Rana Temporia Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 I have just broken up a Mainline Royal Scot set that the polystyrene tray was starting to crumble away to nothing after being stored for over 30 years and found the info sheet for the loco. Hopefully it's useful to someone so I'm posting a scan here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellocoloco Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Thanks for posting, Rana. I don't remember having service sheets with my two Mainline locos but forty years ago I didn't really care that much about taking care of packaging and documentation. I have the Jubilee and GWR 2251. I'm sure the Jubilee uses the same chassis as the Scott. Both were working recently, but each time I run them I expect the axle insulators to fail and they will be consigned to the scrap line. The Mainline models were beautifully finished but mechanically a bit ropey and compared to my Hornby models they couldn't pull the skin off a custard! The Jubilee in particular loved to spin its wheels.I haven't really noticed much deterioration in the packaging of my set. I was kept in a bedroom wardrobe for most of its life but its is attic bound now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Spare Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 From the images of Mainline Instruction/Service Sheets on Lendon's website, it does look as if the Jubilee and Rebuilt Scot used the same chassis, the sheet for the Jubilee at one point saying "If your Scot loco ........."Peter's Spares has produced replacement plastic driving axle centre sections for Mainline and Bachmann loco's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellocoloco Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Thought I'd get a few pictures of my Mainline fleet and photographed all my other OO engines at the same time. Mostly Hornby with one each from Lima and Airfix. Not really my interest now but I can't get rid of them! A very nostalgic morning. yum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threelink Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Thank you for that posting, RT I have a couple of dead Mainline locos that I should now be able to sort out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rana Temporia Posted August 30, 2023 Author Share Posted August 30, 2023 I know I replaced the brushes and springs in one of my Mainline ‘Peaks’ with some non-mainline ones but can’t remember what make they were. I think they are smaller than the Hornby and Lima ones so possibly Jouef? The peaks had appalling pick up capabilities, both mine had added pick ups on the motor bogie made from stripboard and guitar string and I used the rear floating wheels off both bogies to replace the tyred wheels. It made a massive difference to the running of the locos. I would imagine that more modern versions had better pick-up options! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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