Tom's Repairs & Model Railways

Tom's Repairs & Model Railways I offer servicing & repairs of model railway locomotives in OO Gauge & N Gauge. I also offer DCC decoder fitting. e.g.

I have been repairing model locomotives professionally for 3 years now for my local model shop and now I'm looking to expand my services. Here is a overview of what services i offer.

-Locomotive Cleaning. body, wheels, motors, gears, bearings.

-Locomotive lubrication. motors, gears, bearings.

-Fitting replacement parts (either you supple the part or i can help source a new part).

-Detail part fitting.

-Rewiring.

-DCC decoder fitting and hard wiring fitting, including older Bachmann split chassis locomotives.

-CV Decoder Programing.

-Fabrication and reconstruction for broken older Tri-ang locomotive bodies.

-Fault Finding. If you have any inquiry's, please feel free to message me and I'll get back to you soon as i can to see how i can help. If your a model shop owner that's looking for someone to do repairs send me a message.

I back at it again, Here we have a very crusty N gauge Graham farish 0-6-0 tank. This has had quite a bit of use as the ...
29/08/2026

I back at it again, Here we have a very crusty N gauge Graham farish 0-6-0 tank. This has had quite a bit of use as the brushes have warn down to the spring. I would say this has causing the motor to jam up, overheated and melt the nylon bering, causing the motor to be off centre. With the correct replacement parts this can run again.

Was sent a couple of Coronation Class tender drive locos in need of a good clean.Clogged up with static grass.One having...
16/06/2026

Was sent a couple of Coronation Class tender drive locos in need of a good clean.

Clogged up with static grass.

One having a loose motor shaft gear thats been replaced with a new brass gear.

Both have been completed and set back and are running well again.

30/05/2026

Hi everyone, Apologies for being so quite over the last few months. Been busy moving to a new address. To anyone who has visited me in person or sent me anything in the past please get in-touch with me first.

I shall be sharing a post shortly on a couple of locos I have recently received.

For anyone new that have any inquiries, please do drop me a message 🙂

Hornby hogwarts castle I've never been given one to repair before.This came to me with the description of not running an...
14/02/2026

Hornby hogwarts castle I've never been given one to repair before.

This came to me with the description of not running and emitting smoke.

First was the smell. That burnt out electronics smell, it was very strong.

Upon inspection it was clear this was bad.
Melted gear, missing tooth from drive axle gear and the motor........ I think the pictures speak for this one.

I was very hard pressed to find spare parts online.

All i could find was a replacement chassis for £79.00, thats never going to happen.

I was going to write is on off untill it found a replacement motor at a locol swap meet of mine.

The drive axle gear was a luck case I needed a 26 Tooth gear, Intel my spares collection i had a gear the same size but 28 Tooth but the center hole was to small.
After widening the hole with the file its a good fit and the gears mesh up perfectly.

I can safely say this loco has been saved.

07/12/2025

Was a challenge, but the Hornby rocket lives 😁

Triang/Hornby Stephenson rocket. Another motor that been over oiled, but that's not the only reason this loco didn't wor...
26/11/2025

Triang/Hornby Stephenson rocket. Another motor that been over oiled, but that's not the only reason this loco didn't work right.

The small spring clip that holds the brushes has become short for whatever reason.

Due the the rarely of this motor I've made and new one from scratch.

Working on something a little special this time round. A triang/hornby Stephens Rocket a non runner at the moment.
25/11/2025

Working on something a little special this time round. A triang/hornby Stephens Rocket a non runner at the moment.

06/11/2025

Top tip for lima diesel locos. This Lima 121 sent to me as a non runner. Motor runs fine applying power direct to the motor.

Either the wheel sets where put in back to front or the bogie has spun around 180°

Turning bogie 180°, works a treat now.

Hopefully this will help someone out.

The jinty also another non runner now working. The issue was down to no lubrication oil. Also being fitted with a obsole...
30/10/2025

The jinty also another non runner now working. The issue was down to no lubrication oil. Also being fitted with a obsolete hornby zero 1 decoder didn't help as its not compatible with any modern DCC Controller. Converted back to DC running.

30/10/2025

Next up the Hornby jinty. After removing the zero 1 decoder, I tested the loco for life. It dose run but from the sound it's making the oil has dried up.

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Sutton In Ashfield

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