Laughed so much when I heard “Let’s play a game of how many dangerous tools can I show in one shot” reminds me of when I was trying to build my first layout .
Yes!! Now your videos are getting more addictive with adding o gauge to your layout. Can’t wait to see this develop and grow! There is no excuses now, looks like o gauge reviews will be coming! Love it and very jealous, Clint
What impeccable timing! I’ve just started getting into the hobby myself thanks to an O Gauge Lionel LionChief Thomas set I won in a Facebook contest. I’ve been looking online on how to expand the layout, so your video has given me some ideas. Looking forward to more O Gauge content! Cheers from Arlington, Texas, USA!
Many years ago I bought a Märklin Maxi and for many years I'm thinking building a track throught my appartment. Have to say I'm not really in model trains, have my old Kleinbahn which I got at the age of about 5 or so, now I'm 50 :-). Could not sell it or give it away, so I absolutly know what you are talking about at the beginning of the clip. I bought some additional track for it second hand and last year cleaned all the track. I think I have to give it a run soon. Kleinbahn really was perfect for kids playing with it, it is durable and you hardly can break anything of. An absolut toy. I love the smell of the first loco, you know, the smell of the so old motor in it :-). Like your channel very much, sir. Greets from Vienna
haha I definitely know that feeling for sure - that sounds great, hope it works well for you, and I know what you mean about the smells too! Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Sam, Welcome to the world of O gauge! My first set many years ago was an LGB O gauge set that went up around our Christmas tree every year. I would also bring it out every so often through the year and mess with it. Had an 0-4-0 engine with no tender, open top gondola, crane, boxcar(goods van), fuel tanker that actually functioned with liquids, and a caboose(brake van). A set I truly miss, and plan on trying to find again when I have the money and space to do so.
O gauge is a fun scale, however I’ve skipped OO and went straight to O which isn’t the best of ideas. It’s a very big scale so space has to be used up as much as can be. I’ve got a Lima 4F but it’s so wrecked it’s now a scrap loco. I’ve since got a full brass E4, which is really heavy and I’ve already cut my hands on its wheels 😆 Welcome to the senior scale, the fun has only just begun!
Ahh did you struggle with the size of it? Sorry to hear about your 4F, but the E4 sounds amazing - be careful on those wheels though! :O Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Sam'sTrains It was more that O gauge was a childhood favourite. I did begin with OO but my layout is in O. Aye it was an old mess. The E4’s sandpipes are sharper! 😆👍
And now, something completely different ! Thanks to show us another gauge, which is really interesting by his own, and thanks for the SNCF 67xxx of '70s vintage. This class of locomotive is an all-services built in the '60s to replace steam engines on non-electrified lines, you still have some operational. It was also a staple of one of the mainline in my area, the Grenoble-Chambéry line, before it was electrified. Anyway, I am considering O gauge to do something completely different from OO. I'm thinking about an industrial small branch line with only 0-6-0 tender engines and some oddballs (LNER Y1 and J70 for instance), something minimalist, just enough to run trains. If you want to do exactly the same in O as you do in OO, that would take a lot of space and cost you an awfull lot of money. But if you are thinking differently, you can spend no higher amount of money than what you would do with OO. I have seen dapol engines not higher priced than Bachmann OO engines, but they are not in the same class. Well, not a problem, only a different solution ! That is what interest me : have something basic with 3/4 engines maximum an two or three dozen wagons, and that is why I am considering an industrial siding as a theme. I have just seen how to put an oval of trank into my appartment (spoiler : running across both the lounge and the kitchen, which are the same room in my home !), and I am looking for something I don't already do in OO (LNER/LMS addict). Dapol have interesting engines, I am not decided yet if I would do some kettles in O (GWR/SR) or directly go to diesel, their 08 is pretty tempting. Well, I am doing now like you : different gauge, different way of thinking ! Thanks for the video !
haha absolutely Oliver - glad you liked seeing the O gauge gear! Appreciate the info on the loco too. I can highly recommend O gauge to you - good luck if you decide to go there! Thanks for watching - Sam :)
@@SamsTrains Now, I'm looking for pre-grouping rolling stock, Dapol's Terriers are a good compromise in size, price (no more than the new Bachmann's LNER V2 I'm expecting for november) and usefullness (mainline, but also branchline), "differentiation" factor for me (my OO is LNER/LMS 1947, I would certainly do some southeastern England pre-1923 in O), and suitability for my constrained budget/space/time available. A rural branchline in Kent before WW I would be awesome for me !
