Garfield I was thinking of picking up something like this sometime on eBay what sort of runners are the Jouef locos and what do I need to lookout for.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HO-gauge-Jouef-boxed-FACTORY-MINT-SNCF-8440M-electric-pantograph-loco-CC-6551-/251039430665?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3a731db809#ht_1545wt_1037
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/jouef-8539-/190668058104?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item2c64b3adf8#ht_1160wt_1270
They remind me when I was 17 and went inter railing around Europe.