Hi Sam I am sorry to hear about Gadwall's sound decoder destroyed, but on Hornby's website they do actually sell the A4 tts sound decoders separately so you can get a new A4 tts sound decoder for Gadwall.
Yeah absolutely, but I'm not too bothered to be honest - if I ever see one going cheap I might, but to be honest, I'm quite happy with her on DC! Thanks for watching, Sam :)
And ye...when silver link established the a4 as a success, A4s were initially all done in Doncaster green, however it was quickly phased out by the much more famous garter blue...
The best video by far, A4's are my most favourite locomotives, Mallard is my favourite Class A4 loco, Mallard is the legend of the rails, can't believe she's 80 and still hold an unbeaten record of 126.88mph, loved this video Sam:)👍😎
This is awesome! A4’s are my favorite engines of all time (it’s Mallard that’s my most favorite.) It’s always annoying that you can’t find them in America. :(Keep running more A4’s Sam, you’re awesome! :D
The A4s are my favorite British steam engine, and my favorite A4 liveries are LNER Blue, BR Blue crest, and BR green, although they look good in any of their liveries with any livery of coaches! My favorite particular A4s are Gadwall (As I've seen the TTS Sound version running in person, and i hope to get my own soon) and Dwight D Eisenhower (Because it's one of only two A4s in North America, and has some good-looking nameplates that really compliment the engine)
the A4s are my absolute favourite class. Mallard and Gadwall in particular, because of the colour. You should get a blue Mallard (I can only afford the railroad ones) it's a great model though. Great video! lots of excitement for the next running session!
One Inception Is LNER A4 Preserved Engine 4464 Bitten Repainted As Along Time Scrap Mate 2509 Sliver Link In Action At The National Railway Museum In York's Mallard's 50th Anniversary In 1988 Back In The Early 1980's. Thanks Sam'sTrains Mate. X
Drawing near to their withdrawal, A4s did occasionally pull express freight from time to time. So while Gadwall certainly wouldn’t have, A4s pulling freight isn’t *too* unrealistic
Favorites: Silver link, golden eagle and mallard. And here is a list of preserved A4 locos. Union of South Africa, bittern, sir Nigel Gresley, Mallard, Dominion of Canada and Dwight D Eisenhower.
1:18 This LNER A4 Pacific Steam Locomotive Sliver Link Is A Bit Like Spencer The Grand Engine From Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends. Thanks Sam'sTrains Mate. X
My favorite A4s in this A4 running session is the Mallard in the LNER blue and Golden Eagle in the BR Blue. If I had to choose a favorite it would had to be the Golden Eagle in BR Blue because I always love British locomotives in BR blue with its white stripes and black wheels to contrast the blue. The A4 is in my top 10 favorite tender locomotives from the UK and it is on #3. :)
Wow! My hornby mallard ( garter blue) was my 5th loco too! I had my uncles old GWR 0-4-0 from the 80s which was rubbish and don't work anymore, 2 hornby 0-4-0's in CR blue from the caladonian Belle set ( I got 1 for Christmas and my uncle gave me one) and a WCR red hornby 0-4-0 from the west coast highlander set. Except the mallard is also my newest at 2yrs old because I've brought rolling stick instead recently.
I got this vid in my recommendations today and decided to watch it. I have a Kingfisher in BR blue myself, but now, after seeing your collection of A4s, I want another one. They are such amazing looking machines.
6 A4's are presereved two over seas in the USA and Canada 4 here in the UK Bitteren is one of them cos they had all 6 at the NRM for the "The Great Garthering" I got to sit in the driver side of Bitteren.
hmmm i wonder,if these locomotives we're a living thing they would be like green:"oh hello cousin" blue:"hello Jimmy"silver: "powerful puff u got there" anyways GREAT VID!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THE A4 IT''S MY FAV ARODYNAMIC STEM ENGINE!!!!!!!!!!
