Hornby Railways & Hornby Dublo A4 Locomotives named “Mallard”

[@kintyjunction5044]

Loving some of the older locos my daddy has some of the three rail system that we cleaned up for him and got them running for him again 😊

[@gregduck7455]

Hello, Oscar. What a wonderful running session. Love the scenes with trains on charging around on both the Hornby Dublo 3 rail track & Tri-ang Series 3 rails . Great stuff! Best regards from your fan in British Columbia, Canada.

[@RailwayWorld]

Great Fun ! Love the old classic models.

[@KevBygrave]

Great video Oscar, I bet there was a lovely smell coming from all those motors running, you can`t beat that smell! Happy New Year Oscar! Regards Kev

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Kev, thanks for looking in. You're right. It's a terrific smell as the motor is warmup. All part of the fun. Wish you all the best for the New Year. Oscar

[@allenwalker5840]

Absolutely fabulous seeing the four running together! Those Dublo super detail coached have never been beaten!

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Allen great to hear you enjoyed seeing those for running together. Thanks for looking in. Oscar

[@RobA500]

Great running session, the A4's are such an elegant design. I do have a Garter Blue Mallard in the slightly updated loco drive Railroad version otherwise I believe the body and tender are of the same tooling as your Hornby Railways version.

[@paulcherrytrains3339]

Super running session enjoyed watching. I have R350 Mallard. You have some lovely models. Thanks for showing. Regards Paul.

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Paul, great to hear you have R.350 in your collection, glad you enjoyed the running session. Take care. Oscar

[@russellbenton2987]

Yay 4 train running . Great one Oscar . Love it. Like the Hornby Dublo super detail coaches . Happy New Year !

[@oscarpaisley]

Happy New Year, Russell. Great to hear you enjoyed before Trains running. Oscar

[@mikehyde9032]

A great video, really liked it when four trains were running simultaneously. Ive always liked the A4 locos, and next year hope to have a track where trains just run round and round like when i was a kid!

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Mike, glad you enjoyed seeing the four Trains running together. Thanks for taking the time to look in, all the best for the coming year and hope you have fun getting your practice set up and running. Oscar

[@cameronpatterson1045]

Good Morning to you Oscar from Glasgow another great video from you Sir I've got A4 Sea Gull and Mallard and Sir H.N.G and both the Silver Models and sum of the Bachmann Models at Home

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Cameron thanks for looking in, Glad you enjoyed the video nice to hear you have those models in your collection. All the best. Oscar

[@roystudds1944]

Great start to Sunday as always Oscar. Hope you all had a great Christmas loved watching the Mallards running around. I've got the Silver King. Thanks for kickstarting the day for me. Have a happy New year. Roy.

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Roy, thanks for looking in. We had a great Christmas here, Glad you enjoyed seeing the Mallards having a run Wish you all the best for the coming year. Oscar

[@sanspareil3018]

Always nice to see the Super Detail coaches from the HD range. The compensated bogies, while a good idea in theory, had the problem that the compensation tended to stick in one place causing the vehicles to derail. I had not previously considered the friction point you make but yes its a good observation. I have heard it said that the non compensated coach you have was only ever found in sets rather than individual sales. The interior detail in these vehicles is excellent with such features as padded seats in First class and one of the compartment doors is open. There went on to be quite a few variations in the SD range with some nice Open Plan coaches and the much sought after Restaurant cars in maroon and choclate and cream.

[@davekirton4096]

I've got 3 super detailed coaches which I run with a Wrenn 'Mallard'. Not easy to see but I'd noticed that they went to the trouble of different seats in the 1st class compartments.

[@sanspareil3018]

@ yes the first class seats are “padded” Originally they were planned to also have lights fitted, maybe as an “add on kit”, hence the holes in the ceilings and on the plastic underframe. Sadly this never happened as they went bust.

[@davekirton4096]

@sanspareil3018 That's interesting about the lights, as you say it's a shame it didn't happen. I've got a Trix coach with lighting which I think was sold as an accessory.

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning thanks again for looking at taking the time to come with this excellent information. It's very much appreciated. I have noticed that some of these coaches with the compensated bogies the construction of them is quite loose and free moving whilst others have virtually no movement whatsoever, so far, I've not come across any specific issues with them when running. All the best. Oscar

[@robridgway8574]

Morning Oscar, what an interesting comparison between the two Mallard models. Although the Hornby version is more detailed and advanced, the Dublo version oozes charismatic appeal. The two A4 models in my collection are both Tri-ang Wrenn examples, in reality being an amalgam of a Hornby Dublo loco coupled to the Tri-ang Hornby Flying Scotsman tender. These make another interesting comparison with the two you featured today. Hope you and Roberta had a great Christmas, catch you soon. Best wishes for the New Year from Rob & Sue.

