billbedford

Without the use of filters, trains come up in time order. There are filters for fastest, cheapest, least changes etc.

They would be virtual coupling rods then?

How did this work? Having a Walschaert's gear type return crank in a power train is never going to be a good idea.

You are over thinking this. The two wheelset will move in synch if there are no coupling rods.

There is no reason at all why wheels and axles cannot be manufactured with hexagonal ends/counterbores, it is just that the vast majority of modellers would want wheels that would quartered to 90º. Not only would there be relatively few sales for wheels quartered at120º there would be some wheels that would have to be manufactured with both quartering. This would be an expensive logistical nightmare. I suggest that any talk of 120º quartering not working or being 'inefficient' can be traced back to spin by the wheel manufacturers who really did't want to have to make such wheels.

Why? I can't see it will make any difference what the angle the cranks are to each other. After all there must be very many that have very many locos built with cranks a 88 or 93 degrees.

Well yes, what was on display was a 3D print, so they are a long way off production yet.

Isn't one of the prerequisites of running a successful mail-order business is that you have to publish your name, address and telephone number where anyone who is likely to be a customer can read it?

We also invented banks that have non interest in supporting industry* *from the 1850s since you asked. Is 4 hours a long journey?

As do soaps, shampoos, carpets, pears, potatoes and mushrooms, especially mushrooms. More details here

Yep, a typical government 'Jam Tomorrow' ploy....

Does this mean there will be a resurgence of S scale, where there is just about no trade support at all?

If it was a real photo it must have been a really fat seagull that sat on the middle signal doll.

That was an interesting conversation today between yourself and brian t regarding the Hornby gresley buffet. I am not so knowledgeable on coaching stock as i should be, although i hope to improve over time. Mainly i stick to mk1's as with these you know what you are getting. You mentioned modifying the sides of the coach in order to create a more accurate buffet. Have you a photograph of a modified coach so that i know what the finished result should look like. This blog will show you all you need to build a a converted Gresley buffet http://highlandmiscellany.com/tag/buffet/ PS. I forgot to add, that I know a man that cans supply brass overlays for the rebuilt cars....

AM6/306 had what have been described as 'Thompson' bogies, but were probably a MetCamm standard bogie. AM7/307 also had normally framed bogie which I suspect as the same as Eastleigh were fitting to contemporary SR stock.

The original Great Central Railway magazine from about 1910 onwards contains a number of letters complaining about the state of particularly goods engines. These seem to come mainly from ex-locomen as they tend to include a sentiment similar to "it was never like this in my day".

Yes, but if you take you models outside the colours will look a lot brighter. This is because, even on an overcast day, there is much more light reflected off the model than there would be under artificial light.

Probably D.155 Corridor Third.

I have a ( or maybe part of) a bogie diagram book and have extracted these details which I've put into a PDF LNER Bogies.pdf

Don't think so -- the drawing is dated August 1930.

I've just re-read the Van chapters in Harris, and you are right, Fox bogies were replaced by heavy duty 8' bogies and the permitted load was increased from 8 to 10 tons. Which leaves me wondering just which vehicles used the 8' standard. bogies.

As far as i know the 8' heavies were only used on quad arts. They had an even shorter bolster support beam, and there was really no need to use a bogie the could carry 18.5 tons on light vehicle such as a BG,

Not quite right. Up until about 1930 BGs had 8' Fox bogies. Vans built later had light, single bolster 8' bogies. To recognise these bogies these bogies you need to look at the bolster supports. This is a 8' single bolster on a BG: and this is a standard 8'6" double bolster:

River in Hampshire?

If Gaugemaster won't tell you I would cancel the order......