Bittern spent a while in preservation masquerading as Silver Link, though I think she wasn't in running condition at the time. The streamlining on the A4s was rather different in principle to that of the Princess Coronations. It was designed into the A4, it was by it's nature a streamlined locomotive. Whereas the Coronations were very much a locomotive that had streamlined cladding added to it (very much against the wishes of Stanier by all accounts), so de-streamlining them was a practical proposition (I've seen people make a similar suggestion, that it might have been done with the A4s). That wasn't really the case with the A4s, the streamlining is such a part of their design that so much re-building would be required that you'd essentially end up with a different class of locomotive. Certainly one lacking in the grace, poise, elegance, beauty and downright speediness of an A4.
Ahh really? That's very cool, never knew that! Yeah absolutely - I thought as much, they look a terrible sight without it too, lol ;D Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Brilliant video One of the lads fired “Union of South Africa” for a day, and when he woke up the next morning he realised the engine had given him sun burn and the right hand side of his face was peeling. That’s hot these monsters are in real life
Although not my favourite class of loco, having never seen one in steam in real life, though I did have a toy one when I was a boy. It was a "Hornby Doublo 3 Rail", "Sir Nigel Gresley" in Garter Blue. I got it from my granddad, one from his railway collection so I don't know it's real age, but I got it in 1956, and it was all cast metal, so very heavy. I prefer the LNER Apple Green livery myself. I did, one time, see an A4 hauling a goods train, so there is a prototype for everything. For reference:- back in steam days all inflammable tanker trains had two "barrier" wagons between the loco and the tankers and between the tankers and any brake van. Also, I see you always put your passenger brakes on the end of your trains. Passenger train can have a brake on either end, or both, or even somewhere in the middle, especially if it is a full brake. I also like the fact that you have a TARDIS in your scenery. That's all for now, regards, Alan.
Thanks Alan - ooh what memories, those Dublo A4s were just mighty - it'll be the same was my Wrenn one, with a different tender and different guts! I love the Apple green too actually - it's just so unusual on an A4 - fantastic! haha yes that's force of habit - but I am told it'd be fine to mix them up a bit ;D Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Hi Sam, I think the Wren A4s were made from the Doublo tooling and to my knowledge/ both Malard and Sir Nigel Gresley are at the National Railway Museum at York. I have a DVD of the Severn Valley Railway which has A4 - Union of South Africa on it as a visitor. Many "Top Link" express locos were pressed into service on goods trains in the last days of steam. Flying Scotsman, my wife's favourite loco, and one of yours, looks brilliant in Apple Green. Regards, Alan.
Many years ago, in an underfunded railway museum somewhere in the wilds of North Shields, I saw 2 A4s in silver livery. One was Silver Fox, I wonder whatever happened to her?
The blue Golden Eagle has to be the one I like the best. These are very distinctive engine and you know, I have seen one in real life. I have seen Dominion of Canada and next week I am off to 'The Frozen North' where we might see her again - in Montreal you know.
Hi Sam great video love the BR blue Golden Eagle. the Doncaster loco is an A1class model and will you be looking at Snupps during one of you upcoming live streams?
Thanks Joseph for the comment - yes that's the one! If I finish one of the streams before the hour is up, then yes I'll go look at snupps! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Hi Sam :). I like that train so much and it's Spencer from Thomas and friend. I really like your video please make more video I cheers on you. Cheers, Genta :)
Lovely running session with a great amount of liveries, the a4's also had wartime black as well. I have heard the rarest variation of the wrenn a4 is the then (1980's) as preserved sir Nigel greasily in the Garter blue. Apparently only 52 were ever made making them extremely hard to find, although there is one for sale and its priced at just over£1,000,00! something I could never afford!!
Thanks so much mate - ooh of course, I still need to get a Wartime black version! Ooh really, blimey yeah - I could never afford that either ;D Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Hey Sam loved the vid there are six remaining A4's which are Sir Nigel Gresley, Mallard, Union of South Africa,Domainion of Canada, Bittern, Dwight.D. Eisenhower
Nice beautiful A4 running session. I chose the Golden Eagle in BR blue as my favorite. It is sad that Silver Link and Golden Eagle are not preserved and sadly scraped.
