From Steve's "What did you find when you least expected it"? topic is this...

Couple of days ago I got a call from my brother telling me that while cleaning out his cellars he had
found some of my old Triang Trains. (From 1961). I was stunned as I did not know they had come from
England let alone were still in existence. My mother remembers they had been packed to be sent home but
had forgotten their existence.

Here are a couple of photos (won't bore you with more than a couple). The British Steamer has "Britannia"
on the side, not a clue about the diesel, the Observation car has an interior and from the couple of wires
I found on the NATO Searchlight Car running to the bogies, it looks like the Searchlight must have lit up.

Nothing is in great shape but will keep as a memento.

Thanks for looking and thank you to Steve for his topic otherwise I would not have posted......

J.

Edited by user 03 February 2012 21:12:25(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Same people who built the sten gun, I understand.

Wow Jeremy, what a wonderful find, and so glad my topic prompted you to post.

It's especially interesting to me because my Dad's model railway through my childhood was also Triang, and I developed a lot of my servicing skills (troubleshooting, cleaning, soldering etc) on those old Triang Loco's and they were still going many years later when my Brother had them.

I think they are in very good condition from the photo's and would make a very cool display all on their own if you could find a suitable cabinet.

Thanks for posting

Cheers

Cookee

Hi Jeremy,

The Nato screenlight was 'Battle space' range.

tri-ang website http://www.tri-ang.co.uk/ind3.html

Hi Jeremy, Triang is where I started out as a boy. The loco Britannia is from the BR Staindard Britannia Class, I think 7P, there should also be a tender for her. Many of them also came fitted with a synchro smoke unit which had a gear driven piston that pumped the smoke out!

All my original Triang and TriangHornby was sold when I went to university, but in recent years I have been collecting it once again via eBay.

It all still works, the motors were very robust, not as sophisticated as Marklin, but robust none the less.

Do you have any more of this?

Adrian has no C track only M. In the dark ages he is.

NN

Hi all,

Back to the M versus C track debate, why not have both, keeps everyone happy.

And then some K track,and some solid center rail....

Ian.

Edited by user 04 February 2012 10:47:57(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Didn't know they made that model ^^

Nice find Jeremy

Y

The War Ministry employed the toy company that made Triang to build the sten gun as they apparently could adapt their manufacturing techniques to gun production. The gun was originally designed by some boffin on the very cheap. A propos to previous discussions of what Marklin did during the war.

Hi Jeremy,

I have a very old copy of a book called the "Triang Hornby Book of Trains" from around 1968, wich mentions the Britannia and the VR diesel. This was my model train "bible" for years! At the time I had, apart from my Marklin trains, a Triang Princess Elizabeth and a couple of British Rail Mk 1 coaches in red and cream colours, and these also featured in the book. For enthusiasts of old Triang and hornby trains I recommend getting an old copy of this book. Now, where did I put it?...