JSpencer Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Let me check my bank balance..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Let me check my bank balance..... No need. You’re overdrawn, thanks to all those Ps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Oliver Rails Posted November 29, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 29, 2017 Take a look at the latest images (Courtesy of Railway Modeller) of our exclusive OO Gauge Dynamometer Car! The sample is undecorated but shows the level of detail the model will have, both inside and outside! Remember with Dynamometer car will have a full interior lighting to show off the interior controls and detail. We have taken a high number of pre-orders already and if you are wanting one we recommend pre-ordering asap to avoid disappointment. Due Q1 2018 https://railsofsheffield.com/exclusive 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerrySVR Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Stunning looking model Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted November 30, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 30, 2017 That is really something special , I’m not one for wishlisting but I’d make an exception in this case, please please please follow this up with the GWR dyno! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Time for a split pin point axle to sort out the electrical pick up for us P4 types methinks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 What I wish to know is, does the toilet make a flushing sound? It does on my daughter's Barbie one.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted November 30, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 30, 2017 What I wish to know is, does the toilet make a flushing sound? It does on my daughter's Barbie one.... My Dapol bubble car makes a flushing sound as well as all the engine noises. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loickebros Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Take a look at the latest images (Courtesy of Railway Modeller) of our exclusive OO Gauge Dynamometer Car! The sample is undecorated but shows the level of detail the model will have, both inside and outside! Remember with Dynamometer car will have a full interior lighting to show off the interior controls and detail. We have taken a high number of pre-orders already and if you are wanting one we recommend pre-ordering asap to avoid disappointment. Due Q1 2018 https://railsofsheffield.com/exclusive Rails dynamometer car 002.jpg Rails dynamometer car 001.jpg Rails - Dynamometer interior.jpg Rails dynamometer car 003.jpg Any chance of an update on this please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted December 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2017 Should be available in the first quarter of 2018 and will have more details on this in the new year hopefully with a livery sample photo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Rails Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Any chance of an update on this please Should be available in the first quarter of 2018 and will have more details on this in the new year hopefully with a livery sample photo. Hi, Yes that is correct. Still due Q1 2018. Rapido are currently just finalising the all important teak finish. We should have a livery sample early January. Thanks Oliver Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) Exquisite model! I have placed an order! An anecdote of which I cannot recall the source. In private, Gresley was sceptical as to results of LMS locomotive performance dynamometer tests by Stanier announced via the Institute of Mech Eng. The astute Gresley chose his moment requesting the loan of the same LMS dynamometer car for the purpose of "sorting out" an "issue" with the LNER car. The tests by Gresley showed the LMS car in operation had design faults which confirmed his suspicions. The Stanier car may be the ex-L&Y car inherited by the LMS, and is restored and preserved, the car had a mechanical computer acting as an integrator. Not sure as to the fault with the car but I think it was a problem of mechanical hysteresis in the drawbar mechanism giving rise to exaggerated values of actual drawbar pull and locomotive exertion. Does anyone recognise the book or journal source of this anecdote? The preserved L&Y car: http://www.prclt.co.uk/45050-dynamometer-car.html Edited December 21, 2017 by Pandora Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Tooley Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I can't remember the source either, though I've a feeling that it might be in one of O S Nock's books, but the way I remember it, it was the published figures for the new 'Royal Scots' that aroused Gresley's suspicions, so a bit before Stanier's time. D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I can’t help either but I recall Nock writing that four experienced timekeepers were sceptical about the speed record claimed by the LMS when all the crockery was smashed. Interesting anecdote, thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Tooley Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Exquisite model! I have placed an order! An anecdote of which I cannot recall the source. In private, Gresley was sceptical as to results of LMS locomotive performance dynamometer tests by Stanier announced via the Institute of Mech Eng. The astute Gresley chose his moment requesting the loan of the same LMS dynamometer car for the purpose of "sorting out" an "issue" with the LNER car. The tests by Gresley showed the LMS car in operation had design faults which confirmed his suspicions. The Stanier car may be the ex-L&Y car inherited by the LMS, and is restored and preserved, the car had a mechanical computer acting as an integrator. Not sure as to the fault with the car but I think it was a problem of mechanical hysteresis in the drawbar mechanism giving rise to exaggerated values of actual drawbar pull and locomotive exertion. Does anyone recognise the book or journal source of this anecdote? The preserved L&Y car: http://www.prclt.co.uk/45050-dynamometer-car.html It's mentioned in F A S Brown's biography of Sir Nigel, which has just surfaced after a house move, and confirms my memory that it was the 'Royal Scots' performance that aroused Gresley's suspicions. F A S B cites E S Cox as the source of the information, so it may well be somewhere in his writings as well. D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmditch Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 The best account of the lack of calibration and maintenance issues with the ex-L&Y car is in E.S.Cox 'Locomotive Panorama' Vol.1.page 74 ff. (And Mr Cox was ex-L&Y himself!) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dominion Posted January 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 5, 2018 Update in today's Rapido UK News email. Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2018 Update in today's Rapido UK News email. Tom Have you the link please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted January 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2018 http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Rapido-News-UK-Vol--15---Happy-New-Year-.html?soid=1101318906379&aid=hCwiII2wwA8 Have you the link please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Rails Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 I just stumbled on this brilliant video of the Dynamometer Car from 1927! The video is courtesy of British Pathe. Its fantastic to see the real thing in action! We are also very excited to see it soon in OO gauge!! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 What a brilliant piece of footage. A great find, Oliver. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markeg Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 I have seen this before. Great piece of footage behind a C7 pulling open wagons. The Dyno car looks like it is still in NER colours. No teak look of the LNER and Preservation. That maybe another model for the future to get another run out of it. Are you going to supply four figures as per the footage? On that note how easy is it to pull the coach apart and put some in? Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markeg Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Found a photo taken in 2011. Mark 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Rails Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Production of our exclusive LNER Dynamometer cars are well under way. Take a look at some of the latest images from the Factory. Pre-Order here: https://railsofsheffield.com/exclusive 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted February 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2018 Part of me wants it to arrive in kit form so I can take the pleasure of building it! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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