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Rob & Sue, thanks for looking in, amazing the amount of detail Dublo were able to capture with these metal bodies and simple paintwork, very pleasing to look at. Great to hear you have the Tri-ang Wrenn versions in your collection. Wish you both all the best for the coming year. Oscar

[@muir8009]

As my dublo 3 rail stock got larger and larger over the years, I found it interesting that more times than now the super details stayed in the boxes. I just really started enjoying the presence, sound, look, construction, just everything about the traditional tinplate stock. And after the purchase of my first prewar Sir Nigel and acquiring many of the gresley teaks and articulated coaches, there was no going back for me. I think in my mind dublo was always a period train, harking back to their prewar introduction and how they were so ahead of their competition, and the trains modelled were still in first rate service. With the later super details, EMU'S, plastic wagons etc it felt like future triang(hornby) territory. Super details are superb, just for me the full tinplate construction and compromises made to create a robust, fully functional model railway is dublo to a tee :) As an aside, as an avid budding train enthusiast in my youth, it puzzled me greatly as to why, when running on the family dublo, the world's fastest steam locomotive, the mighty mallard, repeatedly lost against the speedy Dorchester. I pored through my train books to find reference to this almighty speed king, now presumably the fastest in the world, but couldn't find anything about this particular loco. Funny how I used to think that a model trains performance was an exact replica of the real thing, and yet things like undersized driving wheels, 3 coach express trains, and 3 rails never really bothered me.

[@oscarpaisley]

Hi, the tinplate coaches and earlier rolling stock really do have a lovely robust feel and sound about them, very enjoyable to run. Thanks for looking in. Oscar

[@trainsontuesday]

For the last video of the year, that was a pure delight. Thank you Oscar. I have 3 A4's but no Mallard and strangely I have been running two of them over the Christmas period, each with a rake of blood and custard coaches. It has been a few minutes of relaxation when I've had the chance. I think I may run them in my last video of the year. All the best for the new year and thank you for a terrific series of videos in 2024. Regards, David.

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning David great you enjoyed that. Thank you again for taking the time to look in and comment over the past months. Wish you all the best for the coming year and look forward to seeing your A4s in the New Year. Oscar

[@martinhall60]

Good morning Oscar, it's Martin from Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire again and I hope you have had a nice Christmas Christmas with your family. Did you get some nice railway presents.? It was nice to see Mallard and Flying Scotsman and the diesel locomotive running. I am looking forward to seeing what railway items you got for Christmas. I also look forward to seeing your wonderful railway in 2025. Well its time to have my tea and toasted tea cake, so have a good new year, keep safe and i wish you the very best for 2025 Oscar. 🙂👍🚂

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Martin, glad you enjoyed the video, we all had a great festive season Hope you and your family enjoy yourselves too. Bit of a cool start to the New Year minus one here this morning. Definitely time for a hot cup of tea, all the best for the New Year. Oscar

[@l1a146]

Some wonderful East Coast Mainline action there Oscar. It was interesting to see the differances between the Dublo and Later Hornby Mallards. I have the Wrenn Version which has a Dublo based loco and the earlier Triang / Hornby Tender.

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning thanks for looking in, Great to hear you have the Wrenn variation in your collection and enjoyed seeing these models in action on the railway. Take care. Oscar

[@RobertBlack-m8u]

What utter enjoyment! Thank you for sharing such wonderful footage, my four year-old has just said daddy can we do that?. You have set a very high standard for daddy like me. Beautiful thank you again.

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Robert, great to hear you and your son enjoyed the video. Hope you both have fun with model railway in the future, start with a circle of track and see what develops from there. Take care. Oscar

[@herbidaceous]

Another superb and enjoyable video - thanks, Oscar. In a previous video you mentioned the Hornby electrically operated swing bridge R195. I see there is one up for auction (lot 137) at the The Rails x Hattons Archive Sale - Auction No. 4 at the Sheffield Auction Galleries on 3 Jan 25 starting at 10:00am.

[@donniblanco5239]

A Great Running Sesh for the Season Finale - Many Thanks Oscar, and 🍻HNY to All🎉

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Donni, glad you enjoyed that. Wish you all the best for the new year. Oscar

[@johnbill9201]

Some great running around the layout this morning Oscar, must have a look at my 3 rail items, Happy New Year to you and your family J

[@oscarpaisley]

Thanks again for looking in John glad you enjoyed the video. All the best for the coming year. Oscar

[@donaldanderson4937]

A great video to end 2024 with. My Dublo Mallard - a gift in 1960 has all metal wheels. It went into storage in 1962 only to re- emerge in the 90s. Consequently it is in very good condition. Now on display I have managed to run it on my Marklin m track layout by swapping the ac controller with a dc one! Best wishes for 2025.

