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Missing Couplings
Mark will hopefully attach a photo in the comments section of his post where he asks:
“ I purchased two HO 4-6-0 hornby steam trains with tenders but having just looked closely I don’t see how I can connect them as there appears to be something missing, am I correct? Will need to attach photos when I can.
See marks photo when he posts it in the comments section under his post.
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I don’t have that exact model, my Hornby loco is probably older, but it seems to me you are missing a flat metal rod that is fixed under the loco footplate, and to which the tender hooks. (See photo of my Hornby Dublo Barnstaple loco.)
Peter’s Spares have met this problem before and my colleague tells me if you send details of the locos and preferably a photo they will almost certainly be able to help.
If they are tender drive then the loco wheels are the pickups and transferred to the tender motor through a coupling similar to this on on the Britannia.
Thank you for your replies and help