RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2013 Well, it's been loaded up and has started on it's long journey to the Black Country, Leaving Teesdale it headed towards the Durham coal field... Ravensworth Junction... 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2013 Not strapped on, door flapping open, and the RAC want new members ??? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2013 Think they're wanting rid of it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted March 15, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15, 2013 Looking great Neil, unfortunately I won't see it in the flesh as work has seriously got in the way and I won't make the Ally Pally show. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinWalsh Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 ^^^ That's a shame, was looking forward to having a chinwag with you again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted March 15, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15, 2013 ^^^ That's a shame, was looking forward to having a chinwag with you again Ditto, gutted I can't play down in Ally Pally. But hey, I get a weekend at work instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted March 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2013 Ditto, gutted I can't play down in Ally Pally. But hey, I get a weekend at work instead. Just think the money earned whilst working will pay for some new Bachmann goodies just announced.Every cloud. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted March 15, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15, 2013 Just think the money earned whilst working will pay for some new Bachmann goodies just announced.Every cloud. Sadly the weekend is FOC, for the love of the job.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2013 Ok, chaps, bit of a research question for the older members on here... I've been asked to provide some electrical gubbins for the layout, speciflcally pole mounted transformers & associated stuff. Would these two modern examples be representitive of equipment used in the mid 1970s ? Thanks in advance. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 16, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 16, 2013 The insulators would have been ceramic rather than plastic. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 16, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2013 The insulators would have been ceramic rather than plastic. Thanks, Phil, of course they would... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 16, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 16, 2013 In fact the transformer in your first photograph has ceramic insulators and may even be of of a suitable age. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BlackRat Posted March 16, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2013 Well just about finished, not risking dropping it again so I am now going to leave well enough alone. Just have to decide whether to hand it over at Taunton or if the team want it before to trust it to Royal Mail! Hope you have enjoyed following the build. Ohh and we found out why the water gauge is stuck..........turns out to be most of a rotting dead sheep bunging up the works! 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 16, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 16, 2013 Water tank final pics 002 (Large).jpg Water tank final pics 014 (Large).jpg Ohh and we found out why the water gauge is stuck..........turns out to be most of a rotting dead sheep bunging up the works! Just how did the sheep manage to climb up and fall in? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 16, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2013 Keep up, we've been through this before... I assume the sheep was one of these, otherwise how did it get there? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkw2DdoskPYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkw2DdoskPYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkw2DdoskPY 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted March 16, 2013 Author Share Posted March 16, 2013 Just how did the sheep manage to climb up and fall in? Goats climb trees..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 16, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2013 The cortina seems to have strayed over the border and arrived at Bridge of Alford... They may be lost or they could just be stocking up, always thought they would be rum and grog men... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 16, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2013 Ah yes, the well known Black Country Goat, commonly found at the top of mill buildings and boiler chimneys, Fred Dibnah's most feared mammal, a distant cousin of the eight-legged headless Black Country Sheep, known for their habit of canal swiming... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonB Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Steady, Stu, you are in danger of libeling some of the finest mammals known to the regular imbibers of 10 or 12 pints of Mr. Banks' finest liquor! (We couldn't afford Pink Elephants!) And that Dibnah fella,he don't come from BC (aka God's country). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 16, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2013 My previous post may have been influenced by the recent partaking of a certain 'method in the madness' drink, the consumption of which was caused by the euphoria of Wales emphatically retaining the Six Nations Trophy. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Cymru an byth! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeHemmings Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Your 1st photo is of a 240 volt single phase transformer connected to a 11000 volt supply, suitable for domestic properties in rural settings. Your 2nd photo is of a 415 volt industrial 3 phase transformer this is of a later period as the cooling tubes have been replaced by plates welded to the tank. mike 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 18, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2013 Thanks Mike. So the 240v Tx is suitable for the 1970s period ? I'd not looked closely enough at the difference (pipes/ plates) - now you point it out, it's obvious !! I did have drawings of single pole Txs plus other pole mounted gear (isolating bars, etc, from my time in the drawing office at Manweb in 1979, but these are long gone. I didn't take enough interest in them at the time to know now if any of the current installations have changed much from then, hence my request for help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I'm sure that such experienced modellers already know of: http://www.cgtextures.com/ As an excellent source of free, tiled, photo textures. But as it is relevant to the last couple of posts I thought I'd post the link again in case anyone reading this hasn't come across it before. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonB Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I'm sure that such experienced modellers already know of: http://www.cgtextures.com/ As an excellent source of free, tiled, photo textures. But as it is relevant to the last couple of posts I thought I'd post the link again in case anyone reading this hasn't come across it before. I have scoured the cqtextures site and a few others without success in finding the patterned tile shown in my photo. there seem to be dozens of other tile patterns available, but...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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