RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted April 3, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2023 On 01/04/2023 at 00:09, Dagworth said: Will 37140 carry the RETB aerials on the noses? She gained the headlight for working across the East Suffolk line when it was converted to RETB working. We had 5 37s so fitted, 138, 140, 144, 216 and 219. Visible in the centre window is the RETB cab equipment, the grey box. Although not the same loco this gives a really clear view of the equipment Andi Hi @Dagworth. In 99% of pictures of this locomotive that we have collected the aerial is not visible, leading us to believe that they were only installed when the locomotive was actually diagrammed on East Suffolk line duties. To this end we will be providing this part in a polybag for customers to install if they so wish. Cheers! Fran 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted April 3, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2023 51 minutes ago, Accurascale Fran said: leading us to believe that they were only installed when the locomotive was actually diagrammed on East Suffolk line duties The aerials were fixed and stayed on the locos for the lifespan of the equipment being fitted (I worked on them as a secondman at Ipswich in the period) Glad to know that you will be providing the aerials though. Andi 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted April 3, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2023 22 minutes ago, Dagworth said: The aerials were fixed and stayed on the locos for the lifespan of the equipment being fitted (I worked on them as a secondman at Ipswich in the period) Glad to know that you will be providing the aerials though. Andi There seem to be several photos on Flickr of 37140 fitted with RETB and a headlight, but not carrying the aerials. See here for an example (not my photo): https://flic.kr/p/2njfAu8 Roy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 7 hours ago, Accurascale Fran said: Hi @Dagworth. In 99% of pictures of this locomotive that we have collected the aerial is not visible, leading us to believe that they were only installed when the locomotive was actually diagrammed on East Suffolk line duties. To this end we will be providing this part in a polybag for customers to install if they so wish. Cheers! Fran It looks thinner than the bent wire coathanger radio aerial from a clapped out cortina - you'll have to do it overscale thickness ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted April 3, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2023 22 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said: It looks thinner than the bent wire coathanger radio aerial from a clapped out cortina - you'll have to do it overscale thickness ? Bit of thin piano wire would be good. Roy 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted April 3, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Roy Langridge said: Bit of thin piano wire would be good. Roy When I did one years back from a Lima 37 I used a Peco track pin, point up. Don't touch my locos! Andi Edited April 3, 2023 by Dagworth hit Post too soon 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted April 4, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2023 19 hours ago, Roy Langridge said: There seem to be several photos on Flickr of 37140 fitted with RETB and a headlight, but not carrying the aerials. See here for an example (not my photo): https://flic.kr/p/2njfAu8 Roy As a matter of interest did it have an aerial at both ends for RETB purposes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ERIC ALLTORQUE Posted April 4, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4, 2023 (edited) Is this to make your model trains as lethal as gardening,my model 37 pricked me nurse........im all for realism but if you wargame do you have the razor blades on the wheels of your model charriot........the scale will be way out or a straight hair dipped in varnish,theres a reason the Hornby Dublo shunter with a pole is rare. Edited April 4, 2023 by ERIC ALLTORQUE 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted April 4, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2023 54 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said: As a matter of interest did it have an aerial at both ends for RETB purposes? Interesting question. Certainly it has carried them at both ends, but did it always? Perhaps @Dagworthcan comment? Roy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 When Bachmann started fitting aerials to 37s, I was convinced that they would be impossibly fragile. In practice, they are remarkably resilient. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted April 4, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4, 2023 13 hours ago, Roy Langridge said: Bit of thin piano wire would be good. Roy Or a bristle from a toothbrush. 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbay Express Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 21 hours ago, Roy Langridge said: There seem to be several photos on Flickr of 37140 fitted with RETB and a headlight, but not carrying the aerials. See here for an example (not my photo): https://flic.kr/p/2njfAu8 Roy One for Hornby. They can put the defunct technology for the titfield thunderbolt to good use, instead of pulling the chimney down on the coach, pull the aerial down on the 37 when not in use! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbay Express Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 21 hours ago, Dagworth said: The aerials were fixed and stayed on the locos for the lifespan of the equipment being fitted (I worked on them as a secondman at Ipswich in the period) Glad to know that you will be providing the aerials though. Andi Maybe it depended on which drivers had lost their car aerials while visiting dodgy watering establishments the previous evenings. To then see a replacement, literally staring at them in the face........... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted April 4, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Roy Langridge said: Interesting question. Certainly it has carried them at both ends, but did it always? Perhaps @Dagworthcan comment? Roy yes Andi 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cairnsroadworks Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 7 hours ago, Roy Langridge said: Interesting question. Certainly it has carried them at both ends, but did it always? Perhaps @Dagworthcan comment? Roy A search of Flickr reveals no images of it with an aerial until it’s Dutch years! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted April 4, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2023 Just now, cairnsroadworks said: A search of Flickr reveals no images of it with an aerial until it’s Dutch years! Not so, as I posted yesterday 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cairnsroadworks Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Dagworth said: Not so, as I posted yesterday Interesting! What year is that then Andi? 1986 - I see now. I only started looking from 88 onwards! Edited April 4, 2023 by cairnsroadworks Typed send too early 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cairnsroadworks Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, Dagworth said: And Seemed to lose them in 87 ish then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbay Express Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 On 02/04/2023 at 14:34, 97406 said: I’ve got 3 of the last ones they had in stock, plus some etched ICI letters for them. I managed a rake of 16 before they sold out. A bit of rule 1 for Devon, but hey-ho! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolongtoremember Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Any chance we can know the ETAS on the tracking in to Ireland? Thanks! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbay Express Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 11 hours ago, toolongtoremember said: Any chance we can know the ETAS on the tracking in to Ireland? Thanks! Don't think any have been dispatched yet? Have they definitely arrived or still waiting customs clearance and warehouse administration? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted April 5, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2023 14 hours ago, Torbay Express said: I managed a rake of 16 before they sold out. A bit of rule 1 for Devon, but hey-ho! The Tunstead ICI trains were the first goods trains I remember as a kid, pulled by a 25 or 40 scaring the bejesus out me with the thrash! They sounded quite impressive going round the Skelton Junction chord, within earshot of the family home. They then changed to 20s and the 37s in that order if I recall correctly, hence wanting a typical pair of 37s from their stint on the job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted April 5, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2023 15 hours ago, cairnsroadworks said: Interesting! What year is that then Andi? 1986 - I see now. I only started looking from 88 onwards! Don't confuse fitting of aerials for RETB with fittings for Driver-to-Shore radio - which began in the late 1980s (c.87/88). Although at some stage there seems to have been a change to different aerial arrangements so you don't see what you normally think of as a small radio aerial. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Accurascale Fran Posted April 5, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2023 12 hours ago, toolongtoremember said: Any chance we can know the ETAS on the tracking in to Ireland? Thanks! Hi guys, They're still in transit and nearing journeys end. We know everyone is excited but once they land we will plaster it all over here, just like we do with Deltics, 92s, Mark 5s and everything else. Cheers! Fran 19 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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