In the words of Sheldon Cooper " It's ether O-Gauge or no Gauge". Anyway, I think it's nice your including another scale on to your train room, it looks nice. The only knit-pick I have is that there isn't really an "O-Gauge". O is a scale and a gauge is the space between two rails and as we know narrow-gauge trains are not a different scale so "O Scale" or "O Standard Gauge" would be more appropriate but as I said earlier this is just a small critique on an overall excellent video. Keep up the great work ~Harrison
Welcome to O gauge, Sam. Just been to an O Gauge exhibition today. Came back with a set of 2 Dapol GWR suburbans, some station accessories and staff, and a thinner wallet than when I walked in.
@Sam'sTrains Hey Sam! I love your videos! I have started to fall for English steam trains, and here in the US, they re kinda hard to come buy. I found this set on ebay, and I was curious if you or anyone here in the comments had an opinion whether or not it's worth the money... Keep up the great work!
Thanks so much Gabriel - great to hear you like British trains now! Sure - let me know which set it is, and I'll let you know! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Welcome to the world of O-scale 2-rail. If it is anything like here in the states you'll find that it is a vary diverse scale in terms of what people do for modeling and that with cost of new equipment, that modifying and cleaning up older models and kits is an excellent way to go.
Hi Sam. Nice to see you taking a step out of your comfort zone. I was a little worried when you ran the first loco. No buffer stops at the track ends. I did something the same when I laid my first pieces of 'O' gauge track. I had set up my trackwork on boards mounted on trestles on my concrete patio. My friends were horrified when I ran some stock with no protection from running off the end and onto the concrete slabs below. Noaccidents to report fortunately. I look forward to more of your work in this scale.
Welcome to Sam's new fitness regime, installing O guage track ;) I used to have a 00 layout as a kid, I didn't have much in the way of locos, Hornby tank engine (don't ask me which one as memory fails me lol), Hornby Deltic and Hornby HST. Had various freight wagons, including a Royal Mail coach that colleted mail bags from a pole and then deposited the mail bag in a track side receptical further round the layout, also had the Hornby turntable. My layout was pretty basic, basically a large oval with sidings, all fitted to a very large piece of plywood, so it could be put away when not in use.
Hi Sam, the little silver wire by the crossing is to connect the frog to a relay or switch to change polarity. You can also leave the frog electrically dead, just like with a usual insulfrog point. Also please put some sort of railing along the edge of that shelf! Gives me anxiety!
Sorry for this late comment, but how exciting that you are starting a collection of O gauge locos & rolling stock for your O gauge layout 👍👍👍👍 I was a little worried that the track was right by the edge of the board and that I’m also worried that your newest O gauge locomotives will fall off on that track as it right by the edge.
No problem Joe - really glad you found it exciting too! I will have to be careful - but the track is good and level, so derailments shouldn't be likely! Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Apart from its massive size, this video also shows how the hobby of railway modelling is not necessarily about big and detailed layouts but having fun with trains on track with a controller. Keep up the great work
If you want to amaze yourself with BIG points, you could try moving up to G Scale - 45mm gauge, which is what LGB trains use. Rails of Sheffield carry the Piko setrack range. Works like a charm on the carpet. The locos are pretty big, too.
I’ve just started building a new layout for the first time in 4 years this last week. Appreciate all the drilling issues you’ve had buddy! Good luck - don’t make it too good else I’ll end up doing O gauge as well...!!!
Great work! If you ever consider extending the shelves and track to touch the walls at the ends, you could disguise them as tunnel entrances to make it look like the track continues either way.
Hi Sam. How fantastic to see another gauge in your armoury (wherefore art thou, N gauge?). Did rather wince when you drilled into the underside of the shelving with your hand on top directly above the drill! Can't wait to see the next videos of the O gauge.
Thanks very much Paul! I'll have to look into N, haha! There was no chance of drilling right through - the wood was solid stuff, and I was only drilling pilot holes! Thanks for watching - Sam :)
You should add a couple of sidings in between the two lines if you have enough room. American O gauge is quite different than British (and French) O gauge, as we still use the 3-rail AC method for new models, which the UK abandoned in the 60s. Although, many American O gauge models can be converted to 2-rail DC operation, especially MTH's.
