I finally got this guy down and gave him a go. I was able to get about 8 full turns on the key but I don’t know what is normal for a nice old Bing loco.
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Hi Dennis! I am new to the trail collecting world and on this form I have come across many of your very knowledgeable posts. Was wondering if you could check a few of my posts out and share your thoughts. Thank you so much for the consideration!!
Dennis, it runs perfectly, I have the same one and it is not better but the Lionel passenger cars are much more heavy than Bing ones. That is a very nice old model.
Daniel
Wot a beauty...
As Frenchy says ( heh heh !) it looks to be running really well Dennis ... I dont have a Bing of that quality to compare it with but I would say a 90 second run or so at flat out feels pretty right 
the convoluted nature of your layout and the load its pulling will limit its performance a tad but IMO its probably running almost as good as new?
You are right Fatman, Lionel cars are too heavy, I have a 763e who could use them.... I think I have seen recently one for sale in your country, not a very expensive model, they are common ones and there is many variations through the years of production. The model that Dennis has is the more desirable one...
Very best, Daniel
Wow Dennis, a great runner! Plus we got a layout tour to boot! Awesome 😊
Thanks guys, The layout needs a lot of work and still more clean up on aisle 26 lol. So am I correct I would need to find some London & North Western railway coaches for this particular Bing? I was looking and only see a few so they may be a challenge.
Daniel, besides the original Green cars, MTH made a repro set several years ago in the Lionel Corp production that are also nice, but the color isn't exactly the same, but I see four car sets on the bay for $175 on occasion and there is a three car set of the originals on now for $385. I was fortunate to pick mine up for a bit less years ago as the two tone Green is probably my favorite color combination for these cars lol
Would these be about the right cars to look for for the King G? I think these are a bit later production maybe... We if you have a spare set of Bing cars we could trade again Daniel , Hopefully, the shipping would be better than last time with much lighter cars lol.
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Very cool, these old locos and cars are a blind spot for me, enjoyed seeing this one run!
Nice looking train, runs great . Hard to concentrate on it while I'm looking at all the other cool stuff in the room so I had to watch a few times.
I like the layout too, old school looking . Thanks for sharing.
Gerry
North Whales ??? Now THEY would be heavy cars indeed!
I think you are after Bing for Basset-Lowke for your loco Dennis ... be prepared to spend LOL!
The TCA Basset lowke page has a pic of the consist for a LNWR ( London and North Western Railway 
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Credit to TCA @ http://www.tcawestern.org/bassett.htm
Dennis, Yes the cars on your pictures could match with your loco, even if they are a little later. There is many BING models that could match. The only extra set I have is this one, roofs are repainted. It is not totally period for your loco as it is from the twenties. I will try to look at what I may have, and yes shipping would be less than for our last trade....
The following ones are the models I used with my loco and some others Basset Lowke, they are BING series 1921, expensives and not easy to find... the dinner car is a Basset Lowke initially by Carette.
Daniel
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Fatman posted:North Whales ??? Now THEY would be heavy cars indeed!
I think you are after Bing for Basset-Lowke for your loco Dennis ... be prepared to spend LOL!
The TCA Basset lowke page has a pic of the consist for a LNWR ( London and North Western Railway
Credit to TCA @ http://www.tcawestern.org/bassett.htm
Is there a way to use a stop trip in the three rail track? Forgive me, I'm not up on the clockwork details yet lol. I think it would be great if I could stop it at a station each lap so it doesn't die in the tunnel! The only stop track I found so far though seemed to have a wire loop that raised up to catch the lever on the bottom of the motor but that loop seemed to be in the middle of the clockwork track and probably would not work on my three rail track. I thought the little lever was offset to the side so that is why I am curious.... Got a lot to learn I suspect. So far The only clockworks I have are the Bing, and couple of Bassett Lowke projects and a couple of Marklin that need a little work to get going. The RS 890 has a loose wheel which I may try some loctite on and the RS 900 is missing it's roof and pantograph so I need to either cobble or find a roof for it. I did see Ritter sells a repro, but I've not purchased any parts from him yet and one I added up the cost of all the parts I could use for my other Marklin projects, I got shell shocked!!
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That's a nice Duke of York Daniel, one of my B-L projects is a Duke lol, I have so many projects.... I
I would look under your loco to see just exactly where the stop ( or reverse) is activated , then grab a spare length of 3-rail straight place your loco on it and look down to see what location you need to hit and where ...
If feasible I would then look at drilling the side and middle rail between ties and fabricating a plate out of something non-conductive ( say old bakelite circuit board or similar without copper on it ) that can be attached to a non conductive rod that goes thru your holes with a lever to flip it up into the way of the loco's trip bar ?
That way it could be left in place on your layout in the right place and Bobs; yer Uncle 
Short term alternative , place a wood block in the way that does the same , then you can wind up , shunt back 2 inches remove block and repeat lol ...
Hornby had the system below for their clockworks , and something similar made of a rigid non conductive material could be fitted to 3-rail I am sure
Nice looking train! I hope I run that good at 110 :-)
Fatman, I like the way you think!! Will see what I can come up with.
How do you guys upload those long running videos. I have all sorts of stuff I can share but
I can't upload them through E mail.
Lew Schneider
Looking at Fatman's idea and the track photo he posted. The profile of those track rails look pretty similar to Lionel track. What if you got hold of an original piece of that track with the metal stop lever and used it just the way it is...swap the 2 rails and lever into a short piece of Lionel 3 rail. If you made the entire piece of track only about an inch long and isolated those two rails , it shouldn't affect the operation of the electric train. Plus it would have the cool factor of being made from original components.
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lewrail posted:How do you guys upload those long running videos. I have all sorts of stuff I can share but
I can't upload them through E mail.
Lew Schneider
I just took em off my phone and uploaded em, I think the only limit it the 100 MB max, if your are under, they should be good I think
G-Man24 posted:Looking at Fatman's idea and the track photo he posted. The profile of those track rails look pretty similar to Lionel track. What if you got hold of an original piece of that track with the metal stop lever and used it just the way it is...swap the 2 rails and lever into a short piece of Lionel 3 rail. If you made the entire piece of track only about an inch long and isolated those two rails , it shouldn't affect the operation of the electric train. Plus it would have the cool factor of being made from original components.
Possibilities there, I think I need to do some homework on the locos I plan to run and see where the lever needs to be but om general Think I can do something. Pretty sure non of the locos have the trip dead center. We shall see.
