The Worlds Longest Brake Van Train?

[@callumb1049]

Hi sam i had a idea of what you should do with that useless brake van. Try fitting a motor to it to make a brake van locomotive

[@SamsTrains]

haha that's brilliant - very good idea!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@KapybaraKSP]

Smart, I’d really enjoy seeing that ! Haha

[@ZLDSmogless]

@@SamsTrains try that with a tanker as well!

[@fridolinbatota]

Nice 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@williamtown4058]

That coupleless brakevan could make for a good shed.

[@SamsTrains]

Ooh it would, you're right!! Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@williamtown4058]

Sam'sTrains No problem.

[@apryllclark8910]

William Town uhyhh

[@skuula]

Somewhere, Sam has a Swiss coach turned into a chicken house! Wait till the Swiss find out :)

[@rydermike33]

That was good Sam, enjoyed that. The Class 58 did a sterling job. Think the 'Queen Mary' is my favourite.

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks a lot Mike - she did indeed - I like the Queen Mary too! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@SpottingWithSam]

british railways staff: just get the One brakevan! Sams railways : How about 25? :D seems legit XD loved it Sam

[@SamsTrains]

haha absolutely right, lol! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@GaryNumeroUno]

Hehehe... reminds me of a day back in 1986. I was on Thirsk platform doing a bit of spotting when a class 31 passed through on the down slow with no less than about 30 brake vans! It was an interesting sight... sad I never managed to get a photo of the rake. Must have been a transfer trip. That train must have affected my subconsciousness because I recently bought a couple of the unusual Oxford Rail 6 wheel brake vans. Thanks for jogging my memory mukka. Cheers. Gaz

[@SamsTrains]

haha really?! Blimey why did they do that?!?! :O Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@ieuanbriers]

Hi Sam, my suggestion for the unknown, numberless brake van is to use it on a small breakdown train. I have a small hornby yellow breakdown crane, which I've companied with a truck (for the hook and chain) and a small van for effect, normally pulled by a small 0-4-0 or 0-6-0 tank engine. Just a suggestion.

[@SamsTrains]

That's a very good idea Ieuan - I'd like to do that! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@West_Coast_Trains]

Hi Sam. Great video as always. Just FYI, it actually was relatively common to see strings of cabooses on the backs of freight trains here in the states (Not sure if they do that across the pond). The basic idea was that it allowed the railroad to move them to where they were needed even if there weren't enough trains for each caboose to go separately. This practice fell out of fashion as cabooses were replaced, and now seeing any cabooses on a freight train is rare. I don't think they ever strung 25 together though... Cheers!

[@whaterverman479]

I have that same Bachmann LMS brake van but with duckets and obv a different running number (Bachman 38-552A). And im surprized that you dont own any 'pill box' brake vans, they looks great on the end of a long wagon train, SR or BR, both look great

[@SamsTrains]

Ahh yes very nice! And I would love a Pill box brake - they look superb! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@RobA500]

I've heard of having some redundancy in case of failures but that is taking the biscuit, 4 time as many break vans as you have wagons :). I think you need to add some full break coaches to be on the safe side.

[@SamsTrains]

haha that's true Rob - I'm not sure I had enough reserve braking power to be safe - some full brakes would have been better!! Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@SueBobChicVid]

Honestly, I'm 54 years old and didn't know brake vans existed until I found Sam's channel. I'm from the U.S., so that is part of my excuse. I do like trains (and model trains) but knew very little about British rail. There are probably better ways to enlighten myself on British engines and rolling stock history, but I bet they wouldn't be as much fun! So, Sam, you're my teacher of British rail history like it or not.

[@SamsTrains]

haha that's awesome - glad you learned a bit about brake vans from this anyway! Really appreciate your kind words! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@mervynsands3501]

I always am a keen brake van fan, after a great deal of thought and comparisons, have my own favourite, the midland LMS end veranda style, for practicality and a clear view of a train and buffers/headstock. Nice to see your review.🙂👍

[@TrainTrackTrav]

Very fun indeed. Looks like a good consist for a museum or heritage railway. The couplerless brake van would be a great candidate to be converted into a small yard office.

