A £7 Train Set | Working on Hornby Track?

[@lieffian]

Congratulations, you have a new tester locomotive for troubleshooting track or to see what new stock will do in the layout

[@SamsTrains]

haha absolutely!! :D

[@lieffian]

Sam'sTrains have you found a solution for that broken toad van yet, if not, try making a stand, take the cab off it and use it to hold small pieces while cleaning/repairing/modding locos/rolling stock and use the base as a part of the lay out by turning it into a hand truck or make it apart of a crane or something

[@Skud0rz]

15:42 good to see the cow catcher works

[@jonboyking7885]

Never really been interested in model trains until I found this channel. Now I’m hooked 😅

[@SamsTrains]

haha that's lovely to hear - glad to have helped you get into the hobby! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@jpsholland]

Then this is your KZbin homework for next week: Marklin of sweden Luke Towan

[@infinitethenextkazekage392]

Nice and also smame

[@HingerYT]

Same here!

[@Bowingkidlandon]

John boy king exactly literally I had a Bachmann UK Thomas Percy James Thomas broke a wheel James lost his cab eyes and face. Percy not that bad just has no number

[@richardclowes6123]

THIS TRAIN HAS A BRILLIANT USE AS FOLLOWES: If you have the oo gauge Dapol track cleaner and want the vacuum on full power but don't want a loco pulling it around too fast on full power then connect the dapol track cleaner to the engine and ''jobs a gudden''. You can also wire in a dimmer switch/rheostat to vary the speed and make it even slower. I did mine and it's proved it weight in gold.

[@rydermike33]

A full rake of British Chemical Comical wagons would be hilarious. Great stuff Sam, many thanks.

[@SamsTrains]

haha it certainly would be rather (chemical) comical! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@sirtophamhatt7321]

Thank you for inspiring me to repair my cheap toy train even though the track it came with is broken because you have shown me that it works on OO gauge. thank you.

[@limozeen61]

Sam: "Conjunction. Haven't heard that one repeated multiple times." Me, remembering Schoolhouse Rock: "Conjunction Junction, What's your function?"

[@SamsTrains]

hahaha, this is true - I saw that for the first time yesterday! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@connorharasemchuk9715]

I kept thinking about the song

[@s-classgamer977]

I HAVE HEARD THAT SONG TONS OF TIMES! But I don’t think it is in the United Kingdom.

[@s-classgamer977]

Sam I was on the most recent livestream

[@spingleboygle]

Hey I know that one!

[@tuipiricambo]

This actually seems like a train set from the 80s to me. This set is does look pretty good. Great review Sam!

[@MrKenichi22]

I agree

[@SamsTrains]

You may be right - this could be very old!! :O Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@Damian-cilr2]

@@SamsTrains think i have a simmiliar one without the straight track which is sorta annoying to make it go on the round track

[@45596Bahamas]

Interesting fact: I got this train set when I was about 7. I put a mk1 brake on the track and thought, wow! This is amazing! Then I put it on my OO gauge layout at the time. The only bad bit was that I got it for £8!

[@SamsTrains]

haha that sounds awesome - great minds think alike! You got a great deal on it too!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@stepkneeboi]

Son: Mom can i get a HO model train set? Mom: No we already have one at home HO model train set at home:

[@SamsTrains]

haha! ;D

[@raymondleggs5508]

I was waiting for a "we have___at home meme and I got it lol.

[@TGBCR14]

Haha you're not looky I have 15 trains and 5 boards I'm 9

[@connorharasemchuk9715]

@@TGBCR14 looky

[@MrTankThatStopped]

Fairly decent (attracts me to the set)

[@Maypop64]

I'm genuinely adding this to my Christmas wish list. Amazing what cheap trains can do sometimes.

[@SamsTrains]

haha really?! Hope you enjoy it mate! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@tracksidefilms5416]

11:05 well as a proud owner of one of these, you have to press function 8 on your NMRA standard DCC controller to activate sound

[@SamsTrains]

Ahh darn it - why didn't I try that?! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@KiwiRailSpotter]

This looks like something you'd find in a $2 shop or the forbidden part of Kmart

[@MrKenichi22]

Matty Splatty Kind of true, makes me miss K-Mart.

