Fat Controller Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Joseph_Pestell said: That is a turntable. It's just upside down. Not a new idea. The Hedjaz had them on railbuses nearly 100 years ago. Weren't some types of Wickham trolley fitted with something similar? More recently, I'm sure I've seen examples of road-rail plant (the sort modified from lorries) with similar fittings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 3 hours ago, pH said: Who needs turntables? https://www.railpictures.net/photo/726728/ Looks very finely balanced - especially on metre-gauge tracks ........... one puff of wind and it'd be over ! ( not spinning a'la Garsdale ) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 11 hours ago, Joseph_Pestell said: That is a turntable. It's just upside down. Not a new idea. The Hedjaz had them on railbuses nearly 100 years ago. So did the (in)famous Crewe Tractor of 1916 vintage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 12 hours ago, pH said: Who needs turntables? https://www.railpictures.net/photo/726728/ 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Banger blue 31 on freight in 2020 anyone? Thanks, Jack. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 16 hours ago, Donington Road said: Make sure you rewind this to the start or you''ll miss the turntable bit ! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2020 6 hours ago, Wickham Green said: Make sure you rewind this to the start or you''ll miss the turntable bit ! Not even a vacuum operated turntable!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted February 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2020 On 26/02/2020 at 18:05, eastglosmog said: So did the (in)famous Crewe Tractor of 1916 vintage. The next SLS publication (due to launch, hopefully, at the Ally Pally Show) has a small segment on the Crewe Tractors, 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted February 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2020 Don't have the correct numerals for your headcode panel? Do what BR did, and use whatever you have to hand. It looks almost photoshopped but it isn't! 47 101 by Brian Bennett, on Flickr SC-150, 47101, 08778, Gloucester. by Jamerail, on Flickr 13 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 9 hours ago, Metr0Land said: Don't have the correct numerals for your headcode panel? Do what BR did, and use whatever you have to hand. It looks almost photoshopped but it isn't! 47 101 by Brian Bennett, on Flickr SC-150, 47101, 08778, Gloucester. by Jamerail, on Flickr "...miles without failure" 2 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Got a dock scene and fancy loading the ship up with 47s?: 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 7 minutes ago, BR(S) said: Got a dock scene and fancy loading the ship up with 47s?: After the Brittania Bridge fire? 3 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, Fat Controller said: After the Brittania Bridge fire? Didn't a few 24s go the other way? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 4 hours ago, BR(S) said: Got a dock scene and fancy loading the ship up with 47s?: The other two of my photos from that day T 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Got an old dead 47?, got an industrial scene? Use the 47 as a static generator! From the class47.co.uk site: "One of the strangest duties ever performed by a Class 47 fell to 47155 in 1976. The CEGB Power Station at West Thurrock in Essex, asked BR if it could provide a temporary stationary generator set while a serious fault on one of their auxiliary generators was fixed. Stratford depot duly obliged. 47155, with buffers and bogies removed was transported by road (on a Pickfords low-loader) to Thurrock on the night of January 8th/9th. Whilst in use at the power station the route code was set to '1240' indicating (presumably) the hp output from the 47's main generator" Jim 16 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Shame they couldn't set the headcode to operate as a digital meter so the CEGB knew what they owed ! 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 2, 2020 I wonder how they synchronised the volts & frequency? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnie Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 I believe the output from the 47's generator was used as external exciter for the power stations main generator 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkscratching Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 I was at the Tech college near there at the time, we probably used some of the juice courtesy of the rather undignified 47... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted March 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Winnie said: I believe the output from the 47's generator was used as external exciter for the power stations main generator That's what I remember reading, not that I knew what it meant! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 8 hours ago, luckymucklebackit said: Got an old dead 47?, got an industrial scene? Use the 47 as a static generator! From the class47.co.uk site: "One of the strangest duties ever performed by a Class 47 fell to 47155 in 1976. The CEGB Power Station at West Thurrock in Essex, asked BR if it could provide a temporary stationary generator set while a serious fault on one of their auxiliary generators was fixed. Stratford depot duly obliged. 47155, with buffers and bogies removed was transported by road (on a Pickfords low-loader) to Thurrock on the night of January 8th/9th. Whilst in use at the power station the route code was set to '1240' indicating (presumably) the hp output from the 47's main generator" Jim There are 4 EMD G8s used this way at Bob White Electrics in Geelong, Australia. The locos are more or less complete apart from bogies and a few things like headlights. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) Quite fitting considering Bob White Electrix are owned by ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) a company that at one time made locos. They just make components these days. Brown Boveri made GWR ordered Gas Turbine 18000. Looks like there are two smaller generators sitting in those containers, next to the locos. Edited March 2, 2020 by melmerby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DY444 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 14 hours ago, melmerby said: I wonder how they synchronised the volts & frequency? 13 hours ago, jf2682 said: If its acting as a standby generator the frequency wouldn't have to be matched to any other supplies. Only approximately right for both voltage and frequency. Same as any S/B gen set. The 47 supplied dc. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 3, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2020 AFAIK all traction motors are DC, but I'm happy to be proved wrong on this matter. I like the exhaust solution at the Australian factory; stick the nose end out through the wall! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, The Johnster said: AFAIK all traction motors are DC, but I'm happy to be proved wrong on this matter. I like the exhaust solution at the Australian factory; stick the nose end out through the wall! They are free standing, aren't they? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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