D7063 Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 7 minutes ago, Johann Marsbar said: Another couple.... Thanks Johann - I wonder what that first casting is? pony truck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 Ahh, somethings never change "this lorry could be up there...if only it were a road railer" we're still trying to get freight off the road and onto rail 60 years or so later! Enjoy the advert :) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 Just now, D7063 said: Ahh, somethings never change "this lorry could be up there...if only it were a road railer" we're still trying to get freight off the road and onto rail 60 years or so later! Enjoy the advert :) Oh yes, and stylised prototype Deltic puts in an appearance too (gets around a bit doesn't it?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 Something for the S&T enthusiast🙂 this evening 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 On 16/11/2022 at 19:45, D7063 said: Thanks Johann - I wonder what that first casting is? pony truck? Drag box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovenor Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 hour ago, 62613 said: Drag box? 4 wheel bogie I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 9 minutes ago, Grovenor said: 4 wheel bogie I think. I meant the other casting. I'll agree the other is for a 2 - axle bogie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovenor Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 As it was the first casting asked about I assumed it to be the top one, the second could well be a drag box. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) Hello all - back from a trip to the East Lancashire Railway 😃 This evening we have an 080 shunter to rival the Sentinel seen earlier on the military railway! Edited November 20, 2022 by D7063 typo 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 Hello everybody - time for another advert! This is another one that could have gone in the 'real thing looks like a model thread' too. That bogie side frame looks like it has come straight from a kit! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 (edited) Hello everyone - an auto shunter with a 1 ton crane attached - looking very much like a tractor, with a 1 ton crane crafted on! Edited November 23, 2022 by D7063 over egged the lifting capacity 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 A bit more permanent way action this evening 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted November 24, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2022 I don't mean this in any way disrespectful, but that "ampersand" caught my eye! Kev. (looks like another "front address" in somewhere posh. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 18 minutes ago, SHMD said: looks like another "front address" in somewhere posh. Just round the corner from all those ones in Victoria Street. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted November 24, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2022 Having worked in quite a few properties in the Grosvenor area of London I do struggle to picture engineering companies there - no matter how well esteemed they were at the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 But, Grosvenor Gardens is somehow a bit downbeat on the northern side, I think because of all the traffic. Also, I’m fairly sure I’ve been in a building along there that had been the HQ of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers before that body merged with IMechE. If I’m right about that then there must have been a bit of a railway engineering colony there. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 Pandrol Clips tonight! The address sounds familiar, I'm sure we've had 'Mincing Lane' before! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 On 24/11/2022 at 22:07, Bucoops said: Having worked in quite a few properties in the Grosvenor area of London I do struggle to picture engineering companies there - no matter how well esteemed they were at the time. Dad worked in a drawing office just round the corner from Victoria Station in the late 50s/early 60s; so not impossible 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 Some more 'reinforced plastic' products for this evening - do I take it from this advert that the 'leading ends' of transpennine units referred to, mean that the Class 124 DMU's had Glass fibre reinforced cabs? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted November 27, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2022 17 minutes ago, D7063 said: Some more 'reinforced plastic' products for this evening - do I take it from this advert that the 'leading ends' of transpennine units referred to, mean that the Class 124 DMU's had Glass fibre reinforced cabs? I would have thought a picture of the Transpennine units would be more attractive & worthy of inclusion than a mere 'no parking' sign! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, Ramblin Rich said: I would have thought a picture of the Transpennine units would be more attractive & worthy of inclusion than a mere 'no parking' sign! Definitely! I wonder why they didn't use a nice picture of a 124? They could even have popped in a styalised version of the prototype 'Deltic' (why not everyone else seems to have done!!!) next to some of their other products. I wonder if this ad comes second after the timber treatment one, in the least inspiring stakes? Also - I hope the top illustration wasn't a prototype for some of their other 'leading ends'!!!!!! Though possibly an improvement on a 73 😀 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 36 minutes ago, D7063 said: Some more 'reinforced plastic' products for this evening - do I take it from this advert that the 'leading ends' of transpennine units referred to, mean that the Class 124 DMU's had Glass fibre reinforced cabs? Quorn Wagon Group have preserved a couple of those containers...... 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Johann Marsbar said: Quorn Wagon Group have preserved a couple of those containers...... Great stuff, I'm always amazed at what they have managed to preserve - must pay a visit one day soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, D7063 said: Great stuff, I'm always amazed at what they have managed to preserve - must pay a visit one day soon! I remember them saying when they aquired that pair that there weren't actually many of the things made. This report from their website says there were only 6 produced! https://quornwagonandwagon.co.uk/2019/07/17/17-07-19-then-2-turn-up/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 Good evening all, there almost seems a note of desperation in this advert for 'Alfloc' water treatment! Maybe they though their market would disappear completely as steam engines were replaced by diesels? Then someone hit on an idea - 'wait a minute diesels have water based cooling systems - we're not doomed after all!'😃 This advert was ripe for a cameo appearance of the 'artists impression of a prototype Deltic' I'm amazed it doesn't feature! 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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