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BR 80 has a large water tank on each side of the boiler, BR 89 doesn't. That's the most obvious difference, beside the numbers ;-)
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That looks like a BR 89. That was a switcher engine.
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If You can't clean the old files, throw them away.
To prevent new clogging stroke with a lime stick over the file. This eases the cleaning of the files.
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Hi,
the electronic part with the grey capacitor is a "Hornby Zero 1" decoder. Google it and compare the images...
That's the main reason why the Big Boy doesn't move.
You should either replace it with a current DCC decoder if You run Your trains digital or remove if You operate analog.
Regards...
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