Ron Ron Ron Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Hitchin' a ride...... http://erieshipnews.com/images/Erie10/120210/CSX/DSC_8194.JPG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted December 26, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2010 ETA Newport next Sunday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wherry Lines Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Any ideas why the 70's are delivered to the docks on wagons? The 66's were hauled dead in tow to the docks - is this just a difference in operations on the manufacturers part? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Hitchin' a ride...... http://erieshipnews.com/images/Erie10/120210/CSX/DSC_8194.JPG Hope they don't have an "Earth Fault" moment as on the recent CSX thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsOatcake Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Any ideas why the 70's are delivered to the docks on wagons? The 66's were hauled dead in tow the docks - is this just a difference in operations on the manufacturers part? Its to do with the buffing gear. The sheds were designed to have swing-head buckeye couplers as standard and were be able to be marshalled into trains, where as the Betty's are fitted for the Shackle coupling and buffers which are not compatible with any US system Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Is that what the nick name is for the 70's "Betty's" Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 26, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 26, 2010 Is that what the nick name is for the 70's "Betty's" It's one of them - as in the TV program Ugly Betty. Predator is another being used. Fugly. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted December 26, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2010 Is that what the nick name is for the 70's "Betty's" Pete Uglies (Bettys) or Sexys are the normal nick names - I call them seventies myself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wherry Lines Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 I quite like 'bettys' personally. It seems to keep up the tradition of nicknames which are completely indecipherable to anyone else! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Ray Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 I quite like 'bettys' personally. It seems to keep up the tradition of nicknames which are completely indecipherable to anyone else! Especially since the show 'Ugly Betty' has been canceled in the United States (not sure if any of the various Hispanic productions/telenovelas are still in production or not) According to Wiki, the Series Finale just aired a few days ago in the UK (I think it was in April of this year in the US - I never watched it, but my mom liked the show). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakydoke Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Ugly Betty ends up Morphing into a glamourous career woman. Class 70's ???????? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Can you do an etch for a 3.5mm/ft class 70 I'm sure that I could produce something Dave. Pete Hi guys, You can certainly get the wagons (cars!) required, Walthers do a multi axle car like these (it may not be IDENTICAL but it's certainly close!). However, a class 70 in 3.5mm/ft? Wow! Could you really do an etch for one of these, Pete or was it just 'chatter'? I would certainly be interested if you could! (for my British H0 stock). Cheers, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 28, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 28, 2010 Hi guys, You can certainly get the wagons (cars!) required, Walthers do a multi axle car like these (it may not be IDENTICAL but it's certainly close!). However, a class 70 in 3.5mm/ft? Wow! Could you really do an etch for one of these, Pete or was it just 'chatter'? I would certainly be interested if you could! (for my British H0 stock). Cheers, John E. If the 70 becomes as successful as the 66 variants in Europe, then a 3.5mm 70 would be a good idea............... Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 John It would be possible to produce an etch the question is would the demand be there to make it financially viable and it would not be a quick model to design. Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Reid Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Is that what the nick name is for the 70's "Betty's" Pete More fitting at this time - The Ugly Sisters Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekEm8 Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 More fitting at this time - The Ugly Sisters They always make me think of the original Fiat Multiplas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 John It would be possible to produce an etch the question is would the demand be there to make it financially viable and it would not be a quick model to design. Pete Thanks Pete, Email sent! Cheers, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 3, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2011 ETA Newport 23:45 tonight Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 4, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2011 Running slightly late http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?oldmmsi=304724000&zoom=10&olddate=1/4/2011%2010:19:18%20AM South of Pembroke / North of Ilfracombe area at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 4, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2011 Running slightly late http://www.marinetra...2010:19:18%20AM South of Pembroke / North of Ilfracombe area at the moment. I like that site Mr Beast - seems to be a maritime equivalent of this one http://www.flightradar24.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 4, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2011 I like that site Mr Beast - seems to be a maritime equivalent of this one http://www.flightradar24.com/ Thanks Mike, another interesting one. Beluga Edurance, containing the 70s, is bombing along at 13.4knots at the moment, imagine all the froth being generated on the bow wave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 4, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2011 Thanks Mike, another interesting one. Beluga Edurance, containing the 70s, is bombing along at 13.4knots at the moment, imagine all the froth being generated on the bow wave Bet it won't get up to 780 posts over 32 pages Mind you once the locos have been landed and start to move on British rails ….. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 4, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2011 Bet it won't get up to 780 posts over 32 pages Mind you once the locos have been landed and start to move on British rails ….. To Midland Road on Thursday I believe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I like that site Mr Beast - seems to be a maritime equivalent of this one http://www.flightradar24.com/ Right off topic, but worth pointing out that Flightradar24 doesn't show any radar information at all. All it shows are positions reported via satellite only from those aircraft equipped with certain equipment (not used for air traffic control purposes). Not all airlines use this kit, and many aircraft are not equipped. Also, geographically large areas of Europe have no coverage (no data provided). It's used by companies tracking their planes and for certain air traffic management purposes. At any one time over the UK, it will show anything between only 10 and 50% of all commercial traffic. It's historic too, with an inherent delay of several minutes. Back to the 70's then (locos that is)..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Right off topic, but worth pointing out that Flightradar24 doesn't show any radar information at all. All it shows are positions reported via satellite only from those aircraft equipped with certain equipment (not used for air traffic control purposes). Not all airlines use this kit, and many aircraft are not equipped. Also, geographically large areas of Europe have no coverage (no data provided). It's used by companies tracking their planes and for certain air traffic management purposes. At any one time over the UK, it will show anything between only 10 and 50% of all commercial traffic. It's historic too, with an inherent delay of several minutes. Even more off topic but that's not quite right. It's based on Mode S Transponder data which is a transmission from the aircraft in response to the aircraft's transponder being interogated by ground based Secondary Surveilance Radar (SSR). The previous Mode C transponders just transmitted a four digit ID code ("Squawk"), as allocated to the flight by ATC, in response to SSR interogation and this appeared on the ATC radar plot either as a 4 digit number or translated by computer software to the aircraft callsign and limited flightplan data. Mode S allows selective interogation of individual aircraft transponders and in it's elementary level (ELS) provides the aircraft's unique 24 bit identifier (which relates to but is different from it's registration), it's range, altitude and callsign. Aircraft with Enhanced Mode S (EHS) capability also provide a datlink capability for navigation data from the aircraft Flight Management System (FMS) which provides the tracking information shown on websites such as FlightRadar 24. The difference in capabilities is why some aircraft dont track. There are commercially available receivers such as SBS-1 from Kinetic Avionics which receive Mode S data and display it as a virtual radar display. The tranmissions will be line of sight. The websites network multiple recievers but where there are no receivers there will be gaps in coverage. In most European states Elementary Mode S is madatory for IFR flights and in most controlled airspace. EHS is only mandatory in a few instances, the London Terminal Area being the only UK one, but a lot of aircraft currently hold exemptons so still do not plot. On the other hand most recently delivered aircraft will have EHS capability from new and many others have already been upgraded so do show up. This is of course different to the many commercial US Flight Trackers who actually buy radar data feeds from the FAA. In the UK, NATS will not provide such data for "security reasons"... Anyway, back to Uglies - I had assumed that the bloke with the bulldozer thought he had been told to deal with another batch of sheds.... Regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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