MODELLING THE GWR SUMMER EXPRESSES - Realistic OO Gauge Kings, Castles, Halls, Warships & Prairies

[@mpeterll]

Nice video. Thanks for posting. I especially appreciate that you took the trouble to match the train speed with the sound recordings. Most people don't bother.

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks very much. Sounds of the railways are one of the reasons I love them so much, matching them as accurately as possible is crucial to me - otherwise the illusion is immediately shattered.

[@mpeterll]

@@NEVILLEGROVE Yes, I fully agree. If the sound doesn't match the train speed, I'd rather just turn the sound off and imagine it.

[@axeldenker4267]

Wahnsinn!!!! Ein super Modellbahn Video mit orginal Sound in einer perfekten Modellbahn Landschaft. Top!!!!

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Vielen Dank für den netten Kommentar, ich freue mich, dass es dir gefallen hat!

[@isaaclars1501]

i love that you try to match the chugging with the speed of the wheels, very subtle but great detail!

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks - that’s an important element to me glad you appreciate it too 👍

[@petergrossett6763]

Magnificent! Great Western loco action and sound. A superb watch!

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

GW stuff is difficult to beat for sound effects - magnificent!

[@peterm7548]

One of the most impressive model railway videos I have ever seen! Need I say more!

[@DevonGeorge85]

Excellent video. Would love a layout tour video.

[@staffordstationngauge8359]

Lovely with the close up side shots of the green diesel at the platform

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thank you! Lovely model the Warship

[@andrevassili1039]

Brilliant, it's nice to see a large layout with long trains having a good run. Great sound, great filming too. Thank you.

[@GWRFan281]

Absolutely fantastic!

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Cool thanks 👍

[@GreatWestern5199]

First comment from a Great Westerner! Lovely video, GWR locos make a sound like no other steam engine! p.s. my favourite is the Prairie :D

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Completely agreed, GW locos sound spectacular and will forever be amongst my favourites because of it! 🔥Thanks and thanks for watching!

[@dalegamble4535]

Superb! Looks and sounds fab! Great stuff 👌

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks Dale 👍

[@pauljenkins685]

always love watching this layout, and with western region brings back train spotting memories, i always remember steam locos in front of odd diesels though, because the diesels quite often broke down!

[@colwichjunction3366]

Wonderful stuff! I’m always partial to a bit of Great Western action😍 Although the Castles & Kings are the stars of the show to most, it’s a real pity that not one of the NBL class 41 or it’s smaller sisters weren’t saved from the cutters torch…. Always enjoy watching & listening to your excellent videos. Cheers John b 😎

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks John, me too I love the Western - they’re always guaranteed to give spectacular sound effects! 🔥

[@oswestryroadtmd4850]

Great layout thoroughly enjoyed the video

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Great stuff thank you 👍

[@nige7577]

A superb production Steve, top notch weathering I must say and sourcing the perfect sounds just makes it so much more realistic, cheers 👍👍👍

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Cheers Nige - sounds are so important to my enjoyment of railways (that’s why I’m a fan of your channel cos you always find great locations for locos working hard 🔥)

[@HemelDownModelRailway]

Another masterclass in picture and sound thanks for sharing 🙂

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thank you very much and for watching! Glad you enjoyed 👍

[@capitallines]

Very evocative. The weathered Warship looks magnificent!

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks Steve, it’s a cracking model - would love one in my own collection!

[@howardavins1107]

Loved it I'm a GWR fan. Nice close ups and photography in general. Any possibility of a track diagram. Keep up the good work Howard

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks Howard, yes there’s one on my website, here’s the page about the layout: neville-grove.weebly.com/neville-grove-model-railway.html

[@alancroucher4309]

Brings back memories for me as in 1962 I came home on leave from Plymouth to Paddington behind 1010 "County of Carnarvon" and we had an early Warship class piloting as far as Newton Abbot. I can still recall the pair thrashing up Hemerdon bank! Magnificent video, great work Neville Grove.

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Fantastic recollection - what an experience that must have been! I’d have happily given up my seat and leant out the window the whole way to Paddington!

[@royston600]

This is the mot professional layout and video I’ve seen great,

[@Guitar6ty]

Superbly filmed excellent presentation.

[@vcs00railway]

Exceptional!

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thank you 👍

[@dougbull3289]

Great video Steve, as always. Watched it several times.

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Hi Doug, thanks very much for sending your magnificent warship and for letting it take part in this video - it was great fun to have on Neville Grove.

