Which of the found Loft Locomotives will run? Lawrie Goes a Little Model Episode 3. 

I can smell the triang from here! I recommend giving the locos a service, cleaning up contacts and a dab of suitable oil will help them keep running for years to come

If you remove the dummy blank cast weight inside the Black 5, you can install an X04 motor and worm to covert it to teh originally intended loco drive. I did this to mine with an Airfix 5 pole motor back in the late 1970's.

The Trian Princess was based on a set they made for Marks & Spencer. It was one of the most popular train sets ever as it was very affordable on pocket money. It had one loco and three very short BRMK1s but the plastic was prone to distorting and warping after very little time. The Triang version was more robust. The first generation Princess had no valve gear - the second one did likes yours here

I'm fairly young I'd like to say and I'm thinking of getting into model railways and my great grandfather handed my mother down a BR black princess victoria, it hadn't been run since he died which was about 30 years ago so I set up some track, turned on the power, and it sprung straight into life! Truly great quality!

As I'm getting on in years now I'm in my 70s, sometimes I cant remember what day it is! I've a large collection of locos and when I do any running or servicing I either write the date and details in a notebook or a little slip of paper in the box.

Ohey! Just what I needed on this grey and grim Sunday!

My wife bought Princess Elizabeth for me in middle 60s at a cost of £64.00 a lot of money in those days. It. Is still going strong.

Someone *cough* me *cough* would give a fourtune for that station!

Those Bachmann Thomas recolors do make for excellent bash fodder. Never say never to it looking like a proper engine! ;)

Brilliant video lawrie! It’s crazy what you can find when you look through old boxes.

I personally think the "Billy" has a lot of charm! Sure it isn't prototypical, but it would be right at home on my fictional railway layout.

A perfect way to start off a Sunday morning after a long nights work! As good as it operates I’d take the Thomas chassis and maybe run it without the current body but just the hookups, chassis and a small camera for some footage from the model’s point of view as it goes around. I hope you can setup a smaller diorama at your house for the next video with what you have on hand, would make a great video. Thanks for sharing this with us!

Love the shirt

Loving the model videos, yes not the same as the "normal" stuff but still far from a consolation prize! I have found my (dare say im far from alone) model collection growing rather rapidly myself during this time, i had only just gotten back into the hobby early this year, at least i picked a good time. Just wish we could buy blooming decoders here atm, i got a new loco the other week but no decoder and i don't even have a DC controller :( I only model local (Victorian , Australian) stuff but still love looking at English rolling stock.

Very nice video

Loving the content as always, also alternative title; Lawrie Goes A Little Loco: What’s Loco Broken Now.....

If everything in the shed ran as well as these straight off then you wouldn't have a channel 🤣

I love looking through old boxes and finding treasure

Loving that station Lawrie, much prefer the old stuff as better built. Most of my engines are over 30 years old and still run great

46205 Princess Victoria ,I had two of them, about 1974, I think. Great video Lawrie.

Lawrie your shirt is absolutely top notch

I only had a few bits as a child, and have just got back into model railways aged 38. Unfortunately the few things I had as a child are long gone. The one locomotive I remember is a Hornby 57xx GWR pannier tank circa 1976-ish that I think I got from my granddad that had a lot of sentimental value (my granddad is still alive: I just really liked the train). Just picked an identical one up on eBay. Turns out they made hundreds of thousands of them and they've all kept very well.

Ik have a Marklin HO class V-200 diesel from the German DB. It was build in 1966 which make him older then i am. Put him on analog track and there she go, a bit noisy but it ran and ran good. The loco was not used for 25 years. I took the whole loco apart, cleaned him, cleaned the motor, give it a set of new carbon brushes and mid-rail pickup (still available from Marklin!), give it new oil and grease and ran it again. This time also perfectly slow speeds as far as this is possible with a 3 pole AC motor, and had a lot less noise. So i took it apart again and digitalized it with a Simple Marklin first generation 6080 Delta decoder. Now it run as a '60's survivor with his 12 original all metal D-train coaches (24cm each) on the club lay out. And he pulls it with one hand in his pocket, and the other one giving a hi five. But it must be said that back at the time, Marklin was a very expensive brand. But looking back, with a simple maintenance and decoder it can still run at modern day digital lay outs it was money well spend, however the previous owner sadly not lived to see his loco run again on modern tracks.

