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"Certainly a cool locomotive and the king of the moguls as it were."
"A fantastic locomotive and very unique looking."
"A very unique look and it also gives you really good visibility."
"I'm gonna fulfill a childhood dream, I'm gonna learn how to drive a steam locomotive."
"The reverser handle controls which direction the locomotive will move when power is applied."
"Just how fast can a steam locomotive go?"
"Considered by many to be the most beautiful diesel locomotive ever built."
"It's like being in a time warp, car, yeah, and what actually goes on in here, is this where they're sort of put together and taken apart, that's sure, yeah, now you, amongst other things, you're obviously taking the wheels off this locomotive."
"...it's performing exactly as a good quality loco should."
George: "I get little kids that like holy crap yeah that's loud dude holy moly that's 50-year-old locomotive horn right off the top of a train they call them five MERS uhhuh so they cuz they're heard from a long way away."
"The locomotive in action is a magnificent sight."
"There is nothing more exciting than being on a steam locomotive at speed."
"The Iron Duke class pulled the express trains on the Great Western Railway for the next 40 years at an average speed of over 50 mph and a maximum of about 80."
"This locomotive really is a sight to behold, isn't it? The sheer length of this loco is absolutely mind-blowing."
"The 72XX, one of the very largest Great Western locos ever to exist and the largest Great Western tank engine."
"This loco retains a bit more of the Great Western's elegance, this is a pre-grouping design technically speaking and I think that does show through in the design."
"Finally then, I'm going to finish off with the most famous type of Great Western locomotive besides the 4-6-0 tender engine and of course, that would be the pannier tank."
"Look how beautifully smooth this loco runs."
"So now we have a working locomotive."
"...the sound is in fact authentic because it's recorded off the sd45 Northern Pacific locomotive number 3617..."
"So, there you have it. The MTH Swiss Crocodile, a beautiful locomotive, and I'm thrilled that I finally have one of these in my collection."
"Overall, a beautiful locomotive. If Hornby were to bring this back with a few upgrades, particularly to the decoration, this would be an absolutely gorgeous loco."
"The pulling power is alright as well. It comes in at 0.38 newtons which is about 24 coaches on straight and level track."
"...the fact that it's got decent torque is a really big selling point for me. I think that's really important for a 280, and at least it's smooth at the higher speeds."
"...overall, it does what it's supposed to, and because this was quite inexpensive like less than 100 pounds when I bought it, I've never had much of a cause for complaint with this. So it's a gorgeous loco if you can find one, I would definitely recommend it."
"...but I just hope that we will see this model again someday. It would be sad to think that it was released just for a couple of years and then never saw the light of day again."
"Do comment down below, would you buy one of these if it was made available? And if a lot of people say yes, then hopefully someone from Hornby will see and maybe do it. That would be awesome."
"It really is a tremendous locomotive."
"This locomotive will be the pinnacle of model railway modeling."
"Here we are then in top place, the best locomotive according to my reviews of 2022."
"This locomotive has been a pleasure and a doddle to DCC fit."
"...on the whole it's a beauty it does run well and you know if you haven't got insulated points and you use smaller points than mine you'll probably find that this Run's perfectly okay so yeah beautiful Loco decent Runner really quite happy with it."
"The poets among us may describe a steam locomotive as a living, breathing being."
"The sight of the locomotive next morning standing only slightly scratched amid the ruins is said to have done the town's morale a power of good."
"It was only going to be a matter of time before a steam locomotive breached the magic speed of 100 mph."
"After a whole decade of getting restored, Scott had returned to steam."
"Oliver's a wonderful snow engine," they cried.
"You're the engine everyone cheers for on Sodor; that's something to be proud of."
"This little green thing is Hunter number 9332 of 1994, meaning that out of the locomotion stuff I've actually driven that have survived into preservation, this is one of the newer."
"That's the heartbeat of the locomotive."
"While not the most successful locomotive, it still has plenty of fans out there and was definitely able to leave its mark and impact on the history book of Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation."
"It really is a joy to drive, it may well be my favorite locomotive that I've ever had a go on, it really is just that good."
"Given that only one was saved, in many ways number 683 just might be the best and most significant example given its history."
"After 1875, the consolidation would become the most popular type of freight locomotive in the United States."
