A few weeks ago I bought this British Joy Line loco on the bay from Jerry Loman of Sunset Train & Toys. Someone had stuffed a wrong motor in it. As you can see, it has too wide a wheel base for the cutout. Before I bid, Jerry gave me the approximate dimensions of the wheel opening and I checked my junk drawer and found a good early Marx M10000 motor that I felt would work. Feeling good about having a motor, I bid and won.
Here is what I got;
Here is the engine after slightly modifying the M10000 motor;
Now with the prewar British Marx coaches I already had, I almost have a nice outfit. No tender so I was using a small Bub tender. Today a package arrived containing a correct red E-25 tender with a note that said Merry Christmas. I had to replace the coupler pockets that had been cut off and add repro couplers, but I now have a period correct pre war British set.
Note that the clockwork bridge it is sitting on also came from Jerry in a bay buy. Anyone know who made it? The only marking is Germany stamped in the center span.
Steve
