[alastairq]

Just to bring things on further, re steeplecabs.....I have somewhere, a bodyshell for the old Triang steeplecab electric.

I have been informed my memory is at fault, and the chassis was basically the Polly 0-4-0 rod chassis.

My question is......does anybody [our Tri-ang experts?] know what prototype Tri-ang based their steeplecab electric loco on?

or was it a ''generic' design?

 

[alastairq]

QUOTE (BRITHO @ 16 Oct 2007, 17:27) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>So you have finally come out...............anyway there's not a lot wrong with steeple cabs.

Regards

however, what ever IS wrong with steeplecabs sure puts people off!

 

[alastairq]

without doing research, is the original-type Tri-ang chasis easy to come by?

If not, can anyone supply dimensions of wheelbase and wheel diameter?

 

[alastairq]

wondering about a short-coupled, BO-BO chassis, underneath the TRiang bodyshell?

 

[alastairq]

I have one of the 'original' Bachmann 44-tonners, bought when they first appeared, repainted in a spurious green livery, and equipped with ploughs....[plows?]

It is the two motor affair......so I think I'll take a wee look and see if there is enough room under the Triang bonnets...???

or is this sacrilege, and should I forkout for a nellie chassis?......(I have several blue and yellow 0-4-0 diesel chassis witht the slot car motor.....am I right in thinking...as noted in posts above, that these are a direct replacement for the nellie chassis?

and...would a Mashima motor fit?