@@lapiswake6583 you mean scrapped. Extinct means all members of a species (or locomotive class in this case) have no members such as the Dodo bird or LNER P2
@@QJ89 I like to think that the shyness and insecurity in the little time he had in the show was a result of him being austerity which in affect literally meant he was built on the cheap and even in real life history they didn’t expect the q1 to last till after the war so only a few years of working life
@@SamsTrains I just got a board delivered today for a permanent train set and my dad said wanna get a new train with it I said hell yea and we ordered the Q1 because thanks to your vid I knew what it was called 😊🙏Thank you Edit:I'm only 13 so what you say about new blood is working
I love the Q1. It has that sort of "Quick, we need an 0-6-0 engine," slapped together, industrial look. I'm personally a big fan of that sort of look, so I like it!
2:14 That black steam engine looks like Neville from Thomas And Friends and Warrick from Thomas and Friends Trainz adventures and i think that loco is not uggly is cool
Now I know why Chris Eden-Green always bashed 'em. As someone not from the UK, I never fully understood the hate that the Pacers got, but I can see why.
@@abloogywoogywoo Scotrail don't have any pacers these days as far as I'm aware (and didn't have many in the first place I think?). Isle of Mann railway is run by their own government, not the UK. Isle of Wight has the tunnel size restrictions that limit them to the old tube stock (which itself has just been updated to refitted 484s).
@@EForrest88 If "Transport" for Wales don't backtrack (no pun intended) this is fantastic news. I'll never forgive those units for making me throw up on the train as it bounces and lurches everywhere up the valleys.
For me personally the ugliest looking locomotive is the LMS streamlined coronation especially when they where painted in wartime black as that makes them look a piece of uncut black pudding
awww leave the Poor Q1 alone its not hurting anyone! personally i find it quite charming in a unique way and the fact its a freight engine means it wasnt meant to look pretty i guess.
17:15 THAT'S A 142! 141 was two leyland buses glued together 142 was still a leyland bus at heart 143 & 144 were inspired by leyland buses All of them also share design roots with the APT with the high speed freight vehicle.
nnnooooooooo!!!! how could you put a beautiful bullied West Country/ Battle of Britain class in this list, they're my favourite and absolutely beautiful they're amazing. Also could you do a review on the newer bullied pacifics as the colour on hornby's newer ones seems to be much better and would be nice to see a more modern review on it as you haven't for a good few years now
My opinions on the steam locomotives: Southern Railway Q1: Ugly, yet powerful Sentinel: Very cute LNER Garrett: Unusual but looks bad-butt in white (also, you drived it backwards) Southern Railway West Country Class: I'm in love G2A: Interesting Pacer: Good design, but hideous paint job
Stirling Singles, SECR Waighnright D class, Gresley V2 Green Arrows for Steam And the DP1 for diesel .... Lion diesel would be interesting, but I think that its paintwork may make the model look unpainted !
Something interesting about the Q1's appearance aside is that Oliver Bulleid once proved how reliable it was by riding on the tender as it was pulling a passenger train, doing 70 MPH. *Backward.* Other than it being a bit of a rough rider and its cylinders popping out the front if it was overclocked, it was an extraordinary engine. When the big 4 merged, this thing ended up getting the power classification of 5F, meaning it was roughly as powerful as an LMS Black 5 and the most powerful 0-6-0 on British Rails ever built. Basically, this means Neville is as strong as Henry.
I'd say the Q1s are better looking than the A2/2 but still, only opinion. This was a nice vid, certainly unusual! Probably my most..disliked engine is the Bullied Leader loco. Any way sam, Keep up the good work!
They did this one dirty with Thomas. (Q1) At least Neville's class worked properly, Thomas' class had too little capacity for fuel for longer runs, had a too long wheel base for tight curves and had weak brakes and wasn't built strong enough for heavier trains.
