The Night Mail

[Winslow Boy]

47 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

I was thinking of a pair of Kia Souls, and using them as roller skates!

Oh a Hippo up on its hind legs. I'd pay to see that - not.

[bbishop]

Someone has to ask the stupid question, what is a BEV?  Bill

[Oldddudders]

A battered electric vehicle. 

[PhilJ W]

6 hours ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

That's easy; there's green ones, black ones, some with GWR on the sides, some with BR thingies on the sides, clean ones (rare), dirty ones (more common), a few red ones (much more attractive) and ones that are so mucky that none of the aforementioned apply. Are there any other classifications?

 

Dave

The red ones were usually the dirtiest.

5 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

GN&SR!

 

Jenny Agutter knows about pannier tanks, she even ripped off her undergarments to flag one down!

3 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

A battered electric vehicle. 

They usually come with chips.

Edited April 2, 2021 by PhilJ W

[simontaylor484]

Not bl**dy expensive version 

 

6 grand for batteries thats a hell of a lot of AAs from Argos

[Happy Hippo]

50 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said:

Not bl**dy expensive version 

 

6 grand for batteries thats a hell of a lot of AAs from Argos

In my last job in the military I was responsible for provisioning batteries for all three services.

 

Istr it was around £20M annually!

[jamie92208]

Didn't the Midland have a Battery Electric Loco (BEL) for shunting some goods depot in London. That was probably painted red.

 

Jamie

[simontaylor484]

London Underground have some nice yellow battery locos.

 

 

[PhilJ W]

37 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

Didn't the Midland have a Battery Electric Loco (BEL) for shunting some goods depot in London. That was probably painted red.

 

Jamie

North Staffordshire.

[Florence Locomotive Works]

Afternoon all,

 

I have the day off today for Easter break, and decided to do some live steamery. So I got out my 1924 Weeden Mfg Co engine and boiler plant, which over the summer I restored (with advice from HH) back to operating condition. It was then mounted on a varnished board, along with a fake archaic looking dynamo which is in fact a motor from an old shower vent fan. 
 

 

The lamp is from Lionel, but isn’t connected to the dynamo as the dynamo is non functional. At some point I’ll get round to buying a PMR boiler hand feed pump and plum that into the boiler so long runs can be had. The first photo below shows the engine after I bought it off the Bay of E, the others were taken today. As one can see I repainted it into a more “accurate” livery, as the red just didn’t sit well with me. 
 

 

 

 

Douglas

Edited April 2, 2021 by Florence Locomotive Works

[Florence Locomotive Works]

6 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

North Staffordshire.

I bet you could built one fairly easily if you could get hold of a wagon chassis and several beefy motors etc. 

[jamie92208]

21 minutes ago, Florence Locomotive Works said:

I bet you could built one fairly easily if you could get hold of a wagon chassis and several beefy motors etc. 

Connesiuer models make a kit for the  Midland one.

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/229-early-risers/&do=reactComment&comment=4384111&reaction=1&csrfKey=4f42853ae72468538fa734c723c817b9

Jamie

Edited April 2, 2021 by jamie92208

[J. S. Bach]

35 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

North Staffordshire.

I thought that the cabin car went on the other end of the train!

[J. S. Bach]

36 minutes ago, Florence Locomotive Works said:

 ...snip... The lamp is from Lionel, ...snip... 

 

Douglas

 

I used to have one of those streetlights but mine was tan.

[Compound2632]

Just the one battery electric locomotive:

 

Photo taken on 2 Feb 1914. [NRM DY 10161, released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) licence by the National Railway Museum.] In Midland Style, it is said to be painted black (it was, after all, a goods engine) with pale yellow lettering.

 

But plenty of BEVs:

 

 

Feeding time at St Pancras Goods, 11 July 1917. [NRM DY 10641, released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) licence by the National Railway Museum.]

[bbishop]

7 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

A battered electric vehicle. 

Does that make my Yeti a BPV?  Bill

[New Haven Neil]

Dorty paneer - funny colour too!

 

[Happy Hippo]

I was up early to make a fruit loaf.

 

Somebody complained about the mixer noise at 0700.

 

Pointing out that the loaf was made at her behest to be ready for 1000, seems to have fallen on deaf ears.

 

It's in the oven now, so there is a chance that it might not make the 1000 deadline....

 

Having been consumed before that point!

[Tony_S]

1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said:

behest to be ready for 1000, seems to have fallen on deaf ears.

Was this to provide sustenance for the expedition to retrieve the dead battery car or celebrate its safe return?

[Happy Hippo]

37 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

Was this to provide sustenance for the expedition to retrieve the dead battery car or celebrate its safe return?

T'would have been 24 hours too late for the expedition, and the celebration took the form of a cider infusion.

 

Baking is just a natural function

 

[Dave Hunt]

1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said:

Baking is just a natural function

 

 

Shouldn't read 'basking'?

 

Dave

[jamie92208]

28 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

Shouldn't read 'basking'?

 

Dave

But he's a hippo not a shark.

 

Jamie

[Dave Hunt]

You've heard of pool sharks haven't you?

 

Dave

Edited April 3, 2021 by Dave Hunt

[Happy Hippo]

51 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

You've heard of pool sharks haven't you?

 

Dave

As suckering people into buying multiple pannier tanks?

[PhilJ W]

I hope Jamie doesn't let these two near his chickens.

Edited April 3, 2021 by PhilJ W