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Hi, I am an retired exile living in TX. I recently found my son's Triang train set that I got him some 50 years ago and am resurrecting? it. My stock of Super 4 points is VERY limited (ebay) and operation is hit or miss. Your video intrigued me as some of my points have the same affliction as the one's you scrapped. I used to be pretty good at soldering, I was in electronics, and wondered if anyone had ever tried to solder a wire from the short rails to the copper strips underneath. This would bypass the bad contact. Thoughts anyone?

My worn out brush arms have a square hole in the end if I remove the old solder. I have recently made carbon brushes like yours but slightly thicker front to back. I ground away the back edge to form a square of carbon that matched the size of the hole horizontally but would stick out vertically at the rear of the arm. I used a small amount of Super Glue on the inside of the arm to stick the brush in place (carefully avoiding the edges of the square that goes through the brush). When the glue dried I then ran solder around the rear of the brush arm to make contact with the vertical square to provide electrical contact. Working OK at present but do not know what sort of life expectancy the repaired brushes will have.

I have had the Hornby model of this since 1958 ,i have just tried to service it its running but niw got to look at either a neo magnet or get it re magnetised .

great video, fantastic project

We have one, we had it running a couple of years ago. but it was a bit temperamental. Think we had the wrong pil in the cylinders?

Hello wondering where you connected each end of the wire!

Thank you! Most interesting, and it brought back many memories. I got this train set for Christmas 1959, when it was brand new on the market, as your brochure indicates. The coaches in my set were "blood and custard" rather than maroon. Also, the coaches and tender had metal couplings - not the plastic shown here. The only other differences I can see are that in 1959 there was no suppressor fitted to the power supply rail, and Hornby did not at that time supply the small spanner required to gain access to the loco motor. I had the Marshall 2 PSU which had 2 outputs - 12 v DC, and 15 v AC for points and signals. Eventually, I had a layout with various points and sidings, another 0-6-2 loco (BR no 69550), and more rolling stock including a breakdown crane and the Travelling Post Office. All this on a weyroc base board 6' x 4' which my mum (the techie expert in my family!) got from the local joiner. I remember I had great problems in getting the TPO to work. Instructions said to use the 15v AC output from the PSU, but that didn't work. Problem eventually solved by using an Ever Ready 9v grid bias battery (does anyone here remember them?) from the local radio shop.

Your videos are a goldmine of information.

Sunny Sunday deserves some fun fun fun on the railway, great video Ktf J

Just ordered a Airfix motor to have a go at this on my Triang EM2 I have just bought for a project! Re soldering sounds a bit fiddly but do-able! Thanks for the video for inspiration.

another great video, thank you

Lovely to see both versions of the Lord of the Isles MrSnooze. Very impressive smooth runner - think the gloss version is the better one but as you say it’s down to personal preference!

They both looks good 👍🏻

Snooze. No falling asleep on the roof. Cannot remember ever seeing a bogie pickup on a classic period Triang/hornby steamer??????? I believe the Budd car was investigated for trailing bogie pickup. For many of us classical Triang/TH represented an unkept promise, though in my operating environment assessment is more complicated. You have worked wonders. I wonder how your system would go without the plating? Another problem was lack of traction on non-maghes models. On a gradient the loading was not much. A situation I am still looking into is the red and silver diesel/Alco road switcher. Both had the same pressed steel frame mounting the same power truck and trailer, and both skidded under reasonable load. The Blue and Gold R159 VR B class had the same bogies but plastic chassis which doubled as the shell. It easily outpulled the metal one. Adding weight did nothing for the metal framed models; can't remember clearly on the 159, but think it did improve things. Expectation would be that the gain on traction would out-benefit the drag on the trailer which would be mollified by the rolling bearings. It is not as if we were cold turkey dragging the thing. The dock shunter with the same power bogie (to use a Biblical idiom borrowed by Iain Rice in a not dissimilar context) 'is a wolf in sheep's clothing'. HIs context was an 0-4-0 which would outpull ANYTHING on the layout. Maghes was a great innovation. There was at least one other motor released by Rovex: a 2/3 or thereabouts miniature X-04 lookalike. I knew it as a slot car motor. The X0-4 was also used on many slotcars. I don't know if it is true, but I heard STC mentioned in relation to the astounding quality of components. Interesting. Guy Williams used X0-4 motors for Pendon. Take a break mate; you've enough problems falling off roofs without keeping up with us. Guess where an awful lot of the Spinal Unit patients in hospitals 'come' from. Best to you and Mrs. Snooze.

