Burribro

Just to update; I've ended up giving up with Thomas locos. Went back into the model shop who bulk bought a load of Thomas locos when it was announced that Hornby weren't going to renew the Thomas license. Of this batch, they've had at least three returned with similar issues that have been listed.

I'd be really interested in how you got on with this. We bought the Thomas and Friends set R9283 before Christmas. Had it out a couple of times before this morning, when it started smoking and shorting the circuit. Took it back to the model store this morning where they changed the engine but this afternoon the new engine did the same thing.