The Garratt is strange , but look at the South African and Australian big Garratts, especially the ones with streamlined tanks ,(4-8-2 2-8-4 ) and they are handsome and impressive beasts ! I don't feel the grey is very flattering on such a huge expanse of loco , but imagine it in crimson lake , lined ........................? Also love the Q1 and West countries . Must be me ....eh ? Wales UK.😍😍😍😍
this is how I would generally describe each locomotive (not that they are bad but in the presence of this video) the Q1 looks like someone's first attempt at building a train in Minecraft the sentinel looks like a shed on wheels and on a track the Garratt looks like NASA trying to send a locomotive to space the West Country class looked like someone from the Texas Chainsaw massacre sawed off the front of the engine the G2A looked like a thief had stolen the front bogie and the Pacer is best described by Sam (a Bus on tracks) If there is anything more Ugly than these lot, it definitely has to be the 02/4 Tango A good selection here, Thanks for the video Sam
I really like most of those locomotives, I like the industrial functionality and styling. Maybe they’re a little bit ugly, but maybe that’s my preference? I do not like the Pacers, I spent my childhood rattling around on them crammed in with football hooligans when I just wanted to go to the cinema at Horwich
Hi Sam. As a steam locomotives person, I find most diesel locomotives are bland with very little character. The pacer is an awful looking thing, but my award for the ugliest loco goes to the warship diesel. Great video as always. Cheers Chris.
I actually bought a Hornby Q1 a wee while ago, they're ugly but nice at the same time aren't they 😂 I canna mind do the models have sprung buffers or are they fixed in place, been a long while since I got mine out and had a look at it.
This is sort of a marmite one, but what about the s160, I don't know if you have one in model form, but I think they are ugly in real life. Thanks for the upload
Hi Sam, Great Video. The Q1. I saw these working in the early 60’s when I was able to gravitate to the Southern Region. Oh my God! could these locomotives pull. For an 0-6-0 they were really strong (the most powerful British 0-6-0). They were rated at 5F and were much more capable than that. Not surprising when the boiler design was similar to the Lord Nelsons! At only 90 tons they could work over most of the Southern Railways tracks. The looks belie the reality!
I actually love the appearance of the Beyer Garratt, 'cause it's so massive und just looks like it has all the power in the world. But i must admit i really like all of those 4-cylinder engines, like the Union Pacific class 4000 or the german BR 96
I think "unique" or "strange" would've been a better word to use than "ugly" - a bit less inviting of horrible arguments, and leaves future videos on the topic a bit more open. ;) I absolutely couldn't call a West Country ugly, but they're certainly strange! A Sentinel? Very unique - always takes me a moment to remember I'm looking at a steam engine rather than a diesel. Anyway, would love to see more of these! ...wait, what's that sound? Demonic chanting...? OH GOD IT'S CIRCLE, RUN FOR YOUR LIIIIIIIIVES!
Spam Cans are not ugly and when you have travelled behind "Tangmere" flat out storming Wellington Bank at White Ball Somerset you would know why. Difficult to pull away from a standing start they took a lot of practice to stop slipping. Further into the sixties before final demise they broke100mph on several occasions Bournemouth to Waterloo! Well Done Sam still keeping our spirits up!
I have to agree with others the Q1 is beautiful, also pacers include the class 140, 141, 142, 143 and 144 and in addition to Yorkshire they also served in the north east, wales and within Devon and Cornwall until the of last year when all remaining examples were withdrawn as not PRM complaint (though not sure why that applied to GWR as they had been using them with PRM compliant stock to simply increase capacity for social distancing). No fears on preservation it seems half the heritage railways in the country have got one... I think the thing people fail to appreciate with pacers is their low running costs and thus they saved many rural lines from complete closure. Ultimately all your examples are much better than the cheap and nasty plastic 💩 coming out these days 😂
G2A Not easy to steam, Pete Waterman is a good source on how to drive it. My mentor the much missed Harry Soucester (LNWR) Driver would drive these locos on the legendary triangle freights - Bescot (Walsall) - Sheffield - Manchester - Home. Powerful and efficient, this was the reason they lasted to the end of steam.
I disagree with the Q1 and the West Country. My favourite locomotive in my fleet is Blackmoor Vale. I also like the G2a I think you should've put in the A2/2.
Q1s were also known as coffee pots. As built Bulleid pacifics are gorgeous AND functional. They were designed that way to be able to use carriage washing plants
I'm assuming you did this to the "uglier" locomotives in your collection and/or ugliest according to majority of rail/non-rail fans..... In my view on railways, there are no ugly locomotives there are only preferences.. (the pacer being an exception) Great video, stay safe and take care :)
The West Country/BoB/Spam Cans in their original form fascinate me to no end. City of Wells was the loco that got me hooked on the class - now all I need is an unrebuilt one! I agree that it works in this video in some ways, but it is uniquely stunning simply because...it’s different and you wouldn’t be able to look away. Hard to disagree with the other choices though
Hmm, seeing as you've already done the Q1 I'll say the 15XX pannier tanks as they look half finished (in my opinion - I imagine the eaasier access made them much easier to maintain though).
