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 diesels.
I think "Jubillee " track was made in England by either Hudson or Bagnall
Jim Gregg.
At 07:54 PM 10/4/04 -0700, you wrote:
Some weeks back I posted a photo link about sectional track in use at a coal fueling depot in 1918 Tahiti. Susan P. thought it might be WWI surplus "Jubilee" track.
I just received the latest Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette issue and in Bob Brown's column he has photos of a Koppel Portable Track and Car System brochure that features a similar looking track system. Only brochure pages 18 and 19 are shown, and the footer on page 19 states "The Modern Way of Road Building".
Page 18 has two photos of two men carrying and positioning a standard 15-foot section of 24" track. I wonder how much it weighed?
Page 18 also claims that "Koppel Portable Track has been in constant use all over the world for the past forty-five years." No date on the brochure but from the layout and photos I'd say early 1920's.
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?
Steve
