This is the third part in the Tale of Ghosts from Locoyard Past, following from the last post. Today we look at long since departed tender-drive models. In the 1980’s through to the 90’s; tender drive models were the norm in the mainstream model market.
The performance of the tender drive models varied, but rarely if ever were they as accomplished as modern loco-drive models.
Although they were often capable of hauling heavy loads, tender-drive models’ power range and controllable speeds were often a little limited.
That said, they were not terrible models and were tough, so much so many of them have been resurrected (albeit with more modern loco-drive motors) in Hornby’s Railroad range.
There is one more part left in the tale, so as ever, stay tuned for more!
Loco Yard 
I always found tender drive a bit grim, but I still had fun with some of those models!
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Absolutely, that pretty much sums up my experiences with tender drive loco’s! Thanks for the comment 🙂
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Over all tender drives were grim indeed, but funny enough I’ve still got one of the original late 70’s Hornby Kings, much detailed, hat is still running with t tender drive and is the only tender driver loco that has never given me any trouble whatsoever (once I had added ballast in the form of a large steel bolt in the boiler case). OK my layout is a very small one representing a small loco facility very loosely based on Kingswear, so it only ever runs light for 9 feet in any one go, but it still ives good service.
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