The Joy of Train Sets - History of Model Railway - Part 1 Bassett-Lowke

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The Model Railway Story: From Hornby to Triang and beyond, this documentary explores how the British have been in love with model railways for more than a century. What began as an adult obsession with building fully-engineered replicas became the iconic toy of 1950s and 60s childhood. With unique archive and contributions from modellers such as Pete Waterman, this is a celebration of the joys of miniaturisation. Just don't call them toy trains.

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  • @ralphgiles4754
    @ralphgiles47542 жыл бұрын

    I have watched this documentary so many times whilst working on my model railway.....definition of heaven!

  • @oscarosullivan4513

    @oscarosullivan4513

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @humbertofigueroa3455
    @humbertofigueroa34552 ай бұрын

    I can watch this documentary over and over again. Thank you

  • @Phil-oj5nr
    @Phil-oj5nr2 ай бұрын

    Got my first train set, Hornby 0 gauge clockwork, in 1953. Have been modelling railways ever since. A great hobby, you meet other modellers and help each other with any problems that arise. Visited the Bassett Locke shop in High Holborn many decades ago. On visits back to UK visited as many model shops as I could. Semi-retired in Picton, South Island, New Zealand.

  • @PalomboDylan
    @PalomboDylan5 жыл бұрын

    I am 23 years old and I live in America and I love British railways and I have a few hornby steam locomotive and if I must say I am so glad that model railways went into smaller scales

  • @joshdeighton8636

    @joshdeighton8636

    4 жыл бұрын

    dylan palombo America gay

  • @sitarnut

    @sitarnut

    4 жыл бұрын

    Right on... Me too...I'm 75 and just got my first Dublo "Duchess of Montrose"..... nicely detailed.

  • @VestedUTuber

    @VestedUTuber

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thing is, it's the bigger scales that are going to keep the hobby alive, especially with how prices for smaller-scale equipment are skyrocketing. N-scale rolling stock is actually more expensive pound-for-pound than G-scale, for example.

  • @PalomboDylan

    @PalomboDylan

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@VestedUTuber oh yes they are. when i was a kid which im 25 now N scale and Z scale model trains at a local hobby shop would cost $140 USD or more and now they are even more expensive. but yet new hornby OO/HO scale models like the new hornby princess Elizabeth cost 225 to 235 GBP which is almost $350 to $400 USD and that is nuts. thats why i just buy hornby railroad range stuff in decent condition on ebay. i definitely dont have $350 to $400 USD to piss away on a model train.

  • @oscarosullivan4513

    @oscarosullivan4513

    2 жыл бұрын

    The Railroad mark two coaches are nice but the couplings can be a pain in the arse

  • @Calvertfilm
    @Calvertfilm4 жыл бұрын

    Bassett-Lowke - an amazing guy.

  • @davidwillard7334

    @davidwillard7334

    2 жыл бұрын

    Like WREN ! O !! GAUGE ! I WANTED ! TOO !!

  • @johngibbons2984
    @johngibbons29844 жыл бұрын

    My first train set was a trix twin made by Bassett Lowke in Northampton the town I was born in and mum worked at Bassett Lowke for a while in late 50s early 60s.

  • @steamymallard7649
    @steamymallard76496 жыл бұрын

    The man who created model trains soaked up the magic in the mountain and had the lady smile

  • @Foxx_modelling

    @Foxx_modelling

    2 жыл бұрын

    amen

  • @Idkjustgothere
    @Idkjustgothere6 жыл бұрын

    THIS MAN IS A GENIUS!

  • @teredude
    @teredude4 жыл бұрын

    AWESOME!!! I Will watch this great documentary over and over.

  • @oscarosullivan4513

    @oscarosullivan4513

    2 жыл бұрын

    10:32 looks fun

  • @Cool2BCeltic
    @Cool2BCeltic8 жыл бұрын

    I never knew that Bassett-Lowke had connections with Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Fascinating.

  • @TheCreatorReviews
    @TheCreatorReviews9 жыл бұрын

    Not only Great Britan has a passion for trains. In evrey town were i am theres about , 1 or 2 model railroad places or shows in 1 town.

  • @flippop101
    @flippop1018 жыл бұрын

    What a great piece of film! Thanks!

  • @davidsheriff8989
    @davidsheriff8989 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful documentary..I lived as a kid next to an embankment with trains bothe passenger and coal rujnning every 20 mins or so....brings back memories..

  • @NorbertRoll
    @NorbertRoll6 жыл бұрын

    Great documentary.

  • @azbrowne
    @azbrowne8 жыл бұрын

    I would've loved to see the Awdrys on here.

  • @Benji_transport_vids
    @Benji_transport_vids Жыл бұрын

    This is so nostalgic for me

  • @EdwardsDayOut
    @EdwardsDayOut3 жыл бұрын

    Hooray for model trains!

