Re: Sectional Track - Part 2

2004-10-05 Thread Alison and Jim Gregg.
Hi Steve. Koppel, or Orenstein Koppel were well known German loco builders. They built hundreds, possibly thousands of locos. They were builders of many of the German army Feldbahn military railway locos used from the 1880s through to after WW1.They bult many industrial steamers and I think

Re[2]: Sectional Track - Part 2

2004-10-05 Thread Bert Edmunda
further to the above theme. Orenstein Koppel are still in existence in Germany and manufacture machinery for civil engineering mainly. I am sure that they would supply any information on their history and present products. Their trade mark is the O K inside a horizontal diamond. You will have

Re: Sectional Track - Part 2

2004-10-05 Thread Peter Foley
At 07:54 PM 10/4/04 -0700, Steve Shyvers wrote: Does anyone have any additional info about Koppel? If it was a German company could Jubilee track been a patriotically-named euphemism for the same product for use on the Western front? Prefab sectional narrow gauge track was originally developed

Walsall Model Industries

2004-10-05 Thread Chris Lee
Hi Does anybody know if there is an email contact for Walsall Model Industries? I am interested in finding out more about their wheels. Thanks in advance Chris -- Christopher Lee Australia

Re: Walsall Model Industries

2004-10-05 Thread Harry Wade
At 09:26 AM 10/6/04 +0800, you wrote: Does anybody know if there is an email contact for Walsall Model Industries? Christopher Lee As far as I know there is not. What would you like to know? Regards, Harry Wade Nashville Tennessee

Re: Walsall Model Industries

2004-10-05 Thread Chris Lee
Hi Harry Basically I have heard them mentioned as a source for wheels for loco projects and wanted to find out what they offered. I am planning on converting a Roundhouse Lady Anne kit into an American style locomotive and wanted to see if it was easy to get spoked wheels. I guess I will have to