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    Tornado and Class 55 Deltic on WCR Railtour

    in British Outline Modelling

    Posted

    Some great videos there Fran I love the LMS and the Duchess of Sutherland well what can I say. I would have loved to have seen her in her original livery. I see some of the rail tour operators in the UK are now starting to convert guard standards into genny vans a bit like the old Enterprise Mk2's

     

    Same here, the BR green isn't bad but nowhere near as nice as the maroon or even LMS lined black. I was impressed by Tangmere even though she was going slow, the deep base of the exhaust sounded awesome. Oliver Cromwell was nice too, and the 47s at full pelt were enjoyable as well.

     

    They are indeed, but I think we'll keep seeing diesels on the back for a while yet. Was it much effort to speed step Tornado and the 47?

    Tornado and Class 55 Deltic on WCR Railtour

    in British Outline Modelling

    Posted · Edited by Warbonnet

    I think its something to do with Hand S on the railtours in the Uk in case the preserved loco lies down. That why I love modelling the rail-tours in the UK because any thing goes including double heading with a loco slung on the rear or even triple heading. Its also not uncommon to see Mk1/Mk2/Mk3's all in the same rake and liveries covering the last 40/50 years.

     

    It also is to do with shunting when you get to a terminus station as there's no longer any shunting locos based at the big stations. For example (and a shameless plug of my own videos!) here's Tangmere at Willesden Junction with a 47 on the rear on its way down to Euston.

     

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    Then the 47 pulls the whole lot back out of Euston towards Wembley yard so Tangmere could be taken off the train and turned around in a loop

     

     

    The 47 is also providing electrically supplied heat to the train. Steam locos do not have this facility and can only provide steam heat, which not all coaches are compatible with these days.

     

    The amount of railtours that happen in the UK each week boggle the mind. The following weekend this WCRC rail tour with a 47 each end almost caught me unaware...

     

     

    While waiting for this, Oliver Cromwell.

     

     

    This was supposed to be an A4 but a fault with the loco meant the Britannia was swapped on at the last minute. Still, a decent replacement! As you can see with the steam escaping halfway through the train this was steam heated. Nice an atmospheric

     

    Some DRS 47s double heading the Southampton-Edinburgh boat train

     

     

    I caught all these over two weekends, and it would've been more only for it being December and the lack of sunlight in the evenings. Both were in the London area with Willesden Junction offering up loads of freight too while Oakleigh Park was the local station beside where I was staying. That was also just in London, with lots more going on around the country.

     

    A tip for you too Anthony, as you can see in both my steam videos a Mark 2 ventilated coach is the first coach behind the loco. There was a ban on locomotives coupling straight up to Mark 1 stock for 'safety' reasons for a few years. However, I think this has been lifted recently. In my Tangmere video I believe it uncoupled with the green Mark 2 for the run around in the loop, the 47 then reversed onto the back and Tangmere and the Mark 2 coupled onto the end the 47 was originally on. The whole lot when back down to Euston to pick up passengers but it was dark by the time this all happened so I didn't get a video.

     

    However, I believe that ban has recently been lifted.

    Olympic flame visits Dublin

    in Letting off Steam

    Posted

    Managed to get a quick video of the Olympic Flame as it passed outside the office in Dublin City Centre today. Great to see it in Dublin.

     

     

    Torch was being carried by Tony Sutherland, father of the late Olympic bronze medal winning boxer Darren Sutherland. Anyone else see it today?

    APT Documentary.

    in Weblinks

    Posted

    APT-P build total of 44 cars included 6 power units was built to make three APT-P up to 14 cars.

     

    The APT-P 37 of 44 was scrapped in 1986/87. Seven Cars included power units was save from scrapped (6 cars see at crewe today, the other one power unit now at NRM Shildon)

     

    Links Pictures of scrap APT

     

    End of a Dream

     

    30/06/1986 - Booth's scrapyard, Rotherham.

     

    Such a sad end to a project filled with optimism. It's such a pity that the APT didn't succeed. Now it's descendants race up and down the line they were designed for every day.

    SSM Sulzer 101

    in News

    Posted

    I have to disagree with you there Fran. Hopefully this will put the issue of the Hornby Railroad to bed once and for all as I can't fault them on power and performance.

    Have a look at this link http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/359-Hornby-Railroad-range-performance?p=4600#post4600

     

    As I said in that thread; Well, lets be fair, Hornby Mark 1s and Dapol/Airfix/Hornby Mark 2 air cons weigh next to nothing. Stick them on a rake of your MIR wagons, then I might be impressed.

     

    There's no doubting their smoothness, and they are a decent motor bogie, but nothing will beat a central can motor and flywheel drive powering two bogies. If it did, we'd still have our 141s and new 201s powered with a motor bogie. If the railroad bogie suits your needs then fine, I'm still going down the all-wheel drive road.

     

    And don't even get me started on traction tyres!!!

    Hornby Railroad range performance

    in General Chat

    Posted

    Layout looks great, Anto!

     

    The Railroad range are pretty tempting, you can get either one of those locos for under €60. From what I understand they are Lima toolings with newer motor bogies.

    How are they as regards powerpickup? Have Hornby fitted them with more pickups?

     

    When you put things in perspective they aren't that great value for money. You can go to Hattons and pick up much better detailed Bachmann, Vitrains (like the lovely 47 in Anthony's other video) and Heljan diesels on special offer for cheaper or similar prices to a €60 railroad loco and they'll have proper chassis too. The 55 for instance is terrible, too short by a large margin, tooling over 30 years old now, crude detail, HO bogies, non flush glazing. The 73 is still a superb piece of tooling mind you, and offers a cheaper alternative to the Dapol loco. They have pick-ups on both bogies, a major advantage over the old lima locos they come from.

     

    And as for the haulage test? Well, lets be fair, Hornby Mark 1s and Dapol/Airfix/Hornby Mark 2 air cons weigh next to nothing. Stick them on a rake of your MIR wagons, then I might be impressed.

     

    There's no doubting their smoothness, and they are a decent motor bogie, but nothing will beat a central can motor and flywheel drive powering two bogies. If it did, we'd still have our 141s and new 201s powered that way. If the railroad bogie suits your needs then fine, I'm still going down the all-wheel drive road.

     

    And don't even get me started on traction tyres!!! :P

    a class sound chip demo.

    in News

    Posted

    She is sd9 that came with sound and speaker on board.

    I can't think of the make but It is very smooth and hence

    I used it as I don't have a speaker for my a39.The athearn

    Sd9 is not a patch on this chassis.

     

    Looks Proto 2000 to me.

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