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19 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:
I notice the misspelt name in the title is the same as the one painted on the splasher in the 1960s!
It's Kolhapur!
Actually my favourite engine. Had a day firing it when we had it on loan. Certainly the biggest steam loco I've crewed. Oh for a lottery win....
Jason
Come on, everyone knows it's really called Klodhopper!
The rumour is that it is actually Carnforth bound, so Smithy can have yet another loco sitting in the shed waiting for him to fit CDL to his stock.
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1 hour ago, johnofwessex said:
Thats how the Swanage DMU's have been done
Four doors per coach per side have been fitted with electromagnetic door looks - you can make out the plates at the bottom and the lack of door handles on the sealed doors.
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I saw this earlier and my wife clocked my expression. She had a look and asked "are they on crack?"
£8000?!
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3 hours ago, Darius43 said:
According to the RailAdvent website: “WCRC says passengers will be contacted if their service is going to be cancelled due to the exemption being revoked.”
There is no mention of this issue on either the Railway Touring Company or the Steam Dreams websites. Presumably they are still taking bookings and hoping that the issue will be resolved before cancellations become necessary…
Some friends and I are booked on a day trip from London to Cardiff in April so I am an interested party so to speak.
Cheers
Darius
Steam Dreams are part of the LSL empire who generally use a set of CDL fitted Mk1s on steam tours.
3 hours ago, Legend said:Are he SRPS Mk1s compliant ie have central door locking? They are used on the mainline so I assume they have CDL. Could that be an option ie renting some compliant stock , if not SRPS maybe somewhere else . I’m not up on who has what .
SRPS are fitting their stock at the moment, but won't have a full set available for a while. They're using an electrical system as their stock is dual air and vacuum braked.
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1 minute ago, The Stationmaster said:
But it would seem to have been proven that WCRC could not be trusted to provide the level of stewardship their own mitigation procedure required. I'm not quite sure how you otherwise deal with an organisation which has, more than once, demonstrated a failure to do what it had undertaken to do in order to secure an exemption (which in any case was of a limited term and would eventually expire anyway)?
Exactly. The report from the court case clearly states on one occasion a passenger forced their way past a steward and alighted from a moving train. CDL should prevent that from happening, unless they decide to try and jump out of the window!
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11 hours ago, Legend said:
Don’t think so . And I am a fully accredited cruiser although usually in Med or Caribbean . Maybe large volumes spending relatively little . Locally the same is also true of folks hiring motor homes , perhaps they need to fill up on route but they’ve bought all the groceries before they go . This is a big issue in area as they are contributing relatively little to the region but clogging roads and dumping rubbish . So these are big issues in the Highlands . Don’t think for one minute the disappearance of the Jacobite will just be accepted .
In any case as I’ve said before the Lochaber tourist market is not cruisers . It’s people who come and book hotel nights specifically to see the Jacobite or “Harry Potter Train “ and so is very significant in the local area. Furthermore the Jacobite crossing Glenfinnan viaduct is frequently used in Tourism adverts , it was even used in the Hogmanay show up here in Scotland ! So it had a much wider symbolism .
I’m not a West Coast Railways advocate. . They may we’ll be stirring the situation by taking bookings for the 2024 season without having the equipment to do it! There will be a furore when they can’t deliver , and that will be real but part of that will be directed at ORR .
Now safety is paramount and I can well see the need for CDL in Mainline operations . However just as it’s not required for preserved railways, should there not be an exemption specifically for the Jacobite , assuming that WCRC have other provisions in place to ensure safety . I know they were caught out by ORR on inspection in 2023 , but have since taken on the stewards necessary .
Again I ask how many people have been injured on the Jacobite . What is needed is common sense and pragmatic approach to the situation .
None - yet. But something was flagged up by a whistleblower and they had two ORR visits so something clearly wasn't right up there. Plus several other instances of trains moving with doors open in recent years.
They've got enough spare stock sitting around to be able to fit CDL without affecting day to day work. SRPS and Belmond are using an electrical system, so fitting CDL to vacuum brake stock is entirely possible.
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6 hours ago, adb968008 said:
its quite often for people to compare ourselves to europeans or americans on matter of commonsense around railways.However on this one both lead the way… Both Amtrak and UIC have used a form of automatically locking door since the 1960’s.
what maybe a more valid question is why were mk1’s, and definitely mk2’s not built with a form of cdl ?
weve really lagged behind there, and also the use of bright headlights… theyve been in use in the US since the start of railways!
Indeed, Britain's railways have always been quite backwards. Vacuum brakes, unfitted freights, tiny wagons, restricted loading gauge, lack of electrification.
With regards people saying why is CDL needed on charter trains, the only other use of slam doors on the network now is the Night Riviera. People aren't used to hinged doors on trains any more - 20 years ago there were thousands of vehicles, now it's a few sleepers and a charter sets. Chances are the vast majority of passengers on the Jacobite won't have seen a train door that doesn't open by pressing a button.
