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5 minutes ago, Dungrange said:

There still is.  If there are multiple intermediate points, then it won't give you the optimum order for these - it just assumes that you want to visit them in the order that you add them.

I've looked at Google, AA and RAC planners and this seems to be the same with all  3, If I want to go from A to B via CDE then that is the way it will route, what I am looking for is something that will say you want to arrive at B by a certain time and the optimum route is ADCE to B and you need to leave A at this time to arrive at B by the specified time. I know its can't take account of traffic but all I want is something to plan my route and give me an idea of how long the best route will take.

Ian

Hi all

I have just started a small part time job where I have to journey from a start point to an end point via 2 or 3 other places, but, I need to be at the end point at a certain time, I've found places where I can set a start time and the app or site will give you the best route to the end point via the the intermediates, but, does anyone know of an app or website that will allow you to set an arrival time at the destination then work out what time you need to begin your journey via the other stops?

Ian

Have you tried - sdeg.books@gmail.com - thats how I got mine.

ian

Hi Steve

Does being part of BRM mean that the Traction Modelling section will disappear?

Ian

2 hours ago, Daddyman said:

Still there and his policy of taking everything from a collection, rather than cherry picking, can be attractive, but his buying prices are rock bottom (as to be fair are his selling prices - most railway books £3). Is the OP looking to buy or sell? 

 

Thanks for the info, just looking to downsize the collection a bit, I have far too many books a lot of which I don't look at from one month to the next.

Hi all

Are there any dealers in 2nd hand railway books in the north east, around the teeside area or a reasonable distance thereof?

Ian

Hi Kevin

Could I ask are there any plans for further volumes in the Sixties Diesels And Electrics series of books please?

Ian

Hi

Anyone have suggestions where I might be able to get the plastic type boxes as used by Dapol and Farish for N Gauge locos, or any other suggestions for individual loco storage boxes for a number of unboxed locos that I have?

4 hours ago, 65179 said:

 

Hi Clive,

 

In 4mm Brassmasters and Alan Gibson are/were the other options aside from K's.

 

The Book of the Jubilees is pretty good for information on which locos had which tenders.  That information, as I understand it, comes from the record cards, so looking at photos would still be a good idea particularly for the end of their lives.  It's always worth a second look,  particularly if it's a Midland Division Jubilee, just to check if it's a 4000 or 3500 gallon tender.

 

I don't blame you for not changing the rivets! It might be a useful aid to spotting them in photos, but it's hardly worth risking messing up your tender sides trying to move them a few millimetres.

 

I do like a 3500 gallon tendered Jubilee:

 

 

What's your straight sided one going to be?

Simon

Hi Simon

Any options for the 3500G Straight High side tender, the only one I was aware of was the Jidenco/Falcon Brass one?

Ian

Many Thanks for the various replies, this one is on ebay at the moment, is it a 3500 or a 4000? - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126181436718?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=kTIAJmolRvW&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Ian

Just wondering if someone with the knowledge or long memory may be able to assist, Is my memory correct in thinking the whitemetal LMS tender that K's did for their Jubilee 4-6-0 was a curve top 3500 gall example rather than a 4000 gall one?

Ian

Does anyone have a copy of the June 1974 issue of Model Railways please, I've tried all the usual avenues?

Ian

Hi All

I'm still looking for a set of Snowdon plates, does anyone know of a set available please? 247 are out of stock and have been for some time.

Ian

On some of the junctions at the panel I work they have installed "flashing" aspects for the diverging route, drivers know which route they apply to and are set enough back to allow the drivers to stop at an incorrect route.

