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On 05/09/2023 at 21:24, adb968008 said:

This part is worth highlighting.

 

I remember 0l49-7 one afternoon at wolstyn, in full steam but the crew were apparently draining the water from the boiler. So naturally i questioned that….

 

only to be told it wasn't being drained, it was just leaking, very badly… like multiple holes.

 

 

 

 

It went out on time that afternoon, with the leak unfixed. It just stopped for water enroute.

the boiler pressure must have been really low.
 

 

 

Funnily enough, Ol49-7 was the first loco I saw in Wolsztyn, and I've never seen so much water pouring out of a loco before! Remarkably it lasted another 3 weeks in traffic before being dumped in the sidings near the station, never to work again.

I never met Howard, but I'm very grateful for what he achieved out there. Even now, to be able to book last minute flights and head over there for a couple of days of proper mainline steam is still quite unbelievable.

Two shots of Blümlisalp on Lake Thun and one of Lötschberg on Lake Brienz last month. Bit annoyed I only managed to get the peaks of Jungfrau and Mönch in the first shot - the Eiger is behind the trees on the left. But as I was already standing on the edge of the pier I couldn't go much further out without getting wet!

Looks like a good show, and for the first time in years I've actually got a free weekend and I had planned to go. But the thought of a three hour round trip by car to wander round a tin shed in the heat has put me off a bit!

And on a similar note...

On 02/09/2023 at 18:10, 009 micro modeller said:

I might have missed this, or just forgotten, but what happened with the Stevenage venue? I’m not sure if it’s affected by the current redevelopment of the town centre. Ironically I was in Stevenage earlier to visit KS Models in the old town. Would it have been possible to go back to St Albans instead? This wasn’t the most accessible or easy to navigate venue but presumably better than nothing. Appreciate if there are other reasons that haven’t been made public of course.

The new bus station is built to the side of the leisure centre, where the car park used to be that was used for the exhibition. It means access to the hall is restricted, so nowhere for vans to unload.

The new location for the bus station isn't great - it's tucked away from the town centre rather than right in the middle like before, though it's handy for the railway station. The change in road layout also caused massive tailbacks as traffic leaving Tesco's has to cross the path of buses entering the bus station.

On 29/08/2023 at 15:36, Northroader said:

I haven’t seen this one, so can’t make any recommendations, but it seems to fit the bill:

 

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-home-_-Results&tn=Dampf in Italien&an=Rohrer

I've got that one in the shed somewhere. Pretty good from what I remember. I'll dig it out next week and have a flick through.

54 minutes ago, Fat Controller said:

 

There was probably some form of 'dragging or derailed material' detection; after all. such systems were installed from new on the Channel Tunnel, so they're hardly new technology.  I've not been in the Gotthard control centre, but  I have had a visit to its equivalent on the BLS . This has things like a virtual loading gauge, which detects moved loads and misplaced sheets, showing where the discordance is, and the degree of the problem.

I believe there are sensors before the tunnels to detect such things, but I don't know about inside the tunnels. The broken wheel seems to have occurred several kilometres inside the tunnel, hence why it's caused so much damage to one of the two "emergency stations" within the tunnel. 

Until at least January it appears 90 out of the 110 daily freights will be heading back through the other tunnel, but 20 are going to be diverted over the top, along with all the passenger services. Not quite the same as the good old days, but at least it's more than the hourly unit and occasional panoramic train that use the old route now.

18 minutes ago, 6990WitherslackHall said:

I think it actually might  have been 76079's BR2a tender. It's been loaned to another locomotive somewhere while the loco's own tender is repaired.

It's gone to the North Norfolk, 76084's tender is very leaky apparently.

It appears to have gone to Carnforth. Sounds like someone is after a new toy rather than fitting CDL to their rolling stock!

8 minutes ago, APOLLO said:

 

Like the nickname - so apt.  !!

 

Brit15

I can't remember where I saw it but it does seem very appropriate! 

Just realised, I didn't actually reply to @john new so he may not have seen the message.

Update from another forum (UK Airshow Review). Space Karen has changed twitter.com into x.com, so that's the link that is generated and that the plugin tries to use. However, the plugin is only set up for twitter.com addresses, so they need to be changed. How, no idea! Manually possibly?

On 13/08/2023 at 06:12, 47475 said:

 

From what I have read, that BCK was converted for staff use and had various interior modifications including bunks, a shower, etc. I purchased one recently for a bargain price. It seemed strange to release that without the matching stock it operated with.

Is it bad form to copy one of your previous posts on the forum?!