Even though there is 2 Golden Eagles and 2 Mallards I could pretend the other BR Blue A4 is Sparrow hawk No. 60018 and the other BR Green A4 could be Miles Beevor No.60026. Also the LNER 4469 Gadwall could be hauling some freight if she would work during the 2nd World War. :P
I knew this was going to happen at some point, in fact i sayd thet in a comment on thet video. If there is any other LNER loco to give a special running session it would be the B12
A pity you don't have six GWR Manor Class Engines. So how about a running session with a King Engine, Castle Engine, three Halls and the one Manor Engine you have? I'd love to see that. You could attach the King, Castle and one of the Halls to Blood & Custard Carriages, and the other two Halls could have a pick-up goods train each (they are Mixed Traffic Engines), and the Manor Engine could have a rake of Mark 1 Chocolate & Cream Carriages, five in number as seen on the Llangollen Railway. You're so good at mix and match, nobody could possibly do it any better than you.
Lovely. Best group of locos you've ever run! 👌🖒 In answer to your question: my favourite livery for the A4s is the BR lined blue, mostly because of my affection for 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley (having fired her a few times). In observing your A4 on a goods train, it used to be the norm when they got run down and were waiting to enter Doncaster works for overhauls (although modern tankers...? Maybe a load of private owner wagons, like the Ocean ones, would've been better suited - but it's your video/channel...so I can't say much). Well done :)
Many thanks Phil, really glad you liked those! Ooh good decision - yes I really love that BR blue too! Ahh that's good news - It wasn't too much of a sin though! Thanks for watching, Sam :)
you can tell its not a hornby mallard by the colour and the wheels! i'm liking that one plus cast metal? must weight a ton one of those put it on the shelf and make sure its under the main shelf part, also with the shelfs would you put track on it so that the engines wheels are always on the track rather then wood or is it more engines fit on the shelf without the track,
haha yeah you can tell! And yes - cast metal, so it weighs an awful lot - I keep all of my wrenn stuff on a floor cabinet, so that they're not supported by a shelf ;D Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Great video mate :) sadly my grandma passed away today which fits in with this video, she got me my first train set with an a4 so I always associate the a4s with her so this video made me smile :) thanks a lot mate --- Ben
Hi mate, so sorry to hear about your Grandma - hope you're doing okay. Lovely to know you have some memories of her with your first train set - so at least you still have that to remember her by :) Hope you and you're family are all doing okay, Sam :)
This video randomly popped up in my feed, I watched it then scrolling down the comments stumbled upon this one! Ben I can tell your grandma got you that train set because she loves YOU 👌
Thanks Sam! Oh yeah - I've heard that those are good pullers - is that the same as the Bachmann ones in terms of bodywork?? Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Did I misshear you how many A4s are preserved, Sam ? There are 6 A4s preserved although not all are capable of steaming. They were together at the NRM York and at Shildon a couple of years ago.
Beautiful locos and carriages Sam. You’ve certainly made this Raspberry very happy.
haha that's great to hear! And may I say that you really don't look all that mouldy ;D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
Yeah.. but your still not fresh 🥁
Hi Sam I am sorry to hear about Gadwall's sound decoder destroyed, but on Hornby's website they do actually sell the A4 tts sound decoders separately so you can get a new A4 tts sound decoder for Gadwall.
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Yeah absolutely, but I'm not too bothered to be honest - if I ever see one going cheap I might, but to be honest, I'm quite happy with her on DC!
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
@@SamsTrains i want silver link pls thx sam
To be fair Gadwall being destroyed is pretty accurate to history lol
*I’ll see myself out*
And ye...when silver link established the a4 as a success, A4s were initially all done in Doncaster green, however it was quickly phased out by the much more famous garter blue...
