Morning Oscar. Has it ever occurred to you that back in the early 1960s, _no one's_ trains ran as well as yours. My six year old's memories of my train set are of my dad having to constantly thump the baseboard as the locos either failed to start or stalled on the points. Derailments were common too, particularly with sleeved wheels that created enormous friction and would literally cause trains to fall over on curves. Points would often fail to make electrical contact at the blades causing dead track. The fact that all of yours run so well is actually a great tribute to your standard of workmanship and maintenance. I'm sure you edit out a few problems, but the general way it all behaves is wonderful.
Hello Oscar. Another great nostalgic video, love it. For me it brought back memories of my maternal grandmother buying me an R.54 TC Pacific " Hiawatha". That was in March of 1972. My Mom, Dad, brother, myself & Nana were shopping in downtown New Westminster, British Columbia. We went into a hobby shop, anyway on a whim Nana decided to buy me the " Hiawatha" for my Tri-ang / Hornby Super 4 layout. I was gobsmacked! If I remember right the R.54 cost $12 Canadian. The " Hiawatha" Nana bought me is like the one in your video, with the Canadian style tender. It must have been older stock in that hobby shop in 1972, as the Tri-ang/Hornby Canadian catalogues back in the early 1970s showed the TC Pacific with the British type tender. I still have my TC R.54 that my dear grandmother bought me in 1972. Thanks for your fabulous video.
I never cease to be amazed by the runnîng of your locos on series 3. No hesitation on points. Incredible 😮. I only managed running as well as this when I switched to Peco Electrofrog points! Very well done Oscar.
Your channel has always brought a smile to my face, Oscar, I've dreamed of having myself my own model layout, and finally have one so that I have the luxury to run my engines, the fact you can acquire, maintain, and run such vintage equipment in such amazing and functional condition has been very impressive and entertaining to see in motion.
Hi, great to hear you've been enjoying the videos and now got your own railway to run some great items on. Hope you're having a great day of fun with it. Thanks for watching take care. Oscar
Hi Oscar what a lovely model ,hornby must of made those for overseas sales well into the seventies bec in 1980 zodiac toys in Wandsworth arndale had those and the CN diesel for sale I have an old advert on a magazine somewhere modelrailway constructor I believe. All the best Oscar Mark 😊😊
Good afternoon Mark thanks again for looking and the info it’s very much appreciated if only we could travel back in time to the stores. All the best. Oscar
Great clip as always Oscar.. Sunday's guilty pleasure after work. Migraine today and settled down to relax. That turntable is a classified weapon! Not migraine friendly! Love your programmes by the way
A great video, thanks Oscar. I had a TC Pacific as a child but didn't really know what it was as I didn't have Triang catalogues. It came from a second-hand shop and the broken valve gear was fixed by the local model shop. It always ran really well, often pulling MK I blue/grey coaches through my Airfix station ! Thanks again, it's always a treat to see your railway.
Thanks for looking in Peter. Great to hear you enjoyed the video and had one of these locomotives as a child. Sounds like you had terrific fun with it. All the best. Oscar
Well, that was a fun running session and I enjoyed it immensely. Thanks for the amount of time you invested in the capturing and editing of these videos. Great stuff, Jersey Bill
Hi Oscar, The R54 Pacific was my first Tri-ang loco... Bought for Christmas 1955.. Still running, but the wheels now have grooves worn in them, from so many years of running.. I have some other 'later model' ones with smoke and Magnadhesion, but still treasure the "original" .. It came in a "set" with a Gondola, Box car and Caboose.. Standard track in those days, but most of that is even still usable.. ( being acetate though, some pieces have shrunken a bit)? I still have the picture from the box lid.. Not actually a 'picture' but, an artist's impression with two boys added in... A great effort at drawing a lovely layout inhabited with Standard track, some more R 54, R 55 and R 56 locos, the same wagons plus a few R 111 Hopper cars and TC coaches... In 1955, that may have been the entire T.C. range, all depicted in that picture? What wonderful memories... The 6 "old time" coaches make a great long load for the Hiawatha.. The long TC boxcar, refrigerator wagon and stock cars look good in a train behind that loco too? The running session at the start was very nice too.. THANK YOU.
