Shunting

"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote

I guess you've bought from the toy end of the market Guy. They are certainly some excellent low-geared shunting locos out there if you know where to look. Some I'd recommend:-

Bachmann & Hornby 08 diesel shunters Hornby J94 0-6-0ST Bachmann Jinty 0-6-0T Bachmann 8750 & 57xx 0-6-0PT Panniers Dapol/Hornby 14xx 0-4-2T

are the ones which immediately come to mind.

John.

Does the Dapol/Hornby 14xx run better than the Airfix version? That seemed to have an odd arrangement of pick-ups that didn't work well.

Steve

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"Steve Noble" wrote

Yes, the Airfix version was a real dog. Dapol revised the pick-ups (credit where it's due) and Hornby appear to have simply remanufactured to Dapol's spec.

Got to say in my experience, the Dapol models tend to be slightly better than the later Hornby version in terms of running qualities, whilst the quality of finish of the loco bodies is much better from Hornby.

John.

How about the Hornby Terriers.....mine all are great slow speed locos! cheers Gene

My Terriers are all great as well, even over double slips, except number 2! Rob

"Gene" wrote

They're ok, if a tad noisy.

There were not deliberately omitted from my original list, which just included locos which quickly came to mind.

John.

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:54:13 +0100, "John Turner" said in :

Thanks, other comments also duly noted. I think I was suffering from having bought cheaply on eBay (who would sell a good slow-runing loco after all?). On the plus side, I paid next to nothing for most of them and have been able to fettle my Deltic using the motor out of one I bought for a pound :-)

Guy

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