£6 Hornby Shunters Truck Unboxing & Review

I am absolutely in love with these things! I love the concept, and now I feel like I need one for my model railway!

“Fowey” is the town where it worked, not its name. (Cornwall)

Hi, again Sam. I also think the majority of shunters' trucks remained in their assigned depots snd any shunters who rode on them would stand on the footboard and hold on to the handrail since they would be jumping on and off between assignments.

Hi Sam. I think the 'Fowey' refers to the depot it was assigned to for operations.

Thank you for another video with new information, I to did not know about Shunting trucks. I will purchase one (Amazon) but has the price gone up your 6 to 14 pounds is now 20-27 pounds or 28 to 39 dollars US

Yes, I think it would be a good idea to review rolling stock because, without rolling stock, loco's would be pointless wouldn't they, lol.

This would work well on the rusten shunted for a replacement for the flatbed

What is a shunter truck?

Nice detail

Can't argue with the price you paid

Performance wise it performed well

Sadly some locomotives and rolling stock derail

It's pronounced foy

Might get one if i find it cheap. And yes too more rolling stock videos

Hi Sam,

I did think about buying one of these for my ill octopus 🐙 after you said you could get them for sick squid 🦑.

Regards,
Jim

Must have item

They have became £10 but im still going to buy one!

Almost looks like a tiny nuclear power plant

As someone who has been shouted at in a pub in Cornwall for making the same error, 'Fowey' is pronounced 'Foy'. Oh, the strange and wonderful world of British place names!

I just ordered three of these wouid that look odd with all three being pulled together?

Are you sure the wagon would go very far on the main line? I should have thought the title "shunter's truck" said it all - use in a goods yard for... shunting. If it went out on the main line at all, the shunter would surely ride in the loco cab or guard's van? Very nice wagon. I think I have an old Triang one somewhere!

Hey sam, I have a question. Does Hatton's ship internationally? I live in Australia and I want to start using Hattons instead of local model shops and Ebay as it's cheaper and gives pre-owned models a new home. Amazing model by the way, I might get one myself!

Just ordered one👍

We have a shunters wagon at the SVR

It's very useful in carrying stuff

When there's a shunt at the carriage and wagon works and they fire up the Ruston the shunters wagon is always on the back

Fowey is prenounced foy for your information as the cornish people hate people calling it fowey so there you are a bit of useless information lol

MY fist thought it was cheap due to quality, then my second thought after watching this was "it is only cheap because of its length, and the fact that it is just a fancy flatcar". (flat wagon) TO bad our cheapest cars with that quality are around the $25-$30 mark.

It’s pronounced foy

You say all buildings do is sit there: fair enough. Make sure they sit in the right place. Got an engine shed, a 45xx's sprung buffer connected with it.

kinda tichy and not that much detail but it adds to the stock would of rather seen something a bit better like wagons with stock in them that's inter changable,

That kinda looks like a train with a tiny house on it!

The white lever would be the handbrake for the wagon and as others have said the shunter would ride on the running board and not climb up onto the top of the wagon unless getting the lesser use tools from the box. The point of these wagons was to make it safer/easier for the shunters to work so they would ride on the wagon on not the cab steps of the loco, I would guess it made it easier to give shunting instructions from the running board of the wagon instead of walking in front of the loco. If you look at some of the diesel shunters they had shunters steps built into them (steps that are inset into the buffer beam.) look at the Janus or 03 models. These made it safer for the shunter as they where then in the loading gauge. If it wasn't for the GWR branding these wagons would look good with the Hornby Peckett or the Hattons Barclay with a shunter on the wagon.

That’s an Odd truck but it looks good

A splendid review Sam, quite happy with this one. Fowey the Shunters Truck was an incredible model, perfect in almost every single way. Its detail, being a very tiny piece its very impressive, and in quality it was great, especially with the diecast toolbox, and the perfomance was very good, just like any piece of other rolling stock should be. It was nice to see a rolling stock unboxing again, since it is good to see another important part of the railway, and I will be pleased to see another one. Anyways, I hope you had a nice day, and I'll see you next time.

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Fowey pronounced like a cross between"boy" and "bouy".

"Fowey" isn't a name, it's the depot the truck is allocated to. Great video.

I always like seeing wagons with the GWR "churchward" style brakes (the little white bit you couldn't identify), just something a little quirky!

Great wagon, Bought one had it for and year

Kool !
I like the review.

The white handle sticking out at the side of the buffer beam is pushed down, after the wagon has been uncoupled in a siding, to prevent it sliding into any other trucks further back.

Ok I will be there no Sunday what time?

Well never heard of a shunters-truck.

WHY DONT YOU SHUNT WITH IT, SEND IT DOWN A SIDING, PLEASE, WITHOUT AN ENGINE EDIT: YEAH MY KEYBOARD ACTUALY IS BROKEN, IM HOPING SCHOOL FUNDS ON THE IPAD WORKSHOP WILL HELP

Do a short video with Thomas and E2 education James and percy and Emily

Well done, that is great. Being it says Fowie on the side, and Fowie is a place by the sea in Cornwall, I think it was served by the Grate Western. So maybe it says Fowie on the side because it might have been baced at Fowie docks. The price is great it is a good bargain indeed!!

I would also like to see more rolling stock reviews, including a rolling stock ranking board.

Good video Sam.

Great video

I do like the idea of reviewing rollingstock, pieces like the shunting wagon are interesting. Perhaps you could combine reviews, have a locomotive and a relevant piece of rolling stock reviewed in the same video? Though that might be more trouble than it's worth.

Just a suggestion but can you review a loco that has a crane atop it's boiler

Hi Sam. As I understand it the GWR brought shunter's trucks in when electrical section indicators were  brought into use in the signal boxes. They were used in conjunction with 0-4-0T and very short wheel based 0-6-0T locos to be sure that the total wheel base was long enough to trip the circuits. As you said, they also carried all the required shunter's tools including spare 3-links and lengths of rope and chain, and of course the shunter's tea can. The brown painted boards on the outside of the springs etc. are the running boards for the shunter to ride on, as seen on the outside of guard's vans. The white item to the right hand end is the brake operating lever. Shunter's trucks were only meant for riding on at slow "shunting speeds." I doubt that you would be allowed to ride on a "modern version" if there was such a thing owing to HEALTH AND SAFETY, Lol. Best regards, Alan.

Sam
Do you have an interest in making the Wild Nor’ Wester
Gordon’s Express
The classic configuration is
3 standard coaches
And 1 brake coach at the back
I am from America so I don’t know the price of HORNBY Thomas Green Coaches, but I know the Bachmann version is 60$ a pop.

I also forgot to mention, when you took the revenge on Gordon, when will Spencers time come? And tell him that the Flying Scotsman said that the A4s are weak and nowhere as good as the A3s