Warspite Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 This is just the sort of thread that makes RMweb such a great place to be. Great photos and personal experiences of the real thing. Thanks guys. Stephen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 18, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2012 Went past the sidings on Monday and saw the state of the stop after the wagon had been removed. A couple of sleepers have been placed on the rails just short of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Really interesting thread David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trog Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Hi Matt, the hopper wagons are fitted with a continuous rubber belt (they're in sets of five) that takes the stone along to the unloading chute... we unload ten at a time, put the jib back in place, fetch the next set of ten and swap the chute over and so on and so on... unloading on the move is verbotten(!), The same wagons were sometimes used to deliver ballast to track relaying sites, and we did sometimes unload them on the move. Control was difficult as there was a delay caused by the time taken by the stone to travel down the belts before any change would happen. So we would control how much stone landed in any one place by asking the driver to speed up or slow down the train. You also unloaded away from the ends of the job, unless you wanted to risk burying the adjacent track. Proceedure was..... Set up unloader at end of job, Belts running, Agree with driver which way he was to go (into job), how fast and that he was ready to bib his horn and move on comand. Warn Redlands train crew and anyone else on site that the train is about to move in X direction with no further warning. Ask Redlands train crew to start unloading ballast. Once you have approaching the right amount of stone at the start of the job, ask driver to move. Follow unloading arm down job altering the speed of the train, so that about the right amount of stone is dropped at any point. Ask for stone discharge to be stopped well before end of job. Once belts are empty and no more stone is being delivered, set train up at the other end of the job and reverse procedure. If this sounds too easy do at night with limited lighting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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