From Miniature to BIG

You recall I recently got a whole bunch of original 1950's Hornby Dublo (OO scale) railway items? Well another set came up last week and I couldn't resist adding it to the Dublo collection. This one is a local passenger set rather than a mainline passenger service and as such has a 2-6-4 tank loco rather than a pacific, but it does also have 3 passenger carriages in red and an amount of track all of which will add to what I already own. I picked this up at a good price and although the loco isn't as clean as the princess I got in the other set its still in pretty good shape for a 60-70 year old loco and still runs well. Like all 3 rail Dublo it's also a fully diecast locomotive including the chassis, running plate and the body itself. This means it is substantial in weight, out of curiosity I put it on some scales and as you can see it comes in at over half a Kg (about 1.5 lbs in old money). That is a lot for an OO scale tank loco and probably helps explain why there are still plenty of these old locos around as they basically are built like tanks!

Anyway here's the pics, enjoy!