Do you know it's an absolute joy watching your old triang rolling stock run around ....chooochooooo

it's s Christmas Eve here and I had the R3M trainset for Christmas 1959, it had series 3 track and the d couplings

Aaah - lovely nostalgia! I had a Triang DMU back in the late fifties. The interesting thing was that in my set the two driving cars were numbered 79628 and 79629 but in reality they couldn't be consecutive numbers as they were different types, a Motor Brake Second and a driving trailer composite. The latter should have been in a different number series. Then Triang brought out the centre trailer and it was numbered 59120. This was a Blue Square coach which was incompatible with the coupling of the earlier cars. In fact 59120 was one of the 1958 Metro Cammells used on Birmingham local services and I saw it often at New Street.

The insert photo is St Pancras - 100%; taken before the 1958 resignalling. Happy Christmas, Oscar.

Definitely St Pancras. I got a DMU as a Christmas present in the late 1970's.

Nice bonus footage too.

Always a pleasure to watch as informative too. That card insert could me out, just wonderful. We're normally used to plan yellow inside. Thank you

Thanks for sharing the video of the your Tri-ang DMU. A favourite model of mine. I have the power car, trailer car and two centre cars. It is converted to DCC. The power car, trailer car and one centre car have the split axle plastic wheels converted to pin point metal wheels. The second trailer has the original pin point plastic axles. All have seating units. All bought secondhand unboxed apart from the second centre car. The power car motor bogie has smooth wheels and additional trailing bogie pickups. They run on my PECO code 100 track without any problems alongside a lot newer models. It is certainly a noisy model to operate but typical of the time it was made. Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.

Hiya - 16:30 - How sweet of your son to offer you a cup of Tea when he has just come in from School!!! Also I've been trying to shift a bit of a cough as well - other than that - a good running session Oscar!!! 😉🚂🚂🚂

You have been busy! Now three rail circuits! Much enjoyed watching your DRC going through the paces. Very interesting trip around the turntable, she didn't falter at all! I've been eyeballing a single powered DRC on eBay, and this might push me over the edge!

The original 7 units were 2 car yellow diamond coupling code for the Bury -Bacup service with some services to Manchester Victoria via Castleton. Most passengers for Manchester changed at Bury for the EMU , originally L&Y. No yellow diamond intermediate coaches were built only blue square. I travelled on these frequently when at school.

Thanks again, right they all ran smashing again just to prove how well they run you deliberately left points closed. to show they aer not perfect. Well done. Well yes it’s Christmas Eve here too and in 1959 at Christmas. I would be seven months old so quite a wait until I can get my first Hornby set. I reckon that old railway sets are like Landrovers in that you spend 80% of your time fixing for a 20% running, but it certainly shows the effort you put in. I know I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s great to see them running faultlessly. Merry Christmas Oliver and everyone else who follows your channel?

Hi Oscar, another great train running video, must get my Triang Diesel car on the rails, happy Christmas Eve and merry Christmas to you and your family, TC John in Stourport - on - Severn

Great to see this Christmas morning Australia time. Happy Christmas 🎄 🎅🚂🚄

Very enjoyable. All the very best to you and your family after another year of fun 🙂

Good Morning to you Oscar from Glasgow another great video 📹 from you Sir and Happy Christmas and a good New year to you and Thanks again for the video 📹

Merry Christmas for you and your family 🌲🎄🎅🏻

Hi Oscar nice layout all th best to you and your family happy christmas

A Merry Christmas to you Oscar! As far as the image on the Diesel Railcar set is concerned, I vote for St.Pancras (very pre-Eurostar). Looking forward to more great videos for 2024!!!😊

Great Running Sesh straight from the Get-go! Lovely to see so many models out on display, and hearing all the associated noises of their personalities. The Photo on the DMU box reminds me of some old images of Bristol Temple Meades. I’m inspired to look out my old DMU’s and railcars now, so that’s what will be running at Chapel Hill today. Many thanks and a Merry Christmas 🎄🚂🚞🚞💨

Very nice running session. I always enjoy seeing trains on the elevated section.

Hi Oscar ... Firstly ... Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.. I have not looked at the video yet, but will soon? Just taking the opportunity to thank you for all of your great videos throughout the years.. I know that I will enjoy the video (as I always do), and will be back with a "comment" later on..

