Bachmann's Fantastic City of Truro Locomotive | Unboxing & Review 

I remember watching a classic Thomas & Friends episode where the City of Truro made its appearance while Gordon keeps on saying “domeless engines aren’t useful”. I also remember one part of the episode where Gordon lost his dome, that was a pretty funny part in my opinion! 😂

“He’s too famous to even noticed us!”

"Never trust domeless engines,They're not respectable" -Gordon

What a beautiful locomotive! Love the livery! Keep up the great content!

I MUST get my hands on that model. Fun Fact: City of Truro made a cameo in a Thomas & Friends episode, "Gordon and the Famous Visitor. When Gordon tried to go faster than Truro, a gust of wind blew his loose dome off his boiler into a creek.

I was just waiting for the day that you reviewed the GWR green City Class, and wow it is an impressive rendition! Well done Sam!

Genuinely thought you’d run it with Flying Scotsman, considering both technically hold the record for beating the 100mph speed record. Would love to see a race between the two

I've got one of these. I got it from the shop in the NRM itself. Upon asking for it they said they had all sold out and would I like the nice red Midland 1000 loco instead. Disappointed I was pondering it, then this other member of staff appeared who must have been earwigging our conversation. He said he thought he had seen a CofT right at the back of a cupboard the other day. Indeed he found it, making me a happy bunny. It may well have been the last one ever sold? It is indeed very attractive and so when my club Chesham Model Railway Club had their annual exhibition that year, I ran it on a little creamery end to end layout we had at the time. Most inappropriate, but I guessed it would be a crowd pleaser. Indeed it was getting many admiring looks. It ran fine at the time, but I haven't run it for years and was not aware of the inferior mechanism.

AMAZING Review Sam! I own the same City Of Truro you have and I’ve been waiting so long for you to review it! I love this model so much!

We need the rest of the national railway collection: mallard, duchess of Hamilton, Oliver Cromwell, evening star, etc, present.

27:52, "War is pretty fun" -famous railgun officer Sam'sTrains, 19th of august 2020, minutes before his successful defensive counter-attack against General Bachmann 3-poles-motor army.

Cool vid Sam always love your reviews so accurate 👍

"He did it, I'll do it! He did it, I'll do it!" Gordon attempting to go 100mph after hearing that City Of Truro managed it.

I've always loved City Of Truro. It's nice that you finally get to review it! :D

I’ve been waiting for this all day and am so happy 😁 good job Samtrain. 🤩🤩

Hi Sam, it's Paula again. Glad youlike Truro, my home town, although Inow live in London. I remember when I was young watching from the Malpas side of the river the small Prairie tanks shunting on the quay and bringing in coal from Truro stn. for the power station there. Also travelling down to Falmouth pulled by the same small Prairies. Those were the days!

Ooh yay! My favorite Loco! I also live in Swindon so that's why I like trains and the GWR.

"Never trust a domeless engine" said a voice from behind.

You have flying scotsman, mallard,duchess of Hamilton,q1,and Stephens rocket,and now city of truro. Now you just need to get a stirling single and green arrow to complete the national railway collection!

When I saw the thumbnail i was absolutely blown away!!! You finally got city of Truro 😄 I think I remember I made a comment regarding about it a while ago on your old videos. Such an beautiful locomotive!! So happy you got one :) Edit: I got one but mine was second hand but with Crew. I found out if you put the detail under the tender it can interfere the wire which can remove it.

City of Truro a great loco in her own right. First heard of her as a kid when I watched Gordon & The Famous Visitor and both saw her & travelled behind her when visiting the Llangollen Railway's Steel Steam & Stars 2 gala during the 4-4-0 day (went from Llangollen to Carrog behind the Bo'ness Railway's D49 Morayshire, then behind Truro from Carrog to Glyndyfrdwy before returning to Llangollen behind the Bluebell's Earl of Berkeley). Irrespective of whether you believe that 1902 speed record... 😉 (mind Steam Railway magazine did timings on its 100th celebration of that record & suggested it was possible), she is a great loco 👍🏼😊

Wen I saw the title I remembered something domeless engine, domeless engine......

A stunning loco Sam! I love those cab details. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Onno.

You just got to love when Sam reviews famous locos especially engines like City of as Truro.

