Triang R135 help

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Hello, I have recently purchased the triang R135 operations ore set, and was just wondering whas it designed to go with series 3, standard, or super 4 track?

 

[Tony57]

If its the correct one it can be used with all three as they are the same size rail just differant lenths and track bed. It was also avilable with series 6 track.

I would prefer to use the long stright lenths of track rather than the shorter lenths of track (single of double lenths)

[Ruffnut Thorston]

The unloading bridge was first introduced to work with Standard Track, and it had detachable "tongues" which clipped into sockets on the bridge for this track system.

 

The arched bridge supports for the unloading bridge, which allow for a track under the hopper for a wagon to be positioned to collect the plastic grain "mineral" discharged from the operating hopper wagon, have angled plastic guides. These are a legacy from the Standard track, which is a slide-in fit in these guides.

 

R.79 (I think) Incline Piers were made for Standard Track, with the same slide-in guides.

 

Also, High Level Piers. These are the same hight as all of the Tri-ang bridges. Two were supplied in the Operating Hopper Wagon sets. There are two designs of these. The later ones are of a more open "girder" construction.

 

There were two Sets. B.R. with the four wheel B.R. hopper wagon, and T.C. Series, with the Transcontinental Series bogie hopper wagon.

 

Side walls for elevated track were also made for Standard track.

 

When Series 3 track was introduced, Standard track was still available.

 

No incline piers, or sidewalls, were made for Series 3 track. In layout illustrations in the Catalogues, Standard Track was used for any elevated track, usually also fitted with the sidewalls.

 

Series 3 track can be used with the Standard Track piers and sidewalls, but doesn't fit the pier guides properly, and there are no infill sections for in between the sleepers.

 

Super 4 track versions of the bridge do not include the tongues, but the arch pier guides remained the same. I believe the guides in the arch piers remained the Standard Track type until the end of production?

 

Super 4 track has a range of incline and high level piers, and sidewalls with infill sections for in between the rails. These all clip into the track sections.

 

When the unloading bridge sets were re introduced by Hornby Railways, the bridge rails remained the same section, and two Converter Tracks were included to connect to the then current System 6, code 100, track. (Basically the same as today's Hornby Track.)

 

System 6 incline and high level piers were included.

 

No sidewalls were initially made for System 6 track, these were introduced much later.

 

The last made unloading bridges were retooled to have code 100 System 6 track.

[LCDR]

That is interesting Sarah, I hadn't realised that during the transition from Super 4 to Series 6 there was a period when converter tracks were required and supplied. That would have made fitting the bridge into a layout even more difficult, it was never easy in the first place!

 

I had the hopper bridge originally as a Standard track version, which eventually went the way of all good things! Later in life I got a version with Code 100 rail instead, and still have it somewhere.