If you were to use these, please do oil the motor and the wheels/bearings. It will improve the motors strength and expand their life while doing so.

I'd love to see a video of you doing a service on the Triang Princess Elizabeth loco. I bet she'd run really nicely with a good cleaning and oiling. It's a beautiful old loco.

James May would be proud

Bit late here but my initial thoughts on the misbehaving Bachman are to carefully check the linkage for any bent parts. I've had locomotives where a slightly bent bit of linkage caused a seemingly unjust amount of trouble. Also, can't recommend enough that you give everything a good service- my experience with model trains is that old grease tends to gum up mechanisms, making the motor work harder and overheat. This can lead to a burnt out motor, which is never fun. The other thing of course, is dirty wheels and contacts. I have a friend who bought a really nice quality model of an EMD F3 A/B, but it wouldn't run, and he never took it to get fixed. I had a look at it for him, and after a thorough cleaning of all the contacts, wheels, and fresh lube, it was able to show its true colors again.. very well built loco, runs smooth and near silent! It's shocking how much difference a good service can do. Loving the "little loco" series Lawrie!!!

The "I like trains kid" shirt is to die for... I about lost it completely.

I know "Billy" is absolutely hideous but it's the kind of ugly I love. Can't find those anywhere in the states and I'd love to have one

With a little lubrication and some love I think they all will be nice runners!

About the Hornby LMS pug I think there a two similar locos preserved on static dislpay on the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway.

With a good service and some clean wheels that green Princess could be a fantastic runner.

R.50 Princes Elizabeth, in BR black, was Rovex's first locomotive in 1950. I own 3 of them. It featured plastic wheels, plunger pick ups, Mk.I non--reversible coupling and a Zenith motor that later became known as the X01. The trainset it came in featured brass railed non-reversible track (Series 0) and two R.20 carriages plus a battery controller that used a pair of 6 volt lantern batteries (which are still available today). The 1950 R.50 runs fine without issues on modern Peco Streamline track as the plastic wheels don't have the later coarse scale deep flanges. The only track it won't run on is the original fishplateless Series 0 brass railed and Series 1 steel railed track, which modern Hornby 0-4-0 & 0-6-0 locos will happily run on. In 1951 Triang was invited to take over Rovex and the brand was known as Triang Railways, The brand name was changed to Triang Hornby in 1965, then Hornby Railways in 1973 and finally Hornby in the 1990's.However the company is still the original Rovex underneath. The green Princess is R.53.

The Hornby D Tank loco is based on the Dowlais Tank locomotive, which were used in South Wales. At first I thought it was a fictional class for kids, but after extensive research, I discovered its original basis.

Great and interesting video Lawrie, I love the vintage model railroads collector of hornby dublo myself, but still like triang, cheers from new Zealand

@26:35 *gets excited for the LMS Black 5*

I have noticed that the Bacmann B1 with the split chassis does not like running backwards, also a strip-down of the chassis might reveal why it is running badly although be warned as you may need some superglue it the wheels are loose. The wheel centers (spokes) are a plastic inlay on the wheels and the can swell over time and this can cause poor running as well, but one you have sorted the problems you will end up with a nice loco

About three months ago I received two boxes one full of rolling stick the other with a couple locomotives and I found the older coaches where hard to move by my newer locos

36:30 The Lima and old Hornby stock have bogies that clip into a bogie-sized hole in the underframe to accommodate the motor. Unfortunately, over time this becomes stiff and hence derails at 36:30. Newer models have the bogies hung from a pin in the chassis rather than clipped in. A dab of oil or vaseline can do the trick

Let's try to let Lawrie buy a Hornby ruston!

Nice video pal, shame about the bachmann with the limp, looks a lovely little loco. Viscount of Ridley sounds familiar for some reason. Keep it up

Brilliant little video! On the bachmann not thomas, i do believe Sparkshot Custom Creations is making a custom body kit for the loco chassis which actually does look like a real loco, even if fictional.