Good morning Rob thanks for looking in. Great to hear video brought back great memories and that you still have the original TC Pacific. The picture sounds great on the box. I do have a very early R7X set in a very battered box which has the TC Pacific and two silver TC coaches one of which been the Vista dome? The locomotive is the earlier incarnation with the cow catcher moulded as part of the body, like yours it has distorted overtime tend to also has an impressive kink in the tender, I wonder if the picture is the same as that on your original set. Take care. Oscar
Thanks Oscar for another brilliant video ,it always makes my weekend . You have a very interesting collection of stock & a joy to see. Your last 2 programs have been interesting with very different stock from the normal . Thank you 😊Suffolk .
Hi Steven, great to hear you've enjoyed the last two videos with the items of transcontinental rolling stock. These items must've looked truly striking in the toy shops at the time. Thanks again for looking in. Oscar
Hi Oscar, Nice intro footage and the 08 is always therapeutic. Hiawatha is in very nice condition and a smooth runner. Great finding the HD goods depot. Pity we have to run things so fast to get a result on the smoke generator. Thanks again, Gordon
Good morning Gordon glad you enjoyed the opening footage. This Hiawatha is a lovely smooth item to run with a very satisfying feel on the controller. All the best. Oscar
Fantastic! The Capability of these Models is an Absolute Credit to You, and Sunday Mornings wouldn’t be the Same without a visit here. Many thanks OP 👍🏻
Great video Oscar. This week I’m sitting on the patio of my apartment in Cyprus and being 2 hours ahead of UK TIME have had to wait for you to upload today. It feels quite surreal sitting here in 30 degrees of heat watching your trains running around. Makes me want to get back to mine. Not yet though! Thanks for sharing. Roy.
The Triang Transcontinental Steam Freight Set was the start for me. I got it as a present in 1968. I still have it and the rolling stock but it is a non runner. Nice to see yours running so well.
Good morning Darryl thanks for looking in. Great to hear enjoyed seeing the models running on the railway and that you still have your original items in your collection. All the best. Oscar
Hi Oscar. Great video. I used to have one of the TC pacific's many years ago. Not a clue what happened to it. Possibly sold off to buy something else. Think mine was one of the later 1970s plastic bodied loco. But nice to see yours running. Glad you found a place for the goods shed.
Happy days Oscar, I remember these locomotives very well, I have just purchased a new locomotive the lord nelson class , southern railway. Fantastic layout triang railway hornby dublo .. I have a few older locomotives rolling stock. Very enjoyable presentation..
Thank you, Michael. Glad to hear you enjoyed the video, hope you have fun with your new locomotive they look like a beautifully detailed models, I have a bit of a thing for southern railways items. All the best. Oscar
Morning Oscar, what a fantastic sight Hiawatha and six old time coaches make. Those 3D printed parts you made certainly look good. I have a number of those coaches, with some variations including a very orangy yellow and an unlined version, as well as the teak version from the Railway children set. Like your examples, not all of mine have seating units installed. Nice shots of the short freight with the Black diesel shunter. How about making some 3D printed containers in other colours? would make an interesting rake. Thank you for another great start to Sunday, regards to you and Roberta from Rob & Sue in Gloucester.
