Bachmann making up 60% of this list just shows their incredible dedication to value

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha very much so! ;D

@SouRwy4501Productions

6 ай бұрын

It’s even worse when you realize that the Bradford Exchange Queen Elizabeth train is a copy of a Bachmann model, albeit a very cheap and nasty reproduction. The original Bachmann model 4-6-0s had working side rods and lots of detail, and even dcc and sound.

@levidarling5107

6 ай бұрын

Lol 😂 well said friend!

@OscarOSullivan

6 ай бұрын

Depends their Class 37 is more than daycent

@russellbenton2987

6 ай бұрын

Sell it to the enthusiast at the highest price possible

The Queen Elizabeth ll Royal Rememberance Express Colloection is a crime to eyes everywhere.

@stuartaaron613

6 ай бұрын

The Royal Family should sue Bradford Exchange for making such an abomination that is supposed to honor her late royal highness.

@SilveryGrayWolf

2 ай бұрын

pretty much everything from bradford is garbage

@toby.fan9198

Ай бұрын

It looks so out of place when put on a model railway like this 13:44

@michaelschultz5127

Күн бұрын

I fully agree with you! It should be thrown in the garbage bin

As I watched this, I was struck with sheer TERROR as I realized the Bradford QE II was only the THIRD worst of the year. My god, I thought, can I stand the shock of the next two? Dare I allow my family (cats and dogs) to look over my shoulder as the two worst were revealed? What if my neighbors saw the rictus of fear on my face? What if own one of them? Is self-immolation a solution? What if there is a Lionel product in the next two? [later edit]: There was! [last edit]: Bachmann U.S. is no surprise, not even closely related to Bachmann Euro. This obscenity proves it. 'Nuff said. Good on ya, mate! Well done, and quite entertaining. (I think I worked for Dickie Dickson once.)

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha I know - I think the fact that it ran well got it a better rating than it deserved! haha thanks mate - and you did well to get away from Dickie Dickson's employ for sure! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

@napierpaxman

6 ай бұрын

LOL! :D

@Alpha-oo8

6 ай бұрын

And with the most recent review, it would be fourth worst!

@ianjeffery6744

6 ай бұрын

At least the first two - the Lionel loco and the Bachmann streetcar - bear some resemblance to a prototype, but those responsible for the Bradford Exchange monstrosity deserve a long jail sentence...

I'm glad you've come to your senses and smashed the tram, it's only good feature was the led, I think the Bradford exchange Queen Elizabeth loco was an act of high treason. It could have been so good but ended up an insult to the late Queen and to anyone who purchased one.

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha absolutely - treason indeed! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

@dogyslime9954

Ай бұрын

I have an idea for a proper queen Elizabeth loco, I looked up her date of birth and worked from there and decided on the SR Lord Neilson class

Excellent video as always, Sam. Now let’s give it up for 2023’s worst rolling stock as rated by the big man himself!: 5) Hornby Gresley Suburban Coaches 4) Lionel £10 Wagons 3) Bachmann’s Dancehall Brake Van 2) Evermodel Box Cars And taking the number one spot of awful is the SPA wagon from DJM! Thank you, thank you! I’ll be here next week!

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot David - yeah I'd say that's pretty much as it should be! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

Dickie Dickinson’s endorsement is so quotable! I need him to write my cover letters ‘A couple of them ACTUALLY worked ,’ ‘they are absolutely adequate,’ 😂 golden

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Hahaha I’m sure for the right amount of money Dickie would do absolutely anything!

@fersiro26rodrigues30

6 ай бұрын

Does Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden have any degree of kinship with Dickie Dickinson 😀😀😀😀😀?

You're building a good demo reel for your breakout acting career 😂. Nice job on this video, the time you spent filming & editing do show and I certainly appreciate your efforts. ❤

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Haha thank you so much, really appreciate it!

@mikeupton5406

6 ай бұрын

Yeah Sam is actually got some chops! He could be to model trains what Mike Bustos is to formicarium hobbyists.

