Tri-ang Railways R.553 Caledonian Single with R.427/R428 Caledonian Coaches
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- Tri-ang Railways R.553 Caledonian Single and its Tender R.554 (c1963-67) along with R.427/R428 Caledonian Coaches (c1963-67) And a brief look at cleaning locomotive and coach wheels. The two methods show here, one for the locomotive drive wheels and the other for the plastic coach / wagon wheels are just the ways I have chosen. (THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO CLEAN WHEELS) which ever way you choose please be careful. Seek advice if your unsure. If your a child please check with an adult before taking ANYTHING apart or using ANY cleaning products found around the home. All dates are approximate. Music Source / Royalty free loops from Looperman.com
My absolutely favourite locomotive, hope to own my own one day
Hi Bob she is beautiful isn’t it such a lovely colour.
Stay safe.
Oscar
Great work Oscar I look forward to your down loads each week. Regards Mark.
That's great to hear Mark. thank you. Oscar
I enjoy your videos a lot. They are a treat to watch and Triang was my introduction to model railways. Excellent!
Hi Philip, glad to hear you are enjoying the videos.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave such a terrific comment.
Oscar
Cheers mate, I love the loco and definitely love your railway layout. I do n gauge myself and would love to try and do a similar layout in n gauge. There's just so much going on on your railway mate. Great videos. 👍🚂🚃🚃🚃🚅🚄🚉👽🛸😁👍
Thanks Jin, glad you enjoyed the video and seeing the railway.
Oscar
Another brilliant video, Oscar. Great subject, and as always I love the background jazz music, ...perfect.
Thank you again Claire for taking the time to watch and comment its hugely appreciated.
Oscar
Hi Oscar, Your videos have become a highlight of the week. Apart from yet another stunning train your wheel cleaning tutorial was absolutely great. I'm looking forward to next Sunday morning. Cheers, David.
Thanks, David, glad you're enjoying the videos. It seems to take me an age to find time to reply to the comments. And here we are Sunday again! Oscar
I try to reply as quickly as possible, not always easy though. David.
Absolutely wonderful. Excellent video.
Thanks again.
Oscar
I do forget about wheel cleaning , great how to video ......Peter
Thanks Peter, its one of those things wheel cleaning. We know it makes sense! but there is always something more interesting to do. Oscar
So true .
Caledonian coaches have a corridor side, with the big windows, and a compartment side, with a separate door and two small windows for each compartment. That's why they look different on each side.
The bit on the side you were not sure of is possibly a Westinghouse pump
Thanks for taking the time to watching and for the information it hugely appreciated.
Oscar
Oscar Paisley always a pleasure! ,
yes it is the air resovior for the then new westinghouse air braking system
I always enjoy your vids Oscar....they are to the point and concise with some very handy tips which are duly noted......
I love finding these old models and fixing them up to there former glory. If they are very bad, I add my own personal touches. I live in South Africa and Triang shipped products out here back in the day as well as manufacturing them locally, a lot of which can be picked up at very good prices online. In fact my whole collection has been acquired this way.
I particularly like these coaches in the LMS livery teamed up with a Princess, although the 'chuff chuff' sound affects never really did it for me...too gimmicky.
Look forward to more screenings from you.
Brian
Thanks, Brian, it's great to hear you've enjoyed the videos. Sounds like you have a very interesting collection. I think Tri-ang had several large factories in South Africa and produced all sorts of toys. The chuff chuff sound could drive you mad!
Thank watching and taking the time to comment. Oscar
Another great video Oscar. Really enjoying the explanations. I hadn’t seen that way of cleaning coach wheels before , I’m afraid I just use a screwdriver to scrape the dirt off, so a good tip there. I never had a Caley 4-2-2 but always fancied one . I don’t think it could cope with my nickel silver rails though.
Thanks, Russell, I think she would be fine on the level with nickel silver track. Its the inclines I think would be a problem. Oscar
They used the same chassis for the Caledonian and GWR Dean singles. I converted by Dean Single into a Midland Railway single.
Good morning Alan thanks for watching I think you’re right tri-ang liked to get multiple uses out of many parts.
Take care.
