An unexpected Outperformer! 

You're probably right about that! Märklin must have produced millions of their old BR 24 model, at least so it seems.

Waiting for hyce to search DRG on derail valley mods and get this

@@True_NOON He did in overhaul. None of the mods work today.

Thank you, I'm glad to hear that! As I unfortunately don't speak any Polish, I was a bit nervous about that. 😄

Thank you for your detailed look into all the wonderful British moguls! I personally was always quite fond of the Ivatt and BR 2MTs. Like the BR 24 they were built in surprisingly small numbers considering their versatility and capability and are often overlooked next to bigger engines. The BR before German class numbers is short for "Baureihe" which is simply the German word for class or series.

@@steelbridgemodels Thank you! That makes sense. I like the Ivatt 2MTs. They were nicknamed 'Mickey Mouse' for some reason! I believe this applied to the BR Standard 2MTs as well; given their similarities to the Ivatts, it's not surprising. The Ivatt 4MT meanwhile had a couple of nicknames: Doodlebugs as they looked quite American with their high running boards, or the less flattering nickname: Flying Pigs! The BR Standards were built in small numbers in part thanks to the Modernisation Plan, which was the plan by the British government at the time to refurbish and modernise the network, which was in a sorry state post-WW2, replace steam traction with diesel and electric, etc. It was announced in late 1954 and put into action in 1955. The interesting thing is, we kept building steam locos until 1960! Thus a lot of the locos in the various BR Standard classes had working lives of barely a decade. Indeed, some of the later ones, such as some members of the Standard 9F Class (the last steam locomotive class to be built under BR) saw work for as little as five or six years before being withdrawn, when theoretically they could've had working lives into the 1990s at least! Britain's lines were split into regions after nationalisation, which broadly mirrored the old 'Big Four' networks (though Scotland was its own region). They all ended their use of steam at different points. The Western Region was the first, ceasing their use of steam in 1965. The Eastern, Southern and Scottish regions followed during 1967 while the Midland region was the last one standing, with the end of mainline steam under BR coming to an end on 11th August 1968. As a result, quite a lot of preserved BR Standards, from various classes, have worked in preservation for a lot longer than they did with BR! The really funny thing is, from the first BR Standard, Standard Class 7 no. 70000 'Britannia', built in 1951, to the last, BR Standard Class 9F no. 92220 'Evening Star', outshopped in 1960, we built a total of 999 locomotives to the various BR Standard designs (why we didn't get to 1000 I have no idea!). Meanwhile, we also continued to build examples of quite a few Big Four designs, such as the Ivatt 2MT and 4MT, from nationalisation in 1948 up until the mid-50s. One class, the GWR 9400 0-6-0PT tank engines, didn't stop being built until 1956! Remember, the Modernisation plan was introduced in 1955! What's doubly hilarious is that the 9Fs, the last of the Standards, were actually the most numerous class of them, with 251 built, the vast majority of them being built after the Modernistion Plan came into effect!

Thank you so much! And more of all of that is certainly to come!

I can only encourage you to return to 3D modelling; it's lengthy, but at the same time also very rewarding!

I think BR65 is very handsome.So is BR41.

Sounds like a lot of work, but surely worth the effort! Thanks for sharing!

@@steelbridgemodels It is, but it is a lot of fun. This model was in terrible condition when I got it, so it is very satisfying to give the locomotive a new lease on life. Oh, and I meant three axle tender for it.

Thank you! Glad you find enjoyment in both the models and their prototypes' history.

Thank you! I'll do my best!

Thank you so much! I would love to do videos about British and French prototypes, and eventually I will!

The ICE 1 will definitely happen once I get to modern prototypes. Unfortunately, however, that will take some time. So, please be patient!

@@steelbridgemodels i will be Patient. With that quality, I’ll watch every video!

Thank you so, so much for your generous support!

You bring 55 years of my Marklin set to life. It’s all amazing and so well done and informative. Kudos!

@@JDB-XIVII Thank you for your kind words. I'm happy you enjoy my videos!

Thank you!

I'll note it down, but can't make any promises as of yet!

Well noticed! 3D-printing is the ultimate goal for my models.

I was just about to comment that haha. You beat me to it. 🤣

Unfortunately, I don't know much about the C56's history, but already visually, they look so unbelievably similar! 😂

@@steelbridgemodels they've got a very similar history - the C56 has a 2-6-2T tank engine variant, the C12; they were built as secondary and branch line locomotives, and they've got a similar nickname - "Kōgen no ponī" or "Plateau Pony" after their performance on the Koumi Line during the summer of 1973. They were also better run forwards than in reverse, though JNR never experimented with bogie tenders as the DB did with 24 061. Unlike the BR24, the C56 lasted longer in service, until 1974, and has fared better in preservation - nineteen are preserved statically across Japan, three are maintained or restored to operational condition, plus a further nine extant in Thailand and one in Myanmar thanks to their military use with the Imperial Japanese Military in World War Two.

Probably! 😂