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You could say I'm on a 'roll' with these adverts from bearing manufacturers (Ha-ha) 😆. Interesting how the technical blurb swings from mechanical (bearing talk) to electrical (Line voltage and transformers) I didn't relaise that those 'Clacton units' were dual voltage. Not a bad stylised depiction of a unit on this one either!!!

Ahhh, I see - the 'automated' version :)

MacGregor, opening roofs for wagons tonight, I've never really given them much thought before I must confess!

Hi there, wire is often sold by 'gauge (swg)' or cross sectional area (csa) was the 0.4 measurement the diameter, or had you already calculated the cross sectional area? It's worth checking before placing an order :)

Some bushes this evening from CF Taylor, and some interesting vans depicted (what's happened to the middle one of the three?)

C4777 - you have caught the driver in mid air!!! :)

... or me! I've seen more than one 'knock off' copy the faults too!!! The Japanese manufacturers were famed for improving on the original, so the 'knock off' was often better than the original!!

Thanks Kev - I think Nearholmer has cracked it :)

Aha!!!! you're a star Nearholmer - I had missed that, sort of like an old side valve engine then?

... and What looks like the KIngs Norton based RHTT unit in the center road. This is often the only non passenger DMU to traverse the Hereford line all year! Though to be fair we had a 66 on a track renewal train as far as Malvern Link recently!

Usually a cross section picture is a good way to see how a machine, or suchlike works. In this case I don't find this sectional view of a hydraulic motor particularly illuminating! As it has pistons, I would expect the hydraulic fluid to enter at the top of the cylinder and force the piston down. The cylinder heads appear to be nothing more than a 'blanking plate' and at the opposite end where the bearings are, there appears to be an inlet and an outlet for the fluid. The main rotating shaft has slots cut into it, and would suggest a means of timing the fluid entering the cylinder on each rotation (bit like the ports on a two stroke motorcycle are in turn exposed and covered by the piston skirt). Am I being daft here, can anyone help?

After yesterday's advert I hope there is nothing too health endangering in this one! ML Engineering, this evening, and they look as though they could do a pretty impressive 'mimic panel'!

Sprayed Limpet Asbestos anyone? From a time when asbestos was a ubiquitous wonder material :(

They put me in mind of Japanese motorcycle wheels from the 1980's !

We've had gear wheels from Germany. now it's rail wheels from Belgium!

Another one for the electronics enthusiasts among us (I'm definitely one!) There's also a 'Stylised' class 31 if that tickles your fancy instead 😉

Is that another 'time travelling ' driver checking his phone before getting back into the cab?

Mirrlees engines tonight - though the bogie in the illustration looks suspiciously as though it belongs to a SULZER type 2!!!!!

This is an interesting one, an electric tamper - now I always thought these were pneumatic. I wonder how it generated its oscillating action? Was it a motor with a cam, or was it electromagnetic (surely not!)

Oh yes, and 'no exceptional skills required' apparently!!!!

Something very insect like about this on track plant (a tamper)... were they ever used in the UK?

'Nippy' might be overegging it a bit, but I certainly remembered them keeping time on the occasions I had to use the transpennine!

Good evening, some gears from Germany tonight.

An advert for 'Kilfrost' de-icer tonight - no doubt containing chemicals judged 'fine' in the 1960's. The advert boasts that the product has been proven in cold countries such as Norway, but I notice Kilfrost are based in Haltwhistle - which can get pretty chilly too!

What a fantastic shot!!!! info on flickr suggests that this was a regular occurrence to load up carpets.