If Lawire purchased some Hornby tracks, he will make this... Billy & Friends sponsored by Lawire Goes A Little Loco

Made me remember beloved SJ Lima rc3

Love train sets . They all need a bit of clean up , those wheels must be filthy , being away for so long .A bit of servicing in all of them . Loved the video , Stay safe .

Those platforms remind me of the platforms of Leicester central station. Great video showing some old locos.

I allways thought, old Märklin-locos looked bad, but those couplers on 00 take the crown... I am very thankfull for the NEM couplingboxes... Great nostalgio, but I think I´ll stick to my H0 trains from modern Piko, Märklin, Roco, ... A carriage might cost you 80+€, but they look far better. Still a great Video!

Great fun, that's what it's all about, really enjoyed that 🙂👍

Surprised that most of that works which is good. Hopefully we well get to see some of your stored stuff over time

Maybe you should check the box and take a closer look to see if the brushes have fallen inside the box and maybe put it on the great western 4-6-0 or maybe look in the attic

very interesting, although I wasn't too surprised that the Triang Princess Elizabeth worked as well as it did. could be because a few years ago I got a diesel shunter out of a box after years of not using it. I expected it to before even putting it on the track. I also had a Triang Flying Scotsman running after it spent 15+ years on a shelf collecting dust as it suffered some heavy damage (not by me) mostly to the tender, which i got a replacement shell from Ebay. I also have a Tender drive Flying Scotsman which was the replacement for the Triang one. although these I did give a very basic clean before running. This was when I got the Tornado set three years ago in the Christmas sales.

@30:19 Yay!

I really love your channel

Nice

most locos can be fixed with some patience, im in the process of rebuilding a small one myself, Im pretty sure the set I have is from the 1970s, its a small 0-4-0 with tender number 96 since your from the UK you need a class 08 shunter in your collection its like a staple of the british rail imo, that whirl on that leemer (however its spelt) reminds me of a dash 9 reving up

that B1 Looks Marvelous! Try Lubing/Oiling it, that might work!

First, have you clean the track properly. ? Number two you’re going to have to make lunch oil and possibly replace The brushes ! Once you get everything cleaned up Bloomberg paid properly and electrically running correctly you got yourself something to start layout with ! But take it one day at a time and try to absorb it, One day at a time ! 🌊🐺

The bachmann tender engine is a Mainline one. All mainline models have that limp, plastic axles and are split chassis. I know because I have a BR 5MT by them.

The green e2 looks like a repaint of the Bachmann Thomas

I got a new 00 gauge loco today, it was an LMS rebuilt royal scot in BR lined green.

nice

Glad to see that most of them worked as they should :)

I have my first D tank loco from when I was little. It's about 20 years old now and still runs. If you need layout tips join the chat with a contestant of the great model railway challenge, Jenny Kirk on monday afternoon on her RU-vid channel. She has a large loft layout and usually runs a lot of British rail blue and some BR green.

Hey about the chimney for the Maroon pug you have that hall class that doesn't work so.....cut off the chimney, shove the hall in a siding, and pretend the pug pulled a Peter Sam and got a new funnel. (also I'm just curious whats your opinion on the LMS Crab )

Another cracking video from LMM. Now time to go through the American stuff

Lawie I have a small layout and are wondering what is a good controller because I only have the Hornby starter controller and I am wondering what is better

awsome i also picked up a old lima train set and got it running :)

I have a tender driven Lima King class but the engine dosen't roll, it's a bit stiff.

I have about 2-3 of the classic pug. One I named "bill" and now it has gone the equivalent distance of Plymouth to neaby in scotland (probably) and I just petend the motor clips are part of an experimantal bake system

Wish I had the confidence to talk in videos but I absolutely hate my voice and even talking on the phone to my own family 😩😩 great video as always

With these old triang models, they normally can go from poor to good running condition after 15-30 minutes of constant running. My churhcill was abandoned in the attic for 40+ years, but runs like new after no repair work.

Wow, I had that station in a box of stuff I inherited from my older cousin when I was a kid. Wasn’t in such good condition though…..

