Greetings All,

I'm usually quite difficult to impress but have been highly impressed by my dealings with 'Derails Models'.

Ordered loco at a good price late Sunday evening.
No Postage & Packing charged.
Updated by Email of progress packing, posting etc.
Received a extremely well wrapped parcel before 10:00am Wednesday.

Thankyou Derails and now recommended by a very happy customer, now paying with his new train.

Regards
Si.T

Probably my very first 3 purchases in N gauge - Minitrix Ivatt 2MT, 9F and Britannia. All still running well albeit noisier than more recent offerings

My first Jubilee cost me £12 second hand, can't remember where it came from though

I acquired a LMS black Jubilee "Renown" at a toy fair when I lived in Geneva ... ... I was hoping to build it a train of Howarth Stanier coach kits but the project t got sidelined by life in general and I had to wait until Farish finally produced their Stanier coaches before I could finally run it with a proper train ... by which time the layout was in storage in the garage and infested by mice and spiders ... so the dining table oval had to suffice! https://flic.kr/p/qzv44o

Quote from: chrism on Yesterday at 05:00:55 PM

Quote from: cmason on Yesterday at 04:42:55 PMI do have a question to the collective expertise of the Forum. The manual refers to them as Jubilee Locomotive "MKIII" - is their some history of different variants over time? Was there a MKI and MKII?

Roy L S seems to have covered the variations here;

https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?msg=867222

The gear coupled ones of which he speaks had their coupling rods only fixed firmly to the centre wheels, with forked ends engaging over the leading wheels' crankpins. The rods only "hovered" over the trailing wheels with a dummy boss stamped into the rod.

Thanks @chrism - very interesting - so a jewel case MkIII dates these to 1977/8 when I was in the lower 6th form. Coming up to 50 years ago,

Colin.

@cmason   yup, I always considered them the "Rolls Royce" of British N steam locos back in the day.  Look after them, don't strain the motor as the commutator melts if overloaded, and watch out for brittle plastic especially the tender underframes. (Peters Spares probably still have replacements).

I remember original one cost me £26 in 1979 (I blew most of my week's wages from my summer job on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway )

When I migrated to European N I sold it off with all my other related locos and stock, but of course since then I've bought three (along with old Mx Warships and 27s) just because I loved them as models. One of them has had a motor-transplant with a coreless type now fitted.
 

Quote from: cmason on Yesterday at 04:42:55 PM[...] Anyway, I am very pleased with this acquisition - and fear not they will be regularly run, pulling trains, not left sad and lonely in their boxes as part of a collection. [...]

Simply SuperSpiffing, Colin.

Proper job!

It would be difficult to imagine an endeavour more aligned with the objects of both SPAM* and the Faculty of Non-Collectors. Tiny trains are meant to be played with, not left languishing in boxes.

*SPAM - The Society for the Preservation of Ancient Models.

Congratulations on your aquisition.

With all good wishes.

John
Dean of the Faculty of Non-Collectors

Quote from: cmason on Yesterday at 04:42:55 PMI do have a question to the collective expertise of the Forum. The manual refers to them as Jubilee Locomotive "MKIII" - is their some history of different variants over time? Was there a MKI and MKII?

Roy L S seems to have covered the variations here;

https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?msg=867222

The gear coupled ones of which he speaks had their coupling rods only fixed firmly to the centre wheels, with forked ends engaging over the leading wheels' crankpins. The rods only "hovered" over the trailing wheels with a dummy boss stamped into the rod.

Well, last week after several attempts in recent months to acquire various lots of ancient UK origin models on Yahoo Japan Auctions and always being outbid I finally acquired not one, but two objects of desire.  Although I am definitely a follower of the principles of the Dean of the Faculty of Non Collectors John @Train Waiting , in this case I could not help myself from acquiring both of these fine Peco Jubilees in what I believe may be nearly BNIB/Mint condition, almost as they were when they left the warehouse in Beer at a time many complete orbits of the sun ago.



Although on closer inspection, despite appearing to have hardly been run, one of them has had its coupling changed to a USAean type with the hanging down bent pin thingy for magnetic uncoupling. As you will note these are complete with a full set of Methfix transfers and optional double chimneys.



This evening I ran them both. A sticky start at first having clearly been a long time in their boxes - however once they got going they ran very well.

I do have a question to the collective expertise of the Forum. The manual refers to them as Jubilee Locomotive "MKIII" - is their some history of different variants over time? Was there a MKI and MKII?

Anyway, I am very pleased with this acquisition - and fear not they will be regularly run, pulling trains, not left sad and lonely in their boxes as part of a collection. This will be alongside another Jubilee I purchased not long back, that being one restored by @Ozymandias of this parish,

Have Fun!

Colin.   



   

Quote from: Crepello on May 12, 2026, 05:14:11 PMJust received the June Railway Modeller and noted a feature on a pig-iron wagon and a twin-bolster set.
Does anyone know if Peco have modified their NEM pockets to accept readily available rapido replacements, e.g. Dapol buckeyes, or will surgery still be needed?

Just received my subscription RM today. I saw the review too, the wagon looks good (albeit I still think the brake lever assembly on the new tool wagon chassis is somewhat clunky) however I am reading into it that nothing has been done to change the pockets as the review (By Peco on a Peco product of course) says "....and detachable knuckle couplings are fitted as standard - mounted in pockets which are part of the chassis moulding" - no mention of them being NEM pockets or compatible with other coupling types like easi-shunts.

I mentioned to the Peco people that the so called NEM pocket was too big way back at the York NGS show, they said they would look into it, maybe it just wasn't felt financially viable to revisit the pocket's tooling.

Roy