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Signalman badly injured at East Farleigh
Jonboy replied to roythebus's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
I saw the CCTV footage before it got pulled from YouTube and can say that the car involved was third in a line of traffic, and it did stop immediately and the drivers door opened before the footage ended. If I were to speculate I would suggest the driver had assumed they were ok for the crossing as part of a group of cars and was therefore looking out towards the right hand side of the vehicle to check for oncoming traffic coming round the white building and turning opposite, as the gate started to swing in from the left. -
My first thought on reading this debate is fair play to the members who have still turned out to help the event even though they don't support the traction - it can be all too easy for volunteers to find alternative plans if they don't like a planned activity....
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Parcels couriers - what are your horror stories?
Jonboy replied to Captain Kernow's topic in Wheeltappers
Something people may or may not have noticed is Royal Mail introduced a "tracked" service for businesses that send a lot of parcels out a few years back. This is a service where the postie signs to confirm they have delivered it to the addressee, a neighbour or a safeplace rather than the receiver signing for it. They also changed the rules to allow delivery of "signed for" parcels to a neighbour. -
N Gauge Class 390 Pendolino (post Kickstarter) with Rapido
Jonboy replied to Revolution Ben's topic in Rapido Trains
Frankly the only issue that has stopped me pledging was the time window of the Kickstarter process - running it across the xmas period (Nov through Jan pay periods) with all the pressures that brings on the home budget meant it was a regrettable no-go. (On the flip side I can see the fact that it was open across the xmas holiday may have increased the audience size online....) -
Kenton - just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water
Jonboy replied to Pete 75C's topic in Wheeltappers
It had crossed my mind a few days ago he had vanished. -
Lidl display cabinets now on sale
Jonboy replied to Legend's topic in Modelling Questions, Help and Tips
Reading West had loads of large but no small yesterday afternoon. -
so about 6 weeks ago bought my first bicycle in 5 years, today managed a 25 mile round trip in 2 hours - Yay!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3umMl49XEg
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Didn't the Network Rail Press release say it was a sacrificial layer, which would suggest it is not designed with this in mind. Edit - Press release link http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/News-Releases/Network-Rail-engineers-begin-work-to-try-to-stop-further-damage-at-Dawlish-1fd2.aspx
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Out of curiosity what is the cost of delay minutes to NR in this sort of situation. How much would they save if a cap on payments was written into the next GW franchise on the basis of an alternative route being available (e.g. a cap of 120 minutes and no payment due for trains sent via the alternative route). (Just trying to get a fell really for how the finances would stack up if you treated Seawall and alternative route as one cost centre over the year, rather than two distinct routes.)
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Having enjoyed full and standing HST's to Newquay in the summer a couple of times I would suggest there is a bigger picture than a few weeks in January/February...
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The joy of the local Facebook spotted pages....
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The seller has to pay the return costs if you cancel under distance selling regulations unless they clearly state up front or in T&C's you agree that the buyer must pay them. They should always refund the cost of sending the goods to you initially. They should also refund return cost if item is faulty as then it is Sale of Goods Act issue, rather than distance selling.
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Now if you ask the likelihood of any of the aforementioned gears working on the other hand.....
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Dremel multi type tool for scratchbuilding
Jonboy replied to nrg710's topic in Kitbuilding & Scratchbuilding
I do like my Dremel on its lower speeds, but I am planning to purchase this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dremel-26150220JB-Workstation/dp/B0012RQG94/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384029799&sr=8-1&keywords=dremel+stand before I do much more with it. -
When you list an item EBay now helpfully "suggests" a starting price, based on the finishing price of other items, that you then override if you wish to go a 99p start price or similar. If you are not concentrating you don't notice they have suggested a BIN format and override their suggested BIN price with 99p.......
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Prototype for everything www.railway-centre.com/october-2013.html
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I don't know whether or not it is a practical suggestion (and wouldn't have asked if I did:) ) but as there is a high level of practical expertise from current and ex-railway staff here I thought I would ask the question and find out. I wouldn't have a clue about cost but as ever the railways would no doubt weigh up the costs (staff time applying/testing brakes, maintenance etc.) vs the benefits(lower insurance premiums?, less staff overall? etc.) and come to their own decisions.
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But surely it would be one more wire to hook-up or mount within the air pipes and power from the loco? This would then allow all handbrakes to be applied regardless of gradient.
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Out of curiosity why aren't wagon handbrakes electronically applied (i.e. motor driven ) rather than manually?
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Its funny - I always thought that junction was odd, but never twigged what it was for.
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Just touching on the UK vs NA practice debate what is the distribution of heavy recovery equipment like in the US historically? I guess derails would be more unpopular if it could block a facility for days rather than the hours you hear about in story's of yesteryear UK practice? (or I could be completely on a wrong tangent here...).
