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Track Type Triang 00 Guage

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Hi there, I have a quantity of track by Triang but bought by a wrong descriptor off Ebay. I find it is totally different to the rest of my track so I am going to post it back on Ebay but, being honest ,I need to know the actual type of track it is. Is there a site out there that lists older track types.
The Numbers on the pieces of track are, R196;R491;R480;R290;R291/293(points) plus more.
Any help or hints would be much appreciated
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QUOTE (scouse @ 21 Oct 2007, 00:31) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi there, I have a quantity of track by Triang but bought by a wrong descriptor off Ebay. I find it is totally different to the rest of my track so I am going to post it back on Ebay but, being honest ,I need to know the actual type of track it is. Is there a site out there that lists older track types.
The Numbers on the pieces of track are, R196;R491;R480;R290;R291/293(points) plus more.
Any help or hints would be much appreciated

Hi mate ,
Could it be what the called "super 4" track which had a larger rail than the newer system 6 track. Your probably going back about 20 years. I seam to think you could get a converter section of track which let you join the tracks together. Hope this helps.
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QUOTE (gromit54 @ 21 Oct 2007, 10:03) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi mate ,
Could it be what the called "super 4" track which had a larger rail than the newer system 6 track. Your probably going back about 20 years. I seam to think you could get a converter section of track which let you join the tracks together. Hope this helps.

Cheers gromit54 i'll try and chase that info up, thanks for getting back to me
R196, R290 and R291/293 are all Series 3 Track made between 1958 and 1965.
R480 and R491 are 'Super 4' track items made between 1962 and 1973.

Basically any track item with a number below 400 is Series 3 or earlier, 400+ is Series 4, 600+ is System 6. This is a bit rough and ready but should be a reasonable guide.
(A 'Series 5' was planned but they jumped from Super 4 to System 6 in one go for various reasons.)

For a full history of track changes, see Pat Hammond's 'The story of Rovex', volumes 1 and 2.

Regards,
John Webb
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