MEGA Vintage Lot of British Train Cars from eBay - How Will They Roll? 

0:58 that's an old Hornby Dublo brake van from the 1950s. They switched from tinplate to plastic bodies by the 60s. 1:12 that one is Swiss, which I can tell by the SBB CFF lettering 1:25 that's called a lowmac. Usually a large crate would come with it 1:39 that HAA-type hopper was introduced in the 60s and was one of the first hoppers to be fitted to load and unload without coming to a complete stop 2:22 You are correct in calling that German. DB is the West German railway company while DR was the East German company 2:26 that's called a shunter's truck. It carried tools to help shunt wagons around a yard 2:40 warped roofs are common on the old tri-ang stuff 3:26 Mainline was later bought by Bachmann. This model is known as a toad brake van. 3:34 that one would've hauled luggage or newspapers. It's known as a general utility van 4:55 this is a later Tri-ang Hornby model. It's an ex-Caledonian Railway coach in LMS colors 5:12 that one is designed to run both in Britian and the rest of Europe 10:23 that's clearly a German car. A lot of those cars would need larger wheels than North American models do, and some are designed to not easily have their axles replaced. Hornby still makes operating mail cars and mail stations so you could easily find one that works with more modern track.

I have a model railroad too and just like you ive had derailments and accidents. Unfortunately i have had something like when the Acela flew off the table. I dropped a locomotive one day and the front plow sheered, breaking the couplers. Along with that, it bent the frame. But of course accidents do happen and even with perfect track and good maintenace we just cant prevent it. Your videos have inspired me to begin fixing up my trains and give them actual maintenance like an actual railroad. So i wanted to thank you for that.

so how long untill thomas shows up

The Regent is a petrol (gas) tanker. The U.D. is a milk tanker. The Severn Tunnel is a tool box wagon, the plain blue coach is a utility vehicle. Thank you for giving me courage to strip down locos after watching your videos.

That Severn Tunnel wagon is what I believe is a shunters wagon which I think would provide extra brakes for hauling trains in yards where they wouldn't put together all the airbrake hoses, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong The Blue coach is a Southern Region Maunsell baggage car which was used on the Southerns top express trains up until the late 70s/early 80s

You mentioned one item almost looked abandoned...now that might be a nice display!

Nice hall, it look like you have a good start on you new collection. Thanks for the video Harrison.

1:22 Normal Trucks. They're named by the amount of planks. Like a 7 planker, 3 planker,... . The second one is out of steal meaning it's a mineral wagon.

10:30 - you're right. This vehicle is a German luggage van (what we call a baggage car in Great Britain), presumably a Deustche Bundesbahn (West Germany's equivalent to British Rail) luggage van. Unlike the other vehicles in the lot, this particular luggage van is H0 scale, as opposed to 00. H0 and 00 might share the same track gauge, 16.5mm but as far as scale is concerned, H0 is built to a scale of 3.5mm : 1ft (1 : 87) while 00 boasts a scale of 4mm : 1ft (1 : 76). So out of the two, H0 is the most accurate. As you can imagine, H0 is not widely available in Britain but in such countries as France, Germany, and the USA.

The rough green passenger carriage is an ex pullman carriage thats been roughly painted green. They are usually dark chocolate and cream in colour ,, you can see the embossed ANNE and PULLMAN under the paint. The bent roofs and plastics was due to the makers using cellulose accetate and were prone to buckle and warping and these were made upto 1955 and before. They used it in nealry all there models including locos and I have a few platforms here made by triang and the have deformed warped and they could easily pass as a skateboard ramps , haha. The best thing you can do to keep these old triang lima and hornby rolling stock rolling good is to give them the smallest drops of oil on the axles and do some defluffing to them too as the fluff and fibres and hairs be it animal or humans hair from previous owners does tend to make the carriages drag a heap. It seems that you have some either dirty track or weak joints in your bridge area as there is a fair bit of stoppy starty and hestatance going on where your bridge line goes. The fisrt steam loco you put on only needs the hook or pin from moving as all the weight of the tender and what you are towing takes all the weight. It just needs tighening and possibly a few drops of superglue to hold it firm and tight. What did you pay for the job lot and what country did you buy the lot from (if you dont mind me asking) and was the postage (shipping) expensive as iv seen sellers on ebay charge up to $90 ausd for something that will fit in an envelope and post to here in oz for less than $12 Australian. Anyhoo keep up the good videos m8. Cheers from John in Australia

A very interesting assortment of rolling stock. I’m inspired to pick up a few English models to add some curiosity and interest to my layout. Maybe run it as a tourist train.

