Hand full of Tri-ang Items Part One

This is part one of a two part video, I had not intended the video to become so long, but when looking at the footage during the long bank holiday weekend along with quite heavily editing down it still made for a very long video! so I split it into two parts. There is a lot of model railway items running, but the emphasis is on exploring the good handful of Tri-ang Hornby items in various conditions that were very kindly donated to the channel. The link to the second part of the video is below. All dates approximate.
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[@michaelstaley2241]

Wonderful collection you have Oscar, at your disposal.Triang made excellent locomotives and other equipment in my opinion. .👍🏻

[@FredWilbury]

Nice items Oscar , can I say you certainly enthuse over your railway, and very knowledgeable thank you regards Fred

[@premikyam2726]

Good morning Oscar. Fantastic footage to start the day. For those of of us who grew up in the sixties, your channel is totally nostalgic.

[@oscarpaisley]

Hi, thank you for looking in. Great to hear you enjoyed the opening footage.. Oscar

[@eddyweller4503]

Morning Oscar, that's a great collection of bits and bobs. I can hear the excitement as you pick though you Treasures. In the coming weeks you'll have fun getting some of these items back to working order. I see part two has come up so I'm off to see that one, see you soon Eddy, xx

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Eddy thanks for looking in. It's a great box of bits and pieces. Hope you find part two interesting, all the best. Oscar

[@locotracks2217]

Very interesting stuff here. The Servicing Scheme book highlights how many model railway shops there once were, most of which are sadly no more.

[@martinhall60]

Good morning Oscar, it's Martin from Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Just watched your very interesting video of railway items that was given to you by the gentleman. I think that when people give someone a box of railway items one always finds something that can be kept as spares. It doesn't matter if it's just a screw or maybe a wire, you never know when you may need one. And the Pullman coach looks a lot better after a good clean. All in all, a very informative and interesting video, thank you for letting us seeing it. And it's always a pleasure seeing your locomotives and rolling stock running around your excellent layout. Well it's time for my toasted tea cake and cup of tea. ( Yorkshire tea bags and Warburtons tea cakes) keep safe Oscar and have a good week ahead and ill be watching next time. 👍🚂☕

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Martin thanks for looking in, as you say it's always great to have extra bits and pieces and Love those Pullman coaches with a slight variation in the bogie design. All the best. Oscar

[@stephendavies6949]

We all love an R751! Those base keeper plates can be fragile. Oh that Super 4 track. I remember buying some "converter tracks" so I could buy the new System 6 stuff but still use my older track. I've just serviced a very early Jinty, but the flanges are far too large to run on modern track. My Hymek was BER, but I did salvage what I could off it, including the brass buffers. I've also just managed to get a Princess Elizabeth running after the best part of 50 years in storage, by using a 2nd example as a donor. Once again, you have sparked some very happy memories for me.

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Steve thanks for looking in. Great to hear you enjoyed the video and that it brings back happy memories. Sounds like you're having a great time working with the items in your collection. It's all good fun working with these bits and pieces, you never know when something is going to become useful. All the best. Oscar

[@fireballfireball1067]

I much prefer the Super 4 track, I found the later track not as well made and a bit weak. Dave in Australia

[@stephendavies6949]

@@fireballfireball1067 My dad & I made the decision back in the day to move to System 6, and eventually sold the Super 4 stuff, all 300ft of it!

[@mikeking2539]

R751 English Electric Type 3... BR TOps Class 37. My fave class of diesel locomotive, and my first model diesel locomotive that I got when i was young. I've said before that my first set was the GWR pick up goods set, next came the Flying Scotsman, with the firebox glow and the exhaust steam sound. I still have the 37, although it is not in the best condition. It was re-painted (badly) at a friend's. We had a go at using a airbrush! Only one of the cheap ones that used a can of compressed air, and they were never much good. I would love to have it fixed and re-painted properley!

[@user-ig6dm7cq1g]

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[@trainsontuesday]

I'm enjoying this Oscar. On to part two.

[@oscarpaisley]

Morning David, great to hear you've enjoyed the video. Hope you enjoy part two interesting. All the best. Oscar

[@stevenperry7493]

Morning Oscar ,what an interesting collection of items in the box ,most modellers would like to go through such items .A true modeller such as yourself & viewers know the true worth of items damaged or not . 😊Suffolk .

[@davidstrains4910]

A bit if a different video this morning Oscar showing a range of different items but a good video overall, some nice looking items that you showed in this video, the 37 in blue looked really nice, a few months ago I actually fixed mine up and got it running using a hymek armature as one of the 37 wasn’t available and those pullmans also looked really nice, keep up the great work Oscar.

