Canadian Tri-ang Railways - The 1964 Sets
The following four 1964 issued sets had been a mystery for many years as it had not been known for whom they were produced.
As with the 1960 to 1962 sets, these sets do not appear in any of the retail price lists of the period and there is no further information concerning the sets in company records. So, again it was likely that they may well have been only marketed through some of the major department store chains and home shopping/mail order companies such as Simpsons-Sears and Eaton’s. Recent discoveries have now clarified the situation but for whom Set R.3 was made still remains unconfirmed.
The surviving paperwork from several sets do provide us with an accurate year of manufacture. Also, it is most likely that each of these four sets were intended for the Christmas market.
Each of the following sets, R.1 through to R.4, is basically a freight set based upon the ‘Transcontinental’ Diesel Switcher. Set R.1 is of a fairly standard composition. However, with the remaining three sets in the series the emphasis was very much on action models with high play value, as we shall see.
None of the actual set name descriptions are currently known, indeed they may well not have been attributed by Lines Bros. themselves. The names that have been attributed to each set are purely notional but based upon actual set naming practice used in the catalogues and price lists of the period.
As with the 1960 to 1962 sets, these sets do not appear in any of the retail price lists of the period and there is no further information concerning the sets in company records. So, again it was likely that they may well have been only marketed through some of the major department store chains and home shopping/mail order companies such as Simpsons-Sears and Eaton’s. Recent discoveries have now clarified the situation but for whom Set R.3 was made still remains unconfirmed.
The surviving paperwork from several sets do provide us with an accurate year of manufacture. Also, it is most likely that each of these four sets were intended for the Christmas market.
Each of the following sets, R.1 through to R.4, is basically a freight set based upon the ‘Transcontinental’ Diesel Switcher. Set R.1 is of a fairly standard composition. However, with the remaining three sets in the series the emphasis was very much on action models with high play value, as we shall see.
None of the actual set name descriptions are currently known, indeed they may well not have been attributed by Lines Bros. themselves. The names that have been attributed to each set are purely notional but based upon actual set naming practice used in the catalogues and price lists of the period.
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Set R.1 box lid (Photo: Terry Walker)
Set R.1 contents (Photo: Terry Walker)
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Set R.1 - Simpsons & Simpsons-Sears
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Close-up of Set R.1 contents (Photo: Tony Griffiths)
Set R.2 contents
Set R.2 box lid
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Set R.2 - most probably made for Eaton's
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Set R.3 contents (photo: Peter Zimmermann)
Set R.3 box lid (photo: Dave Poynter)
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Set R.3
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Set R.4 box lid and contents
The price labels on the two Hudson's Bay Company R.4 Sets are very interesting. Looking closely at the second of the two price labels, the retail price is only $19.99 and there are scuff marks on the box lid behind it. The original full price sticker has been removed and this label has been stuck over the space. The $19.99 label is 100% genuine, which suggests that the price of this particular set must have been reduced to clear surplus stock which remained after Christmas 1964.
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Set R.4 - Hudson's Bay Company
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