"Fans deemed the PA1 one of the best looking locomotives that were out there at its time, people loved them."
"It's business in the front and party in the back, this is the mullet of the locomotive."
"The Belgian quadruplex was the most powerful steam locomotive outside of North America ever built."
"Climb aboard iconic living locomotives hungry for coal and water."
"The most notable moment in 4466's career happened in 1986 when the little switcher ventured all the way up to the city of Vancouver in the Canadian province of British Columbia to attend Steam Expo 86."
"The Pennsylvania Railroad's D16s were the last and most advanced 4-4-0 American types the railroad ever built."
"She is one of three surviving steam locomotives from the Texas and Pacific and the largest preserved rigid frame locomotive built by the Lima Locomotive Works."
"During a few weeks of its career in 1985, 614 was fitted with data recording equipment, renumbered to 614 T, and hauled several heavy coal trains for publicity and funding of Roland's ACE 3000 steam locomotive project."
"The New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad, better known as the Nickel Plate Road, amassed a grand total of 80 Berkshire locomotives split across four batches."
"It's a great looking locomotive with some really excellent and innovative features."
"Flying Scotsman is one of the most elegant and charismatic engines ever built."
"This should be a very unique locomotive in my collection."
"It's a very, very charming little loco toy slash model."
"It's very very rare to find a Hornby locomotive that doesn't have the proper metal bearings on the wheel sets."
"Green Arrow—Gresley's masterpiece."
"Green Arrow is the very last survivor of its type; it is the only V2 locomotive in existence today."
"It's bedecked in that wonderful LNER Apple Green livery, very eye-catching."
"It's a smart looking locomotive, isn't it?"
"The finish of the loco is beautiful, there's a really nice sheen to the boiler."
"The A4s are probably the most famous class of British steam locomotive ever."
"The A4s were made most famous by Mallard, the world's fastest steam locomotive to this day."
"But yes, already this looks like a superb little locomotive. I love the Jintys; something tells me I'm going to love this model."
"For my 21st birthday, my parents bought me the experience to drive a steam locomotive."
"It's a beautiful Loco that runs really, really well."
"The A4 would be Grizzly's crowning glory and it was the design that broke the world record as the world's fastest steam locomotive."
"This has become one of the most famous locomotives in the world."
"This is really a beautiful locomotive."
"This is the heaviest loco I have ever held or reviewed in my entire life. It's astonishing."
"The pulling power is absolutely astonishing."
"Welcome back to the railway and welcome to another locomotive review."
"It's a very smooth, powerful locomotive, particularly impressed with its slow speed performance."
"It is the Earl class, which is a very elegant Great Western 4-4-0 passenger locomotive."
"What an absolutely beautiful locomotive, of course the story behind them is quite fascinating."
"Overall, it's a great looking locomotive."
"Overall a lovely, lovely loco, looks fantastic, doesn't cost too much."
"The finish of the locomotive is gorgeous."
"I'd forgotten how great this locomotive was."
"A beautiful, beautiful locomotive."
"Gorgeous, gorgeous loco running really nicely as you can see."
"This was a really standout performer for this kind of size and class of locomotive."
"The Flying Scotsman has entered the national psyche, it really is famous."
"That is quite an accomplishment for a locomotive that probably weighs a half to a third of what most of the competition does."
"Our locomotive today is an S15 number 506, built in the year 1920, so over a 100 years old."
"She became the locomotive that ran the route at Alton Towers."
"It's got a real character and a real kind of pedigree in history to it."
"And boy was I loving it, although nothing can quite prepare you for what a physically visceral experience it turns out to be."
"An articulated locomotive splits the driving wheels up into two or more groups, at least one of which can swivel."
"That's a beautiful full circle to be snapped, swearing at the train stopping you from getting on with your work to end up buying the actual locomotive."
"He bought her a Roundtree's locomotive, and I think that is real romance."
"Wow, you can slowly enjoy the view when you're on a steam locomotive."
"The Bayer Garrett locomotive represents a significant innovation in locomotive design."
"Value for money though is where this loco shines a little bit more."
"We've been keeping it up and running for many years; the museum has probably put more miles on that locomotive than it had on it in the years prior to that."
"The big tank engine has the same sort of attractive effort as a castle and could happily trundle along with 20 carriages rather than six."
