Michael-344837 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Does anyone know if Hornby will be producing Gresley teak coaches for TT120,In the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachy Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 I certainly hope so. But Brunel’s fan club might want some chocolate and cream first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Klinkerhoffe Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Me too, a definite must. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Klinkerhoffe Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Silver FoxNot everyone has the catalogue, many still waiting for their TT membership packs.Also the answers are more around ‘when’ rather than ‘if’?Personally I would like them released soon, but I somehow doubt this is likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too Tall Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 A question for you more knowledgeable guys - In terms of full sized (ie not 6 wheeled) coaches, were The Teak Gresley's and the Pullmans the only ones ran by LNER ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D9020 Nimbus Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 There were several types of Gresley designed coaches in teak—besides the ones announced by Hornby in TT:120 so far. There were various non-corridor coaches, some of which Hornby has done in OO, although there were many other types.In particular the LNER had a number of articulated sets — twins and triplets, especially containing restaurant coaches.There were of course also the special sets of coaches for the Silver Jubilee and Coronation.Post-war there were the Thompson coaches. These were steel-bodied but painted in "ersatz" teak livery. Hornby has done the non-corridor coaches in OO; Bachmann the corridor stock in both OO and N.There would also be bogie stock from the constituent companies—some of these lasted until around 1960. Including the GNR "quad-art" sets used on services to Moorgate.There's a video on the World of Railways YouTube channel of an operating session on Tony Wright's Little Bytham set in 1938 (not the most recent video of the layout which is set in the 1950s, the layout's usual setting). It shows a wide-range of trains from the period, culminating in… well, you'll have to watch the video for that, but there's a reason for the choice of 1938! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too Tall Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Thank you :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Body Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 The catalogue/brochure was on line and these were written in it at the time of launch.It also stated Colletts for WR fans but do not expect anything soon.I would take a guess at least a year.The Duchess was supposed to be now and put back to Winter 2023/4 timeThe web-shop states winter 2024/25 for the Duchess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox 17 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 That is what I meant to type, I knew it was not this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D9020 Nimbus Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 I think "winter 2024/5” is probably a mistake on the website. SK said on one of the TT Talk videos that spring 2024 was likely. At that time (January) the tooling was out to tender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox 17 Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 D9020 Nimbus Hopefully not too long as there was a Duchess mock up at the Glasgow show yesterday along with some teak coaches which are on a FB page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Busker Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Here's a photo I took at the Glasgow show yesterday of the prototypes they had out on display: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachy Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Did you get a chance to ask if they would be with lights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gc4946 Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Last night I emailed Hornby marketing asking which types (including diagram numbers) of the Gresley carriages they were producing.It now looks like they're releasing a corridor 3rd (TK) - the one immediately below the Duchess loco -and the carriage below that is a corridor brake composite (BCK), both with the post-1931 steel angle underframe trussing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntpntpntp Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Ooooh.... in @Dave The Busker's photo is that a European class 66 or 77 with the aircon boxes above the cabs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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