Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 07:59:15 Tue 19 Mar 2013

What's your latest aquisition?

Here's my latest purchase, a Tri-ang-Hornby R.754 M7 in BR Black livery.

The box was tatty, crew were missing and the BR totem transfers on the tank sides were part missing as per normal.

The model is slowly being restored, a fresh box mint was found on ebay with incorrect labels (the one on the right) and I have crew and original totem transfers a plenty in stock, I will post stages of the restoration at intervals for all my friends on here to see as they take place.

Here's the loco pre-restoration but with nice new original 40+ BR Totem transfers put on the side tanks, a packet of the original transfers is posed by the loco for reference.

Hope all at Hornby like what I am doing to their old locos.

Enjoy!

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0063_zps3ff63c6a.jpg.html

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0064_zps634965e3.jpg.html

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0065_zpse2948e27.jpg.html

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0066_zps04c86aff.jpg.html

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0067-3_zpsdfd86c7c.jpg.html

Last Edited 13:51:29 Sat 21 Aug 2021

Brew Man

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Posted at 19:33:36 Sun 4 Feb 2024

@GS

No I don't think that's the one then as mine has the white plug rather than the finger draw bar. It does however have a pivoting pony. I'll have a look at 222B to check any similarities.

Posted 19:33:36 Sun 4 Feb 2024

Going Spare

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Posted at 19:51:31 Sun 4 Feb 2024

With that combination, the closest service sheet is 362 for a Princess Royal - I can find nothing relating to a Princess Coronation with a pivoting pony truck and the wired plug tender connection. Prior to your post, I had assumed the wired tender connection was introduced at the same time as fixed pony trucks.

Posted 19:51:31 Sun 4 Feb 2024

Brew Man

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Posted at 21:52:32 Sun 4 Feb 2024

Thanks GS, I'll try that one. 👍

Posted 21:52:32 Sun 4 Feb 2024

LT&SR_NSE

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Posted at 00:09:21 Mon 5 Feb 2024

If it is preowned, might the ‘fingers’ drawbar have been replaced with the later-with-plug combo? (a couple of forum members have said they perform this modification on their locos.)

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Posted 00:09:21 Mon 5 Feb 2024

Brew Man

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Posted at 10:52:41 Mon 5 Feb 2024

I guess it's possible but it all looks original and no sign of modification.

Posted 10:52:41 Mon 5 Feb 2024

Brew Man

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Posted at 12:46:18 Mon 5 Feb 2024

@GS

It's definitely not 222B as that one has a non-NEM coupling, whereas mine has an NEM one. 362B seems to match closely, though I don't see tender pickups. Mine has both loco and tender pickups. Otherwise it seems to match.

Posted 12:46:18 Mon 5 Feb 2024

Going Spare

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Posted at 14:36:20 Mon 5 Feb 2024

Although the tender pick-ups are not visible on the exploded view, being on the underside of the tender chassis frame, you can just discern the wiring on the upper side of the frame leading to them from the socket or pin & plate at the front.

As your loco has the wired tender plug, is the decoder socket still on the loco chassis or has it been moved to the tender, as on the service sheet there appears to be provision made for it at the rear of the weight?

Posted 14:36:20 Mon 5 Feb 2024

Brew Man

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Posted at 15:26:57 Mon 5 Feb 2024

@GS

The decoder socket in in the tender. Hopefully this narrows it down.

Posted 15:26:57 Mon 5 Feb 2024

Going Spare

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Posted at 16:45:07 Mon 5 Feb 2024

Yes, that does narrow it down - but only to be able to say there has not been a Service Sheet issued that covers your loco's specification.

And, from what Hornby tell me, it is most unlikely that there ever will be. Information regarding models that have been superseded (and that includes the Princess Coronations in the form you have) for which Service Sheets were not issued before being superseded will not be receiving any attention. As is all too evident from other posts, "the online team", whomever and wherever they are, are unable to deal in a timely manner with the flow of corrections for current product (not just Service Sheets) so historical inaccuracies and omissions even of relatively recent vintage will not be rectified.

Posted 16:45:07 Mon 5 Feb 2024

Brew Man

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Posted at 18:58:29 Mon 5 Feb 2024

I think Service Sheet 362 is probably close enough for what I'm likely to need.

Thanks for your efforts, GS thumbsup

Posted 18:58:29 Mon 5 Feb 2024

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