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I tried it using the persona of a man of malachite Review Heljan Class 47 Locomotive It's kind of the same boxy shape as CC1 and has the same number of wheels, but the shade of green is all wrong and it wasn't designed by Bulleid. So it's not for me and I cannot recommend this model to any of my friends down at the club.

So Boston Dynamics have retired the 'old' Atlas and now we have a new Atlas anyone think he looks a little like him

We don't play with AI, we play with large language models. As a developer I am confident there are many ways to skin this particular cat, but I used AI because as you'll probably know it is the answer to every question these days and my days are numbered, even more so since Microsoft announced their latest product that is claimed to removed the developer from the development cycle......

Ahh, the fervent enthusiast persona. Have tried it using a persona of a typical jaded cynical modeller 🤣 But it actually looks like the persona of Heljan's Ben Jones.

I am sure I could sell you an AI tool that would help, are you a senior project manager with 20 years experience as that helps apparently with getting the style of the output right. But I am sure we can find a persona that would suit from somewhere within GPT4

Except if that loco is behind another loco that hasn't started up as well to move out of the way. Gonna need some AI to sort that one. And I've seen you cheat at cards 🤣

Nice and bright presently, can feel the warmth of the sun through the window. Tooth extraction news, residual bleeding has stopped, I've cleaned my teeth much to the joy of Mrs W and after three meal replacement type drinks I am starving for some real food. Also pleased that after a couple of doses of paracetemol through yesterday I don't feel I need them now so we are rocking and a rolling. I guess I will be in London next week too for a working day trip so I might need to think about booking a red eye.

Saw the oral surgeon today, it was just an extraction, he didn't need to do any packing or stitching. Was in and out in 15 minutes and didn't feel a thing apart from the obvious pushing/tugging. Hopefully this is the end of the extractions.

The broken tooth that my dentist couldn't remove has been removed by the oral surgeon. Was he efficient - appt 11:45 and I was outside again at midday. Excellent with the needle, careful with the tuggy/pushy bit and best news he said he saw bone between the cavity left by the extraction and my sinus so unlikely to have punctured the membrane. Said if I notice anything odd in a couple of days I can go back to have it looked at and if necessary stitched, but he said 90% of these sorts of extractions don't break the membrane so I should be fine. Taken a couple of paracetemol ahead of the final bit of the anesthesia wearing off. So glad this tooth is out, it's been 4 years or more of anxiety trying to keep it in when it really needed to come out. My fault entirely, but the three dodgy teeth are now all out so everything is good.

Yeah, plenty of conversions before nationalisation, wasnt there a big push after WW2? Apparently it's Vera Lynn that's trialling it first https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2024/04/yorkshire-railway-announces-partner-to-convert-steam-locomotive-to-oil-burning.html

It's an interesting conundrum - I agree it doesn't feel authentic but as they explained, no more UK coal, imported coal is getting expense, harder to source the right stuff and then there is moving it when the world is moving away from that sort of transportation. They are not limited to one sort of oil, it can even use vegetable oils in the solution being proposed so lots of options and plentiful UK supply and if waste product helpful too. Ovoids don't appear to cut it unless you are investing in specially made ones for steam loco use and that might be a dead end or even more expensive. Then there are the running benefits over the moors as much less risk of fires being cause as no cinders dropping. I guess it's this or a lot less steam running, more diesels and potentially more engines sitting idle meaning less and less time spent maintaining them to the point they are no longer able to run.....

How would they be opened in an emergency?

lol is it Alstom now. Maybe I should stick to BREL Litchurch Lane, safer. 😀

If we are getting esoteric. How about some narrow gauge, OO has it, 7mm has it so why not for TT too. Could call it TTn.

NYMR looking to convert their steam to oil.

Yeah, it was a little tongue in cheek

Bombardier need some work…

I guess if you create the opportunity then in the words of great showmen "They will come". But whilst it's great to make Blaenau a destination we have to then also make Llandudno / Llandudno Junction a destination too, one that will attract tourists to come and the rejoice in the delight of a heritage journey to Blaenau where there are lots of attractions waiting to be visited. Sort of I guess on the lines of these big cruise ships arriving in port and fleets of coaches waiting to take the passengers off on day adventures. Because it's no good having it all set up at Blaenau if the tourists have had to leave London at red eye o'clock to get to Llandudno for 9am to begin a 1 hour heritage journey to Blaenau to catch a coach to go zip wire across an old quarry. I don't see that happening, so you also need people to want to experience North Wales and especially Llandudno to create the market for Blaenau to tap into. Not sure Llandudno is that untapped market presently.

You don't look a gift horse in the mouth as they say! A commissioned item is covered by the commissioner unless Kader agree to take a risk, so if a Rails or Kernow come to you and ask you to produce x model and they are paying for it then it's good business because it's not your risk, it's theirs and Kader will have their profit from the endeavour which feeds into their bottom line. It's then down to the commissioner to sell the stock they paid for not Kader's. If all your work was commissioned and paid for life would be so much easier for Kader.

Not to mention as ECTS as it creeps northwards from London - it might not get everywhere but you can imagine there will be limited lines where steam will eventually be able to operate without ECTS. The A1 project are spearheading the design of the ECTS application onto a steam locomotive, they were also meant to be then fitting it to a WCRC/RIley Black 5 and an LSL Black 5.

According to the KWVR who own 45212 it is air braked.

Some might say too wide, but that's another story for another day 😀

Can. But I would not say it's the most reliable method, from past experience the curved points did not always perform as they should when it comes to electrical transmission to the blades. I power the frog and use Cobalt IP Digitals.

Going off the current 3 hourly interval timetable and the fact the train does not hang around in Blaenau then perhaps there is a gap for a heritage train to go to Blaenau before the 10:30 service and return later, to allow the patrons to then visit the Welsh Highland before returning. You need need to berth & service the train somewhere at Blaenau and it assumes there would be enough time for a decent trip there and back on the Welsh Highland otherwise what would be the point.