Model Trains

Model trains have featured in Teatime with Matt on several occasions. Matt is a keen railway hobbyist and has two layouts; one modeled in OO Gauge (named Scratchwood Junction) in his garage and another modeled in N Gauge (named Hawtin), which is on a semi-portable baseboard.

In 2017, Matt took part in a Channel 4 television show called *The Biggest Little Railway in the World*. The show chronicled the attempt to build a 32mm gauge railway from Fort William to Inverness.

## The Hype Train

The Hype Train is a reference to the popular internet slang term of the same name. In typical Teatime With Matt fashion, the Teatime With Matt Hype Train is a literal train. It first appeared on the show in the 2015 charity special Teatime With Matt's 24 Hour Tea Break, running on Matt's Scratchwood Junction layout.

   The Hype Train is hauled by a OO Gauge model of Battle of Britain Class Pacific locomotive No. 34081 '92 Squadron', which in real life is preserved and operated by the Battle of Britain Locomotive Society. It hauls 4 Pullman coaches and is a loose recreation of *The Devon Belle*, a luxury passenger train that was operated by Southern Rail between 1947 and 1954.

The Hype Train also appeared at the end of the video epilogue to the 24 Hour Tea Break.

## Livestream

*Livestream* was the nickname given to a small branch line locomotive, which ran alongside The Hype Train on Matt's Scratchwood Junction layout during Teatime With Matt's 24 Hour Tea Break. Matt gave the locomotive this nickname because, like its namesake, it kept crashing.

*Livestream* is a 00 Gauge model of GWR 14xx Class No. 1401, as featured in the 1953 Ealing comedy film *The Titfield Thunderbolt*. Like its real-life equivalent in the film, *Livestream* hauls a model of a Wisbech & Upwell Tramway coach and a GWR Toad brake van.

*Livestream* alsoappeared in the video epilogue to the 24 Hour Tea Break. In the video, Matt is seen entering the garage and stating in an exasperated voice "Great! Livestream's crashed again!". This is followed by a shot showing the locomotive lying on it's side.The locomotive also appeared under the end card of this video, first pulling a train as normal, then as a light engine, then pushing the train from the rear. This was a staged recreation of a problem that occurred several times during the live show, due to the coupling between *Livestream* and the coach coming loose and the locomotive running into the rear of its own train.

## The Party Train

The Party Train first appeared in Teatime With Matt's New Year's Eve Party, a special four hour show broadcast on New Years Eve 2016. The train ran on a loop of track on Matt's dining room table, with the sound of a steam whistle being played via Matt's jingle soundboard.

The train is hauled by a Standard Class 3MT locomotive, No. 82001. In its first appearance, the locomotive was hauling four Mk1 Horse Boxes and an Oil Tank Wagon (which Matt claimed was filled with Prosecco).

The Party Train appeared again in Teatime With Matt's 2017 Boxing Day Special, now on a loop of track on a baseboard, which was placed on Matt's bed. On this occasion, the locomotive was hauling two suburban passenger coaches.

## External Links

1. ↑ Wikipedia - OO Gauge
2. ↑ Wikipedia - N Scale
3. ↑ The Biggest Little Railway In The World Wiki
4. ↑ Know Your Meme - Hype Train
5. ↑ Wikipedia - SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes
6. ↑ The Battle of Britain Locomotive Society
7. ↑ Wikipedia - Pullman Train (UK)
8. ↑ Wikipedia - Devon Belle
9. ↑ YouTube - Teatime With Matt's 24 Hour Tea Break - Epilogue
10. ↑ Wikipedia - GWR 1400 Class
11. ↑ Wikipedia - *The Titfield Thunderbolt*
12. ↑ Wikipedia - BR Standard Class 3 2-6-2T