OK, since you asked so nice Baz.
I got this locomotive the end of last year off the GW auction site. I've wanted one for a long time but, well, life had other priorities you could say.
It didn't run when I first tried it when it arrived. I ended up shelving it for a while since I got sick and knew I couldn't handle taking it apart.
So, today I got into it. I'd already figured out the sound system worked in the tender so that gave me hope.
Once I got it apart I was able to determine that the motor worked so that was good news. I finally came to the conclusion that someone had taken it apart and hadn't been able to get it back together correctly and gave up on it.
I still need to take it apart again and put all the parts back on it and some new ones I still have to buy. It should make a nice addition to our collection when it's all done.