Joined: 04/05/2015(UTC) Posts: 777 Location: England, London
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Today I have been reconfiguring a section of my layout - a pastime my wife reckons takes up more time than running trains. At the various stage especially towards the finish its good to run a train to see if everything's OK.
I always reach for my old faithful 3665 BR260 shunter for this task - no bogies, axles, tenders, couplings and any bits that can break off have probably already done so in the last thirty years or so.
Anyone else have a favourite indestructible old faithful lok?
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Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,512 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot
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Joined: 27/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: CHENNAI, INDIA
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Hello Happy New Year to All! Yes RWill- I do agree there will be one faithful Lok in every ones collection! I have my BR 360-V60 # 37649 for all test runs and EO3/10 # 39573 for heavy duty testings. Off course they are not old! but always faithful to run even after several months kept in box or parked in tracks!
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Joined: 30/01/2004(UTC) Posts: 276 Location: Houston, Texas
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I also had a 3665 and reached for it when I was testing track. I later bought a 37649 BR 360 which had an improved motor and a Telex coupler that performed better. After a number of years I realized that the bright red Cargo paint scheme clashed with that of my other diesels. The solution was to attach the 3665 cab to the 37649 base and have operated it that way since. I can always switch them back if I wanted to sell them. Tex
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Joined: 05/03/2014(UTC) Posts: 705 Location: Finland
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Hi all, My favourite indestructible old faithful lok is 3021 V200. It was in the early 70's when the motor was worn out and armature had to be replaced. It is still running strong and pulling tin plate coaches.  If I ever have to sell my MRR stuff it would be the last to go Cheers Åke
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Joined: 05/12/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,811 Location: Crozet, Virginia
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Originally Posted by: Br502362  Hi all,
My favourite indestructible old faithful lok is 3021 V200.
Cheers Åke Hey Åke, I am laying out my entire track plan right now and I have been testing it with my newer V200. Before that it was a converted 3000, but it could run badly even on good track. My V200 still has the old DCM, but in 5-pole it actually works well using modern decoders. I think the real problem is the slider but for whatever reason, it objects to any irregularities in my electrical supply. A fun way to test things and to get it all right. |
Regards,
Jim
I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains!
So many trains and so little time. |
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Joined: 10/02/2006(UTC) Posts: 3,997
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I used whatever was closest to hand. The more locos you test with the better. If you always test with one only, you are building a layout known to work with one loco. |
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Joined: 14/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 15,871 Location: Gibraltar, Europe
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I have many old faithful's, and I agree with Dale that you should test with a variety of locos to get a better picture of how well your layout is going to perform in actual operation.
I would go further and say that you should test with a complete train. Sometimes there is a change in level or a kink in the track which the loco can negotiate easily but will derail or uncouple any wagons behind it.
It is also helpful to test with your longest coaches when placing signals, catenary masts, light towers etc. I have a situation now where I cant use coaches longer than 27cm on my R1 curves if I don't want them to bang into all the catenary masts.
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Ray
Mostly Marklin.Selection of different eras and European railways Small C track layout, control by MS2, 100+ trains but run 4-5 at a time.
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