Thank you for the enjoyable video! I've been collecting the Nellie type over the past few years, having fond memories of running the original Nellie as a child. I've managed to find a few examples of the black versions (R359), the oldest having the gold crest, as in your brochure, later ones having a BR transfer. There were some produced without any printing, or buffer beam red, or whistle - must have saved Triang many pence! They are difficult to find in good condition, most having been enjoyed by children at the time. Love the Lord of the Isles models 👍🏻

Very enjoyable video, thank you, I don’t think I have ever seen Lord of Isles in the flesh so it was interesting to see yours.

Great episode, interesting detail regarding the motors. Don’t fall off the roof 😉 safety first

If you look at the front of that Hornby catalogue the train is crossing Westminster Bridge which is not a rail crossing! Artistic licence or just bad checking?

Great video, I have 4 “Lord of the Isles “ locomotives. 3 from the 60’s and a modern version. Whilst the newest one has an excellent paint job, the old ones out perform it with speed and pulling ability. Looking forward to the video on replacing the smoke pipe.

Very enjoyable. The 'Lord Of The Isles' is so lavishly decorated. The excellent cab detail is just crying out to be finessed. Tri-ang went all out with it and the recent Hornby releases of the same body shell are barely any more interesting if at all (apart from the extra pickups). It's always transporting to look through a catalogue so thank you for that, and nice to see the Ivatt again too. 😊

Super video, many thanks.

A lovely model indeed Mr. Snooze. I bought mine at the TTS in Leicester in 2019 and must confess that I have only test run it once and have yet to remove the body shell. I can only assume that there is an XT 60 motor in there but I have yet to handle one. So much to do. Take care working on those sky-lights. Regards, David.

Lovely video, I do love the Loti, got one of the glossy ones, oddly the little R455 I recently got gifted me I'm sure has a Loti dome! Did you catch the video?

Thoroughly enjoyed looking at the catalogue... thank you 🙏🇳🇿

My one’s magnet end bearing had got about 2mm of play in it. Sounded like a bag of gravel. The other end bearing was very very loose and I couldn’t fit the original bearing. I tried to fit the ball race bearings but put too much force on the outside and now they run rough. They are the same ones that you used in the X337 bogie where one ran rough. It is because the outer shaft got pushed as well. I’ll try again one day, but I need to drill out the old ball bearing on the worm end. It’s stuck in and stopping me fitting a new bearing. Yours run beautifully and as they were built to! Beautiful condition. They have such charm. Glad to see the Railway in action again. Would hate to see the end of it! But one step backwards 10 forwards when building layouts. Can only learn. Kindest regards to you Will

I think the XT60 motor was also used in the early turntable?

I dug out my copy of the Seventh edition catalogue to see how it was printed and it looks like a variation of lithographic process printing using solid colours or percentage tints of solid colours overlapping each other and printed on top of halftone images of the actual product. I had a price list with the catalogue which was dated 1st January 1961 but it only listed the smoke version of the Lord of the Isles plus the tender listed separately but both had a '*' in the price column.

Great video very enjoyable to watch cheers Patrick Quinn IRL

They really are a great addition to any collection. Mine is from 1971 I think. The XT.60 motor is very compact as you say, but getting replacement brushes for them is becoming difficult. You have to love the old early Tri-ang motors as they generally just keep on going. Happy Chugging

Lord of the Isles model has certainly been well used over the years as you say only a couple of years ago for the last release. I picked up one a few years ago at a train fair, I spotted it sat loose in a plastic bag for just £20 so had to pick it up. It has been modified a bit with chain link couplings and all the plastic wheel replace with finer metal ones as well as a slightly closer tender connection. Still works quite well but I have added more pickups to the tender and put a Kadee coupling on to connect with my rolling stock that’s all been converted. I have also picked out a lot more painted detail so it looks quite smart.

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Great video Mr snooze, cracking little engine and amazing what it can pull with the magnahesion. And hopefully the rain stays off for your roof maintenance all the best, Bob.

