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Hmm, this is an interesting error, Hornby.
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 8:19 pm
by Stese
Hi All,
I picked up one of the 'Hornby Juniors' Paddington set for my son for Xmas...
Everything was looking good until a closer inspection of the 'driving' locos. Rather than a Powercar and a dummy trailer... We somehow have ended up with 2 dummy trailers.
I've contacted Hornby, but I suspect they'll just tell me to return it to the place I bought it, which was Robert Dyas online.
Anyone else have any unusual fails of this type?
Regards,
Steve .
Re: Hmm, this is an interesting error, Hornby.
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 9:25 pm
by Walkingthedog
I guess some lucky person has two power cars. You drew the short straw.
Re: Hmm, this is an interesting error, Hornby.
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 11:42 pm
by Stese
that thought had crossed my mind!
Re: Hmm, this is an interesting error, Hornby.
Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2019 9:46 am
by scratchbuilt
I bought a Bachmann ( new ) TOAD brake van . When I looked at it , there was one disc wheelset and one spoked wheelset, easy enough to correct though.
Re: Hmm, this is an interesting error, Hornby.
Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2019 10:05 am
by Walkingthedog
There is an interesting post on the Hornby forum by LC&DR that shows wagons often had mixed wheel sets.
Re: Hmm, this is an interesting error, Hornby.
Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2019 6:26 pm
by LC&DR
Wagons with mismatched wheel sets were occasionally to be found. Wheels and bearings were standardised by the Railway Clearing House but provided that the axle journals and bearings were correct for the wagon capacity then it was OK.
Wheels of the standard dimension (37.5 inch diameter on the tread) were made with plain spokes, split spokes and a variety of disc centres. There were two common axle journal sizes for plain oil lubricated bearings - 4.25" x 9" for wagons up to 16 ton capacity, and 5" x 10" for wagons over 16 tons. Axle boxes which contained the bearing and supported the springs also came in a variety of designs but the commonest were either divided, or open fronted.
It was very unusual to find a wagon with roller bearings on one axle and oil bearings on the other however I discovered two 27 ton mineral tippers in Tinsley yard with Isothermos bearings on one axle and open fronted axleboxes on the other.
Re: Hmm, this is an interesting error, Hornby.
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 1:59 pm
by Stese
Hornby are going to be sending me a Powercar, free of charge... which is nice!
Re: Hmm, this is an interesting error, Hornby.
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 2:03 pm
by Walkingthedog
You could put the unwanted car behind a diesel being taken to the workshop for repair.
Re: Hmm, this is an interesting error, Hornby.
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 2:47 pm
by Stese
They don't have decent couplings for that... they are simple 'hole & pin' rather than hornby standard tension lock....also the dummy car and the power car have different couplings, so you can only couple the set one-way round.
If Son manages to break it, I may try and kit bash it into something usable.
Re: Hmm, this is an interesting error, Hornby.
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 2:53 pm
by Walkingthedog
Quick change of coupling shouldn’t be a problem.