[@bladeobrian2144]

K-Mart? Man that makes me feel old at 25.......

[@MrKenichi22]

Blade O’Brian it’s ok, it makes me feel old period

[@SamsTrains]

haha yeah - it's definitely very cheap! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@MrKenichi22]

Sam'sTrains You’re Welcome Sam :)

[@CardboardSliver]

British rolling stock. American engine. Right, all is in order.

[@thegoldendog7991]

It’s likely that the same set is sold in the UK and the US, among other places, with only the decals being changed.

[@adriannash2705]

Actually given the color scheme and the style of the "chemical" car on top of some of the stuff on the cars being in German I'm pretty sure that's a German loco and not from the US

[@CardboardSliver]

The cow catcher is what makes me think of an American engine. Same with cab design.

[@SamsTrains]

haha, I'm not sure the rolling stock was British either, despite the labels! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@CardboardSliver]

Ahh, little hard to see fine details on a phone screen. I stand corrected.

[@Dronesword123]

there used to be some really cool cheap HO scale/OO compatable cheap train sets made by a company New Ray that used to be sold as souvenirs at local train museums here in the States. I found a few on Ebay, and I used to have a few as a kid. They had several different models that were available, and If I recall they were relatively good runners considering they were powered by a single AA battery. When I was little there were also battery operated HO scale trains that the dollar store used to sell around Christmas time.

[@thetoglandbattleship]

"super classical choochoo" i lost it then Xd

[@SamsTrains]

haha me too!! ;D

[@thetoglandbattleship]

@@SamsTrains ermgerd he responded to me Xd

[@internetguy7965]

I was in tears after reading that.

[@Admre]

Me too

[@zippingcruises7712]

TheTog Landbattleship lol me too

[@virginiaorganbuilder]

Came across your channel recently by accident. LOVE it! I particularly like your kind, upbeat nature. I feel many happy hours are yet to come.

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks so much for that Christopher, really glad you enjoy the videos - much appreciated! Happy New Year, Sam :)

[@skrixul954]

What a wholesome review.

[@pettra1]

This made me chuckle a lot Sam, especially with the screw that holds the loco body on discreetly/subtly hidden!! Lol. Loved seeing it pull a rake of 5 Pullman coaches! You missed out one vital piece of the review, namely: "Into the log book it goes then......!" Hilariously, Pete :)

[@SamsTrains]

haha thanks Pete - this was a lot of fun! This is very true - I'm sure you can guess where it'd be going! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@2010ditta]

Good one Sam..amazing strength pulling those 5 coaches.

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks Tim! It wasn't too bad was it?! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@destroyermecharena6179]

Those coaches are hollow

[@modelrailpreservation]

I foiund a cheap ($10 US) battery set at a Menards store that was kind of like this. It also is supposedly HO compatible, but the locomotive body was a good replica of a german BR80 type, and it came with two 4 wheel freight cars. One is a coal wagon, the other a log flat. As I have a European layout, where I run my German and British stuff - one nationality at a time, never both during the same operating session - I figured the loco could sit on a siding or something. I found that as is, the wheel cleared the switch frogs and with some weight and a new coupler, actually could haul a few cars around. So I couple a pair of 1950s DB coaches to it and let it run on its own on the mainline and operate a freight train that has to get out of the way when a passenger train comes through. Also found the cheap freight cars, nowhere near as nicely detailed as the loco body, I could cut the coal wagon down to bare frame, put better wheels and hornby style couplers on, and a BR 12T van body fit the frame perfectly. It was an old Triang body I had with no frame. Then the accessory pack that came with the set were clearly Bachmann products. The platform, telephone poles, street signs, and unpainted figure sprues were all handy on my American HO layout and were all clearly Bachmann tooling. My bet is Kader, Bachmann's Chinese parent company, also owns World Tech Toys, the company who made the set I got. And that was about $40 worth of Bachmann Plasticville accessories in the set! I ended up buying a second set and refitting the second loco with an old Mantua 0-6-0 chassis to make a powered BR80 for myself.