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks very much mate! And an office is a very good idea for it!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@johnd8892]

Sam, at 3:58 you show a Southern Railway liveried van that is likely a Wrenn W5038 body where the previous owner had replaced the chassis with an old Hornby-Dublo one. By about 1974 the Wrenn Chassis had changes to make it very free running. It had metal tyred wheels on pin-point axles running in Nylon pin-point bearing inserts in the die cast frame. Also had the large metal Tri-ang Mk 3 coupling as standard. The sloppy Tonbridge transfer may be owner additions. If you search for Wrenn W5038, you should see this van from about 1976 but you will not see a genuine Hornby-Dublo plastic bodied wagon or van in SR markings. By the time of Hornby-Dublo went plastic for the SD6 series around 1958 they had ceased making pre-nationalisation liveries for about 6 years or more. Bought several of these W5038 vans in 1976 from the Model Dockyard in Swanston St Melbourne. Such a bargain at the time for Wrenn quality at $2.50 compared to Hornby R218 BR brake vans at $3.75 or the R107 LMS lighted one at $5.95. So two Wrenn vans and change for one Hornby LMS brake. At the time the Dockyard had all Wrenn at cheaper prices than Hornby equivalents as they went direct to Wrenn rather than deal with the mark ups of the Hornby distributor and Hornby high export prices. A time of upheavals.

[@SamsTrains]

Very interesting John - I was wondering about that - thanks for the info on this, I'll be sure to search that up! Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@abunker4213]

A nice way to show off the brake-vans and to have a bit of fun with the layout too.

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks A - glad you liked the idea!! :D

[@patrickwebb7311]

That was a lot of fun to see. I have an idea for that couple-less brake-van, maybe you could use it as a "converter" if you want to put different rolling stock into the same train (Maybe put a British coupler on one end and an American coupler on the other?)

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks very much Patrick - ooh that's a very useful idea - thanks for that!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@mattbarker581]

Could turn the brake van into a motorised, narrow gauge engine🤔

[@SamsTrains]

Wow! That's a crazy thought! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@mattbarker581]

@@SamsTrains a great video like always😃👌

[@TheRacingRoo]

yo sam make that brakevan a speedvan aka make it go very fast with a motor

[@lolymarramirez28]

Merlin :/ l/ :/

[@SamsTrains]

haha I reckon that would be possible - I may try it! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@animasuper1343]

speedy boi

[@NBAdagio]

Since you asked, my favourite brake van is the Queen Mary brake van. I have one and plan to use it on faster freights to the Southern Region - fruit imports to London markets, milk to Bailey Gate or something that remains to be seen working away from the, well, the well! There, I nearly gave the game away, but not quite. I shall probably use my Q1 for it, or maybe one of my S&D 7Fs.

[@SamsTrains]

Awesome! I love those Queen Mary ones too!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@leilacentral1883]

That’s brilliant! Here you have heaps of brake vans yet I look at my single and quite lonely one. Need to get more in my collection I think! Loved this video, thanks for doing this! Clint at Leila Central.

[@SamsTrains]

haha, nothing wrong with just one clint - at least it gets used more! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@ILikeTransport]

Excellent video Sam! Quite funny! The "Useless brake van" should have a gear, worm drive an motor fitted - it could be a pocket rocket super van.

[@SamsTrains]

Absolutely - I'm certainly thinking of doing that!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@paulhorn2665]

Well a train full of brake-vans thats a secure train for sure :-) But thank Mr. Westinghouse for his ingenious invention of the air-brake. The air brake done much for safety. I remember indistinct the freight trains of the swiss-railways (SBB) which had still disused brake huts on their goods trains in the early 1990s. Every 5-6 wagon had a hut, I counted back then. An old man told me once the story his father told: One winter his father gave commands by the whistle on the engine, as usual to brake the train. But this day, there where no good brakes on the train. After come into station, they searched for the brakemans in their huds (the brake huds on the goods wagon) and found mostly dead! Poor lads where frozen to death on the train in winter. Given that the man who told me this was in his 80s and that his father told him when he was young...this happened maybe in the early 1900 years Sad story and we have to thank Mr. Westinghouse for his air-brake! I KNOW i was inside :-) At Lokschuppen Aumühle-Museum I climbed into a brake-vans-hut, you see here at. 1:45 minutes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqCUZXqnjaqfgsU

[@SamsTrains]

haha absolutely Paul - good old Westinghouse! ;) Blimey, what a horrendous story that is - what a way to go too :( Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@InventorZahran]

This is the kind of content I subscribed for!

