Fantastic, many thanks for looking these out. The SR 4-4-0 stands out for me although they are all great to see. I'll be revisiting to look at in more detail as I am just ready to go out ( for yet another meal ) You must have some collection. Cheers Toto
Great stuff SRman thoroughly enjoyed your posts I ran all Triang on my previous excuse for a layout and they ran ok on Hornby track except the steeple cab which also did after I filed the back of the wheels. Regrettably I sold most of them before I came to Spain. I'll try to dig some photos out. Ian
Ian, I hope you don't mind that I have sort of hijacked your thread a bit. The steeple cab uses exactly the same chassis as the Nellie/Polly/Connie range, so if you aren't too concerned with originality, you could do as I have done and re-wheel with Romford/Markits wheels and axles. The base plate on mine was so far gone I actually made up a new one from plasticard (60 or 80 thou, from memory). I forgot to mention one more modified Triang Nellie. I had two bodies and chassis but only one had a chimney, so I cut the top half off and used it on the black one shown earlier. The remainder stayed with its original body and became a sort of "kids' special" with a short stovepipe chimney. This one was painted crimson with gold lining and assigned an arbitrary number (27). I added a Thomas-style face using Milliput, and invite children to give him a name for their running session. This one has not been super-detailed and still has its original wheels, moved out on their axles slightly to improve the back to back measurement.
Toto wrote: The old L1 was actually not a bad model, although definitely not up to modern standards but good for 1961 (or thereabouts). All of my detailing projects used previously damaged models bought for the purpose, usually for throw-away prices. The L1 had a damaged cab and tender when I bought it. the cab was easily repaired and the handrail replaced, while I had a spare tender body already. This was a model I always desired but never owned when I was young, and I want to do it justice now I have one. The real L1s were never in BR green, so that was a little flight of fancy on the part of Triang's marketing department. On the other hand, my first "large" steam engine was a B12. I don't have that model any more, although the tender survives in the form of a snow plow. I keep looking on eBay thinking I wouldn't mind a B12 for nostalgic reasons, although I would opt for a later one with separate handrails. Hornby are to produce a new highly detailed B12 in their 2016 range, but I'm not sure I can justify the expense of that one purely to satisfy my nostalgia.
No problem about the thread SRman it's fascinating stuff and you can never get enough of nostalgia. I've a feeling my photos of all my Triang locos were deleted before I came away but I love looking at what can be done with such old models... bring it on Ian
Just fin ished putting the crimbo decorations back into the loft and rescued this Main problem is the x03 motor is goosed. Paul
Wow! Mint and boxed ... well, almost. Remember the excitement of seeing all those red boxes stacked on the model shop shelves and trying to read what each one contained? Remember the added sense of the hunt with the original Triang Railways steam locomotives because the tenders were listed and boxed separately?
Hi Paul it shouldn't be too much of a problem sorting the motor out or getting a new one (I think it's the same as the turntable motor) X04 variant good luck!
I remember the original Hornby indexing turntable had the X03, then they upgraded it to an X04. Maybe not an x03, this has a support bearing/bushing at the end of the shaft. As it is over 40 years since last used, my detective / repair skills and tools have improved greatly so may have a better chance of fixing this time. Paul
Pity I sold 4 of those motors before I came to Spain, cleaned the coms/brushes etc and they were like new. Ian
Get in touch with Peter's Spares. They may well have an XO3 motor available. They seem to have most things.
Going back a few posts, I found my modified 3MT 2-6-2T. The lining was done using Kemilway transfers - the close-up photos show that the red on the curved bits doesn't quite line up properly with the straight bits. I chose 82019 as being a Southern allocated locomotive, often seen at Waterloo on empty stock movements. Coincidentally, when I bought the much newer Bachmann model, that was 82019! I am a little better at weathering nowadays than I was when I did this one.
Its great to see some of these older locomotives reserected and returned to service instead of being binned, Thanks for sharing and keep them coming guys Cheers Matt
Crude they may have been compared to what is on offer today, but at least they are still running. I wonder if their modern counterparts will still be running in 10 years time, let alone 40 or 50 years. Let's face it, they were built like the proverbial brick khazi. They had to be, to be able to stand up to the treatment a lot of over enthusiastic young owners put them through.
Noisy and lacking the finer details but just as exciting to see running as modern stuff... love the Prairie. Ian
A trip up into the loft and I found my 13th Christmas present Re-read the instruction manual and I can't find any mention of how to fit a decoder, how lack of forward thinking was that. Don't worry there's no power on. To convert it to DCC, it would need the grounded brush holder drilling out and an insulated one fitted. The magnets also goosed, so I would need to fit a neodyium replacement, you never know it may happen. Paul
