HORNBY | Valley Drifter Train Set

We take a closer look at the fantastic Valley Drifter train set!
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The romance of the railways in the United Kingdom was arguably at its best when hundreds of minor railway lines traversed the countryside.
In those days the locomotive drivers would have unscheduled stops along the line picking up or dropping off goods as they meandered from village to village.
Consequently, it is not surprising that some of the local inhabitants who relied upon the railway would have called their local train 'Valley Drifter'.
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[@goneloco1]

Pity there's not a couple of Toyah milk tankers!

[@TheLordFlashheart]

Loving the music references you've made with the names of the engine & mining company

[@terrystevens5261]

It will be a mystery to most on here.

[@bennickss]

Nice, but you could do with making some more sets which use TTS pre-fitted engines and DCC select controllers

[@alan_mythicalgnome]

I recently bought the Valley Drifter set. It goes perfectly with the Santa Express. They certainly stimulate the imagination and make a great less-serious side to railway modeling. I would like to suggest an expansion to these sets by the production of the Railroad four wheeled coaches in the same red livery and perhaps have individual reindeer nameplates, such as 'Rudolph' 'Blitzen' and the rest, thus making up a passenger Santa Express train. It would be interesting when trying to collect the full set of coaches. A Train pack would be even better. I like the 101 type locos and have most of the GWR running numbers. I would want to collect different red liveried and named locos too.

[@ModelRailwayNews]

Great product for stater kits with the new MagLite’s inside

[@solar_9878]

The guy showing us the stuff: Meanwhile the music at the background: *rock or heavy metal or what idk*

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Rock. Because the loco is named after the rock band King Crimson, and the mining company on the wagon is named after the band's guitarist and founder Robert Fripp.

[@barryhumphriesinc.broughto3098]

I have various bits of KC memorabilia, ...... this is now added to the collection. :-)

[@kellyashfordtrains2642]

It's nice, but for me nothing beats the magic of Santa's Express.

[@kristymcgoldrick8811]

But they are the same model!

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

I see it includes the mutated RCH 7-plank wagon with backwards sides that was originally made for the Thomas clockwork range 😛 Looking at the GWR 101 with those colors affirms my opinion that Hornby really missed a trick by not doing Lady for their Thomas range to tie in with TatMR. Even if they didn't want to make a new tooling, the 101 could have been passably dolled up as her. I have to roll my eyes at the number of comments whinging about the lack of DCC fitting/readiness. DCC has its uses, but it's not the be-all end-all. And in this sort of set all it would do is drive up the price. Strictly speaking, that's a railer, not a *re*-railer.

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

Nice update today

[@thomasfrancis5747]

OK, I understand the reference to Robert Fripp and his prog rock band King Crimson but where does Valley Drifter fit in with that?

[@sirhilsam]

Looks a lot like my Hornby Santa Express

[@joshrogan99]

I'm glad I'm not the person who has to keep making up new names for these starter sets. Wonder what the next one will be called, Valley Rambler, Highland Drifter, Highland Flinger?

[@bentullett6068]

The Costal commuter

[@joshrogan99]

The Covid commuter.

[@mandyward5372]

The Golliwog Glider

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

In this case, "Valley Drifter" might be a lyrical reference.

[@joffdorling3562]

Great video hornby Iv.e just subscribe to your channel hope this helps you out if I may ask were can I buy a hornby set of my own😊👍👍💜💜💜

[@sealionstudios8597]

Nice

[@paja7629]

I've got that 040 loco blue diamond it's a old train been out a bit different colour

[@deauvilledad07]

Super starter set but they need updating to the digital age.

[@bentullett6068]

I agree if they can fit digital decoder's into small locomotives like the Peckett and Ruston Hornsby 48DS they can surely add a digital decoder port somewhere. They could even sell a kit to convert all of the existing older versions of these 0-4-0 locomotives

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

@@bentullett6068 It's not just about space. It's also about the design of the chassis and the pricetag of the set.

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

I think a more important update for this (and correspondingly, the L&YR Pug) would be retooling the chassis to have separately-fitted couplers. A lot of chassis and bogies could use that, tbh. Shouldn't up the price much if at all, and would make coupler repair and replacement much easier.

[@drewc5273]

I got that train

[@drewc5273]

I have that

[@cec_oregon]

Are you guys gonna make affordable locomotives anytime soon(like under 30 dollars)

[@Olivers-trains]

First. Also set looking goooooooooood

[@richardswiderski4985]

nice little set would be nice to have them DCC ready.

[@M_ADAXsRailway]

It doesn’t come with a retailer

[@bentullett6068]

I like these little sets but I do feel that these little 0-4-0 locomotives need to be given a digital interface. Also the old Class 0F pug need to be upgraded to the digital age. Most of the Railroad range is DCC ready and there are smaller locomotives like the Ruston 48 and Peckett that are DCC ready.

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Thing is, modifying the ancient chassis to be DCC ready would drive up the price of these sets a bit, which is contrary to their purpose.

[@richardnelson-ux1zz]

Can you ron hornby trains in the usa

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Yes. HO and OO both use 12VDC.

[@markwhitehead7349]

Nice but it wasn't sliding around the track he he

[@cut_copper9233]

hmm looks like santa's express

[@markjlewis]

Who are you trying to convince that this is a quality product? The loco and the rolling stock are made from old tooling that is frankly very poor in today's market compare with the likes of Bachmann, Accurascale, Dapol etc etc. Hornby are charging huge prices for sub-standard models. Overall very poor.

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Detail is not the sole measure of quality. Robustness and reliability are also important benchmarks, especially when concerning lighthearted budget sets made for children and other newcomers to get their feet wet in the hobby. Also, *everybody* is overcharging, both on new toolings and old. They're in a death spiral of raising prices to make up for sales shortfalls (which of course reduces sales further...). Although, losses on new toolings from rivet-counter fickleness can't help matters either.

[@sabbey-]

@@ZeldaTheSwordsman I would like to buy this model for my grandson. Is it possible to add more tracks and carriages later?