Strange Irish HO Locomotive from eBay - Will it Run?

[@spencercorby4571]

The cans of Guinness really tied it all together, happy st Patricks day Harrison!

[@BadgerlandRailVideos]

That was perfect, lol. I cracked up when he cut to it pulling those.

[@Morganstein-Railroad]

You made me almost choke on my coffee there Harrison! Irish Tank Cars? Guinness cans on US well cars? Cool, and so Hilarious!! Nice one, Harrison! Seriously though, your repair videos are great. I have a lot more confidence fixing my rolling stock after seeing so many of your videos. I just wish I had the space to store as many items as you own... Alan Morgan.

[@ArcadiaJunctionHobbies]

A Jouef German electric (BR 139 ?) with the pantographs removed and a OO coupler installed. It was part of a 1979 christmas promotion selling train sets in Irish department stores. In the 1970s, Hornby, Lima and Jouef repainted non Irish prototypes in CIE colours. Jouef opened a factory in Ireland with the intention of breaking into the Irish and UK markets. Their Mark 3 CIE passenger coaches are authentic Irish models. You can get just about every Irish class of loco accruately modeled now. A very happy Saint Patrick's Day to you and your family and all here.

[@cmzett]

It is a German BR 141 - BR 139 always had a window in the middle of 6 fans. The BR 141 only had 5 fans. The running gear, however, is taken from an SNCF locomotive.

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks for the history on this model. Some forms seemed to think it was a German 139 but I’m not sure

[@asteroidrules]

I guess they removed the pantographs to make it less obviously non-Irish. Pretty sure Ireland has next to no railway electrification. Maybe at a distance it could kind of be mistaken for a CIE 201.

[@billfusionenterprise]

was wondering about pantographs@@asteroidrules , pls I have seen jouef that were diesel

[@ArcadiaJunctionHobbies]

@@asteroidrulesthe commuter lines around Dublin are electrified.

[@DeathLetterBlues44]

"I suspect that this was made on a Friday." That is hilarious and probably an accurate statement. 😁😁😁😁

[@RailRide]

I have a number of Lima O scale (made in Italy) pieces that display similar paint irregularities. I'm guessing some companies weren't terribly concerned about how tight their paint masks were back in the 1970's.

[@doughoback5226]

Dag-gum Harrison, another movie I have not seen that I need to go watch now. Unstoppable was solid, good rec!! Thanks Harrison

[@Quince828]

Well done Harry. Every train should have a Guiness delivery system!

[@PhotographerPhilosophy]

Harrison, I am glad to see you are doing well, my friend! I wish you and your family have a wonderful Saint Patrick's Day. Fantastic work going beyond the 100,000 subscriber mark, always knew were going to turn big, and I'm glad you did!

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks. You were here fairly early, thanks for sticking around my friend.

[@philippedournel155]

Hello, Jouef, a french modelmaker, had a subsidiary in Ireland. Typical low entry Jouef architecture, but it used to run rather well when not overloaded. Interesting model, never seen before!

[@RolandForest]

Thumbs up on waking the divine classic very funny no matter how many times I’ve seen it. Wonderful tribute today to Saint Paddy’s day. Great train video.

[@davidztog9011]

Another simple fix in the books. Nice little locomotive. Happy St. Patrick's Day, Harrison and family. ☘️ Nice touch with the shamrocks and Guinness. 😊 Thanks for sharing. 👍🐾👍

[@garysprandel1817]

Happy St Paddy's Day to you as well Harrison. Coming from a city that dyes the river green and celebrates it's Irish heritage hard I approve of your Irish tank train.

[@robertcrundwell2782]

Love the tank cars, Harrison.

[@heirandspare]

Good work, and to have it, pull tank cars as well. Nice touch. 😎 👍 Happy St. Patrick's Day to you, too.

[@TheNnestor]

Very fun video, Happy St. Patrick's Day SMT!

[@mercuryoak2]

Wow thats an interesting looking locomotive. Oh that was great having " tanks" as Guinness cans. Thats great restoration. Happy St Patrick's Day to you and family. I miss my late grandmothers boiled dinner. Corn beef and cabbage etc ugh so good lol. Enjoy your day and night

[@DarkpawTheWolf]

"We'll just throw some tanked cars behind this..." Awesome.

[@Realohiorailroadproductions]

That is definitely an unusual one. But thanks for another great video and happy St.Patrick’s day SMT!

[@starguard4122]

This was Awesome. Happy St Patrick's day

[@GreatBowlsAfire]

That was great Harrison! Happy St Paddy's Day to ya! ☘️👍

[@ronaldrondeau7870]

Another great job Harrisson

[@paulogden1672]

Proper tank cars for the day. A great and fun video. Cheers!!

