Martin 1960

just found this forum, very useful thanks! I also have a 25 279 which I bought new years ago. It's always been a stalwart on my layout and I run it in preference to any of my Lima 33s even towing an unmotored Hornby 25 +7 coaches behind it for the full Cambrian Coast Express. Just run it for the first time in a few months and it's very sluggish and noisy. All the wheels turn under power. Took it to bits and found a small amount of brass filings on each bogie. Test ran it off the track no problem but it stalls after about 5 mins on the track. Ran the motor without bogies connected all looked fine. Finally isolated what I thought was the errant bogie and the other one ran off the track quite happily for over an hour. I've ordered a new bogie from eBay hopefully this will resolve it!