You had to didn't you Sam. I'm there trying to convince myself I don't have the space for OO and keep looking at N gauge but keep thinking the N gauge is a bit small. You come along with very little space and get a O gauge track up and running. Maybe this is just the thing I needed to see. Sadly as much as I think the O gauge are great the prices I have just looked at are a little eye watering. I was shocked how much some of the OO stuff sell for now. I might be tempted to try and build a similar setup myself in OO to get my train fix. I will be watching as to how this progresses.
haha yes I did! It's amazing how much fun I'm having with this N gauge, even given the tiny space! Yes a lot of the prices are well up there - but lots of Dapol's offerings seem to be reasonable! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Sam, just for future reference you could’ve used Gripit fixings. These are face fixing disc shaped self adjusting plasterboard fixings off which you can hang staggering amounts of weight considering the substrate. Available all over the place, I get them from TP.
Well I'm so pleased that your going into O gauge and still keeping 00 gauge. Also I think your O gauge layout is very unique being in a small place like that. Can't wait to see more Sam!
O gauge is so very tempting, beautiful models with so much detail that would be unthinkable in smaller gauges. I have been tempted many times myself but haven't quite gone there yet. I'm very space constrained and even struggle to find place for my OO gauge layout
Awesome. If you fell in love with 0 gauge because of that 4f, wait until you play with modern spec stock. I've got a Dapol br green early crest 08, a br grey 16t mineral wagon, a chance & hunt salt wagon, a berry wiggins silver 14t tanker, and a br grey sr pill box brake van. I'm now tempted to build a small 0 gauge setup above my 00 layout in the loft... I would've used peco streamline points rather than settrack, as they wouldve resulted in the lines being closer together to save space, and also giving a more realistic length to the junction.
Sam Welcome to the world of O gauge in all its different forms. I’ve just been watching your high propeller driven high speed runs ( quite mad) and somehow the vision of a running a Bowman steamer on your test track popped into my head ( even madder !)
You could make a little girder bridge over the gap, which you could clip in place to be secure, but also to be easily removable. Or you might make a piece that fits the gap, but held on a hinge, so it swings down out of the way when needed - it could be held in place with a small door bolt. Love your attitude to knife safety, too.🤔😄
O gauge. Sam, you going to the big leagues here. I have seen a review of a Union Pacific Big Boy that costs 2.7 thousand dollars. And that had smoke/steam systems, lights, sounds, a depleting coal tender, and was to scale of the actual locomotive.
Welcome to the world of O guage sam! I have a substantial 3 rail layout it takes a lot of room even as much as to remove a wall in my basement the detail is unsurpassed in this scale and for its size makes it a lot less likely to have derailments
A significant move for you Sam, and despite these Lima locos being the lowest quality in 'O' Gauge, with your skills, you've manages to get them operating well...Looking forward to seeing this side of your collection grow in the future...Bob
Dear Mum and Dad... I have something to tell you! I have become interested in O GAUGE!!! For me it was Trains and FAR EASTERN GIRLS. Try and get over that? 5 inch gauge for years then the JINTY CAME INTO MY LIFE. Our Daughter chose a Schools so we needed Green Coaches for the OO section. Wow things have improved over the last 50 years!!!! David and Lily. & Southern loving Katie.
Even though I do N Gauge, always been tempted by O Gauge with just a single engine, a Terrier in SR Olive, a couple of Wagons and a couple of four wheel coaches going into a tiny terminus station. As for Unifrog, it just means that DCCing the layout requires less wiring than an Electrofrog point, works pretty much like a normal Insulfrog from what I've read. And as for that gap in the baseboard, perhaps make it look like a bridge of some kind?
Well... recently I have seriously considered my first O gauge layout - a micro with just two points, and then I see you have done the very same thing! What a huge coincidence. I'm really pleased you've gone for it Sam. Now then, if I can request the Dapol Jinty and the Dapol Sentinel please ;@) Check out Ellis Clark Trains next chance you have - at the Glasgow show they had some terrific O gauge used bargains on their stand. All the best mate.
Well done Sam. Congratulations on your new adventures with O gauge. Looking forward to seeing the track and trains running when the section is complete. Great video.
