Opening the Midland Compound from Bachmann

Starting series 4 with a bang is the Midland Compound from Bachmann. This is an exclusive model of loco 1000 from the National Railway Museum.
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[@calummidget22]

that's a commitment, loves a loco so much he still held off for 6 months to do the reveiw on it, thanks will, thanks !!

[@CATransitFan17]

Man, that cab has to be the best detailed one I've seen to date!

[@BritishRailways60163]

Fantastic review! Liked & faved! Another excellent loco from Bachmann, & the NRM editions. Thank you for mentioning me, looking foward to seeing her pulling some stock :)

[@CarlyWaarly]

Look forward to the video with the coaches being pulled! Fabulous work and thanks for sharing!

[@SDJR7F88]

Super review, as always! Amazing loco! The paint work is stunning! Super runner too! Great work getting her!

[@dcg12b]

I've just got hold of this model, you are spot on! It is absolutely luxurious. It is definitely the Rolls Royce of Bachmann models. Great review!!

[@dragonzilla6482]

Did you say you just bought the model? Dude it would a great character for your series!

[@dcg12b]

Dragon Zilla Way ahead of you.

[@dragonzilla6482]

dcg12b I look forward to the day the episode with No'1000 comes out. :)

[@dragonzilla6482]

+dcg12b I was at Barrow Hill Roundhouse awhile back attending an LMS Steam Gala and No' 1000 was in the middle of two engines that were steamed up in the roundhouse and at one point, a bit of steam went over No' 1000 and for a brief moment. It looked like No' 1000 was in steam herself. :)

[@sirrliv]

I actually bought an old Hornby Midland Compound model ages ago off Ebay. Never had a chance to run her as my layout was on the way out at the time, but she's still the pride & joy of my collection. That's why I am currently cursing your name, sir, for showing off such an infinitely better version of my baby. I am absolutely green with envy. The Bachmann models are all lovely, but this is in a league of its own. Now, why can't Bachmann America start making models on this level?

[@railmodler8572]

Nice review Will :) That cab detail is superb.

[@Anjasomc]

What a great loco! A great start to series 4 (and I like the yellow board effect at the end!). Well done

[@SimonsShed]

Nice loco, amazing cab detail.

[@steamgent4592]

Very nice model. Really have a thing for Midland locomotives.

[@statorcs]

One intricate loco. I would give a definite 10/10 purely for looks and detail. She's a beautiful engine!

[@jacobporrett]

Fantastic video well done. Love the cad detail.

[@trainsandfigers]

Looks amazing, I got the SDJR 7f for christmas, and it has a superb level of detail in the cab.

[@keikuru1]

Hey Will. I'm Will, too! I started collecting trains thanks to your videos which I stumbled across one day when they were featured on the youtube homepage. I have since bought 3 trains, and when I get my next paycheck this will be my next one. My brother likes to make fun of me, asking me if I'm going to be going trainspotting in the snow! But I really find this quite an enjoyable hobby, the detail really is excellent on these tiny little things. So intricate and beautiful. Great start so far!

[@Harrison1420]

Great locomotive. This new layout sounds very exciting, I hope it has as good lighting as the conservatory!

[@thebritfarmer]

One of these is on its way to me!! Can't wait.

[@themidlandcompoundarchive9430]

what a great way to start series 4

[@CecilValeProductions]

I must say, I'm glad that there are still some of these in stock on locomotion models :).

[@CarlyWaarly]

Bachman need to thank you, we just ordered one! Thanks for the review! : D

[@mickalloyd7638]

That miidland compound has to be the most detailed steam loco ya have will,defo on the cab detail anyway,fantastic!

[@busybeeMark]

A very interesting review, well done to bachmann for presenting a fine engine

[@brandondavis-white3352]

Lovely Steam locomotive and another great vid

[@APOTwixx]

Wonderful review. I'd give you a 10/10 on it. She truly is a stunning locomotive. :-)

[@chambs123]

Great review & loco Will. I think I need to get one of these too! Regards, John.

[@davidsweeney111]

thank you very much for this.

[@MrDangerhere]

It's a beauty!

[@TheWGLOVER]

What a beauty.

[@Matthewmodeller229]

Tat ice falling on the roof is turning you into "Icey 82!" lol

[@mossmonaco9061]

Just found one (NOS). What a lovely little engine, have fitted the front coupling. Now looking for a crew!

[@markbean6378]

good locos and videos

[@mgcooke]

Love the top-down view at 25:01, more of that please :) Great looking engine

[@SuttonJunction90]

Another great review mate, im looking forward to the 100s of videos series 4 has to offer!!! I guess you could say this is the Rolls Royce of locos as it looks fantastic. Bring on the next video mate!!! By the way you this is my new channel, my others called ApacheBravo, which im getting fully operational now :)

[@Ryan871]

It is nice, I look forward to your steam gala, I like gala events. Also I see you like your Gu puddings lol!