I love seeing these vintage trains back on the rails again.

As it says on the big red box that was a Triang operating mail coach set. As always Oscar Paisley has a very useful and instructive vid on it worth searching for. Triang made that very economical mechanical way of replicating how mailbags were picked up and delivered on the move without the train needing to stop. A big selling point for Triang and I was pleased that it was included in my first electric trains. Even though they were all used. The Hornby Dublo metal version had a much more complicated electric mechanism and special pickup arrangement needed . Hornby Dublo choosing the expensive way of doing things had them broke by 1964 when they asked Triang to take them over.

Nice haul!

Nice haul ! Looks like you may have some Marklin in that lot . Restoration of those vintage locomotives and rolling stock is the fun part of the hobby , keep up the good work !

4:01 - this vehicle is a British Rail Mark 2 coach. Its successor, the BR Mark 3 is compatible with an HST set (or Intercity 125).

Hey SMT! I really liked the hersheys factory, and I live in pennsy about 45 minutes away for Hershey park and the Hershy’s factory here. I have a request for your layout: the Bethlehem steel factory, A.K.A. Steel stacks. I it is also near the National Museum of Industrial History. It is one of my favorite places to visit, and would love to see it on your layout. If you are reading this, thank you for making it this far. That is all. Great day from Pennsylvania!

3:46 - this coach is meant to be a Pullman coach but it's been given a lick of green paint, typical of the Southern Railway (later the Southern Region of British Rail).

The first blue passenger car you pulled is a southern railway luggage van. They would’ve been on the southern railways long distance express passenger trains

Nice rolling stock

That mail car set is like, my childhood. My grandparents had a layout that was all triang and hornby stuff and the mail coach was my favorite part, sadly it was sold in an auction when they moved.

2:34 that’s actually a shunter’s truck. They were used to carry tools while the truck was shunted by a locomotive

9:01 I just realized there was one of those shunting trucks interspersed with the train. I didn’t even see that get unboxed!

When this was released i was in hamburg, germany and i watched it there in our hotel room

Love the Briish profile passenger coaches. I have been able to sell all I have acquired here in the states.

This is kinda an odd suggestion but maybe it would be cool to make basically a junkyard for damaged/bad condition locomotives and rolling stock

A lot of the euro freight cars only have 4 wheels compared to the bogies we have here in North America.. looks like you have a baggage or mail car. And their passenger trains have swing door cars, something we haven't had on this side of the world. You would be interested in getting yourself a RTG set.. They ran for Amtrak and Via Rail.

11:23 This Is The First Time I See This Side Of The Layout. Never saw that yard from the other shots.

Very nice lot SMT, I don't currently really care about the British stuff but I really enjoyed this haul. keep em coming!

You need a class 37 and or a Deltic for pulling the freight wagons….👍🏻👌🏼

They look nice hope to see them in a live stream

It might be that the wonky-roof cars might have ACETATE parts, which are notorious for warping with age.

2:27 thats a shunters wagon many shunter around the uk would have those while shunting trains and could use it to get in hard to reach places

10:30 standard European length 26,4m. Restaurant cars are even longer.

you should keep the old cars looking old and make yourself your own model railway railroad museum called " SMT'S railway museum "

3:28 That's a Toad Brakevan.

yay! new brit stuff, would you ever buy a class 390?

