Now I’ve got some track down on the layout, a few older models are coming out of storage.
These three class 47 locomotives all carry liveries from the early 1990s, and represented the current scene at the time I obtained them. They’re all hand-finished models from CJM, all three based on detailed Graham Farish shells mounted on the (then) superior Minitrix chassis. Despite having been stored for a decade, all three ran straight out of the box, with only 47708 (the one in Network South-East livery) running slighly jerkily, probably down to dirty pickups.
I’m wondering how many of my old Farish models of similar vintage still run, and how many have died due to split gears. The big question now is how many older models are worth resurrecting, and how many should be retired in favour of newer more accurate products coming from Bachmann and Dapol.