[@SamsTrains]

haha awesome! Thank you!! :D

[@LNERA3PRODUCTIONS]

I like the toad brakevan the most but verry good video i really enoyed it

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks a lot Doc, glad you liked that one!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@kellyashfordtrains2642]

You do come up with some crazy ideas. This is the most laugh-out-loudable idea you've had so far. As for a favourite Guard's Van, for me it's the Great Western Toad because I'm a GWR Fan. Sam had a crazy idea, And shared it with all but one friend. He attached too many brake vans to a stinky diesel And it came to a sticky end. Broome Manor came to sort out the mess In true GWR Fashion. She scolded poor Sam severely And left him in inky blackness.

[@SamsTrains]

haha thank you Kelly - ooh excellent choice!! What an excellent poem too, as usual! Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@brianmicky7596]

Hi Sam, Fantastic run , make that B/Van into a mobile cafe , need more of these runs, All the Best Brian 🤗

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks a lot Brian! I like the cafe idea - good one!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@lieffian]

The useless break can can be used as the entrance to a building if not a shed, a secret place to hold wiring bundles when they need to be hidden on the line, you could wire it and make a unique shunter/back engine to give a few ideas

[@SamsTrains]

Ooh nice idea, yes that would make a great use for it!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@therailwayseriesstoryteller]

With the brakevan without coupling you could wrap a very very thin metal wire to each buffer and make a sort of "handle" to which the other rolling stock's hornby coupling hooks can couple. They do this sometimes on model railways. :)

[@SamsTrains]

Yeah I certainly could do that - though it'd be no problem to just fit a standard coupling back onto it - I'll think about it! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@TSMGL_Youtube]

You should try to beat the world record for the longest model in the world, 1662 cars and 20 something locomotives

[@SamsTrains]

Oh blimey is that the record?! I don't think I have a chance, lol! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@TSMGL_Youtube]

@@SamsTrains well, you could include coaches, brake vans, anything out of the ordinary to make the train as long as possible. Hey, even try make a train out of all your rolling stock. P.S. you might want to modify your layout so you can add a fly over

[@DanielsModels]

I agree with other people that have said this, I think the brake van should be weathered and abandoned in a siding. I think along with others that it would look quite effective. Great vid, Daniel:)

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks Daniel - that certainly is a great idea!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@JohnPW22]

Ha ha! Great! They used to run brake van specials down in Devon and Cornwall - so take the too-lightweight open wagons out, put some happy punters on the verandas, and play on!

[@SamsTrains]

Ooh awesome - I’d love to see one of those!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@olliesbranchline]

Sam KZbin’s broken again no views and 6 likes lol this was interesting for the “useless” breakvan you could get the really oild wagons from that livestream get a pocket rocket put the breakvan in the middle of the train and truck and move the train to full speed and then hult to a stop and you have your very own truck airport -Ollie :D

[@SamsTrains]

haha! It does take some time for YT to catch up on new videos!! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@FlyingScott]

The "sorry excuse" for a brakevan would serve nicely as a hen house

[@SamsTrains]

It would actually, you're right!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@mvrailthesaddletank]

Toad: *yawns* eh- wait where am I?

[@ProfessorMaple2]

That couple-less brake van could be an alright siding decoration, or modified to test pushing power (since it can't couple to be pulled) by adding weights to it

[@SamsTrains]

Yeah you’re right, that would be a cool use for it! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@trapdriver7006]

Great video Sam how about painting an X plus COND on each side of the Brake van with missing couplings which meant it had been condemned and was going to be scrapped.You could put it in a siding along with any other wagons with parts missing and put X plus Cond on them.This was a common sight in the 1960s as BR scrapped lots of old wagons.

