SECOND HAND N GAUGE MODELS #1 -- CLASS 17 (1970's LIMA - REPAIRED)

CLASS 17 LOCO, 40 YEARS OLD STILL RUNNING ON MY KATO TEST TRACK

In my small collection of N Gauge stock I have a few older items from back when I was very young. A few of which needed a little repair and love, thankfully they are back in good running order. All my layouts as a boy were end to end and featured a lot of shunting scenes, warehousing, coal yards and the like. 
Although I sadly sold off a lot of the shunters (08, 09 etc) the few models I kept have started to have a new lease of life, such that I've started to create a new small test track and maybe that will start to grow into a new layout just for the fun. 

CLASS 17 (LIMA)
The British Rail Class 17 (also known as the Clayton Type 1) was a class of 117 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives built 1962–1965 by Clayton Equipment Company and their sub-contractor Beyer, Peacock & Co., for British Railways (BR). Following problems with the single-cabbed pilot scheme Type 1 locomotives, the Class 17s were designed with a centre cab and low bonnets to maximise visibility for the driver. The low engine covers required the use of two Paxman 6ZHXL six-cylinder horizontal engines and these gave unreliable performance even after extensive modifications. The class proved to be one of the least successful of the Type 1s. Withdrawals took place from the late 1960s to 1971, some locomotives having a working life of less than five years. Several were sold to industrial users, but only one has been preserved (D8568) which is now (2018) at the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway, Oxfordshire.

This is an OLD Lima model in N Gauge, and yes it still runs well, I also used to have a BR Green one but burnt the motor out which was sad as I can't seem to find a replacement for that now. Am aware that Heljan do a better quality OO version now but as this is about 40 years old I don't think it's fair to compare really since technology has moved on considerably in that time. I really hope to pick up a replacement for the Green BR one I sadly destroyed or a few old MK1 Blue and Grey coaches to go with this I think that might work quite well.