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No I didnt buy it unfortunately. I'm kicking myself now. Maybe the person who did will appear on this forum.

I love this forum! Thanks for all the replies. The motor sort of resembles a Romford Phantom but it's not. And yes it does look like it has seven poles. Maybe a Zenith? I dont understand how it could have ever run on a track as parts of the chassis seem to extend below the track line. However maybe that's just an illusion caused by the angle that the photograph was taken. 

I do remember a reference to Trix in the item description so maybe Trix-based.   Cheers.

Hi there. 

I recently saw a lot containing assorted vintage items on Ebay. One of the items was this chassis. I am familiar with many old vintage motors but I've never seen anything like this. What is this?

Any ideas?

Cheers 

Yes great thanks to both of you for the replies! 

I'll write to Lendon's and see if I can get a couple of those chassis they look just the job.

All the best,

TJ.

Can somebody tell me if the match truck that goes with the Hornby Ruston 48DS is available separately? I can't find it anywhere. 

All the best,

TJ.

On 23/10/2023 at 15:12, Ethan_101 said:

Almost positive the cylinders and main rods are from the Bachmann Percy, or its previous none franchise related UK brotheren.

Well spotted and yes, you are absolutely right, it was a Bachmann Percy!

Yes that's it! Thankyou very much!

Hello there, 

Can someone tell me who made the signal box that can be seen in this photo?  I had it as a kid and would like to see if I can find another but I've no idea who made it.

All the best,

TTJ

On 21/03/2021 at 19:03, russell price said:

Whilst the loco isnt Keyser i believe the motor to be an early Keyser unit, did i see earlier in the posts an advert showing this motor predating the cast loco kits?? I have a 1959 1400 autotank that has the earliest kit motor with the pole pieces screwed on an a badly bent whitemetal chassis. Does anyone have a spare whitemetal chassis, I have a few Locos with Gearboxes and Mashima motors but im still happy to run old school stuff , I could just put a new Comet chassis under it i suppose.  Having built a few Ks kits when they were in production they were all buildable and would work, my theory on some of the horrors surfacing on ebay giving Ks a worse name than ever is i suspect there are a number of reject/ returned kits etc as defective now coming onto the market

ive been caught with new ebay kits that have issues and do just wonder, preferring to buy badly built but complete ones nowadays/

Nice loco. Incidentally that's not a K's motor it's an old Zenith. I recently put one in an old Tri-ang Polly. Runs nice and smooth. Seven pole. 

I follow Sam's trains and I enjoy his reviews, and the "silly" stuff is good too, very entertaining, and something the kids can look forward to whilst getting their dose of model railways. I sense some kind of resentment, dislike, or distrust among certain members of this forum towards him which I find more silly than any of his light-hearted antics. I found the review he gave of the hush hush to be fair and justified. I'm sure Sam is more than capable of being careful when assembling/disassembling a loco, and that his disassembly had nothing to do with the issues the loco had.

I remember when you could buy a Hornby loco and it would be pretty much guaranteed to run straight out of the box, and continue to run with basic servicing for many decades. Obviously things have changed. I was most disgusted by Hornbys pathetic packaging than anything else. What a disappointment. 

 Thankyou very much, it's been driving me nuts!

Can someone tell me who/what "Book Law" is? What does the name mean? I've been trying to look it up but can't find anything. Thanks.