Love it Trevor. I can see you’ve moved the safety valve . Once I m back from Germany would like to arrange another visit if possible. I really enjoy my trips down to see you. Having got two 234’s with tenders , I would like to convert one to a tank like yours. With red one ,the cab is in poor condition. Bye for now Rgds Graham
Hello Trevor, this afternoon I replaced the springs on the 300 I bought for spares and repairs.Also a touch of brasso on the cylinders. Connected it up the air brush compressor and away it went. It’s in pieces again as I need to paint the boiler. I quite fancy doing one my 234’s like yours as it looks great. Rgds Graham
Yes, Graham, I modified this from a Bowman 234 loco which had already been slightly altered and had.lost its original paintwork. Thanks for your interest.
The direction of travel depends on which way the crank turns. If the handle is horizontal, then pushing down will move the trolley in one direction, pulling up the handle will make the trolley go in the other direction. It sounds more complicated than it is, it is easy!
Lovely video and the train track looks so clean. How do you clean your track and keep it looking so good. I rant to improve the appearance of my hornby o gauge track. Do love seeing these old trains running…Perry
I had that hand-operated, German-made, Helicopter toy in about 1965, that my Opa (German for grandfather) had bought for me from Germany. >>> It was GREAT fun.!! :-) >> That is, until the gear-box wore-out from too much usage :-( I also had another German toy (of the same vintage) which was a wind-up toy car, that had a single front wheel, that came with pieces of about 1/8" diameter stiff wire (a foot long or so each), that came in both straight and curved pieces, that could be coupled together (with small brass female couplings) to make whatever shape track you wanted, which then the front wheel of the wind-up car (which had a groove in that wheel) would then travel along / follow the track you had laid-out.! It also had an optional spring-type wire (about 2-3 feet long) with a small handle at one end, and the other end could be "plugged" into the front of the wind-up toy-car (which was the pivot-shaft for the front wheel), which would then allow you to just walk along with the car, and steer it along the floor without using the "wire-track".! Then there was another German wind-up toy (of about the same time) which was of a vintage "Formula-1" car (to just run along the floor), which had an actual differential in its rear axle, as I remember VERY distinctly, that once the car was wound-up, I could turn the car over, and was able to hold-still, either rear wheel, while the other / opposite rear wheel would then spin at twice its normal speed, and there was even a small hole in the bottom of the toy (at the center of the rear axle), where you could actually see the "action" of the differential-cage spinning / rolling over / around.! Actually, I still have my large-size (electrically heated) "Dampfmaschine" (steam-machine) with large flywheel, and a number of the associated, "factory-workers", mechanical-movement add-on toys, that are "driven" by thin steel-spring, drive-belts, and power is divided between all the workers & such, via horizontal, stationary shafts (with pulley-wheels) to bring the rotational power from the main steam-engine Flywheel to all the moving "stations" (ie: reciprocating saw, a water-well bucket system, a man making sausages, a wind-mill, a man hammering, etc., etc.) WOW., what incredible ingenuity AND quality my "Kraut" ancestors where able to come-up with in those days.!!! THANKS for "sharing" a video of your Helicopter.! :-)
Bonjour, je prépare actuellement un montage sur les jouets Joustra et votre vidéo me permettrait de créer une animation enrichissante !!!! Me donneriez-vous l'autorisation de l'utiliser ????? Cordialement Jean Brun
Looks like this works really well. I was wondering if you could tell me more about it. Such as what Meccano parts you used for transmission. As I would like to try something similar. Thanks!
There are other videos of this trolley on RU-vid, under the same title heading. One shows the trolley just after it was made with the wood frame unstained, another is shot by me as I went down the track. The wheels and flanges are a bit small, the trolley tends to derail on points, but try finding suitable railway wheels …..they are too big and heavy! Have fun.
Hi, there aren’t any plans, it was designed by looking at other ones. Parts are readily available items such as wood, steel, bearings, etc. Wheels are car brake drums. Transmission is motorcycle chain. Just go for it!
I was waiting for that question to be asked! My colleague and I were in guards uniform for an open day on that railway when we managed to fit in a quick trolley demonstration video between guard duties.
To be fair this design type was incredibly common in the US (additionally it takes up minimal platform space the way it is so you can place a lot of tools/materials on board instead of having a seat with pedals
Thanks for your interest Will, Terry and other viewers. Now that it is running well, the plan is to make a cab etc and paint the loco so it looks more realistic.
