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Hornby OO trains also other British trains.
Post 1 Drawing of “Lord of the Isle 1850.
Post 2 Lord of the Isle model. 4-2-2
Post 3 Hornby Evening Star 2-10-0
Post 4 Hornby Flying Scott. 4-6-2
Post 5 Hornby A4 LNER 4902 Seagull. 4-6-2
Post 6 Hornby Coronation Class LMS 6237 City of Bristol. 4-6-2
Post 7 Hornby Coronation Class BR City of Nottingham. 4-6-2
Post 8 Mehano Hornby A4 Silver King. 4-6-2
Post 9 Triang Winston Churchill BR 34051. 4-6-2
Post 10 Hornby Battle of Britton 42nd Squadron BR 34076. 4-6-2
Post 14 Hornby A4 LNER 7 Sir Nigel Gresley. 4-6-2
Post 15 by Catfordken TRIX A2 LNER # 525 A. H. Peppercorn 4-6-2
Post 18 by Chops124 Dapol 4 wheel box car Persil.
Post 20 Triang 0-4-0t #7744 made for ATT, and Triang 0-6-0t BR 47606.
*** Triang 0-6-0t PGW #2 and 3. first view.
*** Triang 0-6-0t PGW #2 and 3 second view.
Post 23 Triang #1542 PGW CN type 4-6-2
Post 25 Triang #2335 CN type 4-6-2
Post 27 Main Line Models J-72 0-6-0t LNER #581.
*** MLM 0-6-0t Kitbashed into 4-4-0t.
Post 31 MLM 4-4-0t and 0-6-0t PGW # 34 and 78.
*** Triang PGW 0-6-0t # 2 and 3.
Post 36 Hornby Dublo 0-6-2t BR 69567. Very old. 2 views both sides.
Post 38 Dapol LNY 0-4-0t and W&D 0-6-0t
Post 40 by Chops124, Hornby terrier 0-6-0t Earlswood.
Post 45 by Chops124, Hornby 0-4-4 GWR 4837.
Post 46 Coronation 6220 by Hornby
Hornby OO trains. How many names should be added here?
Triang for sure. Wrenn, Mainline, Dapol, Airfix, and others. How many other names? These are the one most familiar to me. I think the name Mehano is one. How many are lost to time? Also, my spelling may be bad.
I have a collection of these trains. I would call it a sampling. The nature of things says there should be
another name in the list of other great HO trains. Then from that sub-listing of all the other trains who names
I am stumbling with added, but others here can supply and give meaning and stories to these names much better than I can.
Well, What English made train should I start this with. Should it be big or fancy? I need to think about this.
Well, I won't do a Model photo but a vintage ( very Old ) view of a Locomotive a few members have posted. With some prototype info.
frank
* The locomotive "Lord of the Isles".
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Posted - December 28 2016 : 09:26:18 AM
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Here is my model of the "Lord of the Isles". It would seem that the locomotive was made with no cab. One was added later on with a new tender.
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Posted - December 28 2016 : 11:56:35 AM
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A favorite class of locomotive is the decapod. Here are my Hornby Decapods 9F.
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Posted - December 28 2016 : 12:01:43 PM
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Here is very common Hornby 4-6-2. The Flying Scotsman.
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Posted - December 28 2016 : 12:06:18 PM
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Here is a Hornby A4 class Streamlined pacific 4-6-2. "Seagull .
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Posted - December 28 2016 : 12:10:48 PM
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This is another type of streamlined pacific the Coronation class 4-6-2 named 'City of Bristol".
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Posted - December 28 2016 : 12:19:06 PM
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Here is what you get if you remove the streamlining from a coronation class pacific. A Duchess class pacific. Now some these duchess class retained their Coronation class type. They were all kept their City of prefix to a city name.
* This is one. The "City of Nottingham".
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Posted - December 28 2016 : 12:27:19 PM
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Here is another A4 pacific. This one a all metal locomotive made by Mehano Hornby. It has a plastic Hornby tender. It is named "Silver King".
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Posted - December 28 2016 : 12:33:01 PM
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Another streamline pacific type is seen here. This loco is made by Triang. The locomotive "Winston Churchill".
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Posted - December 28 2016 : 12:46:30 PM
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Following that streamliner is another Streamliner of the same class but made by Hornby. " 22nd Squadron". A locomotive I no longer have. Only some photos of it.