Oscar
Hi Oscar, just came across this video on the beautiful Caledonian Single Wheeler. I bought one second hand recently. The wheels were far to close so I've opened them to the brass wheel gauge so she goes over points now instead of derailing. Someone some has obviously done some work on it, but I noticed that the rear axle doesn't sit down on the track well. Could it be that the magnet has been put in the wrong way round perhaps ?
Excellent video and very clearly presented. Have subscribed to more of yours. Thanks, Rick the Bulldog
Good morning Richard thanks for watching, great to hear you have one of these single wheelers. Possibly the magnet may have lost its effectiveness over the years, I have noticed that on the later models I have from the 1970s the magnetism is not as effective as the older models as the back to back is slightly greater and the magnetism dose not seem to passed from the magnet through the wheels to the steel track.
Take care.
Oscar
@@oscarpaisley I have a magnetiser from aldi which I use for screwdrivers etc. It can magnetise or demagnetise so I'll give that a go. Cheers boss.
Great video Oscar, You really do show how to do it. Very authoritative! I liked the bit on wheel cleaning, How do you clean the axle type coach wheels? I have oiled mine but wheel improving them they are still no where as good as the pin point axles. Many thanks for your lovely videos
Good afternoon Simon, thanks for the compliments. I think you're referring to the sleeved type plastic wheels on a single metal axel with open axle boxes. They do create a lot of friction. A drop of oil on the axle box is good but if axels and the wheels are very dirty they really need to be removed and cleaned thoroughly to get the best out of them. It's a bit fiddly but the results are worth it. Have a look at this video ruclips.net/video/YypJC6aMRJY/видео.html I have gone over the way I clean the wheels and axels.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
Oscar
@@oscarpaisley Thank you Oscar, that was great, Nearly all the New Zealand rolling stock has these sleeved wheels. With lots of oiling my locos can pull 4 coaches, but I'll try this. Your videos are a great resource. Many thanks
You can buy drop-in bearings that go into the holes and allow you to use pinpoint wheels.
Sweet. Mine is a gloss version with blackened driving and trailing wheels and plastic bogie wheels. I've seen quite a few with bright metal wheel rims which I guess are later versions. Unfortunately I have only the yellow plastic insert from the box with no outer sleeve or any documents. She's clearly marked Triang R354 on the pickup plate, R553 under the loco body and R554 on the tender chassis! Very confusing! I'd love to be able to date her accurately.
Its great to hear you have one of these. Sounds like a lovely model.
Thanks for watching.
Oscar
So Tri-ang made a good Caledonian Single in the 1960’s and then Hornby made one later with electric pickup issues. I’d take the Tri-ang one over the Hornby one for sure.
I think you right. from what I've heard Hornby were supposed to have improved its pickups (added to front bogie I think) on the later issue, but in doing so possible overcomplicated it! It's a fun model this Caledonian Single and very pretty with these coaches. Thanks again Andrew for watching and taking the time to comment. Oscar
I've always really loved this model in particular. Is the newer Hornby rendition any good? From what I have seen the traction tires really ruin it's pickups.
It a lot of fun this model, I've heard a few people mention pick up problems with the newer Hornby Model. I don't have one myself. But I think they introduced pickups to the front bogie to improve its performance over complicated track work. This should have improved things! But possible overcomplicated the model. I'm not hundred percent sure of the exact changes that were made. I think they also re-issued the Lord of the Isles with improvements! Tri-ang originally used the same chassis for both these models.
Oscar
Oscar Paisley I think they added a traction tire too, which spoils it for me, because the fun part of running a loco built for speed and only speed is that it's legitimately hard to make it not slip with heavier loads.
I think the front pickups didn't work well because the front bogie isn't sprung at all, so it's not being forced on to the rails.
ive got the coaches but in southern livery
no just repainted
Do you think I could recreate this layout, except with Modern Hornby track/accessories?
Hi, again sure my layout could easily be produced with Modern Hornby track system 6/accessories. However, the sidewalls and the catenary maybe the tricky bit.
Oscar
Alright then, might do a little project, I’ll have to do it when I’m older, and chance you could send me a PDF Or Image of the Track Plan? Danielwyatt32@gmail.com