Big big train

Good morning,"Bure valley models" have got one of the class 31s you have mentioned,left in stock. I have no connection with the shop,other than being a very satisfied customer . Excellent prices and friendly staff. I hope that this is of some help to you.

Hello Fazersteve,I purchased a boxed APT about 25 years ago,complete with pantograph(which are sometimes missing). Anyway,I had the opportunity to purchase another(unboxed) APT a couple of months ago and this one has it's pantograph missing and one of the articulated bodies were missing. I managed to find a spare bogie and fitted it,but alas,I don't have a spare pantograph for it.One will turn up one day. Anyway,when I went to test it,it too made loud screeching noises and was very hesitant in running. I posted the problem on here and Sarahagain gave me some advice on how to remove the power bogie.Once this was removed,a tiny drop of oil was placed on all of the drive gears and on both ends of the motor shaft. The power bogie was then clipped back into the body,the complete 5 car unit was then made up,I turned the power on,slow,to start with and after about 10 seconds the screeching stopped. I didn't need to strip the motor down,just very light lubrication was needed,in this case.

Good morning. thanks Sarah again for your very informative reply,much appreciated.

Hello puffed out and Thank you for your reply. The question is,how do you remove the power bogie,which has a cast metal frame on it,from the plastic coach body? Many thanks.

Am I correct in saying that since it's introduction in the early 1970s,system 6 track,as it was then referred to as,indeed had code 100 rail.

Hi WTD,modern code 100 rail.

Hello Rob12345. Christmas greetings from Somerset. When you say series 4,you mean Super 4,to give it it's correct title. My own layout consists of a large oval of modern Hornby system 6 track,DCC controlled. Inside that oval is a large oval of modern system 6 track which is DC controlled.. And inside that oval is a large oval of Super 4 track and on this oval I run my triang loco s and rolling stock,however,some of ,but not all of my triang stock will run on the more modern Hornb y track quite happily. This mainly applies,in my experience,to triang locos,etc,manufactured from the mid 1960s. Hope this is of help to you.Also,the best places to pick up good Super 4 track,in my experience,is at toy fairs,car boots and a certain auction site. Ref the R751 diesel loco,it sounds like it needs a good service,to me. I have several of the Triang R751 diesel loco s and the ones I have run happily on Hornby track,of recent manufacture.

Good afternoon everyone,why don't you do what I have done,to be able to run my 1950s loco s with the deep flanges on the wheels,why don't you incorporate an oval of "Super 4" track? ,the geometry of it is the same as modern Hornby setrack and there's still lots of Super 4 track about,either in the well known auction site or at toyfairs. It's not expensive either,I purchased 5 boxed Super 4 points,in as new condition,from a train show at the weekend,for £2:50p each! And you can join an oval of Super 4 track to an oval of modern Hornb y track using a " Converter track",again these are readily available.

I'll try and post some pictures in due course.

It's a miracle that any actually survived,considering that so few were made over such a short time period.

Hi everyone,the two loco s which are just empty shells,(one is good,but the other one which was found buried in a garden,with a tree growing through it is in a very poor condition),are being mechanically restored by a specialist in this field!. One of the loco s will be powered by a new motor on each bogie and the other one will be powered by one motor on one bogie only. The body shells require attention also,the one that was found buried in a garden more so! It all takes time and money,but hopefully they will be back by the end of the year. Then it will be down to me to repaint them,as they were when they first came of the production line. They are due to be collected at the end of this month and then the mechanical and electrical restoration can commence by the specialist. These will be powered by on board batteries. We managed to get a third loco,which is in running order,which requires little or no restoration and this is being delivered in a couple of weeks. This loco picks up its 50v DC from the track. With this comes 10 x 6 foot original track panels and the original transformer,complete with original buffer stop!. Tomorrow I'm exhibiting a Big Big Train display at the Alresford vintage train exhibition,but,next yesr,if the organiser gives the go ahead,I may display some Tri ang mini C narrow gauge railways items.