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Posted - December 28 2016 : 2:01:24 PM
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well I has a list of OO scale locos I wants
one being the InterCity 125 & the police loco in this funny advert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8EKe08BP0E
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Posted - December 28 2016 : 5:06:10 PM
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That vid is a hoot, Micro!
Certainly a different incarnation of the Lord
of the Isles than I ever imagined.
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Posted - December 30 2016 : 08:29:17 AM
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quote:That vid is a hoot, Micro!
Certainly a different incarnation of the Lord
of the Isles than I ever imagined.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â December 28 2016Â :Â 5:06:10 PM
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** It is a as built before modifications changed it. The Lord of the Isles was constructed in 1850. This drawing was made shortly after and was one of the first color representations of a steam locomotive published back then.
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Posted - December 30 2016 : 08:48:22 AM
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This is another A4 streamliner. It is a important one. It has been named to honor the designer of the A class locomotives and many others including the A4.
** ** The locomotive LNER #7, "Sir Nigel Gresley ". ** **
title most seen* "Chief Mechanical Engineer LNER., 1923-1941.
title , His title, " Locomotive Engineer, GNR 1911-1922.
* This is another Hornby Mehano all metal model locomotive, with its original tender, to me from Catfordken.
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Posted - December 30 2016 : 10:23:26 AM
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my only british locomotive,a trix a h peppercorn,a class a2,ken
link to all lner rolling stock
http://www.lner.info/article/articles.php
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Posted - December 30 2016 : 8:40:40 PM
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Tri-ang OO trains were popular here in Canada during the 1960's. I had a set when I was really young.
There was quite a few CP and CN versions of North American trains sold here by Tri-ang.
My set was an RS1 in early CP livery. I'd love to find that set! I've decided I'm going to start collecting some Tri-ang pieces. I still remember how heavy that locomotive I had was and how well it ran.
It looks like this set will be my first Tri-ang purchase.
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Posted - December 31 2016 : 10:40:21 PM
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That little switcher (or shunter, I guess in British terminology) looks like something out of the atomic age, a mix of practicality and streamlined cool factor.
sim-al2
Also since they cut track maintaince the trains had huge trouble making over the railroad by the end
純那
yeah
They did a Rock Island volountarily
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Posted - January 05 2017 : 6:01:02 PM
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That TriAng set is the toast, Island. I'd sell a kidney for that one. This
is a more common Dapol piece.
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Posted - January 05 2017 : 9:52:21 PM
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quote:my only british locomotive,a trix a h peppercorn,a class a1,which were converted at a later date to a3`s,of which the flying scotsman is one,ken
shown as an a1
*Image snipped*
link to all lner rolling stock
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Confusing the Peppercorn A1s with the Gresley A1s there, Ken. A contemporary example of the Peppercorn A1 class would be Tornado, the loco that brought the class back from the dead
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Posted - January 06 2017 : 8:03:45 PM
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Now I had 2 Tri-ang 0-6-0t locos in the BR Black paint numbered 47606. I repainted them for the PGW and numbered them 2 and 3.
* Here
The one on the right is what they looked like before the repaint.
* Next are 2 photos of the repainted PGW locomotives together.
Hope you enjoy seeing them.
frank
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Posted - January 07 2017 : 07:18:57 AM
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frank,they look much better in pgw,takes a lot of that plastic out of the equation,ken
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Posted - January 07 2017 : 1:41:31 PM
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| Just gorgeous. The repaint really makes them pop.
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Posted - January 11 2017 : 07:50:12 AM
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** For my Canadian neighbors and forum members, I'll share with you, and everyone else, 2 Triang Pacific locomotives I only have because of a good Englishman, Ken. The first is the one I like the best Tri-ang 1542.
For whatever reason, it has the name Transcontinental. I repainted it for The PGW. I put its original number back on its cab. It is a good running locomotive and can pull a 5 or 6 passenger car train. I really like the all-weather cabs !
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Posted - January 11 2017 : 08:04:45 AM
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Hi just saw the British locos. Nice, very nice. Just to let you know why Lord of the Isles look different. Because it is two different machines.
The cabless one was the first, it was Broad Gauge running on 7 foot wide track.
The Tri-ang model was a newer loco re-using the name but on standard gauge.
It was out of date very soon after being built and gone before the turn of the century.