[@smithgroove945]

Good job. Happy St. Patrick's day.

[@caboosech]

Great video happy Saint Patrick's Day by the way from everybody here at Pittsfield Mass

[@kreika294]

Great upload! Now I’m thirsty! HSPD!

[@rinnmhor]

Oh wow, a very rare find. I have one of these and some rolling stock, They were made in a factory in Shannon in the late seventies, they were also sold in the gift shop in Shannon airport and some sets made thier way across the Atlantic as a result. It was a business venture that only lasted a short time. They are very collectable as the only Irish RTR loco made in Ireland. Great video.

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks for the history, I suspect this one might have been one of them since it was sold from a dealer in the UK. I wish they still made train sets for gift shops etc.

[@1471SirFrederickBanbury]

those are some nice large tankers Harrison. Friday specials at least make for fun projects!

[@EliasLarsson-ck6qn]

Love these restoration videos, just bought 4 new märklin american rolling stock today, consisting of 3 boxcars and 1 gondola

[@dbtech7914]

Another good job. That is an interesting engine and I like the tank cars!

[@jasper_saberwolf]

The special Guinness cargo was spot on! love the festive Irish music and decor for this one SMT! Hope you enjoyed your St. Patrick's Day!

[@normancoreyBuildingTrains]

Very nice. Great video Harrison

[@presidentxd]

Since 1960 all locomotives c.i.e have purchased have come from general motors emd in Illinois

[@paulbervid1610]

Great work Harrison, St .Patrick could not have done any better

[@dathpo]

A proper Irish tank train, well done! Great video!

[@kevinmele2635]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you too

[@josephrandazo2627]

I enjoy every one of your repairs and how you work and what you say along the way. Keep up the great vidios and happy St Padrick's Day to you and family.

[@SMTMainline]

Thank you, I appreciate hearing that.

[@Devilninja333]

I definitely had to luck of the Irish yesterday. I found a RiverRossi challenger Union Pacific in gray for 100 bucks in mint condition box and all

[@SMTMainline]

That's awesome, $100 is an incredible deal.

[@TonyBellina-k8v]

Great Ending Harrison

[@danshobbies13]

The rolling stock 😂😂😂

[@derekclark6446]

Thanks Harrison,

[@TonyBellina-k8v]

Happy Saint Patrick's day SMT

[@jeffgentle6497]

Happy St. Patrick's Day, Harrison!

[@scottleidenberger4401]

Just so happens I'm sitting here with an extra stout. Happy St. Patrick's Day ! That was a quick fix . Oh boy that coupler is some kind of ugly.

[@antonbruce1241]

Now THAT is what I call a beer run!!!!!

[@MattKonsol]

Very cool and unusual locomotive you have worked on. Happy st Patrick’s day.

[@Charlie2010dog]

Harrison I love your videos keep them up man!

[@Pzkpfw.VAusf.F]

The bodyshell looks like a west german E40 there even are spaces for pantographs on the roof

[@gabemiller4882]

I didn't know that they made a Irish locomotive! That is so cool! Love the Irish music and the tank cars pull the Irish steam engine!! Great job, Harrison! Happy Saint Patrick's Day to you ☘️☘️☘️😉👍👍! That is a really cool locomotive 🚂 ! Good job and fixing it and keep up the great work !!

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks, I had some fun putting this one together.

[@oskarvalance3041]

It's amazing what a little cleaning will do. Nice job as always. FYI, the river at the riverwalk in downtown San Antonio is dyed green every year on St. Patrick's Day. ☘From Texas.

[@DarthSantaFe]

It's actually unusual seeing a direct worm drive in a Jouef locomotive! They usually use a combination of spur and crown gears, which might be one of the most unusual designs in HO scale (but oddly the most common in classic Jouefs).

[@SMTMainline]

I wonder why they picked a different design on this model. Do you think it had anything to do with it being an Irish division of Jouef?

[@johnd8892]

Towards the end of the seventies they cheapened some models by moving away from the central coreless motor with all wheel drive ( for Bo-Bo type locomotives at least) and moved to that single axle drive with a conventional motor and relying on traction tyres for adhesion. Another was the UK D6100 diesel they made in HO scale for their British circa 1963 range that undercut Triang prices. Being HO scale the equipment looked too small against other British makes and even most HO models on the market. The Coreless motor was to enable the model to run by a battery pack controller for long periods. The Coreless motor being much more efficient and low current. I will search for a vid on this odd model.