[@phil36310]

Hi, Beautiful collection of GWR locomotives very realistically weathered. Great train movements on a very nice layout. Most enjoyable video. It would be wonderful to see a layout tour. Maybe an idea ?? Thanks for sharing & cheers, Filip

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks Filip, yes something I will consider doing, several have requested a layout tour now.

[@christianutra5883]

This really brightened my day! Now I really understand the experience of model railway! Thank you for the wonderful video, chap!👍 Keep up the great work!

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Cheers Christian, glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@michaelsansom6]

Superb! Merry Christmas and many thanks.

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks Michael, and to you!

[@SidTheAmazingTrainKid]

I love Great Westerners! Especially the ones that went over to Devon(Specifically the Riviera Route Locos)!

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

There is something very special about them agreed 👍

[@SidTheAmazingTrainKid]

@@NEVILLEGROVE My favorites of the bunch are the 4300s and the 2251s. But the 6000s are nice too.

[@tangerinedream7211]

The days of summer holiday special trains, now it's traffic jams on the M5 and A30, progress indeed.

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Would love a time machine to spend a few days by the lineside on a summer Saturday back then!

[@ddpeak1]

Gosh that was busy

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

A typical summer Saturday on the Western Region in the 50's - the South Devon Banks would have been a magical place to lineside back then!

[@geoffdupree794]

Great fun to watch, great work, Steve!

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Hi Geoff and thanks very much for taking the time to watch!👍👍👍

[@vodaploda]

Fabulous stuff...great sound quality..love the angles, travelling shots and close ups

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Cheers Vaughanie, glad you enjoyed 👆

[@svsmodelling2857]

Amazing as always! Love the great western as visited Didcot Railway centre last week

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

I do love the Western, not enough of it on my channel yet! Didcot is unparalleled fir recreating that atmosphere of a steam shed (Barrow Hill also looks great but I’ve not visited yet)

[@svsmodelling2857]

@@NEVILLEGROVE I agree

[@PresidentBrony]

Cool video man.

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks very much 👍👍👍

[@amazoniaamazonia7225]

Excellent, it’s all about the illusion, and your 90% there.

[@MrTBrearley]

You're the King of the Castle! Love the distinctive exhaust sounds you've sourced for those magnificent models - and the reflective sheen on the coaches. They really do look metal bodied.

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks MrT, very few sound as good as a Western engine.

[@Phil-oj5nr]

Can hear the ascent of the Devon banks, and the up train racing away to Paddington, Snow Hill or wherever!

[@michaelwhite8031]

Outstanding !

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks very much Michael 👍

[@unixbadger]

I'm in the US alone on Thanksgiving. This was my feast!

[@greatwesternproductions2857]

Fantastic, absolutely fantastic! I’ve had some bad news recently but this has helped cheer me up no end. Thank you so much. Cheers and keep up the great work - Alex.

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Hi Alex, sorry to hear about the bad news, I hope everything works out ok 👍 Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching.

[@chasingthesteam]

You've got some good camera shots, kind of reminds me of a cross between Thomas the tank engine TV series and real life view

[@7007GreatWestern]

The modelling is fabulous, but the lighting and camera movements are exquisite also! How on earth did you manage to pull off those tracking shots and keep the camera so stable while also maintaining pin-sharp focus? Fantastic work!

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks very much! A combination of patience, determination and some luck!

[@birtle123]

What can I say Steve that hasn't already been said below. Another first class production.............oh, and thanks for following me on instagram.

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Cheers Steve, glad you enjoyed it. No probs - you share some great stuff!

[@FlyingScott]

I love the weathering on the windscreen on D600, splendid detail! I must ask, what make are those Mk1s? I have the issue that the Railroad ones drag on pointwork

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

I have a mixture of Hornby Railroad Mk1’s, others from the main range and Bachmann ones. I found the same with the Hornby ones so carefully sanded a bit of the underframe back with a dremel - just where the arcs of the wheels are. Alternatively you could just swap out the wheels for smaller ones.

[@iaingardener9268]

Excellent as always though to be truly accurate you should have the D600 being hauled back to the MPD in disgrace by a workworn Hall

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks Iain. Quite common to double head over the Devon Banks, sometimes with the steam loco piloting, sometimes with it tucked inside - and not necessarily because either was ailing. In this case both were in fine fettle!

[@Siege-v3m]

Would you do a video with western, warship or hymic diesel locomotives?

[@edwardvincentbriones5062]

I wonder where are these Great Western namesake places now?

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Well I've sat on the ruins of Abergavenny Castle - used to go there every lunch when I worked in the town - beautiful spot.

[@axeldenker4267]

How many days Do you need for this Video?

[@christianutra5883]

Also, what class of diesel is that?

