flapland Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Does anyone know if this is a BR, LMS, LNER or SR signal. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-53052951/coronavirus-london-zoo-reopens-after-lockdown Might need a close inspection in person to determine correctly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted June 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2020 Looks like a bit of a hybrid. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapland Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 Perhaps the previous one was damaged and the S&T had to replace it in a rush. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted June 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2020 I wonder which lion it controls? Mike. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapland Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) Choice of a LMR 57 who is father of the pride or his young brother BR D0260. Mind you it could have protected Lion's Holt Halt. Edited June 16, 2020 by flapland 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 16, 2020 Surely it protects the mane line..... 1 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2020 Or the branch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Harris Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) There is a better picture on the ZSL website. The new lion's enclosure seems more "stagey" than the zoos in my youth! For some reason, I'm put in mind of "Albert & The Lion"... jh Edited June 17, 2020 by John Harris 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Very strange indeed. Is it a 'Lions of Tsavo' reference? I bet the S&T maintenance risk assessment runs to a few pages. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2020 More to the point, do they have a Giraffe Car? 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Yes, but its empty since the lions ate the giraffe. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Wasn't it South Africa where a signalman trained an ape or baboon to work the signals? Do the lions do the Civil Engineering then? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2020 (edited) I'd have though elephants, good for shifting stuff and can be used as pumps, would be better for civil engineering, perhaps in conjunction with anteaters to do the digging. Don't rate giraffes much as cranes, very low SWL. There is a type of cat of course that does civit engineering. On 17/06/2020 at 09:14, John Harris said: For some reason, I'm put in mind of "Albert & The Lion"... 'an 'im in 'is Sunday best, too' Edited June 18, 2020 by The Johnster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted June 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, The Johnster said: I'd have though elephants, good for shifting stuff and can be used as pumps, would be better for civil engineering, perhaps in conjunction with anteaters to do the digging. Don't rate giraffes much as cranes, very low SWL. There is a type of cat of course that does civit engineering. 'an 'im in 'is Sunday best, too' Elephants were used for shunting & loading / unloading in India with regularity during the British times.. https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/marshalling-of-a-goods-train-by-animal-power-shri-subrata-nath/HQGaSNe7pZ82Qg ive seen Elephants being used In commercial usage in Thailand this century, in the centre of Bangkok ! sadly trains and wild elephants dont mix well on the mainlines in the country. Edited June 18, 2020 by adb968008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2020 They were much involved in the clearing up after the tsunami. Handy things to have around. In Canada, according to the story I heard, there was an increase in bull moose deaths in collisions with trains at the time that diesels were first introduced on the Canadian National, but not on CP. The CP had retained steam type chime whistles, powered by compressed air, and CN used horns, which it turned out were similar in sound to the mating call of the cow moose when she is in season, and the amorous bulls were responding. Alteration of CN’s horns to a higher pitch resolved the issue. Story told to me by Ted Beacham, shunter at Penarth North Curve and quarter blood Iriquios ‘first nation’ Canadian born. Moved to UK with his family during the war; his grandfather had worked on the Kicking Horse Pass and married an Iriquois lady whom he had obtained by mail order as was the frontier way. Ted was an impressively large gentleman with a convincingly Iriquois profile, and an even more convincing and blood curdling war cry... A genuinely lovely bloke and quite a character. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trog Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 5 hours ago, The Johnster said: ...........................; his grandfather had worked on the Kicking Horse Pass and married an Iriquois lady whom he had obtained by mail order as was the frontier way. ........................... Is that a typo? As I assume you intended to say femail order. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJ Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 When I was in Banff last Easter (remember being able to travel....?) one of the roads through the national park was shut due to bear activity. a freight train carrying thousands of tons of grain had detailed. This was like a free all you can eat buffet for hungry bears emerging out of hibernation! Before they could even think about dealing with the train Parks Canada had to make the area bear safe! Sadly many bears are killed each year on the railways as they go for the split grain. About the only thing that does kill grizzlies!