the rolls royce of model trains especially in gauge 1 and larger - live steam , fully furnished coaches that had insides like the real deal and don't forget operating mail cars
I am 23 years old and I live in America and I love British railways and I have a few hornby steam locomotive and if I must say I am so glad that model railways went into smaller scales
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Right on... Me too...I'm 75 and just got my first Dublo "Duchess of Montrose"..... nicely detailed.
Thing is, it's the bigger scales that are going to keep the hobby alive, especially with how prices for smaller-scale equipment are skyrocketing. N-scale rolling stock is actually more expensive pound-for-pound than G-scale, for example.
@@VestedUTuber oh yes they are. when i was a kid which im 25 now N scale and Z scale model trains at a local hobby shop would cost $140 USD or more and now they are even more expensive. but yet new hornby OO/HO scale models like the new hornby princess Elizabeth cost 225 to 235 GBP which is almost $350 to $400 USD and that is nuts. thats why i just buy hornby railroad range stuff in decent condition on ebay. i definitely dont have $350 to $400 USD to piss away on a model train.
The Railroad mark two coaches are nice but the couplings can be a pain in the arse
AWESOME!!! I Will watch this great documentary over and over.
10:32 looks fun
Bassett-Lowke - an amazing guy.
Like WREN ! O !! GAUGE ! I WANTED ! TOO !!
My first train set was a trix twin made by Bassett Lowke in Northampton the town I was born in and mum worked at Bassett Lowke for a while in late 50s early 60s.
The man who created model trains soaked up the magic in the mountain and had the lady smile
amen
THIS MAN IS A GENIUS!
What a great piece of film! Thanks!
Wonderful documentary..I lived as a kid next to an embankment with trains bothe passenger and coal rujnning every 20 mins or so....brings back memories..
I never knew that Bassett-Lowke had connections with Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Fascinating.
This is so nostalgic for me
Not only Great Britan has a passion for trains. In evrey town were i am theres about , 1 or 2 model railroad places or shows in 1 town.
Hooray for model trains!
Diesel locomotives do it for me
I would've loved to see the Awdrys on here.
Great documentary.
8:54 "One of mine could pull two of their bloody things backwards"
My eggs and bean's are ready and now for a special smoke with brew fantastic truely fantastic 💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚
There's nothing like an iron horse.♥
i will say it once and i will say it again steam and steam model railways rule long live steam and model railways.
Being 10 I love trains I haven't got a table yet but I'm thinking of getting one
Keep your stable small
The music in the background from 2:34 to 3:36 is the theme from "The Persuaders" (a 1971 TV series starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis). Bit of an odd choice!
Is it possible for u to upload the whole episode in 1 video? Pleaseeeeeee
the pandemic returned a lot of people to model railroading I heard.
WE ALL LOVE STEAM LOCOS THERE HARD WORK TAKE LOT OF LOOKING AFTER DIRTY OILY GREASY HARD WORK AND WE JUST CANNOT GET ENOUGH HAS WE JUST LOVE THEM EVEN THE MEN THAT WORKED ON THEM ALL THERE LIVES WALKED AWAY AT THE END OF STEAM WITH TEARS IN THERE EYES saying good bye to a old friend there steam locomotives the peoples locomotives
I admire steam but I like diesels even more these days. All good stuff.
ESPECIALLY !! THE !! FIRE !! MANN !!
Like video."thumbs up from me".Hope there more
I remember when I got my first set when I was 7. It was a Bachman Chattanooga set and I peed myself when I got it but now I am team Lionel lol
Lok’s models makes today’s models look like Disney
LOL yep it got me and became a way of life :) Shame about all the mad costs, bad quality control nowadays
Not if you buy Märklin..
Basseettt ! Hound !! Lowke ! The ! CLASSIC !! STURDY !!/ ROBUST !! CLOCKWORK !! MECCANO !! KEY !! SPRING !! LOCOMOTIVE !! !! WITH RODS !! At the BACK !!! FOR ! ADDED !! REALISM !! HEY !!