[@SamsTrains]

That's a great idea Tony - I could definitely try that with it!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@MrBnsftrain]

6:40 you should turn that brake van into a tool shed! And speaking of something you should do with your brakevans, you should repaint one into a Sam's Trains livery! 6:50 you should defintiely try to get more cabooses. On many heritage lines in America, nearly every pssenger train has at least one caboose in it (sometimes the entire train is just cabooses), so you could run it with your other American passenger cars

[@SamsTrains]

haha that'd be awesome! And I have no idea how I'd make a Sam'sTrains livery, lol! Yes more cabooses would be fantastic to try! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@sirmugman]

okay this is just brillant having all break vans running that is just good i love that idea,

[@SamsTrains]

haha cheers mate, glad you liked the idea! :D Cheers, Sam :)

[@nicholassammons3881]

My favorite brakevans in this video are the mainline ne brake van, the Bachmann queen Mary and the hornby dublo sr brake van! Love your videos sam! Cheers,nicholas.

[@SamsTrains]

Very cool mate - really glad you liked those!! :D Cheers, Sam :)

[@PhilPage227]

The Great British Brake Off. My favourite has to be the Queen Mary. Chicken coop for that poor brake van Sam.

[@SamsTrains]

haha thanks Philip - lots of people choosing the Queen Mary! I love the chicken coop idea!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@AlexTrain5249]

Imagine the “Queen Mary” brakevan having a Queen Mary-style (as in the ship Queen Mary) whistle on top of it. Like if something went wrong the guard would brake and blow it to alert the locomotive’s crew lol.

[@SamsTrains]

Haha that’d be amazing Alex!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@BritanniaPacific]

I can picture the engines of Copley hill listening to the story of Alf the preserved tank engine, pulling mainline brakevan excursions, with sir Ralph most astonished.

[@SamsTrains]

haha awesome!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@thomasthetankman6894]

My favourite brakevan is the great western toad. KZbin could put a motor and one coupling in it and Thema youse it as a Runaway train.

[@SamsTrains]

Ooh yeah I like those too! And great idea - I'd love to do that!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@a2020vision_official]

I had a similar idea, pretty sure I've got an Instagram post with a bunch of cabooses (cabeese?) in one train. I think it would make an interesting (if somewhat less comfortable) idea for an excursion / heritage train.

[@bentullett6068]

I have the LMS brake van you have with the light fitted. Mine hasn't got a light in it, but it explains why the floor is raised where the light is.

[@SamsTrains]

Yeah absolutely Ben - it's a shame they didn't fit lights to all of them :( Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@John73John]

You asked my favorite brake van... Well obviously it's the one with a face, Toad himself!

[@SamsTrains]

Ahh of course!! Sounds like a very easy choice!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@kingorry7223]

That will. Be a brakevan railtour that loads of people can go on!!!!!!!!

[@SamsTrains]

haha yeah that's true actually!!! :D

[@JCTG1]

Going down hill wont be a problem I guess LOL

[@SamsTrains]

haha absolutely not!! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@robmasterman]

That's a big collection of Brake vans you've got there Sam...an interesting watch I suppose...Bob

[@SamsTrains]

haha thanks a lot Bob, appreciate it! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@ausfoodgarden]

Yep, those job lots, you always seem to get too many brake vans or coaches compared to what you actually want. A nice unusual idea as you often come up with :) I've decided to sell off a lot of my old stuff to try and get a few better-detailed items. Reduce and improve the fleet. Nice video as always Sam.

[@SamsTrains]

Yeah I agree - seems there's too many of them about! Glad you enjoyed this - and I'm trying to do a bit of the same too! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@lionel2035]

Really enjoyed the longest brake van train! Excellent. The Queen Mary is my favorite

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks very much mate - glad you liked the queen mary! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@Zy_trex]

Sir Topham Hatt should take notes from this, perhaps it will stop the troublesome trucks for once? Once again great video! perhaps a little strange but we gotta have a bit of craziness once in a while don't we?

[@SamsTrains]

haha I agree - his life would be much easier with something like this ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@Sodor156]

My favorites are Toad (Thomas & Friends... of course ;) ) and the Queen Mary Break.

