Nick

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.

MartinS

"Nick" <nchris1@btinternet.com> wrote:

> 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.

--
Martin S.

Wilson.R.Adams

"MartinS" <me@my.place> wrote in message
news:CTvpi.7666$gZ1.7355@newsfe21.lga...
> "Nick" <nchris1@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> --
> Martin S.

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

MartinS

"Wilson.R.Adams" <wilson.r.adams@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> "MartinS" <me@my.place> wrote...
>> "Nick" <nchris1@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>
> 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.

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.

--
Martin S.