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 11 hours ago, adb968008 said: Elephants were used for shunting & loading / unloading in India with regularity during the British times.. https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/marshalling-of-a-goods-train-by-animal-power-shri-subrata-nath/HQGaSNe7pZ82Qg ive seen Elephants being used In commercial usage in Thailand this century, in the centre of Bangkok ! sadly trains and wild elephants dont mix well on the mainlines in the country. They've had terrible trouble with elephants on the Nilgiri Hills Railway, because they've figured out how to work the water towers. If an elephant decides it's going to stop for a drink on your railway, there's not much you can do about it. I suppose it would be worse if it was on a trunk route. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 19, 2020 10 hours ago, TomJ said: When I was in Banff last Easter (remember being able to travel....?) one of the roads through the national park was shut due to bear activity. a freight train carrying thousands of tons of grain had detailed. This was like a free all you can eat buffet for hungry bears emerging out of hibernation! Before they could even think about dealing with the train Parks Canada had to make the area bear safe! Sadly many bears are killed each year on the railways as they go for the split grain. About the only thing that does kill grizzlies!! My sister has settled in Canada, and her family has a cabin in Algonquin Park, lake, canoes, lovely in summer, but many years ago she sent me a copy of the park authority's official advice leaflet to cabineers, knowing I'd appreciate the bear advice, something along the lines of; the usual stuff you'd expect about not leaving rubbish or food scraps out and cleaning up barbecues, and closing doors and windows at night, then advice about what to do if confronted by a bear, so 'you may encounter brown, black, or grizzly bears in Algonquin Park. These bears can smell you 3 miles away, run at up to 30mph, and, despite what you've been told, they can and do climb trees. It is recommended that you do not venture into the forest alone, and that you take a friend. Make sure you can run faster and further than your friend...'. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJ Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 The best advice was how to spot the difference between black bears (pretty harmless, you make a load of noise to scare them off) and grizzlies (hope they haven’t seen you). Because a big black bear can be as large as a small grizzly!! It all comes down to the markings on the nose. Can’t help thinking you’ve had it if you’re close enough to study the nose And grizzlies have been known to kill and eat black bears!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2020 16 hours ago, The Johnster said: My sister has settled in Canada, and her family has a cabin in Algonquin Park, lake, canoes, lovely in summer, but many years ago she sent me a copy of the park authority's official advice leaflet to cabineers, knowing I'd appreciate the bear advice, something along the lines of; the usual stuff you'd expect about not leaving rubbish or food scraps out and cleaning up barbecues, and closing doors and windows at night, then advice about what to do if confronted by a bear, so 'you may encounter brown, black, or grizzly bears in Algonquin Park. These bears can smell you 3 miles away, run at up to 30mph, and, despite what you've been told, they can and do climb trees. It is recommended that you do not venture into the forest alone, and that you take a friend. Make sure you can run faster and further than your friend...'. I think I'd take a rifle as well as a friend! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Can anyone identify the wagon in the London Zoo display? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2020 1 hour ago, The Stationmaster said: I think I'd take a rifle as well as a friend! Probably better than my plan, which would be to throw a lump of sh*t at it. There'd definitely be one to hand... Probably best to shoot the friend in the knee and run; the bear will stop to investigate and possibly eat your ex-friend, the friendship probably having effectively ended at this point. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted June 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) On 19/06/2020 at 00:39, The Johnster said: They were much involved in the clearing up after the tsunami. Handy things to have around. In Canada, according to the story I heard, there was an increase in bull moose deaths in collisions with trains at the time that diesels were first introduced on the Canadian National, but not on CP. The CP had retained steam type chime whistles, powered by compressed air, and CN used horns, which it turned out were similar in sound to the mating call of the cow moose when she is in season, and the amorous bulls were responding. Alteration of CN’s horns to a higher pitch resolved the issue. Story told to me by Ted Beacham, shunter at Penarth North Curve and quarter blood Iriquios ‘first nation’ Canadian born. Moved to UK with his family during the war; his grandfather had worked on the Kicking Horse Pass and married an Iriquois lady whom he had obtained by mail order as was the frontier way. Ted was an impressively large gentleman with a convincingly Iriquois profile, and an even more convincing and blood curdling war cry... A genuinely lovely bloke and quite a character. I spent some time in Alaska around the railroad a number of years ago. Moose just use the railway line as a footpath to get around. They wont move beyond their pace unless theres a predator (wolves and such). They just don't care for locomotives, horns, bells or air compressors, even the drivers shot gun fired off into the air. The drivers cant just run it over, I recall one occasion that a small herd sat down for sometime, it put the driver over his 12 hours, they had to helicopter out a new crew to bring it in to Anchorage. Fantastic memories up there, hope to return for the restored S160. Edited May 16, 2021 by adb968008 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Apparently the single red arm is going to be replaced with three yellow ones... Social distants! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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