Mark Saunders Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 On 18/06/2020 at 18:04, Mark Saunders said: Not quite, it is the number of Brake Control! Oops I must double check what is typed, as it should read brake control units! normally one per vehicle but 153’s have two as a backup in case of failure! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanchester Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 11 hours ago, Mark Saunders said: Oops I must double check what is typed, as it should read brake control units! normally one per vehicle but 153’s have two as a backup in case of failure! For the benefit of the ignorant, what bad things happen if you have 'too many' Brake Control Units? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, lanchester said: For the benefit of the ignorant, what bad things happen if you have 'too many' Brake Control Units? Voltage drop as it could cause the EP valves of the rear units to deenergise causing a brake application on the vehicle concerned! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 On 18/06/2020 at 17:10, JDW said: I'm sure there was a discussion not long ago about how many units you can run together but can't find it. Apologies if shots of these have appeared before; these are the only train pics I've taken since Lockdown commenced... the stored Pacer fleet on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. Mentioned here because some members were joking on the FB group for the railway if the reopening special could be a diesel gala of the whole lot running in one long, horrifying train up the branch Lighting isn't great, but it was about 6am I gather most of these units are still there, certainly looked the case the last time I drove past. 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 20, 2020 Maybe Northern are hoping that they can just dump them there and leave it to the K&WVR to dispose of them? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JDW Posted June 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Ben B said: Apologies if shots of these have appeared before; these are the only train pics I've taken since Lockdown commenced... the stored Pacer fleet on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. Mentioned here because some members were joking on the FB group for the railway if the reopening special could be a diesel gala of the whole lot running in one long, horrifying train up the branch Add few more and they wouldn't need to, the train would be longer than the branch! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 24 minutes ago, JDW said: Add few more and they wouldn't need to, the train would be longer than the branch! Well, they've still got a pair of Waggon und Maschinenbau pre-Pacers to make up the numbers. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 4 hours ago, melmerby said: Maybe Northern are hoping that they can just dump them there and leave it to the K&WVR to dispose of them? Probably hoping some of the locals will, a couple have already been graffitied... Quote Well, they've still got a pair of Waggon und Maschinenbau pre-Pacers to make up the numbers. KWVR will be keeping one of the Pacers, partly for their operational fleet, partly so they have a more modern-looking unit for filming contracts I gather. Would be handy for the Railcar Wednesday timetables off-season, where the W&M tends to get overwhelmed if there's a school trip on the line as well as the regular passengers. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 20, 2020 I hope the K&WV are charging a reasonable fee for their storage. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Surely they will find homes on railways throughout the UK such a wonderful design the hight of comfort and the liveries are fantastic.You can fool the people most of the time but I think if one of these turned up there would be a riot!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aire Head Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 12 hours ago, melmerby said: I hope the K&WV are charging a reasonable fee for their storage. My understanding is that the KWVR are very grateful for the additional income that the Pacers are generating. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 60046 Broad Lane, Nr Coalpit Heath I actually initially thought that this was pulling a 158 DMU, but looking closer it seems to be 2 MK3's with the new plug doors in Mainline livery?? 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2020 21 hours ago, Ben B said: Probably hoping some of the locals will, a couple have already been graffitied... Difficult to tell the difference between this and legitimate liveries deze daze! 49 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: 60046 Broad Lane, Nr Coalpit Heath I actually initially thought that this was pulling a 158 DMU, but looking closer it seems to be 2 MK3's with the new plug doors in Mainline livery?? Is the intention to host rugby matches during weekend occupations? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 8 hours ago, Aire Head said: My understanding is that the KWVR are very grateful for the additional income that the Pacers are generating. Additional ? ......... you mean they've had income since lockdown ? ( Apart from loads of very generous donations to their appeal, of course.) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aire Head Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 4 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: Additional ? ......... you mean they've had income since lockdown ? ( Apart from loads of very generous donations to their appeal, of course.) My understanding is that Northern are paying for the Pacers to be stored there. Which is money the KWVR wouldn't have been earning otherwise, hence the term additional. I'm not affiliated with KWVR in anyway and just going off what I have gleamed from Facebook posts and conversations with people who are. Therefore I could be quite wrong. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted June 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2020 5 hours ago, montyburns56 said: 60046 Broad Lane, Nr Coalpit Heath I actually initially thought that this was pulling a 158 DMU, but looking closer it seems to be 2 MK3's with the new plug doors in Mainline livery?? That is Chiltern Railways Mainline livery. Looks just as good if not better than the CT livery class 68s, only needs a DVT at the other end to complete the look. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Davexoc said: That is Chiltern Railways Mainline livery. Looks just as good if not better than the CT livery class 68s, only needs a DVT at the other end to complete the look. Pretty obvious if you click on the pic and magnify as it says "Chiltern Railways" on them! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SeanG Posted June 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2020 (edited) Edited June 22, 2020 by SeanG 36 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 I wonder if he maintained the timetable? 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 6 minutes ago, LMS2968 said: I wonder if he maintained the timetable? Hi LMS, I thought of Robert Louis Stevenson's quote: "Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour." Gibbo. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 I think we should have a caption competition on this one .......... i reckon the diesel driver's saying "Nah - not what you think : I'm only pushing this smelly old thing out the way ...... 'onest guv." 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted June 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 22, 2020 28 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: I think we should have a caption competition on this one .......... i reckon the diesel driver's saying "Nah - not what you think : I'm only pushing this smelly old thing out the way ...... 'onest guv." ..but which one is the "smelly old thing" and which one is "driving"? Kev. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribird Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 (edited) There is an image of a GWR Large Prairie No 5134 at Leamington Shed with the shirtbutton emblem on its tanks but is in line with the middle of the firebox, compared to the usual center of the tanks. Didn't ask permission for posting the photo, so I will not post it. I stumbled upon it on Warwickrailways gwrls230 EDIT: I should at least post the link: Warcickshinerailways I guess you could say the instructions were unclear on where to put that 12" emblem Edited June 22, 2020 by Ribird 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Is that photo of the Triang or Bachmann models? (Both makes have/had a Jinty & a BP in their ranges). I reckon it must be the Triang ones because the Jinty has a smoke unit. BTW is that a cat curled up near the BP bogie? Stewart 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 20 hours ago, LMS2968 said: I wonder if he maintained the timetable? With an X04 and double start worm? No problem . 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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