BR train to sell - can you tell me something on it

[AlexanderJesse]

Hi
Just saw this offer for a BR-steamer and 4 wagons.

• Is the combination something real or pure fantasy?
• Is the livery of the loco ok?
• what time (decades) can the loco be used for? The N-gauge db says "Class 2 MT 2-6-2T Tenderlok" and continental epoche III

thanks

[ntpntpntp]

Can you post a photo or a link?

[Jerry Howlett]

Sounds like it is going to be an old Minitrix loco.

[AlexanderJesse]

Can you post a photo or a link?

Sorry, was disturbed and forgot to add the link

https://www.ricardo.ch/de/a/spur-n-englischer-dampfzug-5-teilig-1028160054/

[Newportnobby]

That's the Minitrix version of the Ivatt 2-6-2T carrying a late crest so post 1956/7........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Ivatt_Class_2_2-6-2T

[Portpatrick]

I have had them in the past and including doing conversion jobs with them.  They were always reliable and dependable runners and pulled a realistic typical load.  Crude by the standard of the newer Dapol version - Minitrix used an existing chassis from a German model.  But certainly worth a look if the price is fair.

[Bealman]

Yes, true. Crude by modern standards, but a nice little model. I've had one since 1990, and it still runs ok.

[AlexanderJesse]

Cool. Thanks.
Hopefully noone else is interested...

[ntpntpntp]

Bodywork looks nice and crisp on that one.  As folk have said, a useful reliable model for its time (1970s/80s) but a bit crude looking compared to the Dapol model - but I'd rather the old Minitrix for reliability.     

The motor can be a bit "graunchy" sounding, and spares aren't so easy to find now. The plastic crosshead can break if mishandled. 

I have one where I've replaced the original motor with a flywheel-fitted motor

[ntpntpntp]

The wagons which are offered with it are old Lima box vans if they are indeed the correct wagons for the boxes, in which case cheap-and-cheerful and of dubious scale, not sure if those liveries are genuine.

[Newportnobby]

Some of the first N gauge locos I bought when I started out in N all those years ago were the Minitrix Ivatt, their Britannia and their 9F. They are still going strongly but the Ivatt does like to growl a lot.