The Class 91 Project - Part 1

The rear bogie of the Hornby Class 91 is taken apart and fitted with extra pick-ups in this introductory video to the Class 91 Project. Be sure to watch the complete series!
Part 1: Rear Bogie
Part 2: Motor Bogie
Part 3: DCC Chip
Part 4: Cab Lighting
Part 5: Head & Tail Lights
Part 6: Bodywork & Pantograph
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[@streamlinedtrains]

Fantastic video, Will! Looking forward to seeing what you do with this beauty. It's been top of my UK want list for years - still waiting for them to announce a Class 91 new set!

[@InterCity82]

streamlinedtrains Thanks for the comment, squire! A re-tooled Class 91 should be available soon. I'll have a word with Hornby and see if I can pull a few strings haha!

[@LNERFAN4472]

So great to see such a personal favourite of mine and my very own uncertified IC82 Certified modifications! Look forward to seeing the finished product! Thank you to IC82 and Craig!

[@gwydionmcdarren1825]

Hurrah! Someone who stands up for what's right!

[@krazyhartin]

I remember getting the Intercity 225 train set for my birthday as a kid. I was a little disappointed with the pantograph being made of plastic and not real. But I still have it to this day. Upgrading it would be a nice option for it.

[@KeithTucker45]

Interesting video. Looking forward to the remainder of the series!

[@BritishRail60062]

Looks like a great project there. I was going to upgrade mine with parts from a Lima Class 67 using the bogies, drive shaft and central can motor. I have recently upgraded one of my weak Class 92 locomotives with a new setup using the Hornby Class 50 parts in a similar way. So I might try that :). Ash.

[@alloria]

Really good! I have one of those locomotives myself, and I want to upgrade it, Good to see some pro tips.

[@dealwithit2789]

Brilliant video, looking forward to giving my 91 some new life :)

[@DaveHedgehog2006]

Good video as always. I've been away from railway modelling for a few years (but its all packed up in boxes should the urge return) I've got loads of Hornby models with this style of bogie. I have a suggestion that, if fesable, could save a bit of effort and further improve electrical pickup performance. As Hornby have made the additional pickup for the rear bogie, have they also made axles for it without the teeth on the plastic bushes? If they have then getting a pair would: a) Save a bit of work trimming the teeth off. b) Release the original rear bogie axles to be re-cycled for the motor bogie, and as these have no tracion tyres there is potential for 8 wheel pickup. If Hornby haven't made a modifed axle then another pair of standard rear bogie axles could be obtained (there must be plenty of them about in the secondhand market - Hornby must have used them on just about every diesel and electric loco they made between the 70s and 90s!) they just need that extra bit of work to cut the teeth off. Doing this does potentially create another problem - traction tyres were fitted for a reason, but as its a big loco, even with a DCC chip fitted I'm sure additional weight could be added to help with adhesion issues. Keep up the good work

[@SouthLondonRailwayPhotography]

Thanks for following me on twitter!

[@streamleazefishhouse]

I have both of these 225s. My first train set, I should have got a steam train :P

[@RobStow95]

I have the Intercity 225 set, shame the motor needs sorting, this should be helpful for tips and hints 😃

[@InterCity82]

Rob Stow Be sure to watch all 6 parts!

[@anthonyfoy5354]

Nice video Will

[@MrHipwell1989]

Brillaint. Does anybody know if this extra pickup will fit the bogie on an old hst? Looks very similar to the 91

[@hollyweaver4037]

But wow 6 parts?! This needs major work!!

[@WestRail642fan]

i saw one of this in the gner livery for sale for just £65 for the class 91, DVT and all nine coaches. I could of kicked my self because i used all my money on the new eurostar model and the add on saloons

[@InterCity82]

WestRail642fan haha I'm sure it'll come round again.

[@WestRail642fan]

most likely ^_^

[@humbolt136]

Very well done! I'm surprised that Hornby didn't leave the switch in ( as the hole is moulded on the body) but by pass it as you have now done on the cheaper model...