Hi,I believe the 0 4 0 tank loco got to the prototype stage,but never went into actual production. The loco s can either pick up from the track at ,I believe,50v,dc,or from on board batteries. we have two Pullman coaches,in need of slight restoration,complete with bogies, and what is known as a "toast rack" coach,which is an open coach with seats in it which needs a lot of restoration,complete with its bogies, we also have two locos,which are just empty shells which come complete with there bogies,but are in need of total restoration. Indeed,one of the loco s was found buried,in a garden,with a tree growing through it!,it's now at home here,in the dry,waiting it's turn in the restoration queue. In the pipeline,is the arrival of another loco,this time a working example,which picks up its power from the track and is coming with its transformer,ten lengths of original track and an original buffer stop.

The 0 4 O tank loco,was,I think to be based on the Tri ang nellie/polly/Connie of that period.

Hi,I believe the 0 4 0 tank loco got to the prototype stage,but never went into actual production. The loco s can either pick up from the track at ,I believe,50v,dc,or from on board batteries. we have two Pullman coaches,in need of slight restoration,complete with bogies, and what is known as a "toast rack" coach,which is an open coach with seats in it which needs a lot of restoration,complete with its bogies, we also have two locos,which are just empty shells which come complete with there bogies,but are in need of total restoration. Indeed,one of the loco s was found buried,in a garden,with a tree growing through it!,it's now at home here,in the dry,waiting it's turn in the restoration queue. In the pipeline,is the arrival of another loco,this time a working example,which picks up its power from the track and is coming with its transformer,ten lengths of original track and an original buffer stop.

Good evening everyone,as well as being keen collectors of Triang,Tri ang Hornby and Hornby railways,we have just started collecting and restoring Tri ang Minic Narrow Gauge Railways.

The "Red Rocket" loco and side tipping wagons were identical to the "Blue Flier" ,which was made at Margate. On the Red Rocket,the cab profile is slightly different,the wheels on the trailing bogie have deeper flanges,the moulded windows along the side of the loco body are deeper,the moulded coupling hook on the Blue flier is missing on the Red rocket,but apart from that,they are identical. The mechanics of the loco are very similar too,with slight differences in dimensions of the circuit board upon which the stop and reversing lever are mounted,the levers themselves in the Red Rocket are smaller in length also and the representation of the fuel tank is slightly smaller also. Having said all of this,the Red Rocket I have in my collection is a nice looking loco and one I'm proud to have in my collection. Last,but not least,the picture of the Red Rocket on the box lid of the set,shows it with a CO CO wheel arrangement,which of course is incorrect,as it has a BO BO wheel arrangement.

Hi,I think the Blue track did indeed come from the "Mighty red rocket set".

Here's two of my latest acquisitions; They are the"personal message from Bernard Cribbins",for all new Hornby train set owner's,and, The town and country model kit of the Hornby factory and warehouse,we've been after one of these kits for ages. I've posted pictures,which will hopefully follow in due course.

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I'm going to try and post three pictures of three versions of the Hymek we have; The first is the "Blue flier",made in Margate in the 1960s, The second version is made by Novo,in Russia,in the 1970s,early 1980s, And the third version is the"Mighty Red Rocket ",made in Hong kong,I believe.

Hello,the two fixed rails that lead from the plastic frog to the moving blades are made of nickle silver,the moving blades -I'm not sure what they are made of and the outer rails,as I call them,are made of steel. Many thanks.

Hello Sarahagain,yes,I've tested the rails with a magnet and they're not magnetic.

I forgot to mention,the original price is still on the boxes and that is 12/-(twelve shillings),which,in today's money is 60 pence!

Good afternoon everyone.I went to my local toyfair earlier on today,mainly hoping to get some spares for my Big Big Train collection,but was unsuccessful. However,we managed to pick up a lot of triang and triang hornby goodies,mostly boxed. Amongst these were two boxed Tri ang Hornby system 6 points.This may tie in with Margate Richmond's earlier thread about points. The points are steel,but the centre V sections of rail,leading off from the switch blades are nickel silver ,so,they are different again from the picture that Margate Richmond posted. At £1 per boxed point,I thought they were a batgain,I'll never use them on a layout,but they will be added to our collection.

Hello,thank you for your quick reply.I'll get in contact with them next week. I'm going to a toy Fair tomorrow,there may be some scrap loco s there that I can use for spares.Thank you again.