[@SamsTrains]

That sounds pretty cool Steve - love it when they're HO compatible! and work so well! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@FortheloveofThomas84]

I think I paid a good amount of money for a similar one it was the North Pole express it had a locomotive a tender and a coach I found it at Menards too

[@FortheloveofThomas84]

Could it be the Southwest Express or the mountain Express I don't know

[@FortheloveofThomas84]

What you did with that battery powered train set was amazing I'm trying to do that with a similar locomotive but it's based on a Japanese d51 locomotive

[@paulmblythe43]

I believe the set was designed by the Skeksis just after the 1st great conjunction.

[@SamsTrains]

haha, you must be right!! ;D

[@OlivierGabin]

"British chemical Comical" plus "Deutsche Reichsbehn Köln" and indications of a chlorine transport on the same wagon... I like this mix-up, and all the nobleness of the locos and the carriages ! The folks responsible of the inscriptions might have taken some catalogs from Märklin, Fleischmann, Trix from Germany and Dapol and Hornby for the UK, taken at random rolling stock written indications, mixed them all and get this surrrealistic mix-max... That's Google Trad programmed by the Monty Pythons !

[@SamsTrains]

Very interesting Olivier, thanks a lot for the info! You may be right there!! Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@thrilermike]

Simple maths tells me that the 10 curves are 36 degrees each 😉

[@SamsTrains]

Correct - well done you!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@jordan89124]

I bought an engine off amazon for £8, I wanted to make a roughly O gauge for a project (I was going to try and merge 2 together), turns out it was O gauge (untested) and runs quite well, I removed the internals of a remote control car and installed it. One of my most successful projects!

[@Running-with-skizers]

I love the fact they just printed literally what was on their mind when the whole train was conjunction it still didn't make any sense 🤣🤣🤣

[@SamsTrains]

haha I know - none of it makes much sense!! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@WC3fanatic997]

This entire video is absolutely unbelievable. God I've never laughed so hard at a train video. The train for people who CANT STOP WONT STOP

[@SamsTrains]

haha thanks very much mate - glad you enjoyed it! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@Gnappopo]

Thomas:*sees it running on the layout* Also thomas: mistakes were made.

[@SamsTrains]

haha!! ;D

[@dshaynietheawesome]

this is fascinating back in 2012 ish I found something very similar to this the tracks were the same it only had one carriage which has the same mold as one here but the train itself was very similar to the locomotive that the character hiro was based on so back then I tried to make it look similar and I think I still have that set somewhere packed up

[@wondermenel2811]

SUPER CLASSICAL CHOO CHOO!

[@SamsTrains]

haha!! xD

[@bussesandtrains1218]

Choo choo twain said 5 year old me Good times

[@jpsholland]

i saw that, i only have a regular classical choo choo. I am jealous....

[@TankEngine75]

Oh yeah i love the Classical Choo Choo Gaming franchise my favourite title was the crossover game for PS2,Xbox Original, Nintendo GameCube and PC and Everyone involved in the crossover were: The Creators of Classical Choo Choo,Sony, Nintendo,Sega and Xbox the games story was the protagonists from the game and other games all have to stop the horrible Network Rail!,man nowadays the Classical Choo Choo games are horrible!

[@theodorelehman]

Super Classical ChooChoo Each Railway had an exclusive contract to transport rolling stock for British Chemical Comical that lasted several decades, so if nothing else the set is prototypical.

[@Nova_Blaze]

🎶conjunction junction, what's your function🎶

[@enderplant]

*To derail your Super Classical ChooChoo*

[@SamsTrains]

haha yeah!! ;D

[@Istoeumapemba]

This line of toy trains is internationally known as "Rail King", although it may have the more diverse names depending of the company (and the country) who imports. The importer chooses the configuration of rail layout and how much (And which) wagons will come with the loco, resulting in a diverse variety of configurations and price ratings. There's a French rail modeler and also an Indonesian, modding Rail King locos and wagons and using them in HO/OO layouts. The Indonesian modder "Big Boy 91" made a "Big Boy" version of the Rail King loco (Based on a Mikado) with 3 engines. The channels "Kereta Densha" and "Franzitrains" also show moddings made to these train sets.

[@doubleutubefan5]

0:46 MY EYES! THE HORROR!

[@SamsTrains]

haha I know!! :D

[@PhilipHarding-ex8rg]

I bought a set from this range as an Xmas pressie for my 5 year old great nephew, and he loves it. Paid £14 at the East Lancs Railway's hit shop.