Hi Rob, hope Sue and yourself are well, Great to hear you enjoy seeing the Hiawatha having a run with these all-time coaches, thanks for the info on the coaches. Take care. Oscar
Good morning Oscar, it's Martin from Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Thank you for a great channel as always and a great video as well. First i must say i am so pleased you have finally got the goods shed you have been wanting for a long time. I was looking for one so I could pass it on to you but someone has beaten me to it. I was looking on Ebay but the ones I saw mostly had pieces missing or were broken. But I am pleased you got one eventually. Your video today ( Sunday morning, 10.15 am) was very interesting and informative, I always liked the Trans Continental range of locomotives and coaching stock and wagons. It's a shame that Triang Hornby never did any station buildings etc to go with the TC locomotives and rolling stock . I stand corrected if Triang Hornby did make these items for the overseas market. Still, it would be interesting to know if they ever did. Well, once again Oscar it's time for my cup of tea and my toasted tea cake, and I will watch your video again. Keep safe Oscar, have a good week ahead and ill see you next Sunday morning. 👍🚂
A big part of the Transcontinental market was Australia with the R.159 blue and yellow being the flagship model being close to the Victorian Railways B class. The first series Triang station range had the same flavour of many of the earlier Australian major stations so these did not look too out of place. The widespread use of bogie and four wheel wagons in Australia meant even mixing some of the British four wheel stock with the Transcontinental bogie stock looked reasonable to younger eyes pleased to have an electric train set. The Triang bogie brick wagon was perhaps the closest to Australian being very similar to the Victorian Railways QR wooden bodied bogie open wagons that were very numerous. The South Australian Railway ran suburban and country carriages for shorter distances very like the yellow "Western" coaches Oscar is running here but painted in much darker colours. They lasted in use until around the mid sixties due to the cash strapped nature of the South Australian Railway system. It took until the Hornby renaming for Australia to get an actual model of our guards vans with their Australian market model of the Victorian Railways Z class four wheel birdcage brake van. The Sydney Suburban EMU model was made to limited success so to get a good complete set from the limited production run might cost over a thousand quid. Made for just a few years in the early sixties.
Good morning Martin thanks again for taking the time to watch. Glad you like the look of the good shed. I think it's slot in that space next to the station very nicely and I'm just getting around to fitting it to see how it looks. I don't think they made any specific different models / buildings and Line side equipment to complement the TC range in the late 60s they did export a number of items of the range to the US market but from what I can see there were the same items as used here in the UK, I've included link below to some catalogue images from the US. Would've been nice though some wild West style stations buildings and classic looking western water tower along with the telegraph office. Take care. Oscar www.tri-ang.co.uk/OONew/ATTAccA.htm
Great intro running today Oscar, I could have watched that for hours I think. I have found that the TC Pacific is one of the smoothest and most powerful of the Tri-ang locomotive range, a point demonstrated by your Hiawatha. I wonder how it would do on the incline with those six Davey Crockett coaches? David.
Good afternoon David glad you enjoyed that footage. I don't think TC Pacific will have any problem with those coaches on the incline. I shall have to give it a go at some point. All the best. Oscar
Hi there Oscar ,, I have 3 of these 2335 loco's and 4 x 2335 tenders which all have varying degrees of damage and paint missing on all of them but they run beautifully but two of the three do not have the smoke units and only 1 has a working headlight in it. I might make 1 complete 1 out of the best runner. The other thing is none of the have the nameplates on any of them. Can you still buy the original nameplates for them or do I have to print them off like you have yourself done. Also the light bulb holder ,, are they attatched by a screw holding them on or are they glued on to the chassis ? Also are the yellow carriages you have there ,, are they the ones that go with the Davey Crockett loco in a set or are they just carriages that go with anything and the reason im asking is they come with a joblot where i got a working single steel turntable in amongst a heap other triang stuff and all reasonably cheap too. As bad as the Davey Crockett is , its a great little runner just missing lots of bits but still has the running motor the yellow wheels and front pony truck but is missing the red cow catcher and a few of the domes and a big crack and missing piece of the cab roof. I will give it a good clean and see how it comes but if anything it will make great spare parts if i cant get the bits i need. Oh well still not too bad as it is a goer for for some thing made in the 1960's isnt too bad i suppose. I am asking this as i got one of the davey crocket in really poor condition and the carriages arent much better with missing plaform ends like yours were. Also I havent forgotten you with the track points and diamond crossings etc promised to send to you but Iv just been a bit busy lately and have had a bout of the dreaded influenza A for the last couple of weeks so there not much doing in my yard so i have been cleaning out all my trains i have here and im getting to the old track i dont need here so I dont mind passing it on to you as part for fixing or you to use maybe ans all feee to and ill pay the post to get it to you as i call it a good karma as you have taught me a heck of a lot of info i never wo7ld hqve had of it wasnt for the like pd you and OOBill and heap of other too. Boy oh boy it gets to be an obsession sometimes and didnt really realise how many trains i had in the last four years since my mum passed away. I have also decided that i might sell a few of the older style open box axle carriages i have bought that are the silver trancontinental cars with the mark 2 couplers as im not really keen on getting worried about the darn things uncoupling all the time and have found that the markm3 couplers are quite reliable. I am undecided whether to sell them on fb marketplace or gumtree or on ebay but i do have a lot of locos with the mark 2 couplers and not sure if i can convert them to mark 3 couplers or not so they may get sold too. I love your new goods shed it looks great and suits your layout. Anyhow sorry for all the rambling on but i reqlly do appreciate your videos. Cheers from John in Australia.
