Impressive New Hornby SR Luggage Van | Unboxing & Review

My review of the all newly tooled Hornby SR luggage van.

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0:00 Introduction
2:55 Unboxing
4:53 Detail
9:46 Performance
12:49 Ratings
14:18 Conclusion

[sophiaevans]

The black things in the accessory pack are boards for staff to write the destination/contents on in chalk

[clayallison]

As I sip tea from my Sam's Trains mug, I am once again impressed by the thorough review of this rolling stock. Thank you for all the effort and information you put in these videos. They are truly first rate.
Cheers,

[chrisclark]

Hi Sam. Another enjoyable video. This van looks very good. If you look around you can find the 1960s /70s versions in green or blue. These were better in the fact that all of the doors could be opened. They looked good in station bay platforms with the doors open and with some loads added. All they needed was a bit of weathering and you end up with a superb model. Stay safe and well, cheers Chris.

[leroyholm]

Hi Sam and thanks for the reply. There is always some question about where the parcels van would be situated in a rake of coaches. Several railway companies were adamant about where "goods" vehicles were situated and where brake vans or coach/brakes were positioned relative to the layout of the train. I went through my collection of films and found that parcel vans on the Southern Railway were both at the front of the train and at the rear. This gives you great freedom in how you now constuct your train sets. May we see many more running of these!

[robmasterman]

I remember when Triang brought out a version of this back in the 1950's Sam, and what a stunner this latest version is, quite amazing....Bob

[johnd]

The reminds me of the astonishing run of the similar Triang Utility Van from 1958. Had twelve opening doors even then. I think a version of this tooling was still available on and off until at least 2011. 53 years in production quite a record.
Still referred to, and preferred, in many of the comments.
A railroad version of the Triang van might find a sizable number of buyers if the price reflected the tooling age and simplicity.

[Mrjacharles]

You can see the love and dedication put into these models...

[johnd]

Pity about the stiff running that I thought was fixed in the sixties.
You might try coating the axle pin points and cone of the bogie bearing with graphite. A soft pencil is an available source.
Much less likely than oil or grease to attack the plastic or attract debris.
Check any poor finish of the axle pin point ends too.
Hope to see if this helps.

[Andy-in-Kinross]

A nice looking luggage van. Personally I’d rather have opening doors than sprung buffers. I had been thinking about buying the Pullman version as an update for my Churchill’s Funeral train and would have liked them to have retained the opening doors. Nice to have opening doors on wagons for use in cargo / postal depots etc. Just my opinion of course.

[paulbowman]

I completely agree with the details that you gave it and it looks pretty cool and it's a bit to flashy for my taste (my honest opinion). I'm sorry that I missed your new season of the live stream's Sam, I will make it up to you this Sunday. I hope your having a great day today Sam and I hope that you do more train review's soon to come this year.

[kilauea]

Abin here. I really like the luggage van. I searched in Hornby's website for beginner train sets. Unfortunately they were really costly. I ended up closing my laptop and enjoy myself with some of your videos. Anyway I love your models and wish you good luck. Here is a request for your next requests video. Please run the Flying Scotsman double heading with Papyrus, (sorry if I have mistaken the spelling) with the luggage van and some matching southern green coaches.

[lapiswake]

Bought one of these from Sunderland Station Models last week, is a fantastic model. Fits in well with my hornby non-gangwayed bogie luggage van (Van B) in br green, and my 2 hornby 4-wheel luggage vans (Van C) in br green and br crimson. Don't yet have the bachmann sr luggage van (PMV). Also matches my sr olive green maunsell coaches, although I should swap my br green maunsell kitchen car for a sr olive green one, and sell my bulleid third open to fund one of the new maunsell restaurant cars due later this year.

Those oval things I believe are slate panels for marking the destination on the van, for when in use as a goods/parcels vehicle rather than a passenger luggage van. Can be found on all sorts of vehicles like mk1 GUV/CCTs (maybe BGs), and square versions can be found on van wagons like my LNER 10' fish van.

The rolling issues are due to the brake pads being too close to the wheels. I had to bend mine outwards and performs much better now.

I should really get a sr olive green loco, aside from my m7, to haul these coaches.

One thing I'd love to see is a short HST set. You could do GWR or ScotRail. One review of the power cars, then one review of the 4 (or 5 for some scotrail sets) sliding door mk3s.

[leonarddench]

Hi from New Zealand, I have been quietly watching your channel for a while and your reviews are great, even if your sense of humor is somewhat weird... This new luggage van from Hornby looks amazing and without going into pre-order cancellations, managed to find one so it is on its way from the UK to the end of the earth. Your review, along with Sophia's advice on the 'slates', makes me even more eager to get it running here. Thanks heaps for your reviews.

[leroyholm]

Hi Sam Great Review
& well chosen. These are excellent rolling stock items to buy and extremely
useful to modellers. It can be used attached to passenger trains, parcel van
trains, empty stock trains or as a static attraction in a station layout to enjoy
the great detail.

[pettra]

Hi Sam. My van arrived today. I set up four pieces of long straight together at a gentle slope and rolled the van down them ok and it left the track, rolling gently onto the floor (without crashing!) The only thing I would say is that the wheels nearest the couplings on each bogie are rather stiff. One gentle drop of recommended oil should do the trick. All in all, very good.

[eddyweller]

Morning Sam, really nice looking van, agree with all you said, but I've got a sr luggage van from about 1960 a old triang model and while it doesn't have the fine detail of this it does have opening doors and when therefore when I've got the grandkids over the play value is huge . Enjoy the reviews thanks Sam. Eddy xx

[CrystalLakeRailroad]

Wow, a lovely piece of rolling stock, that detail is astonishing!

[SwanSycorax]

I had one of those - well, visually exactly the same, bought with my hard saved pocket money in 1960/62 (I can't remember the exact date? I think the price was about 12shillings and six pence - around 62pence in modern money!! I remember it had opening doors! Good things keep coming round!!!

[mcachilles]

Sam: I've never reviewed a coach before.
Sam's shelves groaning under the weight of an O gauge autocoach: Are you sure about that?

[iceetricera]

Nice addition! Passengers will definitely be needing that if they ever pack a lot of things for their trip! 👍