Glorious NSE Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Not sure it's especially unusual, but in these days of standardised components I did like the shot of the new end of Acton yard in the latest modern railways, complete with a double slip and a lovely curved three way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Fishplates? We don't need no stinkin' fishplates (to paraphrase): http://www.railpictures.net/photo/523375 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Harrap Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Love those fancy pentangles. Does anyone know what this is?.........rather why? Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted March 18, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 18, 2015 Love those fancy pentangles. Does anyone know what this is?.........rather why? Brian Looks like a common crossing, with un-common wing rails. The why's and wherefors, sorry unable to help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim.snowdon Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Just another form of cast crossing, where the wing rails are formed from ordinary rail bolted to the crossing, probably in the interests of cheapness compared to a full cast crossing. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff mcghie Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 It also means the cast can be used where you have to have extended wing checks such short angled crossovers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) I saw this as a screenshot from a youtub video. In the foreground is what's obviously a single-bladed trap, but what's with the single rail just beyond it? Edited March 25, 2015 by DavidBird Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted March 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2015 Probably to move the locomotive or wagons away from the track it's just come off, to prevent it fouling the point up ahead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim.snowdon Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 it's just a means of ensuring (hopefully) that whatever has run through the trap is deflected away from becoming foul of the running line. More usual (Broitish) practice would be to use a two bladed trap point with the right hand rail (in this instance) extended to cross on the left hand rail. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggzuk Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Not quite unusual PW, but amusing non the less and I do hope was not put to the test! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim.snowdon Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 It says a lot for the intelligence of firemen! However, the UK had more of its first generation tramways a standard piece of kit was the rail version of the hose bridge, which consisted of three parts - the ramp up, the bridge section, with gaps through which the hoses could be threaded, and the ramp down. Fitted on top of each rail, that let the trams climb up and over the hoses. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted March 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 29, 2015 (edited) That's been posted all over the web (several times on RMweb, once by me!). It was eventually discovered that it was done as a joke by one of the fire crew, just for the picture. Edited March 29, 2015 by martin_wynne 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) Whist idly dreaming, and looking at google streetview image of Venice, I came across the Translohr tram system, and I thought this was pretty unusual... Translohr-point [Public domain], by Spsmiler (Own work), from Wikimedia Commons Edited May 1, 2015 by DavidBird Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted May 1, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) Ah another instance of weirdness from the continent. I visited Nancy in France over Easter and they have a 'tramway' which is a weird single rail guided trolleybus system. See here: http://www.trams-in-france.net/reload.htm?nancy.htm The road bed looks quite worn in places now, and is just very strange! Andy G Edited May 1, 2015 by uax6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted May 2, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2015 Fascinating stuff Andy. It's a shame that it has been a flop. In theory it looks a very good flexible idea. I have never understood why the trolleybus seems to have never been considered over here as an alternative where new tramways are considered too expensive. It was interesting to see in a recent 'Rail' magazine of the very high public satisfaction ratings of the five or so tramways that we now have. Particularly high was the Edinburgh system despite all the political hatred of it! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 (edited) According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translohr, the Venice (and other places) Translohr tramway is a rubber-tyred tram (as it must have the guide rail), while the ...i/Bombardier_Guided_Light_Transit , as used in Nancy, is a guided bus, as it can also be used in a normal, non-guided, driver-steered, mode. I can't seem to find a photo on the internet of a place where it changes from non-guided to guided mode - now that would be an unusual PW configuration! Edited May 2, 2015 by DavidBird Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted May 2, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 2, 2015 Having driven and walked past a couple of the places where they could (although I belive they don't) change to being guided, they appear to be a cast steel plate with curved wings to guide the guide wheels towards the rail. Interestingly it appears that the guide wheels are on each axle, and the trolleys I seem to recall (I can't be sure now!) are bendy-buses. There appears to be quite a few streets wired for trolley-buses, but I didn't see any not on the guideway bits. Andy G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted May 3, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2015 Trolleybus systems need to have the overhead wires etc. New trams generally use old train tracks in part which would need lifting and a new surface for Trolleybuses. We had them in Reading for years very nice smooth ride. Maybe with the issue of polution caused by diesel engines there may be a political will to re-introduce them. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Not quite unusual PW, but amusing non the less and I do hope was not put to the test!10153625_10152317402550956_8108190157534289236_n.jpg ...However, the UK had more of its first generation tramways a standard piece of kit was the rail version of the hose bridge, which consisted of three parts - the ramp up, the bridge section, with gaps through which the hoses could be threaded, and the ramp down. Fitted on top of each rail, that let the trams climb up and over the hoses. Jim This page has comments on the first picture, and a photo of the real thing http://wongm.com/2014/04/fire-hose-across-railway-tracks/ I like this picture of a recreated section of waggonway - complete with check rails http://"Richard Trevithick railway (England)" by Yewenyi (Brian Voon Yee Yap) - Photo taken and supplied by Brian Voon Yee Yap.. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Trevithick_railway_(England).jpg#/media/File:Richard_Trevithick_railway_(England).jpg 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 This page has comments on the first picture, and a photo of the real thing http://wongm.com/2014/04/fire-hose-across-railway-tracks/ I like this picture of a recreated section of waggonway - complete with check rails http://"Richard Trevithick railway (England)" by Yewenyi (Brian Voon Yee Yap) - Photo taken and supplied by Brian Voon Yee Yap.. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Trevithick_railway_(England).jpg#/media/File:Richard_Trevithick_railway_(England).jpg Someone's built that track inside out! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted May 4, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 4, 2015 Someone's built that track inside out! No it is special track for super P4 with invisible flanges Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 No it is special track for super P4 with invisible flanges Don But does it work with EM wheels? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted May 4, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 4, 2015 The Servern and Wye Tramway had locomotives with flangless wheels to run on plateway track, some were later converted to broad gauge Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryinMadrid Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 (edited) There's a very neat 3-way crossing on the Oslo tram system where the tracks go through the middle of a fountain. You can see it on Google Earth- it's where Drammensveien, Frognerveien and Henrik Ibsens Gate meet (just West of the Hydropark). However, when Mr Google took his photos it didn't have any water in it... (The coordinates are 59º 54' 53.06" N and 10º 43' 03.75" E). (In fact, if you pan round the roundabout, water go get a picture with water). Sorry I can't post a picture- it's a JPEG which apparently isn't allowed. Edited May 14, 2015 by JerryinMadrid 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted May 14, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2015 There's a very neat 3-way crossing on the Oslo tram system where the tracks go through the middle of a fountain. Here it is. Amazing: https://goo.gl/maps/J1sdJ 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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