A classic loco – The Roco 0-6-0 steamer

Many years ago, my love for Hon30 trains started with these little Roco steam locos. But the performance was not so great and at least I quit all my ideas for an Hon30 logging railroad. With the new locos from Minitrains, I started again with my logging railroad…

And than I found a Roco steam loco at eBay wich maxon motor and fly-wheel installed. I just bought her and the loco runs very well, just like a Minitrains model. The loco is still an old design, but I really like her charm for my logging railroad. That’s why I couldn’t resist and bought the loco for my WBE.

I installed DCC and LEDs to the head lights. I used spring contacts to avoid fixed wires between the shell and the drive. It worked out very well. Let’s check how it will be working in a couple of month/years. I repainted the loco to dark green and I’ll add crew and clutter/tools later together with a light weathering…