Thanks Oscar happy christmas to you

Merry Christmas Oscar, another great video. I seem to remember somewhere reading or being told the RS7 set picture is of Newcastle. Can't guarantee it but certainly ringing many bells. Nice to see the variations of the early style Tri-ang station buildings, your red signal box shows a little of the usual cellulose acetate warping just to add to the charm.

Hope you have a lovely Christmas OP

it would be a very big box! Nice video, hope you and yours have a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year!

Hello Oscar! Wonderful train set and great video as usual! Merry Christmas to you and your family!

Hello and good morning Oscar, it's Martin from Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. What a wonderful video today. It really takes me back many years. I sometimes wish I was a young lad in the early 1950s when a lot of these model railway sets first came out and to actually go into a model railway shop in the early 1950s and actually see these train sets on display in glass cases. I remember as a lad there used to be a model railway shop in the city centre near the Railway station and they must have sold everything to do with model railways and other models like Airfix ect. If I remember correctly, and I am not sure if I do now after all these years,it was a family ran business. The shop was small but the chap behind the counter was always smartly dressed and always polite. I would say it was a typical shop of the 1950s. It had a polished wooden floor and a polished brass door bell that rang loud and clear when the door was opened and closed. Happy days indeed. Well it was great to see your trains running round,you have a wonderful layout Oscar and i always look forward to seeing it in action. Well have a wonderful Christmas with your family and I am going to have my cup of tea and a toasted tea cake as always. Keep safe Oscar, have a great time.👍🚂🚃

Brilliant as always and a lovely memory trip. I sold all my triang trains years ago to change to G gauge, but after watching your video updates I have started to acquire some Triang Sets again…..the RS7 being one of them. Have a wonderful Christmas.

Oscar have a great Xmas & New Year. All the best for 2024. Philip.

The BR roundel decal is missing off the trailer car because, just like the real thing and as also shown in the Tri-ang catalogue, there wasn't one in the first place. Only the motor cars had decals.

Hi Oscar. A great review and running session with the Diesel Railcar. Merry Christmas from France! Guy

Merry Christmas Oscar. I burst out laughing when you said you did not know what station was on the insert picture. It is the north or east end of Newcastle as it was in the 1950's. The photo was taken from The Newcastle Keep. I love the RS.7 set. I wish I could run mine on my main layout. Your buildings look great and the running was superb today. Regards, David.

What a great video at Christmas . Happy reminders of trainsets past . Thanks for all the videos in the year Oscar . They really are appreciated . Merry Christmas !

Morning Oscar, Great running session and excellent Diesel Railcar set. I have that 9th edition catalogue, great to look back on. All the very best for Christmas and the New Year, Gordon

Great start to Sunday as usual Oscar. Spot on for Christmas Eve. I love a surprise and you provided that with a false end and bonus footage. Lovely to see so many trains running around together. I was just thinking how smooth things were going when you had a derailment. I love what you do and how you do it and constantly learn from you. Thanks for a great year of videos. Have a great Christmas and New Year. Best wishes to you and your family. Here’s to a great 2024. Roy.

A very good video this morning Oscar showing this triang DMU, the train set overall looked very good and with the extra centre coach it looked very good running round the layout, keep up the great work and hope you have a very good Christmas.

I think the station on the inset card for the train set was London St Pancreas or Manchester Central. Great video as always. Merry Christmas to you and your family and all the best for 2024.

Morning Oscar, yes your timing is spot on, it is Christmas eve, the Railway is looking great today, that rs7 is lovely, not sure what year about early 60s but my set has yellow whisker and the extra centre car. What a lovely whine it makes I think it's the ribbed wheels. Thats was a very good running session thanks Oscar. Nice to see that catalogues at the end. Good morning all around. Have a merry Christmas and a happy New year, and looking forward to 2024 and see what that brings for us. Take care Eddy xx

Merry Christmas Oscar and a happy New Year. Looking forward to seeing new content then. 🥰

Another great video Oscar, plenty of running and some unscheduled mishaps. I didn't get my cup of tea until the end. I did suspect you may get a derailment as the rail car pulled off, because I seem to recollect you saying you didn't set those two points up as a crossover for some reason or other. Travel on your railway is so easy, to get from Dundee to Exeter passengers don't even need the train they just walk from one end of the platform to the other, superb.