Good morning John thanks again for looking in. Sorry to hear you've been under the weather hope you have a swift recovery, bit of relaxation sorting through your model railway should do the trick, it really does creep up on you how many items we suddenly find in our collections! It sounds like you have a good few items there to have fun with, these old time coaches could look good running with a number of different items. They were moulded in a different colour to go with the railway children set also turned out in green. I think as an all-time Pullman coach briefly on sale for the US market in the late 60s. The name plates are available as reproductions on the well-known auction site from time to time but one could easily be made copied or scratch on the computer. If you mail me on the email address I sent you before I could send you a scan of the nameplate. The lamp holder just pushes into the slot ahead of the smoke tube. There are quite a few parts for the David Crockett available now by the auction site has 3-D printed reproductions. All the best. Oscar
Some of the 'odd' camera angles make me feel a bit dizzy when watching them. .... The R.54 locomotive is a nice runner, and I soptted another wagon that I used to have (think I still have it) R.561 it's the contaniner wagon with the orange/red container on it. It must be from the either a battery operated train set I had at one time, but have no memory of when I got it. I can rember having a clockwork set, with an 0-4-0 BR black tank loco and a hand full of wagons,.... the battery operated set's locomotive was a little blue 0-4-0 tank . I know there was also a flat wagon that had a car as a load, the container wagon, a long bogie wagon, and an ex NE/LNER brake van. And as I have mentioned in some of my other comments, my next set was the GWR pick up goods set. Always like to see if I can spot items on your layout that I remember having as a kid. ! Yes the unprinted container wagon R.561 woould have been in a set.
I have an American HO Gauge steamy of Bachmann status, from the Chattanooga Express train set. She has an Ore Car, caboose and a pair of Disneyland carriages to have fun with. I've given the steamy a face and named her Frisky the Disneyland Engine. Who says we can't be kids?
Hi, thank you for looking in Bob. I think the princess was available with a number of different wheel types over the years as subtle changes were made it in its development. All the best. Oscar
Oscar have a look to make sure the smoke pipe is inserted correctly as it should smoke better than it is. The S5994 Smoke Pipe must be inserted angled end first and it should be cleaned using a S5995 Smoke Pipe Cleaner or some 3 amp fuse wire. I have a number of X430 Seuthe Smoke Generators all of which smoke well even at slow speeds.
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Morning Oscar. Has it ever occurred to you that back in the early 1960s, _no one's_ trains ran as well as yours. My six year old's memories of my train set are of my dad having to constantly thump the baseboard as the locos either failed to start or stalled on the points. Derailments were common too, particularly with sleeved wheels that created enormous friction and would literally cause trains to fall over on curves. Points would often fail to make electrical contact at the blades causing dead track. The fact that all of yours run so well is actually a great tribute to your standard of workmanship and maintenance. I'm sure you edit out a few problems, but the general way it all behaves is wonderful.
I really don’t know how he does it ❤
Good morning Roger thanks again for looking and the kind words.
Take care.
