I had a plan to clear my desk of repairs by year end!
Although there are a number of locomotives sitting on my desk, only two of these are locos that have been taken out of service for repairs, the rest are ongoing projects.
So the final two locomotives requiring repair were Cardiff Castle and Co-Bo D5702.
Cardiff Castle had recently been used as a donor to complete works on Ludlow Castle and after sourcing some new brushes, brush springs and two rail pickup assembly, this one has now finally returned to service. Although Ludlow is the more valuable of the two, Cardiff is one of only two remaining locos from our childhood so it was important to get it back into working order again.
The Co-Bo had been robbed of several vital bits throughout 2016 - when one of the Deltics failed while double-heading during one of the exhibitions, the quickest and most effective method of repair was to do a motor swap, so first job was to clean up and repair the mechanism and fit a replacement armature. It had also been stripped of its third rail pickup when I sold the spare blue EMU set and needed the correct pickup for it. For now I've modified a standard HD pickup, which seems to work and will do until I can save up some more money!
And with the Co-Bo and Castle repaired, every single locomotive is now fixed and back in service.
Look out for some more restorations in the new year...
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