Real Steam for the Garden Railway | New Junction 

I have to be honest here. That is one of the most realistic steam locomotive models I have seen with a working smoke generator. Nice work to all involved.

LOVE the way the steam puffs matches the sound file!!!!

Model Railways have been around for many years and still companies are coming up with new ways to impress us! Its amazing to think that the future might hold.

At Birmingham NEC train model show on Saturday a O gauge class A4 LNER 2509 "SILVER LINK" from Hattons 🚂

Having a garden in the railway is one thing, but having live steam? Who could say no to that! Watching the video fully now, your A4 looks really impressive!

Wow this is a fantastic model Richard and the steam is amazing. You have reminded me of why I couldn’t really afford 0 gauge right now but certainly looks great and the garden layout does not disappoint. All the best and thanks for sharing, Paul

Great stuff Richard - thanks!

Yes been looking forward to this 👍

Brilliant video as always! Looks great! Can't wait to see the track finished

An appropriately brilliant for a true icon of the preservation era! I bet you absolutely love it, Rich! Hard to believe the price you paid for it 😎👍🍻

Wonderful!! Love watching this.

My oh my, what can be achieved in modelling these days. I’d love to see what could be done with a diesel equivalent; image that magical double Deltic exhaust!😈Nice to see you back by the way. All the best.

Really smashing loco Richard, and WoW!! What a life-like touch you added. True realism. Well done. Iain

The live steam really does add another element of realisim along with the weathering and DCC sound nice job Richard.- Nicholas.

Looks fantastic, really brings it to life!

Now that's the model train I'd like to have. Sadly at 700 quid for the base unit plus probably as much again for the sound and steam, if I bought one and my wife found out you'd see my name in the obituary column. I do have plans to get the TRS system at some stage though for a OO steam loco if I can earn enough dosh. They are the bee's knees of smoke/steam systems for sure. Great to see an update and as for the guy who said your tracklaying was a disgrace ... It could do with a tidy-up, but early days and outdoors so it's all much harder than many think. Cheers and more updates, please 👍

Looks great Richard

Well, Richard... that is definitely a crown jewel in the collection. My HO BR18 steams and is in unison with the sound effects, but the atomizer concept is quite new to me, and very brilliant. Cheers! (Glad to see you posting again!)

Very nice beautifully done do like have a great weekend cheers for now thanks for sharing 😁✋👍🙋‍♂️

Loved that. It made me think of my very old Triang 060 tank, that heated up oil to create the same effect. That was long before the days of health & safety of course lol, but I still have that loco and the burner still works with sewing machine oil

Fantastic video, first informational video I’ve seen on the artificial smoke

I could build my whole layout for the price of one of them. Really impressive. Jenny Kirk has an OO with smoke. Good luck and best wishes to all. Martin. (Skint in Thailand)

I like that it’s real steam and not oil like most HO/OO systems. Leaves the layout clean!

Very cool mate

Boy I really thought that the steam looked fantastic outside in the garden.

Very impressive.

Impressive reminds me of Spencer the private Silver Engine

Brilliant!

Good work there Richard it looks very nice

Wow that’s a great amount of steam! Even outside from a distance. Whatever it cost, it’s well worth it imho. Excellent garden layout too btw.👍.

Excellent!!!

Thank god I've found this channel. It's da best mayn!

Very impressive!

It's a fantastic A4 Regards youv'e got there you must be so happy. Little tip get your track level wouldn't like to see your A4 take a header at the bottom of your garden Regards Alan

I would imagine that could be rather impressive on a freezing cold winter's morning.🥶 I must say though, not too impressed with the sound card. The sound, and the smoke effects, seem way too fast compared to the speed of the loco.

Its a pity it needs distilled water. Adding a little mosquito repellent would be a great addition for summer evenings in the garden 😂

Great video and thanks for placed on RU-vid!! 😁 HC Treintje Herman from Belgium 😁😀😎🚂🚆.

Very nice Richard

Awesome 😎

Great video like it very much.

*Brilliant - suggest Distilled water to fill with.*

Great to see the you posting !!

Looks very good, thanks for sharing. I'd suggest using either RO filtered rain water or deionised water for longevity.

That is extremely impressive 😲

That’s a very convincing effect ! I’m a little alarmed if you get a derailment it’ll need a parachute from up there !

Nice touch to No 9 there and the 37 looks stunning with the Maroon coaches now No 9 can run around the garden with them with a headboard of a named train

Very nice !!