Oscar
Hello Oscar. Another great nostalgic video, love it. For me it brought back memories of my maternal grandmother buying me an R.54 TC Pacific " Hiawatha". That was in March of 1972. My Mom, Dad, brother, myself & Nana were shopping in downtown New Westminster, British Columbia. We went into a hobby shop, anyway on a whim Nana decided to buy me the " Hiawatha" for my Tri-ang / Hornby Super 4 layout. I was gobsmacked! If I remember right the R.54 cost $12 Canadian. The " Hiawatha" Nana bought me is like the one in your video, with the Canadian style tender. It must have been older stock in that hobby shop in 1972, as the Tri-ang/Hornby Canadian catalogues back in the early 1970s showed the TC Pacific with the British type tender. I still have my TC R.54 that my dear grandmother bought me in 1972. Thanks for your fabulous video.
I never cease to be amazed by the runnîng of your locos on series 3. No hesitation on points. Incredible 😮. I only managed running as well as this when I switched to Peco Electrofrog points! Very well done Oscar.
Your channel has always brought a smile to my face, Oscar, I've dreamed of having myself my own model layout, and finally have one so that I have the luxury to run my engines, the fact you can acquire, maintain, and run such vintage equipment in such amazing and functional condition has been very impressive and entertaining to see in motion.
Hi, great to hear you've been enjoying the videos and now got your own railway to run some great items on. Hope you're having a great day of fun with it.
Thanks for watching take care.
Oscar
Hi Oscar what a lovely model ,hornby must of made those for overseas sales well into the seventies bec in 1980 zodiac toys in Wandsworth arndale had those and the CN diesel for sale I have an old advert on a magazine somewhere modelrailway constructor I believe.
All the best Oscar
Mark 😊😊
Good afternoon Mark thanks again for looking and the info it’s very much appreciated if only we could travel back in time to the stores.
All the best.
Oscar
Great clip as always Oscar.. Sunday's guilty pleasure after work. Migraine today and settled down to relax. That turntable is a classified weapon! Not migraine friendly! Love your programmes by the way
A great video, thanks Oscar. I had a TC Pacific as a child but didn't really know what it was as I didn't have Triang catalogues. It came from a second-hand shop and the broken valve gear was fixed by the local model shop. It always ran really well, often pulling MK I blue/grey coaches through my Airfix station ! Thanks again, it's always a treat to see your railway.
Thanks for looking in Peter. Great to hear you enjoyed the video and had one of these locomotives as a child. Sounds like you had terrific fun with it.
All the best.
Oscar
Well, that was a fun running session and I enjoyed it immensely. Thanks for the amount of time you invested in the capturing and editing of these videos. Great stuff, Jersey Bill
Thanks, Jersey Bill, it's terrific to hear you enjoyed seeing these items on the railway.
All the best.
Oscar
A good running Session Oscar - nice to see that you got that “Hiawatha” to smoke at the end!!! 😉😊🚂🚂🚂
Great video Oscar. Thanks.
That was an inspired choice for this mornings consist, putting the TC loco on the old time coaches. Just beautiful!
Hi Oscar, The R54 Pacific was my first Tri-ang loco... Bought for Christmas 1955.. Still running, but the wheels now have grooves worn in them, from so many years of running.. I have some other 'later model' ones with smoke and Magnadhesion, but still treasure the "original" .. It came in a "set" with a Gondola, Box car and Caboose.. Standard track in those days, but most of that is even still usable.. ( being acetate though, some pieces have shrunken a bit)? I still have the picture from the box lid.. Not actually a 'picture' but, an artist's impression with two boys added in... A great effort at drawing a lovely layout inhabited with Standard track, some more R 54, R 55 and R 56 locos, the same wagons plus a few R 111 Hopper cars and TC coaches... In 1955, that may have been the entire T.C. range, all depicted in that picture? What wonderful memories...
The 6 "old time" coaches make a great long load for the Hiawatha.. The long TC boxcar, refrigerator wagon and stock cars look good in a train behind that loco too? The running session at the start was very nice too.. THANK YOU.
Good morning Rob thanks for looking in. Great to hear video brought back great memories and that you still have the original TC Pacific. The picture sounds great on the box. I do have a very early R7X set in a very battered box which has the TC Pacific and two silver TC coaches one of which been the Vista dome? The locomotive is the earlier incarnation with the cow catcher moulded as part of the body, like yours it has distorted overtime tend to also has an impressive kink in the tender, I wonder if the picture is the same as that on your original set.
