Toby tram

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:35 pm

as it came

WITH A FACE!

and a single balconey coach

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:39 pm

Cool what's the chassis?

MuzTrem · Post by **MuzTrem** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:49 pm

Very nice! You should bring it down south some time and run it with our W&U coach

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:50 pm

Looks fantastic with the LGB coach, very much like in the books etc

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:04 pm

the chassis is a USAtrain motor block (much better than the ip chassis)

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:05 pm

mhlr wrote:Looks fantastic with the LGB coach, very much like in the books etc :D

in the book Henrietta was a bogie coach and had a face........

made-in-england · Post by **made-in-england** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:34 pm

no she wasnt!!!!

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:02 pm

in the books she was! like her prototype

Ill get a pic......

........Im having trouble finding 1 of her that doesnt have her wheels base obstructed

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:11 pm

Sorry your quite right Will, Iv een and checked 1 of my thomas books and she isnt a Bogie coach in them

Id have thought the rev would have designed her to match the prototype :?
but she does have a face, it makes an appearance in book 41 named; Thomas and Victoria

LMS-Jools · Post by **LMS-Jools** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:19 pm

Now now children no fighting over Thomas the Tank Engine,
play nicely.

lol

Nice lookin Tram.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:15 am

In reponce to the bogie- 4 wheel coach issue, the wisbech Upwell tramway had several 4 wheel carriage of a similar design to the bogie carriages. There is a very good picture of a Y6 tram and said 4 wheel carraiges in the book 'Lost Railways of East Anglia'
Hope some of this info helped[/quote]

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:29 pm

sorry theres no pic

passenger services actually stopped operating in the early 1920s which is a real shame

Hancockshire · Post by **Hancockshire** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:43 pm

pauly wrote: WITH A FACE!

OMG

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S HIGH ON SOMETHIN' ( no offence like)!

MuzTrem · Post by **MuzTrem** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:55 pm

As a matter of interest, I did recently examine my W&U coach to see if it would be possible to cut it down to reproduce the four-wheel version (I've become rather tired of the problems it gives on our sharpest curves). I managed to find some drawings of the two types of the internet but frustratingly, the middle section of the bogie coach turns out to be slightly too short to make the four-wheel version. But, if someone braver than I wants to try scratchbuilding I'd be interested to see the results...

made-in-england · Post by **made-in-england** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:57 pm

Just out of interest Pauly, have you started using track power more now with your handcar and otto both on the move?

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pauly · Post by **pauly** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:03 pm

urr no I havent gone back to trackpower, Iv installed it but its to much hassle, OTTO doesnt have a motor its just a cameo scene not a working banker.

made-in-england · Post by **made-in-england** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:14 pm

Ahh ok!

George · Post by **George** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:51 pm

are these tram IP kits easy to make? as wouldnt mind one and i wouldnt say im the best person at making kits...

Henrietta was based on a carriage like that used as the Buffet Car in Titfield Thunderbolt.

NNR (where i volunteer) has a sister carriage which is currently undergoing restoration, it has 4 wheels per bogie so Henretta would be an 8 wheeler although in the TV stories she is portrayed as a 4 wheeler, not sure about the railway series?, gosh its confusing

http://www.mandgn.co.uk/carriages_vintage_wandu.htm

MuzTrem · Post by **MuzTrem** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:57 pm

"It's really perfectly simple", as Basil Fawlty might say...

The Wisbech and Upwell tramway ran two types of coach. The earlier vehicles were four-wheelers; this type was the model for Henrietta in both the railway series books and the Thomas the Tank Engine TV series. However, the last two W&U coaches, Nos. 7 and 8, had longer bodies and were therefore fitted with bogies.

These drawings should make the difference clear (posted for educational purposes only, etc, etc):

Hope this helps

George · Post by **George** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:10 pm

wow didnt know about that, you learn somthing new every day as they say at NNR

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