reseaux Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 A member of the family is sorting through their old toys and amongst the Hornby Dublo stock and track is this curio. It looks like an American style FP7 but in BR blue. All that's printed underneath is made Hong Kong. Any help in identifying this loco would be gratefully received. Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted March 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2018 A member of the family is sorting through their old toys and amongst the Hornby Dublo stock and track is this curio. It looks like an American style FP7 but in BR blue. All that's printed underneath is made Hong Kong. Any help in identifying this loco would be gratefully received. Many thanks. Hi There Is there a photo please? Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reseaux Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 Apologies, images didn't upload. Trying again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted March 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2018 Ltes try another way! is it one of these? http://www.tri-angrailways.com/Transcontinental%20Locomotives.htm Cheers Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reseaux Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 http://www.gs-carpentry.co.uk/assets/loco/1.jpg http://www.gs-carpentry.co.uk/assets/loco/2.jpg http://www.gs-carpentry.co.uk/assets/loco/3.jpg http://www.gs-carpentry.co.uk/assets/loco/4.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reseaux Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 Thanks Phil but it's not like any of those. It has a working motor. Front bogie has the pickups and the back has the drive mechanism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2018 To my untrained eye it looks a bit early Atlas/Athearn/Mehano ish? Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted March 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2018 Does it have the whopping great tension lock like the one in this photo? https://images.vectis.co.uk/470/3375_m.jpg Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reseaux Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 It does indeed. That looks like the one we have in the top right of the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reseaux Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 Thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 (edited) Is it a Life-Like loco? http://ho-scaletrains.com/life-like-f7/ cheers Edited March 31, 2018 by Rivercider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted March 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2018 Reckon Mike was on the right lines... One of these perhaps? https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=ZugBp1HW&id=4EDE5C2504426A08E97BAA24FECC9116C10E2BF8&thid=OIP.ZugBp1HWvlqyemNvgt46ugHaD5&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fhattonsimages.blob.core.windows.net%2fproducts%2fER4012_1.JPG&exph=316&expw=600&q=E-R+Models+fp7+1a28&simid=608032578064482684&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0 Different livery of course! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reseaux Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 It does look exactly like the Life-Like model. I assume they must have adapted an exciting design for the UK market in the 70s. Thank you all for your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I've got one of these (a H0 F7A in BR livery). She is branded Tyco (according to my records - the loco is stored away somewhere), but probably originated in Hong Kong. She came in a job lot (years ago) and is undergoing repaint into SP 'black widow' livery (a slow process). I also have a similar, but rather cruder, F3A branded Marx*. This came (even more years ago - for 10/- IIRC) with two coaches coupled with enormous buckeyes and has rubber band drive to gearing in the bogies. This drive consumed most of the output of her puny 6V motor, until it expired in a cloud of smoke. I was running her on 12V and didn't keep its output down enough (mea culpa, but the rubber bands have perished anyway). *Possibly from the same factory in Hong Kong? This looks like the matching B unit? https://www.ebay.com/itm/MARX-USA-VINTAGE-COLLECTABLE-F-3-B-UNIT-DIESEL-NEW-YORK-CENTRAL-RAILROAD-HO-/122879629370 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Further to the above, I found this by chance: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/115522-worst-model-locomotive/page-4 #82 there is one in a Life-Like box. This suggests either out-sourcing or some collaboration (or just my records are incorrect). I will have to check.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Those cab windscreen look familiar. Bought mine second hand in a Bachman box, so not certain it is original. All it says under the model is made in Hong Kong. Open frame motor with a layshaft drive, did Bachmann do them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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