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I've found another book with Mainline photos...

Steam All The Way:

Sir Nigel Gresley 1980, 1984

Kolhapur 1985, 1986

City of Wells 1985, 1986

Drysllwyn Castle 1985

Hagley Hall 1985

Clun Castle 1985

Sir Lamiel 1984, 1987

Lord Nelson 1984

King George V 1985

Morayshire 1981

Flying Scotsman 1984

Mallard 1986

Union of South Africa 1984

Princess Elizabeth 1986

Duchess of Hamilton 1982

Clan Line 1985, 1986

5305 1986

44767 1986

Green Arrow 1986

13809 1984

So plenty to go at! and all available ready-to-run (in OO) I think

Hi Ian,

I'm not sure of specific information, but from the books I have:

Severn Valley Railway Stock Book - visiting engines:

Leander 1982

Clun Castle 1982, 1985

Evening Star 1983

Sir Lamiel 1983

City of Truro 1984-1986 (restored at Bridgnorth for 1985 GWR 150)

Drysllwyn Castle 1984, 1986

Burton Agnes Hall 1986

Kolhapur 1986, 1988

SDJR 13809 1987

Defiant 1988

So by definition these locos were working (and potentially Main Line certified around that time)

Great Western Revival:

(photos of Mainline trains)

Drysllwyn Castle 1980, 1983, 1984

King George V 1980, 1983

Hagley Hall 1983

London Midland Revival:

(photos of Mainline trains)

Kolhapur 1986

4767 (Black 5 LMS Livery) 1981

5407 (Black 5 LMS Livery) 1981, 1982, 1984

Princess Elizabeth 1980, 1981, 1986

44767 (Black 5 BR Livery) 1984, 1985, 1986

5305 (Black 5 LMS Livery) 1983, 1985, 1986

Leander 1982, 1983

Duchess of Hamilton 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985

13809 1980, 1983

44932 (Black 5 BR Livery) 1986

673 & 4027 (returning from Rocket 150) 1980

1000 (Midland Compound) 1981, 1983

46443 1985

Hope that helps?

I really hope Hornby do these in authentic GWR livery. But actually I only need one full third no 829!

Hi chaps,

Thanks for all your help. My error was that the boiler splits from the front splashers - I hadn't realised that so was trying to part something that wasn't supposed to come apart!

Anyway, all running now, with a TCS DP2X-UK installed.

Hi,

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately I don't have the assembly diagram. I checked the Bachmann website, and there isn't one there either.

Obviously there are numerous screws underneath that could be the five in question. I tried undoing two above the rear pony truck axle, two into the side tanks accessible between the leading and centre drivers and all three central screws above the front pony truck. The body still seems secured to the chassis. The rear section moves maybe 1mm away from the body, but the front is still secure. This loco has lots of pipework, so I don't want to try 'forcing' it as given my luck I'll damage it!

Please can someone enlighten me as to what I'm doing wrong. It shouldn't be this difficult!

Hi,

I have been looking for a guide on how to fit a chip in a Bachmann Std 4 2-6-4T. I can't even work out how to get the body off! I seem to recall a thread about it in the past, but I haven't mastered the search tools on here, and it may have been on the old forum anyway.

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

I have been looking for a guide on how to fit a chip in a Bachmann Std 4 2-6-4T. I can't even work out how to get the body off! I seem to recall a thread about it in the past, but I haven't mastered the search tools on here, and it may have been on the old forum anyway.

Thanks in advance.

Just thought I'd let you all know about a small issue I had with my CoT.

It arrived with the smokebox door detached, but that wasn't too difficult to solve.

As I run my layout on DCC, I ran my CoT in on my rolling road for an hour in each direction on DC. All OK so far.

After all the festivities had subsided I managed to convince my family that Bourton on the Water would make an excellent post Xmas trip - model railway shop is within staggering distance of the pub, and at this time of the year you can actually park on the main street!

I acquired a Hornby Sapphire decoder and installed it without any problems. Then tried running CoT my layout - oh dear!

My fiddle yard uses Peco setrack points, and Cot stalled on every one. Not quite the level of perfomance I was expecting. I mistakenly assumed that the tender pickups must be at fault, so spend some fruitless time trying to improve the already functional contacts. It transpired that it was the loco wheels that weren't picking up correctly. The problem was that one of the wires to the tender, was not soldered at all to the contact point. Easily fixed once I had found the culprit!