The son of Triangman Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I've been moderated and yet haven't posted anything offensive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 With BP announced elsewhere I suspect it is unlikely to turn up in the Railroad range, and the original Triang models do turn up regularly at toy fairs and swapmeets, <£100 for a four car set. Because it was not preserved (and a lot of people agree that was a bad mistake) it only has a limited impact on the railway enthusiast fraternity, such that two competing models do not make a lot of sense. It uses an obsolete type of motor bogie so that would be new tooling. [i](for me if Hornby did re-introduce it the retooled motor bogie would be the thing I would most want to obtain, I might buy it just for that, unless of course they had made a SR 62 foot underframe EMU model in the meantime)[/i] I realise there have been a lot of calls for it but these have been muted since the announcement elsewhere. I would much rather Hornby concentrated on new models that do not directly duplicate other firms production or are too similar to ones they already make. I predict the Brighton Belle is going to be a winner, and they are market leaders for the HST which has to be the best non-steam train ever made. With the Pendolino, Eurostar and Rapier there are some exciting unit trains in the range and Hornby has a very good hand. The Met Cam pullman would I fear dilute this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 The son of Triangman said:Yep, Blue Pullman, the R.253 Dock Shunter gets my vote too with the later wheelsets for code 100 track. L1, Jinty with Synchrosmoke, M7 with opening smokebox door and fire box glow, Stephensons Rocket, WAB baltic tank loco, EM2, Steeple Cab, Nellie(sorry WTD), Hall, 3F tender loco, Davy Crockett, Battle space turbo car!And not forgettingThe Tri-ang-Hornby A3 with firebox glow and exhuast sound. A Tri-ang-Hornby A3 holds the distance record and belongs to James May, they have been like gold dust since the program.It's alright SOT no need to say sorry. I agree about the Dock Shunter, I had one , great little loco but used to buzz like a wasp when it went fast. Didn't it have grooves in the wheels to to make it grip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Yes they did have knurled driving wheels WTD, however after October 1969 they started to get the finer scale wheelsets for code 100 System Six Track still in use today by Hornby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 A re-intro of the BP DCC Ready with the working table lights fitted to the pullman coaches, direction of travel front lighting, cab interior, a new power bogie and five pole servicable motor of some sort would be good. Especially if it was cheaper than the competition, it would fit nicely into Railroad and sell well!I would personally pay £100 for an old Tri-ang four car set and detail it up myself, than pay £300 for the competitions model, it leaves cash to buy some more items.No offence LC&DR, but the problem with southern units is they generally appeal to southern modellers only, I think the exceptions being Eurostar and the Brighton Belle. The rest of the country has been sorely neglected as far as EMU's go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Choobacca said:Buz said:I also think the lighting on the loco's should be LED. The yard switcher with rear bogie pick up thus all metal wheels, pilot front and rearI'd love to see led lights fitted to all loco's, even the Steam locomotives. I know some people would complain about head codes being wrong, though I suppose Hornby could always position the lights in their most popular configuration, or maybe make 2 versions of a loco.Why only 2 versions choobacca, there are at least 10 configerations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 That'll be 'configurations' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postman Prat Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Thing is SOT, apart from the Southern, most EMUs led a very localised existance - the Tyneside units only worked on Tyneside, the Liverpool Overhead (Dockers Umbrella) only on Merseyside. Really, it's only units that appeared after the early 80s that operated in a more widespread way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob1952 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Hi PPDont forget that most of eastern london, The Old Great Eastern Railway & the London, Tilbury Southend are all Overhead power delivery and only the class 86 & 90 plus the ECML class 91 in model form with no EMU sets. Some class 321,366 etc would be niceBob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postman Prat Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Hi BobI'd forgotten the GER & LT&SR but really we were still talking about units being comparitively localised until the 80's. Certainly, the market is quite widespread for the 1980 onwards stock but I feel less so for the earlier units. Mind you, if it came to a choice (heaven preserve me from LC&DR) I think I prefer the overhead units to 3rd rail stock. If that was the only choice I had available I'd find a new hobby!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choobacca Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 walkingthedog said:Choobacca said:Buz said:I also think the lighting on the loco's should be LED. The yard switcher with rear bogie pick up thus all metal wheels, pilot front and rearI'd love to see led lights fitted to all loco's, even the Steam locomotives. I know some people would complain about head codes being wrong, though I suppose Hornby could always position the lights in their most popular configuration, or maybe make 2 versions of a loco.Why only 2 versions choobacca, there are at least 10 configerations.I should have said one with lights and one without lights :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 But which light configuration would they produce. I've got quite a few 'express' locos but I hardly ever run express trains. Having said that I don't really mind what lights are on the front but I'm sure some do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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