DavidB-AU

I agree with the above. It's a scam trying to sell you a used class 141! Cheers David

TPE is getting a variant of the Civity as the class 397. Plus Northern and West Midlands are getting the diesel version. Cheers David

Also worth noting that NYMR themes different stations to different eras. Levisham to Edwardian era, Pickering to 1930s, Grosmont to 1950s and Goathland (along with much of the village) to 1960s. From a modelling point of view this could be attractive if you have room for more than one station. Cheers David

THE first class 331 Civity EMU for Arriva Trains Northern was presented to media and stakeholders at CAFs Zaragoza plant on January 31. http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/rolling-stock/caf-presents-first-civity-emu-for-northern.html

Some more views. https://www.flickr.com/photos/resilient741/34285862192/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrs1967_1/14845483849/ My understanding is the orange dot is there to make the Royal Train easy to identify from its helicopter escort. Cheers David

Back in the 90s there was a proposal to convert surplus Mk 3 sleepers into 125mph Post Office Stowage Vans. The idea was the reduced journey time over the 90mph TPO would allow mail to be sorted at each end rather than en route. But the class 325 became the preferred option. Cheers David

A couple of ideas from the other topic. Cheers David

Discussing it with a work colleague at lunch today, we concluded there is scope for a trilogy here. A second film covering the Battle of Britain and preparations for the expected invasion, and a third one covering the closing year of the war and the 1945 election. Cheers David

The ex-Tasmanian railcar DP13 at DownsSteam in Queensland moved under its own power yesterday. It will be on display to the public for the first time on Friday (Australia Day). It was almost completely destroyed by fire at Burnie in 2012 before DownsSteam purchased the remains in 2014. http://downssteam.com/dp13-gatsby-flyer/ More pictures on Facepalm. https://www.facebook.com/downssteam/posts/2082973398592707 Cheers David

Or a Peak. Same location. http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/uploads/7/6/8/3/7683812/______7911437_orig.jpg Quite a neat little industry (scrap metal) to fit into a small space. http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/uploads/7/6/8/3/7683812/______9514662_orig.jpg http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/uploads/7/6/8/3/7683812/______8249501_orig.jpg Cheers David

In May 1940 the RAF had 7 DC-2s, all taken up from civilian service in India and operating out of Lahore. The RAF didn't get a DC-3 until August 1940 and that was captured from the Italians. The three other pre-war DC-3s operated by the RAF were in US civilian service until 1941. Cheers David

Separate water tanks are/were fairly common around the world. The Victorian Railways has 4 wheel water tanks usually used only on good trains on branch lines although most tenders had the hose fitting to connect to a tank. In preservation, it is more common to use a converted bogie oil tank. Also in preservation, the fittings on the tanks and tender have been changed to the same type used by the fire services so it is possible to fill from a fire hydrant or in remote locations from a fire tanker. In New South Wales, where a "branch line" could be 50 miles long, there was a fleet of 4 wheel and bogie travelling water tanks. Most were goods rated but some had passenger bogies. Originally they were simply piped to the loco with a one way valve but later ones had small gas-powered pumps in an enclosure on the end of the wagon. Most locos were through water piped so one or more tanks could supply two or more locos. Even some tank engines were piped. Queensland Railways had unusually shaped water tanks of not very high capacity. QR Heritage now has a repurposed bogie oil tank. Extra water tanks were common in South Africa. Union Pacific converted some of the gas turbine fuel tenders into water tanks, originally for MOW purposes but a couple are now used as water tenders for its steam fleet. Cheers David

And for anyone who saw last week's episode of The Grand Tour... Cheers David

If the tender isn't big enough, simply take away some of the water space for more coal and add a separate water tender. Cheers David

Bulleid originally wanted the MN to be a 4-8-2, but what if he had been just a bit more ambitious? Cheers David

And now the Bulleid version. Cheers David

Of course Sir William would not ignore such a challenge. Imagine just one of these on the Condor. Cheers David

Inspired by the French 151 TQ. Cheers David

Feel free to paint it. Modification from drawings here. Cheers David

The first 6 delivered to SAR in 1955 were single ended. The double ended ones entered service in the same month as the first of the 44s. Cheers David

The Alco DL500 had already been running in Spain and Pakistan for a few years before the Australian variant. Cheers David

I finally got around to seeing it over the weekend. If Gary Oldman doesn't win an Oscar for this I'll be very disappointed. And I'd never have picked Ben Mendelsohn as being able to play George VI but it was done really well. The scene on the Tube was very amusing and was in character even if it never actually happened. While the train was 1959 stock, the interior was nicely fitted out to resemble 1938 stock. Even with the suspension of disbelief it did grate a bit that riding one station from St James' Park to Westminster took around 6 minutes. I don't think the Tube was that slow even in 1940! Something that puzzled me was the Tube map when Churchill is asking how to get to Westminster. There was only a fleeting glimpse of it but it didn't look like the 1933 Beck map, the 1935 map with the oversized interchange diamonds or the 1940 map with the interlocking interchange rings. Was it completely made up for the film? I was a bit miffed about the way the 30th Brigade was portrayed in the Siege of Calais, supposedly suffering 60% casualties and then being ordered to fight on in a suicide attack with no chance of relief. In fact the 30th only suffered about 300 dead and 200 wounded (many of the wounded were evacuated by sea) before being overrun, with around 3500 being taken prisoner. The Germans twice offered them the chance to surrender and both times Brigadier Nicholson refused. Nicholson survived the siege and died as a POW. Cheers David

Queensland Railways received the 1400 class in 1955. It's a variant of the EMD G12. The Irish class 121 is an EMD G8 with the 8 cylinder 567C engine. The G12 is the 12 cylinder version. It fits into this loading gauge. Dimensions are in mm. EDIT: And in case you're wondering if a 1300hp GM from 1955 would fit in the UK loading gauge... Cheers David

I see your Collett EMU and raise you Railcars No.39 and 40 in a proper livery. Cheers David