RMweb Premium iands Posted April 12, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 12, 2021 15 minutes ago, melmerby said: Could be problems if the bobby tries to throw that turnout! You have do ask. Why? Presumably cost/value for money. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, melmerby said: Could be problems if the bobby tries to throw that turnout! You have do ask. Why? Is that still like that now the platform is (I assume) operational? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Always wondered why the place was called Sandy .................... bloody obvious innit ! 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted April 12, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 12, 2021 32 minutes ago, ianmacc said: Is that still like that now the platform is (I assume) operational? I believe so. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steven B Posted April 13, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 13, 2021 On 12/04/2021 at 12:47, Metr0Land said: RBN9-31 by Robert Catterson, on Flickr Looks to be where the Bolton-Blackburn line crosses the A666 (St Peter's Way) - the track's now singled. The signal's still there: https://goo.gl/maps/zjGZoeVrzw2kT8mg7 Steven B. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 13, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 13, 2021 Retracting rack at level crossing? Oberwald on the DFB: 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 13, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 13, 2021 Is it a train? Is it a bus? 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 10 hours ago, melmerby said: Retracting rack at level crossing? Oberwald on the DFB: Just made me so want to get back to visit Switzerland! Jim 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 .................................................................. or anywhere else beyond walking distance, for that matter ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 11 hours ago, melmerby said: Is it a train? Is it a bus? Is it a Brain? Is it a Truss? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 14 hours ago, melmerby said: Retracting rack at level crossing? Oberwald on the DFB: Would make a good stinger if the barriers were up. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Vistisen Posted April 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 14, 2021 On 16/03/2021 at 14:47, iands said: Similarly, and if you don't want all and sundry to notice your cock-up, do it when it's a bit foggy. The train now arriving at platforms one and two 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Donington Road said: Would make a good stinger if the barriers were up. .... or if someone tried to 'weave' through when they were down ...................... hey - maybe they should be installed on ALL level crossings !!?!. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 19 hours ago, melmerby said: Retracting rack at level crossing? Oberwald on the DFB: My wife also has a rack that withdraws from view when not required. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK123GWR Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 5 hours ago, Vistisen said: The train now arriving at platforms one and two At that angle, the ends might be arriving on the platforms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 10 hours ago, DK123GWR said: At that angle, the ends might be arriving on the platforms. Well, that's how most station announcers seem to phrase things nowadays ................ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 On 14/04/2021 at 00:11, melmerby said: Is it a train? Is it a bus? Wasn't there something like this here in the UK in the 50's or 60's? I had a pic in a book when I was a kid, it showed a diesel shunter and chunky flat wagons with road wheels, on a 'railway' that was a meandering concrete path with a single guide rail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK123GWR Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 I've just remembered something I found in Peru in 2019 which might be suitable for this thread. Walking through Hidroelectrica, near Machu Picchu, there was a set of shops which straddled a railway line. At the end of the row of shops, on the opposite side of the line to the Urubamba River, was Restaurant Bailon, where we stopped for lunch. Accross the line from the restaurant was a gate, and going through the gate was a siding. It was at roughly 90 degrees to the mainline, and a small vehicle (presumably some sort of shunting tractor or maintenance vehicle) was parked on it. There was no phycial connection to the mainline, and I wondered if and how the vehicle was able to move out of the siding. Then I realised that left on the front of the vehicle, there were two ski-shaped objects and a post with a beam on top. I don't recall whether there was a corresponding hole in the ground, but I did reach the conclusion that the aparatus was probably a kind of turntable which could be constructed when needed to access the siding. Unfortunately, while I took photos, my camera died before I got back to the UK and I haven't yet been able to retrieve them, but I'm hoping that if anyone else has been to the area this might be enough to jog their memory. I have tried looking online, but unfortunately it appears that the 'typical' British visitor to Peru is not the sort of person to spend their lunchtime pondering how a railway siding is worked. I can at least assure you that whether the turntable was real or not, the herd of over fifty schoolchildren and their teachers walking down the railway definitely was. There seems to be an expectation that pedestrians will use the line - speeds are low and horns are well-used - but I still imagine that a few readers here will twitch uncomfortably at the very thought of it. Here is a google maps link to the restaurant: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Restaurant+Bailon/@-13.1764708,-72.5598272,16.44z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x916d9b651ba3c5f1:0x9a0cb70d04816808!8m2!3d-13.1750054!4d-72.5569265 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK123GWR Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 49 minutes ago, Ben B said: Wasn't there something like this here in the UK in the 50's or 60's? I had a pic in a book when I was a kid, it showed a diesel shunter and chunky flat wagons with road wheels, on a 'railway' that was a meandering concrete path with a single guide rail. https://www.britishpathe.com/video/road-rail-line Is this it? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 15, 2021 Double slips on a main line? - No way that's just happens in model railway land. 4 Double slips and a scissors crossover on a 4 track electrified passenger line: 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted April 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 15, 2021 8 minutes ago, melmerby said: Double slips on a main line? - No way that's just happens in model railway land. 4 Double slips and a scissors crossover on a 4 track electrified passenger line: There were two such layouts in Tees yard outside the east and west end cabins, where the sorting sidings met the departures 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 15, 2021 And controlling that trackwork An OHLE gantry complete with a nice array of signals: 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted April 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2021 8 hours ago, melmerby said: Double slips on a main line? - No way that's just happens in model railway land. 4 Double slips and a scissors crossover on a 4 track electrified passenger line: Where? Just curious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 8 hours ago, melmerby said: And controlling that trackwork An OHLE gantry complete with a nice array of signals: Can you imagine that using semaphores? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 11 hours ago, DK123GWR said: https://www.britishpathe.com/video/road-rail-line Is this it? That's the bunny! Oh dear... I'm now wondering if I can build that with a Triang Big Big shunter and some toy lorry wheels. Just what I need, another project Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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