[@sophiaevans9908]

'Conjunction has occurred' should be a new t shirt design! 🤣🤣🤣

[@SamsTrains]

haha I agree!! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@figjam59]

Should be the slogan on a maternity dress.

[@Mizzinno]

The engine on the back of the box is extremely similar to the cheap $5 sets we can find in America that run on HO gauge. Same couplers too.

[@SamsTrains]

Ooh really?? I do find them interesting, I'm ashamed to say! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@TurnFullCircle]

I want one! .....the engine does some how have a charm all of its own.....£7:50 it’s a not too shabby! Cheers

[@SamsTrains]

haha I agree - really can't complain for the money! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@gunner678]

I love these cheap train sets. I had one once, it was a German tank locomotive HO. I finished it a little and painted black with red undercarriage and wheels and added the DB logo etc and showed it to my collector friend. He guessed that it was a Bachmann or Marklin. Then I let him hold it...utter shock. The thing was, it even ran at a realistic speed on 00 track, with nice slick gearing. It cost about £1.99. I actually used it in wargames for years, a lovely little piece. Sadly, I left the batteries in and it died. You really put me in a christmassy mood with this, thank you!

[@SamsTrains]

haha me too, they are great fun - sounds like you did a great job with yours! They're truly amazing for what they cost! Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@kingorry7223]

Battery operated train on hornby track, ill be watching this later to see how thats possible!

[@SamsTrains]

haha awesome - hope you enjoy it! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@ysvry]

great find , just a little weathering paint and you got yourself a great side track loc.

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks a lot - absolutely, it'd make a great project! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@lbscstudiosjamesmcknight]

OMG that is so cheap and works incredibly well

[@SamsTrains]

haha I know right - quite impressive stuff!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@davethorpe1047]

Looks good .If you wanted to put together a small layout with something like a camp ground or a vintage car show with a vintage loco going around this seems like a fine way to do it.

[@englishengine0792]

Merry Christmas Sam! :)

[@SamsTrains]

Merry Christmas! :D

[@englishengine0792]

Sam'sTrains thanks man!

[@CycolacFan]

Love how it got to the hill, thought for a second, then started dumping the rolling stock that was holding it back. For £7 this is a great way of getting kids into the hobby then gradually introducing the better quality track and wagons.

[@SamsTrains]

haha I enjoyed that too! Absolutely - really good for beginners! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@tracksidefilms5416]

6:01 well when the contents (or lack thereof) of that chemical van leak it will be quite comical

[@SamsTrains]

haha very true - it certainly won't be holding many comical chemicals! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@modelrailwaynoob]

I've bought a G gauge battery operated set for the 5 year old I made the Thomas layout for with 18m of track. It's massive! I've tried a few of the £10 sets and he loves them.

[@SamsTrains]

That's pretty awesome - they're well worth the money aren't they?! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@rustycraft102]

Hey Sam could you do an Mallard and the a4s vs flying Scotsman and the a3s thanks- Rusty Craft

[@SamsTrains]

Sounds awesome Rusty - great idea!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@rustycraft102]

Sam'sTrains no problem mate-Rusty Craft

[@70053morayfirth]

When we lived in the USA we bought a $12 train set from Ebay. It was similar to what you have here - but it was O gauge, with an electrically operated, steam outline loco and a working headlamp, plus three wagons. It runs on AA batteries. We have now owned it for ten years and every year it runs around our Christmas tree. Some stickers have peeled off and bits of track broke and have been glued but what the heck. Twelve bucks!!

[@SamsTrains]

Ooh nice - $12 for anything O gauge is amazing for sure!! :O Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@wondermenel2811]

5:18 köln is british now?

[@SamsTrains]

haha I guess?! ;D

[@kingorry7223]

Köln is actually Cologne, a city in Germany!

[@Steamtramman719]

Still occupied by foreign troops, 75 years after the war ended.