Take care.
Oscar
Thanks Oscar for another brilliant video ,it always makes my weekend . You have a very interesting collection of stock & a joy to see. Your last 2 programs have been interesting with very different stock from the normal . Thank you 😊Suffolk .
Hi Steven, great to hear you've enjoyed the last two videos with the items of transcontinental rolling stock. These items must've looked truly striking in the toy shops at the time. Thanks again for looking in.
Oscar
Hi Oscar,
Nice intro footage and the 08 is always therapeutic.
Hiawatha is in very nice condition and a smooth runner.
Great finding the HD goods depot.
Pity we have to run things so fast to get a result on the smoke generator.
Thanks again,
Gordon
Good morning Gordon glad you enjoyed the opening footage. This Hiawatha is a lovely smooth item to run with a very satisfying feel on the controller.
All the best.
Oscar
Fantastic! The Capability of these Models is an Absolute Credit to You, and Sunday Mornings wouldn’t be the Same without a visit here. Many thanks OP 👍🏻
Good morning Donni thank you again for looking in great to hear you enjoyed seeing these models in action on the railway.
Take care.
Oscar
Great video Oscar. This week I’m sitting on the patio of my apartment in Cyprus and being 2 hours ahead of UK TIME have had to wait for you to upload today. It feels quite surreal sitting here in 30 degrees of heat watching your trains running around. Makes me want to get back to mine. Not yet though! Thanks for sharing. Roy.
Good afternoon Roy great to hear you're enjoying the sunshine in Cyprus.
Hope you have a great time take care.
Oscar
Once again very enjoyable video to watch on a Sunday morning cheers Patrick Quinn IRL
The Triang Transcontinental Steam Freight Set was the start for me. I got it as a present in 1968. I still have it and the rolling stock but it is a non runner. Nice to see yours running so well.
Good morning Darryl thanks for looking in. Great to hear enjoyed seeing the models running on the railway and that you still have your original items in your collection.
All the best.
Oscar
Good afternoon to you Oscar from Glasgow another great video from you Sir
Good morning Cameron, thank you again for looking in. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Take care.
Oscar
Hi Oscar. Great video. I used to have one of the TC pacific's many years ago. Not a clue what happened to it. Possibly sold off to buy something else. Think mine was one of the later 1970s plastic bodied loco. But nice to see yours running. Glad you found a place for the goods shed.
Thanks for looking in Gerard. I think the goods shed looks great position there next to the station.
All the best.
Oscar
Happy days Oscar, I remember these locomotives very well, I have just purchased a new locomotive the lord nelson class , southern railway. Fantastic layout triang railway hornby dublo .. I have a few older locomotives rolling stock. Very enjoyable presentation..
Thank you, Michael. Glad to hear you enjoyed the video, hope you have fun with your new locomotive they look like a beautifully detailed models, I have a bit of a thing for southern railways items.
All the best.
Oscar
Morning Oscar, what a fantastic sight Hiawatha and six old time coaches make. Those 3D printed parts you made certainly look good. I have a number of those coaches, with some variations including a very orangy yellow and an unlined version, as well as the teak version from the Railway children set. Like your examples, not all of mine have seating units installed.
Nice shots of the short freight with the Black diesel shunter. How about making some 3D printed containers in other colours? would make an interesting rake.
Thank you for another great start to Sunday, regards to you and Roberta from Rob & Sue in Gloucester.
Hi Rob, hope Sue and yourself are well, Great to hear you enjoy seeing the Hiawatha having a run with these all-time coaches, thanks for the info on the coaches.
Take care.
Oscar
A good video here Oscar, some nice trains running in this one, thanks for the info on the Davy Crockett loco in your reply to me on that video.
Thanks, David. Glad you enjoyed that.