I have say Q1 is my favourite to and I would love to see it on run again. The reason the Q1 like that cause of war time standard, but by god were they good efficient machines and at day efficiency better than looks.
Sam what your opinion on kato locomotives and rolling stock and there track that’s what I run and may I say I’m quite impressed with kato in general it’s in n scale just let me know if you don’t mind
I think no one will agree on me or even you Sam. But I think that the Mallard is one of the ugliest steam loco of all time because of its huuuge and flat front.
Tomorrow do a experiment to see if a sparkler could melt the wheels of an ho locomotive put the wheels up against the sparkler where it gets really hot and light the sparkler
Really sad about the West Country, they're my favorite class of loco, and I've always considered them quite beautiful, and certainly unique. I feel people are starting to associate unique with ugly. Edit: I also like the Battle of Britain, and Merchant Navy just as much :D.
You know you're doing something right when you have 112 likes and not one dislike. Throughout the last year or so this channel has been something I can always come back to for a nice bit of railway escapism, so thanks!
The second one looks more like a tender than the engine itself. Not gonna lie I love that one and the q1 a lot. I've never been a fan of the Garrett though. Not because they're ugly, heck no, they're just not really that appealing to me. Edit: I love the west country as well...
You seem to have some issues going on with the steps on the front buffer beam of the Q1. And why on earth is a Standard 4 or 5, at the turntable? And what's wrong with the West Country Class?
Yeah you're right - they're a bugger for coming loose! The standard 4 is a strange looking one in my opinion, and many consider the west country ugly due to the casing... nothing wrong with it however! Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@@SamsTrains Oddly I rather like them, and the BR Standard class 5 as well, Hornby do a nice one, sort of thing I would like in O gauge, but they are expensive DJH kits and that's before you buy the wheels and the motor/gearbox seperatly for them. Prob looking at a couple of grand if you had DJH guys make one for you
Man...Neville (Q1) can't catch a break from being bullied for looking like a diesel and I never really thought Rebecca (West Country Class) was ugly since there was plenty of story potential to grab at with her character using her basis, but to sum up this video in a nutshell: yo puffa's so ugly, Thomas The Tank Engine went off the rails!
As a wise man once told me “Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder”
Godfry once used that line in Dad's Army, Captain Mainwaring replied "there's no need to be rude" lol
😂
I think they were right!! ;D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@@SamsTrains hey Sam the square engine was neville in thomas and friends
@@miloseal25 all know
Guys, if yo girl:
- Is quirky
- Looks good in green
- Comes from York
- Wears a bow
That's not yo girl, that's *NER ES1*
ES1s, like the EF1s and EM1, were built in Darlington Works by the NER. Not York. One ES1 is preserved, shame the rest are extinct.
Nooce
I love those
@@lapiswake6583 Yes, but if i said "Darlington" then everyone would know it's a train, so i chose the location of the former headquarters of the NER.
@@lapiswake6583 you mean scrapped. Extinct means all members of a species (or locomotive class in this case) have no members such as the Dodo bird or LNER P2
People: “Q1 looks like an ugly duckling or a telescopic spy class.”
Hit Entertainment: “It looks like a Diesel.”
haha touche!! ;D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Neville had potential, but they just wasted him on one of the worst episodes of the whole series.
@@QJ89 yeah I love the history with his class
@@QJ89 THEY REALLY DID!!!
@@QJ89 I like to think that the shyness and insecurity in the little time he had in the show was a result of him being austerity which in affect literally meant he was built on the cheap and even in real life history they didn’t expect the q1 to last till after the war so only a few years of working life
**Sees thumbnail**
**Sees title**
*Neville would like to have a talk with you*
Angry Neville noises
haha, poor Neville... sorry Neville! ;D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Poor Neville
The underground Ernie engine is the ugliest loco in your collection
😶🚋🚋
That's true... thought that would be too predictable! ;D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I look forward to hearing sam's history of them, and it getting more out there as he goes
From what I remember, the trains from Underground Ernie look like caterpillars on rails. No doubt they crawl like 'em too.