Aloha from the big Island of Hawaii!!! I’m not a fan of English trains but I sure do like your English collection

Another jackpot. Nice vintage lot you got there. I like it "ALOT".............get it??? 🤣😂 From Texas

5:40 Mail VAN.

Good Job.

Nice to a veration between us , british and European stock very interesting 👍

the little grey wagon is a great western railway shunters truck or switchers truck in your language

Can't wait

So how do you find these and what do they cost you because i find some and they are just brutally expensive. I would be willing to spend 2500 bucks or less but that only gets you a few things and these guys are asking insane prices.

If I were you I'd leave all the messed looking ones on a siding to make it look abandoned

That is a good train

Can you get the bachmann Thomas set along with Percy and the troublesome trucks

Benz Trainz would wipe some petroleum motor oil on his Marx tin lithograph cars and let them sit for a few days before wiping off the oil. The oil restored the luster of the paint and reduced oxidation. Would any British modelers recommend the method?

4:49 this looks like some sodor shit

make a oo scale layout for hornby trains

I like your vidio

Nice ❤️ 👌 👍

14:20 Atleast you put brakevans at the end of the goods trains.😉

Can you get bachmann chuggington wilson Brewster and koko

Can you restore your arthern John Deere locomotive locomotive

Via rail p42 vs smt mainline FIGHT

Hi

Now you need to build a European layout!….

12:12 NO NO NO! YOU DON'T PUT A THE ENGINE INFRONT OF THE BRAKEVAN! The brakevan has to be on the opposite side of the engine.

19 hours till this is 24 hours or 1 day okd

Cómo te llamas yo estoy obsesionado con los trenes

Why British railcars thou?

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5:12 TRAIN CAR?!🤮

Just by the sound of the 4-wheeled cars, they may need some weight due to being too light. Overall, this is a great find.

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14:13 That's a King Arthur Class. Interestingly it's prototype engines 783 had three funnels. They were used to hide it in a cloud of steam during the war.

1:23 Those two wagons are, well, just that, wagons. The first, the LMS, is a 7-plank wagon, named as such because the sides are composed of seven stacked planks(yes, I know, but hey, it's simple and it works, doesn't it?). The second is a metal mineral wagon. And yes, most "cars" are called wagons in the UK and Europe. 1:25 THAT, which I just discovered today, is called a lowmac. They serve the same function as drop center flatbeds over here in North America, which is to carry loads, such as large vehicles, that would normally be too tall on a standard flatbed. 1:57 That is an actual European drop center! Huh. Guess there were two variants, the lowmac for smaller loads, and the four-axle for heavier items. 2:28 I believe that's possibly a weight test car, or a car carrying a huge toolbox. I'm sure someone will correct that in a reply. 3:26 Ahhhh, the GTW Toad! No joke, that's actually what they're nicknamed, via the GTW's telegraphic code. Heck, Toad from Thomas the Tank Engine was named that BECAUSE of the nickname.

'Severn Tunnel Junction' is a shunter's truck. Used commonly with shunting locos in yards. The locker on the top was used for shunting poles, chocks and re-railing equipment. The wagon was designed to give shunting workers a more safe platform. 'Severn Tunnel Junction' used to have a MASSIVE freight yard & is where the Severn Tunnel goes under the Bristol Channel between Wales/England.

Great haul! One thing that I would be interested in is seeing the physical size difference between OO and HO scale on something like a passenger car. I'm big on them but it seems there are many more kinds in the UK market versus the US market, I'm not about to spend Hiawatha money either! I know on paper what the scale difference is I just wondered how that translates to real world, i.e. would OO passenger cars look goofy large with a HO loco pulling them?

Harrison, With all the British-outline rolling you have now, a Thomas the Tank Engine model in HO pulling those cars wouldn't look out of place. Perhaps a model of Thomas could be your acquisition? Regards, Jonathan.

Interesting haul of UK and German rolling stock. I bet the derailments were a result of the deep flanges of the cars and lightweight 2 axle ones!

Triang wagons were originally made from cellulose acetate plastic which had a tendency to warp, so they switched to ABS plastic. That wagon and coach with warped rooves could be made of CA plastic.

