D7063 Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share Posted October 10, 2023 Good evening, some gears from Germany tonight. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 Something very insect like about this on track plant (a tamper)... were they ever used in the UK? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 1 minute ago, D7063 said: Something very insect like about this on track plant (a tamper)... were they ever used in the UK? Oh yes, and 'no exceptional skills required' apparently!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted October 12, 2023 Author Share Posted October 12, 2023 This is an interesting one, an electric tamper - now I always thought these were pneumatic. I wonder how it generated its oscillating action? Was it a motor with a cam, or was it electromagnetic (surely not!) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted October 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2023 Ah, Kango, the "Hoover" of the hand held demolition world. The ones I've used in the past have always "felt" like cam sort of thing. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted October 13, 2023 Author Share Posted October 13, 2023 (edited) Mirrlees engines tonight - though the bogie in the illustration looks suspiciously as though it belongs to a SULZER type 2!!!!! Edited October 13, 2023 by D7063 missed the second 'r' from Mirrlees :( 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jeremy Cumberland Posted October 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 13, 2023 22 hours ago, D7063 said: This is an interesting one, an electric tamper - now I always thought these were pneumatic. I wonder how it generated its oscillating action? Was it a motor with a cam, or was it electromagnetic (surely not!) Was? I don't know if Kango still make the things, but Kango hammers are a staple of track maintenance, to the extent that I'd likely call any electric hand-held ballast tamper a Kango hammer, even if it is made by Hilti or someone else. I am sure that many Kangos are still in use. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted October 15, 2023 Author Share Posted October 15, 2023 Another one for the electronics enthusiasts among us (I'm definitely one!) There's also a 'Stylised' class 31 if that tickles your fancy instead 😉 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted October 15, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2023 On 13/10/2023 at 20:46, Jeremy Cumberland said: Was? I don't know if Kango still make the things, but Kango hammers are a staple of track maintenance, to the extent that I'd likely call any electric hand-held ballast tamper a Kango hammer, even if it is made by Hilti or someone else. I am sure that many Kangos are still in use. I think Kango merged with Wolf tools (Remember those massive ally wolf drills? I've seen a cast iron bed bounce around on the end of one of them!). I had a Kango-Wolf drill when I worked for BT and the cam for the gear selection went, and I tried to get a spare, but by then K-W had been merged with Milwaukee tools, so fat chance! Andy G 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 We've had gear wheels from Germany. now it's rail wheels from Belgium! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted October 16, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2023 I don't recall ever seeing that profile of wheel spokes - mustn't have sold well here! Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 1 minute ago, SHMD said: I don't recall ever seeing that profile of wheel spokes - mustn't have sold well here! Kev. They put me in mind of Japanese motorcycle wheels from the 1980's ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 Sprayed Limpet Asbestos anyone? From a time when asbestos was a ubiquitous wonder material :( 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted October 18, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2023 7 hours ago, D7063 said: Sprayed Limpet Asbestos anyone? From a time when asbestos was a ubiquitous wonder material :( Ah "flock" as we know it. The worst of the worst... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted October 18, 2023 Author Share Posted October 18, 2023 After yesterday's advert I hope there is nothing too health endangering in this one! ML Engineering, this evening, and they look as though they could do a pretty impressive 'mimic panel'! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted October 19, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 19, 2023 "Train Description" always conjures up in my mind Sir David Attenborough "And here we have that staple species, the pick-up goods, slowly but surely winding its way towards us"... Just me? Sorry. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted October 19, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Bucoops said: "Train Description" always conjures up in my mind Sir David Attenborough "And here we have that staple species, the pick-up goods, slowly but surely winding its way towards us"... Just me? Sorry. Sir David looking at the Australian suburban backyard - or as it was, many are now disappearing and having town houses built instead - usually 3, where there was 1 house and garden front and rear. Sorry not railway, but funny. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 Usually a cross section picture is a good way to see how a machine, or suchlike works. In this case I don't find this sectional view of a hydraulic motor particularly illuminating! As it has pistons, I would expect the hydraulic fluid to enter at the top of the cylinder and force the piston down. The cylinder heads appear to be nothing more than a 'blanking plate' and at the opposite end where the bearings are, there appears to be an inlet and an outlet for the fluid. The main rotating shaft has slots cut into it, and would suggest a means of timing the fluid entering the cylinder on each rotation (bit like the ports on a two stroke motorcycle are in turn exposed and covered by the piston skirt). Am I being daft here, can anyone help? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted October 19, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 19, 2023 The picture (to me) doesn't show enough detail - unless you are in the know! Kev. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Inlet port. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 Just now, Nearholmer said: Inlet port. Aha!!!! you're a star Nearholmer - I had missed that, sort of like an old side valve engine then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, SHMD said: The picture (to me) doesn't show enough detail - unless you are in the know! Kev. Thanks Kev - I think Nearholmer has cracked it :) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted October 19, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 19, 2023 It wouldn't surprise me if the odd deliberate mistake crept in to keep competitors in the dark. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, Bucoops said: It wouldn't surprise me if the odd deliberate mistake crept in to keep competitors in the dark. ... or me! I've seen more than one 'knock off' copy the faults too!!! The Japanese manufacturers were famed for improving on the original, so the 'knock off' was often better than the original!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted October 20, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2023 6 hours ago, D7063 said: ... or me! I've seen more than one 'knock off' copy the faults too!!! The Japanese manufacturers were famed for improving on the original, so the 'knock off' was often better than the original!! Indeed - Lotus Elan/Mazda MX5 is a good example. Well, the MX5 was more reliable, but more of a sports car? Very debatable. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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