In my opinion the Q1 is the coolest looking
haha yeah, I do love the Q1!! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@@SamsTrains I just got a board delivered today for a permanent train set and my dad said wanna get a new train with it I said hell yea and we ordered the Q1 because thanks to your vid I knew what it was called 😊🙏Thank you
Edit:I'm only 13 so what you say about new blood is working
@@theworst_ttv-btw3170 the Q1 is a good choice bud. hope it works well
@Creeps still cool though I like the garrat a lot but Q1 is my fav
I love the Q1. It has that sort of "Quick, we need an 0-6-0 engine," slapped together, industrial look. I'm personally a big fan of that sort of look, so I like it!
I don’t think sentinels are ugly... they are just kinda plain. Nothing overly attractive about them, but not ugly either. They’re just there.
Yeah maybe you're right - I am a fan of the Sentinel, don't get me wrong! ;D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Me: *sees thumbnail*
Also me: Poor Neville always getting bullied :(
I don't think Q1 (Neville) looks ugly
That’s funny because Oliver Bulleid designed the Q1
@@terrier_productions I know!! Sorry Neville! :(
Poor Neville, gets bullied and almost falls of a bridge, now this 😅
R.I.P Neville... I love that loco !
Nevil is my favourite engine
I thought the Bullied Pacific always got bullied 😂
Neville wants to never see wwll
Neville And The Othets Thankfully Got Spared by Mattel So They Can Never Be Apart of The Miscreation They Had Made
She maybe ugly but it’s beautiful to me, I love the Q1 she’s a character of a workhorse era!
haha I feel the same, don't get me wrong - I really like them too, just for the record! ;)
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't find the Q1 totally ugly; I actually find them really pretty!
haha yeah me too - I do love them myself!! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
You’re not the only one!
They're beautiful
Ugly ducklings
Agreed!
2:14 That black steam engine looks like Neville from Thomas And Friends and Warrick from Thomas and Friends Trainz adventures and i think that loco is not uggly is cool
Funny how almost all of these have a basis inspired into a Thomas character.
Our reactions prove how effective the series was in making us recognise these locomotives.
Don’t mention the West Country class ok? Let’s just keep it at that
@Joshua W56 that’s your opinion but in my opinion Rebecca is the worst this to come out of that series as it replaced our number 3
Thank God, She Didn't Carry His Number
@@thesassieststorkalive5614 to be fair Henry and Edward were spared from the massacre.
A West Country class is a ugliest locomotive?This makes me cringe XD I love the design of it
haha don't get me wrong, I love them too!! ;D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I think that these locos arent best described as: ‘ugly’ i feel these are better described as: ‘unique’
no way I literally just said this exact thing to one of my friends
I totally agree with you on that.
Yep !
I definitely agree with you on that. Especially the Q1s.
@@TrainMaster2004 me too
I actually like the Q1, I’m building one out of Lego at the moment :)
Ooh that's amazing - please show me that!! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@@SamsTrains will do when it’s done, gonna take me a while!
Bullied's Leader am I right!
The pacers have actually been taken out of service recently.
Good
Yes, it's so sad 😭😭😭
Be still my beating heart.
Yeah so I hear - need to update my sheet! ;D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Now I know why Chris Eden-Green always bashed 'em. As someone not from the UK, I never fully understood the hate that the Pacers got, but I can see why.
you're wrong at the end there, Pacers are very much on the way out, with the Class 195 & 230 being phased in as replacements.
Nothing's too cheap for this government, especially for Scotland, Isle of Wright/Man and Wales. They'll keep them into the 2030s, if they can.
Yeah you're right - I need to update my info sheet! ;D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@@abloogywoogywoo Scotrail don't have any pacers these days as far as I'm aware (and didn't have many in the first place I think?). Isle of Mann railway is run by their own government, not the UK. Isle of Wight has the tunnel size restrictions that limit them to the old tube stock (which itself has just been updated to refitted 484s).
@@EForrest88 If "Transport" for Wales don't backtrack (no pun intended) this is fantastic news. I'll never forgive those units for making me throw up on the train as it bounces and lurches everywhere up the valleys.
