Gibbo675 Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 2 hours ago, melmerby said: At 39:10 is a Eurostar set being towed. Hi Melmerby, You ate quite correct, the class 37 with only the barrier/translator wagons is to be seen a minute two earlier. Gibbo. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Worcester Yard 2006 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Modelling a preserved line? Consider Arleytinney TMD! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted July 27, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2021 8 hours ago, DavidB-AU said: Modelling a preserved line? Consider Arleytinney TMD! What was happening there then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 SVR is providing storage for, I think it is, five power cars at Arley. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Alternatively, getting in early in sourcing replacement traction for the day when coal-fired locomotives are no longer permitted....... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 27, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2021 9 minutes ago, caradoc said: Alternatively, getting in early in sourcing replacement traction for the day when coal-fired locomotives are no longer permitted....... If that's the case they should start putting up the OHE so they can use fossil fuel free locomotives 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 17.00 Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central at Eckington Bridge 1995 by Dave Gomersall 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 7 hours ago, melmerby said: If that's the case they should start putting up the OHE so they can use fossil fuel free locomotives Better still batteries under every seat and traction motors in every bogie .............. and a very large Seuthe smoke generator + sound chip in the loco ( steam or diesel ). Sorry, smoke'll be banned ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: Better still batteries under every seat and traction motors in every bogie .............. and a very large Seuthe smoke generator + sound chip in the loco ( steam or diesel ). Sorry, smoke'll be banned ! Hi Wickham, If smoke is to be banned those new fandangled locomotives will just have to VAPE !!!! Gibbo. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 27, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Gibbo675 said: Hi Wickham, If smoke is to be banned those new fandangled locomotives will just have to VAPE !!!! Gibbo. Vaping still produces an obnoxious smell. Must be that strawberry flavoured cannabis or whatever, the yoof of today vapes. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 27, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2021 What heritage railways need in each train is an onboard gym carriage complete with exercise bikes connected to dynamos to power the motors. Get the punters pedalling like hell and the train moves.... just! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK123GWR Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 6 hours ago, melmerby said: What heritage railways need in each train is an onboard gym carriage complete with exercise bikes connected to dynamos to power the motors. Get the punters pedalling like hell and the train moves.... just! Which is really just an over-complicated version of this: On 21/07/2021 at 19:14, Watto1990 said: Pedal harder! We’re two minutes late! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted July 28, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 28, 2021 Surely the SVR, being located next to the river, would be in an ideal position to build a hydro-electric power station, and electrify using green electricity? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Someone'll be suggesting installing a wind turbine on every carriage next ! : the faster it goes the more power it generates so the faster it goes etc.etc. ................ 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phatbob Posted July 28, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 28, 2021 The solution to OHLE free electrification is simple. Provide a phone charging point at evey seat and use the batteries in people's phones to power the train without telling them. 2 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK123GWR Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Alternatively, heritage railways could show railways as they were in the good old days, before these horrible things we have nowadays called locomotives came along and ruined them. Image from wikimedia commons. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Victoria 1958 by Geoff Dowling 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phatbob Posted July 29, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 29, 2021 16 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Victoria 1958 by Geoff Dowling Lovely picture of a 6PUL (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR_Class_6Pul), but the pressence of the Pulman is perfectly normal for these units. 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted July 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 29, 2021 On 27/07/2021 at 14:48, caradoc said: Alternatively, getting in early in sourcing replacement traction for the day when coal-fired locomotives are no longer permitted....... Wouldn’t surprise me if steam locos on preserved lines were given an exception long into the future, but perhaps not so for diesels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 4 hours ago, Phatbob said: ..... but the presence of the Pullman is perfectly normal for these units. Not just normal - but compulsory ! ....................... anyway, don't believe what you might read in the Flikr caption : it ain't a Brighton Belle set ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 (edited) On 22/07/2021 at 19:11, montyburns56 said: 4-SUB at Manchester Victoria 1980 by Martyn Hilbert Looking for something completely ( 6PUL related ) different, I just found another shot of this train at the same time and place ! : plate 168 in Colin J.Marsden's 'Southern Electric Multiple-Units', Ian Allan, 1983 - credited to Richard Fox. Edited July 29, 2021 by Wickham Green too 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, Phatbob said: Lovely picture of a 6PUL (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR_Class_6Pul), but the pressence of the Pulman is perfectly normal for these units. Looks like another one, or a 6PAN at the other end of the platform. This would be a Brighton or Worthing working, as the Hastings ones would usually be formed 6PUL-6PAN; the PUL left at the Eastbourne reversal and the PAN worked to Hastings (Ore). Edited July 29, 2021 by talisman56 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 29, 2021 6 hours ago, Phatbob said: Lovely picture of a 6PUL (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR_Class_6Pul), but the pressence of the Pulman is perfectly normal for these units. The caption claims it as a 6-Pul "Brighton Belle" set. Surely the all Pullman 5-Bel was the only Brighton Belle? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 6 hours ago, Phatbob said: Lovely picture of a 6PUL (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR_Class_6Pul), but the pressence of the Pulman is perfectly normal for these units. Well to be honest it was more the hotchpotch of coaches that made me post it. Is that second coach part of the standard formation as it looks to be totally different to the rest of the train? I wasn't even aware of these trains until I came across this picture. I've seen the 5-PUL before, but not this one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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