rogerfarnworth Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 All around our world different engineers designed vehicles which seemingly suited the circumstances with which they were dealing. Across the British railway network, and particularly on some of the light railways which sprang to life after the Light Railways Act 1896, there were a number of unusual locomotives and railcars. This article focusses on two locomotives - Gazelle and Old Chainey. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/01/02/unusual-small-locomotives-and-railcars-part-1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Three further unusual locomotives/railcars. ... The first was the first Michelin Pneumatic-Tyred Railcar (Type No.9) in the UK. The second are locomtives designed to serve the narrow gauge lines in The Guinness Factory in Dublin and a clever conversion vehicle which allowed the same locos to proviide traction on the Irish Standard Gauge as well. The third are railcars that were used by Colonel Stephens on a number of his Light Railways. .... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/01/03/unusual-locomotives-and-railcars-part-2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Don't forget the Walker railcars on the County Donegal etc...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted January 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) Can I put in a nomination for the Bennie railplane; doesn't get much weirder than that! It's a great way to cross open water, though... Although the Guinness convertibles are pretty weird; when they were in 5'3" mode the motion ran in the opposite direction to that of travel, complete insanity but to much more effect than when half of a Webb compound pulled the same stunt. Some of the ideas that became daily practice were 'differently sensible' as well. Water troughs. TPO pickup/dropoff, slip coaches; none of them would have ever been tried on a sensible railway. And then there was Brunel's atmospheric, which, let's face it, sucked... Edited January 19, 2020 by The Johnster 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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