BR(S) Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 A different way of displaying your layout's vehicles (From https://twitter.com/americanrails?lang=en): 16 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2019 On 14/08/2019 at 16:51, Fat Controller said: It also seems to run on an overhead power supply, though I can't see how that works when the vessel's been turned. AFAK this beast is a ship lift, not a turntable. The ship enters it as if it was a lock from the lower section of the canal, and is then carried up an incline to the higher section, where it continues it's progress. The lift does not revolve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 15 minutes ago, The Johnster said: AFAK this beast is a ship lift, not a turntable. The ship enters it as if it was a lock from the lower section of the canal, and is then carried up an incline to the higher section, where it continues it's progress. The lift does not revolve. The lift is revolved, whatever connects to the overhead wire must retract in some way, the platforms the connectors inhabit are still in a raised position when the lift turns. it is an amazing contraption. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 26 minutes ago, The Johnster said: AFAK this beast is a ship lift, not a turntable. The ship enters it as if it was a lock from the lower section of the canal, and is then carried up an incline to the higher section, where it continues it's progress. The lift does not revolve. Lol, watch video, then comment Looks like there's a gap in the over head power where it joins the turntable, but there's 2 sets of pantographs so there's always 1 set in contact with the wires. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2019 Maybe it uses a large stay-alive...…….? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Satan's Goldfish said: Lol, watch video, then comment Looks like there's a gap in the over head power where it joins the turntable, but there's 2 sets of pantographs so there's always 1 set in contact with the wires. There is also a stabling siding for the cradle when not in use, which can be seen in the google maps shot. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2019 3 hours ago, The Johnster said: AFAK this beast is a ship lift, not a turntable. The ship enters it as if it was a lock from the lower section of the canal, and is then carried up an incline to the higher section, where it continues it's progress. The lift does not revolve. You obviously didn't watch the video or go to the Google Maps link I posted else you would have seen exactly what it is. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 21 hours ago, BR(S) said: A different way of displaying your layout's vehicles (From https://twitter.com/americanrails?lang=en): Now, without all that explanation we could have speculated that this was an update of the driver's bicycle carried on the rear of the tender ...................... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 Do you have trouble with your cat knocking expensive models on the floor, causing damage which prevents you from having the loco on your layout? Worry no more, because it happened on the real railway too (well maybe not caused by the station cat). Here is D16 62589 at Cambridge in 1951. 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted August 25, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 25, 2019 6 hours ago, jonny777 said: Do you have trouble with your cat knocking expensive models on the floor, causing damage which prevents you from having the loco on your layout? Worry no more, because it happened on the real railway too (well maybe not caused by the station cat). Here is D16 62589 at Cambridge in 1951. That's quite a nudge (referencing another topic) Any idea how it happened? It's even peeled back part of the running plate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Possibly a sidelong collision between two locos moving around the shed on converging roads. It wasn't uncommon. Often the firemen were off the engines setting the road ahead with both drivers on the blind sides of their engines. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted August 26, 2019 Author Share Posted August 26, 2019 10 hours ago, melmerby said: That's quite a nudge (referencing another topic) Any idea how it happened? It's even peeled back part of the running plate. Sadly, no notes with the photo and it is pure guesswork; but my thoughts were that the corner of another loco's tender could have produced that damage at that height when shuttling around the shed roads, as LMS2968 says. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold unravelled Posted August 26, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 26, 2019 Chairs moved while your handbuilt track sets? LT tracks at Stratford 2014. Dave 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 Do you need a bit of a talking point on your railway street scene? How about a lorry embedded in the newsagents window? 21st May 1952. Magdalene Street, Cambridge. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkscratching Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Jeez..I bet Mr Clark was a bit pi$$ed off that morning... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted August 30, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2019 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Porkscratching said: Jeez..I bet Mr Clark was a bit pi$$ed off that morning... I shouldn't think the driver was too happy either - looks like his side took the impact. The view hasn't changed much in 67 years: https://goo.gl/maps/6ro1u5SZATAaRMF16 Edited August 30, 2019 by melmerby 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted August 30, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2019 On 26/08/2019 at 19:18, unravelled said: Chairs moved while your handbuilt track sets? LT tracks at Stratford 2014. Dave Poor choice of weld position! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 9 minutes ago, melmerby said: I shouldn't think the driver was too happy either - looks like his side took the impact. At least he didn't knock the bicycle over ! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 How about a mixed parcels train, with what appears to be a Thompson non-vestibule composite, something that looks vaguely GWR and three vans; running behind a tender first B17 61637 'Thorpe Hall' in Cambridge 1951/2? 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 15 hours ago, melmerby said: I shouldn't think the driver was too happy either - looks like his side took the impact. The view hasn't changed much in 67 years: https://goo.gl/maps/6ro1u5SZATAaRMF16 The bike's been updated a bit though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ruggedpeak Posted August 31, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2019 Bored of straight sleepers? Alternate V sleepers on 760mm Austrian narrow gauge on the Tamsweg to Unzmarkt line 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted August 31, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2019 Not as outrageous as some things on here but a couple that appeal to me. A Baby Deltic with a mix of red and blue coaches and an ex GWR fruit van (I think). Then a Scottish arrival with 26's in blue and green, an ex Southern van and a mix of Mk1 sleepers and day coaches D5906 Hadley Wood 21.10.66 by George Woods, on Flickr 5415/5355 Fort William Stn. 10.72 by George Woods, on Flickr 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 The 'Prototype for Everything' here is that a Baby Deltic was actually moving under its own power at all! 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted August 31, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31, 2019 1 hour ago, LMS2968 said: The 'Prototype for Everything' here is that a Baby Deltic was actually moving under its own power at all! I think you will find that there is a motor in the PMV Regards Ian 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post ruggedpeak Posted September 1, 2019 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2019 (edited) Want to cram in lots of landscape features into your Cakebox Challenge? Road, tunnel, trees, bridge, level crossing and alpine river... Edited September 1, 2019 by ruggedpeak remove excess spacing 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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