Davey Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 3 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Damn, that cat has knocked the top off again. Not in the context that's normally used, but this surely gives a whole new meaning to "open access"! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 3 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Damn, that cat has knocked the top off again. I'd call that an elevated ground frame ! 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 5 hours ago, Bon Accord said: Off the top of my head, new crank axles have been built for the A1, P2, Patriot and G5. Yes, I'd forgotten 'Tornado' and didn't realise that the others had got that far ..... the G5 certainly hadn't when I saw her last year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted May 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 17, 2020 21 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: I don't think anyone's got round to forging a new crank axle in preservation ...... though one or two have been re-purposed from austerity saddle tanks for use in replicas, I believe. The time will come, though .......... Boston Lodge? Not standard gauge admittedly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted May 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 17, 2020 3 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Damn, that cat has knocked the top off again. Are you sure it was the cat or are you just trying to frame it? 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted May 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 17, 2020 (edited) 22 hours ago, blackpete said: Wondering what to do with all your spare road signs? Outside a driving test centre? Or did local authorities set up sample signs when these new design of signs were introduced. Edited May 17, 2020 by brushman47544 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 2 hours ago, The Johnster said: Boston Lodge? Not standard gauge admittedly. A good point - and there must be other narrow-gauge / miniature replicas / rebuilds ........ though off the top of my head, I can't think what on the Ffesty hasn't got outside cylinders ? One minor irony about the four standard gauge loco mentioned ( to date ) is that the G5 is by far the simplest to build - EXCEPT that it's the only one with a two-throw crank ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 7 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Damn, that cat has knocked the top off again. "Collect all 250 issues to build your own perfect replica of this beautiful piece of railway heritage. Issue one only 99p, rrp £8.99 plus yearly Network Rail subsidy..." 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted May 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2020 On 16/05/2020 at 22:28, blackpete said: Wondering what to do with all your spare road signs? This is Cardiff's 'Magic Roundabout', in Splott, which IIRC was put up in 1990. It is a well known local landmark and notorious as a location at which one can pick up ladies of the night, or even the afternoon for that matter, or so I'm told... 1 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 15 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Damn, that cat has knocked the top off again. I modelled something similar to that when I hit my signal box with a baseboard. 4 2 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted May 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2020 8 hours ago, The Johnster said: This is Cardiff's 'Magic Roundabout', in Splott, which IIRC was put up in 1990. It is a well known local landmark and notorious as a location at which one can pick up ladies of the night, or even the afternoon for that matter, or so I'm told... Where is Splott? Asking for a friend. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted May 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2020 On 16/05/2020 at 21:28, blackpete said: Wondering what to do with all your spare road signs? The German language is very flexible and therefore it is easy to make up new words by sticking two or more words together. This picture is a good example of a Schildwald (sign forest). 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 On 18/09/2019 at 20:29, montyburns56 said: 60s steam with a Blue/Grey Mk2 Betws Y Coed 1966 And another one, this time at Manchester Exchange 1968. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted May 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2020 13 hours ago, The Johnster said: This is Cardiff's 'Magic Roundabout', in Splott, which IIRC was put up in 1990. It is a well known local landmark and notorious as a location at which one can pick up ladies of the night, or even the afternoon for that matter, or so I'm told... That's not a magic roundabout - all the traffic goes round it in a clockwise direction according to Google Maps. This is a proper magic roundabout (and it's called The Magic Roundabout) and you can go round it in either direction although it looks like some traffic islands have been added to it which must spoil the fun a bit- (Railway link? - it's in Swindon) 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2020 20 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said: That's not a magic roundabout - all the traffic goes round it in a clockwise direction according to Google Maps. This is a proper magic roundabout (and it's called The Magic Roundabout) and you can go round it in either direction although it looks like some traffic islands have been added to it which must spoil the fun a bit- (Railway link? - it's in Swindon) Been through this a few times - the first time in a blizzard. Trick is not to stop, just keep moving. Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 59 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said: That's not a magic roundabout - all the traffic goes round it in a clockwise direction according to Google Maps. This is a proper magic roundabout (and it's called The Magic Roundabout) and you can go round it in either direction although it looks like some traffic islands have been added to it which must spoil the fun a bit- (Railway link? - it's in Swindon) Only been on it once and then it was in on the A4312 and out on the B4289. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted May 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2020 6 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said: Where is Splott? Asking for a friend. Splott is an area and council ward in Cardiff, broadly the area south and east of the SWML and west of the branch to Tidal Sidings (railways, some of them defunct and built over for many years, form a lot of Cardiff's boundaries as they preceded the development of all but the central area), it's western boundary being the dock complex. The name is derived from the farm that occupied the area before it was developed for housing in the 1870s, Splottlands, itself a derivation of the medieval Welsh name, Ysblott (The Splott). Local myth alludes to the name being derived from the land's ownership by the See of Llandaff, making it 'god's plot', but there is church owned land all over the place that does not attract this sort of thing. To quote the famous rhyme:- I'm Caardiff born I'm Caardiff bred an' wen I dies I'm Caardiff ded They'll build a little plot in Splott in memory of meeee.... It was originally marshland but drained behind a sea wall probably at some time in the medieval period but possibly in the Dark Ages or even by the Romans. who built Cardiff Castle. It is a largely working class area of stone faced brick terraced houses, and relatively prosperous for such a demographic; percentage of owner/occupier house ownership is fairly high, and student blight low as it's a good way from the university campuses (campi? No, that would mean that following the scampi rule the singular of campuses must be campo...). Shirley Bassey is from Splott, not Tiger Bay, Portmanmoor Road where she began her career singing in a pub called the Bomb and Dagger (allegedly because you were advised to take at least one of those items in there with you; the sort of spit and sawdust place where the sawdust is last night's furniture) at the age of 13. That end of Splott is all industrial units now, but was a bit 'interesting'. In Tiger Bay the coppers went in pairs for protection, but they didn't go down Portmanmoor at all unless they were proper mob-handed. It was next to the steelworks and orange from iron ore dust. There was a pub called the Splottlands but it wan't in Splott, it was in Adamsdown, north of the SWML, and there was an Adamsdown pub over the road from it, but to confuse everyone there is an Adamsdown enclave south of the SWML, Sanquahar Street and it's side streets, which were railway cottages built by the South Wales Railway and among the oldest in the area. A Splott Pub, the Ruperra, was licensed to open at 6am for the steelworkers. If your friend has any more questions, I'll do my best! 1 hour ago, The Stationmaster said: That's not a magic roundabout - all the traffic goes round it in a clockwise direction according to Google Maps. This is a proper magic roundabout (and it's called The Magic Roundabout) and you can go round it in either direction although it looks like some traffic islands have been added to it which must spoil the fun a bit- (Railway link? - it's in Swindon) Been there done that. It is apparently impossible to drive around Swindon without encountering this, this, whatever this thing is... Is there any truth in the tale that it is in fact a magic pentangle to seal a portal to hell, and if you're in Swindon, how do you know whether or not it's shut... 1 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted May 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2020 My brother, who was a postie in Swindon for many years, loved this monstrosity. He always nipped through it quickly leaving the bewildered behind! I've used it several times. I have no idea where I was, where I was going or how I got there! Kev. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartMc Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 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.... Update to my previous reply, (which reported that it was still there in 2014) - we went for a lovely, long walk in the area today and it's still there now, although looking very much the worse for wear... it is in Ashdon at the end of Fallowdon Lane, just where it splits into two private drives. 14 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted May 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2020 You should put that on the worst station thread. Kev. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted May 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2020 2 hours ago, The Stationmaster said: That's not a magic roundabout - all the traffic goes round it in a clockwise direction according to Google Maps. This is a proper magic roundabout (and it's called The Magic Roundabout) and you can go round it in either direction although it looks like some traffic islands have been added to it which must spoil the fun a bit- (Railway link? - it's in Swindon) Used to be one in Walsall as you enter on the A34 from Brum bit it has been emasculated over the years as the number of islands has shrunk. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve W Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 34 minutes ago, StuartMc said: Update to my previous reply, .......... "We really should stop running these football specials" 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted May 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2020 3 hours ago, The Stationmaster said: That's not a magic roundabout - all the traffic goes round it in a clockwise direction according to Google Maps. This is a proper magic roundabout (and it's called The Magic Roundabout) and you can go round it in either direction although it looks like some traffic islands have been added to it which must spoil the fun a bit- (Railway link? - it's in Swindon) The wife and I used to go to barn dances, and there is a barn dance based on this roundabout. I could never get that right so I'd be useless on the real thing. is there one in Milton Keynes as well? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 2 hours ago, The Johnster said: Splott is an area and council ward in Cardiff, broadly the area south and east of the SWML and west of the branch to Tidal Sidings (railways, some of them defunct and built over for many years, form a lot of Cardiff's boundaries as they preceded the development of all but the central area), it's western boundary being the dock complex. The name is derived from the farm that occupied the area before it was developed for housing in the 1870s, Splottlands, itself a derivation of the medieval Welsh name, Ysblott (The Splott). Local myth alludes to the name being derived from the land's ownership by the See of Llandaff, making it 'god's plot', but there is church owned land all over the place that does not attract this sort of thing. To quote the famous rhyme:- I'm Caardiff born I'm Caardiff bred an' wen I dies I'm Caardiff ded They'll build a little plot in Splott in memory of meeee.... It was originally marshland but drained behind a sea wall probably at some time in the medieval period but possibly in the Dark Ages or even by the Romans. who built Cardiff Castle. It is a largely working class area of stone faced brick terraced houses, and relatively prosperous for such a demographic; percentage of owner/occupier house ownership is fairly high, and student blight low as it's a good way from the university campuses (campi? No, that would mean that following the scampi rule the singular of campuses must be campo...). Shirley Bassey is from Splott, not Tiger Bay, Portmanmoor Road where she began her career singing in a pub called the Bomb and Dagger (allegedly because you were advised to take at least one of those items in there with you; the sort of spit and sawdust place where the sawdust is last night's furniture) at the age of 13. That end of Splott is all industrial units now, but was a bit 'interesting'. In Tiger Bay the coppers went in pairs for protection, but they didn't go down Portmanmoor at all unless they were proper mob-handed. It was next to the steelworks and orange from iron ore dust. There was a pub called the Splottlands but it wan't in Splott, it was in Adamsdown, north of the SWML, and there was an Adamsdown pub over the road from it, but to confuse everyone there is an Adamsdown enclave south of the SWML, Sanquahar Street and it's side streets, which were railway cottages built by the South Wales Railway and among the oldest in the area. A Splott Pub, the Ruperra, was licensed to open at 6am for the steelworkers. If your friend has any more questions, I'll do my best! Been there done that. It is apparently impossible to drive around Swindon without encountering this, this, whatever this thing is... Is there any truth in the tale that it is in fact a magic pentangle to seal a portal to hell, and if you're in Swindon, how do you know whether or not it's shut... Yes it is possible to avoid it. There are several ways mind you it is interesting to drive round/through just wish I had a bumper car. Keith 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted May 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2020 6 hours ago, The Stationmaster said: That's not a magic roundabout - all the traffic goes round it in a clockwise direction according to Google Maps. This is a proper magic roundabout (and it's called The Magic Roundabout) and you can go round it in either direction although it looks like some traffic islands have been added to it which must spoil the fun a bit- (Railway link? - it's in Swindon) Having spent a year at Swindon Training School I knew my way around Swindon, so after taking a trip to The Oasis pool one weekend with some mates (two cars) I proceeded to take us home via the Magic Roundabout. Totally confused my mate trying to follow me as I took a right to go the wrong way around the main island, only to do a 180 a couple of outer islands later. I won't repeat what he called me on arrival back home.... Hemel Hempstead has a similar beast, but the main island is alot bigger, so a little less confusing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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