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Posted - January 11 2017 : 08:08:56 AM
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The second Canadian Pacific is Triang #2335. It is basically the same locomotive but with a different tender. Please no hissing or booing, because with many of my locomotives, wherever they are from
I have replaced couplers so they can be used with all my cars. I"m a horn hook X2F modeler. Only because of the sacristy of these nowadays I have started to use the new fangled knuckler couplers.
Well so much for trying to avoid controversy, back to the toy trains.
Here is Triang #2335 !
frank
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Posted - January 11 2017 : 12:06:33 PM
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| Really cool. I dig.
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Posted - January 18 2017 : 09:09:29 AM
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* Well back to some more critters. Main Line models made many British locomotives for the use of the citizens of Great Brittan. Among them were 0-6-0t class J-72. I am guessing at the number.
Due to the split frame technology that went into these, the main flaw in this design plagued both locos.
Metal wheels with plastic axels does not a reliable loco make. A pair of these 0-6-0t's made their way across the pond to the Frankford branch of the PGWrr, from the London branch.
They were a gift. Here they are upon arrival.
* The neat little critters needed some work. of the 6 axels, 5 were slipping. 2 of them were worn out, but one axel and 2 wheels were saved from this bad pair.
So once the axels were repaired there were only 5 axels for these locomotives to use. One locomotive was immediately returned to its former type, a 0-6-0t.
The other needs some work. It went in the shop a 0-6-0t and left the shop a 4-4-0t.
Many thanks to the ingenuity of the shop workers.
This is the 4-4-0t suburban tanker.
frank
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Posted - January 18 2017 : 09:28:55 AM
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Good save on that 4-4-0T. Not only did that salvage an otherwise doomed engine, but it makes for a neat little locomotive in its own right.
Carpe Manana!
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Posted - January 18 2017 : 10:51:48 AM
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Those are just beautiful. Mainline you say. Never heard of them.
Sounds like they really struggled with taking a most interesting
piece and getting it done right. I wonder what that backstory
was like. Remarkable save.
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Posted - January 18 2017 : 11:38:00 AM
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| Neat engines. That 4-4-0t conversion is indeed genius! Well done.
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Posted - January 18 2017 : 12:55:15 PM
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The story continues. These two locomotives the J72 0-6-0t and the whatever 4-4-0t still are a part of the PGW. They are seen here repainted in their PGW colors.
The 0-6-0t -s #78 and the 4-4-0t is #34. They are seen here today pulling a freight going to Bound Brook and the Reading Railroad.
* Now look who is on the east bound track to the Johnson Ave terminal. Old # 2 and 3.
Frank
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Posted - January 19 2017 : 4:51:43 PM
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here you go chops you might find this interesting,ken
http://www.mainlinerailways.org.uk/
a lot of the mainline products are ex airfix items
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Posted - January 19 2017 : 9:28:37 PM
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For those of you who were intrigued by the Canadian Tri-ang set I found, there is a fantastic website devoted to those sets sold in Canada. Be prepared to spend a lot of time browsing it and be prepared to WANT a lot of those sets!
http://tri-ang.weebly.com/
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Posted - January 19 2017 : 9:35:12 PM
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Wow, great sites, this will take a while to read through, but
it is my UK Rail 101 education!
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Posted - January 22 2017 : 1:25:39 PM
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hornby-Tri-ang-R-350-southern-1757-Locomotive/122312374738?_trksid=p2050601.c100085.m2372&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%
3D37338%26meid%3De4c4a1491d624f65a781f4277e9c75cb%26pid%3D100085%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%
26mehot%3Des%26sd%3D361881548268%26clkid%3D2051010717188149891&_qi=RTM2247626
Locked in a bidding war for this old Chippy. With shipping it is a bit more than I would have to have paid, but what the heck.
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Posted - January 25 2017 : 5:45:24 PM
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Another bigger critter is a Hornby Dublo 0-6-2t. A all metal one of the vintage variety. Sent over here by Ken.
frank
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Posted - January 26 2017 : 11:57:18 AM
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Real nice.
Kenny; U the man ! ! !
** Thanks-A-Lot (Edited by me) Frank
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Posted - March 03 2017 : 07:32:18 AM
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*** A couple of little bueaties also from ken are both Dapol locomotives. A LNY 0-4-0t and a W&D 0-6-0t Warrington. Both run smooth as silk.
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Posted - March 03 2017 : 12:13:19 PM
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I did see some pix of a odd BR loco
it was a tank engine & it was a 2-4-0T
very strange looking loco
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Posted - April 16 2017 : 12:02:16 PM
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A Hornby Terrier to be pressed into commuter service pulling a string of Triang celestory
coaches. This appears to be identical to the Dapol version, which had a 50:1 gear ratio,
making for nice slower speed ops. Won this on British Ebay, then had to wait three weeks
for delivery!