Very interesting video Oscar. I found the diesel railcar and trailer in a second hand shop in Brussels earlier in the year - I was wondering why they came in two simple cardboard trays rather than full packaging, so now I know they came as part of a train set. Mine are almost identical to yours except they do not have the interior seating, although there is some basic cab detail. Now I know that this was optional before 1963, so you have helped me identify mine as most likely 1960-61. Mine have the red buffer bars and the roundel insignia - also just on one side of the power car, so this must be deliberate rather than because of the decals wearing off. I would love for Santa to bring me the railcar centre unit, but I think this is beyond even his powers of present giving! Have a great festive season and thanks for sharing your wonderful historical Tri-ang collection! Ben

The photo in the box is St. Pancras.

Hi Oscar, Great video. I am not sure but the insert picture looks a lot like Manchester Piccadilly station. With the track on the left hand side going over the plate girder bridges to London Road station which sat alongside Piccadilly station. Any way have a great Christmas and New Year.

A very Merry Christmas to you and your family Oscar. 🚂🚃🚃🚃

Merry Christmas Oscar ,at a guess the box art photo could be Preston I thought of Cannon Street but Preston came to mind ,thanks for a great year of videos my family all love your channel 😊 All the best Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all your family Mark 🎅🏼🧑‍🎄 Ps you have a great son comes home and puts the kettle on for you my two mark Anthony and Emma in their early 30s say dad do a coffee 😊

I think the image could be Liverpool lime Street back in the 50s/60s??

Hello Oscar merry Christmas to you and your family great video but I’m curious do you operate the old block system to prevent the separate controllers cross polarising as I’m setting up a triang / Dublo 2 rail set up at the moment

Great video as usual. Do you have the Southern Electric EMU Set? and was there a centre coach for that set too? The track system graphics inside of the RS7 set box does look like the West end crossover at Newcastle Central Station back in the 60s.

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It’s St Pancras Station

Curiously the image of the DMU at 29:20 shows two brake vehicles, although it doesn't seem to have the metal motor bogie. Could they have been sold like this at first, and the mould was altered at a later date to create the driving trailer vehicle.

Is the inset Newcastle Station

Hi to you & to all your family as well.😁😁 Firstly , thankyou again soo much for putting all your videos on your youtube channel on for us all to get educated and the entertainment value that we all get from your videos as well your knowledgable facts and running sessions on your layout. The DMU rail cars are a favorite of mine and love the sound of them. Where the dmu derailed would it be better to make the both sets of points change direcrions but with just one switch like in the other part of your layout. Or do,you use tne short litlle strahgt bit for loco or carriage storage. I always wanted a set of these when I was a kid but never got the chance to but now have many sets as ive said to you prevoiusly. I can run either 3 , 4 ,5 or 6 or an 8 car sets and i may even devote the dmu's to a section of my layout (yep I still havent built it yet but i will) as i have bougnt a few sets of the newer style dmus as well with the thick single yellow stripe and the exhaust stacks at the ends on each cariage. The newer ones run like a clock too and super quiet. Its also great to see your layout altogether as it given me some ideas for my layout when i get around to it. I wanted to ask you about the dark blue shell bogie open axle tanker that is 2 cars behind the yellow dock shunter on your layout. I bought a blue shell tanker the same and a red ICI tanker and both of them have triang & made in england on the bottom of the tankers but has no R.? numbers on either of them. Do you know if they have an R.??? that goes on either of them. The red ici tanker has ici and has 357 under it which is on the sides of it. Could that be the R number ? I got the blue and the red red ICI tanker with no R numbers on them and got 2 lms Caledonian coaches (morone lms colour with the yellow striping) and they don't have an R number them either. So did triang just get to a stage where they thought oh well no more need to put an R number on them due to fact they had the hornby/triang couplers and were a common thing on them as ive found most of them have the R number but only on the earlier triang bits. Anyhoo thanks again and hope you and your family have a great Christmas. Cheers mate from john in Australia.