Bachmann Midland 1F Tank Engine Unboxing & Review 

No views 4 likes. RU-vid logic is amazing. Great vid Sam, a cute little locomotive too! Well done

Just ordered the BR full cab version of this - lovely looking things!

Picked one up today for £60 at an exhibition in New Milton. Superb little engine. Top review Sam!

I really love the open cab of this little engine.

Good Evening Sam, Yet another outstanding review of the Bachmann Midland 1F Tank Engine, the detail is brilliant, the running performance is great and so is her strength, the little engine that could. I too own one, the preserved one, No.1418 in British Railways Black with the Late BR Crest, numbered 41708. Great news, the people at Barrow Hill are going to start the restoration on the Midland 1F next year and have her back in steam before her 150th Birthday in 2028, now 9 years away, she'll be the oldest operational Midland Railway Steam Locomotive in Great Britain. I can see 4 locomotives that worked on the LMS in the sidings and the odd one out is the Robinson O4 2-8-0 which worked for the GWR, LNER and in Australia. Now back to the review, again an outstanding review, oh and very cheap too, I remember paying my Bachmann Midland 1F Tank Engine No.41708 for £69 at the Llangollen Railway in North Wales a few years ago I believe. 10/10 5 Stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 😉

got to be my favrout Bachmann loco I especially like the mud hole doors on the firebox because you can see a little bit of day light through them. the engine also just has something about it a sort of character that you only get on pregrouping locos

I enjoy watching your reviews even if I'm not interested in purchasing the model, though they've certainly helped me to make wise purchases! Very professionally presented and fully informative. I just want to correct your comments made about 'shiny' plastic coal effects. I've came across many similar ones from people not old enough to be familiar with real coal (I used to have a coal fire at home). It was semi-shiny, not matt! Bachmann have actually captured the effect quite well IMO, and it's part of their attention to detail. When painting coal on kits, etc., I always opt for a satin finish. Keep up the good work. I'm looking forward to more reviews from you.

Hi Sam my grandfather and after my fatyer had huge layouts oo gauge then wiring was daunting ie solenoid motors for poimts an signals to we were children so going to play with the trains was a real treat at grandads

A really cute little engine model, Sam! The video is as brilliant as always. All good wishes from Transsylvania.

Now that is a really good quality Bachmann locomotive you have got there Sam and it was money well spent.

FINALLY BACHMANN 1F TANK!!!! SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is a lovely Loco, those ratings were well deserved, you certainly got a great loco there !!

😃😃😃 thanks for this great review Sam Cheers,

Love the way the subtitles call this Sam Strains, and the loco is a Batman 1F😂

A great unboxing, Sam. The Midland 1F was a very nice model, its detailing was astonishing, the quality was great and well as its enteresting design (it almost looks like a tank version of James). The only issue, is the fact of being fast in the control, but at least it isn't a serius problem, and everything else overshadows it. And in my opinion, it is definetely worth the value, its not perfect but it is a great loco, in many ways it is just incredible, its noticeable that Bachmann putted effort on it, and it has a lot of charm for being an open cab tank engine. Anyways, I hope you are having a nice day, and I'll see you soon.

Hey Sam! Great vid as always, nice to see that you always change up your reviews, from tank engines, to tender engines and in such a wonderful variety of different liveries! Although, in my opinion "West is best!" Keep up the good work, From Luke Hammond

I like using my 1F and J50 as the mainline locos that pick up the coal trains on the exchange sidings when working a colliery layout.

I love 0-6-0s too! The first time I saw steam locomotives outside Hong Kong were 0-6-0s from Luodong Forest Railway in Taiwan, with 8 of them preserved

Another excellent, useful, and thorough review thank you Sam. It's a nice loco, but I am still deciding between the Bachmann Class 4MT 2-6-4 tank and the Oxford N7 that you were so impressed with. I have seen that most Bachmanns struggle on 1st radius curves (which I have due to space restraints) including the 4MT, so it might have to be the Oxford N7 when the BR black one comes out. Slow speed performance is crucial to me and so many other reviewers pay no attention to that. I can't thank you enough for your helpful reviews.

Awesome model! Good thing one is preserved! I heard it was bought by Barrow Hill and hope to overhaul it next year which will be the year the engine will turn 150!

Another great review, quite like this engine looks really well detailed. Just realised though every new train you have given a good review to seems to become a best seller on Hattons advert pages in the various modelling magazines.

