Hi Bill. I have one of these in EWS colours. The 'Bone' looks good in gold and red. Its a shame that yours is not in that colour as it would look nice with your rake of EWS MGR wagons. All the best.
You can tell the difference after you added the extra weight. Sounds a lot more solid, smooth runner too. All the best Bill for 2024. Brian @ The Angels
This is one of the earliest 58s with the original bogie block. Hornby later made a bigger, heavier bogie block to correct the lack of traction - you can tell because the worm gear is encased in the block rather than being visible like this one. My brother had a 90s produced 58 in Mainline blue livery and it was much heavier than our Ringfield motored diesels, was a very smooth slow runner and would pull just about anything we put behind it.
A happy new year to you bill . I have two of the class 58 nice models for the time I put a new motor in one and to stop it overheating I took out the vents above the motor bogie and replaced them with a metal mesh it looks a bit different but the heat it disperses is amazing. Keep up the good work bill 👍 all the best 👍
Great repair Bill, something really good and straightforward about the Class 58 as a powerful freight train, designed to work for over 30 years but were sadly withdrawn way before they were far from worn out. I hope your family and you have a happy new year.
Certainly Pulls her weight Now, and So Smoothly - what more could you need - Cold Start Malarkey and cab light nonsense just no Need . Great Job Yet again - Many thanks 🙏🏻✨
Hi, happy new year to you and the family, I finally got my hands on this same loco last year, I gave it a much needed service and now it runs very well indeed, it’s a shame that there hasn’t been a super detailed class 58 produced and to be honest I don’t think there ever will be so I will cherish my very old Hornby model for the foreseeable future, thanks for sharing.
Great video, having watched these over the past year or so you have given me the confidence to service locos of all ages from different years and manufacturers. Thanks for giving me the skills and confidence to do this. I think you need to a sponsorship deal with WD40 😂
Happy New Year to you and yours Bill. Blimey it's 2024 how did that happen! The importance of servicing something I will take onboard as my collection begins.
Probably the best it's run since it left the factory. Another very interesting video Bill. One thing to bear in mind though those Type 7 Motors can have a tendency to overheat so worth keeping an eye on. It may be a suitable candidate for a CD Motor conversion should the Type 7 fail. Happy Hew Year!
Nice job. It's an amazing performer especially considering it's the same motor as the terrier! I have 4 of the 58s and the only issue I have is that 2 of them stutter over Peco long crossings and curved points - seems to be the outermost driven axle catching in the frog - no amount of adjusting b2b or wheel swapping helps. Only solution is running it faster!
Just been thinking that as it uses the same bogie parts at each end, could you (not you in person) put a second motor in one of these, say using spares etc? Just a thought.
I also noticed that the unpowered bogie appears to be identical with just the mechanical parts missing. It seems odd in that case that it only has pickups on one side. If the parts are available it would presumably be very easy to add another pickup or go the whole hog and motorise it, particularly as others are saying the motors are a bit small for the size of loco.
Hi Bill. I have one of these in EWS colours. The 'Bone' looks good in gold and red. Its a shame that yours is not in that colour as it would look nice with your rake of EWS MGR wagons. All the best.
You can tell the difference after you added the extra weight. Sounds a lot more solid, smooth runner too. All the best Bill for 2024. Brian @ The Angels
This is one of the earliest 58s with the original bogie block. Hornby later made a bigger, heavier bogie block to correct the lack of traction - you can tell because the worm gear is encased in the block rather than being visible like this one. My brother had a 90s produced 58 in Mainline blue livery and it was much heavier than our Ringfield motored diesels, was a very smooth slow runner and would pull just about anything we put behind it.
Been waiting on one of these I wasn't sure on how to service it ! I do now thanks Bill
Brill… love the 58’s I have about 12 in my collection now
A happy new year to you bill . I have two of the class 58 nice models for the time I put a new motor in one and to stop it overheating I took out the vents above the motor bogie and replaced them with a metal mesh it looks a bit different but the heat it disperses is amazing. Keep up the good work bill 👍 all the best 👍
Great repair Bill, something really good and straightforward about the Class 58 as a powerful freight train, designed to work for over 30 years but were sadly withdrawn way before they were far from
worn out. I hope your family and you have a happy new year.
