47606odin Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 Have a ride 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted November 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2020 2 hours ago, 47606odin said: 2450hp each. Basically they are a Dash8 in an Australian body on 3ft 6in gauge hauling 7000 tonnes up and down 1:45 grades. Being GE 4 stroke sound lovely. Videos of them on my channel I'm not really familiar with North American practice but after a holiday to Canada 4 or 5 years ago, where I had cause to try and identify what I'd photo'd, I was struck by how there seemed to be a whole succession of locos all using the same cab/structure etc, so at first glance they look the same. I'm not sure if they are thrashed and have short life cycles or if they are cascaded down to other users but the implication seemed to be that the Union Pacifics etc were upgrading fairly regularly. Naturally being a Brit this struck me as odd whereas completely reinventing the wheel, as we have traditionally done, makes total sense! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 You're really not doing my Aussie Addiction and good here Ian. Granted Melbourne would be my first choice. Certainly missing the place. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 12 hours ago, Hal Nail said: I'm not really familiar with North American practice but after a holiday to Canada 4 or 5 years ago, where I had cause to try and identify what I'd photo'd, I was struck by how there seemed to be a whole succession of locos all using the same cab/structure etc, so at first glance they look the same. I'm not sure if they are thrashed and have short life cycles or if they are cascaded down to other users but the implication seemed to be that the Union Pacifics etc were upgrading fairly regularly. Naturally being a Brit this struck me as odd whereas completely reinventing the wheel, as we have traditionally done, makes total sense! I think locos are more disposable in the US and other parts of the world, and they are built over many years from a catalogue assembled using common parts with upgrades depending on customer requirements, hence the class 66’s, where they could be built with options available like resilient mountings for the cab at extra price so we got hard bolted to frame instead, microwave locations in the loco, but we got a hot plate in the cab.....like when you buy a car, but EWS and those who followed bought cheap and bought the L version when there were lots of other GL and GLX versions available. Hence drivers who are deaf, with tinnitus and vibration white knuckle, and heatstroke in summer..... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 4 hours ago, 47606odin said: I think locos are more disposable in the US and other parts of the world, and they are built over many years from a catalogue assembled using common parts with upgrades depending on customer requirements, hence the class 66’s, where they could be built with options available like resilient mountings for the cab at extra price so we got hard bolted to frame instead, microwave locations in the loco, but we got a hot plate in the cab.....like when you buy a car, but EWS and those who followed bought cheap and bought the L version when there were lots of other GL and GLX versions available. Hence drivers who are deaf, with tinnitus and vibration white knuckle, and heatstroke in summer..... I always likened EWS purchase of 66's as going to the car show room and asking for all the optional extras to be taken off. Like going to a Ferrari garage with Ford money. I seem to recall some of the early ones were allegedly spot welded along the roof seem rather than seem welded, hence they leaked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 Anyway, back on topic.... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 (edited) Firstly Ian that was a nice video of the 2 x 60's and it raises a question for me. You mentioned something about the lighting at the video end which caused me to notice one was lit while the other not. Was that intentional in that only one had its lights switched on with the other was switched off? There is an excellent "pan shot" at about 1:30 in which allows you to see inside and through the side grills, wonderful. You've got a massive fleet of locos now, how will you run them, all together or only similar types, what will the working operandi be for your version of Hither Green? Oh and that's one hell of a lot of water up on that roof in a diesel depo. Cheers Edited November 14, 2020 by Barnaby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, Barnaby said: Firstly Ian that was a nice video of the 2 x 60's and it raises a question for me. You mentioned something about the lighting at the video end which caused me to notice one was lit while the other not. Was that intentional in that only one had its lights switched on with the other was switched off? There is an excellent "pan shot" at about 1:30 in which allows you to see inside and through the side grills, wonderful. You've got a massive fleet of locos now, how will you run them, all together or only similar types, what will the working operandi be for your version of Hither Green? Oh and that's one hell of a lot of water up on that roof in a diesel depo. Cheers oooh lots of questions the lighting circuits need modifying to work on dcc, 001 is done, I now have to do 018. That was talked about in video 111. I shall make the next video about what needs to be done, and that is why only 001 has lights on I currently have 5 33’s, 3 08’s, 2 60’s, 1 45, 1 50, and 2 20’s. The 33’s will be on and off depot to run segment trains to the tunnel interface, the 08’s are for shunting the PAD, the 60’s are for trains in and out of Cliffe, Grain, and Angersteins, the 20’s are for weed killing and the 50 and 45 are rule 1 as the 50’s never from what I can tell ever ran to HG and the 45 is too early for my modelling timeframe. I have a 56 on order, that will be for Allington traffic, and the 47 will be for Northfleet cement traffic. I have 4 73’s on order for working ballast trips to Tonbridge and Hoo Junction Edited November 14, 2020 by 47606odin 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 The latest video 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 A thoroughly interesting and informative video Ian thanks. Stay well. Regards 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 A quick bunk round the shed this evening 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) Must be a Saturday night as no Crompton's or ED's on shed!!! Edited November 21, 2020 by D6775 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) Midnight Saturday, nothing has moved Edited November 21, 2020 by 47606odin 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted November 22, 2020 Author Share Posted November 22, 2020 (edited) Adding to the water tank building, unfortunately I forgot to do the windows before gluing the wall on, that’s going to make it harder to cut them out Edited November 22, 2020 by 47606odin 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 Got the window apertures cut out in the water tower. That was harder than it needed to be. Note. Remember the planned order of jobs before getting carried away with the glue 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted November 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2020 40 minutes ago, 47606odin said: Note. Remember the planned order of jobs before getting carried away with the glue Many variations on that. I had some Bauxite left yesterday after doing a couple of wagons so decided to paint my BR fruit van Made a cracking job of it and had been admiring it for over an hour before it occured to me it was meant to be crimson. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Cams been painting my next 26, it was only when I was looking at pictures to work out what I needed to do paint wise wit the glazing and realised he's got the yellow wrong on the nose, looks like we're going to have to strip it back! I once also had a Mainline 56 painted in Trainload Construction, as the chap who painted it was handing it over to me he was saying how good he thought it looked, I took one look at it and he's spun the logo's round 90deg and the big blue square was to the right! So easily done with a slight lapse in concentration! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 He we go everyone. the next project in between shed building building. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 Happy Christmas 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Merry Christmas to you too Ian. I do like the lit up tree, very nice. Regards 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 6 hours ago, Barnaby said: Merry Christmas to you too Ian. I do like the lit up tree, very nice. Regards Thank you Barnaby, hopefully, Santa will bring them a roof this year lol 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 Resprayed the roof of 08865. I think I need to do the yellow band, it looks too bright to me 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) Repainted the gold band, looks much closer to the correct shade and a much closer shade to the numbers. grab rails painted white to match the real loco, cab steps to paint yellow, but can’t for the life of me find out if it was one or both sides as it did have a repair on this cab corner, but not sure if it included the steps. If anyone can find any pics to confirm, I’d appreciate it. (Around the 2011 before and after it appeared at Hoo Junction) Edited December 16, 2020 by 47606odin 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 I noticed from the above photo, the front buffer falling off, suffering from the Dapol lack of adhesive 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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