Sam,this is the best late birthday present.because my oc was a 1F then i changed him back but anyways.stellar review

Great video Sam. I didn’t know there was a 1F. Also, Great Western ROD is the odd one out.

Great review as always Sam. I've been buying a lot of tank engines lately and this one joined my fleet a month ago. Love the thing and it performs very well indeed. Strangely enough my example seems to have a very good slow performance. Probably just lucky I suppose!

Really great engine for a Bachmann I am impressed and agree with your review

tank engines look so nice! Great vid sam, keep it up!

I have 2 of these Sam, great little loco. Waiting for Hornby to release a 6-pin DCC decoder. I've tried the Hatton's 6-pin but they don't work with Hornby controllers.

Great review Sam I purchased one for £50 at a fair so well pleased, and from your reviews it’s in your top 10. Not tried it yet. So this gives me confidence. Looking forward to getting my track layout built to give it a go. 👍👍👍

Could you do a size comparison to this and the Bachmann Jinty? Just the body shells.

Great video sam! I love this engine and I ordered it myself now.

nice its good bachmann has finally got top three

Oh wow very nice I’ll think about buying one thanks Sam!

Lovely model! I saw this model a while ago with a tarp over the cab to the back, and real wood applied on the cab floor. When the cab is this open, it's worth doing. :-)

What a really nice little engine

Interesting fact. The half cabs were able to be fitted with a full cab. Also it is a contract with Staveley Iron Works and the Midland Railway we to thank for some of the class making it to the 1960s. The class had only lasted as long as it had because the Midland Railway had signed a contract in 1866 to provide shunting engines to Staveley Ironworks for 100 years; the 1Fs, as they were by then, were the only locomotives suitable to perform this duty.

Well who would have "torque" it, Sam likes a bachmann tank engine!!!!!! Get it!!!

Hi Sam, yet another good video. I'm contemplating getting a Midland 1F for my own layout and your video tipped the scale to get one. Is the odd one out that black engine at 25:07? I recognise a GWR-style safety valve. But I don't know what kind of engine it is? Also if not then is it the NE Breakvan seen at 23:10? Good video none the less.

Excellent review of the Midland 1F model Sam 👍😉 I have also got one of these in British Railways but in the title than the logo version. I'm impressed of the amount of great detail has been put in on this locomotive and a excellent price to buy of these models. Two locomotive models I like to see been review is the LMS Jinty from Bachmann and BR Standard Class 3MT tanks.

A really beautiful small tank loco.

Nice review of the tank engine Sam trains

Fabulous video! looks like a great little loco. I just have 3 words to say... MORE DIESELS PLEASE!!!!

I have noticed that these locos are very popular, 2 out of 5 layouts have them! Even I'm considering getting them, and I don't buy new engines much!

nice model there mate, Odd one out was tough. I think you intended it to be the GWR 30xx (ex ROD GCR 8k (aka the LNER O4)) (phew) BUT the ROD did have a strong LMS connection. First up in 1919 the LNWR brought 30 and called them the MN class. These were passed to the LMS at the grouping and given the power rating 7F. In 1927 the LMS brought another 75. But not many of these saw much use. In many cases they were brought for the tenders which were placed behind Fowler 4f 0-6-0's and as to replace some pre-grouping tenders behind old LNWR loco whichwere a bit small for a then odern railway. About 20 of the 27 batch entered traffic with the LNWR batch and lasted until 1932. 30 others were sold to China (sans tender) and the rest scrapped Have a good week Jon

That is a beautiful tank engine Sam I really like it it's cute.

Did you know that in Tugs Puffa was made out of a Marklin locomotive just with added American features such a cowcatcher a diemond shaped funnel oil burning headlamp in front of the funnel and an American chime whistle and the model ran on the same track as the Thomas models used on the the show

Reminds me of a Fowler 3f jinty with the back half of the cab cut off. Speedy little fellow though

Great review Sam! I am tempted with one of those as well certainly look nice 👍🏻 have you ever reviewed the Bachmann version of the Jinty?

HEY SAM'STRAINS, WHAT A CUTE LITTLE LOCOMOTIVE IT LOOKS LIKE THE JINTIES BUT SMALLER

Seems to be much better than the Bachmann Jinty. Due to Midland standardisation the 1F mechanism may be able to be used in the Jinty since the wheelbase and wheel sizes should be identical. For current production of the Jinty, Bachmann should at least be using a chassis to this standard. This review from just a few years ago but the prices we can only dream of now.