[@derekheeps1244]

Sam , since you seem to have reviewed a couple of starter train sets for young children , it might be worth looking at some of the even more basic sets available for pre school toddlers , which might foster an interest in trains from an even earlier age . I can’t remember the brand of the set my son got when he was about three , but it came from either Mothercare or Early Learning Centre and had a battery loco which ran on wooden track . There were numerous sets available with bridges , curves etc and the wooden track pieces joined together with simple ‘jigsaw’ type links . I see Argos now sell a Chad Valley set for around £12 and IKEA used to sell compatible sets for just a few pounds . These sets got my young son interested in train sets , and he moved on to now have a decent size OO/HO layout with ever increasing locos and rolling stock . Since any of these sets can foster future interest in the hobby , it might be worth reviewing some for the benefit of parents/grandparents who might be looking to buy for young family members

[@That1fellaAU]

Mabey do a series on cheep sets? Also maybe consider buying multiple if they are really cheap and making a rake, love ur vid and merry Christmas

[@SamsTrains]

That's a good idea - I may well do more of these!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@That1fellaAU]

Thanks for replying Sam

[@niallmurphy8939]

Very interesting and enjoyable. Made me curious, how much of a layout could be done on the cheap using materials around the house and garage. Maybe using small cardboard boxes with photos of buildings glued on, old pipes as tunnels etc Would be a great project to tackle with youngsters.

[@splonko9788]

I think I see next years April fools video 😂

[@SamsTrains]

haha! xD

[@BowmakerFox]

Agreed

[@bussesandtrains1218]

It will be pulling a Pullman train that it definitely didn't not Nick from Gordon How about Gordon chases it down the line as well!

[@MasterOfTheLemons]

I'm utterly shocked that it worked so well on Hornby track, this thing is actually really cool for the price! Those phrases on the side too, hilarious haha! Great review Sam, I love when you look into cheap train sets like these!

[@SamsTrains]

haha me too - it was awesome wasn't it?! I love doing this too - hopefully more coming soon!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@LNERA3PRODUCTIONS]

ill stick with the normal hornby locomotives still good video

[@SamsTrains]

haha I can't blame you for that!! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@welshdave5263]

I remember watching your "cheapest trainset ever" video ages ago, a similar set arrived from Amazon today and so I re-watched that video and then saw this, randomly, I was considering this set... I plan to 3D print custom track, make it WiFi controlled using an ESP8266 chip and a webcam so it can be controlled over the internet, thanks for showing this set, I may buy this one too. Rolling stock looks super easy to model and 3D print too!

[@SamsTrains]

Ahh very interesting - I love the idea of 3D printed track though and internet control - amazing stuff!! :D Happy New Year - Sam :)

[@welshdave5263]

@@SamsTrains Thanks for the reply, I love that you're viewing comments on older videos! The plan is to build a basic shunting game, a kinda top down video view with direction (maybe speed control) of the loco and the points. Get the cars into their corresponding colour bays. I'll comment here again once I have something that can be accessed.

[@welshdave5263]

@@SamsTrains oh, and of course.. Have a happy new year!

[@mariebcfhs9491]

nobody: cheap a$$ train wagon: British Chemical Comical PLC underneath: a bunch of German markings, Deutsche Reichsbahn (German Reich's railways), Koln lmfao

[@SamsTrains]

haha I know right!! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@mariebcfhs9491]

@@SamsTrains to be honest there are lots of cheap plastic train sets that uses OO/HO gauge and some of them are even quite realistic

[@twistedaxles9126]

Chemical Comical?! What is this? The Joker?

[@dylan_daugherty_]

_german reich’s railway?_ do they offer free showers?

[@mariebcfhs9491]

@@dylan_daugherty_ 🅱️erhaps

[@TheJmnewton]

I was hoping to get one for Christmas but … Great video. If you glued a small stick from the on/off switch to the cab window it would look like an engineer’s instrument. Possibilities are endless.

[@Iwan_89C]

It's alright I guess.

[@SamsTrains]

It's very good for the money! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@T16MGJ]

Ideal and inexpensive starter Train Set for the very young. Designed to stimulate their interest early and if they break it, which most heavy handed youngsters will do, no great loss. My first "Train Set" arrived from my estranged father at an early age. Tri-Rail Hornby Dublo Duchess of Athol. Wish I still had it ... closing on sixty five years ago now. Catch 'em young.

[@SamsTrains]

Yeah you're right indeed John - you can't beat them for the money for sure! Blimey - what a wonderful way to start!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@Heimbasteln]

And even the German at 6:02 has at least 3 Typos

[@SamsTrains]

haha really?! That's crazy!! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@danielf1313]

Probably all looks the same to the folks in the Chinese provincial sweatshop cobbling these together...