[@stevenperry7493]

Morning Oscar ,what a great way to start your video .Very enjoyable to watch both early then newer Hornby running .Great finish with all Eastern motive power .Have a Happy New Year .😊 Suffolk .

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Steven thanks again for looking in great he enjoyed seeing both those variations in action on the railway. All the best for the new year. Oscar

[@forrestrobin2712]

Looking great Oscar. The 1979 A4 was really good looking, shame it wasn't loco drive though. I'm with you on hard wiring the locos and tenders on these. I did the same long ago on my 9F's and the LMS black five.

[@SpottingWithSam]

Top work Oscar. I coincidentally the other day purchased a Hornby Railways Mallard, the same as the one you've got there in the BR green. I'd like to rename and number it to 60009 'Union of South Africa'. This video has been very helpful.

[@Jimyjames73]

A very good Running Session Oscar!!! - See you next year 🙂🚂🚂🚂

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Jimyjames, thanks again for taking the time to look in over the past months and wish you all the best for the coming year. Oscar

[@ScreamingLordStokes]

A fine display of East Coast Mainline power there with those models Oscar! Those Dublo coaches have a beautiful lustre to their maroon paintwork don't they? I think I prefer the Dublo A4 to the Hornby one, even though the Dublo version is a cruder model and lacks the fine detail of the other. I think it's that the Dublo model has that old fashioned proper engineering quality about it with its wonderful motor and heavy cast body that the plastic Hornby with its cheaper later Ringfield doesn't. Some lovely footage of all the models running at the end Oscar. Regards, Antony

[@oscarpaisley]

Thanks Antony, they certainly are beautiful made items, great to hear you enjoyed the footage. Take care. Oscar

[@michaelstaley2241]

One of my favourite the A4 class hornby Dublo .. still personally prefer the LNER version . Happy new year Oscar.

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Michael, great to hear you enjoyed the video, the LNER version is a very striking model. All the best for the New Year. Oscar

[@JerseyBill-x9r]

Great running session and review of the Mallard that has storied esthetics. Have a wonderful New Year, Jersey Bill

[@gordontaylor1483]

Hi Oscar, Superb video with the two A4s and later session with the Scotsman etc. I have a mint boxed 2 rail HD Golden Fleece, a Hornby Mallard with the iffy tender connection and a more up to date Gadwall in blue. Thank you so much for taking the time to look up the links I enquired about, just the job and greatly appreciated., Gordon All the very best to you and yours for 2025

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Gordon glad the information was helpful, that's a great collection of A4 you have. Thank you again for taking the time to look in over the past months and all the best for the coming year. Oscar

[@cathybrind2381]

Fun video showing some classic old models. I never had Hornby Dublo as a kid, purely Triang. Of course both manufacturers locked you in to their range and ignored the other. It took ages before I realised it was just a question of incompatible couplings. They could have released a converter wagon or coach but of course this never happened until Triang took over HD and put out an open wagon as a converter wagon, not that it was up to much. And so the Triang coupling became standard instead of the HD PECO coupling which was neater, allowed closer coupling, and let you lift stock off the track without disturbing vehicles to which it was coupled. Anyhow I've recently been acquiring some HD stock all these years later. The BR Mk 1 coaches are very attractive because of the flush fitting windows which nobody else managed until years later, not counting the Kitmaster examples of course.

[@oscarpaisley]

Hi thanks for looking in. It's odd that neither manufacturer put out a converter wagon or coach earlier on before the amalgamation to try and poach business from the other. You would've thought it would've been the obvious thing to do. Take care. Oscar

[@brianhepke7182]

Lovely session. I have the HD two track Golden Fleece. Bought in used condition but immaculate. However it gets tired after a while and slows down. I think the magnet needs a "jolt". Not a fan of the the later Hornby tender driven locos... call me old fashioned, but I think the power should come from the actually locomotive. Still a nice looking thing though. Thanks for your efforts as usual... and a Happy New Year to you... all who watch.

[@oscarpaisley]

Hi Brian, thanks again for looking in, Great to hear you have the golden fleece in your collection. Wish you all the best for the coming year. Oscar

[@playpaulbee]

Thanks Oscar, a good bit of East Coast main line running, I have a Dublo Golden Fleece, I would rather like Mallard, I do love the Super Detail coaches, a shame Wrenn didn't produce a version, but I think they were very costly to manufacture, good clean versions are out there, and the passenger full brake and sleeper coaches can be picked up for not too much money, the boxed examples tend to be in better condition.