Yeah absolutely - I love seeing them in the Doncaster green! :D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
The best video by far, A4's are my most favourite locomotives, Mallard is my favourite Class A4 loco, Mallard is the legend of the rails, can't believe she's 80 and still hold an unbeaten record of 126.88mph, loved this video Sam:)👍😎
Thanks so much mate - that's very kind of you! Absolutely - it's a massive acheivement still to this day! :D
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Sam :)
This is awesome! A4’s are my favorite engines of all time (it’s Mallard that’s my most favorite.) It’s always annoying that you can’t find them in America. :(Keep running more A4’s Sam, you’re awesome! :D
Thank you! Yeah they really are fantastic - thanks for the lovely comments,
Sam :)
15:21 Bullman the Christmas cow saved Mallard from scrap 😂😂😂😂
haha yeah he did ;D
The A4s are my favorite British steam engine, and my favorite A4 liveries are LNER Blue, BR Blue crest, and BR green, although they look good in any of their liveries with any livery of coaches! My favorite particular A4s are Gadwall (As I've seen the TTS Sound version running in person, and i hope to get my own soon) and Dwight D Eisenhower (Because it's one of only two A4s in North America, and has some good-looking nameplates that really compliment the engine)
That's great to hear mate - they really are classics! Good luck getting yours - I'm sure you'll enjoy it! :D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
Sir Nigel Gresley's famous machines at their finest.
Spectacular video Sam :D
Absolutely! Thanks a lot mate - really glad you liked it!
Cheers,
Sam :)
Yay A4s could you do a GWR running session
Yeah that's a good idea - I should do another GWR one! :D
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Jayden's trains hello
Ha! I knew it. You got to love A4s. Fantastic running session. My favorite was BR Express Passenger Blue 60023 'Golden Eagle'. Cheers Sam!
haha thanks Kamil - yeah got to love them - glad you enjoyed it mate! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
the A4s are my absolute favourite class. Mallard and Gadwall in particular, because of the colour. You should get a blue Mallard (I can only afford the railroad ones) it's a great model though. Great video! lots of excitement for the next running session!
Thanks mate - really glad you liked them! Yes I agree, I should get a blue Mallard some time! :D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
I love how much work you put into this! Favorite class of locomotive! Keep up the good work
Thanks so much mate! Really glad you liked the video,
Cheers,
Sam :)
One Inception Is LNER A4 Preserved Engine 4464 Bitten Repainted As Along Time Scrap Mate 2509 Sliver Link In Action At The National Railway Museum In York's Mallard's 50th Anniversary In 1988 Back In The Early 1980's. Thanks Sam'sTrains Mate. X
Very coo Luke - thanks for the info! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
Drawing near to their withdrawal, A4s did occasionally pull express freight from time to time. So while Gadwall certainly wouldn’t have, A4s pulling freight isn’t *too* unrealistic
Ooh nice - very glad to hear that!! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
hello sam you have got me back into the hobbie on model railway thank you sam
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Hey Regan, that's lovely to hear - I hope you have a great time doing this! :D
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Sam :)
NNice one Sam, and spot on with the freight train, in WW2 anything that could steam was used on goods work
Have a great week
Jon
Thanks Jon - glad to hear the hunch paid off - I didn't know that for certain!
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
This can't get any better! Definitely one of my favourite engines. Great video.
Thanks very much Paul, really glad you liked seeing them!
Cheers mate,
Sam :)
Favorites: Silver link, golden eagle and mallard.
And here is a list of preserved A4 locos.
Union of South Africa, bittern, sir Nigel Gresley, Mallard, Dominion of Canada and Dwight D Eisenhower.
Good choices there Jared, love them! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
1:18 This LNER A4 Pacific Steam Locomotive Sliver Link Is A Bit Like Spencer The Grand Engine From Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends. Thanks Sam'sTrains Mate. X
Absolutely - just like him! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Just got my first loco 60031 Br green Golden Plover. I love it! Definitely a suggestion.
Silver link runs so smoothly
Yeah absolutely - she's very good, especially for a Bachmann A4!
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
My favourite a4’s are golden eagle and dominion of Canada because of the bright red wheels
Ooh great choice - yes I love those red wheels too! :D
7:23 Hey come back here! You left us behind!
haha!! xD
Great vid Sam the A4 has always been a good and romantic locomotive
Thanks a lot David! :D
My favorite A4s in this A4 running session is the Mallard in the LNER blue and Golden Eagle in the BR Blue. If I had to choose a favorite it would had to be the Golden Eagle in BR Blue because I always love British locomotives in BR blue with its white stripes and black wheels to contrast the blue. The A4 is in my top 10 favorite tender locomotives from the UK and it is on #3. :)
Ahh yes the classic - you can't beat that for sure!!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Beautiful locos and very well presented. I saw Sir Nigel Gresley at Bury a few years ago, alas no camera with me.