[@trainfan998]

I can't believe you actually wired a tender to THAT!!

[@SamsTrains]

haha me neither... I'm slightly ashamed that I did it! ;D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@Mungiwungi-r9b]

The sound could be the regret in your voice complimenting the set

[@SamsTrains]

haha you're probably right ;) Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@Mungiwungi-r9b]

Would it be possible to make that god awful thing work under water XD

[@DigitalDavis16]

I’m just watching this engine as it comes around, it sees the rolling stock as a well, just goes “outta my way!” And trundles on like nothing happened. You go loco!

[@SamsTrains]

haha I know - I quite enjoyed that too, haha! Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@eisenbahnkasselundco]

5:19 The Wagon just said Deutsche Reichsbahn😂 ( An old Name of the German Railway) 😂😂😂

[@williamsquires3070]

The other advantage (if you have a 3D printer) is that it would be super easy to make a simple wagon for this “set”, since there’s not much there to begin with. 😊

[@captaincool3329]

I studied German at school, so I can help with some of the (surprisingly sensical) translations, some of which are spelt incorrectly. I was able to work out Ladegut=Load, flüssiges Chlor= liquid Chlorine, Deutsche Reichsbahn= German State Railway, Koln= Cologne, Rauminhalt= capacity and Ladegewicht= payload.

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks very much for that mate, appreciate you doing that! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@williamsquires3070]

I wonder if the hooked end of an NEM coupling would fit in the hole on the last car in the set. Then maybe it could pull a cheap OO scale wagon around. Maybe one of the flat wagons from the John Bull set (or was it the Stephenson’s Rocket set, I can’t remember)?

[@liebabettencourt3799]

Thank you Sam very much for you channel. My 3 year old walks around with his trains copying you reviewing various trains. Thank you very much

[@SamsTrains]

Awhh that's a real pleasure, and really lovely to hear! Tell him I said hello! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@cameronmcilroy8261]

I would never have thought that it would actually work on the track like it did. I got the limited edition Black 5 through this week and it is a beauty of a loco

[@SamsTrains]

Me neither Cameron - it was impressive wasn't it?! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@classictraction1744]

I got one of these battery operated train sets, they seem to be good value and you don't have to worry about wiring the layout, short circuits etc. The models seem to be nearer to the old TT scale in size, even though they run on OO/HO gauge track. A class 66 Euro style Diesel locomotive, would be a good choice to give the set a more up to date image.

[@SamsTrains]

Yeah absolutely - you can't fault the value for sure!! I agree - I'd love to see a budget 66! :D Merry Christmas, Sam :)

[@tanfield02]

the people behind this set must love the film 'oh mr porter' and the shunter Gladstone, look at the size of the funnel!!

[@SamsTrains]

haha I know right!! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@User76575]

There’s something extremely satisfying with this

[@SamsTrains]

haha thank you! :D

[@figjam59]

The most basic train set I ever had was a battery-operated Lima HO/OO one in about 1970: a basic oval of track, loco and two carriages, the controller had a rheostat to vary the speed.

[@SamsTrains]

Ahh fantastic - that sounds like a lot of fun - at least it had a controller! Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@gs425]

2 applications come to mind. 1. As a battery powered maintenance loco to drag a cleaning truck around on dirty track...especially garden railway. 2. If you were to add pick ups via tender like you said, by fitting a dcc chip you could keep the max voltage down so the loco drives at sensible speeds.

[@SamsTrains]

Absolutely - that would be fantastic - I'm still using my tart class for those jobs!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@gs425]

@@SamsTrains tart class? Have I missed something? Lol

[@skyrocket0113]

Cheers mate. I did like the fact that the steam loco has a front light. Shame Hornby don't add lights to their steam locos. I'm also impressed you were able to electrify it, so that it ran off the controller and also, add Hornby couplings! Although not very realistic to look at, it wasn't a bad looking loco for 7 quid, and with a bit of modification, would run quite well on a proper layout mate. Quite impressive really mate! Cheers for the vid!👍🚂🚃🚃🚃🚄🚅🚉🍺😁👍

[@SamsTrains]

Me too Jin - it looked pretty good didn't it?! Definitely quite happy with this for £7!! Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@liljohnreplogle]

Thank you for posting. Awesome to see the battery operated loco do really well on a layout!

