eastglosmog Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 On 17/03/2020 at 16:58, Gibbo675 said: Hi Chaps, This explains all: Gibbo. Gi Thanks for posting that link, Gibbo. Very interesting. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted March 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2020 4 hours ago, Metr0Land said: Hornby have announced a Mark 1 brake in RTC livery for 2020. Recreating a prototype train is gonna be expensive. 2 x Class 50 + brake + loooong rake of ballast hoppers. (OK the brake is a different diagram but that doesn't make such a good story) Strictly speaking, aggregate hoppers rather than ballast. That’ll be the famous trial to see if pairs of 50s were any good for the Mendip stone traffic, taken at one of my childhood spotting spots; Southcote Junction. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RP82 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) Skip to the 10:40 ish mark Edited March 19, 2020 by RP82 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrails Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 On 03/03/2020 at 17:13, melmerby said: Can't have done the road surface much good Eh? the whole loco is outside, only cables go through the wall. I remember pic of this in Canada the year I was there! The papers Had pics of a SD40 though, must dig it out sometime, cause I kept it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted March 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, RP82 said: Skip to the 10:40 ish mark For those of us less knowledgeable of the oddities in the contemporary scene*, what is special about 10:40+? Diesel and a few tank wagons but nothing that leaps out to me. Edit - * just noticed I had misread the date/year as being March 2020, despite not having got to the 20th yet! I had thought the Barnetby signals had gone though. Senior moment. Edited March 20, 2020 by john new Added extra observation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RP82 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, john new said: For those of us less knowledgeable of the oddities in the contemporary scene, what is special about 10:40+? Diesel and a few tank wagons but nothing that leaps out to me. The tug still has its tail lights on its leading end. Haha contemporary scene the vid is 20 years old yet it feels like yesterday! Edited March 19, 2020 by RP82 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted March 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, RP82 said: The tug still has its tail lights on its leading end Oops, they just looked like marker lights first time I watched, you have to look closely to see they are showing red. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 We need a bufferstop ... yeah, that'll do! End of a siding for track maintenance machines. Barnet, BC. 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 I've still got a few Lotts Bricks knocking about that would do nicely for that .......... probably not right for my 1940's British layout tho'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 8 hours ago, pH said: We need a bufferstop ... yeah, that'll do! End of a siding for track maintenance machines. Barnet, BC. If that was a model the cry "unprototypical application of ballast" would go up, too much ballast, its too clean looking. Looks like one of those layouts where they experimented with kitty litter and it didn't go well JIm 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted March 20, 2020 Author Share Posted March 20, 2020 13 hours ago, RP82 said: The tug still has its tail lights on its leading end. Haha contemporary scene the vid is 20 years old yet it feels like yesterday! Good heavens. It shows I'm not a signaller, or observant. I watched that video three or four times trying to find something and never noticed the lights. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45125 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 20 hours ago, RP82 said: The tug still has its tail lights on its leading end. Haha contemporary scene the vid is 20 years old yet it feels like yesterday! Looks like its the Welton tanks, obviously forgot to change over at Welton. Wrawby must have missed it too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted March 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 20, 2020 How to design a SPAD free signal. 3 19 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: How to design a SPAD free signal. No it just has a built in SPAD detector! 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 20, 2020 (edited) I'm puzzled by what the track and signalling was originally. The tall home signal that is off for the train looks as if it's been in place ages and the one growing out the track still seems to be complete and they are braced together. The spacing between is obviously too little to have a track between them. Edited March 20, 2020 by melmerby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted March 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21, 2020 8 hours ago, melmerby said: I'm puzzled by what the track and signalling was originally. The tall home signal that is off for the train looks as if it's been in place ages and the one growing out the track still seems to be complete and they are braced together. The spacing between is obviously too little to have a track between them. Rather than having a bracket structure with two signal arms, the signal in the (new) 4ft is for a diverging route out of site behind the camera? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 The unconnected track running through the signal looks brand new, so it seems that the diverging route was being altered to start further back (perhaps to have the pointwork on a straight section) ? There is another uncommissioned colour light signal at the end of the unconnected track, which would become the exit from the branch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted March 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2020 That is consistent with the run of the cable troughs. Obviously going to put a Peco large radius left hand turnout right there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, caradoc said: The unconnected track running through the signal looks brand new, so it seems that the diverging route was being altered to start further back (perhaps to have the pointwork on a straight section) ? There is another uncommissioned colour light signal at the end of the unconnected track, which would become the exit from the branch. There are some decommisioned signal posts in the distance, one of which suggests it may have been an advanced junction signal for the pair shown. Anyone know where it is? Edited March 21, 2020 by melmerby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 1 hour ago, melmerby said: There are some decommisioned signal posts in the distance, one of which suggests it may have been an advanced junction signal for the pair shown. Anyone know where it is? Caption says 31192 & 31241 Foxlow Junction. Possibly the Lackenby - Corby steel. Resignalling in progress, & singling the curve round to Hall Lane Jnc. 27/08/1981 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StuartMc Posted March 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2020 On 07/03/2020 at 15:28, Rugd1022 said: Need somewhere to plonk that left over old carriage body you thought you'd never find a use for....? Ashden Halt, somewhere in Great Eastern territory.... It was still there when I visited in 2014. We went for a walk in the area and had a picnic inside it. I don't know about the current status. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 12 minutes ago, StuartMc said: It was still there when I visited in 2014. We went for a walk in the area and had a picnic inside it. I don't know about the current status. Hi Stuart, If nothing else your photograph shews both the quality of the materials and workmanship of the carriage body. I guess it has all stood abandoned since the 1960's. Gibbo. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapland Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 38 minutes ago, StuartMc said: It was still there when I visited in 2014. We went for a walk in the area and had a picnic inside it. I don't know about the current status. Amazing it was still there in 2014. Big thanks for sharing that. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted March 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Orion said: Caption says 31192 & 31241 Foxlow Junction. Possibly the Lackenby - Corby steel. Resignalling in progress, & singling the curve round to Hall Lane Jnc. 27/08/1981 Foxlow Junction, 1939, shows 2 signal posts, side-by-side: https://maps.nls.uk/view/114587333#zoom=6&lat=6890&lon=9204&layers=BT Martin. Edited March 21, 2020 by martin_wynne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21, 2020 41 minutes ago, martin_wynne said: Foxlow Junction, 1939, shows 2 signal posts, side-by-side: https://maps.nls.uk/view/114587333#zoom=6&lat=6890&lon=9204&layers=BT Martin. With a track between them. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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