  • @oscarosullivan4513

    @oscarosullivan4513

    2 жыл бұрын

    Diesel locomotives do it for me

  • @strafrag1
    @strafrag18 жыл бұрын

    There's nothing like an iron horse.♥

  • @timothysmith8300
    @timothysmith83007 жыл бұрын

    i will say it once and i will say it again steam and steam model railways rule long live steam and model railways.

  • @radioguy1620
    @radioguy16203 жыл бұрын

    the pandemic returned a lot of people to model railroading I heard.

  • @ogvision2957
    @ogvision29576 жыл бұрын

    The music in the background from 2:34 to 3:36 is the theme from "The Persuaders" (a 1971 TV series starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis). Bit of an odd choice!

  • @gamesinc8568
    @gamesinc85683 жыл бұрын

    Being 10 I love trains I haven't got a table yet but I'm thinking of getting one

  • @oscarosullivan4513

    @oscarosullivan4513

    2 жыл бұрын

    Keep your stable small

  • @hatakashi1900
    @hatakashi19008 жыл бұрын

    Is it possible for u to upload the whole episode in 1 video? Pleaseeeeeee

  • @dustpanandthebrush5293
    @dustpanandthebrush52933 жыл бұрын

    My eggs and bean's are ready and now for a special smoke with brew fantastic truely fantastic 💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚

  • @medwaymodelrailway7129
    @medwaymodelrailway71293 жыл бұрын

    Like video."thumbs up from me".Hope there more

  • @annajeannettedixon2453
    @annajeannettedixon24538 жыл бұрын

    WE ALL LOVE STEAM LOCOS THERE HARD WORK TAKE LOT OF LOOKING AFTER DIRTY OILY GREASY HARD WORK AND WE JUST CANNOT GET ENOUGH HAS WE JUST LOVE THEM EVEN THE MEN THAT WORKED ON THEM ALL THERE LIVES WALKED AWAY AT THE END OF STEAM WITH TEARS IN THERE EYES saying good bye to a old friend there steam locomotives the peoples locomotives

  • @oo0Spyder0oo

    @oo0Spyder0oo

    8 жыл бұрын

    I admire steam but I like diesels even more these days. All good stuff.

  • @davidwillard7334

    @davidwillard7334

    2 жыл бұрын

    ESPECIALLY !! THE !! FIRE !! MANN !!

  • @im1hpbro283
    @im1hpbro2832 жыл бұрын

    I remember when I got my first set when I was 7. It was a Bachman Chattanooga set and I peed myself when I got it but now I am team Lionel lol

  • @ashujchwd
    @ashujchwd3 жыл бұрын

    Lok’s models makes today’s models look like Disney

  • @davidwillard7334
    @davidwillard73342 жыл бұрын

    Basseettt ! Hound !! Lowke ! The ! CLASSIC !! STURDY !!/ ROBUST !! CLOCKWORK !! MECCANO !! KEY !! SPRING !! LOCOMOTIVE !! !! WITH RODS !! At the BACK !!! FOR ! ADDED !! REALISM !! HEY !!

  • @ModelRailwaysUnlimited
    @ModelRailwaysUnlimited6 жыл бұрын

    LOL yep it got me and became a way of life :) Shame about all the mad costs, bad quality control nowadays

  • @Romin.777

    @Romin.777

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not if you buy Märklin..

  • @CombraStudios
    @CombraStudios7 жыл бұрын

    5:11 is the thumbnail

  • @barryroach1980
    @barryroach19805 жыл бұрын

    Is Stephen Mangan narrating this?

  • @WhiteBoyMikey21
    @WhiteBoyMikey214 жыл бұрын

    Inventing something by importing it from germany, it doesnt get more british than this. greetings from nuremberg V.

  • @oscarosullivan4513

    @oscarosullivan4513

    2 жыл бұрын

    Taking things from elsewhere and improving it thats the western way in general

  • @davidwillard7334

    @davidwillard7334

    2 жыл бұрын

    Because it's not Marlklin !?? ) RiiverRossi !?? Lionel !?? Trix ;!!?? Bad Enough ! With Lima !?? Hey !

  • @pim1234
    @pim12343 жыл бұрын

    The Music...what serie was that in the 60's ? The Avengers ?

  • @Mr_Fancypants

    @Mr_Fancypants

    3 жыл бұрын

    The persuaders? (1970's?)

  • @pim1234

    @pim1234

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Mr_Fancypants You are right ! tnx !

  • @lickemftw8879
    @lickemftw88797 жыл бұрын

    7:39 Dr. Strange?

  • @Normandie17

    @Normandie17

    6 жыл бұрын

    lick'emFTW a

  • @TheLogFella

    @TheLogFella

    5 жыл бұрын

    ?