I came here to see if everyone was as outraged as me regarding the Q1
I'm outraged, that nobody seams to be outraged about people being outraged, about Sam's outrageous bias for Bullieds engines calling them Ugly lol.
haha sorry for any outrage caused!! I really like them too, just for the record! ;)
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
For me personally the ugliest looking locomotive is the LMS streamlined coronation especially when they where painted in wartime black as that makes them look a piece of uncut black pudding
Legend has it, if you call Thomas ugly, you don't see another day
Oh god - I'll be careful!! :O
@@SamsTrains yep because he'll blow enough steam into your eyes you'll be blind... for an second so scary
In other words season 25 is the ultimate doom for the thomas fans. Oh wait too late, it already happen.
me: sees the tumbnail
also me: hhmm yeah verry ugly
haha me too!! ;D
awww leave the Poor Q1 alone its not hurting anyone! personally i find it quite charming in a unique way and the fact its a freight engine means it wasnt meant to look pretty i guess.
Same lol
@@bartskinthepro3138 ikr
Can ypu make a MOST WEAKEST ENGINES competion
haha that'd be great fun!! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
17:15 THAT'S A 142!
141 was two leyland buses glued together
142 was still a leyland bus at heart
143 & 144 were inspired by leyland buses
All of them also share design roots with the APT with the high speed freight vehicle.
Flying Scotsman with wind deflectors be on my list.....I'll get my coat....
What Thompson did to the poor Great Northern and P2 class, should be on the list.
haha!! xD
"Not going anyhere soon" ahem look it up they're being cut up en masse
nnnooooooooo!!!! how could you put a beautiful bullied West Country/ Battle of Britain class in this list, they're my favourite and absolutely beautiful they're amazing. Also could you do a review on the newer bullied pacifics as the colour on hornby's newer ones seems to be much better and would be nice to see a more modern review on it as you haven't for a good few years now
I had the Hornby one in Malachite green a few years ago and it just looked cheap and nasty
Did it? How many years ago are we talking because I think it's quite recent that it's been finally improved
@@camerons7599 now that's a question 5-10 maybe....possibly it's just the colour...saw one in BR green on Sam's channel and it looked amazing
Ian B fair enough I think the newer ones within the last 3-4 years have really come on
My opinions on the steam locomotives:
Southern Railway Q1: Ugly, yet powerful
Sentinel: Very cute
LNER Garrett: Unusual but looks bad-butt in white (also, you drived it backwards)
Southern Railway West Country Class: I'm in love
G2A: Interesting
Pacer: Good design, but hideous paint job
some of them are ugly... BUT in a good way!
Yeah maybe you're right!! ;D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
*Nevile Would Like To Know Your Location*
What about Britain’s most attractive locomotives next maybe?
Stirling Singles, SECR Waighnright D class, Gresley V2 Green Arrows for Steam
And the DP1 for diesel .... Lion diesel would be interesting, but I think that its paintwork may make the model look unpainted !
@@bluesfish98 I have a soft spot for T9's and Midland Compounds. I also like (drumroll for reactions of abject horror) the GWR Counties (both!)
@@robertwilloughby8050 yeah, not a huge fan of the latter counties, I don't like the splasher
97xx pannier tank.. Hawksworth 15xx
Thompson A1/1.. Powerful loco but not the greatest looking. Thompson
The Q1 is so beautiful 😍 It has something futuristic retro in it... and it has nice dimensions
Futuristic retro is an oxymoron..
Something interesting about the Q1's appearance aside is that Oliver Bulleid once proved how reliable it was by riding on the tender as it was pulling a passenger train, doing 70 MPH. *Backward.* Other than it being a bit of a rough rider and its cylinders popping out the front if it was overclocked, it was an extraordinary engine. When the big 4 merged, this thing ended up getting the power classification of 5F, meaning it was roughly as powerful as an LMS Black 5 and the most powerful 0-6-0 on British Rails ever built.
Basically, this means Neville is as strong as Henry.
No way, the West Country Class is beautiful! It's my favourite loco lol
haha I love them too - not sure about beautiful though!! ;D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I'd say the Q1s are better looking than the A2/2 but still, only opinion. This was a nice vid, certainly unusual! Probably my most..disliked engine is the Bullied Leader loco. Any way sam, Keep up the good work!
In real life the Q1 was a brilliant loco in every way.
Yeah it really was!! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
They did this one dirty with Thomas. (Q1)
At least Neville's class worked properly, Thomas' class had too little capacity for fuel for longer runs, had a too long wheel base for tight curves and had weak brakes and wasn't built strong enough for heavier trains.
