My wife found me a Hornby French Railway HO passenger wagon sans trucks and couplers. I restored it with spare parts and voila, the madame is now complete. I'm sure the original trucks were talgos but I mounted regular ones with Kadee body-mounted boxes. Love those oval end windows!
I've no idea how old this wagon is, maybe someone can offer info. The underbody says HOrnby acHO MADE IN FRANCE MECCANO. Thanks for looking. -Rob
1960's, ????
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Lastspikemike Be glad it came without couplers. Triang couplers are awful. They intend to mimic old style bar couplers used on British Railways right up to at least the 60's. Buffers and bar and chains. Every goods train (freight train) came to a halt with a sequential banging of buffers and cleaning of bar and chain couplers.
Be glad it came without couplers. Triang couplers are awful. They intend to mimic old style bar couplers used on British Railways right up to at least the 60's. Buffers and bar and chains. Every goods train (freight train) came to a halt with a sequential banging of buffers and cleaning of bar and chain couplers.
Thanks Mike for your generous research. If the body-mounted couplers give me trouble on curves, I can always display her. She's fascinating to look at. -Rob