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"I've got a great Leslie Nielsen pun"
"Really, what is it?"
"It's a type of joke based on word play. But that's not important right now"
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19 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:
Yep. But it was Jodrell Bank. The one before the newer telescope.
List of locos used in one of the magazines a few years ago. But altogether there was about a dozen or so bogies used.
Jason
It was only the wheels themselves that were used under the telescope. Even the axles were disposed of I believe. There's a photo here
showing what the "bogies" looked like - definitely not Castle ones!
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On 15/06/2023 at 08:57, John M Upton said:
All well and good but without traction power to a 313, you can't do anything with it, not even open the doors. And that still won't change the fact that the vast majority of cash paying visitors to heritage railways are only there to see classic steam and (at a push) early diesel locos. "Modern" EMU's are of little or no interest to anyone except a small minority of cranks.
A bunch of over enthusiastic teens making YouTube videos about themselves whilst saving up their dinner money is not going to cover the thirty grand a year needed just to store the thing, it's a pipe dream, better to save their money and let it go.
Doors operate on 110V so can be run off the batteries, assuming you've got enough air to operate them. Good way of killing the batteries though!
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Whoops! Oh, and someone caught it on video too.
https://maltadaily.mt/watch-england-teams-plane-takes-wrong-turn-gets-towed-upon-arrival-in-malta/
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16 hours ago, rob D2 said:
Love the hunter such a classic shape . There's a lightning on ebay from the place at St Mawgan - the museum that's being shafted by the local council
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4 hours ago, jjb1970 said:
I had one of those moments that make you realise just how the world has changed today. I was at Changi beach and in the space of 20 minutes three B747Fs came in, I looked at them and thought 'behold the magnificence!'. Not so long ago Singapore Changi was awash with B747's, not just the wonderful SQ Big Top and Mega Top fleets, but all sorts of airlines, now they're a cause to jump up and down at seeing something worth seeing. Funnily, all three were Chinese but from different places within the 'One China' bubble, all it needed was a Macau example for a full set. To illustrate how far things fell, I include an EK A380 for comparison. The A380 is mightily impressive and has presence but personally I find it ugly. Give me a 747 any day.
Until Covid hit, when I used to leave work at 6am after nights you'd see anything up to about 8 or 9 747s passing overhead in the space of a few minutes, all heading towards Heathrow. Nowadays it's a lot quieter, and they all look the same!
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5 hours ago, 9FEd said:
Thank you! That is certainly a good price - although I must confess that I have just 'invested' in further traction and accompanying rolling stock for Liguria and so may have exhausted my budget for now 😅 Pictures to follow upon arrival!
I know the feeling - five UIC-X coaches in FS grey are heading my way at the moment...!
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A couple from just north of Bassingbourn Barracks this afternoon. I knew they were passing over Cambridge after Cranwell, but no idea of routing. Luckily someone posted the NOTAM on Fighter Control forum and it said they'd be passing Wimpole at 14.56. I made it just in time!
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31 minutes ago, rob D2 said:
The lightning tale that always griped me was the engineer who accidentally put one in reheat and had to take off and fly a circuit - all with only gliding experience !
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden's_Lightning_flight
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Not the best shot in the world (the rest are on the camera) but six Merlins taxying up and down the runway at East Kirkby on Monday was rather pleasant! Shame they weren't out on the runway a bit later for the BBMF display with the Lancaster, a Spitfire and a Hurricane.
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18 hours ago, Flying Pig said:
I think @Lambton58 was visiting the home of Vampire T11 WZ507 at Coventry the other day, so he may be able to say if it was likely to be that aircraft. It seems to be the only one flying in the UK.
Yes, looking at Flickr WZ507 was up yesterday.
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WiFi isn't just for passenger use. The TOCs use it for train info - passenger loadings, faults, pax info display screens, energy usage. So it won't be removed, just not available for passenger use. All the equipment, aerials, SIM cards, etc. will still have to be maintained.
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5553 has been down at Bodmin since March and is staying for most of the year I believe, at least until 5552 returns from overhaul.
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On 20/05/2023 at 21:41, adanapress said:
Does anyone have detail of the livery on Italian steam locos during WW2. Not Reichsbahn that might have been visiting, actual Italian locos. Info needed to identify an existing WW2 painting of a wreck. .
Black with red wheels, small numberplates on cab side and large oil lamps on front bufferbeam. Loco number was also painted on the rear of the tender.
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On 14/05/2023 at 23:08, roythebus1 said:
The K&ESR has recently shown pictures of the inside of the BoB boiler that they have on hire. the KESR uses reverse osmosis water treatment to increase the periods between boiler servicing.
