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will there be another run of these models?

hi i was wondering if any body could clear up a couple of questions regarding the BOC tanker workings. DId the plant at Ditton/Widnes supply both liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen? Would a rake or block workings have mixed wagons, some nitrogen some oxygen? Would the waggons with nitrogen writen on the side be used to carry oxygen but with the Haz chem symbols changed? I model late 80s/mid 90s would the band colour matter yellow or red/orange? Thank you

This subject seems a bit out of place on a model railway forum, you may get more answers on a froum dedicated to the 12"/1ft . However there are people who work on the real railway in these forums, they seem to be airing their point of view which may or may not satisfy the laymen as it were. As previously stated the railway system is very safe, after the failed profit before safety years of railtrack post privatisation. Network rail and the rest of the industy has pushed safety to higher standards. To sugest otherwise is wrong. Is it going to be perfect? No, no system is planes still crash, trains still crash these are facts. As long as heavy bits of metal are moving at high speed with human interaction, mistakes will be made. This is the crux of the matter, it will probably come down to human error. Did the p-way keep going to the same place and not finding the fault? Did they raise this to there section manager? Did he raise it to his engineer? Did he raise to to the on track monitoring team? At some point there was a brake down in comunication in to why the defect was consistently being reported and no fault being found. When netrwok rail identify the issue it will be addressed and should not happen again. Or was the risk not identified in the hardware/ softwhare? was this the human errror? With regards to the loose or missing pandrol clips, the tracks should be patroled once a week and its probably a known fault and with-in the p way standards, if it is a concern by all means raise it to Network Rail.

fantastic, il look in to this. Thank You

thanks for the replies, i wonder if a magnet coupling could be developed to look like a modern multiple unit coupling , maybe even an electro magnet operated by DCC.

Apologies if this has been asked. If the new 158 is coupled together to another one, through the replica BSi coupling, can one unit it pull its self aprt from another in a staion or depot for example, without the hand of god?

For the yellow bands ,100% correct but this has only started to apear in the last few years, depending on the region, and only on the main line in the areas i have experience with. Although i have seen point clip and scotches kept in locs with a yellow band around them for the ops/MOMs TPWS - at signals for the TSS , i doubt many layouts are big enough for OSS or OSS + grids : ) You can still find orange pipe around some redundent some still with cables in as its quite a chore to take out. As for the troughs, they can always disapear under ballest near the track as the P way dump ballest over them over the years.

hi jack, with regards to the track plan, would it be possible on the left hand most line exiting the left hand platform to move the points closer to the station with slightly a large radiaus/gentle curve? This might alow you to park a unit or loco beyond the points alowing a train to loop back on to the main line. Thus alowing a unit to be parked clear of the loop awaiting entry to the depot?

Thanks for the reply

The "2 aspect ground signal" is a call on signal, this is to call a locomotive or unit on to a section of track already ocupied by a item of rolling stock or locomotive. This is currently blank and when the route is set and conditions are met it will illuminate in two white lights as mentioned above. It does not illuminate red as per a shunt signal when not in use. You can see a shunt signal in the same pic on the far right hand side slightly elevated on a post.

wow this looks realy nice, im contemplating a similar thing my self. How much did the velux window intalation coast if you dont mind me asking? for the carpet tiles did you put anything underneath them or just lay them strainght on to the wood? and what was the best tool you found to be for cutting them? thansk

Thes vids might help you a little the first vid seems to show Intercity class 47's going south on XC workings http://youtu.be/lDTixduAaws The second vid seems to show class 86's in charge of Xc workings and HSTs too http://youtu.be/k14fmloc7ZE

As far as i know (happy to be proved wrong) there where two slight differences in class 20 bogies. Some have holes on the lower metal beam conecting the two axel boxes (sorry i do nto know the technical term) and some do not have the holes.

A good reasearch resource is You tube, it alows you to go back in time, to see what the rail scene was like in your time frame, some exaples https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of8paElNt5c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgZ9KoO7_Ik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzdZZrypx2I <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/A_jTquyI6vo" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> Sorry, i dont know how to post direct links

At the risk of going off topic, is there a link or pictures of the proposed designs? It would make a wonderfull what if model

would it be possible to record the presentasions for people who can not make it? Probably a bit late to mention it now. Hope all involved have a good day

Is there any news on the 0n30 stuff? or the garratt in 7mm?