Normally, I wouldn't comment, but I thought this was appropriate. Hello, Mr. Lawrie sir! As a American modeling British locomotives, and you now owning a British diesel, I admire you for your hard work and immensely dedicated lifestyle. However, admiration is not reason I am commenting. It is about your little model based on Thomas. Now, I am a IMMENSE fan of the Railway Series and Thomas himself. With your intrest in the the shunter, I thought I would point in the direction of an individual called Sparkshot, or @KnucklesSCC on Twitter. He has for years been building beautiful 3D printed shells, not just for models based on the Reverands illustrations, but real locomotive's as well. His current project is a model designed for the chassis of the shunter. I will put a link to the project down below. Cheers, and have a nice day. Alex. twitter.com/KnucklesSCC/status/1265038768186298379?s=19

6mm MDF board brings Hornby platform to the right height

Meanwhile... Lawire runs his model trains. Did he got some inspirations with Sam’sTrains?

You should also take the motor out of the billy and puit it in the first loco

Hi Lawrie I'm getting a Austerity 0-6-0 in CADLEY HILL colliery and it's called Cadley Hill Number 1 and it should have arrived on the 21st of December but it still hasn't arrived yet probably because The Royal mail Are Caught up delivering Letters and Parcels

Lima Class 47s never had lights fitted. With regard to your comments about the Lima Class 47 showing no real advance over the 1960s Triang Class 37, it was an improvement over the Hornby Class 47 released in the 1970s...

Is it me or are we supposed to believe that set has never seen the light of day before. !!!!!

Hey Lawrie, can you share some of your current layout and rolling stock(when you have access to it again obviously).

Excellent video mate

I'm a little jealous that most of yours still work

The reason the little Thomas sorta train was slipping was because they have plastic wheels and it has a lot of drag and plus it's probably light

the bachmann loco most likely has a split muff on one of its axle if so if duff as bachmann no longer make this type of chassis

The gears in the bachmann are likely cracked and putting Resistance on the wheels, it's a very common problem

Lawrie dunno if you know or not but Hornby do a model of your Ruston.

Lima Locos have to be run regularly, Before I changed my Entire Loco fleet to Bachmann/Helijan. I had a Lima Class 20 that was Ok and could Run very Well. Lima Class 27 my Faveroute type of Diesel Loco and it wasn't that great needed Running. Lima Class 47 that was ok but needed Running Regularly. And My Rare Bodied Hornby Class 29, Ok moving on.

I would like that 47

Hey it does seem like the track isn’t thoroughly cleaned due to the fact that the locos get slower on some parts of the tracks rather than others

Never heard of a tender drive loco, im guessing its a result of "well, even with the slightly out of scale stuff we did to get OO from HO to make models of those tiny firebox locos we still dont have space fer a motor" then. Or I might just have never ran across any here on the 'murican side of the pond

Seems like zinc pest got some of your models.

orignal made for marks and spencer as Rovex? then taken over by Lines, Tri-ang.

Didn't you say that little loco is next week, what chanst?

Will you be buy Hornbys new Ruston 48? Would be nice to have a miniature version of your own loco

Smokey Joe’s looking like our “dockside switchers” here in Do United States 0-6-0T ! If you don’t like those engines you can always sell them through eBay and buy the ones that you want !!! Please Excuse me I’m just ranting on about everything ! You have some nice stuff but, don’t need the normal contract without shorts !!! Your gonna be a Building an Empire and how busy people normally live ! Like I said the norm in the United States is 4 x 8 !!!! But without knowing whether your HO/OO, or “O” , it’s hard to tell ??? 🌊🐺

Hi Lawrie. Not quite understanding why you are so disappointed in how badly the Bachmann (and other locos) run. They've been sitting in box in a dusty attic for years! Give the guys (gals?) a break! Yes, some run quite well, but I guess it depends on how well they've been used/maintained.

Sam's trains has Smokey Joe.

if you want those trains to run better, I suggest lubricating them.

And loved the live stream yestarday

I’ve my childhood train in a box. Time to get it out for the grandson.