Tri-ang Railways Pullman Coaches, South Wales Pullman, and Golden Arrow Headboards and Coach boards.

[Ruffnut Thorston]

The very first issues of the Tri-ang Railways “Pullman 1st Class” cars were introduced in 1958, with Mk2b “Open Loop” couplings.

These do not have the notches in the roof to take the South Wales Pullman coach boards, and also have unpainted lampshades on the brass table lamps.

 

 

From the 1959 issues, they had Mk3 “Closed Loop” Tension Lock couplings, painted lampshades, and the roof notches.
 

 

Various box ends, shewing the four names used on the 1st Class Cars.

 

The very first contents stamps did not indicate the name on the car inside the box.

 

 

The Pullman Brake Car, No.79, came later, and all had Mk3 “Closed Loop” Tension Lock couplings, painted lampshades, and the roof notches.

 

The Brake car interior is in fact a cut down 1st Class Car interior.

 

 

 

Later, the lamps were changed, ending up more like spikes, and without painted lampshades.

 

We have a first issue, from 1960, Britannia loco, with plate frames, solid wheels, and the body fixing screw in the chimney, and it has the slots for the South Wales Pullman headboard.

 

 

 

 

There was also R.285, a set of headboard and coach labels for The Golden Arrow Pullman Train.

 

The Golden Arrow Pullman Car labels went on the lower body sides.

One French, and one English, on each side by the doors.

There was a headboard, two large arrows, but seemingly not a set of flags, to fit the Battle of Britain loco, Winston Churchill.

The slots for the Golden Arrow headboard are above the blank smoke box number plate, and below the smoke box dart. They can be seen in this photo, representing the Funeral Train of Sir Winston Churchill...

 

 

http://www.tri-ang.co.uk/2020/Accessories.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 3, 2020 by Sarahagain
Housekeeping ...more added

[Silverfox17]

I do have some South Wales Pullman boards somewhere and years ago, at least 30, had a Golden Arrow headboard on a Winston Churchill but never used the self adhesive coach ones. Would like to get another set one day. 

 

Garry 

[sandwich station]

When did the Pullmans receive closed axle boxes?

[BernardTPM]

Closed axleboxes came before pin-point bearings as early scale length Mk.1s had split wheelsets on round ended axles (same for early 2nd series TC coaches too) but with closed axleboxes. As the Pullmans shared the bogies with the Mk.1s (and pretty much every British bogie coach apart from the TPO) that would have happened around the same time, about 1962.

[Ruffnut Thorston]

The very first MK1 Sleepers had open axle box bogies, that was the 1961 production.

 

1962 saw the introduction of the closed axle box bogies, but with plain axles.

 

Pin point axles came in around 1963, so there was only about a year when Tri-ang coaches had closed axle boxes and the plain axles with sleeved axle split wheels.

 

These are harder to fit and remove than the pin point axles, and care must be taken not to break the plastic bogies.

 

The Trestrol wagon bogies also had plain axles with split sleeved axle wheels.