This one's been in the collection for a while and was bought as a repainted Duchess of Montrose. It's had a reasonable amount of use but tended to be a bit sticky at times, although I'd never actually taken this one apart.
There are some clues as to why this isn't a great performer, the first can be seen on the left of the first picture (the little plastic insulator under the rod pin) apart from the major reason why this one doesn't currently run!
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Second clue, more evidence of insulation and a small strip of wire, yep it's been 2 railed at some point previously and then returned to 3 rail operation, although the resistance readings of the wheels on the modified side didn't yield particularly good continuity readings.
Yet more evidence of insulation, presumably the foam is to stop the insulated side touching the body.
I then found that two of the wheels slipped quite badly on their isolated axles. I already knew that removing the rod pins was going to be hard as they've been flattened on the rear face, so after trawling through the spares box I managed to find another Montrose chassis and enough wheels and connecting rods to assemble a replacement chassis.
After a final clean, lube and neo magnet, the loco is back in full working order with current return to all wheels as it should be.
It's not the tidiest or prettiest loco in my collection but it's something a bit different and I quite like it.
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