RMweb Premium uax6 Posted November 27, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 27, 2017 (edited) And having ridden on the 3 phase line La Rhune line, it didn't seem to be too jerky, but yes there were some. Loud gear-meshing noises yes, and the wooden stock seemed to flex a bit, but a very enjoyable trip up and down for me. The overhead is wonderous and worth a visit just to see! Andy G edit: Same line as John above. Did John buy the cut-out and make models in the shop at the bottom tho? edit again: http://www.rhune.com/uk/index.aspx Edited November 27, 2017 by uax6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Did John buy the cut-out and make models in the shop at the bottom tho? Certainly not !! You can't solder them !! Regards, John Isherwood. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 If WD and later NCB needed heavy shunting. CheersDavid 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPH 603 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Good to see this thread isn't dead, unlike some of the other several hundred I follow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Just a thought, even though the 0-6-0 tender type was becoming dated the Fowler 4F was built up to 1941 and the Q1 was built in 1942. How would the Austerity have performed with a Fowleresqe tender instead of a saddle tank? Adhesion may not have been quite as good without 5t of water over the drivers. Cheers David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted December 11, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2017 It exists in real life! Just a thought, even though the 0-6-0 tender type was becoming dated the Fowler 4F was built up to 1941 and the Q1 was built in 1942. How would the Austerity have performed with a Fowleresqe tender instead of a saddle tank? Adhesion may not have been quite as good without 5t of water over the drivers. Cheers David 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 It exists in real life! I had no idea about this! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 The Mid Hants did an austerity to tender conversion - don't know if that's the same loco, but it looked very much like that, though not usually as shiny. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted December 11, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2017 The Mid Hants did an austerity to tender conversion - don't know if that's the same loco, but it looked very much like that, though not usually as shiny. Yes it's the same loco, now owned by the Ribble Steam Railway and on hire to the East Lancs. The RSR added the drop down front bufferbeam at the last overhaul. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 11, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2017 It exists in real life! I had no idea about this! The J15 was sometimes called in to substitute for main line passenger locomotives and most of the time put up a good performance. A very versatile and usefull locomotive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted December 11, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2017 I'm sure they were! That's an Austerity, though 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 11, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2017 I'm sure they were! That's an Austerity, though So it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted December 11, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2017 Also, as it is real, it isn’t imaginary... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted December 11, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2017 If WD and later NCB needed heavy shunting. 080Austerity.jpg Cheers David That is a rather handsome beast! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimC Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 On tunnels and the Box tunnel sun myth, its worth noting that if you have a straight tunnel on a gradient so that it points above the horizon, and its aimed vaguely south of east or vaguely south of west, then its very unlikely that the sun won't shine straight through on one day or another. The sun crosses an awful lot of sky in the course of a year! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 If WD and later NCB needed heavy shunting. 080Austerity.jpg Cheers David To my eye, it looks as if it would be happier with a proportionally greater larger grate area under that boiler. dh Imgy. Mech Eng. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 A Standard class heavy shunter and trip freight engine. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimC Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 A tank engine version of the GWR Manor class. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted December 11, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2017 Looks real to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted December 11, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2017 Must.... resist..... looking for mainline manors on ebay..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 There has been mention of double deckers. Now this one is actually French, but I am sure something similar could find its way on the Wantage Tramway. There were also plans to put an upper deck on the Wisbech tram coaches(might not have been so popular on the Titfield Thunderbolt though). I have done 3D design for various scales including 1/76. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted December 11, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2017 (edited) If WD and later NCB needed heavy shunting. 080Austerity.jpg Cheers David Firebox too small for boiler; can be extended forwards towards third axle by about a foot. 8 coupled chassis would perform poorly on rough NCB track. NCB heavy shunting provided for by Maerdy Monster Peckett. Edited December 11, 2017 by The Johnster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted December 11, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2017 Just a thought, even though the 0-6-0 tender type was becoming dated the Fowler 4F was built up to 1941 and the Q1 was built in 1942. How would the Austerity have performed with a Fowleresqe tender instead of a saddle tank? Adhesion may not have been quite as good without 5t of water over the drivers. Cheers David And the wheelbase would have been very short, leading to a rough riding loco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted December 11, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2017 (edited) I like the 0-8-0ST but I think it suffers from the usual problems of adding an extra wheelset to a six-coupled loco in that you end up with a huge wheelbase. I edited it a bit to make it stubbier, and extended the firebox. You'd need to use different brake gear than that on the WD 0-6-0ST, though. Edited December 11, 2017 by Corbs 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimC Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Looks real to me. Thanks. I've been drawing a lot of GW classes over the last few years [shameless plug of shameless plug in sig!] and I hope I'm getting something of a picture of how the kit of parts could be assembled. I'm not enough of a steam engineer to be able to do the maths, but my best guess is that a Manor based 4-6-2T *might* just be feasible within the red route weight limits, whereas I'm quite sure that anything using the bigger Standard 1 boiler would be too heavy. Interestingly if one really wanted a mega GWR tank engine I suspect a Star 4 cylinder front end might be just about feasible too, with the extra weight mainly on the front bogie. I've got a fair sized library of GWR components, and its fun to see how they might go together. The WSRs 9351 is an interesting application of the "kit of parts", and I would rather like to know what the weights are on that "fictional" locomotive, and thus whether a Std 2 boiler mogul might have made for the Duke(dog) replacement the GWR never got round to building for the Cambrian lines. When you think about it the Dukedog was the outcome of the same game that some of us are playing - Cook saying OK, I've got a Duke, which they need, but is clapped out, and a Bulldog, which they don't need but has a reasonable chassis. Supposing we... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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