Oldest loco still running?

[silly moo]

I have a Farish 5700 pannier tank with a 3 pole motor which makes grinding noises and a very noisy and very big Lima Deltic, I keep the pair of them to remind me of how things have improved.

Of my older locos my Peco Jubilees and Minitrix Pacifics still run very well indeed.

[Dr Al]

I have a Farish 5700 pannier tank with a 3 pole motor which makes grinding noises

The 57xx is a mid 1990s model, and never came with a 3 pole motor - only the late 5 pole silver commutator version. If it does have a 3 pole armature with a copper commutator (or a 5 pole with a copper comm) then that's not original - someone's monkeyed with it in the past.

Cheers,
Alan

[Roy L S]

I have not owned it since new but probably my Wrenn Lima 2-6-4 Tank, bought off e-Bay mint and boxed even with the original price sticker on it (£4 something). It languishes in a box somewhere but it does run to the extent Lima models ever do (two speeds, flat out and stop.


Roy

[ntpntpntp]

Oldest N gauge (ish) locos I have are a couple of original Push-Trix from the early '60s. Unpowered unflanged models.  I suppose they don't count but on the other hand they do still run when I push them 





Oldest working N gauge (ish!) loco is probably a Lone Star 0-8-0, though it doesn't get much exercise nowadays.





I do have some early Minitrix, Arnold and Piko locos from the mid- to late-60s, they come out occasionally for a run.  Please excuse the sawdust on the roof of this  Arnold Re 4/4, this old loco still gets used for testing during construction (in my garage)!





Minitrix locos from the 70s, still lovely smooth runners, just as good as modern models






I have several Arnold ET 420 multiple units, some dating back to the mid 70s, any of which can still form part of the regular roster on my layout at exhibitions depending on which liveries I fancy playing with :-)

[Lawrence]

My late fathers OO stuff from the late 50s early 60s is still running on some friends layout, even after I used to service them for him, only new bits were motor brushes.

[silly moo]

I have a Farish 5700 pannier tank with a 3 pole motor which makes grinding noises

The 57xx is a mid 1990s model, and never came with a 3 pole motor - only the late 5 pole silver commutator version. If it does have a 3 pole armature with a copper commutator (or a 5 pole with a copper comm) then that's not original - someone's monkeyed with it in the past.

Cheers,
Alan

I've got my panniers mixed up     It's a 9400, I have three very old ones with slightly different motors but only one shows any sign of life. They are all rather dreadful models by today's standards.

[Bealman]

Yes, I think my pannier is the same model with a 5 pole motor, bought in London circa 1987.

Shocking detail, but solid and still running.

I was just amazed I'd acquired my first Western locomotive! 

[Newportnobby]

I've got two of those and both still run fairly well

[Portpatrick]

I have a Minitrix Brit, renamed and numbers as a Clan dating from late 70s.  Some of the chassis under a few  kit built locos date from the early/mid 80s.  All still going strong.  Most of the rest are now Chinese era of one sort or another.

[Papyrus]

My oldest loco is an original Farish Holden tank 0-6-0 with the can motor. I bought it second hand, so have no idea when it was made - early 70s perhaps? Like most of my stock it has been in storage for 25 years so runs fairly roughly and the wheels need quartering but I'm sure there's nothing wrong that can't be fixed.

Cheers,

Chris

[Bulliedman]

I have an old Holden tank as well it was the second Loco I ever owned after the original Pannier Tank, it still growls its way around the layout on occasions. I bought it in 1972 at the tender age of 15 so its best part 47 years old, I also have an original Farish BOB with can motor, but that had a new Tender, nameplates and the chassis is held together with bent staples