Has anybody seen the latest Gaugemaster adverts showing Piko G-gauge stuff? There's one inside the back cover of the May Model Rail. At the bottom of the advert it says "3-wheeled coaches due later in 2009".
Could be interesting to see how they balance on the rails.
Remember the Rev. Weech riding the rail tricycle in the Titfield Thumderbolt? It was like a bicycle with an outrigger wheel on the other rail.
Three wheels is perfect, as all three will be in contact with the rails at all times, unless the track is particularly uneven so as to cause bouncing.
MBQ
Isle of Man Railway
"Trev" wrote
Legs not wheels. ;-)
John.
If the Bristol and Exeter could have a 2-wheeled carriage behind a
4-wheeled engine on 2 rail, why can't we have a 3-wheeled coach on a 3-rail system?
Correction, it was an 0-2-0 with attached 4-wheel carriage.
Sounds right, 3 rail based on a chariot, after all the between rails width based on horses bottom.
There again could be a variation on early US "3 wheels on my coach and I'm still rolling along..."
cheers, Simon
For many years the Victorian Railways, and probably many other railways also, used hand propelled, by push-pull handles, tricycles on rail, used by the gangers for track patrols, The outrigger third wheel could be folded up against the main structure. Not the easiest vehicle to model in a small scale. Bill Pearce.
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