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I still have my first electric loco - a Hornby 0-4-0 saddle tank. I think it's a bit like the proverbial "Grandfather's axe" that's had three new heads and four new handles, but is still the same axe. My loco still has the original motor and coupling rods, but the chassis block is new as is the bodyshell and a load of other small parts. I found a hobby store advertising spare bodyshells of the correct type and colour for the loco which inspired me to rebuild it. Unfortunately, it doesn't run too well - I think the quartering of the wheels may be slightly out. Interestingly, Hornby still make this loco today, in different paint schemes and with blackened wheels and coupling rods but the same shell, chassis, etc.
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