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Hornby Locos From 1950’s 1960’s
David from Australia operates Hornby trains and would like to hear from anyone who shares his interest. David is trying to locate Hornby parts and asks readers:
“I collect, restore and use Hornby 3 rail loco’s which where made through the 1950’s and 60’s.(HO/OO). Although the track, loco’s and carriages are easily obtained, motor parts and front boggie wheels are hard to come by. I can remove them from other trains, but it means one less useable loco, and they are becoming expensive and scarce. Does anybody know where I may be able to purchase these parts?”
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Hi David, I model in a different scale but like you I have some older loco’s and I look on ebay and other like sites and some times people are selling older trains for parts. You can usually get a real good buy that way. I actually bought 3 steam locos for for parts for $18.00 and was actually able to salvage a lot off these and leave the carcases in my train grave yard on the layout. Nothing goes to waste here. By the way the motors were still operating on some. Tony P
A great suggestion Tony. It is a simple solution and one that a lot of people won’t have thought of. Your thoughts and ideas are a great help to the model railroading community. Hopefully you will inspire others to share their ideas rather than keep their years of knowledge to themselves.
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I collect OO as well and in Australia it’s been hard to get parts. ebay UK has nearly everything you need and there are major sellers that if you ask, they will have the part or know where to get them.