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  1. Titan
    Carrbridge being another one.
  2. Titan
    There have been a number of accidents in the UK due to inadequate brake power that would have been discovered if the driver had carried out a running brake test properly, but the brakes passed a stationary continuity test, and indeed would have passed a stationary continuity test after the accident if the train had not been spread all over the tracks...
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    Possibly, but have noted similar effect when marker lights have been cleaned with a mop and bucket and the ample fluid used washes everything below it too. Looks like someone washed the whole glass rather than just the dots on this occasion.
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    I think I used 5 amp diodes on mine - they only have to sustain momentary current rather than continuous, but even so and with diodes being cheap I would much rather fit and forget as it were.
  5. Titan
    I think I may have been on the same train, at least I hope so or it happened more than once!
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    Easiest way is a diode matrix. One stud for each direction and the appropriate solenoids for each direction fire simultaneously. No need for normalisation or any switching, but a CDU will almost certainly be required if you have not already got one.
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    Clapham happened shortly before I joined BR. It might not have had the highest death toll in history, but in terms of it's effect on the railway it is certainly up there as one of the most historically significant. The shockwaves were reverberating around for many years afterwards, arguably until this day.
  8. Titan
    From what I understand is that they were white. Here is some rare footage of one flashing, unintentionally caught on camera whilst filming "The Plank"
  9. Titan
    So you're a waffle man!
  10. Titan
    Raw bread is just dough. Don't think you would get toast out if you put that in a toaster!
  11. Titan
    It's always good to have your R's to fall back on.
  12. Titan
    Probably maintenance costs. 4 larger motors are cheaper to maintain/buy than 6 smaller ones. It is notable that the Co-Bo's were the only type 2 with more than 4 motors, and then only just! This however meant that they also had the highest TE of any type 2.
  13. Titan
    There are quite a few BR locos that don't have fuel tanks below the solebar, e.g. class 20 - between the cab and the engine room. There were some locos that had a boxed in underframe to form a tank - think peaks and 31's had this arrangement, no doubt someone will correct me if I am wrong!
  14. Titan
    Did not know you could turn the first digit of the headcode up to 11!
  15. Titan
    If they are reflections, why isn't the writing reversed?
  16. Titan
    I wonder if the MTK cab fronts are supposed to be identical or whether it is another packing error? I notice that you have gone to the trouble of removing the low roof seam that was only on the Motor coach following relocation of the pantograph. I think these units also only had jumpers on one end. Whilst not a problem in normal service, you would have to be careful about sending one to St. Botolphs (as was)
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    So, were class 309's officially allowed at 100mph before either the Deltics or the WCML electrics? The first section of 100mph track on the GE was the stretch between Chelmsford and Colchester, which I thought was 100mph from their introduction in 62/63.
  18. Titan
    Whilst you can name a racehorse almost anything you like, there are some restrictions regarding obscenity and vulgarity. However there are some that will try it on, and occasionally one will get through. Hoof Hearted was one such, which somehow seems quite appropriate for a Deltic. Dunno if he won anything though.
  19. Titan
    I remember it well, although in this case Thomas was not the banker, he was the station pilot who had brought in the ECS and they forgot to uncouple, as with many of the original stories based on a real event (or two).
  20. Titan
    It is strange bearing in mind the range of words that rhyme with Orange.
  21. Titan
    It's been a long day today.
  22. Titan
    Would it still be too deer if it cost you two bucks?
  23. Titan
    20/20 Heinz sight?
  24. Titan
    And this is the sixth post on the matter!
  25. Titan
    Or alternatively look at the last 4 posts!
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