I was recently given a bunch of n gauge stuff to sell for someone else, and within this bundle I found an obscure, black train made by minitrix much like the Dock Tank (http://www.minitrix.org.uk/Class2Locos/DockTank/) However, it is slightly different and is known as "little donkey prototype" Is this worth anything, or is it just run of the mill?

Do you have pics of it?

Took a bit of googling, but came across this US eBay listing of one

http://www.ebay.com/itm/N-Minitrix-Unknown-Black-Steam-Switcher-Little-Donkey-0-6-0-No-Box-/171932122720?rmvSB=true

That's the Minitrix T3, which is a common loco in Germany and had the Dock Tank body stuck on for the UK. Maybe they were selling a few in the UK as an industrial shunter?

There's some good threads on here about modifying them to look a bit more like UK locos too.

Quote from: Zwilnik on March 31, 2016, 06:02:49 PM
Took a bit of googling, but came across this US eBay listing of one

http://www.ebay.com/itm/N-Minitrix-Unknown-Black-Steam-Switcher-Little-Donkey-0-6-0-No-Box-/171932122720?rmvSB=true

That's the Minitrix T3, which is a common loco in Germany and had the Dock Tank body stuck on for the UK. Maybe they were selling a few in the UK as an industrial shunter?

There's some good threads on here about modifying them to look a bit more like UK locos too.

That's the one.

Quote from: Dave_01 on March 31, 2016, 06:04:34 PM
That's the one.

Pretty run of the mill - £15-20 worth in good working order.

Cheers,
Alan

Quote from: Zwilnik on March 31, 2016, 06:02:49 PM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/N-Minitrix-Unknown-Black-Steam-Switcher-Little-Donkey-0-6-0-No-Box-/171932122720?rmvSB=true

I look at that and think "We have come a long way"!

You have to be a little cautious running the Minitrix Dock Tank as I believe the motor was rated for 9V not 12V... easy to burn out if you ever wanted to run at full speed.

Tony