Hornby's New Stephenson's Rocket is Amazing! | Unboxing & Review

My review of the newly tooled Hornby Stephenson's Rocket train pack, complete with coaches and crew!

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Contents:
0:00 Intro
4:08 Unboxing
10:00 History
11:16 Loco Details
17:49 Coach Details
20:33 Performance
34:32 Ratings
38:37 Conclusion

[Grazzuk]

Mine arrived at the weekend from Rails of Sheffield and I love this train pack. I agree about the black foam packing. Running it in the whole train seemed so tiny as it was only slightly longer then a Class 52 western I was running in at the same time.

[theretrocrowe]

30:32 I see my favourite tank engine in the background! Love the LBSC E4, the only loco I know that could work in basically any livery!
Edit: And at 34:06, I can see my favourite old-fashioned tender loco, the Dean Goods!

[theretrocrowe]

Those coaches look incredible! I have actually visited Rainhill, where this locomotive was chosen to run on the LMR!

[Derek_S]

My wife's father bought a Hornby Rocket set in the 1970's as an investment and it sat on the mantlepiece in their home until her mother died in 2009. It looked just like your one except much bigger. The engine and each carriage were bigger than your box and the set included a couple of goods wagons. It ran on butane gas capsules but was only ever run once just to test it. After my wife's mother died, we sold the set at auction and it fetched quite a few hundred pounds. I didn't realise until your video that Hornby had made them on different scales.

[jenaplinsky]

Thanks for the review Sam, I am an Italian train enthusiast, particularly interested in this type of train, it is a beautiful model, we finally have a model with significant improvements compared to some previous models, Hornby did a great job !

[arhassoc]

Thank you for this review, it takes me back 40odd years, when I was lucky enough to attend the 150year celebrations at Rainhill. The construction firm I worked for had some tickets to take clients, and being a weekend, no-one else wanted to go!! So not only did I get to the show, I got paid AND a free lunch! What more could you ask for!

[theretrocrowe]

Sam: It looks like there are no NEM couplings
Me: *INTENSE FLASHBACKS TO THE HOUR OF STRUGGLING TRYING TO COUPLE MY BACHMANN CLASS 158*

[spitfiresergi]

Seriously Sam, THANK YOU for your amazing content. It’s really crazy over here in the States, and I’ve realized that hearing ‘... Welcome back to the railway!’ has given me such an escape from everything going on, even for only a few minutes.

[theretrocrowe]

38:05 Has confused me. Haven't you already reviewed the 08 and Derby Lightweight years ago? And these are different scores too, why would you re-review them?

[jimmyduncan]

Great stuff. A beautiful model. The other Rocket replica was in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. My Papa worked on the railway for 42 years, retiring in the BR days approx 1982. Anyway around 1980 my Papa took me to a train Expo in Scotland where they had set up a section of narrow gauge track and we're running Rocket, replica, back and forth. She was bizarre looking but mesmerizing as I hadn't seen anything like it.

[warriorstar]

I got my Smokey Joe model on Monday, and I’m pretty impressed by how much oo gauge has changed through the years.

[MysticMindAnalysis]

"I've created a weird, parallel universe with multiple Rockets in it."
Or, you could easily say that one is the original, and the other is a working replica, like the one you mentioned earlier in the video :P.

[LowBudgetKiwi]

It's actually REALLY nice to see some realistic couplings for a change. Ok yes I know it's not really practical on most things, but it makes a lovely change.

[ericshenton]

Sam- you refer to the illustarion of Rocket on the inside cover of the box. It is from the Mechanics Magazine of 1829 and shows Rocket at the Rainhill Locomotive Trials. One other point. Rocket was only yellow for these trials . In servicelike the rest of the L & M locos she was green! Her cylinders were also lowered in January 1831 to a nearly horizontal position. Huskisson also was not the first railway casualty and certainly wasn`t the last!

[cadenthecadburyengine]

That is a nice model! I especially enjoy all the little details and how the set includes the LMR coaches!

[jeffreymcneal]

After wearing out my old Triang Rocket, I was delighted to get this one. I had to pay up for it, but it is a jewel and performs splendidly. I did go out and got the third class coaches, which are equally exquisite. However, the tiny loco won't pull more than three coaches, total. A treasured piece, this one I'm taking with me.

[Aaron._]

hi sam! I have seen that Hornby are releasing an open-air third class wagon for this set. and the RRP is £16.99! you should review it!

[ChrizRockster]

Probably one of the best things i've seen in model locomotives from the classy vintage box to fully coupled and running. Amazing.

[bentonroadmodelrailway]

Hi sam, hope your ok. Mines just arrived with smokey joe and its such a stunning model. I love it. Great video and keep up the great work you do. Jack

[SueBobChicVid]

That might be my favorite train set I've seen on your channel. Thanks for showing us that.