Thanks Philip! Ooh fantastic - I saw her at the great gathering, but again no camera with me that time either ;D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
Hi Sam,
There were a few workings of A4s with goods, even some pics.
Hi! That's good to hear - thanks for the comment! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
I always loved Sir Nigel Gresely’s locomotives.
Great running session Sam! The BR Blue is awesome. Keep up the good work.
Thanks mate - I love the BR blue too!! :D
All the best,
Sam :)
Wow! My hornby mallard ( garter blue) was my 5th loco too! I had my uncles old GWR 0-4-0 from the 80s which was rubbish and don't work anymore, 2 hornby 0-4-0's in CR blue from the caladonian Belle set ( I got 1 for Christmas and my uncle gave me one) and a WCR red hornby 0-4-0 from the west coast highlander set. Except the mallard is also my newest at 2yrs old because I've brought rolling stick instead recently.
OOh that's pretty spooky - awhh sorry about your Uncles loco - I bet it's still nice to look at though! :D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
I got this vid in my recommendations today and decided to watch it. I have a Kingfisher in BR blue myself, but now, after seeing your collection of A4s, I want another one. They are such amazing looking machines.
Ooh amazing! Yeah they really are great machines - Hornby's model is fantastic!! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
I'm pretty sure the streamlining and smaller cylinders to make space for bigger valves are the biggest changes from the a1/a3 to the A4.
Ahh you may well be right - you know more than I do! ;D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
These videos r extremely brilliant keep up the good work sam
Thanks so much mate, I really appreciate that! :3
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Another excellent production Sam, I sat down and watched it on my TV...Regards....Bob
Thanks very much Bob, glad you liked it mate!
Thanks for the support,
Sam :)
6 A4's are presereved two over seas in the USA and Canada 4 here in the UK Bitteren is one of them cos they had all 6 at the NRM for the "The Great Garthering" I got to sit in the driver side of Bitteren.
Yep! I saw them at the Great Gathering too - what a lovely bunch! :D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
hmmm i wonder,if these locomotives we're a living thing they would be like green:"oh hello cousin" blue:"hello Jimmy"silver: "powerful puff u got there"
anyways GREAT VID!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THE A4 IT''S MY FAV ARODYNAMIC STEM ENGINE!!!!!!!!!!
haha absolutely - I'm sure they'd be great friends!
Really glad you enjoyed it anyway mate :3
Cheers,
Sam :)
To be more precise, Mallard hit 126MPH on the 3rd July 1938 close to Peterborough
That is very precise! Thanks for that! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Forgot, im a die hard A4 fan and i think that a A4 pulling goods is a nice change in pace so to speak.
haha glad to hear that didn't anger you too much!
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I always love the blue one it's quite smashing. 💙
Which blue one?
That BR blue one .the Hornsby super detailed one. The 60023.
Love the enjines keep it up
Thanks a lot Ethan! :D
Hi ethan just to let you know it’s spelled engines not enjines
Bittern spent a while in preservation masquerading as Silver Link, though I think she wasn't in running condition at the time.
The streamlining on the A4s was rather different in principle to that of the Princess Coronations. It was designed into the A4, it was by it's nature a streamlined locomotive. Whereas the Coronations were very much a locomotive that had streamlined cladding added to it (very much against the wishes of Stanier by all accounts), so de-streamlining them was a practical proposition (I've seen people make a similar suggestion, that it might have been done with the A4s). That wasn't really the case with the A4s, the streamlining is such a part of their design that so much re-building would be required that you'd essentially end up with a different class of locomotive. Certainly one lacking in the grace, poise, elegance, beauty and downright speediness of an A4.