[@danny234656]

i haft to say thanks dude you got me back into model trains and if it wasnt for you i wouldn't of got the Hornby Thomas And The Breakdown Train

[@theLEGOcommander1]

Great Video Will :D I really want to get one now lol

[@panniertankboy8751]

So glad to seeing from you again! In regards to Edward, it's commonly accepted that he's based off of a Furness Railway K4 "Larger Seagull". Loved the video!

[@That_One_Guy_In_A_Band]

A few things to say: 1.) Edward is not a compound, which I can tell because he has inside cylinders only. 2.) Lionel model trains are making Big Boy 4-8-8-4s as their newest addition to the "VisionLine" fleet, and it, not only had the depleting coal feature, it's coal load actually goes down in the tender! It's amazing what can be achieved with O gauge...

[@TytonidaeIndustries]

and some HO the BLI big boy has a depleting coal load, from what i have heard, as well as amazing sound and smoke

[@That_One_Guy_In_A_Band]

nari lutra I don't know if the coal load actually goes down on that HO Big Boy, but I want one. It looks amazing.

[@ccrailway08]

Looks like a nice engine Will. We saw them on sale at Railfest as well but got the Hornby 9F there instead. Watch out for that creeper, the last thing you want it to do is go BOOM in the middle of your Lego station :)

[@strangerreality]

Yay! You are back! Hope your head feels better, gashes suck!

[@MILLFIELD64]

The C class in SE&CR livery is the best detailed and beautifuleat loco I've ever brought

[@fcinternetmarketing]

Nice model.

[@foxcell]

grand good to see it in MR livery :-D

[@crazypotato625]

Nice vids by the way

[@CrisisOnACanoe]

She looks amazing. Edward wasn't a Midland Compound, he was a Furness Railway K2 "Larger Seagull", but the Reverend W. Awdry made his model of Edward out of an LMS 2P. :) Now thanks to this review, I'm going to get one of these instead of a City class. It's a lot more but it has a lot more appeal! :)

[@rebelliousspace170]

Edward is based on a Furness Railway K2 Class (Larger Seagull), but unfortunately all of them were scrapped.

[@fowlergaming3713]

I built a k2 I Darby who I know Darby works and the man who ones it so they built me a k2

[@capmodesty]

I feel the P2 looks closer to Edward too and it is what Awdry used as a model, but in the resource books (Sodor, reading between the lines) they say Edward is supposed to be a heavily modified larger seagull.

[@CecilValeProductions]

edward is based on a modified furness railway large seagull class, modified by the fat controller at crovan's gate.

[@TheZeldafan57]

You sound like you know your stuff. Teach me...

[@CecilValeProductions]

If I find time I will.

[@robsweatherchannel]

when anyone joins the collectors club for bachmann, what do you get for joing do you get a loco or a diesel train do you know what you get?

[@freedomtowerinUS]

Well, that depends on what your looking for. Bachmann bases their models off the TV series, Hornby bases their models off the railway models.

[@PalomboDylan]

I always take a dremel tool and cut the fake coal loads out so I can put real coal in. It takes a steady yet strong hand due to the nature of the dremel tool always wanting to pull in one direction due to the fact of the sheer speed of the cutting wheel constantly spinning at warp ten in order not to nick or cut the tender body.

[@jaannetts16]

well worth the money i think bachmann have really done a gd job of that. Great video review cant wait to see more, my hornby nrm flying scotsman in wartime black is really really gd detail but not as gd as that.

[@StigSlashBro]

When you said ice I was really confused and then i realised the UK's in winter!

[@D0nnyB0y]

It does indeed look a little bit like Edward, but Edward has been shown to be based off the Furness Railway K2 "Larger Seagull" 4-4-0s built in 1896. Very nice review overall. I'm hoping to visit the UK in 2014 and, once I visit the NRM, this will definitely be a pickup to bring home!

[@MalzbierManLP]

DC is simple direct current. The speed is controlled by the voltage and the direction by the polarity. No current = No movement. DCC is a more or less constant voltage and everything is controlled through commands. In Short: DC: You control the track/ circuit. DCC: You control the locomotive, points, etc via a common feed with individual signals, which are decoded into DC again to operate motors etc.

[@ListerDavid]

Have you got any of the bachmann Thomas loco's as they are far better in look and style to the hornby.

[@capmodesty]

Officially Edward is supposed to be a heavily rebuilt and modified FR Larger Seagull. Awdry's model basis was an adapted LMS 2P

[@snork44]

Have you reviewed an SR King Arthur N15 class by Hornby yet ?

[@CarlyWaarly]

we purchased one of these and it squeaks as it goes round, any idea what it could be? thanks

[@Lennon6412]

Nice one, I've got the Compound in early BR livery and it's a good runner. DCC fitted from Hattons for £89, absolute bargain!

[@southtownjunction]

what a great loco. i cant wait to see the n gauge as that is what i model in. i would certainly reccomend a review of a BR standard 3MT from graham farish (by bachman) i have one and it is fantastic.

