Phoenix locos are UK based international distributors of high quality, affordable battery electric model locos,
rolling stock and loco bogies in 5 inch and 7.25 inch gauge that are ideal as club locos or in garden railways.

Guilford Rally

We have posted a Solidworks animation of the Low profile Power Bogie. This is the same bogie that we fit in pairs to the Titan 7 loco. We have also posted some pictures of the Titan 5 bogies which incorporate four Lemac DC motors. You will find the new pictures in the Gallery section soon.

We will be showing the Titan 7 and Titan 5 at the Guildford Rally on the 9th & 10th July. We will also be taking some other items, so come and see the new models and have a chat.

The Guildford Society of Model Engineers has posted a wealth of information for visitors (external link)

If you have been before you know it is an event not to be missed, if you have never been, then be prepared for a very professionally run and presented event with all aspects of the hobby catered for plus great tea and buns.

29 June 2011 01:14 Keith

Post Harrogate 2011

The Harrogate Show was incredibly busy and from the happy smiling faces it seems everybody enjoyed it. Thank you to all our visitors, it is always a pleasure to catch up with our regulars and to meet some new customers.

The Titan loco was well received and we are soon to see one in Deutches Bundebahn livery after it is delivered to a customer in Germany. We also have some BR liveried locos ordered for destinations closer to home. The Flying Scotsman inspired livery was deemed very acceptable and has already been ordered by a new customer. The Low Profile Power Bogie we use in the Titan Loco also attracted a lot of attention and several customer and club projects are now being finalised to incorporate the new bogie.

The BR Mk1 TSO Coach gathered many favourable comments and more than a few orders. The interior detailing was particularly well received and most orders have included the interior option, it seems that most people prefer to keep their coaching stock as near to scale as possible with interior and exterior detailing rather than the ride on option.

We exhibited a working warship bogie with an AC Drive System and spent a lot of time discussing new applications for the AC system. The demonstration model was rarely static and most visitors found it remarkable that we could offer such a large amount of power from such a small package. We were using a pair of small 12 Ah batteries to power the bogie all weekend and this proved to be an excellent way of demonstrating the efficiency of the motors as we did not re-charge them for the 3 days of the show.

You will find details of the new Low Profile Power Bogies listed in Products in the next couple of days and look out for a new AC system and BR Mk1 coach section coming soon.

We also took our camera and these are a selection of what came out:

Harrogate 2011