Ian

8 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

My reference is the loss of safe procedures that did not bend any rules. When I worked at Grove Park in the 1970s, there were scheduled moves of ECS trains 8/10/12-cars, from the shed to the station to enter passenger service. This required the driver to be in the back cab, on the stops. The guard would be in the leading cab leaving the shed. The shunter would observe the signal and on seeing it clear, give right-away and the driver would propel his train out onto the Down Slow and then through the crossover to the Down Fast, until he was behind the signal, which would then, following the road being reset, clear for the train to proceed forwards, driver at the leading end, into the station. The move took place under fixed signals and all the guard, at the leading end, was required to do was keep a lookout and be prepared to apply the brake if he saw an obstruction. He had loudaphone communication with the driver if needed, but was not observing signals, or in any other way usurping the driver. And that is what I would have expected at Cogload. 

 

If the modern railway feels that sort of manoeuvre is somehow unsafe, then the 21 minutes is the price it pays. 

Ian

As you say you were at Grove Park in the 1970's, I joined BR in 1979, what we were allowed to do then and what we are allowed to do now are totally different things, you describe what is known as a propelling move, but, in recent times this has been all but banned and any move must be made with the driver in the leading cab. the only exception would be where a 2nd driver is available to drive from the leading cab.

Ian

According to the Jenkinson/Essery LMS Coaching books, the LMS didn't build any TPO coaches with a guards compartment until 1950, so where did the guard travel on these trains, I know the GWR adapted a few full brakes with an offset gangway at one end to match the TPO coaches, but, I can't find anything aboout the LMS doing similar?

Ian

CPL products - Transfers & prints (cplproducts.net)

Does anyone have a Bill Bedford Etch for the Stephenson Valve Gear as fitted to Black 5 no 4767, this used to be available from Eileen's emporium before they closed?

Ian

On 21/09/2023 at 13:41, yaxxbarl said:

.and here's the proof of this proverbial pudding - the loco in action on the rollers!

 

 

It also sauntered nicely up and down the test track. It'll do for now anyway, it's enough to go on the demo stand at Stafford after which it will go into the paint and detailing shops to come out at Cromford & High Peak stalwart 68012, oval buffers and all!

 

Cheers,

 

John

Hi John

Can I ask what make are the rollers please as I'm looking for a set(for N gauge) to use with my loco tester?

Ian

Would Rapido consider producing this in N gauge at some point?

Hi

I am looking into the possibility of converting a Farish RB Royal Scot to 6170 British Legion, from what I can see there are the following differences

Different Cab

Top Feed nearer the dome

Single Chimney

Flat Wide Steam Pipes

No Smoke Deflectors

Longer Boiler(10 inches = 2mm in N)

Anything else I may have missed, also Railway Modeller did a supplement on LMS Express steam locos which had a photo of 6170 taken at Crewe in 1946, it seems still in LMS Red, did it survive until the end of the LMS in that livery or did it gain LMS Post war Black?

Nice photographs of a nice layout, that last one of 7799 reminds me of a photo that appeared in the old Model Railways magazine of Ken Longbottom's Diggle, Halebarns and Westport layout.

Don't understand why this is such a big deal, just put your phone, laptop etc away and sit back, look out the window and enjoy the journey.

On 30/04/2023 at 16:51, acg5324 said:

Weathered Cromptons.

Weathered Polybulk and Telescopic hood wagon.

…and finally weathered Tractor…..this requires a bit more work.

Hi Andy

What is the origin of the Polybulk please, its a different type the the Farish one?

Ian

On 30/04/2023 at 18:07, Revolution Ben said:

 

Development of the Class 313 and 314 units is now nearing its end; the remaining deco samples should be here within the next few days and once approved we will look to close the order book and put the models into production.  If you are still unsure which model to order (or whether to order at all!) then they will be on display at the N Gauge Society's 'Celebration of N gauge' at the National Railway Museum in York on May 13th and 14th.

 

There's more information about the models, and the tour, on our website's news page.  And purely to avoid a slew of questions: No, we don't have any plans to produce these in 00!

 

cheers

 

Ben A.

Hi Ben

just wondering if you are going to use the research and modelling of the 313 and 314 as a possibility of making the 508 sometime in the future?

Ian