Try to do a video where you attach Bachmann James’ face to City of Truro like James as a Great Western engine

14:33 the wiring under the tender looks like a secondary water scoop

Ahhhh i see you took my advice on the 4-4-0 wonderful! Enjoy Sam shes a beauty. Keep up the good work

One of my favourite engines that I hope to see in real life one day and get this model, I also like it as it was featured in the Thomas the Tank Engine TV series and Railway series story Domeless Engines and retitled Gordon and the Famous Visitor in the TV series. I also got the Thomas ERTL Model in a model railway shop in Truro.

You should have put Duck the Great Western Engine as one of the engines running.

12:52: the Tango will never live down its shame.

I've been waiting for this!!!!

Can’t believe I got the 600th like! Fantastic model, and review, Sam. Can’t wait to see that upcoming D class too!

MINE FAVOURITE! What a pity that there is no Bachmann or Hornby here in Slovakia

If I’m correct city of Truro had 1 year left to run but it was taken out of service because it need a re-tube which never happened

certainly looks a marvelous model. I remember waiting with my wife at the level crossing barrier between Penzance and Marazion to take the dog for a walk on longrock beach, instead of the usual 125 on it's way up country, what should come pounding along but the City of Truro, we were only feet from her and what a splendid sight and completely unexpected!

I purchased one 10 years ago and was very impressed with it. It went downhill when I fitted dcc sound as the higher voltage means there is arcing between the wheels and body on corners as the body is metal. I had the pleasure of riding on the foot plate of the real thing just before she lost her ticket. Enjoyed the review and hope you enjoy your model.

Sam: *bemoans Bachmanns mechanisms* Us: Wow, first time? Also I will have to state that the complete lack of lining on the boiler bands on the TOP of the firebox is atrocious. Literally the first thing I noticed the moment you unboxed her. "Museum Quality" indeed! EDIT: Also considder this; Bachmann Industries is owned by Kader which is based in china, their production facility is in china. Kader buys up model railway companies, close down the works in the countries of origin, shifts production to their china facility where they then "improve" the models. It's all on wikipedia if you want to verify, but expect what you get from cheap china manufacturing... Had Hornby made this it would've been £50 more expensive but top tier stuff with an excellent mechanism that will last for many years.

maybe some light dialectic grease on the axles of those tender pickups would improve their reliability and performance

I've always wanted one like that, keep up the good content

Awesome video today Sam beautiful locomotive I really want that one

You should do Gordon vs the city of Truro because Gordon hated him in one of the episodes, “Domeless Engines”

“He did it! I’ll do it! He did it! I’ll do it!” -Gordon, Domeless Engines

So great! I wish I could’ve had that model!

I have the exact same engine, the City Of Truro, but with the black frame and Number #3717. However I had the exact same reaction as you when I opened mine. I was completely blown away. Bachmann did such a beautiful job with this engine, and in all honesty, it's one of their finest pieces when it comes to appearance. Under the hood it could be better though. LOL!!!! Loved the review on this one, and I might buy this one whenever one pops up. :)

Was going to buy one despite the high price by Bachmann, but after such a shocking review of Bachmann’s mechanism, think I’ll spend my hard earned cash else where. Shame, it’s a lovely model. Why do Bachmann continually shoot themselves in both feet?

Most accrurate model of a thomas character. ( ps, city of truro was in the show, if you didn't know...)

always wanted a City of Truro loco, and I am not disappointed. As you pointed out the mechanism isn't great, but she looks great, she's a decent runner and while noisey that's never a deal breaker for me, I sometimes like the sounds of noisey engines. And the value, man she's such a beautiful must need loco

Looks amazing with the level of detail. It really is immaculate in that respect. I want that Dapol D Class that you mentioned in the video myself

Wow that’s a really nice locomotive.I really like your videos and I’m a huge fan.

I knew you would get one! Fantastic vid!

Ooh! My favourite engine! Just love the overall Victorian-like design of it and the two toned green and terracotta colour. What a cool engine it is. Thanks for reviewing this.

Good job Sam l love this video

I love your callouts to other manufacturers especially that handrail 😅 great video as always.

