Trike question

Comeng · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:26 pm

My friends late Grandfather, who wokred as a fettler on the NSW Railways, used to operate trikes and apparently regularly used a "Number 5" type trike.

We know bugger all about NSW trikes and would like to ask if anybody has any detailed information about these trikes and if their is anything significant to know about them from their history.

Does anybody have or can anybody please point us in the right direction for where we can get some detailed information and/or view some photos of what these trikes look like?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance for any assistance given!

Smithy4869 · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:33 pm

Comeng,

Contact the Tenterfield Railway Group at:

http://www.tenterfieldbiz.com/railway/

and see if they can get you some photos of the 7 different styles of trikes that they have in their collection. One of them should be a #5.

Is it a motorized or push-pull trike?

Regards

Smithy4869

Comeng · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:00 pm

Thanks Smithy!

As far as I am aware, it was motorised

flying_donkey · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:02 am

You might also want to ask RP user Albert, he's right into the NSW trikes.

Here's his website: http://nswgrtrikes.4t.com/

My Flickr Site
My YouTube Channel
New England Railway Inc.

All comments made above are my opinion and not on behalf of my employer.

Wilfy2007 · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:18 pm

Comeng,
Try the Website at,
www.assco.org.au
Steve overmeyer has a unit in the Members pages.

Regards,

Wilfy 2007

www.freewebs.com/neriau/index.htm
www.freewebs.com/saroeight/
"An Advocate for the return of Railcar Passenger services in Outer Suburban and Rural Australia"

Albert · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:30 pm

Thanks flying_donkey!

Comeng, My site has every mainstream type of trike used in NSW. I say mainstream because there were alot of modified ones based off them. I've never heard to any of them being refered to as a "Number 5" but that's not to say it doesn't exsist, there are many names the trikes are refered to.

Read Greg Lees "Trikes and Trolleys" it will give you the best background of trikes in NSW that you'll find on the net.

http://nswgrtrikes.4t.com/triketrolley

My Model Railway Site (UPDATED 6th December 2008)
NSWGR Trikes

jmw2508 · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:09 pm

My late grandfather was also a NSW railways fettler, they might have known each other???

Bwana · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:00 am

Chances are slim jmw2508. I joined here not long after my grandfather's retirement after 47 years signalling at Hurstville, and not one person here had heard of him. The railways are just way to big for two people to have been likely to have known each other.

I am SO moving to Victoria Street!!

Check out my pics at http://bwana.fotopic.net

hunslet1915 · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:42 am

A book on NSW trikes has been prepared and is with the ARHS/nsw awaiting publishing.

Hunslet