I honestly think that the Queen train set thing should have had the #1 spot. The straight up blatant lies and outrageous price for it are just completely inexcusable. That's just my opinion though. Great video Sam as always!

I actually went and bought a Collett with the ROD tender after your review lol - I found one on eBay for 40 quid being sold as a non-DCC ready version... I actually think it's a nice model - takes all sorts, eh? :)

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

hahaha blimey - at least for £40 it's not too bad! Thanks for watching - Sam :)

That was really funny, you're a great actor! I've got an old Bachmann PCC tram with none of the gimmicks available on the "new" version, so I'm actually quite pleased with it ...and it was cheap! Looking forward to the Best Of 2023.

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha thanks a lot Patrick - ahh interesting - is that one with the old chassis design then?? Thanks for watching, Sam :)

@patricksmodels

6 ай бұрын

@@SamsTrains yes, it's got the small Bachmann pancake motor on a split chassis bogie and umpteen small plastic gears. A previous owner had lubricated it with ballbearing grease! I'll review it on my channel during the Christmas holidays. It's entertaining, but on the noisy side.

16:31 “revolting crust” made me laugh more than it should have

👏👏👏 The Martin McMartinson Company part made me laughing the hardest. Keep up the great work Sam. Your Christmas story was also excellent.

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

hahahaha they're a company who likes to keep on giving... that's for sure! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

A fitting tribute to these abominations of model trains. On the other hand, this video also demonstrates why your channel is a favorite of so many; your script and video quality are superb and constantly improving. Well done, sir!

The near miss/hit compilation made me laugh. Like Sam always randomly hits things with a hammer, he always rolls backwards in a chair and he always just has a track leading to the edge of the table. The PCC car just so happened to be there.

I have literally been waiting all year for this!! Good to see this up Sam. Can’t wait for the best!

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

hahaha awesome thank you so much! :D

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha thanks Tommy, glad you like these! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

Did he almost crack during the merciless rant 😂😂

That movie scene was some real comedy gold🤣

My goodness the EFE J94, well I almost bid for one on eBay then I remembered how bad the model was that you reviewed and I thankfully didn’t confirm my bid.

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha not one I'd personally recommend... wish a manufacturer would come along and do a proper one! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

My favorite time of year! Laughing at the worst of the worst feels like the last one happened just yesterday haha Also if I may add on a recommendation… for next year, what if you also added on the worst rolling stock of the year as a bonus entry? Just a little thought I wanted to say ^^’

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha it does feel like yesterday doesn't it?! And great idea - a few people have recommended that! Thanks for watching - Sam :)

@GSD-hd1yh

6 ай бұрын

We all know number 1 would be the Coca Cola Lowmac.

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha thank you so much - yeah quite a few people have asked for that, it's something I might look at next year! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

Well, another year down and once again, with this list, thank you for giving me something to look forward to at the end of the year. Thanks again for another year of lovely and chilled content and all the best to you and yours Sam. And cheers to 2024 🥂

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Ahh you're most welcome - many thanks for your very kind words! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

The Bachmann PCC car must be well over 50 years old now, so god knows how they justify that kind of price, even with the new DCc socket and extra lights. I have a Bradford Exchange Christmas train, it looks as kitch as you would expect, except that it is based on standard Bachmann stock and EZ Track, and the loco is the On30 4-6-0 with split chassis features. It’s okay, works fine and the Grand Children love it. I wouldn’t have thought it possible to down grade it, but hay, how wrong could I be.

Your punishments were hilarious (and well deserved), Sam. However, that Bachmann PCC streetcar deserved worse, in my opinion, and I like model trams! I wish you and Chloe best wishes for the holidays from across the pond in Wisconsin!

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha thanks a lot Andrew - you're probably right! Might have to try and find a better tram! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

The models might be awful, but your end of year “worst model” video gets funnier every year. I really look forward to these!

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha thank you so much - really glad you liked it!

