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Pre-Grouping West Highland?
eheaps replied to justin1985's topic in Pre-Grouping - Modelling & Prototype
The Highland sheeted their fish wagons -
The Isle of Alnogg - Dogger Bank
eheaps replied to Player of trains's topic in Pre-Grouping - Modelling & Prototype
An awful lot of pre-group railways seem to have used this type of fox bogie (illustrated for avoidance of doubt as there was another type more commonly used on goods wagons), especially those who didn't have enormous drawing offices and carriage works. Each railway seems to have had there own preference for secondary springs (various combos of leaf and coil) and footboard length though. They also came in a few different wheel bases. Pretty much all of my Trainz carriages run on a bogie based on this design, even if it's not strictly correct but as long as you get the footboards right I think you can normally get away with it! For a fictional small railway company it seems to be the ideal choice! PS. the more I look at those single drawings the more I want build a Trainz one... -
The Isle of Alnogg - Dogger Bank
eheaps replied to Player of trains's topic in Pre-Grouping - Modelling & Prototype
You might be able to get better resolution by downloading directly from the source of these scans, which was the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/pub_engineer) Searching for "Nanking" in the relevant volume finds them pretty quickly. For those that don't know the internet archive has full scans of both The Engineer and Engineering which can be a great source of drawings. -
The Isle of Alnogg - Dogger Bank
eheaps replied to Player of trains's topic in Pre-Grouping - Modelling & Prototype
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The Isle of Alnogg - Dogger Bank
eheaps replied to Player of trains's topic in Pre-Grouping - Modelling & Prototype
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I think he may be following this advice on impressing ladies (from The Dangerous Book for Boys): "If you see a girl in need of help—unable to lift something, for example—do not taunt her. Approach the object and greet her with a cheerful smile, while surreptitiously testing the weight of the object. If you find you can lift it, go ahead. If you can't, try sitting on it and engaging her in conversation."
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NLR drawings were recently mentioned. The NRM have scanned part of their Bow collection and they are available in wonderfully high resolution here: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/documents/aa110002833/bow-works-locomotive-drawings Similar pages are available for other works. The Derby and Stratford ones seem quite extensive from my exploring so far... There are also lots of paintings (reproduced at lower res) from which this must count as a cheer up picture...
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Does anyone know where I might be able to find a drawing/photograph of the control layout in the driving compartment of a Maunsell BCK converted for pull push use? HMRS has a a couple of useful diagrams available, but they're either generic or for different carriage types, meaning I can't find the exact layout for the Maunsell conversions. Thanks, Ed
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Metropoltitan Railway lampcodes
eheaps replied to eheaps's topic in Pre-Grouping - Modelling & Prototype
Unfortunately that reprint doesn't seem to be available to buy anywhere. Unless anyone has a copy and they can share a few pages from it, I think the best approach may be to contact the London Transport Museum... -
The number of adverts in old photos is astonishing. We think it's bad now, but I think it was probably worse 150 years ago. It's easy to see why they had to start surrounding the station name boards with giant red circles so passengers could actually see them, thus leading to today's familiar London Transport roundel logo... For adding adverts in Trainz, look for the FMA random trademark assets. An easy way to plaster your walls with old fashioned adverts! This is one of the things I've been trying to add to my WIP London based layout below, one thing that's missing are the signs on the outside of the station proclaiming the cheap fairs and long list of destinations. These were often somewhat cobbled together with new signs being attached around the old ones every time a new extension opened and new destinations needed to be advertised. I've also been flooding the streets with horse drawn vans and buses to get some sense of the chaos of Victorian London. Need to find some decent 19th Century people to go with them though...