Warley is approaching and I need a reliable locomotive to run on Owen's Bridge. The"proper" Simplex is pretty worn out and I'm not sure it can be revived for a couple of days worth continuous running.
As a backup, I have a Roco 33209 "Leo" to tickle up with a bit of dirt'n'detail.
Under the basic body, the mechanicals are very nice indeed. OK, it's only a 3 pole motor but this drives quite a gear chain via a spring coupling.
What I can't find is any photos of the real loco. I'm assuming this is because Roco have freelanced the model to fit a chassis, but if not I'd like to find a photo of a prototype. Can anyone suggest anything?
Try werkbahn.de it's in German but the galleries are fairly well organised. Of course that assumes the prototype is German
ReplyDeleteI think you're right about this Roco HOe loco being a bit freelanced.
ReplyDeleteThe same goes for the variants (with detail differences) also offered by Roco - saying that, they look rather attractive.
As for what it actually looks like, I think there might be elements of a number of makes - Gmeinder - O&K (at a pinch, possibly even Plymouth?).
I even tried checking the (often very useful) <> website - but to no avail. Unless one of our friends on a NG modelmaking site knows something, I suspect that this one might remain a mystery.
The tooling of the two Roco Feldbahn locos dates back to the 1960s, at that time they didn't really bother about prototype accuracy.
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