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.

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 😁

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Sutton In Ashfield

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