Just an FYI O gauge is for your yard (garden to you Brits but we call them yards) also I think it would be cool if you added a trap track (a siding that ends without buffers for derailing slow moving engines without crews) it would be cool
Glad to see you took my suggestion of doing other guages into consideration Sam. What's more is that it's my birthday today as well! What a fantastic video to enjoy. Well done mate
I never noticed that wall paper before! :-) 6:44 Could you cut a small notch out in the back of the shelf for the bit above the access hatch?? So are you going to put a station and a shed on there at some point?! :-D
haha!! Yes that could have worked too - but the gap in the shelves was also to allow plenty of support from the other side, that they won't be too off-balanced! Thanks for watching - Sam :)
I feel a similar way with plastic models. I started out in 1/72 but now I have mostly moved onto larger scales like 1/48 and on occasion 1/32 and 1/24. The larger scales do seem a lot more serious and also offer a lot more detail
I got into O gauge last fall when a guy who brings my family and I firewood gave me a Lionel O gauge train set (the kind with three rails), and added onto it, I got some atlas O gauge track and I got a Bachmann Williams O gauge 4-6-0, and some rolling stock, in fact, I got some more O gauge rolling stock at a train show I went to today, I'm thinking of trying to make a level on my layout for them to run on
Welcome to the "senior" scale. Congratulations you have leapfrogged me in length of track, number of points and locos. I look forward to more 7mm content.
Just noticed 3801 on the wall of fame. Huge NSWGR (and 38 class fan), so good to see it being represented on a British channel. I’ve got a few O scale locos as well, so very much enjoyed the video.
Sam, you must be CHUFFED!!! 😁 Welcome to O Gauge! "King of Scales". As it's called. You could likely make a "U" Shaped Layout at least... Something that CAN'T be done here. 😳😳 American Locos are of course, LONG! Except for the Shunters. Minimum Radius for these Locos is generally 48"!!😳 I don't think Peco makes a number curve that broad. There's a great advantage of British Trains! They all handle much sharper curves. Even my HO Scale Layout has 32" Radius curves. Most of my equipment CAN do a 24" curve (R3), but occasionally I like running Articulated Steam. 😉 Anyway, I look forward to sharing your journey! Carmine ✈🚂🚙
haha thanks Carmine - I am very much chuffed! I think it's a wonderful scale so far! It would be awesome to get some US locos one day! :D Cheers, Sam :)
Very nice! I suggest nailing the track so that it doesn't move, dont want anything falling down after all. And one thing to make this even better would be a small straight of N gauge track between the two 0 gauge lines. ;) The size difference would be amazing.
Good on you mate for trying something new. I'm not even an HO/OO or O Scale modeller but I love every one of your vids even though I'm a Brit doing modern Deisal electric US N scale. So quite the opposite but I'm always hooked every single time. Keep up the good work!
I think this a good video idea, showing us how your building your layout. I am hoping to make a complete model railway soon, so it always helps to see how others start.
I think this calls for Sam's garden Railway series. 0 gauge is a ideal scale to run in the garden. Plus there are so many new ready to run locomotives coming out in 0 gauge. If I had some 0 gauge locomotives and track that is where they would end up.
Narrow gauge is better for the garden. (Unless you have a huge garden). The scale is bigger, so the loco's are chunky and heavy, you use live steam or battery so no track power issues, and they even work in the rain. There is a big UK scene. Look up the society on www.16mm.org.uk , great. 00 and 0 great for those winter months indoors though. You can do more than one scale as Sam is showing. Great work Sam :-)
@@SamsTrains I live in the UK but apparently garden railways are popular in the UK especially with 0 gauge and G scale. Jenny Kirk who does RU-vid has a 00 gauge garden railway.
Welcome to the 0-gauge club! ^^ I'm an sm32 16mm modeller myself, running live steam narrow gauge, I hope you have a lot of fun in the larger scale. ^^ You might find yourself prone to a little bit of loco detailing, that's the part I love from the larger scale. I remember you reviewed an 0-gauge Jinty with tardisrescue, I believe? Whatever happened to that loco, was it yours? (And if so, will we get to see it in action also?) Thanks for the video ^^ And oh look, Bullman's now the right size on THIS part of the layout ^^
Thanks very much mate - that sounds fantastic! I'm having great fun already - can't wait for what comes next! Yes you're right - that model was Dan's, I don't know whether he still has it! Thanks for watching - Sam :)
that is the sncf 67xxx diesel locomotive, mainly used on branch line passenger routes but the non ETH fitted ones also could work on freight, to combat this later versions also had the ETH equipment added ie class 67300 series, but the ones without used boiler vans attached to the coaches to supply ETH instead I have a HO scale jouef one in original sncf blue livery 67003 also so you also have the non ETH version but like I said if you find a O gauge sncf boiler van you can use sncf coaches or sncf frieght wagons with it
I love this, maybe in the future you could go around the room, perhaps make the shelf wider and maybe have full scenery and in each corner have a shed or a station or something. I Am looking forward to seeing this one develop. Well done Sam👍
It's amazing how the model railroading bug can infect you. I started with HO gauge. Then I started adding N gauge. I began collecting vintage Lionel O gauge to run around my Christmas tree. I even have a small collection of Z gauge. I can run trains in 4 different scales at the same time.
