sagaguy Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 (edited) Here`s one for you,i`ve been asked to identify this piece of pressed tinplate base track.Anyone have any ideas?. Ray. Edited April 15, 2023 by sagaguy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slough Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 (edited) hmm, it's similar to Maerklin 1930s 3-rail track but not identical. The pressings and the centre rail mounts are similar, not identical, but the colour is wrong and so are the contacts for the 3rd rail ends. is the gauge 16.5mm or 16mm? if its 16mm it's definitely early Maerklin Edited April 16, 2023 by Captain Slough 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share Posted April 16, 2023 To be honest,i don`t know.It`s not mine,it`s a question that is being asked on a facebook forum and it`s got me intrigued. Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Hornby Dublo? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share Posted April 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, Gordon A said: Hornby Dublo? `Fraid not!. Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slough Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 yeah, Dublo and Maerklin 3-rail track is practically indistinguishable - exact same colours, exact same connections at the ends, only difference is the geometry, the printed branding, and the fact that the Maerklin sleepers are stamped to stand above the printed roadbed and the Dublo ones are flat and just printed on 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sncf231e Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 I do not recognise it. Note that there were many manufacturers of 3-rail H0/00 gauge trains with tinplate rails (not just Märklin and Dublo), see here: https://spur00.de/ Regards Fred Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share Posted April 16, 2023 I bought a selection of Marklin 3 rail track to match the geometry of my Marklin turntable. Ray 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slough Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 (edited) 21 minutes ago, sncf231e said: I do not recognise it. Note that there were many manufacturers of 3-rail H0/00 gauge trains with tinplate rails (not just Märklin and Dublo), see here: https://spur00.de/ Regards Fred Well I owe you some thanks for linking this A while ago I posted here asking for help identifying 2 tinplate carriages that are in my possession where the maker was unknown to me Several people confirmed what I suspected that the bogies on it were 1950s or 1960s Fleischmann but nobody had ever seen the bodies before Your linked website here has a picture of them and identifies the maker - Scalemaster (Electric toys ltd) Thanks for that. I've been unable to answer this question for nearly 30 years until now Edited April 16, 2023 by Captain Slough 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 My first thoughts were Märklin, but, although the dimensions are similar, there are differences in colour and the centre rail connectors. Märklin were not usually shy in informing you of the manufacturer either! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 What about JEPP? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sncf231e Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 I assume you mean JEP; with JEP postwar metal based H0/00 gauge rail the middle rail connectors are not assymetrical like in the picture at start of the thread. And the JEP Mignon rails of the twenties are also different:Regards Fred Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sncf231e Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 (edited) On 16/04/2023 at 10:57, sncf231e said: I do not recognise it. Note that there were many manufacturers of 3-rail H0/00 gauge trains with tinplate rails (not just Märklin and Dublo), see here: https://spur00.de/ Regards Fred I asked the maker of the https://spur00.de/ website (the most knowledgeable person on H0/00 from around the world) and he does not recognise it, but will dig into his archive. Regards Fred Edited April 18, 2023 by sncf231e 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sncf231e Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 (edited) On the facebook pages "Collecting Toy Trains - Train Collectors Society" someone came with the answer: it is 3-rail track from the Belgian manufacturer ELEC. I looked in the ELEC catalogue and it indeed looks like ELEC track. I have an ELEC train set, but that was only the train, no track. So I ran it on Hornby Dublo rails: ELEC only made trains for a couple of years around 1946. Only one catalogue is known. Before they made/used this metal track they made track with a wooden base on which the three rails were isolated. The forward and reverse was then done by powering either the left or right running rail and the central rail. Regards Fred Edited April 19, 2023 by sncf231e 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted April 19, 2023 Author Share Posted April 19, 2023 Yes,the answer did indeed come from the TCS. I quote, "Fred Van Der Lubbe Top contributor I looked in the ELEC catalogue and it indeed looks like ELEC track.ELEC only made trains for a couple of years around 1946. Only one catalogue is known. Before they made/used this metal track they made track with a wooden base on which the three rails were isolated. The forward and reverse was then done by powering either the left or right running rail and the central rail (the Belgian company GILS did the same in 0 gauge)."Very helpful folk!. Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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