Is Stephen Mangan narrating this?
5:11 is the thumbnail
The Music...what serie was that in the 60's ? The Avengers ?
The persuaders? (1970's?)
@@Mr_Fancypants You are right ! tnx !
7:39 Dr. Strange?
lick'emFTW a
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Inventing something by importing it from germany, it doesnt get more british than this. greetings from nuremberg V.
Taking things from elsewhere and improving it thats the western way in general
Because it's not Marlklin !?? ) RiiverRossi !?? Lionel !?? Trix ;!!?? Bad Enough ! With Lima !?? Hey !
A model train a year makes the money disappear
If your in The R.T.R ! CATEGORY ! LIKE MOST !! HERE !! ARE !!
I wanted to see when this started. I expect the 19th Century but when in the 19th Century? Who were the first to create model train sets? It must have coincided with electricity becoming more common in cities and homes. This says “ history of model trains” but doesn’t say anything about its origins.
Funny train go BRrrrrrrr
I understand this is about British trains, but you can't talk about the history of model railroading without mentioned Joshua Lionel Cohen
Unfortunately of course one can watch any documentary on lionel and theres an absence of any mention of Bassett lowke or Frank hornby.
What's most disappointing about this programme isn't the absence of Lionel, who of course didn't invent the toy train, didn't make the first electric train, didn't popularize toy trains; but the lack of anything not only of Bassett Lowkes competitor Gamage, but no mention of the Marklin brothers, a vague mention of a rather ambiguous reference to Nuremberg, but gives the impression that Bassett Lowke made his own models.
Ives competed with Bing for the lower end of the US market, popularizing the toy train, Marklin and to a lesser extent the US brands like Knapp, Howard, Boucher etc serviced the high end. Lionel got his break because the US Government made German imports most prohibitive after WWI. Where Lionels genius was through marketing, borrowing the brilliance of Ives, and improving upon it. Lionel's trains were almost secondary
So Basset imported his trains from Germany. Hahaha
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What's a crown? Something like a guinea? Or a quid? We Americans don't know too much about the English monetary system before the European Economic Cooperation.
A Crown was 5 Shillings.Even when that went,we had the Half-Crown,which was 2/6 (12 pennies to the Shilling)
Its old British/Irish money pre decimal. Quid is just slang for a given amount. A Guinea is just above a pound. Pre euro currency in europe was diverse
The SQUID ! POUND !! Is like A Million ! $$$ !! HEY !
I think your title is wrong. It should be: 'The Joy of Model Railways - History of Train Sets'. With respect, there is no way that Pete Waterman is a railway modeller. He collects and plays with toy trains.
Why? Because he's not a part of your elite club that obsesses over 100% accurate perfection? Because he doesn't meet your standard of detail? Don't gatekeep.
Dave Day what a fucking idiot, have you actually seen his layout in its entirety. He’s far more of a modeller than any of us can hope to be. Your just bitter that he has the money to invest in it to such a grand scale.
Dave day is a follower of Budget model railways so unlikely he is fussed about detail just laying track down and running trains and making scenery
@@oscarosullivan4513 You could'nt be more wrong. I make rolling stock. I don't lay track or run trains. My point is that Pete never made anything in his life. He pays others to do it.
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They Could have ! Done ! A ! Slong ! Like the ! BUS ! STOP !! WITH ! THAT ! HEY ! ( DON'T ! STOP !! .........! )
Is the art of Poetry becoming redundant? You just get a bunch of blokes with their kids or grandchildren enthusing about Model Railways and tell me otherwise.
Video is good but I hate that it's British that kinda takes it down a bunch but good film overall
What a foolish comment.
I was actually giving the video a comment and said it is a great video keith
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Nick Shuda
I couldn't care less about where the trains are based. I just love looking at a well built model railway :)
Nick Shuda piss off