My favourite steam locomotive ever! A very beautiful locomotive and I stood on her footplate at the NRM, and one I love much more than Flying Scotsman and Mallard, but she is so beautiful, and as you say, Sam, she is absolutely exquisite, but to me, she is absolutely beautiful. Apart from the detail being a little inaccurate in model form, and not a brilliant mechanism, but she is absolutely beautiful and for what you pay for it.

my absolute favorite engine ever, after such a terrible day this is just what i needed to see on YT. Heres a video idea, maybe you could race a model of flying scotsman and city of truro to find out which is faster, gotta settle that decades old debate of which engine got to 100 first.

Such a wonderful and beautiful locomotive, has to be one of my favourite GW locomotives. Shame about its flaws but nevertheless a stunning locomotive. I like all the GWR locomotives whilst it was running too ( I noticed you might have been trying to avoid getting the 1361 in shot by the crane). Great video Sam : )

I’ve been waiting for this review ever since I saw it in the background of one of your other videos

Great video Sam! 😁🚂 City of truro is one of my favourite engines!

You inspire me to get into train sets. Great content 👍😀

Hi Sam, I am not a railway modeller but I do love steam as I come from that era. Also my home town is Truro and remember seeing the loco there on a special for ITV back in 1957 or 58. She was also on exhibition in Truro city centre some 12 or so years ago to celebrate an anniversary.

What beautiful locomotive! I like the opening smokebox door that’s pretty cool.

Great video Sam also very pretty steam locomotive

IMHO, it's always cool to have locomotives that you've either seen in person or are known to still exist. Two of the ones I have in my collection, an Athearn EMD SD40-2 (NS 3500) and a Scaletrains GE C40-9 (NS 8765), are ones I've actually seen in person, though I believe NS 3500 is the only one of the two still extant today (NS 8765 was rebuilt in July of 2018 into NS 4093, a GE AC44C6M). I will admit I picked the number I did because I saw Scaletrains had it when they released their C40-9s earlier this year.

Got mine from Erlestoke Manor Fund at Bewdley for £120, as new condition. Absolutely gorgeous little model

Hi Sam I'm back! That city of Truro of yours is so cool!

Excellent review of a fantastic model of City of Truro Sam 👍👍

I remember seeing it in the episode Gordon and the famous visitor as Gordon was jealous of how the engine reached 100 miles a hour "He did I did I did." A fantastic review again Sam.

It's my favourite locomotive. Love the lines, and it's GWR. The bull seemed to be enjoying the ride, though a little precarious, at the end. Can't add any comment about the model, I don't know enough. But it's great to see it and hear the review.

Looks amazing and yes I agree the war time stuff is pretty fun

This is the first loco I've looked at and I've been star struck! It looks amazing! The poor gearing isn't really an issue for me with locos but still. I'll have to get this one!

This is my favorite class of steam engine, I remember getting Bachmann City of Kilarney for around 110 pounds from Hatton's a while back. I don't usually like buying duplicates but maybe this one could be an acceptation

Ayyy, its here now. I'm sure many people are expecting this😉

Is there a link to where you got this?

Hi Sam, I just purchased this loco and have managed to remove the NEM box on the spare front bogie. If you put the vacuum pipe & coupling on you really cannot see the small amount of black plastic left on the front of the leading bogie frame. I also had a fiddle around with the wires between loco & tender. I have managed to route them away from the front axle of the tender so they do not inhibit the pickups. I think the reason the wires are so long is because the drawbar between the loco & tender can be shortened or lengthened by releasing a screw under the front of the tender, this would be more for showing the model or on very large radius curves. However, the wires can be moved to lessen the visual impact. Mine is just waiting now for the Zimo sound decoder, keep alive & speaker to arrive. Keep up the great work!

Incredible! City of Truro is a beautiful locomotive! 👍

Just got City of Bath today for my birthday! Thinking of buying edged Truro nameplate atm.

Hi Sam, Loved the review, nice looking engine ,I always feel with bachmann there's always nice , But : All the Best Brian 🤗

Just by looking at the Bachmann City of Truro, it looks gorgeous with all of that detail from Bachmann along with the livery it has! The City of Truro has got to be one of the most gorgeous old fashioned locomotives ever to be seen! This is why 4-4-0’s are my type of wheel configuration! It’s kinda unfortunate though that in model form, the mechanism lets this locomotive down. If it had a better mechanism, I’d say the locomotive would be decent. But at least everything else is still good about this model! I’m giving this Bachmann City of Truro locomotive a “B-”! Nice review on this beautiful 4-4-0 locomotive Sam! 😃😁👍

Mine came today , absolutely delighted with it. I think the overall score was a bit low , but still an awesome review. Mine works absolutely perfectly and runs like a dream.

