Bring out yer dead

[grumbeast]

So in recent years I've had to turn away from buying new locomotives (mainly cost) and have a renewed interest in old ones and stock.  Given my interest in trains from all parts of the world I thought it would be fun to start a thread for people to post pictures / movies / stories / history of their old locomotives, as much or as little as you like.  I have to give credit to for the title of the thread to @Webbo

The 'very loose' rules.

1. They can be from any country
2. They should be old (I don't know what makes a model locomotive old, but I figure anything thats pre-2000 starts to qualify, after all, there are plenty of real locos that didn't last that long!, but you decide if they are old to you)

This is mean't to be a celebration of these trains, just because a thing is new, doesn't mean its better and I'm finding a lot of my older loco's while not as detailed in some cases are generally pretty bullet proof and run well.

I'll start the ball rolling with this Concor (made my Roco) F3a from 1979.  Bought at a show recently for next to nothing, she's got a bit of a wobble but runs well and looks pretty good as well I think.  Doing pretty well for a 45yr old!




And proof of life (also for an ancient GN FA-1)

[Bealman]

Poole Farish saddle tank, circa 1990. Still runs ok, nice firebox glow in the cab.

Well, a sparking motor, actually 

[JulianO]

I quite like this idea of resurrecting old locos for this thread.

Here is my contribution: A Lima Class 31 bought second-hand in 1977. Repainted by hand by me about 8 years later, with rub-on transfers.

It worked regularly for about 20 years until I acquired a Poole Farish example. When originally bought the Lima one lacked 2 traction tyres, so had very little pulling power. Some years later I tracked some down in a now defunct model shop on Auckland's North Shore. I remember the day fairly well as I got married that evening..

Put on the track today it did fire up under power, though the driving wheels spun before it moved off, as the aforementioned traction tyres are now almost worn out.

[Bealman]

That doesn't look too bad at all, actually.

[Newportnobby]

I started in N gauge back in the 70s with a couple of class 101s (Farish) subsequently sold off, a Farish pannier tank, Castle and 3 Minitrix locos. Though far from dead, they do look very dated compared to modern day equivalents

[Bealman]

Love those Minitrix models!

[Bealman]

Talking of Minitrix, here's a Minitrix 9F converted to a Crosti version:

[Train Waiting]

Hello Chums

The Poppyshire & Sillyshire Railway (aka the SuperSilly Train Set) is a railway preservation project in miniature.  As such, it has a slowly-increasing non-collection of Locomotives from Yesteryear.





I think this little blue beauty is the oldest engine on the railway.  She has probably celebrated her half-century.  A Graham Farish Great Eastern Railway 0-6-0T.

I purchased her as a non-runner from the excellent Elaine's Trains.  After a refurbishment, she now runs and, every now and then, I couple a couple [Thank you!] of four-wheel carriages to her and she toddles round the little layout.

Excellent idea for a thread, thank you, Graham.


'N' Gauge is Such Fun!

With all best wishes.

John

[ntpntpntp]

Not sure if early 1960s "push-Trix" counts, but anyway the pacific and coaches are original production (the set was a 1999 repro for 40 years of Minitrix)


I suppose these are among the earliest I have which still work, though too coarse to run on the regular layout now



I have a few late 60s / early 70s Arnold, Minitrix and Fleischmann locos. 

This set from 1968 still runs beautifully


Long time British N modellers will know this one, the bullet-proof class 27-ish   (same chassis as that 1968 loco in the set above)


1971 set







Two motors in this one!



My first N gauge set was similar to this, bought in 1974 in Fiji of all places!


Ibertren 3-rail (I have a complete set to run this on)


If we're talking about old models that are still playing their part on the layout at exhibitions then the Arnold ET 420 units take the medal, There are usually two or three of the mid 70s tooling models in the stock box

[Dorsetmike]

3 Southern 4-6-0s from the early 80s

862, a Lord Nelson - hacked from a Peco Jubilee tender from a Nord Pacific.
509 my first N gauge loco, Southern Urie S15 Langley kit on Fleischman chassis
837 Maunsel S15 hacked from a Langley kit on Fleischman chassis; (mainly cab roof and footplate over cylinders)

[JulianO]

Some great old models there, keep them coming!

[Newportnobby]

Some great old models there, keep them coming!

Shouldn't that be 'keep them going'?

[Train Waiting]

Some great old models there, keep them coming!

Shouldn't that be 'keep them going'?

Here's another locomotive from the Poppyshire & Sillyshire Railway's non-collection that keeps going:-





A splendid '5XP', later, 'Jubilee' 4-6-0, made for Peco by Rivarossi.  If only Peco's plan for a range of 'N' gauge locomotives had come to fruition...


'N' Gauge is Such Fun!

With all best wishes.

John

[Firstone18]

I have 'resurrected' quite a few second-hand locos and run them all on the club layout fairly often, sometimes at exhibitions. All are DCC converted, and I am often surprised how many people notice them and start chatting about what they had as youngsters.
The Peco 5XP is my latest completed project. I got a new chassis from Peter's Spares, and a 1015S motor and worm from Tramfabriek. A club member 3D printed me a sleeve for the motor. A decoder was fitted in the tender by removing a small amount from the top of the chassis; the chassis weighs in at around 50g following removing material.
Hope the picture is able to be seen? I reckon this loco, well the original parts of it anyway, are at least 50 years old.

I've got 4 Minitrix, and two UM locos which predate 1998 as well; all run well and can still pull a long train!
Cheers

[ntpntpntp]

For a European N modeller it surprises me that I have three Peco Jubilees  

All because I had one back in the late 70s when I was running British N.  I remember it cost me £26 (twice the price of a Farish tank loco)  which I'd earned during my summer jobs on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway.  That example was sold off when I changed to Continental N in the early 80s, but more recently I've re-acquired two black ones and a red one just because I like them as models   One of the black ones has been re-motored with a coreless.