MRE Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Sorry if this is in the wrong place but I couldn't see a thread devoted to Triang. Triang Rocket - how many different coaches were there ? I have seen The Times, Despatch, and Experience, but have a nagging idea there was a fourth one. Is this a brain-fart or can anyone tell me if Triang or Hornby produced another name please ? The crew for the Stephensons Rocket is typically missing from examples for sale. Does anyone make a replica crew (in the very unlikely event that an original would be available now) ? Is this because the crew wasn't available with all the different versions sold over the years ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Might be something ion the 'Collectable/Vintage section of 'Special Interests'. Regarding the coach names, this site http://www.tri-angrailways.org.uk/rockcoach.htm mentions only the same three that you recall. For its date, the set was a good effort. Modern drives would enable a yet better job, fifteen years to go to the 200th anniversary should allow some commissioner/manufacturer partnership ample lead time to develop it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted October 27, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2014 Sorry if this is in the wrong place but I couldn't see a thread devoted to Triang. Triang Rocket - how many different coaches were there ? I have seen The Times, Despatch, and Experience, but have a nagging idea there was a fourth one. Is this a brain-fart or can anyone tell me if Triang or Hornby produced another name please ? Could be a brain-fart. I think the '4 named versions' applied to the Tri-ang Pullmans. There were definitely 4 of those. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 The Hornby collectors site says there were only a loco, tender + the three coaches you mentioned but I wonder if you have seen this, and that is what is triggering the memory http://www.vectis.co.uk/Page/ViewLot.aspx?LotId=89344&Section=198&Start=40 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 There's certainly another yellow coach in that image... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold teaky Posted October 27, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2014 "The crew for the Stephensons Rocket is typically missing from examples for sale. Does anyone make a replica crew (in the very unlikely event that an original would be available now) ? Is this because the crew wasn't available with all the different versions sold over the years ?" The Dapol kit includes a couple of figures in top hats if that's any use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted October 27, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2014 The Hornby collectors site says there were only a loco, tender + the three coaches you mentioned but I wonder if you have seen this, and that is what is triggering the memory http://www.vectis.co.uk/Page/ViewLot.aspx?LotId=89344&Section=198&Start=40 But it says 'OO Gauge Triang Stephensons Rocket Loco and Tender and 4 Coaches (one repainted and adapted).' So the 4th one is modified & repainted, so its not a genuine model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Yes - I appreciate that, but I wondered if it had appeared in a magazine photo, or at an exhibition, and if you might have seen it - and that formed the visual "memory" of there being four. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRE Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Hi Guys, Thank you for the replies. Shortliner - I hadn't seen that, but it is quite interesting. I don't have a visual memory of 4, just a vague recollection of having heard it somewhere. 34C - now thats a good plan ! Would be quite a popular re-release if upgraded with a decent motor etc. teaky - I had a look at the Dapol kit, the driver is nice but nothing like the original. Maybe I'll have to consider some butchery. Does anyone know if all versions of the Rocket included the crew ? So many seem to be sold without them I'm beginning to suspect they were not supplied. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted October 27, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2014 I've done a few DCC fits for this little chap, there's surprisingly plenty of room for a TCS - Z2. I've kitted my set out with a Dapol crew too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I think they may have done at least one other different name for the large scale coaches for live-steam version of 1980. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalKat Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I had one of these as a child..... it didn't come with crew. My set had only the one coach - named 'experience'. Emma Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 As far as I can tell, the live-steam Rocket coaches were sold separately and the coaches were un-named Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Checking the slip-in leaflet in the 1980 catalogue, G.104 came with a set of transfers for five names: Experience, Traveller, Times, Treasurer and Despatch (the names used on the 00 model in bold). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeatheringMan Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Checking the slip-in leaflet in the 1980 catalogue, G.104 came with a set of transfers for five names: Experience, Traveller, Times, Treasurer and Despatch (the names used on the 00 model in bold). Hi, Consulting the 'History of Rovex' tome will confirm that only the three names shown in the above post in bold were used on the OO model coaches. Regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwich station Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 So the 4th one is modified & repainted, so its not a genuine model. Probably goes with the modified and painted Rocket loco in the picture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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