[@SamsTrains]

Great picks - thanks for sharing!! :D

[@tomytrains8680]

My favorite is the LNER one because it looks like the Spiteful breakvan from Thomas and friends and the railway series and especially toad.

[@SamsTrains]

Ooh yeah, you’re right it does!! Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@grumpymodeller2514]

The grumpy modeller would like to point out class 58 locos would not need brake Van's as all modern wagons would be braked throughout, but the wagons shown would need one as they would not be braked throughout but would never have been hauled by a 58. My favourite is the SR Queen Mary ones often used on heavy ballast trains. Nice bit of fun though.

[@SamsTrains]

haha that's very true - but as you can tell, realism wasn't the top priority this time ;) Ooh yes - the Queen Mary vans are very impressive things! Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@SBCBears]

Too much heat+ too much rain= cabin fever= longest brake van video 🚂🚈🚈🚈🚈🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃😀

[@SamsTrains]

haha, you're probably not wrong! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@DC4260Productions]

Here's an idea for the useless brakevan. Have an engine buffer up to it (preferably a steam engine) and let it go as fast as possible before stopping the engine at the top of 'Gordon's Hill' and let the brakevan keep rolling. My theory is that the brakevan might tip over when it rounds the bend at the bottom of the 'hill'.

[@SamsTrains]

haha that's a very good idea!! And you may be right - it will tip if it goes fast enough!! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@welshfurrygaming69]

Maybe glue on some old hornby or old bachmann airfix ie small tension lock couplings onto it or use piano wire type couplings using steel wire or brass if you don't have piano wire or use the mainline type coupling Bachmann used on older models and glue them on

[@SamsTrains]

Yeah that's a very good idea to save it actually - I may do that! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@jackrattray9393]

My favourite is the Oxford rail breakvan but the Bachmann L M S breakvan is growing on me great video again. Jack

[@SamsTrains]

Ooh good choices Jack - those are definitely two of the best!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@raymondanthony127]

I've always found the brake van to be a very interesting part of any goods train. I have known of them from watching Thomas the Tank Engine back when I was little. Hope to get some brake vans myself soon. But I will stick manly to the Toad Type B, the GWR Toad, as well as the 20T brake van (like the one at 5:25). No goods train is complete without a brake van

[@SamsTrains]

Yeah I'd agree with you there - some are definitely nicer than others! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@schuylerschultz804]

I like the Queen Mary brakevan. Looks really unique

[@SammyBFilms]

A use for the brake van?..... Remove the under frame, and have the top part on a flatbed wagon! That way it can still be used! :-)

[@SamsTrains]

haha that'd be awesome - great idea mate! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@johnmarston4944]

The couples brakevan could be used as a shack if you take the bogies off as well as the buffers and modify the frame a bit.

[@SamsTrains]

That's a great idea actually - fab suggestion! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@Running-with-skizers]

Great video as always sam I also have a strong interest in break vans and cabooses although over here in America is is rare to see one still in service but the union railroad in Monroeville Pennsylvania still uses them as part of their daily coal drags to the steel mill because they have to back up very long trains for miles

[@SamsTrains]

Cheers for that mate - I really like cabooses too actually, I'd like to see more of those! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@martinpattison5110]

I don't many people out there would have as many Brake vans. You should send the video to the Guinness Book of Records. They like daft records like this one. My favourite ones are the NER's. Take the body off of the one with no couplings and buffers and make a Snack bar with it. Martin (Thailand)

[@SamsTrains]

haha! Who knows?! Maybe it's worth a try ;) Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@thematthewexpress5999]

so, here we have the Heljan Class 58 and here we've got a little goods train but oh, the brakes don't don't seem to be working on these trucks. So what we need is a brakevan or 2, or 25"

[@niccogamer]

this train of brakevans would be useful in Sodor, since 1 break van can't even stop 6 trucks XD

[@SamsTrains]

haha I know - this is very true!! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@markaous1212]

I think I match you pound for pound on the brakes, I adore the grey lms and without ducklets, not a fan of the new toad B but massively love the oxford toads which I have 5, specially 6 wheels. Surprised you don't have a lbsc. Amazing video, M

[@SamsTrains]

haha glad to hear that Mark - yeah an LBSC would be fantastic!! :D Cheers, Sam :)

[@michaelschultz5127]

Why not, it might be fun. A bit screwy an a bit balmy at the same time.

