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Early Graham Farish Poole Chassis Black 5 DCC Conversion


dripfedfred

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This is an early Poole chassis model fitted with gaugemaster dcc92 decoder and marwick brush. The model has a brass drive gear and surprisingly copper pickups which look like they have been a replacement for the original silver ones as the lower plate retention screw is cosmetic, there is no chassis screw hole in which to insert it so it has been cut short at some point. It runs remarkably well on dcc as can be seen here https://youtu.be/-gGwGoswxpE

 

Does anyone know the exact vintage of the model?

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The brass gears would date the loco to 70's or very early 80's.

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I have one that was bought shortly after it was released, once the BR lined black version was available.

 

It was late 70s I think, perhaps 1978 or 79. It is certainly in the 1980 catalogue. This eBay poster sale seems to suggest it was announced, if not released, in 1978. I remember having the poster!

 

Mine is unmodified and does have copper pickups.

 

 

 

 

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