HM174: Rails of Sheffield gas turbine 18000 for 'OO' gauge

[@donsharpe5786]

It will be interesting to hear the sound they produce in the model. When at Chippenham, you could hear these at least 4-5 miles away when they were at Thingley and an almost unique sound. It was referred to as the kerosine Castle.

[@herbypumpkin1256]

I was in a train from Bath to Paddington back in 1952 (or 53) hauled by the actual 18000 when it broke down at Swindon, and had to be replaced by a steam engine. I see it regularly now at Didcot GW centre, - although it is just rusting away and in poor condition.

[@1701_FyldeFlyer]

Seen a few YT channels & comments from owners saying this doesnt like Hornby 2nd radius curves and even some 3rd radius. One guy even took drastic measures of cutting away the wheel vallances over the bogies so it would go round his 2nd radius and stop derailing on his points! Presumably there were no issues on Topley Dale?

[@lapiswake6583]

I got mine in early october, sad to say I was a bit disappointed. It was missing one of the lamp irons (which Rails have now replaced), one of the whistles was wonky and not on properly, sad to see the floating centre axle continues (the amount of play it has causes derailments of heljan locos on my setup, very noticably on DP2), then there's the squeak it seems to have developed during running in, and the fact it can't run on 2nd radius curves which wasn't mentioned in the product description.

[@richardswiderski4985]

Nice model some stunning locos coming out now.

[@REDARROW_A_Personal]

Look at the stunning costs as well. As someone who wants to get into model railways, I have been put off mostly by price of some of which I really want to get.

[@tonywise198]

I used to love watching the real thing rushing past Slough Station. After Kings etc it was certainly different.

[@marksinthehouse1968]

Hi Mike and Richard ,kerosine castle as it was called looks great ,I know some have had issues with the running of this model on curves ,I had a heljan 33 do the same once but found running in can solve it great video as always gentleman ,take care ,kind regards Mark 👍🏻😊

[@suejackson4036]

They have 18000 at Didcot Railways Centre.

[@joginns778]

Noticed that it's on the widest curve not on the narrowest it keeps derailing on curve's,

[@ciaranburke3243]

That's lovely, so unusual 👍

[@samj7927]

Hi mike is There is in Didcot railway centre

[@dacko4843]

WOW very nice locomotive it's super

[@gregmacdonald927]

Is it just me or does it “wobble” a bit? Lovely looker, shame about the limited ability to traverse anything but the widest radius curves.

[@mr.shadestrains6033]

Nice video 👍👍👍👍👍

[@mytinplaterailway]

The real thing is sitting outside at Didcot, sadly disintegrating.

[@2H80vids]

As far as "non-steam" locos are concerned; there can't be many left that haven't been done now. I'm struggling to think of any major gaps. Am I missing many?

[@petersmith4455]

have you forgotten electric locos 2001.2002 and 2003 all made for the southern region in the 40s

[@2H80vids]

@@petersmith4455 Yes, I had.😁

[@richardbradley2335]

Not sure if i like this or not......gorgeous model

[@nathantew946]

This loco was nicknamed kerosene castle.

[@CheekyFest]

£125 for a sound decoder?!

[@CheekyFest]

@K F indeed

[@gcmet1063]

One small detail you or Rails didn’t mention , it needs a minimum of 4th radius curves to run . I have 3rd radius curves so mine went back to Rails for a refund . Very disappointed.

[@hornbymag]

Its in our full review in Hornby Magazine 😊

[@mr.shadestrains6033]

6️⃣0️⃣3️⃣🚂😎. 🚂❤️very nice train 🚂❤️Koolest 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