The Fell, is truly ugly.
Yep can't argue with that. If ever a loco was designed by committee, that's the one.
haha I've heard a lot of people say that - so is the GT3, if we're talking KR models! ;D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I blame the Hornby Q1 for getting me hooked to model railways around 3 years ago.
haha I don't blame you - they are epic locos! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Sam I believe you forgot one. I think you know who I’m talking about
haha Circle?!?! ;D
Yes…
How did u forgot her
@Joshua W56 yes
The Garratt is strange , but look at the South African and Australian big Garratts, especially the ones with streamlined tanks ,(4-8-2 2-8-4 ) and they are handsome and impressive beasts ! I don't feel the grey is very flattering on such a huge expanse of loco , but imagine it in crimson lake , lined ........................? Also love the Q1 and West countries . Must be me ....eh ? Wales UK.😍😍😍😍
It’s a loaf of garlic bread on wheels haha
haha not quite that bad!! ;D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
"GARLIC BREAD?!? YER JO-KIN'!" (With apologies to Peter Kay)
this is how I would generally describe each locomotive (not that they are bad but in the presence of this video)
the Q1 looks like someone's first attempt at building a train in Minecraft
the sentinel looks like a shed on wheels and on a track
the Garratt looks like NASA trying to send a locomotive to space
the West Country class looked like someone from the Texas Chainsaw massacre sawed off the front of the engine
the G2A looked like a thief had stolen the front bogie
and the Pacer is best described by Sam (a Bus on tracks)
If there is anything more Ugly than these lot, it definitely has to be the 02/4 Tango
A good selection here, Thanks for the video Sam
I really like most of those locomotives, I like the industrial functionality and styling. Maybe they’re a little bit ugly, but maybe that’s my preference?
I do not like the Pacers, I spent my childhood rattling around on them crammed in with football hooligans when I just wanted to go to the cinema at Horwich
A2/2 went from a swan to a vulture
S100 is ugly
turbomotive
Gt3
All diesels
Only my opinion
Keep safe arp
Hi Sam. As a steam locomotives person, I find most diesel locomotives are bland with very little character. The pacer is an awful looking thing, but my award for the ugliest loco goes to the warship diesel. Great video as always. Cheers Chris.
I actually bought a Hornby Q1 a wee while ago, they're ugly but nice at the same time aren't they 😂 I canna mind do the models have sprung buffers or are they fixed in place, been a long while since I got mine out and had a look at it.
I’m surprised the Thompson a2/2 wasn’t included.
haha I didn't have that when I filmed this - otherwise it definitely would have been!! ;D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
This is sort of a marmite one, but what about the s160, I don't know if you have one in model form, but I think they are ugly in real life.
Thanks for the upload
Sorry to nitpick but there seems to be an error in the title. You see it says ugliest when its quite obviously supposed to be prettiest.
Please can you shout me out in your next video because muly channel is not doing well, I've gainers 36 subs in over 2 years 😔
Hi Sam, Great Video. The Q1. I saw these working in the early 60’s when I was able to gravitate to the Southern Region. Oh my God! could these locomotives pull. For an 0-6-0 they were really strong (the most powerful British 0-6-0). They were rated at 5F and were much more capable than that. Not surprising when the boiler design was similar to the Lord Nelsons! At only 90 tons they could work over most of the Southern Railways tracks. The looks belie the reality!
Thanks so much Leroy - appreciate you sharing - yeah I have read how amazingly powerful the Q1 was, very impressive locos!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Hi Sam could you please review a Hornby super detailed Pullman coach please, thanks!
That sounds great - I'd love to! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I actually love the appearance of the Beyer Garratt, 'cause it's so massive und just looks like it has all the power in the world. But i must admit i really like all of those 4-cylinder engines, like the Union Pacific class 4000 or the german BR 96
I really like the Q1 and the West country class because of thomas and friends. They just look so cool to me
Yeah they are cool, I won't deny that!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I think "unique" or "strange" would've been a better word to use than "ugly" - a bit less inviting of horrible arguments, and leaves future videos on the topic a bit more open. ;) I absolutely couldn't call a West Country ugly, but they're certainly strange! A Sentinel? Very unique - always takes me a moment to remember I'm looking at a steam engine rather than a diesel.
