OK its been a BIG week at Casa Fatmanos ... ( nothing to match the splediforous, amazing , not an inch to spare @lewrail layout tho ! Wonderful Lew !)
And I am apologising in advance for crappy photos lol .. why O why cant sellers take good photos?!
Anyhoo first up is one I have wanted for quite a while a fairly early Hornby "Long Splasher" nut and bolt engined No1 locomotive from C1921-27

Not pristine by any means but it fits my " tiny arms deep pockets " budget 
I have to research this a little more to 100% date it , but I am thinking it is an early 1924-5 season loco due to the 5 banding boiler lines and the lined splasher , but as it retains the nut and bolt motor I feel fairly safe in saying its an early 1924 model
I also went out on a limb and collected two more early OO clockwork locos to the stable ... one is easy to identify as it is clearly a JRA ( Allard ) from France late 40's-50's and correct wagon for it




The next one is an UBER mystery and it was bought from the same French seller as the Allard but he has no clue as to what it is listing it as Bing/Marklin? whatever LOL! .. but both of them were small enough to fit in the same postage cost so it for sure was coming to pay me a visit ... he guessed it was 40's to 50's but part of me is thinking perhaps earlier ... it kinda made the hair stick up on the back of my neck and really the Allard was the KNOWN factor , but it was the following loco I HAD to have ...
It's one of those frustrating locos where you think it has the name in the litho, but Noooooo its random gobbledygook to throw you off when you zoom in on it ..
Again apologies for the photo quality , but its all I got at the moment !




I am hoping maybe the KEY will reveal all as it has "Something" embossed on it but even with the crappy photos the litho smacks of quality to me with the intricate stamping and lining .. all in OO scale remember ?
The Mech is not the fanciest , tho nor is it crappy ,with decent cut gears but the wheels are a solid nice casting too

It just kinda screams quality to me , but I have been wrong before ... any ideas @Arne or @FRENCHTRAINS
I will mail pics to Fred and see what he thinks but you guys always get first looksies lol 
Edit .. should point out the mystery loco and the JRA were both sourced in France ...