Oscar
Great video footage again Oscar, thanks for sharing J
Good morning Oscar, it's Martin from Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Thank you for a great channel as always and a great video as well. First i must say i am so pleased you have finally got the goods shed you have been wanting for a long time. I was looking for one so I could pass it on to you but someone has beaten me to it. I was looking on Ebay but the ones I saw mostly had pieces missing or were broken. But I am pleased you got one eventually. Your video today ( Sunday morning, 10.15 am) was very interesting and informative, I always liked the Trans Continental range of locomotives and coaching stock and wagons. It's a shame that Triang Hornby never did any station buildings etc to go with the TC locomotives and rolling stock . I stand corrected if Triang Hornby did make these items for the overseas market. Still, it would be interesting to know if they ever did. Well, once again Oscar it's time for my cup of tea and my toasted tea cake, and I will watch your video again. Keep safe Oscar, have a good week ahead and ill see you next Sunday morning. 👍🚂
A big part of the Transcontinental market was Australia with the R.159 blue and yellow being the flagship model being close to the Victorian Railways B class.
The first series Triang station range had the same flavour of many of the earlier Australian major stations so these did not look too out of place. The widespread use of bogie and four wheel wagons in Australia meant even mixing some of the British four wheel stock with the Transcontinental bogie stock looked reasonable to younger eyes pleased to have an electric train set.
The Triang bogie brick wagon was perhaps the closest to Australian being very similar to the Victorian Railways QR wooden bodied bogie open wagons that were very numerous.
The South Australian Railway ran suburban and country carriages for shorter distances very like the yellow "Western" coaches Oscar is running here but painted in much darker colours. They lasted in use until around the mid sixties due to the cash strapped nature of the South Australian Railway system.
It took until the Hornby renaming for Australia to get an actual model of our guards vans with their Australian market model of the Victorian Railways Z class four wheel birdcage brake van.
The Sydney Suburban EMU model was made to limited success so to get a good complete set from the limited production run might cost over a thousand quid. Made for just a few years in the early sixties.
Good morning Martin thanks again for taking the time to watch. Glad you like the look of the good shed. I think it's slot in that space next to the station very nicely and I'm just getting around to fitting it to see how it looks. I don't think they made any specific different models / buildings and Line side equipment to complement the TC range in the late 60s they did export a number of items of the range to the US market but from what I can see there were the same items as used here in the UK, I've included link below to some catalogue images from the US. Would've been nice though some wild West style stations buildings and classic looking western water tower along with the telegraph office.
Take care.
Oscar
www.tri-ang.co.uk/OONew/ATTAccA.htm
What a lovely loco and it sounds very smooth.
Great intro running today Oscar, I could have watched that for hours I think. I have found that the TC Pacific is one of the smoothest and most powerful of the Tri-ang locomotive range, a point demonstrated by your Hiawatha. I wonder how it would do on the incline with those six Davey Crockett coaches? David.
Good afternoon David glad you enjoyed that footage. I don't think TC Pacific will have any problem with those coaches on the incline. I shall have to give it a go at some point.
All the best.
Oscar
Hi there Oscar ,, I have 3 of these 2335 loco's and 4 x 2335 tenders which all have varying degrees of damage and paint missing on all of them but they run beautifully but two of the three do not have the smoke units and only 1 has a working headlight in it. I might make 1 complete 1 out of the best runner.
The other thing is none of the have the nameplates on any of them.
Can you still buy the original nameplates for them or do I have to print them off like you have yourself done.
Also the light bulb holder ,, are they attatched by a screw holding them on or are they glued on to the chassis ?
Also are the yellow carriages you have there ,, are they the ones that go with the Davey Crockett loco in a set or are they just carriages that go with anything and the reason im asking is they come with a joblot where i got a working single steel turntable in amongst a heap other triang stuff and all reasonably cheap too.
As bad as the Davey Crockett is , its a great little runner just missing lots of bits but still has the running motor the yellow wheels and front pony truck but is missing the red cow catcher and a few of the domes and a big crack and missing piece of the cab roof. I will give it a good clean and see how it comes but if anything it will make great spare parts if i cant get the bits i need. Oh well still not too bad as it is a goer for for some thing made in the 1960's isnt too bad i suppose.
