I'm restoring a gauge 1 loco from, dating, based on the motor and drivetrain, the late 1920s/early thirties. It's a 2-4-2 tank, looks a little like LYR or maybe GE. The combination of Belpaire firebox and funny spectacle plates has me stumped though.
Seems a combination of solid early work and later bodging. The motor looks like early Leeds or Milbro with a horseshoe magnet and fabric insulated armature windings so very early for a permag. The motor and drivetrain are fully floating with all wheels sprung. The motor would have been for O gauge.
Thoughts, anyone?![IMG_7972.jpg IMG_7972.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/221/221928-b4d42447630f03ecc8481ffb9dca1c7a.jpg)
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Seems a combination of solid early work and later bodging. The motor looks like early Leeds or Milbro with a horseshoe magnet and fabric insulated armature windings so very early for a permag. The motor and drivetrain are fully floating with all wheels sprung. The motor would have been for O gauge.
Thoughts, anyone?
![IMG_7972.jpg IMG_7972.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/221/221928-b4d42447630f03ecc8481ffb9dca1c7a.jpg)
![IMG_7973.jpg IMG_7973.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/221/221929-b967e4566d45cd8fd93d014217b366d0.jpg)
![IMG_7974.jpg IMG_7974.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/221/221930-07ef027d590fcd060138e3b34464dd8f.jpg)
![IMG_7975.jpg IMG_7975.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/221/221931-28ca22abceddfaaba60a321123f50092.jpg)
![IMG_7976.jpg IMG_7976.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/221/221932-e371df092dee273bd76a179c079557b5.jpg)