Cornholio Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Hi all, I bought a box of "train set" bits on eBay, in the box were these: Does anyone know what they are supposed to represent? Thanks Andrew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Uncoupling Ramps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviesparx Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 AWS magnets ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lankyphil Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 They're not meant to represent anything I think. They're clips for holding set track together if it's not pinned or glued down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 They're not meant to represent anything I think. They're clips for holding set track together if it's not pinned or glued down. Thanks. I've a couple of these in a box of assorted junk. Now I know I can safely throw them out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCB Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Thanks. I've a couple of these in a box of assorted junk. Now I know I can safely throw them out. Never throw nowt out, thee never knows when thee'l need ont. They could be handy when HSTs are hurtling around 1st radius curves at Mach 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Never throw nowt out, thee never knows when thee'l need ont. They could be handy when HSTs are hurtling around 1st radius curves at Mach 1 True, but two wouldn't help much! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo666 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Hi all, I bought a box of "train set" bits on eBay, in the box were these: IMG_20170528_201237557.jpg Does anyone know what they are supposed to represent? Thanks Andrew I came across some of these in an old box of mine just a few weeks ago. The little black rectangular shape with side nibs are to clip the end of a piece of track to the next piece. As lankyphil said, it's for when you don't pin the track down. I think it was mainly for the toy train sets that were set up on the carpet, it was a way of keeping the track connected whenever the fishplates loosened up after some rough usage. If I remember right, I think it only worked on one make of track, it wasn't universal as it depended on the spacing of the last sleeper. Your picture shows a clip resting in the middle of the track, this is almost in the correct position but it's facing up (and not at the end of the track). Turn this over then move it to the end of the track where you'll connect the next run of track. Push it down to click. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
standardblue Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I think they're Lima - they came with my trainset back in the day and I've never known what they were until now! (We thought they were for the car transporter but couldn't figure it out.) Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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