"2833 and 2834 were AU5 vehicles, converted from BCKs. The first class compartments have single berths in them, the second class compos had a set of bunk beds. The vestibule between the first class and the guards compo had the doors removed and plated over, and a shower installed. The middle toilet also has a CET tank underneath now, the end toilet is a store cupboard."

Both still survive - 2833 at Carnforth and 2834 at the Dean Forest Railway. 

2833 is an odd choice for Farish to do, when there were several other IC white-roofed BCKs. 21274 at Shildon for example.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/CrazyFunnyWeird/permalink/1752539855168348/?sfnsn=scwspmo&ref=share

G-BOAD under the Brooklyn Bridge this week, while being moved for a makeover over the winter.

"I went to Poole on holiday"

"In Dorset?"

"Yes I can thoroughly recommend it"

https://westcoastrailways.co.uk/careers?fbclid=IwAR0f7_pb1-OnSWf0UvarxiV4Qm-rpVJ6qz28d3mdv9lvmMf1hlccOthTPwk

25 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

One of the very few planes that I would like to get a flight in.

Sadly unlikely to happen in this country, unless you have £25k to become a shareholder (plus £300 a month towards running costs). $700 for a 50 minute flight in one at Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum though.

1 hour ago, J. S. Bach said:

I laughed at this reader's comment:

"Were the flight crew, retired Navy fighter pilots demonstrating a carrier landing?"

Talking of which...

I think he got the hang of it after the seventh or eighth bounce!

1 hour ago, PMP said:

I can’t imagine that 767 won’t be coming to you as a Coke can soon! I recall some similar 767-300’s incidents a few years back, that were a mix of write off, and probably fuselage ‘plug’ fixes. I’d have a fiver that with its age, this gets scrapped and harvested for spares as it’s an in service (or was!) airframe.

 

 

Yes, 32 year old aircraft so probably not worth the cost of repairs. It's been reported that it was a new co-pilot apparently and weather wasn't a factor. 

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/hard-landing-buckles-767-fuselage/

Whoops! Other reports say interior panels were dislodged and daylight was actually visible through the top of the aircraft! 😳

30 minutes ago, 31A said:

 

I believe WCRC also run the "Dalesman" and "Scarborough Spa Express" trains under their own auspices.

 

https://westcoastrailways.co.uk/scarborough-spa-express/steam-experience

They do, and they have enough volunteer stewards to man the doors. They don't on the Jacobite, as the only staff are the guard and a handful of catering staff (unless things have changed since I last went up there).

10 hours ago, TheSignalEngineer said:

Wandering back to the original topic (although I think that may be contrary to the spirit of RMweb) on 25th July WCRC ran a train 5Z37 scheduled to depart at 0833 from Tom Na Faire depot at Fort William to Steamtown Carnforth.

That was 45212 and support coach, they worked the Northern Belle on Saturday. Well, as far as Hellifield, where the Black 5 was failed with a hot tender axlebox.

There's a real dearth of air braked locos available to WCRC at present, and as the 5s are sitting around at Fort William doing nothing, they used one down south. 34067 is the usual Northern Belle loco but that's out of action. 6201 won't see the light of day unless the owning group are willing to accept help. 6233 is out of action for most of this year, as is 35028. 60103 unavailable. Everything else air braked is part of the Locomotive Services group.

21 hours ago, SM42 said:

With the right infrastructure I  place for passport control it should be a relatively quick process to get say 400 people onto a train. 

Just needs them to turn up earlier. 

 

Le Shuttle seems to be able to get you checked in, through passports and onto a train in about an hour and that's with several people in a car. 

 

Eurostar and indeed the government have had plenty of warning aboutadditional passport processing times, yet they seem to think that it will all be OK and need do nothing. 

 

Similarly coming back to the UK, there is no reason why passengers have to detain for passport and customs checks. 

 

This can be done on train in around 45 minutes ( if my trip to Belarus 5 years ago is anything to go by. )

 

It would still be quicker than a plane,  and do forget internal flights in France are banned. 

 

It could work with a bit of imagination, cash, planning and cooperation with the French on passport and customs ( the last bit is probably going to be hardest politically)

 

Andy

Eurotunnel has the advantage of a lot of space to park up a lot of vehicles, plus they're all going to one destination so it's easy to just fill up one train after another. Eurostar doesn't have that luxury at St Pancras, and passport control can only cope with 1500 passengers per hour rather than 2200 per hour before Brexit. Hence why they're down to two trains an hour rather than three, and missing out intermediate stations and reduced number of destinations. Another operator isn't going to be able to use St Pancras, so unless they pay a lot of money for Border Force at Stratford or Ebbsfleet then I can't see it happening.