Useful information (re: substitute motors).

[ColinB]

I don't know if this any use to anyone but I thought I would just share some information. I wanted to change the 3 pole motors in my Tornado, Duke of Gloucester, P2 and Railroad Mallard. I found a Pendelino motor fits perfectly. You have to remove the worm drive and flywheel off your old motor to put on the new one, but it fits perfectly.

Also I was having issues with my Tornado derailing on points and uneven track. I suddenly realised that the Tornado has one long con rod, as opposed to split ones as used on virtually all the other pacific locos. So I ordered a set of A4 con rods and replaced the long one with the split arrangement. Problem solved, I suspect that the solid conrod doesn't allow the centre wheel to move slightly, which was causing the issue.

The quality control on Pendelino is also rubbish, out of four units two were jammed. The wire clip holding the magnets in, was not fixed properly causing the armature to jam. Fortunately I managed to fix them both.

[ColinB]

Sorry edit isn't working for me. Previous post should read Pendelino Motors rather than just Pendelino.