Anyway, would love to see more of these! ...wait, what's that sound? Demonic chanting...? OH GOD IT'S CIRCLE, RUN FOR YOUR LIIIIIIIIVES!
haha maybe you're right - but it did the trick! Yeah strange is probably a better word! ;D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Spam Cans are not ugly and when you have travelled behind "Tangmere" flat out storming Wellington Bank at White Ball Somerset you would know why. Difficult to pull away from a standing start they took a lot of practice to stop slipping. Further into the sixties before final demise they broke100mph on several occasions Bournemouth to Waterloo! Well Done Sam still keeping our spirits up!
haha that's fair enough Leroy - I really like those too, just for the record!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I have to agree with others the Q1 is beautiful, also pacers include the class 140, 141, 142, 143 and 144 and in addition to Yorkshire they also served in the north east, wales and within Devon and Cornwall until the of last year when all remaining examples were withdrawn as not PRM complaint (though not sure why that applied to GWR as they had been using them with PRM compliant stock to simply increase capacity for social distancing). No fears on preservation it seems half the heritage railways in the country have got one...
I think the thing people fail to appreciate with pacers is their low running costs and thus they saved many rural lines from complete closure. Ultimately all your examples are much better than the cheap and nasty plastic 💩 coming out these days 😂
haha I do love the Q1 too, don't get me wrong! ;D
Thanks a lot for sharing - yeah you're right there actually!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
G2A Not easy to steam, Pete Waterman is a good source on how to drive it. My mentor the much missed Harry Soucester (LNWR) Driver would drive these locos on the legendary triangle freights - Bescot (Walsall) - Sheffield - Manchester - Home. Powerful and efficient, this was the reason they lasted to the end of steam.
Ahh is that so? This is pretty cool, thanks for sharing! :D
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I disagree with the Q1 and the West Country. My favourite locomotive in my fleet is Blackmoor Vale.
I also like the G2a
I think you should've put in the A2/2.
haha that's fair enough - I love them, never said I didn't like them! ;D
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Q1s were also known as coffee pots. As built Bulleid pacifics are gorgeous AND functional. They were designed that way to be able to use carriage washing plants
I'm assuming you did this to the "uglier" locomotives in your collection and/or ugliest according to majority of rail/non-rail fans.....
In my view on railways, there are no ugly locomotives there are only preferences.. (the pacer being an exception)
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haha yeah pretty much - I love most of these for the record too! ;D
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Where is the A2/2
The West Country/BoB/Spam Cans in their original form fascinate me to no end. City of Wells was the loco that got me hooked on the class - now all I need is an unrebuilt one! I agree that it works in this video in some ways, but it is uniquely stunning simply because...it’s different and you wouldn’t be able to look away. Hard to disagree with the other choices though
Yeah they do me too Davis - I love the class too, agreed! ;D
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I personally love the design of the Q1 and Garratt! Although I love strange looking locos in general. Great video!
Do you know the ugliest British engine? The Thomas in the new 2021 animated cartoon-like "All Engines Go" stuff that Mattel is creating & airing.
haha I guess you have a point there, lol! ;D
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Hmm, seeing as you've already done the Q1 I'll say the 15XX pannier tanks as they look half finished (in my opinion - I imagine the eaasier access made them much easier to maintain though).
Ahh interesting - I'll have to look at those!! :D
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Garrett's are, in my opinion, very beautiful locomotives. I wonder if there are Garratt-sized turntables in 00 gauge?
haha maybe you're right - I really like them too, just for the record! ;)
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In my eyes they all look so beautiful and very fascinating
I have say Q1 is my favourite to and I would love to see it on run again. The reason the Q1 like that cause of war time standard, but by god were they good efficient machines and at day efficiency better than looks.
Very good choice - I'd love to see one run some day too! :D
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Sam what your opinion on kato locomotives and rolling stock and there track that’s what I run and may I say I’m quite impressed with kato in general it’s in n scale just let me know if you don’t mind
I'm not sure - I've never actually tried one!! :O
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I thought you were going to put the Standard 4MT in the mix... you would have been in trouble!!!! :)
haha I know - luckily for me I didn't! ;D
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At 8:03 can anyone hear somebody say yeah after sam say there quite nice modern ones
I love the BR 2-6-0 and the lnwr super D they are beautiful locomotives 😃👍❤🚂
Awesome! Sorry for what I said in that case... I really like them too, just for the record! ;)
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Q1 is Ugliest*
Nevellie : Sir (he Call Sr. Topham) Can't you make me scrap ?
haha poor Neville! ;D
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I really like the Q1 bulleid. To be honest, The first time I saw it I didn't like it, but after a while I started to like it.