Well thank goodness none of those appear in my roster! That Queen tribute monstrosity was beyond the pale for me. It was an insult to humanity, which for a non-royalist like myself is going some! I’m amazed she didn’t just come back to haunt the thing! 😂 Shame as I was so hoping it would meet a grisly end, but I guess the other two were just that little bit more dreadful. Ah well, can’t lose them all, eh? 🤔 Happy new year mate 👍🍀🥂

What a great video Sam, looking forward to the next one...I have just retired, and want to get back into this great hobby from when I was just 11 years old... your channel has given me great inspiration, wishing you and your GF a happy Christmas...

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Glenn - congrats on your retirement, hope you can have many years of fun with model railways! Thanks for the lovely words, Sam :)

I wholly agree with you this time. Every model has good and bad points alike. To make you feel better, there's a spooky 00 gauge sized Ghost Train headboard on the way from Fox Transfers.

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha glad to hear it Kelly - ahh that sounds very spooky indeed - hope you enjoy! Thanks for watching - Sam :)

The Collett rant was awesome!

How I enjoyed this roundup so much , at one point I thought you might come out with some of the( group desturbed) singing of the sound of silence, and just so much fun so close to Christmas. Good on you Sam, Merry Christmas From Canada,P

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Paul - really glad you liked this one! Always great to have a bit of fun with them :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

I remember going to Locomotion Shildon and seeing the NCB J94 in the shop. At first I laughed at it because I was reminded of this review, and then I faltered because I noticed it cost £200.

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Blimey was that for a sound fitted one or something? What an utter ripoff! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

@joshslater2426

6 ай бұрын

I think it was, but it was a while back and I can’t remember. Regardless, I didn’t want to buy it.

Definitely rhe best video in the entire series! Not often do I have to pause videos because of laughter but this has happened many times whilst watching this. Completely excellent.

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Hahaha great stuff - thank you so much!

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha thank you so much - glad it gave you a laugh! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

I called that Bradford QE2 as the worst model of the year as soon as you reviewed it. I'm utterly stunned that there are even worse rip off's being sold.

Oh yeah, use the hammer on the Badford (not “Bradford”, I mean “BADford”!) Exchange POS, instead (then please give the remains to the scrap man so he doesn’t go hungry.) The PCC trolley can be improved with stay-alive capacitors for the decoder (this will improve the performance over the points, and it won’t cut out and reset quite so much) and you have a handy 3D printer; you could make an “interior” kit for it - there must be a couple of people with this same model who’d like a real interior. And the sparking trolley pole was a nice effect! Also, the wheels have nice bolt detail. This model does have the potential to be at least a “C”-rated model, but the paintwork pretty much limits that. 😭

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha I certainly have the urge to bust it up badly, haha! Stayalive is a great shout - think that'd be well worth doing! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

Sense of humour is a must...Merry Xmas Sam

This is always my fav video of the year. I especially loved the intimate movie scene. I’m still laughing hahahah! Thank you Sam and Merry Christmas!!!

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha thank you so much - really glad you liked the skits! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

Here is a fun (ish) fact about the collet The possible reason (other then lazyness) for the tender to not be conected to the loco is that I'm quite sure it's recicled from the bachmann O4 (some were fitted with robinson tenders from Rods from 2-8-0s) Also explains why the tender looks slightly better then the loco

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Yeah that's right - it's a tender designed for another loco - but this happens quite often, and there's absolutely no reason for it to have that drawbar and no electrical connection, haha! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

@Robert_the47

6 ай бұрын

@@SamsTrains Very true! Bachmann is a very difficult brand You have to be careful what models you buy from then, their new stuff tends to be excellent, but they also sneek a lot of older models in their current range, so research is always necessary. Great video as always!

@kltmilliken

6 ай бұрын

@@SamsTrains believe the Bachman collett is from 2007, so the faults of it are kind of explainable , plus i don't think they sell it brand new anymore so second hand is the only way to find them anymore

@kltmilliken

6 ай бұрын

i don't think it's right to criticize models not produced in 2023 and 17 years old

@Robert_the47

6 ай бұрын

@@kltmilliken “2007” yeah produced The tooling is way older and dates back to mainline Even compared to other models from 2007 (or even older ones) it is lacking, there is no way around it.

Been looking forward to this video all year!

