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Tis a split chassis - ref 31-705 - see:

https://www.hattons.co.uk/11991/bachman ... etail.aspx

Yes - built quite a few Staniers as BR liveried jobs.

They go together well - my only gripe is the plastic wheels - but they are very easily replaced with Hornby 14.1 equivalent steel wheelsets...

Also the pre-coloured coach end should be black and they are not - for my time period

Definitely worth repairing - much superior to the mainline and early Bachmann split chassis IMO - as I have versions of all 3 - with the replica being noisy (from day one) - but mine has survived without major surgery - which is more than I can say about the others..

I wouldn't recommend dabbling with anything other than recommended electrical oils - such as those mentioned - the risk of damage makes it just not worth it. Many of the motors I have repaired have had problems due to the wrong lubrication - too much lubrication - too thick a lubrication (lacks visc...

Ah the flying banana parcels van - the early ex-Lima class 20's use a similar arrangement too - foxed me for 20 minutes..

I just see many people using this as an excuse to bash Bachmann (at least that's the way a lot of the posts read) when in fact it was Hatton's antics that have caused it. Not in a modelling sense - just a business-sense and they probably deserve that on the basis of this move :roll: Hattons in my v...

Preiser - seem to have developed a niche for the shall we say more amusing figures - including nudes and couples en flagrante!!! (at it - that is..)

Hornby's latest Black 5 is the only RTR choice and is excellent - try R2321 r3303 etc

DCC is another matter - many of them are DCC-Ready (DCC socket but no DCC chip).

Of course... Number 1 rule...leave it as you found it... I doubt there's anybody planning on taking a walk like yours who isn't fully on board with that. The comment arises from conversation yesterday evening with a somewhat irritated old friend, who bears a share in the responsibility for some sig...

Brilliant - thanks Mountain

North Wales re-invented the turlough in June - they were everywhere !!!!

The WR drivers alledgedly did not even like the St3 2-6-2T - which was deliberately designed partly along the lines of the Prairies of both types - almost as an appeasment..?

I'd be interested if anyone can provide specific confirmation as to their use, as I didn't know that OOC had had them. There were some at other WR sheds in the '60s though, certainly Leamington had the now preserved 80072 and it does seem to have been regarded as a Prairie equivalent. As far as I k...

The possibly disappointing answer is that the ex-LTS standard 4's weren't used by OOC - just stored prior to onward dispersal to other WR sheds - notably in central Wales. Many of the LTS engines ended up at Barry - e.g. 80072. "Barry Scrapyard - the preservation miracle" is an excellent r...

Excellent - fond memories of these in the late 70's on Liverpool-Newcastle trains and a little later with Mk2 aircon stock on the North Wales Main Line.

Love the blog too

Brilliant - thank you Sir!