No.119 Mainline ex LMS 2P – worth a second look?
I recently took delivery of one of those cute little six wheeled vans originally from Ian Allan Publishing. I thought that an elderly Mainline ex LMS 2P would make a suitable train engine. Ex LMS 4-4-0 in Dumfries Station in the early 1960s I bought my Mainline 2P back in 1984 from C&G models in Darlington. Mainline 2P from 1984 – it has a lovely faded appearance! My model was supposed new but never ran properly and has spent most of its 40 year life either in a box or resting peacefully in a siding up against the buffers (stored). Spot the 2P – engines waiting for their last journey at Dumfries early 1960s Although ‘branded’ as ‘Mainline’ my model is very obviously of Airfix origins. The mechanics of the tender drive are identical to the unit fitted to the Airfix 4F. The tender body is lined as opposed to plain black but lacks the wire handrails that appeared later when the tender drive 4F was reintroduced by Hornby. I had considered r...