The Joy of Train Sets - History of Model Railway - Part 1 Bassett-Lowke 

Agreed

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Right on... Me too...I'm 75 and just got my first Dublo "Duchess of Montrose"..... nicely detailed.

Thing is, it's the bigger scales that are going to keep the hobby alive, especially with how prices for smaller-scale equipment are skyrocketing. N-scale rolling stock is actually more expensive pound-for-pound than G-scale, for example.

@@VestedUTuber oh yes they are. when i was a kid which im 25 now N scale and Z scale model trains at a local hobby shop would cost $140 USD or more and now they are even more expensive. but yet new hornby OO/HO scale models like the new hornby princess Elizabeth cost 225 to 235 GBP which is almost $350 to $400 USD and that is nuts. thats why i just buy hornby railroad range stuff in decent condition on ebay. i definitely dont have $350 to $400 USD to piss away on a model train.

The Railroad mark two coaches are nice but the couplings can be a pain in the arse

Like WREN ! O !! GAUGE ! I WANTED ! TOO !!

amen

10:32 looks fun

Diesel locomotives do it for me

Keep your stable small

I admire steam but I like diesels even more these days. All good stuff.

ESPECIALLY !! THE !! FIRE !! MANN !!

Not if you buy Märklin..

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The persuaders? (1970's?)

@@Mr_Fancypants You are right ! tnx !

Taking things from elsewhere and improving it thats the western way in general

Because it's not Marlklin !?? ) RiiverRossi !?? Lionel !?? Trix ;!!?? Bad Enough ! With Lima !?? Hey !

If your in The R.T.R ! CATEGORY ! LIKE MOST !! HERE !! ARE !!

Unfortunately of course one can watch any documentary on lionel and theres an absence of any mention of Bassett lowke or Frank hornby. What's most disappointing about this programme isn't the absence of Lionel, who of course didn't invent the toy train, didn't make the first electric train, didn't popularize toy trains; but the lack of anything not only of Bassett Lowkes competitor Gamage, but no mention of the Marklin brothers, a vague mention of a rather ambiguous reference to Nuremberg, but gives the impression that Bassett Lowke made his own models. Ives competed with Bing for the lower end of the US market, popularizing the toy train, Marklin and to a lesser extent the US brands like Knapp, Howard, Boucher etc serviced the high end. Lionel got his break because the US Government made German imports most prohibitive after WWI. Where Lionels genius was through marketing, borrowing the brilliance of Ives, and improving upon it. Lionel's trains were almost secondary

A Crown was 5 Shillings.Even when that went,we had the Half-Crown,which was 2/6 (12 pennies to the Shilling)

Its old British/Irish money pre decimal. Quid is just slang for a given amount. A Guinea is just above a pound. Pre euro currency in europe was diverse

The SQUID ! POUND !! Is like A Million ! $$$ !! HEY !

Why? Because he's not a part of your elite club that obsesses over 100% accurate perfection? Because he doesn't meet your standard of detail? Don't gatekeep.

Dave Day what a fucking idiot, have you actually seen his layout in its entirety. He’s far more of a modeller than any of us can hope to be. Your just bitter that he has the money to invest in it to such a grand scale.

Dave day is a follower of Budget model railways so unlikely he is fussed about detail just laying track down and running trains and making scenery

@@oscarosullivan4513 You could'nt be more wrong. I make rolling stock. I don't lay track or run trains. My point is that Pete never made anything in his life. He pays others to do it.

They Could have ! Done ! A ! Slong ! Like the ! BUS ! STOP !! WITH ! THAT ! HEY ! ( DON'T ! STOP !! .........! )

What a foolish comment.

I was actually giving the video a comment and said it is a great video keith

Nick Shuda

Nick Shuda I couldn't care less about where the trains are based. I just love looking at a well built model railway :)

Nick Shuda piss off