RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted March 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 27, 2020 44 minutes ago, Jonboy said: is it only me that sees this and thinks ohhhhh rabbit warren potential? On the west bank of the Rhone (La Voulte???) there was a similar scene. The single line, which had come across a bridge over the river, curved round in the tunnel to rejoin the main line. So it's not confined to the US. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 4 hours ago, JZ said: Doesn't look like coal in those tenders. Peat perhaps? Translating from Swedish doesn't help - only gives loco dates. Not quite in the same league, but greedy boards were still in use in the 21st century ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 27, 2020 58 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: Translating from Swedish doesn't help - only gives loco dates. Not quite in the same league, but greedy boards were still in use in the 21st century ! And the GWR had them all along......... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LU_fan Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: Translating from Swedish doesn't help - only gives loco dates. If it's really of any interest, I could ask on a Swedish forum. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Haven't heard the expression "greedy boards" before. Known as "hungry boards" here, at least when applied to wagons to increase capacity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, dvdlcs said: Haven't heard the expression "greedy boards" before. Known as "hungry boards" here, at least when applied to wagons to increase capacity. Depends where you are and or who you talk to! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 ive never heard of hungry boards, only greedy 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LU_fan Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 21 hours ago, LU_fan said: If it's really of any interest, I could ask on a Swedish forum. And the reply that I got was that it is indeed peat in the nearest locomotives tender. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted March 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 28, 2020 Why? 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 1 hour ago, ColinK said: Why? Not the kind situation you would wish a hydraulic hose failure. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 28, 2020 I like those MOW trains which have rails at their top edge and the digger/grab can run down the length of the train from wagon to wagon. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 12 hours ago, sir douglas said: ive never heard of hungry boards, only greedy In Australia they were always called hungry boards. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted March 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) On 26/03/2020 at 19:19, Jack374 said: Or even more recently: Flickr pic, but I’ve got one of this unit somewhere in the archives but from before I started adding notes to photos, so I’ve got little chance of finding it... Jack. 150226 was another. (There is a pic somewhere on RMweb of it) This happened when the Centro/West Mids 3-car units were reformed back into 2-car 1502's as they were passed onto Northern in 2011. The three car units were made by using splitting a few 150/2s and making up three-car units with other 150s (usually a 150/1) and renumbered into the 150/0 series. Edited March 29, 2020 by newbryford 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post iands Posted March 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted March 30, 2020 I've heard a few anecdotes over the years of guards putting push-bikes in the van and drivers/firemen putting theirs on top of the coal in the tender, but this one of J77 68391 at Bishop Auckland (27/06/1953) is a new one on me (cue for several other examples to be posted .......) 19 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) 34 minutes ago, iands said: I've heard a few anecdotes over the years of guards putting push-bikes in the van and drivers/firemen putting theirs on top of the coal in the tender, but this one of J77 68391 at Bishop Auckland (27/06/1953) is a new one on me (cue for several other examples to be posted .......) But is it showing the right lamp code? Makes a change from hanging on the hooks on the back of a pannier tank Edited March 30, 2020 by melmerby 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30, 2020 Teach that cyclist to be more careful on ungated crossings,,, 1 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted March 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2020 On 28/03/2020 at 23:12, melmerby said: I like those MOW trains which have rails at their top edge and the digger/grab can run down the length of the train from wagon to wagon. way beyond my abilities, but someone has to model that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, ColinK said: way beyond my abilities, but someone has to model that. With DCC control of the grab 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 16:33, melmerby said: But is it showing the right lamp code? ...... Unlikely - the dynamo's a fair way out of contact with the driving wheels. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 31, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2020 And anyway nobody's pedalling it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 15:58, iands said: I've heard a few anecdotes over the years of guards putting push-bikes in the van and drivers/firemen putting theirs on top of the coal in the tender, but this one of J77 68391 at Bishop Auckland (27/06/1953) is a new one on me (cue for several other examples to be posted .......) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 That J77 is obviously working a cyclic diagram! Davey 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted March 31, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2020 Isn't that bicycle the local head code for "I'm about to end my shift"? Kev. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted April 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2020 'And I'm on a promise'. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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