2E Sub Shed

1 hour ago, G-BOAF said:

 

(how long until someone goes and connects their track to the mains...!), and potential for things to go bang, melt, and maybe injure someone.

That could be the person who put a 13 Amp plug on the 16 V AC input wires of a ECM Controller at my last model railway club.

Fortunately I was only involved at the "can you fix this" phase, and putting into the WEEE bin.

And if you are selling second hand (sorry pre-loved)  items then you can use a VAT-margin-schemes and VAT is 16.67% on the difference.

5 hours ago, KingEdwardII said:

Yes, I remember my great aunt's terraced house in the mid 1960s where the toilet was in a brick hut at the end of the garden and you had to take a bucket of water with you to flush... 

 

I wonder if this has influenced me to this day - my house now has 4 indoor flushing toilets in total: flush mania??

Similar story, outside toilet growing up, now with 4 indoor toilets now, must be compensation. 

52 minutes ago, KingEdwardII said:

I remember some very disparaging comments made in South Wales about household coal that originated in other parts of the UK - the Midlands in particular. Such coal tended to produce a lot more smoke and had considerably more sulphur than domestic coal from South Wales. There was a definite preference for the local stuff.

 

There is a story in "Footplate over  the Mendips" where at the S&D Bath shed the Welsh soft coal used in S&D locos was "exchanged" for hard North Country coal used at the Midland shed next door to feed the Shedmasters fireplace. 

2 hours ago, jwealleans said:

That must have been behind the times even then.   I recall being taught at school in the later 1970s that we were within 20 years of exhausting fossil fuel reserves and needed to develop alternatives to get over that transition.

 

Nuclear Fusion was the silver bullet then - it was 'about 10 years away' and has been ever since....

If you remember the Eagle comic and the technical drawings in them, It featured a drawing of a small nuclear reactor fitted to a steam locomotive, along with others.

https://twsmedia.co.uk/2020/05/09/atomic-trains/

2 hours ago, Nearholmer said:

 

Northampton Town aka the "Cobblers" were Southern League champions in  1908-09 season. Lost the charity shield match to Newcastle that year.

The Cobblers also hold the record for fastest rise from old Div 4 to Div 1 & back to Div 4 in the 1960's. 

I have an account (from Globalnet days), which redirects from a domain name, the catch all is working, but not the two specific email accounts set up with it which will not login. 

For diagram look here

SW1500 diagram

Not sure if you have tried the loco on a test track, but the motor looks like one of the early style of Athearn motors. 

In a unit I had with one of these motors  the current drawn was over 1 amp, enough to trip a Bachmann dc controller. 

Hoseeker web site has lots of information for older US models from a number of manufacturers

hoseeker home page

12 minutes ago, melmerby said:

 

To get 30v DC, you would need to connect the 240v AC mains to the110v, which the transformer is not designed for and connect the now 400 plus volts output to the Gaugemaster controller.

Whatever he was doing was stupid, dangerous, a possible fire hazard and irresponsible and IMHO should not have been included in the programme.

 

 

Wonder if Gaugemaster will repair that controller under warranty ? 

On 01/11/2021 at 18:18, boxbrownie said:

Our Gas meter has been faulty since about June this year, we were with Pure Planet (before it went bust two weeks ago) and as we have not got Smart meters, nor want them until a legal requirement we had to send our readings in using the app from PP, I noticed around August that the readings were the same as the readings of previous months so I reported this online using the app (of course) and heard nothing, I reported the “faulty” reading a further two times and still heard nothing…….we are now with Shell Energy as our emergency supplier and now wait to hear something from them I hope.

 

They cannot say I have not tried!

Similar issue many years ago. Electric Meter ripped off the wall when underground supply cable was hit by the water board using "push & poke " to install new water supply. Reported to the supplier, several years later and many estimated bills, when I was moving out of quarters, it was finally read still lying on its side and I received a large cash sum back. 

Bournemouth Venue was Chelsea Village.

See this link.

https://www.nickchurchill.org.uk/bournemouths-bowl-of-music-magic/ 

RMweb poster has already done it - see here

converting-old-lima-diesels

Look at 4 pin XLR connectors . I use these for controllers in preference to DIN connectors. 

Chassis and in-.line male / female available.

More robust than DIN series. (Also some might find them easier to solder to)

Northampton OS Maps of 1938 show "Steam Saw Mills"  with 2 sidings off the ex-Midland Railway Goods Yard at Cotton End. Both cross a road and one crosses a siding via a diamond crossing before crossing the road.