It was found the BoB was badly scaled. After a week or two of service on the KESR the water treatment was showing how effective it is. Photos are only on the members website so I can't copy them to here.
The Nene Valley have had problems with their water treatment recently. 34081 is currently out of action having big chunks of its thermic syphons replaced (that were only replaced at the last overhaul) due to scale build-up and damage. Hudswell Clarke no. 1800 "Thomas" is also having an overhaul after a few tube failures. When the tubes were removed, big lumps of water treatment was stuck to them! Obviously whatever they were using wasn't dissolving properly and forming solid lumps on the tubes.
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On 25/04/2023 at 23:14, melmerby said:
The Brienz Rothorn steam (rack) locos have electric pre-heaters.
The locos don't - the shed does. At least for the modern locos. They're connected to an electric water heater overnight and warm water is cycled through the boiler. They're also fitted with belt driven pumps so they can be operated by one person. Very clever.
Shame Snowdon didn't go down that route and instead went for battery locos (which have now been returned as they were useless!).
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I don't think there's ever been three tours in a row over Shap. You're probably thinking of 45699 being followed by 70000, in May 2015.
Still impressive to see the exhaust of the second loco in the background.
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On 23/04/2023 at 14:46, JamFjord said:
I also love that photo, thanks for sharing it - and yep, H&S would probably shut that down in a second these days. What could possibly go wrong on a bumpy light railway? 😬
A Barclay on bumpy track? Yes please - at least I can get away with my dodgy track laying skills!
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This might be of interest, and not a bad price either.
https://www.locomodels.it/it/locomotori-diesel/d445-1017-xmpr/
https://scalaenne.wordpress.com/2023/05/02/arriva-la-nuova-loco-d-445-in-scala-n/
Space for speakers, stay-alive capacitors fitted as standard. Detailing looks pretty good as well - my only criticism is the windscreens look a bit too recessed on the close-up view, but I'm sure they'll be fine at normal viewing distances.
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Depending on when in the 80s you want to model it, the tender varied. Until about mid-1982 the tender back still had the cut outs around the corridor connection, from when it was used behind an A4 in the 1948 exchanges.
For the next couple of years it ran with 4498's tender, complete with cast LNER on the side.
Then by the time it went to Australia it was fitted with its original tender but with the top corners reinstated.
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On 18/04/2023 at 07:21, burgundy said:
If I recall correctly, the BBMF Lancaster had to have its main spar replaced on the early 1990s.
Best wishes
Eric
It did, with a spare spar leftover from a Shackleton I believe. The B-17 issue is more complex sadly. Hopefully there's a solution available. Elly Sallingboe (B-17 Preservation Ltd) is confident that Sally B won't be affected due to intensive maintenance the aircraft receives annually and the gentle flying programme.
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3 hours ago, Gareth Collier said:
There are plenty of examples out there with wonky lettering including one further up this page.
If you scroll your screen down, the lettering is parallel with the rails, even though the running plate slopes forwards. I'm not sure how Dapol have managed it! The lining is slightly out of kilter as well somehow.
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On 23/04/2023 at 12:40, CF MRC said:
The lettering is doing a valiant job of compensating for the nose-down attitude. I am just working on a 0-4-4 and they area bit tricky to get right.
Tim
From the few side-on photos I've seen, the lettering and numbering is perfectly horizontal even though the body slopes downwards.
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On 18/03/2023 at 22:22, adb968008 said:
Just had my first experience riding a 717 today.
As side of the cab front, number of carriages, I’m struggling to find any differences with a 700.
Extra single seats by the doors and under-seat sockets. That's basically it. The 85mph restriction is merely electronic - there have been plenty of 100mph test runs with altered software over the last couple of years. For some reason the windscreen wipers don't like the extra 15mph and have a habit of mangling themselves.
A 700 is made up of two half-sets. Siemens have classified the vehicles by letter or number. A 12 car is ABCDEF-654321. An 8 car is ABCF-6321. A 717 made up the same way - AF-6321. There's even passive provision for toilets to be added at a later date, as evidenced by the blanking plates at the ends of a couple of coaches.
The lower power of a 717 compared to a 700 surprised me though! 1200kW compared to 3300/5000kW for 8 or 12-car 700s. They certainly shift though.
Oh, and as an aside, all of the tripcocks were removed from the 717s a couple of weeks ago as the NCL now has TPWS fitted, and is soon to go over to ETCS.
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Bristol Beaufighter at Duxford yesterday, in a rather empty hangar with the doors open so a different view to usual. Still awaiting the right type of engines before it flies, otherwise it's basically complete.