Hello all,

I wanted to share the story behind two new locos I managed to pick up at this weekends’ Brockenhurst Model Railway Show. I was rifling through trays of old locomotives (as I do quite often) and came across a Bachmann GW ‘City’ and ‘Earl’ class. I’m guessing they were considered to be non runners as I paid £50 for the pair, thinking I would be able to spend some time buying replacement parts for them and returning them to working condition.

Returning home, I went to test the pair and much to my surprise, they both worked as if they had just been taken out the box. Flawless.

In fact, after I’d taken a paintbrush to them to clear up the thick layer of dust, it revealed a spotless finish with no obvious marks or scratches. The only issue is the Earl has a set of con rods missing, which I’m sure I can pick up somewhere.

As you can see, apart from the missing connecting rods on the ‘Earl,’ they’re practically brand new, and for just £25 each.

So for those of you who complain that model railways are too expensive now, yes I agree in some cases they are.
 

But sometimes, you just have to look underneath that Triang loco, and you might uncover an absolute gem, or in this case, two!