Where can I buy replacement Lilliputian 0-6-2 motor?

[B.Meldon]

Is the valve gear metallic on the current models?

The coupling rod and the connecting rods are metal. The rest is plastic. But it is a lot more robust and less brittle than the plastic used in the 1970

[Harry Mantheakis]

Thank you Brian - it was the motion I was interested in.

I bought two of these in 2000 and now they are boxed up somewhere because I could never get them to run reliably. To their credit, Backmann sent me a complete wheel and motion replacement when I contacted them about one of them wobbling noticeably. I knew very little about these things back then (nor about having a decent controller because I was preoccupied with making my own).

I bought a Tillig H0e loco at about the same time, and that had a fully metallic motion and ran beautifully - I ran it frequently until the gears split last year!

[B.Meldon]

If you have a wobbly one my guess would be the quartering is out.

They did have a problem with the insulators in the middle of the wheels slipping on the axles.

I have also lost count of the locos I have seen with snapped fixings for the plastic plate under the axles.
People just try to un-clip it and it snaps when all you need to do is remove the front coupling and slide forward to remove it!

Brian Meldon

[B.Meldon]

I bought a Tillig H0e loco at about the same time, and that had a fully metallic motion and ran beautifully - I ran it frequently until the gears split last year!

Not all the Tillig valve gear is metal. The crank on the rear axle is plastic and easily broken.

I think the Tillig loco has its origins in the Zuke H0m range??

Split gears! That's not good at all I have three Tillig locos.

I have had a burnt out motor and problems with the pickups, but they do run very well.

Brian Meldon

[Harry Mantheakis]

I remember it as being all metal Brian. Here is a video of the thing after I had fixed the split gear:

https://youtu.be/pfIpjUdfFzw

This "Spreewald" loco was discontinued and I could not get gear replacements for it despite my German friend's best efforts.

But purely by coincidence - and on a punt -  I found that I could make a suitable replacement by literally hacking a gear replacement from one of the newer (though completely different) Tillig models, and it ran quite well as you can see in the video (which I made to show my friend).

[B.Meldon]

This is a bit off topic, sorry about that.

All three of my Tillig locos have a different open frame motor and no flywheel.
I guess they must be older?? The crank on the rear wheel is however plastic on your one as well.

Brian Meldon

[Andrew Emery]

Is the valve gear metallic on the current models?

Here is a new version:

Brian,
Where can I buy the new ones? And please don't say eBay, because Obama has frozen the accounts of anyone who does not agree with him.
Kindest,
Andrew

[Harry Mantheakis]

Sorry for being off topic - just to explain, Brian: I had at some point replaced the Spreewald motor with a Faulhaber plus flywheel, as provided by SB Modellbau in Germany.

[B.Meldon]

Is the valve gear metallic on the current models?

Here is a new version:

Brian,
Where can I buy the new ones? And please don't say eBay, because Obama has frozen the accounts of anyone who does not agree with him.
Kindest,
Andrew

Each version of the Liliput H0e locos are now made in small batches. They are available for a short time only, then none are available and then a different version may become available. You have to get them when they appear.

The retail price now is

[rander]

Frizinghall Model Railway of Bradford have two on their website, OBB and DRG at

[Andrew Emery]

Thank you for the information, chaps.

For those of you modelling the DR, here is a photo of some custom waterslide wagon transfers I had made. Let m know if you need any.

Kindest,
Andrew