[@oscarpaisley]

Thanks David. Glad you found the video. Interesting great to hear about your fix on the 37 with the alternative armature. All the best. Oscar

[@donniblanco5239]

A Very Useful box of Swag, Lots to Tinker with there - I had 0 gauge clockwork Triang as a Youngster which I sold late 70’s, and I was intrigued to find the old version TT recently, (my Dad told me there’s nothing new), and inspired by the your videos in this Vintage Era, I’m thinking I may like to explore the TT Avenue some more. Great vid, Many thanks👍🏻

[@oscarpaisley]

Thanks again Donnie for taking the time to watch. It's great to hear you're enjoying these older items. Tri-ang seem to have put huge amount of effort into developing it TT range there are some really beautiful items and tracksuit accessories. It's such a shame it was brought to an end so early on, I wonder how Hornby will do with their newly developed TT 120. All the best. Oscar

[@mikeking2539]

Oh my class 37 is the later one that has the extra pickups on the rear bogie!

[@stephendavies6949]

Very posh. Mine was just like the one in this video: not great when running slowly over points!

[@roystudds1944]

Wow Oscar. Quite a marathon video this morning. Interesting none the less. Thanks for kicking off my Sunday again. Roy.

[@oscarpaisley]

Thanks again, Roy for taking the time to watch. It's very much appreciated. Take care. Oscar

[@railway187]

Wow, huge layout! New subscriber 🙋‍♂️

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning thanks for looking in and taking the time to subscribe very much appreciated. Oscar

[@brianhepke7182]

Hello Oscar, It's incredible that old plunger Princess still works well for its age. A testimony to the longevity of the Triang product. A really nice box of goodies you have there, how kind of your friend to pass them on to you. They certainly found a good home. While on the subject of Triang locomotives... the majority of my fleet of used locos run pretty well considering their age and what they probably went through before reaching me. However some start flagging and eventually come to a stop after a while, bearing in mind I service and clean mechanisms regularly. I wondered if you might be able to shed some light on to why this happens? Could it have something to do with the magnet, perhaps?... maybe needing a boost. Or is the brushes? Your insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Best wishes Brian

[@michealmatthews9377]

interesting that triang went metric before the entry into the common market.

[@robinmathews2446]

Hi Oscar, I'm not sure why, but part 2 showed up before part 1on KZbin locally? It makes a bit more sense when viewed in the right order? I really enjoyed seeing your restoration work.. Great to see the care going into cleaning the commutator. No 'wire wheels' in a power tool as I've seen others do. (It would be so easy to slip, doing that, and rip the armature winding right out of it's solder? So rough...). Your maintenance is "top notch"? I read once, that the upright pin at the back of some loco bogies, was to assist with stability while pulling around curves, as well as simply being a "locator pin"? I quite enjoyed watching, as maintaining the fleet is as important as running them? I have found that 'old' oil or grease on the axles can contribute to poor running over points? I used to often try cleaning wheels and pick-ups on the "insulated" side, (to be sure that both picked up power), but often with little success? When I finally realised that the locos would also falter with one of the 'fixed wheels' on the frog too, then it became evident that the axle must not be passing on power from the "other' wheel still in contact with the rail? I cleaned the axle, then, low and behold.. A smooth runner ! I still think that your bench is just like mine? Covered in Tri-ang bits? Cheers, from Rob in Tasmania. (Down under, 'Down under'). Quote: ("Everything is upside down, I must be in Australia" ) from "Gerry Anderson's" "Terrahawks" series years ago !

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Rob, thanks again for looking in and the information, glad you found it interesting. Not sure why these videos showed up in the wrong order, Definitely a good few bits and pieces here to be keeping me going for a while. I was very intrigued by the Pullmans with the early style of closed axle box, I'm not sure there are any free running than the open axel box variations, there is still a lot of material in contact with the axles. All the best. Oscar

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

good vid

[@robinmathews2446]

A further comment: There are very tiny screws available, on the well known auction site, that can be used to re-pin the flanges on the short 'toe' rail of a Super 4 point? They can be screwed into the plastic base as "dog spikes", to re-position the rail quite successfully? (I have even repaired "N" scale track {in situ.} using them).. A short piece of rail from a smaller radius curved track should match up there? (It does if repairing this same job on Series 3)? As I have mentioned before, One should never throw away any discarded piece of Tri-ang kit? Just throw them all in the "spares" box? I was once told by a Tri-ang technician many years ago, to soak 'rusty' rail in liquid molasses (of all things) for an extended period, to dissolve the rust and then wash it clean, and finally lubricate when dry? (Mr Snooze has even re-plated his rails)? Good hints if you have the time? Cheers, Rob

[@oscarpaisley]

Thanks again Rob for watching and the terrific information. I think they might be the same mini screws I use for holding down the tracks but a slightly shorter length. I think the Tri-ang technician the box.. The liquid molasses sounds like an interesting experiment. I'll have to keep it in mind. All the best. Oscar

[@Jimyjames73]

Hello Oscar - @ 12:26 - I wounder if any of those shop places in the service scheme booklet still exists??? A nice collection in that box - I think that I've also got a 'Ruth' Pullman😊🚂🚂🚂

[@oscarpaisley]

Good morning Jimyjames thanks again for looking in. It would be an interesting bit of research to see how many of those names still exist from that book. Great to hear you have the Pullman named Ruth in your collection. Oscar

[@chorlton4]

Will you get replacement name transfers for the pullman cars Jane and Ruth?

[@oscarpaisley]

Hi, I'm not sure at the moment. Oscar