[@SamsTrains]

My pleasure mate, glad you liked it! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@richardcarolan2159]

Just a thought, maybe you could just have put in a resistor between the original motor and the tender (maybe the same as used for led lights which by memory I think is 360 ohms, but check first) to reduce the voltage to the loco's motor.

[@Tiibero]

I have or had 2 of these 1. The one in the video but different rolling stock and liveries where just complete black 2. Its like hiro from thomas and had the same coaches as the one i had but different freight and it had different track i remember hiro emitting a big smell and the hiro set had scenery and they both had tenders

[@NorbertRoll]

Hi Sam, a really great review of a cheap battery train set which is running on OO/H0 tracks. Clockwork trains are running on the tracks too I think. You are able to improve the running of the beautiful two blue Pullman coaches and the Comical car and the grey New Car if you use the well known self-adhesive metal weights inside. More of such cheap similar train sets will be offered on Amazon for experienced railway modellers.

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks very much Norbert - that sounds pretty decent too mate! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@railswithethan3715]

If you have still got this you can use a loom band as a traction tyre so it can pull more plus the tender since I got just the engine for 50 p and it didn’t run so I used the loom band and some weight and now it runs fine. Ethan

[@SamsTrains]

Great idea - I might try that! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@edwardstuart7138]

Won one of these in an arcade game ages ago. Love running it on my OO layout for fun

[@SamsTrains]

haha awesome - they're great fun aren't they?! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@BritishRail60062]

Great video Sam and its quite interesting to see a cheap and cheerful train from a battery being compatible with the Hornby track system. Nice and clever as it will allow any kids to run their trains on their Granddad's layout if he let's them. Nice mod at the end as well mate. Ash.

[@SamsTrains]

Cheers Ash, glad you found it interesting - you're absolutely right!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@catvoncrimson666]

I used to have a cheap train set that I got from a train museum in Sacramento. The worst part about it was that it was a streamlined passenger train engine with two freight cars and the steam engine witch would have pulled the freight cars had the passenger cars which made it a rip off. This train also made the repetitive train sounds that I had on my train alarm clock. I’m glad I got rid off it because hearing the sound would make me go crazy.

[@SamsTrains]

Ahh very interesting - yeah I hate those train sounds too, lol! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@catvoncrimson666]

Sam'sTrains hey thanks for the reply, I wish I knew the brand name of the train set I got because I think it might’ve made for an interesting video. Maybe I’ll look it up and tell you.

[@catvoncrimson666]

Sam'sTrains Keep up the great work

[@tonightwefly]

Poundland has a 00 train set for £4 it's in the Christmas 2020 range. It takes 2 AA battery and has one loco and three wagons. The loco (red and green) and wagons are the same as this but you don't get the cream coloured wagon. It even comes with 2 horrible trees lol. A bargain at £4!

[@SamsTrains]

Wow really?! Wow that's crazy!! :O Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@tomjenssen7486]

Really enjoyed this, Sam :) I've got a few of these sets (you can also buy the variant that has the tender included for a longer train). The loco appears to be an American mogul without the front axle... I'm looking at a way to fit one. With a little work and a re-spray the loco actually looks quite good. I've even built a layout with this track...You can cut the connections off and just glue the tracks down to the baseboard when you want to change direction of the curves. It's a good thing these are cheap as I manged to melt a loco when attempting to create a smoke generator...lol. I'll have a video up in the new year with more. All the best mate and Merry Christmas :))

[@SamsTrains]

Cheers for that Tom, and thanks for the info on the loco! I can imagine it looking pretty good with a respray - oops on the melting though ;) Merry Christmas mate, Cheers, Sam :)

[@highpath4776]

For the rolling stock a typical for Airfix plastic wagons the cheat - which was difficult, was to fit either Peco needle-point plastic wheels or romford or similar metal wheels running in inserted brass cup bearings - the difficulty getting the mid-point of the axle into the correct height on all four axle boxes above rail level

[@SamsTrains]

Sounds great, thanks a lot for the info! :D Cheers, Sam :)

[@jamestalbot4900]

There’s definitely a place for these sets. I picked up a Chad Valley set ages ago for about £6/7. It said HO scale, I thought, yeah ok. To my amazement it is. Flanges are a bit coarse and the loco is driven in the same way as the Hornby Junior, but the coaches have proper bogies an the track includes moulded ballast and two sets of points!