  • @blitzper8578
    @blitzper85786 жыл бұрын

    290 like

  • @shadowthejudgehog9081
    @shadowthejudgehog90814 жыл бұрын

    A model train a year makes the money disappear

  • @davidwillard7334

    @davidwillard7334

    2 жыл бұрын

    If your in The R.T.R ! CATEGORY ! LIKE MOST !! HERE !! ARE !!

  • @Romin.777
    @Romin.7774 жыл бұрын

    So Basset imported his trains from Germany. Hahaha

  • @don679
    @don679 Жыл бұрын

    I understand this is about British trains, but you can't talk about the history of model railroading without mentioned Joshua Lionel Cohen

  • @muir8009

    @muir8009

    Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately of course one can watch any documentary on lionel and theres an absence of any mention of Bassett lowke or Frank hornby. What's most disappointing about this programme isn't the absence of Lionel, who of course didn't invent the toy train, didn't make the first electric train, didn't popularize toy trains; but the lack of anything not only of Bassett Lowkes competitor Gamage, but no mention of the Marklin brothers, a vague mention of a rather ambiguous reference to Nuremberg, but gives the impression that Bassett Lowke made his own models. Ives competed with Bing for the lower end of the US market, popularizing the toy train, Marklin and to a lesser extent the US brands like Knapp, Howard, Boucher etc serviced the high end. Lionel got his break because the US Government made German imports most prohibitive after WWI. Where Lionels genius was through marketing, borrowing the brilliance of Ives, and improving upon it. Lionel's trains were almost secondary

  • @Jade2781
    @Jade27813 жыл бұрын

    Funny train go BRrrrrrrr

  • @w.rustylane5650
    @w.rustylane56504 жыл бұрын

    What's a crown? Something like a guinea? Or a quid? We Americans don't know too much about the English monetary system before the European Economic Cooperation.

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    A Crown was 5 Shillings.Even when that went,we had the Half-Crown,which was 2/6 (12 pennies to the Shilling)

  • @oscarosullivan4513

    @oscarosullivan4513

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its old British/Irish money pre decimal. Quid is just slang for a given amount. A Guinea is just above a pound. Pre euro currency in europe was diverse

  • @davidwillard7334

    @davidwillard7334

    2 жыл бұрын

    The SQUID ! POUND !! Is like A Million ! $$$ !! HEY !

  • @garyfrancis6193
    @garyfrancis61935 ай бұрын

    I wanted to see when this started. I expect the 19th Century but when in the 19th Century? Who were the first to create model train sets? It must have coincided with electricity becoming more common in cities and homes. This says “ history of model trains” but doesn’t say anything about its origins.

  • @goldentimes1998
    @goldentimes19986 жыл бұрын

    Buffer

  • @davidwillard7334

    @davidwillard7334

    2 жыл бұрын

    They Could have ! Done ! A ! Slong ! Like the ! BUS ! STOP !! WITH ! THAT ! HEY ! ( DON'T ! STOP !! .........! )

  • @daveday5507
    @daveday55075 жыл бұрын

    I think your title is wrong. It should be: 'The Joy of Model Railways - History of Train Sets'. With respect, there is no way that Pete Waterman is a railway modeller. He collects and plays with toy trains.

  • @VestedUTuber

    @VestedUTuber

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why? Because he's not a part of your elite club that obsesses over 100% accurate perfection? Because he doesn't meet your standard of detail? Don't gatekeep.

  • @TheGameCamer360

    @TheGameCamer360

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dave Day what a fucking idiot, have you actually seen his layout in its entirety. He’s far more of a modeller than any of us can hope to be. Your just bitter that he has the money to invest in it to such a grand scale.

  • @oscarosullivan4513

    @oscarosullivan4513

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dave day is a follower of Budget model railways so unlikely he is fussed about detail just laying track down and running trains and making scenery

  • @daveday5507

    @daveday5507

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@oscarosullivan4513 You could'nt be more wrong. I make rolling stock. I don't lay track or run trains. My point is that Pete never made anything in his life. He pays others to do it.

  • @jackharrison6771
    @jackharrison67714 жыл бұрын

    Is the art of Poetry becoming redundant? You just get a bunch of blokes with their kids or grandchildren enthusing about Model Railways and tell me otherwise.

  • @nshuda42
    @nshuda428 жыл бұрын

    Video is good but I hate that it's British that kinda takes it down a bunch but good film overall

  • @keithshergold9257

    @keithshergold9257

    8 жыл бұрын

    What a foolish comment.

  • @nshuda42

    @nshuda42

    8 жыл бұрын

    I was actually giving the video a comment and said it is a great video keith

  • @sheilapearce5885

    @sheilapearce5885

    7 жыл бұрын

    Nick Shuda

  • @Nemesisrooster

    @Nemesisrooster

    7 жыл бұрын

    Nick Shuda I couldn't care less about where the trains are based. I just love looking at a well built model railway :)

  • @Themanwiththeplan1899

    @Themanwiththeplan1899

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nick Shuda piss off

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