@dmncau I wondered if you were across the Atlantic... I really like the "new" style Amtrak are running but will always favour the late 80's early 90's ones they ran and the freight pullers are SO different I can't help but watch vids of them.
@ImagemakerUK Oh we have big diesel locomotives here that are 80 feet long. My sister lives in Baltimore and when I am in town Ill take Amtrak Acela Express or the northeast regional trains (all electric) to New York. Its nice to travel at 125-135mph. In a year the 70 new Siemens electric locomotives will arrive to replace the older Amtrak AEM-7s, which are 30+/- yrs old. The 80s paint scheme is the phase 3 scheme for Amtrak, then phase 4 and now phase 5 is everywhere.
@dilwich123 , yeah i just bought this recently , it is really an awesome train pack from Hornby, and certainly worth the money, .
The only thing i did not like about this pack from hornby , was how there were no holes on the back of the tray to assist removing the loco & coaches as you could very easily snap or damage something off, she runs amazingly smooth though
Thanks for the review mate. I am getting this train pack from Warley MRE in November this year as well as the two new Hornby Class 90's and the Stobart Class 92 locomotives. I am going to try and fit an LED into the firebox of my Tornado from the pack and fit a capacitor in the circuit to make a flickering firebox at night.
@EWS60008 Great, glad it has helped. I do have electronic backgroung as part of my job is electrical and electronic engineering as well as the mechanical side to the railway. It will be great to see your firebox working. I'll look out for that!
the things on the front are not heat shealds, they are smoke deflectors. when fitted to the loco there is a small gap between the smokebox and the smoke deflector and that is there to help the driver see ahead if he starts off with a lot of steam puffing out the chimney. not all steam engines have smoke deflectors.
@BR75069 Thanks for the info mate. If they are indeed what you say they are I can only bow to your superior knowledge; as I said I know practically nothing about steamies.
I was informed they were heat shielding of some kind by several of the many steam "experts" there are out there.
Very nice trainpack you got there Dave!
dmncau 5 days ago
@dmncau Thanks mate, I still love! Thinking of getting a Black 5 sometime this year. and huge thanks for subscribing :)
ImagemakerUK 5 days ago
@ImagemakerUK your welcome Dave, good luck on that Black 5 its impossible for me to find one in Canada, gave up will have to order overseas lol
dmncau 5 days ago
@dmncau I wondered if you were across the Atlantic... I really like the "new" style Amtrak are running but will always favour the late 80's early 90's ones they ran and the freight pullers are SO different I can't help but watch vids of them.
ImagemakerUK 5 days ago
@ImagemakerUK Oh we have big diesel locomotives here that are 80 feet long. My sister lives in Baltimore and when I am in town Ill take Amtrak Acela Express or the northeast regional trains (all electric) to New York. Its nice to travel at 125-135mph. In a year the 70 new Siemens electric locomotives will arrive to replace the older Amtrak AEM-7s, which are 30+/- yrs old. The 80s paint scheme is the phase 3 scheme for Amtrak, then phase 4 and now phase 5 is everywhere.
dmncau 5 days ago
Nice pack.
dilwich123 3 months ago
@dilwich123 Yes, I think so too and a perfect one for me as a Steam beginner.
ImagemakerUK 3 months ago
@dilwich123 , yeah i just bought this recently , it is really an awesome train pack from Hornby, and certainly worth the money, .
hihat101 3 months ago
@dilwich123 , yeah i just bought this recently , it is really an awesome train pack from Hornby, and certainly worth the money, .
The only thing i did not like about this pack from hornby , was how there were no holes on the back of the tray to assist removing the loco & coaches as you could very easily snap or damage something off, she runs amazingly smooth though
hihat101 3 months ago
We can not see the wheel when there is no light on them, so no point there.
BuddLightbrain 5 months ago
Thanks for the review mate. I am getting this train pack from Warley MRE in November this year as well as the two new Hornby Class 90's and the Stobart Class 92 locomotives. I am going to try and fit an LED into the firebox of my Tornado from the pack and fit a capacitor in the circuit to make a flickering firebox at night.
EWS60008 5 months ago
@EWS60008 Great, glad it has helped. I do have electronic backgroung as part of my job is electrical and electronic engineering as well as the mechanical side to the railway. It will be great to see your firebox working. I'll look out for that!
ImagemakerUK 5 months ago
the things on the front are not heat shealds, they are smoke deflectors. when fitted to the loco there is a small gap between the smokebox and the smoke deflector and that is there to help the driver see ahead if he starts off with a lot of steam puffing out the chimney. not all steam engines have smoke deflectors.
BR75069 7 months ago
@BR75069 Thanks for the info mate. If they are indeed what you say they are I can only bow to your superior knowledge; as I said I know practically nothing about steamies.
I was informed they were heat shielding of some kind by several of the many steam "experts" there are out there.
ImagemakerUK 7 months ago
look brill mate
mongoosekid14 8 months ago
@mongoosekid14 Thanks :-)
Hopefully it was sufficient to put my opinion across and help others if they are considering this pack.
ImagemakerUK 8 months ago