Ahh really? That's very cool, never knew that! Yeah absolutely - I thought as much, they look a terrible sight without it too, lol ;D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
Very Enjoyable video Sam....Really beautiful majestic looking locomotives....Cheers Ade
Thank you Ade - much appreciated mate! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
Brilliant video
One of the lads fired “Union of South Africa” for a day, and when he woke up the next morning he realised the engine had given him sun burn and the right hand side of his face was peeling. That’s hot these monsters are in real life
Thank you! Ooh really? Blimey - need some sun cream next time then? ;D
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Sam :)
Although not my favourite class of loco, having never seen one in steam in real life, though I did have a toy one when I was a boy. It was a "Hornby Doublo 3 Rail", "Sir Nigel Gresley" in Garter Blue. I got it from my granddad, one from his railway collection so I don't know it's real age, but I got it in 1956, and it was all cast metal, so very heavy. I prefer the LNER Apple Green livery myself. I did, one time, see an A4 hauling a goods train, so there is a prototype for everything. For reference:- back in steam days all inflammable tanker trains had two "barrier" wagons between the loco and the tankers and between the tankers and any brake van. Also, I see you always put your passenger brakes on the end of your trains. Passenger train can have a brake on either end, or both, or even somewhere in the middle, especially if it is a full brake. I also like the fact that you have a TARDIS in your scenery. That's all for now, regards, Alan.
Thanks Alan - ooh what memories, those Dublo A4s were just mighty - it'll be the same was my Wrenn one, with a different tender and different guts! I love the Apple green too actually - it's just so unusual on an A4 - fantastic!
haha yes that's force of habit - but I am told it'd be fine to mix them up a bit ;D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
Hi Sam, I think the Wren A4s were made from the Doublo tooling and to my knowledge/ both Malard and Sir Nigel Gresley are at the National Railway Museum at York. I have a DVD of the Severn Valley Railway which has A4 - Union of South Africa on it as a visitor. Many "Top Link" express locos were pressed into service on goods trains in the last days of steam. Flying Scotsman, my wife's favourite loco, and one of yours, looks brilliant in Apple Green. Regards, Alan.
Yes sirr Sam 🥳🥳, you my #1 favorite class of steam locomotives in the world, running together.
haha that's great to hear - glad you liked it mate! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
Sam'sTrains cheers to you 🥂, I’m so upset that they are retiring the Union Of South Africa A4 locomotive though 😢
My favorite A4 Pacific IS sir Nigel greaslie, silve link and silve Fox and A4 red .
Loved the running session. Could you do a hst running session
Many years ago, in an underfunded railway museum somewhere in the wilds of North Shields, I saw 2 A4s in silver livery. One was Silver Fox, I wonder whatever happened to her?
Ooh wow - I wonder, I'm not sure?!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
I have seen a livesteam Gauge One model of Silver Fox at a model railway exhibition in Tenterden last month.
OOh wow I bet that was amazing- I'd love to see that thing!! :D
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Sam :)
Sam'sTrains Indeed and no problem.
It’s almost like the great gathering that hornby set up with bittern, mallard, sir nigel gresley, dwight d eisenhower, and union of south africa!
haha absolutely - it was a bit like that! ;D
The blue Golden Eagle has to be the one I like the best. These are very distinctive engine and you know, I have seen one in real life. I have seen Dominion of Canada and next week I am off to 'The Frozen North' where we might see her again - in Montreal you know.
Thanks Ian - I'd have to agree with you - ooh that's fantastic - hope you have a good time mate! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
Hey Sam I'm sorry this comment is two days late but I want to ask in your next shunting video can you do oliver and Rosie
Hi mate, that's okay mate - thanks for the suggestion, I'll definitely think about using those two next time! ;D
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Sam :)
Great vid. I think most people have had at least one A4 over the years. I had a Hornby mallard years ago.
haha yeah - it's like you're required to have at least one ;D
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Sam :)
Hi Sam great video love the BR blue Golden Eagle. the Doncaster loco is an A1class model and will you be looking at Snupps during one of you upcoming live streams?
Thanks Joseph for the comment - yes that's the one! If I finish one of the streams before the hour is up, then yes I'll go look at snupps! :D
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Sam :)
I’m surprised that time and space didn’t shatter when you ran 2 ‘Golden Eagles’ at once!
Some of the best locos by Sir Nigel.
OOh yes of course :3
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Sam :)
I’m glad to be back to the railway
A4s are my favourite locomotives! :)
That's great to hear - I love them too! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
The A4's are such a marvelous Thing (Great Video Sam)
Thanks a lot mate - really glad you liked it - yeah they are very marvelous :3
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Sam :)
NP Sam
Hi Sam :). I like that train so much and it's Spencer from Thomas and friend. I really like your video please make more video I cheers on you.