I am asking this as i got one of the davey crocket in really poor condition and the carriages arent much better with missing plaform ends like yours were.
Also I havent forgotten you with the track points and diamond crossings etc promised to send to you but Iv just been a bit busy lately and have had a bout of the dreaded influenza A for the last couple of weeks so there not much doing in my yard so i have been cleaning out all my trains i have here and im getting to the old track i dont need here so I dont mind passing it on to you as part for fixing or you to use maybe ans all feee to and ill pay the post to get it to you as i call it a good karma as you have taught me a heck of a lot of info i never wo7ld hqve had of it wasnt for the like pd you and OOBill and heap of other too. Boy oh boy it gets to be an obsession sometimes and didnt really realise how many trains i had in the last four years since my mum passed away.
I have also decided that i might sell a few of the older style open box axle carriages i have bought that are the silver trancontinental cars with the mark 2 couplers as im not really keen on getting worried about the darn things uncoupling all the time and have found that the markm3 couplers are quite reliable. I am undecided whether to sell them on fb marketplace or gumtree or on ebay but i do have a lot of locos with the mark 2 couplers and not sure if i can convert them to mark 3 couplers or not so they may get sold too.
I love your new goods shed it looks great and suits your layout.
Anyhow sorry for all the rambling on but i reqlly do appreciate your videos.
Cheers from John in Australia.
Good morning John thanks again for looking in. Sorry to hear you've been under the weather hope you have a swift recovery, bit of relaxation sorting through your model railway should do the trick, it really does creep up on you how many items we suddenly find in our collections! It sounds like you have a good few items there to have fun with, these old time coaches could look good running with a number of different items. They were moulded in a different colour to go with the railway children set also turned out in green. I think as an all-time Pullman coach briefly on sale for the US market in the late 60s. The name plates are available as reproductions on the well-known auction site from time to time but one could easily be made copied or scratch on the computer. If you mail me on the email address I sent you before I could send you a scan of the nameplate. The lamp holder just pushes into the slot ahead of the smoke tube. There are quite a few parts for the David Crockett available now by the auction site has 3-D printed reproductions.
All the best.
Oscar
Some of the 'odd' camera angles make me feel a bit dizzy when watching them. .... The R.54 locomotive is a nice runner, and I soptted another wagon that I used to have (think I still have it) R.561 it's the contaniner wagon with the orange/red container on it. It must be from the either a battery operated train set I had at one time, but have no memory of when I got it. I can rember having a clockwork set, with an 0-4-0 BR black tank loco and a hand full of wagons,.... the battery operated set's locomotive was a little blue 0-4-0 tank . I know there was also a flat wagon that had a car as a load, the container wagon, a long bogie wagon, and an ex NE/LNER brake van. And as I have mentioned in some of my other comments, my next set was the GWR pick up goods set. Always like to see if I can spot items on your layout that I remember having as a kid. ! Yes the unprinted container wagon R.561 woould have been in a set.
Good morning Mike, thanks again for looking and the information on the sets its much appreciated..
Take care.
Oscar
I have an American HO Gauge steamy of Bachmann status, from the Chattanooga Express train set. She has an Ore Car, caboose and a pair of Disneyland carriages to have fun with. I've given the steamy a face and named her Frisky the Disneyland Engine. Who says we can't be kids?
Hi Oscar, I noticed the hiawatha chassis has large wheel weights compared to other princess wheels ,
Hi, thank you for looking in Bob. I think the princess was available with a number of different wheel types over the years as subtle changes were made it in its development.
All the best.
Oscar
Oscar have a look to make sure the smoke pipe is inserted correctly as it should smoke better than it is. The S5994 Smoke Pipe must be inserted angled end first and it should be cleaned using a S5995 Smoke Pipe Cleaner or some 3 amp fuse wire. I have a number of X430 Seuthe Smoke Generators all of which smoke well even at slow speeds.
Thanks for looking in Andrew and the info much appreciated.
Oscar
Came across a very sad one of these Back in the 70s same chassis as the princess. Which was not quite right either .
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