Oldmoor Junction Model Railway - Update 8a
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I've uploaded several posts on here now, many of them referencing the stock I run on the layout. Having already uploaded a couple of photos in the previous post regarding the railway centre including the engines on the railway, I thought I might as well share the entire stock fleet. Here we go!
Each of the photos will be inserted as a thumbnail: to see the engines in full-screen, click on the images.
These engines are in no particular order.
Hornby Class 50 50046
Ajax
Fitted with a Hornby Class 31 TTS decoder, this engine is one of the best engines in the OJMR fleet. It is really heavy and can move almost anything, which proves very useful when trying to shunt rakes of coaches. This version of the Hornby 50 is the later version without the rubber band linking the motor to the fan in the roof, improving the performance of the engine. This loco used to be a display engine in a cabinet at a local large department store - something a bit different I think!
Bachmann Class 47 47164
This amazing loco from Bachmann is one of, if not
the, best-performing engines in the fleet. It can work on the dirtiest of track and the livery makes it stand out from the rest of the engines. It came with 45552
Silver Jubilee (LMS Jubilee in BR Green) as part of an anniversary pack from Bachmann but sadly the steam loco's coupling rods broke - I've detailed it in a
previous thread.
Dapol Class 68 68010
Oxford Flyer
The OJMR "cat" provides a real eye-catcher on the layout. Although it struggles to run with some coaches, because of the differences between coupling heights, it runs with enough stock that it earns its own keep, if you will. It's fitted with headlights, tail lights, and cab lights, and I plan to (one day) get a sound decoder to fit in it. The 68s are one of my favourite current UK diesel locos and I've spent quite a while sat at stations listening to their roar!
Hornby LNER A1 60163
Tornado
This loco sparked the current layout as it came with the Hornby starter pack I used to base the trackplan off of. It came with two Hornby Pullman coaches (the Railroad ones to match the loco) and it looks really good with pretty much any rolling stock. I plan to get a BR Express Passenger Blue A1 at some point because I think that pretty much every engine looks good in that livery.
Hornby GWR "King" 6021
King Richard II
This loco was one of the first engines I got for the layout when it turned DCC and it is amazing (it's fitted with TTS from Hornby). The wheels are really quite dirty and they need a good clean - at the moment it won't go around the layout even once without stopping multiple times. This engine is in BR Express Passenger Blue - my choice for this livery being
King Edward II at Didcot Railway Centre as it is currently in this amazing colour scheme.
LNER/BR J83 68748
This loco came with the Mixed Freight DCC set, along with a Class 08 from the Hornby Railroad range. Once an amazing shunting loco, something has happened with this engine and it won't work as well any more. I think it's something to do with the DCC decoder. The same problem is affecting the Class 08, which is interesting.
GBRf Class 50 50007/50014
Hercules/Warspite
This loco was the subject of a repaint project I did last Easter, meaning this engine in this form is almost a year old. It's a Lima Class 50 - 50013
Agincourt. This engine doesn't work at the moment because one of the wires inside has come detached from the motor. The loco was fitted with a DCC decoder by
Hatton's and I'm hoping to fix it soon. I recorded the repaint of the loco in
this thread.
Hornby Class 08 D8738
This loco was once a really good shunting engine but now it's not working - same issues as the J83. I plan to try and get it working again, probably after the whole COVID-19 crisis slows down and shops and places to fix engines like this can open and work again.
Hornby GWR Pannier Tank 2759
This engine came as part of a small job lot from Facebook, along with a small coach, two larger coaches, and a flatbed wagon. It runs well, adds to the GWR collection, and is an oddity on the layout thanks to the lack of a full cab roof!
Hornby E2 1
Thomas
I think most people who have a model railway have had a model of the cheeky blue tank engine himself at some point. Currently, Thomas works better as a smoke generator than a loco (I choose to see it as Hornby's "live steam" range returning
) but it doesn't mean he can't be moved to a siding in the railway centre for everyone to come and see, like at Didcot Railway Centre!
And I've reached the 10 images per post limit - so I'll have to make another post covering the next 9 engines in the fleet.
Thanks for reading,
-Peter