Mid-Cornwall Lines - 1950s Western Region in 00

[acg5324]

Of course not. I’ll send you the original file too.

[St Enodoc]

15 minutes ago, acg5324 said:

Of course not. I’ll send you the original file too.

Thanks, appreciate that.

[ianathompson]

On 16/10/2021 at 09:32, 5BarVT said:

A question for traction tyre omission experts: do they not leave a groove in the wheels that interferes with the rail head?  I ask because I have Lima and Hornby (dieasels) for which I have been thinking of trying to obtain unthread replacement wheels, but if I can just remove the tyres that will be so much easier.

Paul.

 

A little bit of a late reply but it might be useful.

I have all sorts of ancient continental mechanisms uderneath my AFK locos, many of which have/had traction tyres.

When they fall off they leave a groove and lifting the offending wheel above the railhead is not an option, unfortunately.

 

One option is to fill the groove with plastic padding (car filler).

This is easily pared back by running the mechanism upside down whilst applying a file to the wheel tread.

(Don't forget to use safety glasses!)

This works reasonably well in that the groove is no longer there and the filler gives some grip on the rail.

 

More recently, after a couple of my modern N gauge locos threw their tyres, I acquired, for an eye watering sum, some electrically conductive epoxy resin.

This removed the groove but maintained electrical contact.

The converted tender drive locos run okay on the level terminal fiddleyard layout (Inverness Citadel).

I have not yet tried them on the semi-moribund roundy roundy which has a number of unintended gradients.

 

Uax6 of this parish suggested, not totally facetiously, I think, that mixing iron filings with the araldite might achieve the same effect at much less cost!

 

Ian T

[St Enodoc]

Today is International Champagne Day. It is also (according to "our" ABC) World Wombat Day.

 

So, to all wombats out there enjoy your glass of fizz but don't spill it in your pouch.

 

Cheers!

[Martin S-C]

2 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:

Today is International Champagne Day. It is also (according to "our" ABC) World Wombat Day.

 

So, to all wombats out there enjoy your glass of fizz but don't spill it in your pouch.

In the cold weather we are having in Britain right now one would not want a wet pouch. No sir.

[KingEdwardII]

Well, blow me down - earlier on this thread I joked about someone asking for opening doors on mineral wagons - now there's a new thread started up on RM investigating that whole topic:

 

 

[St Enodoc]

10 hours ago, Martin S-C said:

In the cold weather we are having in Britain right now one would not want a wet pouch. No sir.

It wouldn't be Leeds MRS show weekend if it wasn't cold.

 

Same as the last weekend in November was guaranteed to bring the first snow of the winter for the RAC Rally.

[St Enodoc]

15 hours ago, ianathompson said:

 

A little bit of a late reply but it might be useful.

I have all sorts of ancient continental mechanisms uderneath my AFK locos, many of which have/had traction tyres.

When they fall off they leave a groove and lifting the offending wheel above the railhead is not an option, unfortunately.

 

One option is to fill the groove with plastic padding (car filler).

This is easily pared back by running the mechanism upside down whilst applying a file to the wheel tread.

(Don't forget to use safety glasses!)

This works reasonably well in that the groove is no longer there and the filler gives some grip on the rail.

 

More recently, after a couple of my modern N gauge locos threw their tyres, I acquired, for an eye watering sum, some electrically conductive epoxy resin.

This removed the groove but maintained electrical contact.

The converted tender drive locos run okay on the level terminal fiddleyard layout (Inverness Citadel).

I have not yet tried them on the semi-moribund roundy roundy which has a number of unintended gradients.

 

Uax6 of this parish suggested, not totally facetiously, I think, that mixing iron filings with the araldite might achieve the same effect at much less cost!

 

Ian T

Thanks Ian. Yes, if the ex-tyred wheel actually has to run on the rail then filling the groove is a good way to go. Not sure about iron filings and Araldite though...

 

I have something called "Improved Electrically Conductive Wire Glue", made by a US firm called Idolon Technologies that does the same job. I'm sure it or an equivalent is available elsewhere.

[Barry O]

World Wombat Day! Yippeeedddoo! Hope my wombat (minibus) is OK at Australia Zoo in Brisbane!

 

Baz

[manna]

G'Day Folks

 

I can assure everyone that the Wombats have had a grand time with there Champagne, I haven't seen one all day.

 

manna

[St Enodoc]

Only a short session in the railway room this afternoon, as the rugby starts soon.

 

I took a few photos of recent work:

 

Wheal Veronica kiln back in place with the china-clay wagons ready for loading and the coal wagon ready for unloading.

 

Indian Queens Halt platform mock-up.

