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Hi Tony, that Trestrol looks very smart.

Hi Bigmet, Yes, some of the early four wheel open wagons and closed vans were very crude and and seemed top heavy. This is because Triangs first goods wagons were from TRACKMASTER (1949-1951) tooling. With the different running numbers and colour changes, I have built up a collection of about thirty...

Thanks Bufferstop

For those that are wondering, I am an expat (former RAF) living in Germany.
I have worked the last 25 years with the German State Railways (Deutsche Bahn).

I collect early Triang, with my main interest in the 1950s.

Cheers, Bill.

Thanks for your answers Guys. I expect that this image would have been lost, had not for the Bulldog Drummond film having been made.

Barber/Hairdesser Salon in pre-war coaches hairdresser.PNG "Bulldog Drummond at Bay" (1937) Scene is from an express train travelling from London to Scotland (LMS or LNER). As a collector of old films I am always on the lookout for scenes that include railway topics, but I never knew that...

Thanks John, gave my computer a tidy up and stumbled onto the forum link and thought,
I have not been there for a while, they will be wondering what happened.

The Britannia up and running once again a few years after it was scrapped and written off.

The 1961 Britannia continued......

I have been buying scrapped items and bringing them back to life on my workbench. Nothing really too difficult, but a lovely feeling smell the oil and see the sparks flying off the wheels as they run around the layout :D I have so far repaired about a half dozen, but I will start here with my 1961 T...

Hi Forum, I have not been active on the forum for the last 18 months or so, but I have been busy with my layout. It has been an almost total rebuild and a new 4 foot by 8 foot section has been added to the existing space. This was because my son moved out to go to university and I was able to move a...

Nice to see others collecting Triang, great to see someone else using the series 3 track too. Mine is a mixture of Standard grey track, Series 3 and Super 4 track. I have just purchased the smoke oil for my 3F loco, thats me delighted :D http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f102/bodminbill/smoke%20oil_...

Thanks for the comments.......two years ago this was just an idea, a "what if" really, laying in bed one Sunday and remembering the rolling stock I had as a youngster.

Hi Forum, I have just realised that I have not visited the forum in a while, however I have been busy with my layout. It now has three levels, top level is Hornby 0 Guage 1933-1964, with 1 pre-war electric loco and a post-war clockwork one. The middle level has a Triang standard/series 3 track line ...

Thanks Peter, you can not keep the uniform clean on a loco footplate!

As for Triang/hornby vintage collection, I am collecting all the things I could not afford when I was ten, but wanted.

Cheers, Bill.

Excellent, Wilhelm :D , but you could never get away with it over the border...unfortunately, they're still too sensitive about it. Hi Phil, we did cross the border (200 yards) to visit the area where the track cuts through the Siegfried Line, westwards from Aachen. I think you are reffering to the...