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Sunday 27 November 2016

LNER WD austerity 2-8-0


Another arrival today on Pix Valley is an ex LNER WD austerity 2-8-0, picked up yesterday at the exhibition a reasonable price from Keith’s model railways for £70.  One minor snag was the pin on the tender failed a small length of 2.5mm polystyrene rod purchased for the peppercorn A1 which suffered from the same issue.

After an hours running in this afternoon was spent stripping the loco and hard wiring a chip then fiddling it all back in the boiler, in any case its job done and tested. Running well just a few tweaks to the CV’s I’m considering investing in a SPROG II, but not just yet, if anyone reading has used one I would like feedback.



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  1. CaptBeetroot27 November 2016 at 20:03

    Reference to our phone chat I opted for fitting the chip in both my wd's in the tender and after time fitted tender pickups...something I've wound up doing to quite a few Bachmanns...but nowadays they have started to learn...( oappolagise for tiping errors...too many single malts>

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