Wheel depth - Nostalgia and another question.

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Nick - 24 Jul 2007 22:07 GMT

Saw the thread about wheel depths and I had the same problem. Just come back
to railway modelling after nearly forty years. Well 'come back' may be
something of a misnomer. As I recall I tended to use my Triang layout -
lovingly built by my father - more as a Scalextric set albeit with trains
and as a battle ground for my Airfix OO/HO figures and tanks.

I am building a small DCC layout at the moment with the new Hornby digital
stuff and quite happy with it. I did mainly for reasons of nostalgia, buy a
Triang Princess loco and a Triang Jinty on EBay plus I have also managed to
buy very cheaply nearly all the old rolling stock that I used to have.

At the moment most of it is either in a 'dead' siding or not on the layout.
I have a question about the old rolling stock - surely that can be cheaply
adapted to new wheel sets? I see that Hornby sell them.

.and no I did not try and run the old Triang Loco's on the layout with DCC!
I initially had the track work set up with a DC controller but had the same
problems with modern points.

Hey I am even ballasting track this time around so I must be serious.

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MartinS - 25 Jul 2007 00:25 GMT

> I have a question about the old rolling stock - surely that can be
> cheaply adapted to new wheel sets? I see that Hornby sell them.

I have a number of older wagons from various manufacturers, which I have
fitted with current Hornby wheelsets and Kadee couplings. One of them is a
black NCB coal wagon with the imprint "Tri-ang Made in England". I don't
know when it was made; Tri-ang became Triang-Hornby in 1964, although I
believe stock from both companies' moulds was sold for some time.

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Wilson.R.Adams - 25 Jul 2007 19:10 GMT

>> I have a question about the old rolling stock - surely that can be
>> cheaply adapted to new wheel sets? I see that Hornby sell them.
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> know when it was made; Tri-ang became Triang-Hornby in 1964, although I
> believe stock from both companies' moulds was sold for some time.

Hi Martin,
R102 N.C.B. Mineral Wagon (Silver Seal Wagon) No. 3471
The wagon was produced by Hornby Railways and not
Tri-ang Hornby between 1973 & 1977.
The standard 12' 0" chassis X358 was used by both companies
and dates from 1963. This was used on many models by both
companies.

HTH's

Wilson

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MartinS - 27 Jul 2007 05:59 GMT

> "MartinS" <me@my.place> wrote...
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> and dates from 1963. This was used on many models by both
> companies.

Thanks, Wilson. That's the one. I didn't think any of my stock dated from
before the 1970s. It was mostly acquired in the 1990s.

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