Great review as usual sam I'm with you on this it's lovely and well worth the money 👌

Awesome video today Sam beautiful locomotive

Quite a fan of the Fowler designs, mostly the Jintys and tender engines, but this is great for the value! And another thing, do you plan on doing a video with FlyingTardis again?

I watched a 15 and 30 second ad. Nice video as always Sam! Edit: will you ever buy some N scale narrow gauge engines from thomas and friends range like Skarloey, Rheneas and Rusty?

Wonderful loco Sam wonderful video

Steaming it’s way forward, great video

i loved it. in fact, i'm looking for 2 of them in LMS livery. i don't suppose you've seen any?

Im liking this little tank engine

The running might improve a little with time. I think yours might have been sitting in its box for a couple of years. If memory serves, I'm sure at some point last year Hattons acquired a not inconsiderable quantity of bankrupt stock. All brand-new-in-box, so to speak, but discontinued models no longer in production that had been stored for a while. I'm certain there was a small announcement somewhere, there was certainly a point where they suddenly had a lot of Bachmann stock in, but with running numbers that were additional to the locomotives and pre-orders they were already listing. I grabbed a early logo BR 1F off ebay last year (that Rails are still listing as in stock), and that was the full cab version. Very nice little engine, trying desperately resist the urge to look at the BRITISH RAILWAYS version as I type.

Wow this really does tick all the boxes, well apart from the slow speed

Great vid ate! I must say I have a soft spot for Midland 0-6-0Ts! :)

Great little engine Sam 👌

Hi Sam On my layout they lasted another 10 or so years in NCB ownership! I do think they are lovely models, even looks at home next to my Johnson Compound Nice review and unlike the shunters truck my review was released a while ago! Cheers Oliver

I have one and I'm backdating it to Pre-Grouping Midland Railway days.

Very good review Sam but I do think that the tool box in front of the water tanks on the running board is a little to plastic looking.

Hey sam, I'm having trouble with servicing the bachmann compound, they are a pain to take apart. Can you do a video on how to open the body and stuff, cant seem to find anything online

You should do a running session with sole survivor locomotives, like the T9, Q1, 1F, and LNWR Coal Tank

After watching through some of your previous videos, I have to ask; You purchased an 0 gauge Jinty, would you leave or buy a 1F in 0 gauge built to these same high standard levels? ^^

Was the odd one out today the m7? I like when they paint the cab on these models that have exposed cab detail. :-)

Very precious train

It would be nice if you review the Bachman Henry

Nice video Sam have you heard of thomas minis? I have a lot of them i thought you could put some minis in a truck and pull them with you fastest bachman thomas model just a suggestion oh do you have a suggestion i could do in a video

Sam have you tried the Bure Valley Railway, for buying models. Never had it, beaten on price.

Oh yeah I remember asking you to do this This was the one I got, same exact locomotive half cab and everything

The detail in the cab is tremendous

Great review

12:10 Hornby: Gasps but is acting shady Hattons: Keels over Heljan: Looks sheepish

Very nice, gonna see if I can gather some money and get one, would be appropriate as they worked around my local area!

Let's be honest that tank engine is the best for backwards shunting 100000/9 for it

The Midland F1 is an amazing looking model so do a lot of tank engines don’t know why they just do.

I was to the hornby visitor centre and i found a hornby railways j50 for 65 pounds (and i bought it of corse) that is cheap and verry good video

I have watched your most recent o gauge review and I have a theroy they used o gauge for the classic thomas and freinds series

Love them midland engines

Hi sam, Midland locos look stunning. Do a review of the johnson 3f, I'm pretty sure you will be impressed :)

this the best train channel ever in the world 🌎

The 1f is my favorite!!

Can you do the Bachmann Johnson 3f please. It's my 3rd fave loco.

£99.95 doesn't sound cheap. It sounds pretty expensive to me. Please can you review the retooled terrier when it is released. I would quite like one of them

We're did you buy the 1f I need the chassis for a project

Didn't you get it out for the 0-6-0 running session?

A fine loco Sam, good price and well reviewed as always....Bob

I’m a big fan of tank engines

Hi sam. Can u do a review on Mavis pls

I would like to create a layout with lnwr locos if possible

Sam I got my first model train 😺😺

Hey Sam, try doing Duck vs the Pannier tank please.

They have LMS and full cab version with a not open cab

Sam how many trains do you have and do you have extra steam enegine because I want one I don’t have any 🚂

Lol all the locos I buy are about that price except my P Class which was £99. Nice review Sam

great locomotive!

Any news about that new dapol terrier? :-)