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Posted - April 16 2017 : 12:55:19 PM
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well last Sat I had a chance to get the Thomas ones with track for $25 uugghh 
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Posted - August 10 2017 : 08:42:47 AM
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Good find if it is a Hornby. Buss! which one is it? The Bachmann or the Hornby? The Hornby is made to last. The Bachmann, well it is a Bachmann. The eyes move.
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Posted - August 10 2017 : 12:25:27 PM
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quote:Good find if it is a Hornby. Buss! which one is it? The Bachmann or the Hornby? The Hornby is made to last. The Bachmann, well it is a Bachmann. The eyes move.
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Originally posted by toptrain - August 10 2017 : 08:42:47 AM
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it was Bachmann I looked too
Plus Gordon was in there & he is usually $90 or so
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Posted - August 11 2017 : 10:57:36 AM
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| Yikes.
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Posted - March 20 2018 : 4:33:20 PM
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My LOTW. Got this from Hatton's today. What a great Hornby piece.
Gearing is nice and low and it creeps and shuffles perfectly. Using it
to power my Electrotren coach set for now. I wish everything ran
this well.
0-4-2 Class 14 XX
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Posted - March 31 2018 : 06:42:01 AM
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Hornby Coronation streamlined Pacific 6220 on the turntable at Frankford.
toptrain
" It's a Heck of a Day " !!!
Edited by - toptrain on March 31 2018 06:42:37 AM
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Posted - March 31 2018 : 11:58:42 AM
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I gotta find my 4F Fowler loco
& yes it still need buffers & couplers still
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Posted - April 14 2018 : 01:54:27 AM
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Fresh in from the "Doll House" of Glasgow, Scotland (dinkydoll on eBay): a Joeuf
D6100 in beautiful condition, with a three set of Joeuf wagons. The treads show
very little wear, so hopefully with a decent lubrication she will fire up nicely.
The wagons are also Joeuf, my very first, and they are interesting in that
while plain, they are sturdy and nicely proportioned- meant to be used
by little hands. They also show no tread wear or other damage. Joeuf, was
a French company that built sturdy OO French, and also some British,
outlines. I believe they were bought out by Hornby.
Edited by - Chops124 on April 14 2018 3:53:02 PM
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Posted - April 14 2018 : 01:59:32 AM
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quote:post 27
* Well back to some more critters. Main Line models made many British locomotives for the use of the citizens of Great Brittan. Among them were 0-6-0t class J-72. I am guessing at the number.
Due to the split frame technology that went into these, the main flaw in this design plagued both locos.
Metal wheels with plastic axels does not a reliable loco make. A pair of these 0-6-0t's made their way across the pond to the Frankford branch of the PGWrr, from the London branch.
They were a gift. Here they are upon arrival.
* The neat little critters needed some work. of the 6 axels, 5 were slipping. 2 of them were worn out, but one axel and 2 wheels were saved from this bad pair.
So once the axels were repaired there were only 5 axels for these locomotives to use. One locomotive was immediately returned to its former type, a 0-6-0t.
The other needs some work. It went in the shop a 0-6-0t and left the shop a 4-4-0t.
Many thanks to the ingenuity of the shop workers.
This is the 4-4-0t suburban tanker.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - January 18 2017 : 09:09:29 AM
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Wish I had remembered this useful post before I sunk 25 pounds into exactly one of these.
Like most Bachmann stuff, it is a beautiful shell wrapped around rotten transmissions and
hopeless side rods. Bachmann needs to bang a gong next to the collective ear of their quality
control people. I am tired of Bachmann rubbish that looks beautiful, but runs as reliably
as a Tyco Power Torque. These Chinese and their split axles are intolerable.
Well, Bachmann is apparently getting the message somewhat. This Bachmann Duke Dog is
not only gorgeous, but reliable. How weird is that. Runs like silk.
Edited by - Chops124 on December 09 2023 6:01:14 PM
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Posted - December 29 2018 : 06:25:20 AM
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Part I of a two part video blog questioning why we model trains:
https://youtu.be/iZel38A182E
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Posted - December 29 2018 : 9:58:48 PM
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| Nice vid, Chops. I see you've added a lot over the past few months. Keep up the good work.
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