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    Kingspan insulation boards as the basis for land formations.

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    12 hours ago, Chrisr40 said:

    I tried with a 009 layout I built for my son but gave up as it was a nightmare to try and pin or glue track to. Then there was the question of mounting point motors etc. Its probably great for landforms on a traditional baseboard but I wouldn't use it again as a baseboard itself.


    I wasn’t so much thinking as an actual base board, more that size wise I’ve only room for a traditional 6 or 8 by 4 or 5 feet board and was thinking of using two pieces to and the line nominally being set at the middle of the two. With some of it on an embankment and other in the cutting to give the impression that the line literally cuts through the land formation rather than building up from a flat board 

    Railway Observer 1948 -1952

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    Hi, 

     

    With the new restrictions coming into place on Thursday, my trip to the NRM to view their collection of Railway Observers looks like being canned. So just wondering if anyone on here may have copies of the 1948 to 1952 Railway Observers, either for viewing/borrowing or purchase. I live near Alfreton/Chesterfield in Derbyshire if anyone is close by? TIA.  

    On shed no 10 depots in the privatised era.

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    On 11/09/2020 at 16:09, birdseyecircus said:

    Is it me or did the Author forget which edition he was writing for?

    The intro consists of several pages of text relating to the steam era and early BR diesels. Bizzare.

     

    Paul


     

    PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT

     

    Kelsey Publishing would like to apologise to readers of On Shed Issue 10 in which the incorrect Introduction section has been printed. This is in no way the fault of the editor who submitted and approved the correct material. The error has come about at the design/print stage with the erroneous files uploaded by the designer to the printer.

     

    The publisher has had no hesitation in re-printing this edition, once it was made aware of the problem, and anyone who has purchased a copy with the incorrect Introductory section can claim a replacement copy, simply by telephoning Customer Services on 01959 543747 (Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.30pm). Readers should have a copy of Issue 10 with them when they make the call.

     

    Paul Appleton, 

    Publisher, Kelsey Publishing

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    Railway Modeller London Underground April Fool

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    On ‎28‎/‎01‎/‎2019 at 23:25, Dungrange said:

    I'd imagine that it was the April issue and I think it was 1983 (or possibly 1984).  That was one of the first issues of Railway Modeller that I bought in my teenage years.  It was many years later before I realised that it was an April Fools joke.  When reading it at the time, I'd just thought that this hobby has some right weirdos!!!!

     

    indeed it does

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    Number of staff on long haul routes

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    On ‎14‎/‎08‎/‎2020 at 15:25, Dunsignalling said:

    Only if both units are being used to carry passengers.

     

    Some years back, the Looe branch trains consisted of two 55xxx Bubblecars, one locked out and used only to provide additional brake force/adhesion. 

     

    John

     

    "some years back"... blimey that's going back over quarter of a century ago, and is a very specific and rare example of couple units and very much the exception to prove the rule.  

    Chinley crash of September 1978

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    7 minutes ago, keefer said:

    33049341846_342b17e877_c.jpgClass 40 40044 - Reddish Depot. by Martyn Hilbert, on Flickr

     

    I'd assumed that the whole train had 'run away' but on seeing the Twitter post & others, it was just the loco?

    In that case, the loco could've been parked with the handbrake on and still run away. There was an instruction in General/Sectional Appendix stating that parked cl.40s must be scotched as the handbrake could not be relied upon to hold the loco.

     

     

     

    The loco wasn't "parked", it was in the process of running around it's train, seen here is the loco and several derailed wagons, it seems to have travelled some distance along the former Goods line.

     

    https://railphotoprints.uk/p692212777/hC0697201

     

     

    Chinley crash of September 1978

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    It seems that the trains was the Peak Forest - Downham Market wiuld have meant that it was put on the goods in order to run around its train. not sure why it ran away however, but the train would have ran away through the pointwork acting as trap points to the mainlines thus doing their job

     

     

    The last push pull service on BR

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    just flicking through a 1987 issue of Steam Railway and in it, is a caption to a pic described as "the last push-and-pull service on BR operating between the village of Seaton and Stamford on September 11th 1964. When did this service end as a push pull and was it indeed that last such service on BR?

    Chinley crash of September 1978

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    In September 1978  40044 was hauling a freight train that ran away and was derailed at trap points at Chinley, Derbyshire. The loco was repaired and was identifiable by the lack of corridor connecting doors.

     

    Where exactly was this derailment and would anyone happen to know the circumstances of this incident at Chinley? TIA

    East Midlands freight operations in the late 80's

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    On ‎15‎/‎04‎/‎2020 at 10:26, Fat Controller said:

     Metal Box had a plant at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, which recieved tinplate in VCAs, and then SPAs.

    There were oil terminals at Doe Hill and Warsop (BP).

    Mansfield Sand had a quarry at Berry Hill.

    Stanton and Staveley ironworks, now part of St-Gobain, I believe, has despatched large-diameter cast-iron pipes by rail for export relatively recently. The loads were carried in a mix of BDA and SPA wagons. I'm not aware of any recent inbound traffic; if there were, I would expect pig-iron and scrap, as the blast furnaces have been shut for quite a long time. There had been chemical traffic from part of the site, using by-products from the coking ovens.

     

     

    The oil terminal last received train in about 1991

    Stratford's closure and plaque

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    Hi,

     

    Given Stratford closed in 2001, why does the commemorative plaque for HS1 proclaim,

     

    "Stratford Depot was here from 1839 to 2006 when it was the largest traincrew depot in Europe. The Eastern Counties and Great Eastern Railways built engines and trains on this site. The world record for the fastest build of a steam engine is still held by the Old Stratford Works, part of the depot, and stands at 9hr 47min. This plaque commemorates the thousands of railway workers who worked at Stratford Depot." 

    East Midlands Coal - 1980s BR Blue

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    On ‎24‎/‎09‎/‎2018 at 08:58, APOLLO said:

    A very interesting and well illustrated book is British Rail at Work - East Midlands by John Gough published by Ian Allan ISBN No 0-7110-1521-X.

     

    071101521X.jpg

     

    A4 Hardback, nearly all photos are 1970 / 80's BR Blue, with comment maps and diagrams, it covers the area from Bedford north up to Sheffield , and Derby across to Skegness.

     

    An interesting area and timeframe, best wishes for your layout.

     

    Brit15

     

    that book is like a bible! It's a fantastic piece of work.

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