As a 16mm scale enthusiast, 700 quid for a loco is more than a bargain 🙂 Looks like a lovely loco

Great video just saw 60009 today at the elr on a day trip which was nice

That looks fantastic had to look twice didn't realise it was o gauge 😀😀😀

Cool machine 😎

A very interesting video. I thought about getting one of these A4's (This was when they were £750) and thought actually can I get a Brass steam loco for less than £750, and I did, I bought a connoisseur models brass kit of an LNER J68 for £310 in the end, I got the loco and 7 wagons & 2 coaches for the same amount, all a mix of plastic & brass kits.

Looking forward to seeing how your garden railway is progressing Richard! One day I will have my own garden to do the same, but for now I have to stick to OO. :) Also, the A4 is beautiful, I hope that Hattons do them in LNER liveries so when I do get my own garden, I can get one in Garter Blue :)

Great video! I’ll have to get my locos converted like this one day for Newton Grove. Thanks for subscribing by the way 🙏😊

Oooohh! Nice choice!! :-)

Fantastic job and great video Richard. It looks great, sounds brilliant but let’s see it attempt to pull that lovely rake of Gresleys the 37 was hauling around. I’d like Hattons to see that and respond to the performance issues which I know you suspect are not that good. It looked to struggle on the loop without anything behind it. You very honest in all your reports so ld like to see one on the Hattons A4. Cheers mate and keep up the excellent work, I’m not a Hornby fan but love the magazine show on RU-vid.

I’m not really a steam fan, but the smoke effect looked fantastic!

Awesome video. Unfortunately large locos such as this are out of my price range, hence I'm modelling a branch line (nothing bigger than a GWR manor or a 37, unless heavy freight (so I'd allow a 72xx or 28xx/2884)). I've actually been making quite a bit of progress with my 0 gauge recently. I've bought and weathered 2 dapol 16t mineral wagons from my local shop, who have 2 more in stock for me to buy at a later date, plus a parkside ps30 kit which I'll be building in the next few weeks and weathering to blend in with the rest, bringing my wagon total to 20 at current. I've also bought more decking planks to more than double the length available to me, plus some preservative which I'll be applying now the weather is good for at least a few days, plus then adding roofing felt which I picked up at Wickes earlier. I'm also thinking about wiring the track, think I'll use a HM6000 to control it plus some 24/0.2 wire as a bus wire joined to 7/0.2 droppers using brass terminal blocks, one per length of track. The only problem so far is the availability/price of track, as I only have about 3 yards on top of what I already had out since september, and I've extended the layout by about 10 yards. Now the lionheart mk1s are out, I'm gonna think about getting 3 as a second passenger train (the first being an autocoach), although maybe a 3rd locomotive might be advisable first (I'm thinking a 57xx).

Absolutely amazing! Considering my models are close to O gauge, I wonder if they could do one for my P2...

I was impressed by the shots you took in your garden but the demo shot was something else, it truly is a great effect. As a note though I would say you'd be better to use pure water like deionised water to save any contaminants causing damage through long term use.

Nice 5⭐train model 👍👍👍👍😎😃

Yay a new vid 😁😁😁 Very cool

Nice

In the greatest panto tradition " It's behind you 🤣!"

The Gresley coaches have so much character, even when they're in BR liveries

Blimey, that is impressive! I know what you mean about the steam not showing up on camera though, I have the same problem when I make my live steam videos 😆

Great video as ever richard. It's very impressive and bespoke work that TRS trains do for these models and very interesting to see it in action. I'm guessing that they only do this to DCC locos due to having to program the function to work on the loco? Keep up the good work and stay safe James

Keeping my fingers crossed that we'll see something about your indoor New New junction layout soonish, though times being what they are...yeah, probably not. Just talking us through your design plans and process would be entertaining, even if there's no specifics or physical reveal yet. But I'm sure it's agony for you, too :) Anyway, greetings from Canada.

And just like that we're transported back almost 40 years and having commercially available effects that were once the preserve of TV model makers for a certain children's series about a little blue tank engine. :) I wonder what the Rev would have made of the technology available today.

I just realized that the valve gear isn't quartered correctly. It should be 90° behind the piston arm, not ahead of it

Hi! I’m starting a 3 rail Garden Railroad in O scale, and I think that’s what you have but it’s 2 rail. Do you run your trains in the rain and snow, and do you keep your controller out side? Thanks!

Is this the same A4 that kept coming off the rails a few videos ago.

It would be lovely to capture that smoke effect in your garden Richard in the way that you see it. Maybe you'll try a different weather or time of day?

