rockershovel Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 On 06/10/2020 at 21:00, Wickham Green too said: In Deutschland zay haff ze technology ! Vorsprung Durch Technik? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2020 4 hours ago, rockershovel said: Vorsprung Durch Technik? Wellhung Dork Technique................ 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BR(S) Posted October 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2020 RTC Lab 5 on the London Underground in 1986: Earl's Court by Paul, on Flickr 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Metr0Land Posted October 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2020 With the RHTT season underway, you certainly won't see this in 2020 as the Class 20's really have had their final season Choppers to the rescue! by Alan Padley, on Flickr 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 In reality, that is quite an efficient use of locomotives. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 yeah, 37's have taken over the spraying train, at least we still have the same glorious English Electric sounds to listen to Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Came across this in a FB group. Built by the Ludlow & Southern railway in Nevada. Can't find much in the way of details. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) rebuilt with a steam chassis, this was also done a few times in france with ex WW1 Baldwins one under construction this green diesel is a model of one (photo from NGRM forum) Edited October 13, 2020 by sir douglas 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 22 minutes ago, JZ said: Came across this in a FB group. Built by the Ludlow & Southern railway in Nevada. Can't find much in the way of details. It’s been mentioned in the “Worst Looking Locomotive” topic. The original post has gone (I think the person who posted it may have “left”!), but the post below quotes that post. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/152467-worst-looking-locomotive-topic-antidote-to-best-looking-locomotive-topic/&do=findComment&comment=4054321 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 13 hours ago, JZ said: Came across this in a FB group. Built by the Ludlow & Southern railway in Nevada. Can't find much in the way of details. I guess what I thought, initially, to be a fuel tank must be a concrete block to keep the driving wheels on the track !!?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) You've heard of bi-mode electric+diesel, well here's tri-mode steam+electric+diesel, at a Chatham Dockyard open day in 1985: Edit: in fact on the occasion of the Tall Ships Race visit to Chatham. Edited October 16, 2020 by eastwestdivide 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 13 hours ago, eastwestdivide said: You've heard of bi-mode electric+diesel, well here's tri-mode steam+electric+diesel, at a Chatham Dockyard open day in 1985: Edit: in fact on the occasion of the Tall Ships Race visit to Chatham. Doesn't the Alderney Railway on thr Channel Islands have that sort of thing as their day-to-day passenger service? I think they used to run a kind of improvised DMU from Wickham inspection trollies too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 27 minutes ago, Ben B said: Doesn't the Alderney Railway on thr Channel Islands have that sort of thing as their day-to-day passenger service? I think they used to run a kind of improvised DMU from Wickham inspection trollies too. This thread from 2011 on District Dave says that the two 1938 cars pictured above at Chatham are the same ones that later went to Alderney. Since scrapped and replaced by 1959 stock: https://districtdavesforum.co.uk/thread/17407/chatham-historic-dockyard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted October 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) Got a steam layout but want to have an EMU and don't want to put any 3rd rail down? (I'm sure there are similar examples for OLE units) 44781_Bolton_18-6-68 by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Edited October 27, 2020 by keefer 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 14 minutes ago, keefer said: Got a steam layout but want to have an EMU and don't want to put any 3rd rail down? (I'm sure there are similar examples for OLE units) 44781_Bolton_18-6-68 by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Hi Keefer, I would guess that the unit is newly outshopped from Horwich works and on its way back to its home depot as Horwich was at the time engaged in the overhaul of various Midland region electric units. Gibbo. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted October 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2020 I'm sure the same thing happened with SR units to/from Horwich in the '80s (refurbishment of EPBs i think?). Though of course they would be diesel-hauled. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nigb55009 Posted October 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2020 That unit looks like one of the earlier Altrincham sets ( class 505? ). They would have been repaired at Horwich about that time . Some were painted blue. I think they were withdrawn when the Altrincham line was converted to 25 kv and the units replaced with class 304s. The pantograph is on the driving car at the far end. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 11 hours ago, keefer said: Got a steam layout but want to have an EMU and don't want to put any 3rd rail down? (I'm sure there are similar examples for OLE units) 44781_Bolton_18-6-68 by Robert Carroll, on Flickr I may have posted these before, but if you have a weathered WD but love the idea of a Hornby 71 in mint condition - just model the GC in the late 50s/early 60s era. These are screen grabs from a video of a grimy 2-8-0 hauling a brand new SR electric through Nottingham Victoria. The number appears to be E5021 which would date the footage to around July 1960. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekstuart Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 On 07/09/2020 at 12:24, luckymucklebackit said: Sadly around the time I was applying for jobs in the railways, that important question "Does your Father work for the Railway" still had a lot of weight behind it, and I had to honestly reply - no! Jim You're right and that carried onto the late '80s/ early '90s. Many a time I was in areas of BR that I really shouldn't have been (cabs, depots, offices, tunnels...) and things that nowadays would have the tabloids screaming. Back then, if you expressed an interest in a career on BR, management would usually turn a blind eye to you accompanying your Dad where you shouldn't- even encouraging it in many cases. Now, a family history on the railway counts for nothing and a degree in media studies or whatever seems to be what they want. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 1 hour ago, jonny777 said: I may have posted these before, but if you have a weathered WD but love the idea of a Hornby 71 in mint condition - just model the GC in the late 50s/early 60s era. These are screen grabs from a video of a grimy 2-8-0 hauling a brand new SR electric through Nottingham Victoria. The number appears to be E5021 which would date the footage to around July 1960. Never mind the sparkie thing, what's the number of the Ozzie?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 17 minutes ago, great central said: Never mind the sparkie thing, what's the number of the Ozzie?? I think being able to read the number of one of those would have triggered an immediate cardiac arrest, simply due to the shock. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Derekstuart said: Now, a family history on the railway counts for nothing and a degree in media studies or whatever seems to be what they want. It counted for nothing too when I joined the railway, as did a friend shortly before me, both of us with railway interest but no family railway history whatsoever. This was in 1978 ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 Going almost completely O/T for a minute, and without looking up shed allocation websites or loco shed books for the era - here is a question for 'off the top of the head' responses. If you had a time machine and could go back to April 1963 at Devons Road, Bow engine shed on a quiet Sunday afternoon, how many locos would you expect to see there - and how many (approx) of each individual class do you think might be on shed waiting for Monday morning? There are no prizes for guessing, but I do have an answer to give sometime later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post luckymucklebackit Posted October 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2020 I will see your 2-8-0 and raise you a 2-10-0 with a class 311 at Oubeck! I Jim 32 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekstuart Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, caradoc said: It counted for nothing too when I joined the railway, as did a friend shortly before me, both of us with railway interest but no family railway history whatsoever. This was in 1978 ! All I can say is to reiterate my experience. When I expressed an interest in a railway career, my Dad's line management actively encouraged my Dad to let me visit at the weekends, school holidays etc. I knew the controls of a Brush 4 before I knew how to ride a bike. Yes really. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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