If you follow this blog like I do (oh, right, I write it...), then you might remember a little post I made at the end of July, 2025, titled, nerdily, "Diving Into Forgotten Ancestry". In that I compared two of my favorite locomotives and copies.
Since that time, I have acquired said locomotives, and in doing so made some interesting discoveries.
Let's start off with the Tri-Ang "Continental" 0-4-0T locomotive, electric and clockwork.
There was one very big difference between the battery powered clone and the original. See if you can spot it -
I failed to remember its size. Needless to say, I was let down.
The Lima American side tank 0-4-0T was a bit more encouraging, however. Its two "clones" are different in key details, hinting at how they evolved -
There is a story here, and I would really like to know what it is. I will be writing on this, soon.
Well, you just answered my question before I could even ask it! I have one of the Tri-Ang "Continental" battery powered locomotives sitting on my desk as I type this. It was given to me along with something else; and I had no idea what it was or where it came from.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is the wheels, of course, they are neither HO nor N; more like TT gauge. Thank you for solving that mystery for me.
Have you seen those "Toy Train In A Tin", basically a train set in a tin box? I have been given two of them; and I am almost certain the locomotive at least is based on the battery powered Tri-Ang. I will have to explore this in a future video....