In all the excitement of the build up to Model Rail last week I forgot to mention that I’d paid a visit to the guys on the Monday which gave me an opportunity to test the J39.
Apart from the tender, which initially bounced around like a pished monkey before some wheel adjustments mostly rectified the issue, the locomotove ran very well, handling Obi Wan’s tank wagons with ease. We both concluded that some new tender chassis arrangement would, however, be desirable.
Like the guy who couldn’t pronounce ‘f’, ‘h’ or ‘t’; can’t say fairer than that…