A Hornby Dublo 3-rail "Sir Nigel Gresley" with two tinplate carriages bought about 60+ years ago and yes I still have them, on display over my N gauge layout. Brian

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This was a shared Christmas present with my big brother and he got to keep it

Is that the Tri-ang set, Di?
I think they did the same in blue/yellow livery, too

My father bought a Hornby Triang OO Blue Pullman because, as a very small child, I saw it in one of his catalogue and fell in love with it. It was finding all his old train stuff that got me running it and hence the journey into N.

My first actual train purchase was an OO Pendolino - which I still have.

Quote from: Ditape on August 17, 2015, 08:19:02 PM
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This was a shared Christmas present with my big brother and he got to keep it

I had some of this later!  My mother told me that I couldn't have the drive unit so I plumped for the Vista Dome and Observation cars!

Both items sold to satisfy my lust for more English pieces!

Thanks for the memory!  Peter.

I had one of these ( with 2 trucks and a Toad. C/O Mr Triang and the Beatties shop in Holborn[smg id=28256 type=full align=center caption="image"]

my first N gauge loco was a Life-like set with GP-40 and wagons + round of track that I bought when on hols in Canada in 1993.

So nearly 20yrs in N !

Nick R ( older but not much wiser)

Quote from: Railwaygun on August 17, 2015, 09:21:30 PM
I had one of these ( with 2 trucks and a Toad. C/O Mr Triang and the Beatties shop in Holborn[smg id=28256 type=full align=center caption="image"]

my first N gauge loco was a Life-like set with GP-40 and wagons + round of track that I bought when on hols in Canada in 1993.

So nearly 20yrs in N !

Nick R ( older but not much wiser)

I had one of those too but in Black, do you remember the sound of the knurled wheels?

A long-since departed Farish GWR 94xx, a Minitrix 2-6-0 Ivatt and Warship.

I still have the Warship, which has had a couple of repaints but still goes.

Quote from: newportnobby on August 17, 2015, 08:24:13 PM
Is that the Tri-ang set, Di?
I think they did the same in blue/yellow livery, too

Yes it was Triang and it had what I believe was the series 2 track the one with the grey base supposed to look like ballast.

Quote from: Ditape on August 18, 2015, 04:35:33 AM

Quote from: newportnobby on August 17, 2015, 08:24:13 PM
Is that the Tri-ang set, Di?
I think they did the same in blue/yellow livery, too

Yes it was Triang and it had what I believe was the series 2 track the one with the grey base supposed to look like ballast.

My book on the history of Tri-Ang suggests you are correct about Series 2:
Type 1/ A silver plastic base with tinned steel rails from 1950
Type 2/ An improved version with better radius curves, a grey 'ballast' and enhanced running qualities (1951)
Type 3/ Essentially as Type 1 but introduced the concept of standard track geometry and the grey ballast had been removed (1958) although Type 2 track continued to be produced until at least 1961.
Type 4/ Marketed as 'Super 4'(1962)
Type 6/ Sleeper spacing was improved and an altogether more realistic looking track resulted. It is, with modifications, still in use today.

(There was no Type 5 track).

P/S All those praising Kato track for its built-in point motors might be interested to know that Tri-Ang were selling points with integral motors under the ballast strip as early as 1951, albeit in OO.

I have a few Hornby Dublo electric points in my collection that are still working... even if the lights dim when you fire them, still it adds to the atmosphere, and before you call me an old FART, they are from my Grandfather HONNEST

Quote from: petercharlesfagg on August 17, 2015, 09:34:10 PM

Quote from: Railwaygun on August 17, 2015, 09:21:30 PM
I had one of these ( with 2 trucks and a Toad. C/O Mr Triang and the Beatties shop in Holborn[smg id=28256 type=full align=center caption="image"]

my first N gauge loco was a Life-like set with GP-40 and wagons + round of track that I bought when on hols in Canada in 1993.


So nearly 20yrs in N !
Nick R ( older but not much wiser)

I had one of those too but in Black, do you remember the sound of the knurled wheels?

I've still got a yellow one.  Over 50 years old now.

My first as a Christmas present was the triang breakdown set. I still have the loco (a jinty) and coach ( a GW clerestory brake end in black).

  My first loco was a Triang 0-4-0 in blue no7 Nellie and yes I still got her.I`d bet it would run even though it hasn`t turned a wheel for 20+years.

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This was my first n gauge loco which has long gone to that scrap yard in the sky.