[@johnd8892]

Some coverage of early HO Joeuf British diesel sold under the inexpensive Playcraft brand : kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXucn6apmbWGjassi=Fj7LwFa3sd1y63CC The motor was not very high quality and long lasting in my experience but a quite advanced coreless concept only starting to be seen, in better versions., in RTR now.

[@DarthSantaFe]

@@johnd8892 That's the same chassis my BB 9201 has. Aside from the deep flanges bouncing over some switches, it's an amazing runner!

[@johnd8892]

Darth Santa Fe with better coverage of the earlier Joeuf French electric with the elaborate drive system for the time : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKu6qpmkhtiYp8Usi=5KEjj3sBcTcPGELs Low current Coreless motor so the train could run on batteries and avoid the expense of a transformer power pack. These power packs were as expensive as a trainset in many markets back in the sixties so the ability to run well on batteries was a marketing advantage.

[@joshthetrainfan]

I love your unboxing videos! I’m getting inspired to do my own!

[@mrclaus859]

Thanks for posting

[@pietjebell]

Cool Jouef Locomotive,diesel locomotive! I am have French Railbusses trains from Jouef and wagons , freight trains wagons 👍👍👍👍👍🚂

[@MyRailsimDoings]

It's an elektric locomotive with missing pantographs 😎.

[@MrBnsftrain]

The body seems to be that of an electric locomotive. Possibly a German DB class 139. This model seems to be the closest to the CIE 001 class diesel, but those have six axles instead of four. This loco came in a set with three matching coaches.

[@andrewferguson5653]

That's quite an interesting engine to work on. Never seen one before, and you gave me a good laugh with Guinness beer cans on the well cars!

[@David-yo5re]

Happy St. Patrick's Day Harrison. That locomotive would make a great maintenance of way track cleaner. It wouldn't be too difficult to add a polishing pad to the bottom of it.

[@SMTMainline]

That's not a bad idea but I'd rather do it with something that's not worth as much. A lot of 3 recently sold for $626USD.

[@David-yo5re]

​@@SMTMainlineWow! Yeah, that's kinda expensive.

[@MygrandpasTrain]

Another unusual design! Very nice, and I like the special music at the end.

[@barefoofDr]

Love your Irish tank cars.

[@JPRMT]

Cool engine! I noticed the n scale layout in the background, looks great!!

[@elleryparsons2433]

Happy St.Patricks day SERENITY!!!!

[@ronaldbrooks5982]

Guiness Irish stout,oh boy

[@v8vega383]

Awesome! Adding the beer cans...Priceless.

[@carolann4819]

LOVED the movie!!!!!

[@SMTMainline]

Glad to hear it. I haven't seen another one quite like it.

[@linuskorff4074]

Well, I shall check it out in a bit! Edit: It looks great now! Running again, still working on my project. It may not be salvagable, since it has major water damage. So I will have to see.

[@frankkie3849]

Nicely done,,thanks for sharing..😊

[@w.rustylane5650]

Serenity, we have a runner! Cheers from eastern TN

[@Lord_Billy]

Love the vid keep it up happy st patty's day

[@1621billw]

Time for a St. Patty's Day "Black & Tan".

[@GrumpyFrogProduction]

ha ha loved the joke at the end with the bagpipes - best Irish joke

[@Martinjstevens]

That’s a cool little locomotive, great job getting it to run

[@yardhog]

That cleaned up pretty good. 👍👍

[@randydobson1863]

hello SMT Mainline & Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks SMT Mainline & Friends Randy

[@thomasawl]

As a brit, if i received a mysterious looking package labelled ‘st patrick’s day special’ from Ireland, i’d be VERY careful.

[@thomasawl]

Also, this loco looks absolutely awful. I love it.

[@spencercorby4571]

"I was born in a Dublin street" blasting out the window, literally lol

[@presidentxd]

Wow thats fucking racist

[@mercuryoak2]

He wrote that on the box. That's how he can keep track of what he is doing. Notice how he took off the label that had the address etc.

[@tomasrogers2176]

@@thomasawl the customs and excise charges would be way worse than anything in the package coming from Ireland.

[@HO_Train_Guy]

Great job, you definitely can fix almost any train problem.

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks, this one was luckily pretty easy.

[@colestrains1]

thanks for uploading. now i can start my monday in a good mood

[@mikeparker3865]

Sláinte to all!

[@Trainlife47]

I love your videos❤

[@ThomasWashburn-w4v]

I noticed your tank cars were empties.