Nice OO scale haul😁

Nice haul Harrison. Two separate cars having damage in the same area could be either the same manufacturer lot got some bad plastic, a bad mold run or stress/pressure crack or just happened to have taken a similar hit.

The tiny freight cars need a weight added to each of them to reduce derailing. You could add a load on the top of them to cover the weights.

3:40its an baggage car. Would go behind passenger cars and the green car is a sothern rail Pullman coach (aslo the same kind used in the orient express)

You need to put some of the old stuff in a old siding as if it was left abandoned

severn tunnel junction is a junction for the tunnel that goes beneath the Bristol Channel between England and Wales. the vehicle is a shunters truck

It’s awesome to see the European freight cars and passenger cars running on your layout

Here’s a list to help: 1:16 that is a large wheelbase open wagon, sorta similar to the gondolas we have in North America 1:23 the LMS on is a private owner wagon, and they were used to transport many materials as well as minerals and stone. The brown one is a steal-side mineral wagon for transporting coal, gravel, stone and other similar materials 1:27 that car is known as a lowmac, and it was used for transporting overweight loads 1:50 most British cars only have four wheels surprisingly, exept extremely modern ones and the occasional older wagon 1:54 that one is meant to be a van (known here as a box car) 2:26 not sure if it’s German or not, but it has British OO Gauge couplings 2:27 that is as shunters truck, it was used for storing tools for working in rail yards 3:15 I believe that needed to be assembled by the modeller 3:36 that is a luggage bogie van that would be on passenger trains for storing the passengers suitcases, etc. 5:30 so cool to see so much old Hornby Dublo stuff 7:00 that is actually quite accurate to how mail prosecutors used to work in the U.K. Great video as always SMT!

I would like to see a train made up of the tinplate Oil cars. Thanks for sharing.

Love the vids keep it up

The box is so big i thought it was the table for a sec 😂

Really awesome. I'm glad to see more British rolling stock. I need to get some and a couple British locomotives.

That intercity looks neat.

You should build a British layout and that be blue coach DOSNT GO WITH THE INTERCITY 125 !!!

Timestamp 1:55 I think that's for smaller 0-6-0 steams

Terrific video Harrison! Nice to see you using that reversing section! Hope to see more British trains on the channel soon!

3:30 - this vehicle is a GWR (Great Western Railway) 20-ton brake van, known as a 'Toad', according to its telegraph code name.

Nice collection you got there Harrison. I'm confident that with a little work you will have everything running smoothly again.

Looks to me that the green ' orient express car' used to be an umber and cream pullman, repainted into Sr green - great video by the way!

The first tanker you found is a diesel oil carrier. The blue van is a fish van and needs a grey roof. The Severn Tunnel Junction vehicle is a shunters truck. It would be attached to the front of an 0 6 0 diesel shunter to give it enough length for track circuits. UD stands for United Dairy. The first hopper you found is an HAA. They were used in long rakes in the 1970s and 80s for tansporting coal from mines to power stations. The blue and grey coaches are not for use in an HST. They were 1960's built stock hauled by locomotives. Your class 31 is a perfect partner.

Im sorry SMT mainline but that hurts my eyes seeing all of the rolling stock with triang and dublo

Maybe set up a OO gauge layout for your British novelties. Cheers from eastern TN

hello smt mainline it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks friends randy

Very nice lot you got there. Something out of the ordinary that You Don't see on this channel. I noticed how you had the inner-city going nice and easy at first and then you ramped up the power. I bet if it was the real one the conductor would be telling all the passengers to hold on to their coffee or something. Or maybe even put it in travel mugs with a sealed top so they don't have it go flying lol. Then as they go around the curves everybody lean in lol nice vintage stuff I'm sure Sam on. Sam's trains would be in his glory

Really nice European haul you got off eBay Harrison. I’ll tell you British trains are cool!

you will find with those metal hook style coupler's they tend to just unhook at random times. My Ho scale Hogwarts express does it allot.