Unidentified bits!

[JimmyB]

So I bought a "job lot" of bits from the well known auction site, however I have been left with 4 items I can't identify, can you help, thank you:

 

[PhilP]

D is a very short length of Playmobil track.. Quite useful, occasionally.

PhilP.

 

[RkyGriz]

B and C are Bachmann steel alloy track joiners,and plastic track clips.
They come with Bachmann train sets.
I don't know what A and D are.
Andrew

 

[Paradise]

So the mystery has now been reduced to 'A'

 

[PhilP]

Perhaps another photo of just 'A'?

There is a Playmobil part, that allows a train to run off the Playmo plastic track onto the floor.. But I think that is both rails, and not individual 'troughs'.

PhilP

 

[-bbbb]

I think "A" might be a part of Bachmann alloy track. There is something like that in one of the rails at each end of a piece of track. It slides inside the hollow rail and helps guide a connection between rails. I had one that came out of the track once, but I forget if it had that little "T" shape on the side which is not supposed to come out of the rail.

 

[playmofire]

Perhaps another photo of just 'A'?

There is a Playmobil part, that allows a train to run off the Playmo plastic track onto the floor.. But I think that is both rails, and not individual 'troughs'.

PhilP

Might that actually be a re-railer? RC railroad track re-railer / alignment tool - mundobil

The only other non-track piece I know of to go with the plastic track is a plastic track to metal track connecter so you can combine the two types of track when running the r/c trains.

 

[JimmyB]

Perhaps another photo of just 'A'?

There is a Playmobil part, that allows a train to run off the Playmo plastic track onto the floor.. But I think that is both rails, and not individual 'troughs'.

PhilP

I took some more photos of A, though I really had problems getting a good contrast, despite several attempts. The item in the centre is "A" with "B" fitted, it may be coincidental that it is a good fit:

 

[playmofire]

The middle view on the bottom row certainly suggests track connectors of some sort.

 

[PhilP]

They do look to be 'made for each other'.

PhilP

 

[dunnyrail]

Hm wonder if it is for a more permanent connection between track. Doing something like the LGB 11500 Track Brackets but for each joiner rather than the centre of the sleepers like the 11500 does.

 

[PhilP]

I wonder if the combination of the two parts, would allow you to join their metal track, to their plastic track?

PhilP

 

[JimmyB]

I wonder if the combination of the two parts, would allow you to join their metal track, to their plastic track?

PhilP

Now that is an interesting point

 

[-bbbb]

The new pictures definitely confirm that my previous post (#6) was wrong.