"It's a real shire horse of a locomotive."
"It's a nice joyful engine to be on."
"A locomotive rolled down the tracks through rural Louisiana, sun glinting off of the sparkling exterior."
"Nothing can beat the sound smell and nostalgia of a steam locomotive."
"This is New York Central and Hudson River Railroad number 999, the locomotive famously known for being the first steam engine in the world to reach over 100 miles per hour in 1893."
"Here comes the famous 999, faster than anything else on wheels."
"She's become a legend among British Rail fans, not just because she's an amazing locomotive, but also because of her ridiculous underdog story."
"It's one of the very first electric locomotives ever."
"By the time the photos were published, City of Truro was applied with these trademark GWR3 with red frames."
"He is the most famous steam locomotive in the world."
"It's the fastest steam locomotive in the world."
"I'm going to try and design and build and then paint an entire locomotive from scratch."
"It's a really nice run of this J15, it's one of my favorite engines actually."
"Welsh Pony has actually covered 10,000 miles, can you believe it?"
"Thomas is a busy and cheery engine."
"It's going to be the Furnace Railway number three locomotive, which is an 0-4-0 tender engine from 1846."
"So reveal time: how do you power such a small locomotive? Well, I've decided to position a cordless motor vertically inside the firebox."
"Mallard's final run took place exactly 50 years since the engine made its famous 126 mile per hour speed record run all the way back in 1938."
"The streamlined steam engine will ever be brought back to service again, but even though its return to steam was relatively short, Mallard is still one locomotive that has been recognized the world over."
"The heavy Challengers were built primarily for freight service, however, some of these large locomotives also saw service on a few passenger trains as well."
"Becoming at the time the largest active steam locomotive in the world."
"The empress herself became the star of Stephen Lowe's IMAX documentary film Rocky Mountain Express."
"The railroad plans to bring the empress herself back to steam again."
"It'll be kind of like when Flying Scotsman made its tours throughout the U.S. and Canada."
"Plenty of rail fans are looking forward to the day this classic Canadian locomotive is brought back to life once again."
"Mallard managed to achieve a top speed of 126 miles per hour, not only making it the fastest steam locomotive in the world."
"The locomotive motor is still running on DC."
"After more than two and a half years of work, the old Frisco 482 returned to steam for the first time in almost 40 years."
"It's one of my favorite engines in the world, the Flying Scotsman in BR green."
"Flying Scotsman was actually indeed one of the first steam engines to hit a hundred miles per hour, that's actually recorded."
"She's number one to seven from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, which is a mouthful but very, very nice it is nonetheless."
"On the 3rd of July 1938, this locomotive attained a world speed record for steam locos of 126 miles per hour."
"Madam Queen was an excellent steam locomotive by all accounts."
"This is the smallest standard gauge locomotive ever. It's utterly ridiculous, isn't it? It is just mad."
"So what the guys have just told me is this is going to be the first train that this has worked on its own this century."
"And what an absolutely magnificent piece of kit this is."
"It's a novelty piece, it's a quirky locomotive, but I have absolutely loved it."
"The first and most popular one was the endurance run where I saw exactly how long a loco could run for, and it was quite interesting."
"That about wraps it up for this review, as you've seen, this is a beautiful locomotive and certainly a unique engine."
"I do really, really like this locomotive; it is really very cute."
"It's Thomas, and the reason it was probably chosen for Thomas is because it really does have such character."
"The locomotive is also full of character, so really, really lovely character."
"A very lovely loco, lots of detail for its age, a lot about performance either, a very very lovely model full of character."
"The Great Western County Class, also known as 3800s, were the latest and most advanced 4-4-0s designed and built by the GWR."
"The Black Five was a legendary design by William Stanier that was first introduced in 1934."
"This proud and massive locomotive sported tall drivers and the ability to pull fast heavy trains along the Burlington's main lines."
"I genuinely do think this thing is wonderful."
"The Niagara is considered one of the most efficient 4-8-4 locomotives ever built."
"The GP 30 is one of the easiest locomotives to identify because of the cab design."
"The SD 50 was introduced in 1981; it's a 3,500 horsepower turbocharged freight locomotive."
"Welcome to my workshop, now in today's video we're going to finish the cylinder blocks off for my locomotive."