£750 is a fair chunk of cash, but for that scale I think it's a bargain. I can't believe you got the only sunny day of the year to film on! ;-)

Its great to see that we've finally began to catch up to the germans in terms of steam generation on large scale models. Albeit be it through modification instead of been factory fitted. But 2-3k for a kit is a gross overestimation. Maybe if you paid someone to build and paint it for you, but a finney kit with a set of wheels and decent motor will only set you back around £800-£900. With that you can also guarantee that bits won't fall off of it.

Excellent progress on the A4, shame the camera didn't pick up the effects but the TRS footage does it justice. Glad the 37 was top of the poll but the mind boggles on livery though 🤔

Do you still have your loft layout? I would like to see a video on it again if you can some time.

Hi, Richard I always enjoy your great content, one of your videos helped me out with unboxed rolling stock, which I acquired the Warley stock box. This helped me with a recent house 🏡 move & the ability to identify what stock I had in each box with out the need to dig down in miles of bubble wrap. With the recent house move (from a flat to a house) I will be building a purpose built outhouse in the garden, as I am unable to stand up in the loft. I can see that it looks like Mike has rubbed off on you, with you getting into O Gauge, I will probably look at building an O Gauge garden railway 🛤 on my next house move in the future, but for now it's OO Gauge in the new outhouse. Happy 😊 Modelling Phil 😀 PS what video editing software do you use for your videos and Hornby Magazines.

About blinking time 😂😂 nah the hype is real for this garden railway sunny weather this week can hope there’s a lot of recording to be done

ugh I wouldn't use bottled water (aka Mineral Water), it'll leave mineral limescale residue on your atomisers. You'll be better off using Distilled or "De-ionised" water, which is pure H2O. Wilkos or Sainsburys will sell you "2.5L De-Ionised Water" for a pound or two.. likely cheaper than still mineral water! (You'll find it in the car supplies section) "distilled" water is not "still" water..

It's a shame that Hattons Fluffed it up by missing the Vertical cab side handrail, and the fact that it is also in Full Reverse Gear! And that’s a minimum of two reasons why I did not buy one!

Hi Richard. Very impressive. The "steam" was quite visible in your video. I was a little concerned in the TRS video that "steam" was escaping from between the funnel and the body of the loco (did they fix this before returning it to you?). You didn't mention how much you paid (or what another customer would pay) TRS to fit the "steam" generator (not the sound decoder) for you.

Hi,love the synchronisation of vapour and sound.may I enquire how long was the lead time to getting your A4 completed thanks .

Your other locos are like "We get it, you vape."

I wish they have it in the model steam locomotive like bachman:(

Looks good, but You need to adjust those chuffs, they are a mile out

Looks excellent but it looks like your sound has been calibrated at a higher chuff rate than what it should be. It should be 6 beats per rev.

I'm so glad you can still make videos on here despite being at Hornby. Ik there can be exclusivity clauses but it's great you can still upload here!

Are you sure you don’t want a garden railway as a suburban line

Is that the train from the Blur album?

Hi Richard, Super loco and the Steam(water vapour) adds a lot to the realism of it but at £1000 pounds (engine + sound decoder+ smoke generator) it is an expensive locomotive by any means but seeing the Class 37 creep up on you and having seen some American HO Diesels with smoke will you add a TRS smoke generator to it so the modern!!! loco's do not feel left out. Looking forward to seeing how you are progressing with the build but in this the track was very bumpy was it just there without fixing down? Keep safe and well. Cheers Robert.

Please still use that A4 with a passenger train on your garden railroad.

So much nicer if you could trim bed sheet bridge...

Sound questions in n OO sound is not to scale ie when train pulls a way the sound is the same loudness in 0 is it any better? Can you hear it in the distance more like coming towards you going away? for whistle can u get long short and the not to good one when not up to pressure or water in the whitest when pulled to early . Can you add realistic carriage sounds as well the click clack wheal screech as the loco sound disperses. Also in 0 as it’s bigger wbay of her features things can be added like steam to make it look sound more real Lastly have u added a light to replicate the fire box and directional lights. Can in 0 u turn of the rear lights (not show red) as it’s coupled to a rake and habe the red light on last coach. Will there be a new junction in this like or any scenic sections like in a shed say a station or depot.

So are they going to add cylinder drain cock steam also ?

Hy! Can u tell me the price of this steam train, From Pakistan.....

crackin bit o kit but not gonna sell many of them in yorkshire eh.....£750 before the steam system's been put in I take it?

for seven hundred pounds plus the cost to add the steam kit and sound chip must have set you back 2000 pounds yes. where is the vale please?

Anyone got trs contact detail as I cant message them on Facebook