RMweb Gold teaky Posted November 20, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 20, 2015 Or through the spokes. You'd easily be mardy* enough to do either. *Does anybody outside the Lincolnshire / South Yorkshire area know that term? Yep. NE Cheshire. Very common. Along with the related "mard ar8e". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 20, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 20, 2015 Or through the spokes. You'd easily be mardy* enough to do either. *Does anybody outside the Lincolnshire / South Yorkshire area know that term? Derbyshire too... Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Warwickshire too, I know a Mardy Martyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Notts anall Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I had to clean my glasses and read that last post again. For a moment I thought I'd stumbled onto completely the wrong forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LNER4479 Posted November 20, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) Right - enough of this! Works foreman wishes to file a report... Remember this? Well, this is what it looked like after Tony offered to have a look at it Bit unfair. This is an M&L kit, made up as an original GNR D2 (LNER D4). They had all been re-built into D3s by our era so that is the idea here - hence the removal of chimney, dome and smokebox door. The motor (a Buhler) was deemed to be a lost cause, so here is the replacement - a modern Mashima motor and Markits two stage gearbox. Meanwhile, work has been required to the chassis to accommodate the new arrangement. I want to drive off the rear axle and compensate the front one (the same formula as fitted to the D2 I already have, mainly done to promote good running over the dead frogs on the slips). Here, the compensation beam has just been soldered in, using the wheel set fitted in to the existing fixed bearings to set the height. Now the wheelset has been removed and the existing bearings unsoldered and removed. Work has also taken place at the other end, with a chassis spacer required to be removed and a bit hacked out of an adjacent spacer to accommodate the axle gear. This is life at its lowest ebb; it's all rebuilding back up from here onwards. With the axle hole cleaned up, two small vertical cuts are made with the file as a guide for elongating the slot to allow the rocking movement of the compensated axle. Hole duly elongated. This has to be carefully done so as not to induce any fore and aft movement - only up and down. Motor / gearbox installed. And with both axles fitted. Rods back on and motor wired up. Looking a bit weird, undergoing preliminary running trials on Grantham MPD. To be continued... Edited November 21, 2015 by LNER4479 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 I do hope Sir gives you the same grief that I get at times for incorporating constipation in a loco. You'll be needing a fatter boiler won't you?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted November 21, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 21, 2015 Or through the spokes. You'd easily be mardy* enough to do either. *Does anybody outside the Lincolnshire / South Yorkshire area know that term? Still close by but a Nottingham friend of mine used it frequently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 I had to clean my glasses and read that last post again. For a moment I thought I'd stumbled onto completely the wrong forum. Sorry just putting it into context with a Notts dialect twist. Just shows how some peoples minds work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted November 23, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2015 As promised here are a couple of shots of the coaling tubs at Lancaster. Made by one of our team the late Bernard Shaw from photos. They were filled by hand then lifted up and tippled into the tenders. Jamie 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted November 25, 2015 Author Share Posted November 25, 2015 (edited) Bit of a miscellany coming up... First of all, early news from Ormesby Might not look much yet, but this is the start of ground cover work in the Up Goods Yard. Card is being used to build up the ground level in preparation for fixing a printed cobbles top surface just below rail height. In the back ground is the reversing loop guide wire for the road system (needed to be installed prior to the top surface being applied). And look what I returned with? In no time at all the master building builder (Paul Bolton) had knocked up this delightful factory group from some mock-ups we'd made a week or two before (based on the aerial pictures). Some sort of factory complex (with chimney) backing on to the station approach road. Meanwhile, I've been busy down the south end, completing the basic structure of the road system and the backscene. The idea is that a 'double track' road crosses the Great North Road bridge, with a reversing loop. Although the latter is technically 'off scene', I'll leave it on view as it's bound to create some interest. Here is the view from the public side, showing the effect with the backscene in place and a basic sky blue covering. Hopefully gives a reasonable impression of railway coming straight on into the scene? Finally, I'm one of several on here roped into Barry O's demonstration team at the NEC this weekend. I've therefore been out and about round the layout with my camera and here are a few photos that didn't make the final cut. When not presenting (gulp!) in the theatre, I shall be sat sitting(!) behind a desk with a box full of (old) Peco points to mutilate so do come and say hi if you feel so moved (Stand A64). See you there! Edited November 25, 2015 by LNER4479 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted November 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 25, 2015 Well, I like both the factory buildings as well as the road overbridge. Both are excellent additions to the layout. I cannot understand why those other photo's did not make it in the selection for use at Warley, they really are very good. With regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Herbert Nigel Posted November 26, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2015 And speaking of the roadway system, a long, long time ago (well it seems like it was) you were going to publish something about how the Harlaxton road end ( back scene etc.) had worked at the Grantham exhibition. Just saying,Guv - no pressure. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 You could always put a removable cover over the roadway reversing loop and sell tickets to the select few wishing to attend periodic unveilings during the course of shows. Proceeds to the operating team's evening refreshments fund. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold fishytrains Posted November 26, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2015 Lovely pictures and thanks for the update. Hope all goes well at Warley for you, wish I could attend, but no chance of that - too far to travel at the moment. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 (edited) And speaking of the roadway system, a long, long time ago (well it seems like it was) you were going to publish something about how the Harlaxton road end ( back scene etc.) had worked at the Grantham exhibition. Just saying,Guv - no pressure.Oh - OK, then! Edited November 26, 2015 by LNER4479 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 How many times did you have to film it before it went where it was supposed to? All I remember is Gill giving it a 'look' and it trying to throw itself off the board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 How many times did you have to film it before it went where it was supposed to? All I remember is Gill giving it a 'look' and it trying to throw itself off the board. Only two 'takes' required. On the first take, the goods train became uncoupled across the junction! All unbeknownst to you, a hasty / temporary 'mod' was undertaken at the Grantham show and the vehicle now reliably follows the route shown in the vid. Trouble is, a more elegant solution will have to be found to realise the full potential of the road system - but let's get the railway part of the layout 'finished' first! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Herbert Nigel Posted November 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2015 Well thank you for that LNER4479, however Mr. Weallens seems to have let the cat out of the bag. It didn't quite go as planned it seems. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 It wasn't following the temporary route it was supposed to on the Friday night, but if it was 'adjusted' (I don't recall hearing hammering) then that's not to say it didn't behave itself after that. It's behind and as far away from me as it can get when operating and I don't recall being aware of it at all all weekend. Did Tony speak severely to it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Herbert Nigel Posted November 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 29, 2015 It wasn't following the temporary route it was supposed to on the Friday night, but if it was 'adjusted' (I don't recall hearing hammering) then that's not to say it didn't behave itself after that. It's behind and as far away from me as it can get when operating and I don't recall being aware of it at all all weekend.Did Tony speak severely to it? It seems likely. When "Sir" speaks the whole class listens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Have just returned from Warley with the images of the cyclist peddling round (in circles) in the middle of O'Connell Street fresh in my mind. O... M... G... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Have just returned from Warley At 17:35? Lewis Hamilton does a chauffeur service, or Baz laid on a teleport? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 At 17:35? Lewis Hamilton does a chauffeur service, or Baz laid on a teleport? Sorry... returning. Coming to you live from a German State Railways service from BHI to DAR 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted November 29, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2015 (edited) Don Sorry... returning. Coming to you live from a German State Railways service from BHI to DAR Don't tell them your name Graham............................. Hope you pointed people in the right direction this weekend? P Edited November 30, 2015 by Mallard60022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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