new lad on block Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Hi All, for those who may collect Hornby Thomas & Friends range.From what research I have done, I consider the Thomas, non-motorised, six flanged wheel locomotive the rarest of all the Hornby Thomas range.Murdoch, Oliver and the two Spencers donot come near how hard it is to find this elusive version.Ramsey gives a catalogue number as R251, first edition available from 1988 - 1992, a second one was made from 1995, Ramsey does not list a finish date.This rare version I found in R857 set.This version was only made for The Great Race set.So why so rare? Well as can be seen from the photos wheels should be flat discs to run on the 'Playtrain' track.It had a battery powered Annie coach to push it round the track, so was unmotorised.This version as can be seen, has the normal flange wheels found on the 4 wheel clockwork Thomas.Well can't you swop the wheels, well yes you could but a close look at the chassis block shows they are different.The rare version does not have 'CE' on.My researched showed that this model was in the catalogue photo of the set. Also Wikipedea says there was only 2 known examples, in 20 years I have only found another two.Anyone else got one? /media/tinymce_upload/5cdbc30ea60102736eb4902214e2707b.JPGChassis block taken out of normal one, to show unmotorised./media/tinymce_upload/f4b3f32b3564ce8e2b56b4ed42524390.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/ebc2416c0c5664304247afa0b4279947.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/4cbd7c64450e22158ddf9219330174b3.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBSCR Nerd Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Okay...... That is a weird-looking thomas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 I don't own any of the clockwor range. I am sure I have mentioned that in the past. I stick to the electric range and the rarest Thomas I have is R9104. GNR-Gordon-4 (HF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Hello Jacob, very nice to have you back. 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Thank you. 😀 GNR-Gordon-4 (HF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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