QUOTE (keekster64 @ 16 Oct 2006, 21:32)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Can anyone tell me if the hornby 2p (http://www.thesignalbox.co.uk/inc/showpic.php/showpic.php?src=R2527),is tender driven, I suspect not, its a great model but I cant face a tender drive if it is.
Why do people have such a problem with tender drive ?
It appears to me that UK locomotive drive models are hopeless with traction power (my only UK purchase for 25 odd years - Clan Line could only manage 4 very free running coaches - soon sold on !). Other people here have also commented on useless haulage.
Does it really matter as long as the performance is there ?
Or do people want to "slip" the driving wheels ?
I don't subscribe to the "it's a steam loco, so the driving wheels should drive" school - after all (unless, of course you have Hornby Live Steam & that does not use coal anyway !) what we are talking about is a steam outline model with an electric motor !
So tonight I will go & watch my Fleischmann tender drive loks pulling 15 coach trains effortlessly round.
Unless you are very lucky, us railway modellers have to accept many, many compromises - IMHO if you want decent haulage power for steam outline you have to accept tender drive or use metal bodied locomotives.
best regards
Brian