[@oscarpaisley]

Thanks, Paul. Glad you enjoyed that, keeping a lookout for some additional coaches some of those additional models. All the best. Oscar

[@davidstrains4910]

Great video here Oscar, this is a very well timed video here Oscar because for me most of my recent locomotive additions have been A4s, on Christmas Day which I hope you had a good Christmas I had 2 A4s 2512 Silver Fox and 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower, just before Christmas I had managed to pick up 60009 Union of South Africa and just yesterday I received 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley, 60007/8/9 though are quite special ones as they are part of hornbys Great Gathering range from 2013, great video and running session showing these models Oscar, have a very happy new year. Just a quick note you said the chimney on the dublo Mallard was different to Silver King, that is accurate as the dublo model you were looking at today was Mallard which has had a double chimney fitted all its life. Keep up the great work Oscar.

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning David thanks for looking in and the information, we had a great Christmas and New Year, that's a very impressive collection of A4 you've put together there. All the best for coming year. Oscar

[@christopherhill3302]

I do love an A4. Sadly, one of mine is starting to give a bit of trouble. It is very like your Hornby A4 Mallard, except that it has a single chimney and the livery is what is sometimes described as "purple", ie one of the experimental ones from circa 1948 to 1952. It is named "Woodcock" and the number is 60029. It is not listed (or I cannot find it?) in the online Hornby Railways Collectors Guide. I suspect it may be one of the limited runs of 500 that Hornby (Margate production) produced for the late lamented Beatties chain of model shops. The problem is that the traction tyres are intact, but have worn smooth and/or have hardened.It is not easy to get the correct replacement traction tyres, and is a bit of a faff to fit them. I once had to scrap a tender drive, because I fitted the tyres and then had trouble re-assembling the motor, so that it ran as per before I cocked it up!!!! Kindest regards, Christopher.

[@oscarpaisley]

Hi Christopher sounds like an interesting variation of the A4 you have both Tri-ang and Hornby made a number of limited edition models to department stores and catalogue houses over the years, they can be quite tricky to track down information on them. Thanks for looking in. Oscar

[@markwood4194]

I have the later Mallard, in the catalogue you were showing, and I’m considering getting one in blue for the new Coronation coaches

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Mark, great to hear you have that model of the Mallard in your collection. Thanks for looking in. Oscar

[@patrickquinn5962]

Good morning Oscar always looking forward to the Sunday morning running session hope you and the family had a nice Christmas best wishes for the new year thanks Patrick Quinn IRL B

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Patrick thanks again for looking in. We all had a very enjoyable festive season and very much looking forward to the New Year. All the best for the New Year. Oscar

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Patrick great to hear you enjoyed that on Sunday morning. We all had a great time over the festive season and very much looking forward to the New Year. Wish you all the best for the coming year. Oscar

[@robinmathews2446]

Hi Oscar, That was a bit of hair raising work, with four trains all running together? I don't think that you were running any Mk. 2 couplings, so the Triang / Hornby trains should have been pretty safe? I can't speak for the Dublo trains, I've not had much to do with their couplers? It is certainly a "loud" time on the railway with them all running together, but all locos performed very well. Certainly some very nice trains on the go today.. The track that goes to the back of the turntable between the inner and outer Series 3 lines, has plenty of curves and points.. If a loco was going to give any trouble, I would expect it to happen there? However, the Flying Scotsman took the bends really well, with the Teak coaches following along.. Being the fine loco that it is, that difficult piece of track and bends presented no problems at all.. This was a very pleasing running session today, with some great trains on both systems.. It is a real pleasure to watch this layout running. Thank you for sharing.. Take care, Rob

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Rob great to hear you enjoyed that, can get a bit noisy with four running together and as over quite difficult to keep up visually with what's going on at the time when using camera. The Dublo couplings can give a few surprises. All the best. Oscar

[@briancritchley5295]

Hi Oscar, can a triang loco run at a more realistic speed or are they more happy with speed.what track do I need to run early triang. thanks ..

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Brian thanks for looking in, early Tri-ang models are happier on Super 4 or Series 3 track due to the relatively large flange depths of the period. Oscar

[@kellyashfordtrains2642]

Try running one Mallard with 8 coaches, a much better weight if you want to run an LNER train in true LNER style. Why have you got two engines exactly the same? Pointless. Give one Mallard away and keep the other. If you want two A4s, why not, try finding one with a number and name you don't have, like Seagull or Sir Nigel Gresley.

[@davekirton4096]

If you look closely you'll see they're not exactly the same . . .