Was there ever anything resembling a prototype for this? If not, why invent it? Was it some sort of an in-joke at Triang? (I can see that the name Westwood Pickles is a reference to Triang's address)
Andy Kirkham Glasgow
Was there ever anything resembling a prototype for this? If not, why invent it? Was it some sort of an in-joke at Triang? (I can see that the name Westwood Pickles is a reference to Triang's address)
Andy Kirkham Glasgow
"Andy Kirkham" wrote
From their Trans-Continetal range as far as I can ascertain. I believe one of the USA manufacturers produce(d) something similar, so it's feasible that there was an American prototype.
Quite a rarity in my experience. Probably only had half-a-dozen through my hands in 25 years.
John.
There was a US prototype - Right number of vats, wheels etc but don't mention 'scale'.
In message , John Turner writes
There is indeed a prototype, and a whole range of pickle cars were produced in the US by Lionel, in O gauge - there are around 40 variations :
There were a number of private owner pickle tank cars running on US railroads, until at least the mid-1950s. Apart from the well known Heinz cars - which Westerfield do resin kits for - other companies included Speas Vinegar Co., Reid, Murdoch and Co./Monarch Pickles, Squire Dingee Co., India Relish and C.F. Clausen & Sons. Heinz cars of a similar design were built as late as 1948. So you see, there is a prototype for just about anything!
In the UK there was at least one tank wagon operated by (IIRC) the Scottish Fish Oil and Guano Company - Now that is a business card I would enjoy handing out!
Brilliant! :-)
(But can you imagine what their premises must have smelt like???)
An opened tin of fish and a bag of guano under the layout probably wouldn't do it justice!
Reminds me of the character Colonel 'Bat' Guano in "Dr. Strangelove"; others were General 'Buck' Turgidson and Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper. One of the three characters played by a certain Peter Sellers was U.S. President Merkin Muffley.
Well I never!
I recall my father telling me he'd had dealings with a company called Activated Sludge. Another business card to treasure!
Andy
Just as long as it's not a scratch 'n' sniff one ;-)
David E. Belcher
Yes, I was surprised when I first learnt of them.
I reckon! But what on earth do you do with activated sludge?
But you did!
In article , Graeme Eldred writes
There was an old friendship between the Lines (Tri-ang) and Lionel families and they would visit each others factories looking for ideas. Indeed, Tri-ang later made helicopters for Lionel's helicopter launch car. It was a two-way flow of ideas.
Tri-ang produced three versions of the pickle car the rarest being the Heinz version which was made for the Canadian market.
The Inventors and Science series were indeed Lionel products made over here and sold as Tri-ang/Lionel in the early '60s. In exchange, Lionel made Scalextric in America. I think they got the better bargain!
Pat Hammond
Perhaps this is common knowledge, but I recently heard an explanation of the Tri-ang name: there were three Lines brothers, and three lines make a triangle!
Andy Kirkham Glasgow
I think it was a recent edition of Mastermind or University Challenge; one of the BBC2 Monday night quizzes, anyhow.
David E. Belcher
In message , Pat Hammond writes
Thanks Pat - very useful, and interesting.
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