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Model Forum / General / Railroads / January 2009Bachmann Deltic
15 coaches up a 40:1 hill, no problem! And factory-fitted lights. Triffic. Guy  Signaturehttp://www.chapmancentral.co.uk "To every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken > 15 coaches up a 40:1 hill, no problem! And factory-fitted lights. > Triffic. But will it take 40 coaches up a 15:1 hill? SignatureMartin S. >> 15 coaches up a 40:1 hill, no problem! And factory-fitted lights. >> Triffic. > > But will it take 40 coaches up a 15:1 hill? The old Hornby one with magnetic wheels on "super six" track could do. Oh how standards have slipped :-) Chris > >> 15 coaches up a 40:1 hill, no problem! And factory-fitted lights. > >> Triffic. > > > But will it take 40 coaches up a 15:1 hill? A Deltic on Hopton Incline, now that would have been a sound never to be forgotten. > The old Hornby one with magnetic wheels on "super six" track could do. Oh > how standards have slipped :-) Tri-ang/Hornby never made a 'Deltic'. John. >> The old Hornby one with magnetic wheels on "super six" track could >> do. Oh how standards have slipped :-) > > Tri-ang/Hornby never made a 'Deltic'. > > John. Don't take me to literally mate, by the way, I've very nearly saved for that purchase we discussed - better late than never! SignatureAll the best Chris >> The old Hornby one with magnetic wheels on "super six" track could do. Oh >> how standards have slipped :-) > >Tri-ang/Hornby never made a 'Deltic'. Hornby-Dublo did, but that didn't have "Magnadhesion", which was a Tri-ang invention >John. SignatureJane British OO, American and Australian HO, and DCC in the garden http://www.yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk/railway/railway.html > Hornby-Dublo did, but that didn't have "Magnadhesion", which was a > Tri-ang invention Indeed and that's what initially confused me. Gosh that Dublo 'Deltic' was an abortion - worse than the original Lima effort for scale. John. >> Hornby-Dublo did, but that didn't have "Magnadhesion", which was a >> Tri-ang invention [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Gosh that Dublo 'Deltic' was an abortion - worse than the original Lima > effort for scale. Which explains why Hattons had then for sale, years after the Hornby factory closed. Sorry I think I mean the Co-Bo. Not so sure why that had RH points, but never any left ones. ;-) Then there was the 110 Volt transformers. ;-P Kevin Martin SignatureTo Reply, delete what is "Not Required" in abbreviated form >> Hornby-Dublo did, but that didn't have "Magnadhesion", which was a >> Tri-ang invention [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > John. Yes, thank god Hornby didn't waste time and money reviving that awful Lima model.... :) Fred X > Yes, thank god Hornby didn't waste time and money reviving that awful Lima > model.... :) Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! John. On 27/01/2009 20:56, Fred X said, > Yes, thank god Hornby didn't waste time and money reviving that awful Lima > model.... :) Indeedy. That would have been a hugely rash waste of money. http://www.hornby.com/sets-and-train-packs-88/r1092/product.html <Ducks and runs> SignaturePaul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ |
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