I went to see the City on the Cholsey-Wallingford line a while back, living moving history in action.

It’s a nice looking model for sure, I’m happy with mine. The spare front bogie is so you can cut off the NEM pocket for better aesthetics but still have the option to put a front coupling on again. It’s a shame the spare one didn’t just come without the pocket as it would have been a neater finish but it’s good that Bachmann have included it. Fair point on the mechanism, I’ve not taken mine apart yet. It does seem a cost cutting thing, just a shame the saving isn’t passed on to the consumer.

My science teacher's father was a fireman for the City of Truro, he was a respectable fellow.

I Read the instructions and it says the second bogie frame is included if you want to remove the nem coupling off the front, so you could swap them over if you wanted it back. Which seems a bit of a roundabout way of doing things.

Looks like an amazing model I might get one if I go there in September loved the video -Ollie

3 weeks left to be ready for the grand finale

I'm part way through building a plastic Dapol kit of this model. Your close ups will help me get it completed!

I'm amazed at how well you presented this locomotive, Sam; given I have Truro in my collection (paying significantly less not being in the U.K.), I still find myself amazed at how handsome and gorgeous this locomotive is. The livery in the GWR Monogram with the Indian red frames is just phenomenal; not to discount the other livery, but the GWR Monogram just seems right. One thing I've noticed about Bachmann's models, and their apparent lack of ability to install a 5-pole motor into their engines, is that they tend to run far more smoothly when converted to DCC, which makes me question why Bachmann doesn't offer models as high quality as this with DCC-installed as another option to purchase this engine. Otherwise, I'm delighted you were fair on this; given I have so few coaches, I can advocate that the lack of its pulling strength is a bit of a disappointment. It suffered some severe wheelslip on a slight incline with just three coaches (two Bachmann, one Hornby), but I will attribute that to the 3-pole motor. Having seen video of Truro in preservation and running at speed, the longest rake of coaches I saw him pull was 8 - 9; if the model can manage that while tackling curves and inclines, then I'll say it's a pass for my collection. I hope this has piqued your interest in some of the other Locomotion models; I hope that Evening Star from the NRM is on your list. Having the one manufactured by Bachmann for Locomotion, I always pull it out to be amazed at how handsome that freight locomotive looks in that BR Lined Green; perhaps, one day.

When I used to have a model shop this was the best locomotive I had

This model is just splended and the detail is just breathtaking! Im quite jealous because i dont have one yet.

It's a great model. I got myself the Bachmann City of Bath its one of my favourites.

I love that great western tender engine it’s a dream come true

For the price the detail is delivered on! The performance leaves a little to be desired. Amazing review as ever Sam!

Even the mechanism is not the greatest, or the typical Bachmann faults, "City Of Truro" looks very amazing and is a absolute fantastic looking model when you drove the track. Silly controversy that even with square bearings, and with a 3-Pol motor, its going better than the latest new tooled Hornby models...(like the tank engine that you reviewd not so long ago, the big Prairie Tank Engine)

thats an amazing loco sam! she looks so good, it kinda reminds me of the truro in thomas and friends. i feel like i don't want to say this but... my grandpa died yesterday, and this is true.

I'm in Perth, Western Australia buddy. I often write to Sam as he needs real world railway guidance at times! Hehehe... keep safe chum.

The paint work looks really good

I’d love to have one of these. I’ve been a fan of 3440 for most of my life (thanks to my Grandad’s involvement with the headboards for the 2004 run and the thought of a 4-4-0 going over 100mph) but I never saw her in steam. Would be lovely to get her running, albeit on a much smaller scale.

I was literally running my later GWR liveried City of London yesterday, had her on some 90s liveried engineering wagons. I've had her on 7 coaches before, wouldn't trust her with more. But she runs well on dcc.

'You know what I mean' Museum quality review there Sam

OMG this loco is AMAZING!