Another great video J

like yourself I like the trains I have and I don't run prototypical trains , the only thing I do like is reliability, some of the trains I have are like yours up to 60 years old and still run with care and maintenance. I also have some newer trains and rolling stock out of which the newer stock has more problems with couplings motors and valve gear than any of the older stock .The detail nowadays is fantastic but only if it stays in place .I'm lucky ,I have a small vacuum that has a clear pickup box and it amazes me that every time I vacuum the track there is always at least 1 small part that seems to have dropped off or come un stuck Thank you for sharing and informative way of going through your ideas and repairs . My only problem is that I started a short time ago watching your first videos now half way through its like a good book just cant stop watching 😂😂 but soon will have court up and can then relax ..john

I use gel hand sanitizer which contains alcohol. Works a treat. The oil is just machine oil. Use sewing machine oil if want. They might say not recommend of Course they would say not to use Theirs a fiver for 5 ml or a pound for 100 ml or there about.

just started watching from the start of your channel thank you for sharing . with the nickel plating, would an air agitator as in fish tank oxygen bubbler help to even out the coating. I know I'm 3 years late in finding your channel but am now subscribed john

Absolutely beautiful set.

The marks on the tender are from the bubble wrap. Some bubble wrap is ok to wrap models in, but the cheaper, low quality stuff id bad news. Personally, I avoid using bubble wrap for any models, not worth the risk. I've seen some nice stuff ruined by bubble wrap over the years.

Great video, I've have an Ivatt in black new in 1974 runs great, I fitted a smoke unit and that works really well to, I also have a green Ivatt but my black one is my favourite, thanks Ktf John

Very Good Ivatt - Lovely Little Runner, I hope I can get mine to run that Smoothly- very nice & many thanks 👍🏻

I also prefer old fashioned model trains. I live in Italy so I'm on HO with a collection of old Lima, Jouef, Piko locomotives, with an X04 powered Hornby acHO tank engine representing my link to all things British. I also enjoy maintenance and mechanisms.

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. My very first train set was a clockwork one as in the catalogue. It was a gift from my great aunt and uncle for my 3rd birthday in 1978. My great uncle was a signalman in the Scottish Borders and a great train enthusiast. He passed away in 1989 and left me all his books on railways and on the airborne troops (he was in the glider troops in WW2, but that's another story). The train set is at my parent's house, I'll have to bring it home.

Another wonderful video. Your enthusiasm and enjoyment of these fantastic older items really comes through in your commentry. And you use that wonderful word "fun" I feel that some people have forgotten that idea when it comes to model railways. One of the reasons why yourself and Oscar have developed quite a following. All the best. 😊

That was very enjoyable. The catalogue is excellent and very well presented to pique the interest of any reader. I agree about the long lived models. I don't buy new things but they seem to only be available for 5 minutes and then they disappear. I have heard people complain about 'old tooling' that is only a few years old and how disappointing it is. The Ivatt is a nice little loco. I have one and it is such a smooth and quiet runner just like yours. It fits with my small layout and I must give it a run. Nice to see the big layout is still functioning. I hope all goes well with whatever the future brings. Looking forward to the next video. 😊

I have always loved the image of the layout with father and son sat in the big comfy 70's brown armchair. It's also the cover photo on the 4th edition track plan book. I did fancy building a copy of it recently, but no room with my current layout in place. Thanks again for a very enjoyable video.

Another great video

Hi Mr Snooze. Very enjoyable video. I recently obtained one of these Ivatt 2-6-0 locos from ebay and enjoyed getting it going again. They don't seem to come up for sale very often in Australia. Would like to hear about your collection some time. How you started and what it consists of. I bought my first loco, an 0-6-0 3F second hand in 1957. from my choirmaster, a recent pommy immigrant when I was a cathedral chorister all of eleven years old. Please keep 'em coming!. Regards, Jim.

Niy video always a joy to watch DMV

I remember being well miffed when I discovered my lovely Super 4 track was no longer being produced, and that all you could but was horrible System 6 😂. That, coupled with tender drive 😱, almost put me off model trains altogether! I stuck with my Super 4 until I was much older and then switched to 100% Peco Streamline. I never knew Hornby produced nickel silver track as early as that.

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