Remember that most of the farmers would be local and trade at local markets, which were more closely spaced than today.

They would drive cattle to and from market not send by rail two stations down the line so for 10 miles cattle were probably more likely to be driven. 

The people who would buy and sell to fill trains were more likely to be the dealers.

 The village website for Blisworth in Northamptonshire tells of up to 300 cattle arriving at Blisworth Station for Northampton Market (a distance of 5 miles), they would be held on a local farm before being driven (i.e walking, with drovers and dogs to control them) to market.  This was a two way trade with cattle returning and there were sidings at the station for them. 

Although the railway ended the long distance droving e.g. Wales into England, it remained the way to move cattle for  local distances up to the second world war.  

This document provides some information on the subject. 

BEAMA Technical Bulletin - Safe Selection of devices for installation in assemblies

Note the text that states : -  " In all cases installing devices or components other than those declared by the assembly manufacturer invalidates any testing/certification and warranty. "

3 hours ago, PMP said:

Re the end colour, none of the b/W images I found in my books indicates the ends were black, so I assumed like the BR/WR they were body colour.
P.S waiting on an answer from a bloke who will likely know.

I have  "Northamptonshire Steam - by Micheal Welch" - on Page 67 it shows a Push Pull driving end in black at Billing (Kettering -Northampton Service -  dated 17th Aug 1962)

46 minutes ago, TinTracks said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203630185104?hash=item2f694e0a90:g:79YAAOSwc05hUu-p

 

This chap seems to have the scale/gauge thing well and truly nailed.

 

But in his description he does say "Gauges/Scales described above are approximate." 

1 hour ago, Gordonwis said:

Ironically, it is actually better value to buy 'cheap' Migros own brand chocolate as that is still made in Switzerland. 

It is what we always bring back from our trips.  

Something else that made it to Austria in WW2 in this thread

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/152935-dean-goods-2435-wd188-questions/

On 20/09/2021 at 14:02, melmerby said:

I once had a delay "due to a technical problem" on a flight.

The departure lounge overlooked the parking point for the plane in question and you could see a couple of guys in fitters overalls climbing all over the inside of the cockpit.

 

On a flight taking off at Heathrow  some years ago, speed building up down the runway, smell of aviation fuel in the cabin, suddenly all the acceleration stops and we come to a slow crawl. 

Announcement from the Captain, " we have have a warning light come on and we have rejected the take-off, I am sure it is nothing but we are following procedure ", aircraft went to a maintenance stand with all passengers on board and after 2 hours of sounds of something being belted with various blunt instruments, we were taken off and bused 100 feet to another aircraft for a delayed departure. 

"Not the retailers fault"

Last visit to B&Q, in a staff only area was a large trolley full of electrical fittings "free to staff", that could not be sold to general public as they had lost their instruction leaflets. 

I.e. retailer liable if no instructions provided.

(I remember at age 11 being taught in school to wire a 13 Amp plug, which were sold in my local hardware shop without instructions or packaging). 

12 minutes ago, MidlandRed said:

Superb photos in this thread. However I was amazed to see D2377 in one of the photos as I wasn’t aware diesels had been used on the CHPR. Does anyone have any details of when this occurred - was it a trial - or were there additional diesels used as well - it appears a number of D23xx was allocated to 16C along with D2377 at this time?  

The Oakwood Press Book on the C&HPR (Locomotion Papers No 10) by A.Rimmer, states that D2383 was used on the Sheep Pasture Top to Middleton Bottom section from 26th August 1966 until Sheep Pasture incline was closed on 9th April 1967.  It also states similar shunters had been used at Cromford Goods from April 1965, allocated to Derby MPD. - Also notes a 350hp DE was tried on the Middleton -  Fridden section in late August 1966, but assumed not successful.

And here is the Genuine Swindon* produced  version  with 5 levels 

(* Swindon Borough Council) 

Located at Coate Water Country Park Swindon 

14 hours ago, Nearholmer said:

And, here we see the later version, Cefntilla (Upper, Middle, and Lower).

 

 

First rail trip Aged 11, School Speech Day &  year 1 was not required to attend. So I used saved pocket money to purchase a Child Cheap Day Return, Northampton to Bletchley  to see what ran on the real WCML rather than the Northampton Loop.

As this was well into term time, possibly not unsurprising that me and my Ian Allan ABC (plus sandwiches) on the platforms attracted the interest of a British Transport Police Officer.