[@minershomee6702]

Nice tutorial certainly well detailed! Surprised however that you didn't use a back to back gauge for the wheels so they run over points reliably (which have tighter tolerances than straight track)

[@EzCuldee]

Awesome

[@mickster04]

You should be a salesman with that intro pitch ;}

[@2595220]

awesome great video :)

[@tylerhunt5622]

Love it

[@edwardjones5949]

Maybe she's born with it, maybe it's Crewe Works.

[@InterCity82]

Edward Jones hahahahaha

[@thesavageone_3605]

+InterCity82 nice vidioe

[@wjs_trains3169]

would be nice if you could add sound

[@caleblovegrove5349]

lovley jubbely

[@Xantec]

Could you use a twin drive bogie set up on the 91? or put a dvt on a 91 chassis so it drives from both ends of the train?

[@InterCity82]

Xantec Possibly! But in this project we've tried to use as many original parts as possible to keep costs right down.

[@CoalChrome]

Can you put sound into the new Bachmann class 40 in BR green?

[@PhilPage227]

Excellent info, I cannot find episodes 2,3,4 or 5.

[@danielletheprotogen]

There is a playlist on the channel.

[@PhilPage227]

@@danielletheprotogen Thanks.

[@slendermanRblx]

Is they a way to get a front coupling on a hornby class 91? Is they a NEM pocket or simillar provisions for attaching a coupling?

[@philipstokes2824]

I have added one to mine using another slab end bogie frame, you need to extend the coupling to be in line with the buffers using in my case a two short lengths of sparkler after the kids have used the on bonfire night, you also need to cut the front valance off the loco frame and attach it to the new bogie frame. I also did much the same thing with the DVT, and also used a tsoe endplate commercially available on one of the coaches, so now my 91 can run round it's train and continue it's journey after TDM failure or if the air-conditioning in No1 cab fails, or like in their early days hauling MK3 sleeper test trains or mk1s when the farewell to the class 25 tour ran. Might not look as pretty as if it was superdetailed with all the hoses etc but is more realistic in operating potential, you pays your money and takes your choice.

[@hollyweaver4037]

I don't call them bogies, I call them trucks. It's what I'm used to where I'm from

[@CoalChrome]

Will could you please make your own custom 4 wheeled engine (rear wheels powered) I have a design in mind and i will show it to you

[@ThePelaajapoika50]

What is the scale of the tracks?

[@GamerGuy201]

+ThePelaajapoika50 OO GAGE

[@peterforden5917]

oo and ho use the same rails the scale is ho=3,5mm to the foot, oo is 4mm to the foot, so OO is actually for historical reasons narrow guage despite ho being invented by A.R.Walkley in England a year or so before Märklin introduced it, the problem being the size of commercially available electric motors as opposed to Mr Walkleys actally building his electric motors from scratch! There was a narrow guage railway in cornwall which used 4 foot guage (width betwen the rails) which equates exactly to OO guage making it exact scale!

[@doomotron6160]

I have that model.

[@CoalChrome]

nice engine, but hornby (in my opinion) isn't nearly as good as Bachmann

[@jacobporrett]

Instead of cutting off the teeth off the cogs couldn't you have just put a brand new axle in instead?

[@InterCity82]

Jacob Porrett It was cheaper to just cut the teeth of the current axle.

[@avlisk]

It's amazing how, in the original design, the manufacturer chose the worst design at virtually every step along the way. How does that happen!

[@DaveHedgehog2006]

avliskWorst design for just about everything else, but probably the best (cheapest) for profits

[@avlisk]

John Brush Seems very short-sighted. They build junk, the public discovers it's junk, and it's very difficult, in the long run, to reverse that opinion and win back the modeler. Having grown up with Rivarossi, Arnold, Rapido, Bachmann, and a couple of others, I know the new stuff is good, and even made by different companies, but the bad aura remains attached to the name.

[@pompouskatfish5402]

Craig makes me feel so dumb....

[@jacksparrow3183]

whos speaking or did you have a cold

[@mike07evans26]

+jac s it was Craig

[@ponline3170]

How sad