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11 hours ago, Limpley Stoker said:
... I wonder if there is a word for 3D pixels?
2D - pixels (picture elements)
3D - voxels (volume elements)
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I enjoy reading them as they are and look forward to the next episode.
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2 hours ago, Blandford1969 said:
Here we have 2-6-2 5 Villabaso
Next 2-6-2 15C11, again no idea where or when.
Finally a tank but cant see the number, nor wheel arrangement. Could it be French?
Thanks for any suggestions in advance, or it not just hope you enjoy them.
The two locomotives in the second photograph look like they are in the same location as this picture which is identified as Warsaw Railway Museum.:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oi_1-29_Warszawa_06.04.05.jpg
Both appear to have PKP (Polskie Koleje Państwowe = Polish state Railways) emblems on their cab sides.
The locomotive on the left originated as a Prussian P6 (later DRG Br 37). In Poland they were class Oi1. P6s, Br 37s and Oi1s were made in H0 by Fleischman within the last 10 or so years.
The locomotive on the right originated in Austro-Hungary (the Austrian part) and looks to me to be kkStB (k.k.* Staatsbahnen = Imperial-Royal Austrian State Railways class 429), later OBB Rh 35. In Poland they were Ol12. These were made in H0 by Klein Modellbahn about 15 years ago. The model is no longer available and the manufacturer has ceased trading.
*Kaiserliche und Königliche I think
The third photograph shows a former Prussian T18 (later Br 78). I have no idea where, though. Although some were used in France, I wonder if this one is in Turkey based on the crescent on the cab side. That would make it TCDD class 37 I think. Br 78s have been made by Fleischmann in H0 and N previously and Piko have released one in H0 fairly recently. I think Märklin/Trix made them in H0 too, I am not going to comment on models in other scales.
I will leave it to others to embellish/correct this as necessary.
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I like the AFK's new locomotives. If the Lawleys had been built in Austro-Hungary they probably would have looked like the 4-4-0.
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1 hour ago, EddieB said:
Eisenbahn Journal published a series of specials in the 1990s, which included a set on the locomotives and other aspects of the Bavarian state railway. They aren’t easy to find now, sometimes expensive, but the non-locomotive editions weren’t that popular and can sometimes be found offloaded cheaply.
Worth keeping a look out for, this link will show what was produced: https://www.amazon.de/s?k=Bayern-Report+%2F+Bayerische+Eisenbahngeschichte%3A+Eisenbahn+Journal&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss
It looks like some of them might still be available from the publisher:
https://www.vgbahn.shop/search?sSearch=bayern+report
There was also a CD issued about 10 years ago that collected all of the landerbahn reports together, but I can't see this here.
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I hold much the same views as Hexagon789 on this. I look out for the updates here, but then go to your site to view the entire operating session update. So I wouldn't miss the photos on RMWEB. On the other hand a photo free post would probably be less likely to persuade someone who was unfamiliar with AFK to visit the full operating session. Would reducing the number of photos included in your posts here help whilst still conveying what is going on in Altonia for those new to it?
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On 24/08/2021 at 17:13, Nearholmer said:
Somebody, I seem to recall, created a visual representation, a giant diagram, of the train movements, I think for "parcels" and for "freight".
Try to get this question prominent - maybe change the topic title - because there are at least three active RMWeb members who were Central Division Traffic Controllers at Essex House (in-scene for yoy layout) during the 1970s, who will probably know half the diagrams by heart.
Is this the thread with the diagram you were thinking about?
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As it is a characterful beast it is good to see the CFS' locomotive is now in operation. I had wondered if it was the loco you mentioned in the previous batch of photos as being scrapped almost as soon as it entered service, so I am glad that it was not.
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The Union Freight Railroad is also the subject of the eponymous chapter of Frank Kyper's The Railroad That Came Out at Night, which is published by Carstens. The rest of the book is also about Boston area railroading.
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I stumbled on this whilst looking for something else:
It is described as a body shell only but it appears to have a chassis...
No connection, but thought it might be of interest?
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7 hours ago, Ruston said:
What do you mean by a "general aura"? Apart from being inside-cylindered saddletanks, with six wheels, I can't see any features shared by the two.
According to Bradley, Swale was as an 0-6-0 tender locomotive when bought by the LCDR and was then later rebuilt as a saddle tank by the Chatham.
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I had a look in the Oakwood press book 'Broad Gauge of the Great Western Railway, the Bristol and Exeter Railway and the North and South Devon Railways: A selection of 7mm locomotive drawings' by Mike Sharman, but unfortunately neither of those locomotives were featured.
The book does feature side elevations of many other broad gauge locos, if that is of interest though.
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Although they deal with operations in the 1950s rather than the 1930s Parts 1 and 3 of Southern Region Operating History, by T. S. Bradshaw and published by Xpress Publishing, might be of interest. Here are some examples for sale:
https://www.booklaw.co.uk/shop/index.php?id_product=2886&controller=product
Other vendors are available.
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"...a better view of the proposed shop tucked between La Passerelle and the bridge, with a Faller shopfront propped in place. I don't want too tall a building here as it backs right onto the headshunt, and I think views of wagons or a Moyse tractor lurking at the end of the siding might be quite interesting..."
I like the shop; it fills a gap that probably would have been filled by a commercial property at some point. I also had to make myself look for the building in question in order to find it. This indicates to me that it is prototypically unobtrusive (or that I am just irredeemably unobservant – either is possible). Additionally, by being only single story it allows good views of whatever is on the tracks behind.
This looks like it will be a more than worthy successor to Cogirep (which was a very nice layout).
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IIRC only the Midland and the Great Northern imported American locos and neither had any great success with them. Their light bar-framed construction not being up to the job for the work required of them.
Jim
The Great Central also bought American 2-6-0s (and the Lynton and Barnstaple bought Lyn).
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Well OT, but anyone who hasn’t read a biography of Yerkes is advised to do so. It isn’t only his financial affairs that wouldn’t stand up to modern scrutiny.
On finances, his biographer said “Yerkes didn't invent corruption in Chicago. He merely perfected it, bringing order to what had been a chaotic system of bribery."
A very amusing 'compliment'.
On a more serious note Strand has the potential to be be a truly awesome layout. Central London, SECR, LNWR, Metropolitan, Metropolitan District, GWR, interesting architecture and engineering. Sounds extremely interesting.
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Speaking of the Midland, the Birmingham and Gloucester bought Norris 2-2-0s in the 1840s.
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Cork, Brandon and south coast.
The midland railway and great central both bought some 2-6-0 locomotives from Baldwin, I have a sneaky feeling that they supplied some to a third railway.
Cork, Brandon and south coast.Great Northern?
Ray.
I think the CB&SCR received 2 Baldwin 0-6-2STs in 1900. The American 2-6-0s were for the Great Northern, as well as the Midland and Great Central. ISTR that British builders were unable to supply locomotives in sufficient quantities at that time (c. 1899) which is also how the Lynton and Barnstaple ended up purchasing Lyn.
AFK (Altonian Complementary Railways)
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Your posts on RMWEB are my cue to go and check out the full update on your website. So thanks for posting here.