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09-23-20, 08:08 AM | #12706 |
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09-23-20, 11:29 AM | #12707 |
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I have seen a lot of these on Danish and Swedish train stations, during my childhood and youth. Where a driver toke postal stuff/things from one place to another.
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09-23-20, 04:24 PM | #12708 |
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I've worked every angle on this but just can't come up with a picture, even though we all know what it is
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09-23-20, 04:54 PM | #12709 |
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what is it actually called? A 'tracma' tug or cart donkey??
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09-23-20, 06:03 PM | #12710 |
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tracteur de gare
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09-23-20, 08:33 PM | #12711 |
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In looking half the night, at everything jimbuna posted as well, I came across this but passed on it still hung up on 'Tracma'!! Still cannnot find the Swiss photo yuo referenced but this looks good: from railroad Modelling....Where's our model train guy, Gargamel, when you need him at least its 3 wheeled, green with a yellow stripe
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09-24-20, 03:46 AM | #12712 |
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This is a cute matchbox tracteur Aktungbby: Actually it's a later model by the same manufacturer that runs on butane (notice the little red gas container behind the seat).
I think everybody has been trying really hard to solve it, I can not make you suffer any longer. So: Googling for pictures with "tracteur de gare" (with quotation marks) gives us this: The picture is on a website published by some French railway enthusiasts: http://www.cfchanteraines.fr/lvdc/lvdc0243/depot4.htm And the picture's cutline says: "La remise en route du tracteur Griffet touche à sa fin." Now, picture-googling for "tracteur Griffet" brings up some promising results: And on the corresponding website https://www.zerotrois.ch/index.php/203/derivate we find: and Whoohoo! So its a "3R" built by "Etablissements M. Griffet Constructeurs Marseille". I want one for Christmas and I love the sound of the horn ETABLISSEMENTS MAURICE GRIFFET are a bunch of real estate agents today (I hate real estate agents). Aktungbby's picture counts as the closest approach. So, please step in
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09-24-20, 04:02 AM | #12713 |
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Yes, this should be it:
https://forum.e-train.fr/album_mod/u...ddb75fa785.jpg Also called "chariot de gare" or "chariot à bagages" in french. Here you can buy it in HO scale: https://www.aux-modeles-reduits.fr/s...110-54475.html This was a nice one
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09-24-20, 06:13 AM | #12714 |
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Would never have got that in a million years and imho is by far the hardest puzzle yet on this thread.
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09-24-20, 06:27 AM | #12715 |
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I spent a lot of time looking for 'Marsailles contractors' building ''Tracmas' with 4 cylinder Peugeot engines So it's to me by a nose eh? I'll be back with something good!
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09-24-20, 06:46 AM | #12716 |
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Not too hard, give some of our heads a chance to stop spinning
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09-24-20, 06:50 AM | #12717 |
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AS you command sire
What's this?
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09-24-20, 07:18 AM | #12718 | |
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Yea that was a really good one. Very unique object. On more than on occasion I just gave up. Kudos skidman.
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09-24-20, 10:38 AM | #12719 |
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Have you added the artistry to the photo?
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09-24-20, 10:52 AM | #12720 | |
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Quote:
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