Cheers,
Genta :)
Thanks so much Genta - yes it is Spencer! I will do more soon :3
Cheers mate,
Sam :)
I wonder what an A4 would look like in red. Not bright red but a nice darker red
Ooh that would be awesome, great idea mate!! :O
I prefer the "Silver Link" She ran for several days because the next loco wasn't ready. My first loco was Hornby-Dublo "Silver King".
Ahh good one - yeah I love those too! :D
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Lovely running session with a great amount of liveries, the a4's also had wartime black as well.
I have heard the rarest variation of the wrenn a4 is the then (1980's) as preserved sir Nigel greasily in the Garter blue. Apparently only 52 were ever made making them extremely hard to find, although there is one for sale and its priced at just over£1,000,00!
something I could never afford!!
Thanks so much mate - ooh of course, I still need to get a Wartime black version!
Ooh really, blimey yeah - I could never afford that either ;D
Thanks for watching,
Sam :)
Hey Sam loved the vid there are six remaining A4's which are Sir Nigel Gresley, Mallard, Union of South Africa,Domainion of Canada, Bittern, Dwight.D. Eisenhower
Absolutely! I saw them at the great gathering too - though I wasn't so much into them in those days ;D
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Sam :)
Give that giant brakeman extra quid or 2 in his pay check for helping out.
Hey Sam! Could you please make a 'Classic' LNER or LMS Running Session, please?
Good idea Kamil - I have done those before, but they'd be nice to do again! :D
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Sam :)
hard choice! i chose the lner green because not many a4s had that livery
Ooh good choice - yeah the LNER green is gorgeous! :D
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Sam :)
Nice beautiful A4 running session. I chose the Golden Eagle in BR blue as my favorite. It is sad that Silver Link and Golden Eagle are not preserved and sadly scraped.
Ooh great choices mate - those are lovely! Yeah it is a real shame, that's true :(
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Hey Sam love that camera shot, please give more if you can
Even though there is 2 Golden Eagles and 2 Mallards I could pretend the other BR Blue A4 is Sparrow hawk No. 60018 and the other BR Green A4 could be Miles Beevor No.60026. Also the LNER 4469 Gadwall could be hauling some freight if she would work during the 2nd World War. :P
Ooh good choice again mate - yes another couple of my favourites!! :D
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These are my favourite class of locomotive ever
That's great to hear - thanks a lot for the comment!
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0:08 Happy to be back Sam!
That's lovely to hear mate :3
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I knew this was going to happen at some point, in fact i sayd thet in a comment on thet video. If there is any other LNER loco to give a special running session it would be the B12
haha absolutely - yeah a few people did ask for this! Yeah for sure - great idea! :D
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Hi Sam I just got me a Missouri and Pacific lines model and two Baltimore and Ohio coaches from that train show
Hi mate - ooh that's awesome - enjoy them mate! :D
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What's with the unsightly gap between rear frames and firebox/cab on some? That would be a definitely 'no, no' if I were buying!
Wow I didn't realize you had only been collecting model trains since Christmas 2012! That practically feels like yesterday lol.
haha I know - it feels a long time to me, but I know it really isnt ;D
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Oh yes; pure satisfaction!
haha that's good to hear mate ;D
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Lovely locos!
Thanks Oliver! :D
My favourite A4 pacifics are 60009 Union Of South Africa and 60034 Lord Faringdon.
Great choice David - those are definitely lovely A4s! :D
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YAY! A4's are awesome! Did you go to the Great Gathering Sam?
Thank you! Yes I did go actually! :D
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A pity you don't have six GWR Manor Class Engines. So how about a running session with a King Engine, Castle Engine, three Halls and the one Manor Engine you have? I'd love to see that. You could attach the King, Castle and one of the Halls to Blood & Custard Carriages, and the other two Halls could have a pick-up goods train each (they are Mixed Traffic Engines), and the Manor Engine could have a rake of Mark 1 Chocolate & Cream Carriages, five in number as seen on the Llangollen Railway. You're so good at mix and match, nobody could possibly do it any better than you.
