Popular Post Mol_PMB Posted February 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2021 Accidentally snapped the top off your signal post while leaning over to shove a recalcitrant loco? Never mind, just mount the arm on the stump that's left. But I'm afraid I can't forgive that unrealistically short mail train formation! 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mol_PMB Posted February 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2021 No TSOs or FOs left in the bargain bin? No problem! 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Mol_PMB said: No TSOs or FOs left in the bargain bin? No problem! Looks like there wont be much of a queue at the buffet(s) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 8 hours ago, Mol_PMB said: No TSOs or FOs left in the bargain bin? No problem! Presumably a private charter by Mr Creosote. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Similar formations of mostly catering cars between the power cars were used for training runs when the HSTs were introduced to the Midland main line. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 14 hours ago, Mol_PMB said: Accidentally snapped the top off your signal post while leaning over to shove a recalcitrant loco? Never mind, just mount the arm on the stump that's left. But I'm afraid I can't forgive that unrealistically short mail train formation! I think even the 90's Graham Farish Royal Mail set had one more carriage than that Is it the North Wales Coast Line? Wondering if it's a TPO portion for Holyhead/Irish ferry. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 10, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2021 5 hours ago, PatB said: Presumably a private charter by Mr Creosote. Holyhead - Euston Crew Training according to the caption 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 10, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Ben B said: Is it the North Wales Coast Line? Wondering if it's a TPO portion for Holyhead/Irish ferry. TPO empties for Holyhead (Again from the caption!) Both this and the HST shortie are at Abergele (note caravan sites) https://goo.gl/maps/WAui5wi1GoJKYzKa7 https://goo.gl/maps/9P9ozeV8cpxFKHXB6 Edited February 10, 2021 by melmerby 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 4 hours ago, eastwestdivide said: Similar formations of mostly catering cars between the power cars were used for training runs when the HSTs were introduced to the Midland main line. Quoting myself, just found a reference to this earlier in this very thread! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RP82 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Ben B said: I think even the 90's Graham Farish Royal Mail set had one more carriage than that Is it the North Wales Coast Line? Wondering if it's a TPO portion for Holyhead/Irish ferry. I can't remember if it was either a Workington/Huddersfield/Lincoln TPO that was formed of a sorting coach and BG in the late 80s/early 90s 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 3 hours ago, melmerby said: TPO empties for Holyhead (Again from the caption!) Both this and the HST shortie are at Abergele (note caravan sites) https://goo.gl/maps/WAui5wi1GoJKYzKa7 https://goo.gl/maps/9P9ozeV8cpxFKHXB6 Thanks- I was struggling with opening flickr for some reason earlier, so cheers for the info Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted February 10, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2021 It fell on the floor and I trod on it - doh! 5 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 Excellent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 41 minutes ago, Ian Morgan said: It fell on the floor and I trod on it - doh! something about that picture also screams 'real thing looks like a model'. Plain sky backscene, that container/cabin needs weathering... plus some's trodden on the tank wagon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted February 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2021 Tyne Tees Pullman 1970 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
50A55B Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 A maroon BG with B4 bogies, pretty rare. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Always thought it was a pity they did not run it with a blue BG, would have matched the coaches better than the usual blue/grey 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Eastleigh, 1988, apparently no. 828: 5 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tankerman Posted February 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 11, 2021 (edited) On 09/02/2021 at 19:08, rodent279 said: Why not simply remove the brushes then? Apologies for the delayed reply, as a later post says this isn't always an easy job, some of the carbon brush carriers seemed to be designed by people who thought that Leckys had three hands attached to arms with infinite flexibility. My experience of dc was marine rather than railway, but I would think that some of the larger locomotive generators and traction motors would be of a similar design. Edited February 11, 2021 by Tankerman corrected typos 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 22 hours ago, eastwestdivide said: Eastleigh, 1988, apparently no. 828: Those human powered locomotives weren't a great success were they? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 There was one at the Rainhill Trials. That didn't work, either! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 On 11/02/2021 at 20:03, Tankerman said: Apologies for the delayed reply, as a later post says this isn't always an easy job, some of the carbon brush carriers seemed to be designed by people who thought that Leckys had three hands attached to arms with infinite flexibility. My experience of dc was marine rather than railway, but I would think that some of the larger locomotive generators and traction motors would be of a similar design. Not just leckys! Why should you have all the fun? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Those human powered locomotives weren't a great success were they? The TV programme Scrapheap Challenge did something similar - four blokes in a giant hamster wheel on rails. Photo in this article: https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/qxs4/scrapheap-challenge--s9-e3-muscle-trains/ not to mention the episode with a scary jet/rocket-powered train that caught fire. Edited February 13, 2021 by eastwestdivide Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 14 minutes ago, eastwestdivide said: The TV programme Scrapheap Challenge did something similar - four blokes in a giant hamster wheel on rails. Photo in this article: https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/qxs4/scrapheap-challenge--s9-e3-muscle-trains/ not to mention the episode with a scary jet/rocket-powered train that caught fire. I loved the diesel/steam/electric Christmas special where the producers had comprehensively underestimated just how fast a mere 30hp could shift a mk2 coach, and the camera carts they were trying to film from could not keep up! Brilliant demonstration on how efficient steel wheel on steel rail was, 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted February 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2021 The worst/best bus substitution service ever? Trafford Park 1989 20 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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