As others have said, it's a struggle to feel any sympathy for WCRC in this situation. They've had decades to come up with a solution. Railway Touring Company however have potentially seen their whole programme for the year wiped out. Riviera have a set of Mk2 air cons available, but there's a lack of air braked steam locos available at the moment that aren't tied to LSL.
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15 hours ago, Staffordshire said:
A photo of a completed Judith Edge 'Jackshaft' ....
Any comments welcome, I already know what I think ...
Very impressive. I need to get mine built at some point. It's the H0 version though, and at least Italian wasp stripes are easier to replicate than BR ones!
From https://scalaenne.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/unaltra-locomotiva-di-guerra-la-ne-700/
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5 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said:
Silly question, but wouldn't it have been better to run chimney first on a 1:38, to try and help keep the firebox crown covered?
Not necessarily. Going backwards uphill, if you keep the water just visible in the gauge glass, you know the crown will covered when you get to the top and the boiler levels out. Not so much of a problem on the Lickey where the gradient merely eases at the the top of the incline, but can be an issue if there's a summit. The Bluebell has that problem at Holden summit near East Grinstead - the line goes from 1/55 up to 1/60 down in a very short distance.
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Tecnomodel in Livorno often sell them. Looks like they have some in stock at the moment. I believe it's free postage over €100 as well, though obviously there's the VAT issue to consider as well.
https://www.tecnomodel.it/b/scala-h0/rotabili-in-kit/7
Alternatively, I believe someone in the Italian Railway Society coordinates orders from Duegi Editrice, so a few members spilt the €50/€70 postage between them to make it a bit more acceptable.
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22 hours ago, Captain_Mumbles said:
Ahhhhhh
Another month of 2min noodles and bakes beans out of can is in my future again.
If you eat the beans cold straight from the tin, you'll save even more money - not just for the cooker, your central heating won't be required either!
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I think that sadly answers your question @Oldddudders Nothing left at all, estimated 30,000 models on site.
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Dear railway enthusiasts,
Our logistics warehouse suffered a serious fire today.
We will keep you informed in the coming days of developments in the situation.
We would like to thank our community and our colleagues for their support.
See you soon, the Jura Modelisme team.
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On 24/10/2023 at 20:23, big jim said:
I went to the first show there many years back but I seem to remember that was the original ‘great electric train show’ that has moved to MK now, am I right or did I dream it?
Correct. I went on the Saturday and it was heaving! Good show but not a great venue. I have a feeling I did it after a night shift too! Couple of hours at the show, an hour looking round the cars downstairs, then another hour at Wellesbourne looking round Vulcan XM655.
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It seems it was a combination of the load (12 Mk1s), the route (on a curve and a gradient) and the presence of a flange lubricator that caused the slip and the inability to restart the train. There's a few flange lubricators on the network that cause problems for steam that don't affect other traction.
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A rare bird at Shuttleworth last month! DH104 Dove G-OPLC (formerly Devon VP962) taking off for the journey back to Ireland after the de Havilland fly-in event at Old Warden.
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5 hours ago, durham light infantry said:
Museum closed, exhibits mostly dispersed. Some of the bigger aircraft scrapped on site. All to satiate and pander to Virgin Galactic or whatever vanity project it was. Ultimately failed, naturally.
Imho Cornwall Council behaved very badly in their treatment of CAHC, I used to visit whenever down in Cornwall and am not sure about spending any time or money in Cornwall any more. Pity...
Despite how CAHC have been portraying themselves, it was a business, not a charity. They had a short lease on the hangar that the council decided not to renew. Yes, the council aren't entirely innocent in all this and ideally they would've renewed the lease but they didn't, and the tenants had to go. It's a pity the VC10 is being scrapped and the front section of the BAC 1-11 is going to Solent Air Museum, but it could've been avoided years ago if the lease had been extended.
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44 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said:
Emigrate!
Mike.
With or without the wife?!
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16 hours ago, melmerby said:
We still get mail (and Christmas cards from the same people every year) for the previous owner, who hasn't been here since 2009
To start with the chap nect door used to take them round as he kept in touch but after some years I started sending them back (no longer at this address), one even looked like a bank statement.
They still keep coming, so I file them in the round cabinet on the floor for due process!
We still get some post occasionally for the previous owners of our house. We've lived here for 6 years, and they rented it out for about 6 years before that after they moved to Australia. The two items we regularly receive are for the wife's car insurance (so she must still be renewing it automatically despite emigrating 12 years ago), and the statements from the husband's Swiss bank account!
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1 hour ago, jonhinds said:
Possibly daft question, but does the unit not have red directional tail lights? Mine only lights up in forward direction.
No, DMUs only had marker lights initially. Tail lights didn't appear until much later, a tail lamp was used until then. Though I believe red discs could be slotted in over the marker lights but weren't widely used.
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Very impressive. It's not too bad for N gauge as sheets are the same size so go almost twice as far!
I'm lucky that the station I'm modelling doesn't need Redutex sheets, the tiles are flat enough I can probably get away with strips of paper. The rest of the building will be awkward enough to construct though!