137. Hornby LNER Coronation Articulated Carriages et al - Making Tracks Layout at Bushey Arches

[@hotdogpilot6319]

Credit where credit is due, it does look a smart train.

[@PattRail]

Thank you for sharing this video. Are the interior lights in the coronation carriages working? I'm not sure if the light I see on your video is the reflection or of the interior lights themselves.

[@andrewdking]

Not too obvious from the video agreed, but I'm sure there was illumination in there. I checked their specifications and interior lighting is included. With all that internal detail, including patterned seat covers, one needs to appreciate it 😊

[@railwaymechanicalengineer4587]

A NON STARTER ??? Very nice model, but a bit daft on a Modern Image layout where it would be illegal in reality. Due to the carriage construction methods of that era 1937-39, which means it would be confined to a 25mph steam railway, if any of those carriages had actually survived !!!

[@andrewdking]

@@railwaymechanicalengineer4587 What do you mean a non starter. They exist and I now have a full set of carriages myself. Hornby have the real Beaver Tail coach in their HQ (the old Tri-ang factory in Margate), so it should be spot on. That big layout, now officially the largest transportable one in the world is used to demonstrate anything new and wonderful being produced of UK outline 00 models, so prototypicality of rolling stock to match the scenic era is irrelevant. The Hornby stand nearby told me to go to this layout so to see the full length train. As for steam trains not being allowed on the real mainline, that's nonsense or are you only referring to historic wooden carriages ? I know that the A1 steam loco Tornado has already hit 100mph the other year.

[@railwaymechanicalengineer4587]

@@andrewdking Pre-war carriages if you haven't noticed are not allowed on the British railway mainline network today. Because they utilised a steel panel over hardwood bodyshell sitting on a steel chassis. Such coaches do NOT meet todays "Crash end" safety requirements. So if a pre-war design still exists, such as found on the Bluebell Railway (Maunsell & Bulleid types for example) they are confined to such steam railways which have a legal limit of 25mph (under the original "Light Railway" laws), for obvious safety reasons. So with respect to Hornby's new models of the 1937-39 "Coronation" articulated stock, they look like very nice Models. But they are effectively a "non Starter" because the 3 LNER "high speed" steam services utilising those articulated types only operated for a very short time. The "Silver Jubilee" (1935-39) & both the "Coronation" & "West Riding Limited" (1937-39). World War Two spelt their end as specialised train vehicles. They spent much of the War in store. After the War the carriages were "downgraded internally" and utilised individually or in pairs, in various regular trains, in standard liveries. Hence the Hornby models have very little realistic use, on any serious exhibition Model Railway. Unless it is Modelling that very short 1935-39 LNER East Coast era. Indeed most of the original coaches were scrapped by the mid 1960's with the exception of one of the "Beaver tail" observation cars, which was sent to work on the West Highland line in Scotland on a service aimed at the tourists ! You really need to do a little research about these "oddball" Models Hornby & Co are into producing. As they have a very limited realistic use, unless of course you're into "Toy trains Sets", not realistic "Model Railways" ! Hence Pete Watermans Layout is in reality a glorified DCC semi automated expensive Toy train Set, not a "Model Railway". And there are plenty of huge Professional "Club" layouts on the exhibition circuit in Mainland Europe, exceeding 100ft in length ! Indeed all the largest Model Railway shows in the World seem to be now in Germany. With shows having hundreds of Layouts, lasting up to 10 days each, with Visitor numbers of over 100,000 being quite normal !