[@SamsTrains]

I agree Jim - they work surprisingly well don't they?! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@dooble158halosche6]

I have this cheap track to but I could only find the curve track not the straight and I put my Hornby and Bachman on it and it fits

[@SamsTrains]

Ahh very cool - shame they're not made of metal though :( Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@ImmortalAbsol]

Nice for powercuts I guess. It running on its own power reminds me of a wind up one my grandad had that fit on my Hornby set.

[@SamsTrains]

haha that's true, lol! ;D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@crouchingtigerhiddenadam1352]

Looks good! I couldn't see any glue marks on this O2 Tango. Why didn't you put on it on the white screen?

[@SamsTrains]

haha yeah you're right! I didn't think there was any point at properly looking at the detail though! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@numptypootis8012]

I think you should use this set as a Christmas train layout at some point, or maybe even try another test to see how long it can last with fresh batteries just for fun. But I feel like this engine and rack of rolling stock with a bit of weight and some filed down flanges could work as a type of background engine, maybe this is Bullman's engine?

[@SamsTrains]

That would be great Numpty - good suggestion!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@sesa1076]

For some reason, and this goes for all my hobby interests, ie. Guitar, motorbikes etc., I find the absolute cheap stuff the most interesting. I think the cheap battery operated set fir under 20$ that I might be able to get two or three if and handily build a large train that children could actually be allowed to play with might be the trick for the wedding train set idea. That “Classic train set one you did would be perfect t and I’ve seen some models that look identical with different brand names that include more cars. A couple sets of those I think would make a great fun display train. I can save starting up a real model for later after the caterers paid for!

[@SamsTrains]

haha I know what you mean - I find these garbage sets really interesting too!! Thanks for sharing!! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@kremsnita446]

i wanted a similar train set at a store. But i didnt have the money with me at the time. I was so detirmant to get the train set i got the money ready and waited till we will go to the store again about a few days leter we go to the store a lot of days have gone into this moment and i was so happy to get the chep 10 euro train set then i came into the store and the train was gone. Lol also keep up the good work sam!

[@secondchancejunkyard7946]

Believe it or not, I have a modification project going on, involving a cheap battery train's tender, and a AHM/Rivarossi Reno locomotive. Because the engine is shaft driven from the tender, I've been doing a bit of cutting to it, so that the motor can fit. Only thing left now, is the connection.

[@SamsTrains]

Ooh that sounds very interesting - hope it all goes well for you!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@geoffreystoddart3503]

Can you see if you could find any more toy train sets that could fit on this gauge of track too Please.

[@alecmon2]

I live in the US, I have two of those sets. However, mine matches the back box art. I got the first one for $3. The Locomotive worked on everything exept my terminal rerailer. I use Life Like bedded track, similar to Bachman EZ Track. I got both of my sets at a local Dollar General.

[@SamsTrains]

That's pretty awesome - so you got a tender too then?! That's cool! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@JayPumabomb56]

I actually have one just like that, except it’s a d51 loco with two wood cars I own a Bachman Thomas and it works well on that track

[@SamsTrains]

Ooh nice Jay, that sounds cool!! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@TheSharkKing45]

I'd suggest modifying this to operate as a tendered 0-6-0 switcher/shunter. The tender having the hook and loop couplers and the front, a kadee or Bachmann EZ-Mate coupler (for US rolling stock)

[@SamsTrains]

Absolutely - this would make a great project for that! Great idea! Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@MrStabby19812]

I bought a pull back train with wagons from wish for a couple quid the track gauge is slightly off but the bodies come off the frames easy and will fit on peco frames with some work the loco can have the rubber tyres cut off and with make a good scrap loco when painted up.

[@SamsTrains]

That sounds pretty interesting - great if it fits onto Peco frames! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@MrStabby19812]

Sam'sTrains yeah there an odd mix of German brake van and American coach. But those coaches you have are a good project. Plasticsrd interior etc.