[@KieranMcGovern7530]

The bufferless and couplingless brakevan should be parked in a sidling or even off the line and have it weathered with grass and animals around it. Have it blend into the scenery and make it a landmark on the railway.

[@SamsTrains]

Ooh that's really nice Kieran - I'd love that!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@Z_eroR]

Sam I have a idea, you know how u put a model train with propellers on each end, the blue one? Well you can put on on each end of the break van train and try and make it go. Boom you have a fast break van!!

[@SamsTrains]

haha that's amazing - I'd love that!! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@Z_eroR]

@@SamsTrains thanks for replying and could I have shout out for the idea? If I can't then its fine ;D

[@krthecarguy5150]

You could customize the useless brakevan to make a special Christmas train brakevan for your Christmas episode.

[@SamsTrains]

Ooh nice idea mate - I like that!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@TheGWR0-4-0]

You could put the brake van without couplings somewhere in the scenery and add some bushes around it to make it look abandoned

[@SamsTrains]

Yeah that's a very good idea - I may well try to do that!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@jonswinfield9336]

You’d be surprised how many people love brake vans! And how many people own way too many me included I’ve even made some from kits I don’t think it’s a goofy idea( this video) It’s a good bit of fun and an excuse to see how many you have I think the poor brake at the rear without couplings etc would make a splendid grounded body Perhaps on your scenic section 😊

[@SamsTrains]

haha I am surprised - people really do love them!! :O Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@Bahamas-rd8le]

1:57 calling brakevans a wagon, tut, tut, tut. 😂

[@SamsTrains]

haha! ;D

[@trainman07011]

Ah, so the brake van/caboose collecting bug has bitten. Well it's cheaper than locomotive collecting, I'll tell you that! The SR Queen Mary has got to be the fave, but it's just so HEAVY it seems to cause a lot of problems when I run mine. As for your coupler-free version, remove the wheels, give it a wash of grimy black paint and set it on the ground near your sidings as a utility shed.

[@SamsTrains]

haha that's true Andrew, it is a little cheaper, lol! Oh yeah that Queen Mary is extremely heavy - they definitely went a little overboard with that! ;D Ooh good idea! Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@h_for_henry15cat90]

Maybe you could use the useless brake van for train tennis or you could weather it heavily and use it as a scrap decoration or you could put it in your boneyard

[@SamsTrains]

haha for tennis?? As a tennis ball?? Great ideas though!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@h_for_henry15cat90]

Yeah because it wont couple like that thx for reply you are amazing!

[@robertlucido3686]

You should do a running session where the trains on all three lines are brake van trains, like their special excursion trains, also I made my railroad use cabooses in the modern world

[@SamsTrains]

That's a good idea - thanks for the idea!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@NorbertRoll]

Haha Sam, a nice idea. But not the longest with brake cars I think. You should compose a train with all your brake passenger coaches.

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks very much Norbert - and that's a very cool idea!! :D Cheers, Sam :)

[@Taggart00]

With the couplingless brake van you could use it for a how to video on how to replace broken couplings.

[@SamsTrains]

Ooh nice idea actually!! :D

[@kingorry7223]

Oh, I was talking about the caboose and the coupleless brakevan, but now I know!!!!

[@SamsTrains]

Ooh okay mate!! :D

[@JamesSmithStudios]

You’ve gotta love Toad. You just have to...

[@SamsTrains]

haha absolutely true!! :D

[@mariebcfhs9491]

a good idea especially when you need to roll down a huge gradient XD

[@paulhorn2665]

SURE!

[@SamsTrains]

haha definitely!! ;D

[@daylightman8459]

You could rip the body off of the chassis and turn it into a shed near the town on your layout...

[@SamsTrains]

haha that's a cool idea!! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@gabrielstrainsproductions6541]

HEY SAM’S TRAINS, YOU SHOULD REMAKE THE WORLD’S LONGEST BREAKVAN TRAIN BUT WITH THOMAS AND FRIENDS OR WITH STEAM LOCOMOTIVES

[@SamsTrains]

THAT'D BE EPIC - GREAT IDEA AS ALWAYS!!

