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It struck me today when I was looking at a picture of an 0-4-2, that I'm not sure what purpose a trailing bogie has. I understand that leading bogies help guide a locomotive around curves, so what does a training bogie do? One potential answer of course is that it serves the same purpose as a leading bogie (to guide around curves), but for when the locomotive is in reverse. Fair enough, but why then do most locomotives have different size front and rear bogies if they are doing the same job? And in some cases (as below), have a rear bogies but nothing at the front? Anyone know? Thanks.

Actually, I was too from age about 7 - 12 when I used to go there most Sundays with my dad. I also have a Dapol 'Warrington' in my collection. And yes, it is sad to see the place now all overgrown and derelict. Broke my heart when I visited about 12 months ago while up that way. Was nice to see the old original engine shed still stood there solid still, if looking rather forlorn. I remember when it was vibrant and busy (with the cafe next door) and people working on the restoration of Scots Guardsman. Happy days!

Me too. When I was a child my dad and I were members at Dinting and used to go up there most Sundays to help out. As a member I remember being allowed to ride in the back of RS8 while she was on shunting duties, preparing and moving the loco's for the days activities. So it's wonderful to see her back to (probably) better than new, especially after seeing the picture showing the terrible state she got into. Congrats to the team that put all the hard work in to acquire, move and restore her. Well done!

Thanks Ruff, very kind to provide all that detail.

So, the element has the following: - Brass Ends - Ceramic Core - Restistance Wire Wrapping A few questions if someone knows please: 1. I presume the wire is wrapped in a spiral, linking the two brass caps? 2. How many turns does the wire have? 3. Please can someone with an original element measure the resistance between the two brass caps please? 4. Also, can somone provide the dimensions please? Length, Cap Diameter and Ceramic Diameter 5. Lastly, do we know if the ceramic core is hollow? If it is, does it contain anything? Just trying to figure out the technology with a view to designing a home brew alternative Thanks all.

Thanks Smokebox. So why does it need both?

I've seen that careful use of T-Cut on a cotton bud can remove them without damage. May take a little patience though and watch out you don't go through the paint layer.

Thanks. Is a Choke different to a Capacitor? And does it need both or would one suffice? Actually, looking at the service sheet it only shows the Yellow Choke, no capacitor. And reading elsewhere (here), I found some guidance suggesting that it's a good idea to remove old Choke's in favour of a modern capacitor. So if I do only need one or the other, I may remove the old one? And from what Neil above says, it's not unusual for R.253 to have both. I wonder why?

Hi All, Can anyone tell me what the component in the picture is? I know what the capacitor is for, but not what the component in the yellow sleeve does. Thanks. Just noticed, I missed an 's' in suppression. Oop's!

The woman's right?

I'm looking for an X.112 armature for a Triang Dock Shunter (R.253) and have noticed that the X.410 armature looks very similar. Can anyone confirm if they are the same? Thanks.

I didn't know that so many right ears got damaged that way, so are rare. So by sheer luck....... And alas, no one got it right...... "What do you get if you have a dirty old ginger Tom that's eaten a duck?" A Duck-filled-tatty-puss Thanks for all the good tips, info and advice on what to look for everyone.

The man's right! Thank you. Tri-ang were nothing if not resourceful.

Thank you! That's really helpful.

Ha ha ha. Good to see humour is alive and well here I don't know the answer to that one, but I do know what you get if you have a dirty old ginger Tom that's eaten a duck.

Thanks very much for that helpful info.

I've bought a Tri-ang Giraffe Car (R348) that's in excellent condition, but need the Telltale (that makes the Giraffe duck), and the metal track strip that causes it to duck. If anyone has either of those that aren't wanted, I'd be very interested. Thanks.

In my previous post, Metr0Land kindly responded with a link to the same announcement as the email I received, and my topic was closed. However, I was asking if anyone knew the background? Thanks.

Just had an email from Rails saying that they're no longer able to supply Hornby products any more. Sounds like someone's not been playing nice. Anyone know the background to this?

I simply asked the question as to whether others feel as I do that they're overpriced. I'd be happy to provide facts to back up my instinct, but as such facts aren't available, I can only tell you my instinct. As I've said previously, I'd be happy to be proven wrong but no one has the numbers except those that don't want to share them. And we'll have to agree to disagree on the semantics of 'derogatory'.

All valid points Paul, though you can copyright your sounds provided you recorded them originally. Thing is, we'll never know if they're over priced unless someone releases their costs and margins. I'm still of the view that that they're overpriced for what they are, but that's just my opinion. Oh, and I don't recall asserting that anyone was on the fiddle. My words were 'killing' which to me means making an extremely large profit margin. Lastly, I didn't realise that healthy debate counted as being derogatory?

Or perhaps, someone is making a killing?

With my newly available free time, I'm working on them. They'll be £10 and knock spots off anything Zimo make

Thanks Legoman, that breakdown certainly helps towards justifying the cost. Though much of the infrastructure and capital equipment you mention will be depreciated over the production of many products and you could apply the same steps to many things that have a lot lower unit cost. I guess it comes down to volumes, which brings me back to wondering if the unit cost were lower, would the increased volume compensate? Thinking about the Hornby TTS chips, are they that much lesser in quality proportionally to their significantly cheaper price? How do Hornby make the numbers add up?

Yep, the market will sustain a price level, but I for one won't be buying sound decoders at that price, I just don't see the value for money. So whilst the market may sustain this price, I wonder how many more would be sold if the price was lower? I'd consider them for an addition £15-20 more. But not for £100+. But it's up to each person to decide value for money.