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

It’s one of the earlier “Warship” class 41’s built by North British.

[@ModelRailwaysUnlimited]

Well, so much to be said and questions to lol. What a production! Stunning work as ever. Sounds were perfect and seamlessly applied. Your lighting is brilliant, how is it done? Your camera appears hand held, now either you have exceptionally steady hands or you are employing some kind of steady cam? Your layout is inspiring and locos and stock beautiful. Cheers Mike.

[@JessevanderWoude-r9p]

Wanneer doe je een toer

[@MikesMovies]

Hi, what sounds are you using for the class 41 please?

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Well I had to use a little license and turn to sounds of Class 43 Warships in preservation. I figured that would be the closest match. Thanks for watching 👍

[@AlcoLoco251]

I'm having a difficult time accepting that any British steam engine had journal boxes on their pilot wheels, especially just one on the first axle and not both like many late American Steam engines did. What was the reasoning for this on the Kings?

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

For sure its a unique design characteristic to my knowledge, atleast for the UK. I've always understood it to have been necessary for the front bogie to sufficiently clear the inside cylinder block. The biggest Great Western locos had 4 cylinders (2 visible outside and 2 hidden inside). The inside cylinders were larger on a King than that used on the Castle class from which it was derived (and had a more conventional appearance). I'm sure there's much more to it than that though, for further reading: www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/162096-gwr-king-class-front-bogie/

[@gwrstudios5181]

I kinda see this as like if Br steam didn’t end on the western region

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Now wouldn’t that have been nice!

[@williammcavoywilliammcavoy]

greatwatch nice tosee a nbl deisel getting some showtime dont fancy doing a video on other br deisel disaters ie nbl classes16/21/29 cobo clayton class17

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks! If any of the above pass through the weathering studio I’ll be sure to do a video on them! 👍

[@Goodtimes99-r2t]

Late 1950s*

[@anthonycantu8879]

Where's Thomas the Tank Engine?

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

On the Isle of Sodor.

[@railwaymechanicalengineer4587]

SPOILT BY UNREALISTIC TRAIN FORMATIONS !!! Nice layout, but I do wish modellers today would do a little more research into operational rules & regulations ! The restrictions on coaches & wagons as to what could be coupled to what, and in what order. Means some of the trains seen here would not have been seen in the real world !!! Type 1 = GWR & LMS coaching stock had "Screwlink" couplings extended buffers & BSS type gangways ! Type 2 = LNER, SR, BR & Pullman coaches had Buckeye auto couplers, retractable buffers & Pullman gangways. The two types could not normally be coupled to each other, unless special adaptor plates were fitted to the Type 1 BSS gangway ends, so as to allow them to couple to Type 2 !!! Freight is a much bigger issue, as there were hundreds of rules concerning wagon types, their brakes, and the products they carried, affecting what position they had to be marshalled in, in any freight train formation. BR owned wagons, when painted pale grey, indicates they are "unfitted" so had NO train brake, only a handbrake. BR wagons painted red oxide (reddish brown) had Vacuum train brakes, so were known as "fitted" wagons. As did white refrigerated vans, and anything marked XP. Therefore, "Fitted" wagons with vacuum brakes had to be coupled behind the locomotive, so the loco could control their brakes. While "unfitted" pale grey wagons had to be coupled behind any "fitted" ones, and of course a brakevan had to be the last vehicle in the train. Wagons marked XP (Express Passenger) were "fitted" types that could be included in Passenger trains. Although that limited train speed to 60mph, and no more than 3 such vehicles were allowed. So freight vehicles in passenger trains were usually found included only in local branch trains or mainline stopping trains. Vehicles such as Milk tanks & Horse boxes were NOT part of the wagon fleet, but actually part of the passenger fleet, and could travel in passenger trains, or special trains made up solely of such vehicles. There were numerous long distance overnight MILK trains, that often ran as Class 3 (Parcels & ECS) trains, so took precedence over classes 4 to 0. Heavy wagons such as Cranes and certain special heavy load wagons, (all of which were vacuum braked) had to travel directly behind the locomotive, to avoid problems of light weight empty wagons derailing, if such heavy wagons were marshalled further back in the train ! Hazardous loads, such as Gunpowder or Petroleum tank wagons, obviously had to be kept apart by ensuring at least 3 wagons not carrying hazardous loads were in between ! All these complex restrictions & many more not mentioned, explain why shunting had to occur at virtually every Goods Yard, Marshalling Yard or Freight Depot. Hence there were thousands of "Shunting" locos in Britain. Indeed just the GWR 57xx 0-6-0PT fleet of over 800 locos was primarily aimed at shunting and quite powerful as Class 4F !!