Me too Jake - it's a favourite of mine too! :D
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Loco for part 2: Thompson A2/2
haha absolutely - wish I could have included that in this video!
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I think no one will agree on me or even you Sam. But I think that the Mallard is one of the ugliest steam loco of all time because of its huuuge and flat front.
haha do you think so?!? Fair enough! xD
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Can you do a most beautiful locomotives please Sam
Hey @Sam’s Trains the Garrett would normally run water tank first but you can run them tender first
A couple of real life Garretts were dangerous to run tender first. Kind of the Ford Pinto of trains 😅
Tomorrow do a experiment to see if a sparkler could melt the wheels of an ho locomotive put the wheels up against the sparkler where it gets really hot and light the sparkler
haha that'd be fun - cool idea! :D
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Really sad about the West Country, they're my favorite class of loco, and I've always considered them quite beautiful, and certainly unique. I feel people are starting to associate unique with ugly.
Edit: I also like the Battle of Britain, and Merchant Navy just as much :D.
17:17 there were 3 variants, class 142 is what you have, class 143 and 144 are the others and the worst one was the class 141
Ahh okay, thanks a lot for letting me know - duly noted!
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I think it was the first series of Garratts produced by Heljan that had lots of problems, the series shown here were a lot better.
Yeah that's right - mine hasn't had any issues so far!
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You know you're doing something right when you have 112 likes and not one dislike. Throughout the last year or so this channel has been something I can always come back to for a nice bit of railway escapism, so thanks!
When I saw that thumbnail I was like “HOW IS THE Q1 UGLY?”
haha I know... sorry about that! ;D
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I can think of a certain underground train that has this classification of ugly though it isnt a real train, luckily...
haha absolutely right, lol! ;D
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Can't say I'm a huge fan of 9Fs, they just look a bit too complicated to me.
yeah that's fair actually - particularly those Crosti ones!
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Next experiment: how far can I drop kick a pacer. What do you say sam ? Eh
Next experiment: Replacing all the Pacers in the country with trains that don't look suicidal.
The second one looks more like a tender than the engine itself.
Not gonna lie I love that one and the q1 a lot. I've never been a fan of the Garrett though. Not because they're ugly, heck no, they're just not really that appealing to me.
Edit: I love the west country as well...
Also Neville and Rebecca from the SR would like to talk with you Mr. (lol)
haha it does - everyone says it looks like a tender or a brake van, lol! ;D
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The thumbnail: The World's Ugliest Engines
Neville sees the thumbnail: hey I'm not ugly
haha!! Sorry Neville! ;D
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Sam'sTrains i hope you keep making these vids! these are great!!
This is the first time you ever said welcome back to thee railway instead of the railway
haha did I!?!?
In my country you upload at 12:30 AM
I do agree with your pic but I think that the West Country class looks lovely not ugly
Yeah I love it too... I just think it's Ugly!! ;D
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non of them where "ugly" Just didn't look that nice. The Garratt hasn't been my most favorite of engines.
Great video again Sam!
-Will from WTRR
You seem to have some issues going on with the steps on the front buffer beam of the Q1.
And why on earth is a Standard 4 or 5, at the turntable? And what's wrong with the West Country Class?
Yeah you're right - they're a bugger for coming loose! The standard 4 is a strange looking one in my opinion, and many consider the west country ugly due to the casing... nothing wrong with it however!
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@@SamsTrains Oddly I rather like them, and the BR Standard class 5 as well, Hornby do a nice one, sort of thing I would like in O gauge, but they are expensive DJH kits and that's before you buy the wheels and the motor/gearbox seperatly for them. Prob looking at a couple of grand if you had DJH guys make one for you
Man...Neville (Q1) can't catch a break from being bullied for looking like a diesel and I never really thought Rebecca (West Country Class) was ugly since there was plenty of story potential to grab at with her character using her basis, but to sum up this video in a nutshell: yo puffa's so ugly, Thomas The Tank Engine went off the rails!