"It was amazing to see this giant piece of metal and machinery move without anything pulling it, belching smoke and steam and making a lot of noise."
"5629 performed admirably, and people were excited to have another working steam locomotive on the rails again."
"Ladies and gentlemen, I now unveil this locomotive and christen it the Evening Star."
"Thomas puffs and shoves cheerfully on his branch line."
"This completes the model, so for the first time ever, this really is a complete locomotive again."
"The Flying Scotsman was built in 1923 for the Great Northern Railway."
"Stephenson's Rocket was one of the first locomotives to be being successful."
"Designed by Oliver Bulleid, the Q1 appeared in 1942 and was a class of austerity freight locomotives used heavily during the Second World War."
"The steam locomotive to hold the official title of fastest steam locomotive in the world is the London and North Eastern Railway's Grizzly A4 462 Pacific type steam locomotive number 4468 Mallard."
"After the famous Lindbergh Run, 460 has been nicknamed the Lindbergh engine."
"The Brunswick green livery with the five gold pinstripes was such an iconic paint scheme synonymous with the GG1."
"The Y6bs were some of the most powerful steam locomotives ever built."
"In terms of raw pulling power, steam was King."
"The Flying Scotsman also set two world records: the first one was for officially reaching 100 miles an hour before any other locomotive."
"After being saved from scrap, the Flying Scotsman has seen multiple owners and is now owned by the National Railway Museum."
"Character: ten out of ten, come on, it's the Flying Scotsman."
"Build quality: ten out of ten, it's so solidly built, you know it survived all these years without a single mark on it."
"Mallard, the world's fastest steam locomotive."
"Having travelled 1,396,027 miles, steeped through two world wars, served under five different railway companies, at five different numbers, and worn six different liveries, Stepney more than deserved to bow out nobly."
"Classic wartime locomotive, really really lovely that one."
"They were notable for being the standard British shunting locomotive during the Second World War."
"Overall, that is seven point five three out of ten, definitely a good loco."
"This is the first real diesel locomotive."
"She was the first mainline steam locomotive to be restored and operated by an all-volunteer non-profit."
"Old Rivets number 4800, the OG GG1, beautiful locomotive."
"She is absolutely stunning, an incredibly pretty locomotive with very Victorian proportions."
"Probably the most beautiful loco I've ever owned."
"It's absolutely superb, stunning in fact."
"Here it is, the SECR D-Class. Wow, absolutely gorgeous, it really is beautiful now."
"So visually the loco is fantastic, not 100% perfect in terms of quality, but as far as the looks of the locomotive go, I really, really am impressed with this."
"Hi folks, what you're looking at is the President Washington, a 4-6-2 Pacific type steam locomotive built for the B&O."
"The President Washington's olive green paint scheme was replaced with a solid blue paint scheme."
"It's a beautiful new LNWR Precedent class, a 2-4-0 which is a very unusual wheel configuration."
"She's a beautiful 8-4 Pacific locomotive painted in LNER blue."
"She's a beauty without any doubt."
"Mallard, known also as the world's fastest steam locomotive, achieving that title in 1938 at just a smidge over 126 miles per hour."
"The Santa Fe northern is a 4-8-4 configuration steam engine."
"This engine has loads of great details and features."
"This is a fantastic engine and I'm thrilled to own it."
"The quality is something that this loco definitely has."
"The locomotive itself is fantastic."
"The A4s were made most famous by Mallard, which is also known as the world's fastest steam locomotive."
"That looks fast, that looks like an A4 at speed."
"It's a great score for what is certainly to be a great locomotive that will prove exceptionally popular."
"There's something about a sleek black locomotive that I just can't resist."
"The overall effect of a steam locomotive climbing hard uphill, the sound was tremendous."
"Who'd have believed that a wreck from Barry Scrapyard bought as spares for another engine would one day return to its former home town at the head of a mainline express."
"The leader class was an experimental articulated steam locomotive that was designed specifically to improve the ability and capacity for steam locomotives on British railway lines."
"It was known as the AA20-1 and it was an insane 4-14-4 locomotive."
"It was the most powerful diesel locomotive ever built."
"It's nice to be able to talk about a happy end for a locomotive that was quite literally abandoned in the middle of nowhere."