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Class 800 - Updates
DavidB-AU replied to Indomitable026's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
Another nice pic in RGI. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/traction-rolling-stock/single-view/view/gwr-unveils-hitachi-iep-trainset.html Cheers David -
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Just in case anybody needs to keep track of these things... http://hasarticle50beeninvoked.uk/
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Top Gear episode 5: the dullest episode yet? Plus, Matt LeBlanc reportedly plans to quit, and where was Sabine Schmitz? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/06/26/top-gear-episode-5-live-matt-leblanc-reportedly-planning-to-quit/
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Matt LeBlanc 'threatens to quit motoring show unless Chris Evans is axed' http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/top-gear-crisis-matt-leblanc-8284542
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In other news, 52% of voters thought they were voting for Leavey McLeaveface.
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Live scenes from the Channel Tunnel.
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Latest Brexit result.
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Youtube is your friend. Cheers David
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My bet would be more Warraths, a mix of 4 and 8 car sets. Downer published plans for a 4 car version some time ago. Cheers David
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Just one. Cheers David
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There have been several versions of this go around in the last few days. Does anybody know if it's actually true?
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(I had to check the date on this...) Europe's robots to become 'electronic persons' under draft plan Europe's growing army of robot workers could be classed as "electronic persons" and their owners liable to paying social security for them if the European Union adopts a draft plan to address the realities of a new industrial revolution. https://www.yahoo.com/news/europes-robots-become-electronic-persons-under-draft-plan-170708335--sector.html
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The hazards of layout building in Australia
DavidB-AU replied to DavidB-AU's topic in Down-Under Railway Modellers
I once visited a crocodile farm in the Northern Territory. The guide explained that crocodile meat tastes like whatever it has been fed. If they feed them on chickens the meat tastes like chicken, if they feed them on fish the meat tastes like fish. He then added "that's why wild crocodile tastes like American tourist". Cheers David -
Painting the rails white was tested in Australia where it gets a LOT hotter. While it did reduce rail temperature by up to 10 degrees, it didn't actually stop buckling on exceptionally hot days. Cheers David
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$1b for new suburban trains for Sydney rail network More than $1 billion will be spent on new suburban trains for Sydney's overstretched rail network over the next four years, the first major purchase for Sydney Trains since the troubled Waratah project almost a decade ago. http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-state-budget-2016-1b-for-new-suburban-trains-for-sydney-rail-network-20160620-gpn80u.html
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This was last week. BB18¼ 1089 test run after retubing, repainting and a few modifications. As a matter of interest the headlight is now LED. Cheers David
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"On Saturday June 18th, 2016 SSR trialled a 100 wagon coal train with distributed motive power. The consist ran as 2 x CEY’s, 50 PHTH, 3 x CEY’s, 50 PHTH, 2 x CEY’s, and departed Lithgow for Airly at 08.30. Total length was 1769 metres with a loaded weight of 10000 tonnes."
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Yes. Check out more of her Nürburgring exploits from the German car show D Motor. It's on Youtube. Cheers David