Hi Bill, Happy new year. Hope your wife is continuing to get better.
I have read that the Type 7 motor is considered to be too small for this model but your one seems to be fine. Excellent work (yet again)!
Love the views around the station on this new layout.
Certainly Pulls her weight Now, and So Smoothly - what more could you need - Cold Start Malarkey and cab light nonsense just no Need . Great Job Yet again - Many thanks 🙏🏻✨
Remember wanting that loco in the Midnight Freight set but heard lots at the time it could only pull about half the wagons it came with
Hi, happy new year to you and the family, I finally got my hands on this same loco last year, I gave it a much needed service and now it runs very well indeed, it’s a shame that there hasn’t been a super detailed class 58 produced and to be honest I don’t think there ever will be so I will cherish my very old Hornby model for the foreseeable future, thanks for sharing.
Heljan make one, where have you been ?
@@petersmith4455 Clearly you haven’t read what I wrote! I don’t like Heljan Locomotives get the message Einstein!
Great video, having watched these over the past year or so you have given me the confidence to service locos of all ages from different years and manufacturers. Thanks for giving me the skills and confidence to do this. I think you need to a sponsorship deal with WD40 😂
Your videos are a fantastic source for inspiration 👍
Excellent start to 2024 , looking forward to many more .
Will be putting some weight in my class 58, that’s why I like the Lima models, nice lump of metal in them, and strong motors
Happy New Year to you and yours Bill. Blimey it's 2024 how did that happen! The importance of servicing something I will take onboard as my collection begins.
Some really great footage at the end...
Kind regards for the new year...
Happy New Year from the Great White North, Bill! 😊👍🎉🎊🍾🥂🍁❄️🎄
Hi Bill.
Nice new year present.
Just remains for me to say "Happy New Beer"!
Paul.👍❤
Happy new year Bill, thanks for these great repair/service videos.
Have great 2024 both of you stay safe looking forward to more videos throughout the year . How is the good lady doing
Wow! A real improvement from the first run. A job well done. Happy New Year to you Bill, have a good one.
A genius at work
Best wishes for the New Year,
Nice work Bill, happy new year
A fine looking loco Bill. Happy New Year.
Happy New Year Bill!
Probably the best it's run since it left the factory. Another very interesting video Bill. One thing to bear in mind though those Type 7 Motors can have a tendency to overheat so worth keeping an eye on. It may be a suitable candidate for a CD Motor conversion should the Type 7 fail. Happy Hew Year!
Nice job. It's an amazing performer especially considering it's the same motor as the terrier! I have 4 of the 58s and the only issue I have is that 2 of them stutter over Peco long crossings and curved points - seems to be the outermost driven axle catching in the frog - no amount of adjusting b2b or wheel swapping helps. Only solution is running it faster!
Happy New year Bill.
All the best for 2024
great video as normal Bill, all the best to you and your family for 2024
Happy New year Bill and Mrs Bill. Health and happiness . Grand programme 👍🇬🇧
hi Bill great video, a cheap and cheerful loco, it is what it is, happy new year to all family
Hi there those figures. Prieser or bachmann or custom? Cheers.
Apparently, wheel slippage is prototypical, and was one of the reasons EWS decided to retire the entire class after less than 20 years service.
Where did you find your triggers for the aerosol cans
Just been thinking that as it uses the same bogie parts at each end, could you (not you in person) put a second motor in one of these, say using spares etc? Just a thought.
I also noticed that the unpowered bogie appears to be identical with just the mechanical parts missing. It seems odd in that case that it only has pickups on one side. If the parts are available it would presumably be very easy to add another pickup or go the whole hog and motorise it, particularly as others are saying the motors are a bit small for the size of loco.
I thought they had a ringfield motor in them?
The narrower width of the 58 body precluded the use of the Ringfield. Best Hornby engineers could come up with
cool vid
type 7 motor absolute weak
All the best for the New Year !