[@arthurashema9675]

shes georgous

[@paulsmith6616]

Will, The Midland compounds made use of both high pressure steam and low pressure steam when it was discovered that there was a flat spot on starting with high and low pressure steam acting in concert. A correction was made, in the form of manual adjustment, to allow high pressure steam into the outside cylinders, thus overcoming the flat spot caused by insufficient steam pressure to overcome the flat spot. This was subsequently resolved by Deeley who introduced automatic 'switching' between the high and low cylinders by way of regulator adjustment. This is why these locos are most commonly referred to as Deeley Compounds. It became standard practice at the time, I am not clear if BR adopted the practice. I apologise for the rather long winded explanation, but there is no economical way to explain the genious of the solution. Also note the beautiful Ramsbottom Safety Valves modelled on the boilers top - you forgot to mention them. Regards, P.

[@fireglo450]

From what I've seen, most American locomotives past the turn of the 20th century were compound.

[@tomluty26]

are you doing a revew on the hornby class 08

[@CarlyWaarly]

What coaches would go with this that are available? Thanks

[@CentralWestRail]

If you did go with broad gauge, some of the beautiful British steam locos would be alot different. But, having one standard gauge is better, you can essentially go anywhere. Where as down here, we have Narrow, Broad and Standard gauge. So, if you get a chance to come down here, go to Victoria and you can occasionally see some broad gauge steam in action.

[@OddHunter5504]

What about the city of truro by bachmann?

[@themidlandcompoundarchive9430]

yes!

[@matthewsimpson2832]

am I right in saying that there is one of this class at York in Furnace Railway livery?

[@CentralWestRail]

That is a beautiful loco. Great review, really informative. 3 cylinder locos weren't common around the world, it was more of a British Practice. You can tell that Edward is not a Midland Compound because he has internal cylinders, not external.

[@dragonzilla6482]

I'm more of an LNER fan because the north eastern region is were I live, but I do like LMS engines and No' 1000 is my favourite midland engine.

[@captianconnorusafbr03.65]

I think you should keep the conservetry layout for testing

[@BrickishRail]

Hope your head feels better :)

[@jamtart606]

can you do the blue rapier

[@GreyTheFloydianSergal]

I know I personally have the sentinel on my wish list because it's a very rare thing for hornby. It's a model marketed as super detail for £55

[@32Benjy32]

Does the NRM have a gift shop, and what is in it

[@gmscms1]

Have you acrquierd the bachmann c class??

[@alienforce1681]

I have a Hornby version of the Midland Compound

[@CrisisOnACanoe]

Oh, I see. Now I know what you mean. My Robinson O4 is a growler too, it runs fabulously but growls. It's a thing with Bachmann types, I guess. :P

[@SDJR7F88]

Totally argee!

[@connorfrancis1486]

midland compound is so strong that it could pull up to 5 heavy coaches

[@raysteam1]

There weren't that many compound locomotives in Britain, but there were quite a few 3-cylinder, and even 4-cylinder, "simple" (non-compound) locomotives in Britain.

[@garyarmstrong7366]

you should do a collection video of all your locos and rolling stock

[@PayasYouListen]

Ah those silver discs are alternative cylinder fronts with smaller cut-outs for display or if you have larger radius curves.

[@theshedrailway]

When it comes to compounding for this loco I preaty shore it's out side high in side low and the only reson the LMS built them that a cCME of the midland for CME of the LMS so he conteowd the small loco poilcy on XlNW lines they wherent very good

[@LNER4771]

I believe that Edward from Thomas and Friends was based off of a Furness Railway "Larger Seagull" class.

[@tangmere7027]

when are you going to do the class 395 jvelin

[@bluehighlander0256]

Edward is Furness Railway K2

[@thebritfarmer]

A stunning loco for sure! Can you tell me if the smokebox opens?

[@kinghintercity2935]

class 1000 was featured in railway modeller magazine in this months edtion

[@StontonGrangeRailway]

I think that Edward was based on a Furness Railway 4-4-0 but the rev. w awdry used a claud hamilton 4-4-0 on his del layout so its one of those things we'll never know.

[@lawnmowerdude]

What a great looking locomotive and nice unboxing. But I think you have that backwards. The smaller pistons are high pressure and the larger ones are low pressure.

[@andresgarces10]

whats the difference betwen dc and dcc?

[@PayasYouListen]

Great model :) BTW, have you any of Hornby's 2013 range on your wishlist?

[@Arrivatrainswalesfan]

Wow what a loco how much was it?

[@andkirby5299]

Omfg guys chill he said "he LOOKS like Edward"

[@PayasYouListen]

It's true but Awdry always used to refer to his models as "the real" engines. So his models are as official as in the reference books.

[@TheHintonLine]

I have Hornby Thompson L1 with a super detailed cab, however i think it's unnecessary due to it being a tank engine and the only way you can see it is if you look really closely into the cab.

[@InterCity82]

haha thanks for the comment!