 

I extracted the Camping Coach from storage and placed it temporarily in St Enodoc goods yard. This is actually where the goods shed will go.

 

The Kernow/Bachmann engine house will go between the Treloggan Junction Branch track and the backscene. I think I have a name for this but I haven't decided finally yet.

 

Finally, I fitted a new coupling hook to 1419. This just engages with a hole in the trailer's floor and keeps the buffers 3mm apart on straight track, which is just enough for 30" radius curves. This close-up reveals that I need to do a bit more tidying up on the loco, which is only fair given that it's nearly 44 years old.

 

This was another significant moment in the life of Mid-Cornwall, as it marked the final removal of the last old-style Leeds MRS coupling from my stock. Very appropriate 40 years on from the autotrain's appearance at the Leeds show.

Edited June 29, 2022 by St Enodoc
images restored

[simonmcp]

There actually was/is a Wheal Strawberry mine in Cornwall but I think it is further west. I worked back in the late 1990s on mapping the footpaths for Cornwall County Council for the whole of Cornwall but mainly in Kerrier and Penwith which is why I can't remember it's actual location.

[St Enodoc]

1 hour ago, simonmcp said:

There actually was/is a Wheal Strawberry mine in Cornwall but I think it is further west. I worked back in the late 1990s on mapping the footpaths for Cornwall County Council for the whole of Cornwall but mainly in Kerrier and Penwith which is why I can't remember it's actual location.

Thanks Simon. I've already got one Wheal, so it won't be another of those but that's a great name.

 

I think it will start with "Great" and end with "Consols" but I'm still mulling over the bit in the middle. I have one strong idea but if anyone comes up with a better one I'll think about changing it.

[St Enodoc]

5 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

the rugby starts soon

Well, it started (and finished) all right but I couldn't watch it, which was very frustrating.

 

The new broadcast deal for Australian rugby signed last November announced, inter alia, that:

 

"Nine will broadcast every Wallabies Test from 2021 onwards and one Super Rugby AU match each weekend on its free-to-air network".

 

Apparently this is now not the case. The Japan game was only broadcast on Nine's subscription streaming service Stan.

 

I have sent some strong feedback to the Nine Network about this. Unless they change their mind and revert to what the original announcement said, then I won't get to see the forthcoming Scotland, England or Wales games either.

 

Not happy.

Edited October 23, 2021 by St Enodoc

[Tankerman]

1 hour ago, St Enodoc said:

Thanks Simon. I've already got one Wheal, so it won't be another of those but that's a great name.

 

I think it will start with "Great" and end with "Consols" but I'm still mulling over the bit in the middle. I have one strong idea but if anyone comes up with a better one I'll think about changing it.

 

Great Wheal Consols?

[Oldddudders]

Wheal Meetagen?

[Regularity]

Wheal Mannige?

[Regularity]

17 minutes ago, Tankerman said:

 

Great Wheal Consols?

Great Control Consols?

[Tim Dubya]

31 minutes ago, Regularity said:

Great Control Consols?

 

 

[ianathompson]

1 hour ago, St Enodoc said:

Well, it started (and finished) all right but I couldn't watch it, which was very frustrating.

 

You have my sympathies.

At least the Premiership is streamed live in the UK.

I prefer the 13 a side code however.

 

Ian T

[bgman]

2 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

I think it will start with "Great" and end with "Consols" but I'm still mulling over the bit in the middle. I have one strong idea but if anyone comes up with a better one I'll think about changing it.

 

Wheal Meetagain ? 

 

Yours 

 

Vera Offtotheleft

[Oldddudders]

1 hour ago, Oldddudders said:

Wheal Meetagen?

Originality is everything!

[Regularity]

“Your work is both original and good. Unfortunately, the part that is original is not good, and the part that is good is not original….” Dr. Johnson.

[FarrMan]

5 hours ago, simonmcp said:

There actually was/is a Wheal Strawberry mine in Cornwall but I think it is further west. I worked back in the late 1990s on mapping the footpaths for Cornwall County Council for the whole of Cornwall but mainly in Kerrier and Penwith which is why I can't remember it's actual location.

I thought that strawberries needed light to ripen. How are they grown in mines? I know that mushrooms were grown in old underground caverns or tunnels in the Bradford on Avon area, hence the Bradford Mushroom mines. I got some of their spent compost a long time ago - it paid for itself in the mushrooms that grew!

 

Lloyd

[Tim Dubya]

50 minutes ago, FarrMan said:

 in the Bradford on Avon area, hence the Bradford Mushroom mines. I got some of their spent compost a long time ago - it paid for itself in the mushrooms that grew!

 

Lloyd

 

they grow wine in the one at Gastard