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

hahaha thank you - hope you like it! :D

Merry Chrismas and a happy new year Sam!! Cheers Onno.

Good heavens, another year just flying by..., remembering all those reviews and some astounding shocking ones indeed. Absolutely staggering and infuriating what some companies are trying to pull, and can continue doing... Sad, but at least our hobby is blessed with more than enough gems to be had. Those ghastly melons are a good replacement for golf balls as well for having a go at the course 🤣

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha very much Linda - some of them beggar belief... but there are still tonnes of great models, as you'll see with the top 5 list! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

Always an enjoyable video at the end of the year, a good laugh, thank you

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much glad you enjoyed it! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

15:47 Funny enough, the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe (ATSF for short) actually did have some Berkshire engines, in the form of their 4101 class, which I think lionel was attempting to represent (admittedly rather pathetically)

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Ahh very interesting - thanks for sharing! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

@asteroidrules

6 ай бұрын

That's likely the brand they were going for, but the Berkshire Lionel makes is based on the Pere Marquette N-1 class, and it's literally the only HO loco they make, they just put it in a bunch of different colors.

10:10: You could say that Bachmann’s lust to make sub-par models is rather huge. 🤷‍♂️ Marry Christmas, Sam! 16:29: *I wish to consume the forbidden crust.*

@zemildlybird2024

6 ай бұрын

*consume*

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

hahaha dammit, that must have been it! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

@lastswordfighter

4 ай бұрын

There is a reason why Tyco models are available in such large numbers and are cheap because they mass produced them to be so. Bachmann in comparison is rehashing its old catalog of product, making it cheaper, and then raising the price.

Absolute gold......totally entertaining and well produced!! Cheers!

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot Paul! :D

I do love Mr. Dickinson. Guess we'll be waiting until April go see him again 😂

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha maybe, we'll have to see! ;D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

My little boy loved this. Especially when you took the hammer to the streetcar. Have a great Xmas.

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha that's good to hear - tell him hello from me! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

I think Lionel just took their O scale models, shrunk them down in an animation software, made a couple other modifications to make the model cheap and nasty

@trr94001

6 ай бұрын

That would be way more effort than Lionel actually made on their latest attempt at HO.

@BAKU2K2

6 ай бұрын

That would be the case for the 50's/60's Lionel HO line, the current one however is just rebranded Model Power.

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha I wouldn't be surprised... it certainly looked very low effort! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

I want to say sam, I've grown up with your videos and I am glad you are still going strong in this field, thank you for your service to the model railways around the world.

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much- that's my pleasure! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

I’m glad to see someone finally pointed out how weird the term “near miss” is

this did make me laugh out loud!!! well done

Some years ago, Lionel released The Polar Express in HO Scale and looking at the loco from the Hosptial Train Set, I believe Lionel have just reliveried the PE Locomotive tooling.

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Yeah absolutely - it is indeed the same base loco! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

@jamescooley5744

6 ай бұрын

Lionel's entire HO line is just rebranded Model Power product...with different paint jobs and higher prices. Same lousy quality as the original MP trains, but you pay for the "saintly" Lionel name. Which is why they don't sell much of it in the US.

@FreighttrainDaniel1225

Ай бұрын

If they retooled the locomotive would you buy it

@terrier_productions

Ай бұрын

@@FreighttrainDaniel1225probably not. I believe I’m one of the only people in the UK to own the Lionel 3-pack HO Scale Polar Express Coaches. I’ve only got those because my Uncle just happened to be in America sometime before Christmas. The import charges would be a stab in the wallet

@FreighttrainDaniel1225

Ай бұрын

@@terrier_productions oh but if it was cheap or at least affordable would you buy it if it was retooled

If it helps, rip out the Lionel Berkshire’s sound unit and replace it with a more conventional dcc/sound decoder. I’d recommend either a TCS WOWsound, Soundtraxx Tsunami 2, or an ESU Loksound decoder.

