Hornby Class A3 "Prince Palatine" : Donation

[@russellbenton2987]

Nice one . People are sniffy about these tender driven locos but they look the part and haul well . I’ve currently got my 1981 A4 Seagull pulling a new Coronation set . Looks lovely ! Gave Seagull a Ringfield service a la Bill . Now have my own Manky brush !

[@vikingsmb]

tender drives are much better, wish they made a tender drive manor, 43xx as well

[@duncanrhodes4778]

Great loco! Layout looking fine for a lovely running session.

[@JerseyBill-x9r]

It is good to have people like Paul that give something so pristine as the Prince Palatine is. Great inspection, advice, video, and running session and I did see some of the work you've done on the layout.

[@daviemaclean61]

What! A loco in perfect running order. Whatever next. Lovely donation to the blue fleet. Cheers

[@chriswade7470]

I have this locomotive, it came in one of the Hornby big red box sets, “The Master Cutler” with custard and cream Gresley bogie coaches. I DCC chipped it quite easily.

[@iandouglas451]

thank you for your efforts, my favourite channel - as the videos go by i benefit from a little more understanding of the enormous range available and the potential concerns with various models.

[@paulcherrytrains3339]

Lovely locomotive. I remember seeing this in the Hornby catalogue back in the early 1990s. I enjoyed watching the running session. Cheers Paul.

[@adewhite3921]

Prince Pallentine was my very 1st bought loco. That was about 30+ years ago. Still runs as good as the day I got it. Love the blue colour. Like you said, if you look after it, it will run for years.

[@ModelRailwayShed]

Very kind donation, great addition to the growing collection Bill.

[@marcdempsey5850]

Another blue lady to the fleet. Looks the part with the coaches. In such good condition as well, was a pleasant surprise to see the draw bar not connected to pickups; less wiring and less to go wrong. Looking forward to layout update; scenery looks good, as always. All best Marc from Leighton Buzzard

[@stephendavies6949]

In my experience tender driven locos have remarkable pulling power. And yes, it's mainly due to traction tyres, but that's OK for me. I have a later version of Prince Palatine, and it looks superb. The blue livery really suits the classic, elegant lines of Gresley's A1/A3s.

[@nevillepowell7502]

When i was A boy ,my uncle who worked on the master cutler took me up into the cab,fantastic evening then the train ride to sheffieldwith 7 course meal on the way!

[@custardo]

What a great looking locomotive is the Emperor Palpatine!

[@AndrésMahou]

Palatine... from the east

[@NextEevolution]

I like how you got the blue loco fleet to welcome the newcomer to your layout. Great video as always!

[@paulisnotonfire]

Glad to see you're enjoying it and you're more than welcome for the donation. Better it went to someone who'd run it than sitting in its box. Cheers, Paul

[@tombeck6335]

Nice loco well done contributers, well done Bill, 👍👍

[@donniblanco5239]

Nice Donation Paul, a Great lookin Loco - Layouts Lookin Awesome Bill and Lovin the New Viewpoints and Camera Angles 👌🏻🙌🏻

[@eddierools]

Prince Palatine originally was going to be the A3 that was preserved due to him being mostly original and still having the Great Northern style tender. But when Alan Peglar purchased Flying Scotsman, all of those plans for preserving Prince Palatine were dropped and they were sadly scrapped. That being said, this example of Prince Palatine is in VERY nice condition, such a nice donation!

[@piers995]

A lovely engine and a lovely running session.

[@mikeking2539]

Not really fan of this livery, but my word what a lovely thing for someone to donate to you. More or less in 'mint' condition and a nice addition to you collection of blur steam locomotives. Great progression on the layout area over the tunnel. Don't worry about posting less videos at this time of the year, you do a great job, and need to have some time for yourself and family..!

[@donaldkerr6629]

The layout is looking good - I'd probably be looking at adding some canopies on the platforms or a roofed section to bulk up the main station a bit

[@AndrewCooper-eo7oh]

We'll done wonderful. Bill. Thanks lovely video

[@michaelwolak3098]

Hi bill l love the landscaping of your layout its coming along great

[@AndrésMahou]

The track beds look very realistic with the colour and amount of grass 😎

[@speleokeir]

A lovely loco and a very kind & generous donation. Your blue fleet is coming along nicely. A BR blue Coronation class 'City of Edinburgh' next? I've BR blue 'Flying Scotsman' which is loco drive. It was an Ebay bargain which I got very cheaply about 2 years ago. It was boxless and the tender was missing it's buffer beam, other than that it was in great condition. Originally I intended to get a replacement tender chassis to sort out the missing buffer beam, but in a stroke of good fortune I came across a complete replacement tender being sold at a very reasonable price which was fantastic as they're pretty rare. Bought that instead and sold the old tender as spares. I actually got £1 more for that than I paid for the new one!😀

[@ollychap1985]

Lovely looking loco 👍

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

great vid nice steam loco bill keep up the great vid you do on channel thanks for share

[@roberthill6216]

I miss read the title, I was thinking the bad guy from Star Wars had a train named after him.

[@bigmac60]

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it! 👌

[@martinpattison1567]

Now that I have watched the video. No pick-ups in the locomotive, but it has an electrical connection as a drawbar. I think that the locomotive is indeed picking up the negative connection through the chassis. I may be wrong. The last coach in the set does not seem to run in line with the others. Martin. (Thailand)

[@stephensimmonds184]

Positive feed is from the loco wheels on the same side as the traction tyres, negative is on the other side of the tender to the traction tyres.

[@tankmicr00man]

Yes I noticed the misaligned rear coach, although it ran well enough. Any idea of the cause?

[@stumpyden]

Great video just found your impressive channel,I would like to know what size guitar string do you use please cheers for now

[@martinpattison1567]

I am making this comment before your video starts. I want that locomotive. Martin. (Thailand)

[@wideyxyz2271]

❤❤

[@nickboden5866]

I do like your class 29

[@BrianSanders-tn7pi]

Hi Bill. That was a very generous gift from Paul , I wish that I knew people like that. I also have a blue A3 but my one is called Robert the Devil. Its also in pristine condition and I have fitted a DCC chip to it. Its nice to see it running with some coaching stock. Regards.

[@WerewolfJTG]

I think Prince Palatine was also in Hornby R1704 The Master Cutler box set with 3 carriages

[@attuslebeard5133]

Yes indeed though a later loco drive version

[@iandouglas451]

would that be a model that hornby produced after it had taken over lima please do you know?, lima had tender drive i'm thinking.

[@vikingsmb]

this was made in 1994, lima was a seperate company then

[@iandouglas451]

@@vikingsmb oh thanks - so early hornby was pancake/tender - didn't know that, thank you.

[@timgray3491]

Nice donation Bill and runs a treat. Layout is coming on well too great to see.

[@blairleipst4508]

Am I the only one that read the name as Prince Palpatine??