OK Fellows, thanks for the compliments and I accept the criticism's . First SNCF231E / Fred, and FATMAN - thank you for the help with the operating information on my new Hornby acquisition. I also watched the video of your garden operation Fred and it was really great to see one of the type of engines running. My read from the Hornby book is that the 50 and 51 loco were the same except for the color of the livery, so my engine should be able to run something like yours. I will admit to being amazed that wind up trains can perform like shown in your video. Fatman thanks for the info on the track trips, I don't have track at this time but will keep looking.
OBTW as George S posted, the pictures are vertical because that is the way they come out the best in terms of size and detail from my phone. I am sure there is a way to rotate them and I will look for it but again I agreed with George, better to post something than nothing.
Thanks again everyone for your help and information. If I get her up and running I will try to insert video (unfortunately as you might imagine, if I can't do pictures right what hope is there I can do video 
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Don