I have an older Bachmann Collet Goods from when I was a kid. There's no DCC socket and it has square bearings but it has sprung buffers, more weight, isn't split chassis and still runs pretty well for a loco of its age that I've had from before I knew how to do a basic service. How on earth did Bachmann manage to make the newer version so much worse?

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Ahh very interesting - wonder why they added sprung buffers and took them off again? Thanks for sharing! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

BRO ACTUALLY SMACKED THAT STREETCAR WITH A FECKING HAMMER!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Wow, no heljan this year! A miracle!

Lionel never installs flanges on inside drivers on locomotives with more than six drivers since the 1940's. That is so the locomotives can negotiate curves with less a diameter than the track provided with your set. I operate pre and postwar Lionel O scale. I have found the Lionel trains made in China to be mostly garbage. Great video.

Thanks for the video, Sam. Seriously, I would have thought in this day and age that getting a truly dud locomotive was a rarity from the “Fly-By-Night” model railway company, but it appears I was wrong. Truly when companies pump out substandard stuff that is worse than the old Triang or Playcraft models of the 1960s, you gotta just wonder what’s going on here … 😢

18:39 actually made me laugh out loud 😂

Morale of the story- check the reviews before buying or else you are going to get some crap.

Love your judgments clips, great content. I was so worried I would not see the near miss. LOL

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha thank you so much!! ;D

I'll say one thing in the Bachmann PCC's defense - it seems to sit lower down on its wheels than the historic ones did. That may be its only refeeming feature though.

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Ahh interesting - wonder if that's accurate then?? Thanks for watching, Sam :)

Funny stuff. And at ~ 22:06 I felt you sounded like a Banjo Kazooie character. Not sure if it’s because the British have some sort of comedic stock laugh from time to time? I enjoyed it. Thank you.

Very entertaining. Well done. Re stop / start of a DCC engine. I have a Lionel Polar Express DCC sound + 4 light fitted carriages. Ran for ages on a small oval with a Bachmann DC 1 AMP 12V powerpack. Decided to get a 2 AMP controller. Stop / start all over the place. Back to the old Bachmann power pack and it was OK. Seems I'd bought a DC PMW controller which interferes with DCC signals! ie confusion over wireless instruction versus a track instruction.

Playing the devil's advocate !! I have 3 EFE and 7 DJ models J 94s mostly Hattons limited editions all bought fairly cheaply. Most are factory weathered, the liveries are all excellent and they ALL run faultlessly unlike some of models that are supposedly much better !

Honestly the miracle surrounding the model train hobby is the fact that people can afford it

i can tell you had a lot of fun with this video, great ranking as usual!

God, this video is priceless. Thanks so much for doing these videos every year!!! Also name the trolley's driver Bertie, after the bus from Thomas and Friends! Because the name also sounds like the creature probably responsible for the fact that his eyes look like hollow sockets where eyes SHOULD be! And with him being a blind driver, he reflects the designers who thought this model looked good enough to sell for a DASTARDLY 175 pounds! ALSO THANK YOU FOR CALLING OUT THE STUPID PHRASE "NEAR MISS" I HATE IT WITH A PASSION!! If someone told me they had a near-miss with a train, I'd say "Well, what made you think you could beat it in the first place, dumb**s?!"

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha so glad you enjoyed it! Ahh Bertie, that sounds fitting! Yeah near-miss has always bugged me... now I've avenged it! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

Great to see Simon… I mean Dickie Dickson make an appearance! Your posh accent impression always gets me!

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

hahahaha glad you like it! ;D

Merry Christmas to you and your family 😊🎉

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas Sam! :D

Turd on wheels...that got me laughing....lololol

Been waiting all year for the worst and best videos

Bradford exchange is advertising a flying Scotsman clock 😉 😂

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

hahaha I've seen it!!

I guess Sam's Trains is now Sam's Musical Instruments because he turned that Bo-Bo into an Oh-Bo.

If Lionel ever made a good HO steam locomotive, I have never heard of it.

Martin Mart Martinson Models - any resemblance to any company living or dead is purely coincidental (especially one based in Margate).

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Hahah the perfect disclaimer!

