Pylon King Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 13 hours ago, LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004 said: That's the sort of thing my cat would do as well! That model appears to be the Scalelink one Definitely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004 Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 10 hours ago, Pylon King said: Definitely. The last one reminds me of a PL16 DD2. I wonder what it looks like built up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 (edited) Edited May 21, 2020 by Pylon King 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 (edited) A few more photos featuring various 33kV pre grid designs. Edited May 21, 2020 by Pylon King 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 7 hours ago, Pylon King said: A few more photos featuring various 33kV pre grid designs. They look like small PL16s!! I wonder if they the design was based off them? These would be a nice size for a model railway. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) On 21/05/2020 at 09:27, LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004 said: They look like small PL16s!! I wonder if they the design was based off them? These would be a nice size for a model railway. This particular design probably dates back to the 1920’s , at 60-70 feet in height , wouldn’t be too imposing on most layouts as well as covering a broad timeline. Edited May 22, 2020 by Pylon King Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Pylon King said: This particular design probably dates back to the 1920’s , at 60-70 feet in height , wouldn’t be too imposing on most layouts as well as covering a broad timeline. Not too bad then! Are there any plans for them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Some nice gems here, a form of L2 river crossing towers with quad conductor like bundles! They are on the BB L6/L2 Exeter-Indian Queens line 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 15 hours ago, LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004 said: Not too bad then! Are there any plans for them? I’m looking at one or two more recent “polon” designs . Future projects are to move away from latticework and focus on building power grid structures which are more straight forward for others to copy and build . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004 Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Pylon King said: I’m looking at one or two more recent “polon” designs . Future projects are to move away from latticework and focus on building power grid structures which are more straight forward for others to copy and build . Ahhh ok! I’m looking forward to these! Edited May 23, 2020 by LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004 Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Here is some modified Blaw Knox PL16 D60 plans into what appears to be a D40EC. Situated on the Bramford-Ipswich line where it duals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 That Ipswich location is very odd, does it have history? The line here appears to be split in to two paralleled circuits running all the way to the site of Cliff Quay power station. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 13 hours ago, Suzie said: That Ipswich location is very odd, does it have history? The line here appears to be split in to two paralleled circuits running all the way to the site of Cliff Quay power station. It is indeed strange, I have just been looking at some old maps and even they aren't sure of the alignments. 1960s maps show a different layout to the 1970s, and it's the same with the early 80s too. Then it changes to how the pylons are currently arranged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Apologies if I've missed this in the previous 46(!) pages, but what are these black-painted "concrete wellies" in this photo? There was another one nearby which had what appeared to be remnants of concrete in the same places. It's in a fairly soggy often waterlogged field, but the water would be unlikely to get that high. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 22 hours ago, eastwestdivide said: Apologies if I've missed this in the previous 46(!) pages, but what are these black-painted "concrete wellies" in this photo? There was another one nearby which had what appeared to be remnants of concrete in the same places. It's in a fairly soggy often waterlogged field, but the water would be unlikely to get that high. They look like extra supports for the base of the tower. As normally the concrete wouldn't go that far up iirc. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004 said: They look like extra supports for the base of the tower. As normally the concrete wouldn't go that far up iirc. It looks to me like three main "spars" for each of the four "legs" (i.e. the bits below the first big horizontals) angle down almost to a point, and the concrete encases the bottom half of those three spars and their cross-bracing pieces. I should have taken a photo of the more normal-looking ones in the same area for comparison. (Apologies if my terminology is off - spars and legs is the best I could think of.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 1 hour ago, eastwestdivide said: It looks to me like three main "spars" for each of the four "legs" (i.e. the bits below the first big horizontals) angle down almost to a point, and the concrete encases the bottom half of those three spars and their cross-bracing pieces. I should have taken a photo of the more normal-looking ones in the same area for comparison. (Apologies if my terminology is off - spars and legs is the best I could think of.) Ahh don’t worry, even I get the terminology wrong sometimes. It is very odd though, maybe there was some extra weight needed for the tower Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted May 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2020 Some more Pylons near me. These were all taken "up Luzley" which is a small parcel of green situated between Mossley, Stalybridge and (just about at a push) Ashton-Under-Lyne. There's some nice views to be had here but which some would say that are "spoiled" by all the Pylons, to which, I say "at least the keep the windmills away"! The first was taken on Luzley Road between the Junction Inn and the Hare n Hounds. This one cant be very tall and would make for a good model on a layout. Another one taken from Luzley Road. These next two were taken at the entrance to Ashton Golf Club. These next two phots (of the same tower) were taken at the entrance to the Hartshead Inn. A view towards Oldham with Hartshead Pike on the right. This is what gave Hartshead Power Station its' name. Kev. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 A few more 33kV pre grid towers. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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25901 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 On 12/05/2020 at 00:30, Pylon King said: Reminds me of this sweet little cat lol 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted June 1, 2020 Author Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) Pop Art Pylon. Edited June 1, 2020 by Pylon King 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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