It is a pity - maybe one day I'll get some more! I could do a GWR 4-6-0 session though, good idea!
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sam if you didnt know that lner green a4 is woodcock which is now been rebuilt as dominion of canada
Ahh yeah there is one called Woodcock isn't there? Love it! :D
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Lovely. Best group of locos you've ever run! 👌🖒
In answer to your question: my favourite livery for the A4s is the BR lined blue, mostly because of my affection for 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley (having fired her a few times).
In observing your A4 on a goods train, it used to be the norm when they got run down and were waiting to enter Doncaster works for overhauls (although modern tankers...? Maybe a load of private owner wagons, like the Ocean ones, would've been better suited - but it's your video/channel...so I can't say much).
Well done :)
Many thanks Phil, really glad you liked those! Ooh good decision - yes I really love that BR blue too! Ahh that's good news - It wasn't too much of a sin though!
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Are u running on dcc or dc oh and today my gaugemaster controller came!
Today I was running DC, but sometimes I run on DCC! Awesome - how do you like it?? :3
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Sam'sTrains great I like to know what people run on
The A4's were used for Coal and goods trains during World War 2, so you're perfectly fine!
Ahh good!! Very good to hear that, haha! :D
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Very nice Sam! Probably my favorite British streamlined steam engine. :)
Thanks a lot mate - that's really good to hear!
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you can tell its not a hornby mallard by the colour and the wheels! i'm liking that one plus cast metal? must weight a ton one of those put it on the shelf and make sure its under the main shelf part, also with the shelfs would you put track on it so that the engines wheels are always on the track rather then wood or is it more engines fit on the shelf without the track,
haha yeah you can tell! And yes - cast metal, so it weighs an awful lot - I keep all of my wrenn stuff on a floor cabinet, so that they're not supported by a shelf ;D
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They are beautiful either way
I agree Jacob! :D
@@SamsTrains have you seen Mallard in real life
Sam I’ve stood on the cab of 2 A4s
That's awesome mate! What were they like?!? :O
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I especially love the gresleyengines
Me too Marcus - he was a genius! :D
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BR blue without a date. Going to go see 6023 King Edward II at the SVR gala and she's been in blue for the longest time
Me too mate! Ooh have fun mate - I'm a touch jealous ;D
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Awesome! Mark Allatt says that the A4s are the most successful LNER engines!
Thanks Ryno! I'd be inclined to agree - they were fantastic! :D
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Your Welcome Sam! :)
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I imagine Rosehip (from GuP) driving these locos and yelling *RUSH B CYKA BLYAT* all the time
Lol
haha!! xD
Great video, you've got to love the A4s!
Thanks a lot mate - ooh yes definitely :3
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Great video mate :) sadly my grandma passed away today which fits in with this video, she got me my first train set with an a4 so I always associate the a4s with her so this video made me smile :) thanks a lot mate --- Ben
Hi mate, so sorry to hear about your Grandma - hope you're doing okay. Lovely to know you have some memories of her with your first train set - so at least you still have that to remember her by :)
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This video randomly popped up in my feed, I watched it then scrolling down the comments stumbled upon this one! Ben I can tell your grandma got you that train set because she loves YOU 👌
Nice bunch of a4's I have the trix silver link a that pulls alot as heavy
Thanks Sam! Oh yeah - I've heard that those are good pullers - is that the same as the Bachmann ones in terms of bodywork??
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Looks the same if ok I will post a pic of it on your Facebook page
I find the A4 all very graceful and i know the names of all the saved A4
I agree - they're wonderful machines aren't they?!
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Loved the video and I might be going to the Severn valley railway on Saturday
Thanks Liam! That's great news - hope you have fun if you go! :D
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You may not be an expert, but ya know more than me lol
Keep up the great work-TC5
Did I misshear you how many A4s are preserved, Sam ? There are 6 A4s preserved although not all are capable of steaming. They were together at the NRM York and at Shildon a couple of years ago.
Hi mate - yes I said there are 6 preserved, I saw them all at the NRM too! :D
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Ah, must need new batteries in me hearing aid!