ERIC ALLTORQUE

I would think they are trialing the two 66 to pull what one 59 has been doing,they split at acton usually anway to distribute so the 66 put half way down can cope with the load behind once they are split, heres a good comparison watching the 59 on stone and 66 on stone alone,not my content so give him a like.

Just bang the top with your hand until it sorts itself out........works or one chokes on dust...

So my rawie buffers and one chaldron pack or not going to take the cup.........

Watch here for a while,its live and quite busy at times with long trains with multiple power units.theres loads of live cameras on VRF and each day action grab bags as they call them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Y0WSXZJXc

The point that the lad on you tube is making is its not double headed but runing as a DPU splitting the load and train,it reduces the coupling loads and gives ability to run these longer trains without the 59 which has been pulling the 4800T jumbo trains single handed for 36 years since the Yeoman 59 ones came in 86. They did a run with two 59,s and a third dead on the rear in 91 or 92 pulling two 51wagon loaded consists to get the longest and heaviest train ever run in europe at just under 12000T and a mile in length. Apparently they have been trialing them all week returning like this.

I think this is heading to Merehead from Westbury,so coming away from London,it must be empty as it has 30 on and a dead shed.

Left hand down a bit,steady,steady............boldly going forward while going in reverse.....

To be honest Tom they might be empty,they normally are heaped up so might just be a test rather than double headed.The American stuff is really clever as there trains are at time three miles long,when the fronts under power climbing the DPU,s are not until they need to be and same braking.

Ive never seen a 66 pull alone 30 stone hoppers and a dead one,they struggle with 20/22 and they both are 665,s not 66,6 versions.

I have all my invoices for what i order instantly,someone has to keep them in tea, biscuits and guinness,the time to get excited is when Frans looking out for Transits..........

Heres a good one,Freightliner trying the American distributed power tactic to use two 66,s to pull two thirds of a 59 jumbo train,give the chap a like as he puts on loads of good modern stuff from GWR metals,worth subscribing if you like the heavy stuff.

Heres me telling everyone into model trains to check out Accurascale,quality stuff and they dont take your eyes out....................now they want us to keep one out.

Still on the ballast theme,i would think the MFS-D wagon would be a great Accurascale project,who would not want a few to run with a Hattons or Bachman 66. https://www.plasser.co.uk/en/machines-systems/ballast-bed-cleaning/material-logistics/mfs-d-mfs-sb.html

Well it would work if you want your products to explode onto the market..........you could use the here give these a blast approach.

No apologie needed,thanks for the information,no excuse for you to have unrealistic ballast on your layout then and we can all benefit from your information to improve ours,thanks.

The railway today with its long welded sections and train weights and speed dictate the modern ballasting,its heaped up on the outside to pin the track in place.Its very much needed.

Theres a pre owned Colas 66847 on Hattons site with a few issues. other than that 66743 is at 24 and 66623 is 47 left.

Had not realised Hannabile Lector was a Deltic footplate guy,who would have thought it....

Just have an oil bath in the removable roof...............

So how about a holographic driver,switched on or off by DCC,you could make him move and be there or not as required,you just need someone who knows about the technology. It has to come at some point........you can then have a mini Fran or Patrick or yourself driving each of your creations.

Exactly,whats not like about them,most of us are a few bricks short of a full load.

The price quoted is just the two cabs,its more if you want the full loco.........only joking, its all out realism at no extra cost,stunning stuff,how lucky we are.

Just shows that Accurascale are here for the good of us all,not just the good of themselves,resistance is futile,you will be impressed.

You got this idea from Santa did you not.............

Well thats teased the wee out of most of us,you got shares in adult nappies now........ Well why not,with the Manor we want sauce,with the Deltic we want fashion accessories to tell time,what next.....