I recently purchased a Hornby 31 Class loco and fitted it with a TCS decoder. The loco ran beautifully and generally met all expectations for the first few hours of running. It then developed an odd sound from the area of the bogies. Closer inspection revealed the ends of the bogies were splayed out (rather than parallel) and allowing the axles enough lateral movement to pop out of their retaining holes in the bogie sideframe. The middle wheels were OK but both ends of each bogie would allow the axle to pop loose of it's mounting.
I'm not wishing to start another tiresome Hornby bashing thread but anyone contemplating one of these might be well advised to pay particular attention to this aspect.
Glenn.
I'm not wishing to start another tiresome Hornby bashing thread but anyone contemplating one of these might be well advised to pay particular attention to this aspect.
Glenn.