RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted November 1, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2011 Does anyone know what prototype the Triangle double ended electric locos were based on? They were painted green with orange cantrails and cabs, and lettered Triang Railways. They had two diamond shaped pans. Cheers N Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Like this? http://www.tri-angrailways.org.uk/doubleohd.html Without the pantographs it was a diesel, which may give you some idea of the prototypicality... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted November 1, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2011 Like this? http://www.tri-angrailways.org.uk/doubleohd.html Without the pantographs it was a diesel, which may give you some idea of the prototypicality... That's the pup! did suspect it might be a work of fiction, but they must have had something on mind. it's a bit reminiscent of a GM F7 or F9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted November 1, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 1, 2011 You can see the parentage here. http://www.hornbyguide.com/article_details.asp?articleid=4 The Victorian Railways B Class Diesel Electrics. and http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_year_details.asp?itemyearid=3691 The Victorian Railways L Class electric locos. Both were poor models, especially as both classes had 6 wheel bogies, whereas the models had 4 wheel. The B Class sold very well in Australia. It is impossible to go to an exhibition here and not find a range of condition examples for sale. Kevin Martin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokebox Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I've got a blue and yellow version. Although not a very accurate model, it's a very good runner with a good haulage capacity. It was bought for me, secondhand, by my father many years ago as a Christmas present along with a Class 31 and some mixed carriages and various oddments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 it's a bit reminiscent of a GM F7 or F9. The real B class (and several other Australian GM locos) used cut-down pressings from the E or F series GM locos, hence the resemblance. There were some US electrics (Millwaukee, Great Northern) that looked a bit like the Tri-aing model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Basically, the Tri-ang electric model is the Australian Diesel (with not enough wheels, etc.) with a different roof with pantographs, a bit of extra wiring and a switch, and a different colour scheme. It was a simple way to get an electric loco to go with the "new" catenery system, along with the "steeple cab" loco. (Having already made the catenery, they made the EM2 to go with it for the BR market.....) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted November 1, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 1, 2011 That's the pup! did suspect it might be a work of fiction, but they must have had something on mind. it's a bit reminiscent of a GM F7 or F9. Yes, the major difference being the 6 wheel bogie as opposed to the E & F units 4 wheel bogie. http://www.arhsvic.org.au/museum/what-to-see/locomotives/b83 Kevin Martin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdford Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 The Orange and Green unit (I believe) was meant to emulate this unit http://donsdepot.don...199/gn5011a.jpg Regards Trevor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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