Good for a chuckle Sam. Enjoyed it.😬

Pointing with the 🔨 is hilarious

Any modeler with half a brain will tell you to stay away from Lionel HO/OO products. Nice video!

The great thing about terrible models, is you can paint them and use them in a scrapyard

Any time the Martin Mart Martinson characters appear it's a good day.

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha, top tier marketing tactics as always ;D

Great review as always. Merry Christmas to everyone except RMweb.

I was going to say, "Well at least the Union Flags were the right way up." But the next clip had them upside down.

Probably the best video of the year!

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha thanks you very much! :D

Honestly now I just want a 2 minute video of Sam distoying a Loco with a hammer without saying a word. Like no intro no outro no dialogue. Just him a hammer and a pile of crap for 2 minutes.

I have an N scale model of Bachmann's PCC trolley, and that cost me $75. What you have should NOT cost $175 under any circumstances.

I do enjoy the increasingly insane punishments on these videos!

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

hahaha thank you! :D

I'm sure that motor in the expensive queen loco had a Hornby code on it. I've been searching the codes stamped on them recently to try and find the specs of the motors.

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

I'm not sure about that - 99% sure Hornby don't manufacture their own motors, so if the codes match they could have just sourced them from the same supplier! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

@Jamie096

6 ай бұрын

@@SamsTrains not made by them, but made (and stamped) for them so a possibility that the origins and production of the locos could be a back room in hornby hq.

I actually have a more recent Collett. Granted there isn't a DCC Decoder but mine does have sprung buffers. Granted the buffers on your Collett are super thin and fine, but given that Oxford Rail has similarly shaped buffers on the Dean Goods to your Collett, Bachmann should've re-engineered those buffers to be a tad thicker so that they could spring and be sturdy. On that note, the spring on my Collett's buffers are pretty weak unfortunately.

It’s Hammer time 🔨 22:55 lol

The only one I have is the Collett Goods. Mine is in GWR livery and doesn't have the awful seam line for some reason. Good runner too. Excellent vid Sam...very funny!

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Ahh excellent - the Mainline versions of the model had better seam lines actually... maybe they bothered to sand them out?? Thanks for watching, Sam :)

BRUH THE RANT PUNISHMENT HAD ME DYING!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Just in time. I am really looking forward to the list. Christmas came early!

As far as I’ve ever been able to see the DJM now EFE J94 has pretty much only 2 detail advantages over the Hornby (ex 1980s Dapol) J94: the lack of seam line along the saddle tank and the separately fitted smokebox door dart.

11:23 I’m with you on that Bradford Exchange Sam, they are schemers who sell crap… and that thing was an insult to your Queen. As one who lived in America I am ashamed of that insult to her majesty. 😢

I liked the Casablanca reference 😂😅

I’m telling ya Sam, ya gotta try one of Lionel’s O gauge locomotives

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Maybe I should! Do they make 2 rail??

@jwt6110

6 ай бұрын

they did make some 2 rail locomotives for their smithsonian series

@jwt6110

6 ай бұрын

also they made a 2 rail prr t1

15:35 thats basically all of lionels models, they are only good as foamer food

Superb stuff Sam although I thought that the QE 2 loco would romp / stutter home as the worst.

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

haha yeah that one really sucks - if it didn't work so well, I think it would've been bottom! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

Very,very funny, it's made me laugh for ages!!

Oooooo I quite liked angry Sam lol Have a very merry Christmas.

What is a Sam'sTrains engineer? I was just wondering if that was something I should look into. Now for the more important business. I liked the professional way you Konducted the worse tranes of 2320. Such care have I never seen before. This makes me want to hang around until next year to see what transpires this year. lol God Bless My Friend.

I think some that in some the models mentioned, we have an issue of mispricing, is not that they're beyond redemption, but more that they should be cheaper considering what they offer ancient models should be available at entry level prices instead of high end prices

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Yeah very true - a lot of the time it's the ridiculous prices combined with lack of features that makes a model bad!

@SamsTrains

6 ай бұрын

Yeah I'd agree with that - at the right prices many of these could be acceptable budget offerings! Thanks for watching, Sam :)