[@niallcasey2057]

As an Irish man . I thank you for for celebrating our national holiday. Tell the brit to join us in the 21st century and stop being such a negative person . Happy St Patrick s day

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks for watching. I'd like to visit Ireland someday

[@niallcasey2057]

@@SMTMainline you and everyone else are so welcome here there are a few good shops for the hobby and in northern Ireland also. Custom models are Murphy Models sold at Marks Models . Look them up in Dublin and Cork

[@robertmunguia6172]

Nice job well done. I didn't know that they had a train 👍 😀 👏 nice

[@Nitephall]

I don't model train but I love watching you fix these things up. When I was a kid my parents got me a Silver Streak model train. The engine was bright silver and red, and I think one of the box cars was a green Burlington Northern. This was back in the 70s. It would be interesting if you could find that old set and get it running.

[@SMTMainline]

The silver streak is a classic set. I don't have entire train set but I do have two of the red and silver locomotives. Here's a repair I did of one a few years ago. Forgive the quality as it is some of my older content. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKu7oISlbL5_nbM

[@4everdc302]

As the unofficial editor of the SMT shop manual. Do we even have an Irish chapter? Um now😂🚂🇨🇦🙋

[@SMTMainline]

You're the certified editor of SMT Shop Manual™️ in my books

[@4everdc302]

Just like "The Big Guy" 10% lol

[@tomcrutcher3045]

Congratulations on a very stout repair!

[@greenchevy5764]

The 59’ Shamrock of model trains 😂

[@myvideosetc.8271]

Too bad the pantographs are gone, Jouef made quite nice ones even in budget models.

[@SMTMainline]

This one never had them. It is suppose to be an electric locomotive but they wanted to pretend it was a Diesel lol

[@seanbaskett5506]

Happy late Saint Patrick day, I had a few questions, number 1, do you think acrylic paint will work for painting a boxcar, and the 2nd question is doing just need a p.o. box number, or do I need something else to ship it to you? I had a boxcar with you're stripes in the channel banner and it saying smt mainline. And send it to you.

[@SMTMainline]

Acrylic paint might work if you wash the plastic with soapy water beforehand.

[@StealthFB22]

As soon as I saw the Guinness, I immediately smiled 😁

[@presidentxd]

We have 2 irish manufacturers of model trains.murphy models and irish railway models.jouef had a smsll factory many years ago here in ireland but its long time closed.even tho that model you have is in irish supertrain livery of orange and black its not an irish locomotive its a db 139 .its a French electric loco with the pantograph removed and painted in c.i.e colours for the irish market in the late 70s.

[@tomasrogers2176]

Accurascale is also Irish

[@davidstrains4910]

@@tomasrogers2176 While it is true that Accurascale are Irish Accurascale are actually the sister company to Irish Railway Models, it’s just that one company (Accurascale) focuses on British locomotives and rolling stock and Irish Railway Models obviously do Irish locomotives and rolling stock.

[@MMitchellMarmel]

I think you're missing pantographs. But is buzzing along nicely! :D I like the "tank cars".

[@SMTMainline]

If it was the german locomotive it was meant to be you'd be correct but Jouef wanted to disguise it as a Irish diesel locomotive.

[@Heroduothecomedian]

Lol was not excepting those type of tank cars xD

[@SMTMainline]

Forget tank cars, we’ve got tanked cars 😂

[@mrrailfan95]

Happy saint Patrick’s day smt

[@HighRail_Division]

This strange fella is an HDI CIE bo-bo diesel locomotive numbered 1306! This is a DB-class 139 electric locomotive, minus the pantographs. I’m not used to anything outside of the U.S., but I had to know about these types of locomotives! Another great video, Harrison! Jouef locomotives are very unique, but do be careful when handling it! Happy (one-day late) St. Patty’s Day! ☘️ I hope you and Nerf Cat enjoyed it! - Storm

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks for the info. Happy belated St. Patty’s Day! ☘

[@jamesmccann4473]

I got one for Christmas back in the day. Still have it and it is pretty much in the same condition.

[@bearowen5480]

Brilliant!

[@Beans1905-rv2ev]

Hello smt happy sant Patrick's day

[@MMRails]

Interesting, that train runs on the same fuel my Irish grandfather ran on, Guinness. Lol That was great! Tank cars. 😂

[@SMTMainline]

A fair bit of my relatives did too lol

[@marka5478]

I like your tank cars!

[@badkittynomilktonight3334]

Waking Ned Divine is an EXCELLENT movie 🍿 🍿 🍿

[@Forklift_brainrot]

Nah we keep saying it wrong, bros got the tanked cars lol.

[@SMTMainline]

They’ve gotta be tanked cars in this case

[@DaylightMainline4449]

Cool!

[@shaneallen9652]

Hey I need help with my Chattanooga steam engine the wheels won’t move the best and the gears are having troubles moving I need help I’ve been dealing with it for 4 months now

[@SMTMainline]

Have you cleaned and reoiled it?