16:57 Sounds a lot like a whistle and it kinda fits in his style 17:15 “And every year on the day of the accident it runs again as a warning to others PLUGGING INTO THE GAP, SHRIEKING LIKE A LOST SOUL”
My only O guage loco is a 2004 Smart Trains Great Western Railways Holden 0-4-0T "101", which is battery powered (so ideal for garden railways) that came with a pair of war flats and a dubious looking continental styled tank wagon plus an oval of plastic track and a signal "STOP" trigger device. Cost £8 new. The loco is a scaled up but better detailed clone of the ubiquitous Hornby Holden 0-4-0T and runs at a nice scale 30 - 35 MPH I thought that as Hornby's Holden tank loco has been the gateway into OO scale model railways for many, this O guage Holden tank loco should be my (cheap) gateway into O guage railways. Smart Trains only made this loco for one year so they're rare now. Worth looking out for on car boot stalls, E-bay, jumble sales, etc.
Hey Sam, you made up your mind and you stuck to it, that is keeping them that your Granddad gave to you and he should be proud of you for keeping them in your amazing Hornby collection. You should try the Thomas and Friends Hornby train set, which contains Thomas with Annie and Clarabel and see what you think of it and do a video on it on your channel. If you ever wanna do a Thomas and Friends review, my ideas are always open for any ideas that spring to my mind. Kind regards, Paul.
It’s rather fascinating that the UK’s O gauge uses regular looking rails, but the O gauge I know of in America uses 3… I wonder which version of O gauge is older!
Just come across this particular vid have been watching your vids for while now really enjoying them, Great idea with the o gauge layout really hope to finally start my own layout something I've wanted to do since I was a lad this idea might help me get around the space issues Keep up the good work All the best Dave
That must have been heavy going for that project. I know a guy who has an O gauge model railway himself and I'm looking forward to seeing what O gauge loco you get when you upload it!
Bought a preowned mainline j72 for £32 today. Did a quick service on it and it worked like a charm. It is missing a couple of separately fitted parts on the top of the water tanks but still looks great. Just wondered if you could do a video about servicing old locos. Cheers, Henry
Hey Sam I don't know if you will remember or not but I left a comment on a video a while back about an American train set if I remember correctly I said it was by Hornby I was wrong its by Bachmann I can not find a product code on it anywhere but its called "Chessie Special" in HO scale it comes with an USRA 0-6-0 Tender loco with working headlight, a stock car, a three dome tank car, a gondola, and a caboose it also comes with enough track to make a great big oval I recently perched one and can't really find anything to complain about other than some of the fine paint work on the driving weals. I bot mine at Hobby Lobby for $150.00 in American dollars I'm sure if one looked around one could find it cheaper. If you find this something you might be interested I would like to get your opinion on it. Hope to hear from you soon.
Hi Sam. I Loved your "building an "0" gauge layout" video. Did you test the crossover, you didn't say or show? The points are basically Electro-frog. Did you insulate both rails on the crossover join? If your points are like mine, the screws on the side are to adjust the check rails. My points are larger than yours, being 6 feet radius. You should see the size of my 7-1/4 inch gauge points. They are 8 feet long and 30 feet radius. My "0" gauge layout is along one wall in our spare room and is a 12-1/2 feet (3.8 mtrs) by 2 feet (0.6 mtrs) shunting, micro (for "0" gauge) layout with integral fiddle yard, and is DCC Sound operated. "0" gauge layouts don't have to be enormous. Looking forward to your next foray into "0" gauge. Yay to your granddad. Regards, Alan.
Thanks very much Alan - I wanted to save that test for another video, but yes it does work! I did indeed isolate both rails. Wow those sound awesome - I'd love to get some massive ones some day! Thanks for watching - Sam :)
"toy trains, but big!' Can't wait to see what's next Sam, I was considering looking into O gauge myself in the near future and now I have another excuse to wait it out!