[@intercity-mq6qv]

For the broken brake van you could make it a passenger brake coach for the hornby 4 weels.

[@SamsTrains]

That is a great idea actually - I could try that!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@TheMicksterdee]

Further to the subject of brake vans I would be interested in seeing models of Shark brake vans and other types of engineering wagons

[@SamsTrains]

Me too Mick, will look out for a shark! :D Merry Christmas - Sam :)

[@Lighting_Desk]

RE break van use, perhaps an outdoor loo? Potentially used by workers or public?

[@SamsTrains]

haha that's awesome!! I could definitely do that!! xD Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@smashingstargamer]

"Wait it's all brake vans?" *points gun* "always has been" (I know that theres some wagons but I wanted to do the meme)

[@SamsTrains]

haha!! xD

[@HoundOfBaskerville]

My favorite is the queen Mary (or however you spell it). Also you should make the couple's brake van a maintenance of way speeder

[@SamsTrains]

Ooh good choice Jerred - and good idea, I'll try that!!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@Jimyjames73]

Hiya :) @ 6:35 with that Brake van with no coupling or no buffers 1 side - do as I do with my Airfix Ventilated Good Van which also has missing coupling & broken buffers - which came with my Airfix B. R. Diesel (D5531 B. R. Green) Mixed Freight Set came with 8 double curves & power clip & Battery Controller - which I got when I was about 8 yrs old & only was £15.50p!!! Any way, the only way that I have found that I can use it - is to put it in front of the Loco so that it pushes it along rather than it being pulled along - but beware - as I found - can't go too fast other wise it will fall off & crash the Loco!!! lol

[@SamsTrains]

Hey James! Ooh that's a cool idea - I'll have to try that for sure!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@alfiewells5848]

Sam I love you and your vids I really want to get a big model railway but I only have a small one but I’m expanding

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks so much mate - glad to hear you're expanding - hope it goes well for you!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@doncasterrailway3241]

I wish I had that many break vans though I don’t have a lot of freight cars to run with it all I have is 2 old Thomas ones 😂 but great video sam I love it!!!

[@SamsTrains]

Thanks a lot Cayden - oh well, keep saving and one day you'll have a good collection! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@gabrielstrainsproductions6541]

HEY SAM’S TRAINS, YOU SHOULD DO THE LONGEST TRAIN OF COACHES AND FREIGHT CARS!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SamsTrains]

I HAVE DONE - CHECK OUT MY SPEEDY PETE VIDEO!! ;D

[@thedie-castaviator4081]

I think you should make the Brake van with no couplers in to a small Box cab locomotive 🤔😉👍

[@SamsTrains]

Ooh yeah I could do that for sure!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@shinyredpaintworkproductio7969]

This is basically showing off your breakvan collection.

[@SamsTrains]

Yeah!! I just wanted to make it more fun :3 Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@notnecessary2541]

Even with all those brakevans, I still get the feeling of you still couldn’t stop a runaway train, if this was a Thomas and Friends episode for failure to use brain, or the some dumb reason beside coupling snapped, came loose even though it didn’t in Stephen movie, or when Samson cocked up and got too cocky.

[@SamsTrains]

haha you might be right there, lol! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@jonswinfield9336]

Queen Mary is definitely my favourite There are quite a few more Southern models available now You should get some 😊

[@SamsTrains]

Good choice Jon! I agree, I should do! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@someguy3162]

That "useless brake-van" can be use as a shed/cabin for workmen

[@SamsTrains]

Great idea James - I might try that!! :D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@Lamp_2155]

Could you see how many locomotives it takes to move all of your wagons?

[@SamsTrains]

OOh blimey! I wonder if speedy pete could manage it?! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)

[@blazemaster1149]

Take is apart and use it parts for repairing any broke trains. Also, when the train picked up speed, I almost got dizzy

[@SamsTrains]

Yeah some parts could be handy, that's true! haha me too! ;D Thanks for watching - Sam :)