DiveController

There being an exception to every rule, now there's another... I noticed in this film by Joe St. Leger, C/201 Class No. 207 bearing an all white roundel on the front (about 2m 38sec) (and I suppose the 071 retro livery, though obviously not from the era of this thread)

I have been running my UG class on my test track as a passenger. It certainly has the ability to pull. I loaded several RPSI bogies as s substitute for UTA green and then added some orange. I believe that I had 7-8 on there before the top speed was noticeably limited but probably still above scale top speed of 60mph for the UG. The problem: Reversing. The tender derails even with a single bogies when starting on a 2nd radius Code 100 curve probably because it is too light. I was wondering about others members experience with the UG. Perhaps it may do better with Leslie's GNR 4w wagons.

I think you're correct as John alludes to this above also. I had also forgotten that the tender had brake which is the only other braking mechanism that the crew effectively had any access to.

I was prompted to start a new thread arising from a comment on another thread regarding how effective a brake van might be in stopping a runaway train Hopefully the brake van slowed it enough to limit the damage. How effective was a van in stopping a goods train? Most locos would be 80-100 tons? So less weight on the brake van be it 10T, 20T or 30T. Did they work effectively on the flat and what was the stopping distance for a branch line goods versus a maximally loaded train, either in absolute terms or as some percentage of the stopping distance if stopped by the locomotive? Gradients; I suspect that even a slight gradient would probably have increased the stopping distance significantly. So could the van stop the train at all beyond a certain gradient? Were there gradients such as the gullet and longer gradients such as on the Derry road where a train would not have stopped at all with the brake van brakes fully applied until it hit the flat sections again?

Instead, perhaps a moderator could move most of the thread to a new thread entitled Irish K Class Locomotives or similar to preserve the interesting information and allow it to be referenced more easily going forward

Best I can do for now So they were driven from the right for left hand running? I believe there was a later batch that was left hand drive also?

Yours was the first thread that came to mind when Noel started this thread as I know you use PukeBucket :puke:to host your images Sorry!

The SR version

Oh dear! that's medicine in Ireland for you. Best wishes for a speedy recovery

My comments above were not intended to be a criticism but I would urge users to upload a local copy to preserve the threads intact and relevant over time. Thanks for your efforts as you have had a lot of interesting posts in recent months, and to others like Swissernie for uploading all those photos again (I HATE duplicated and 'busy' work)

For those who may not have access to the MGWR book to hand, the loco in question is a MDWR 2-4-0 'D' Class No 33 Arrow at Clifton. https://chasewaterstuff.wordpress.com/tag/mgwr-ireland/ As Jon says, JD designs (Mayner) is intending a full brass kit late 2017 if on schedule. http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/5658-CIE-GSR-650-Class-2-4-0-MGWR-Ks The caption refers to a 12 wheel diner No. 3 as the fourth vehicle in the train behind the Cusack

Yup, saw that coming .... Isn't it an N masquerading as a Irish K1? Aren't there are a few minor difference ladder on the tender etc?

This seems to be a 'recreational hazard' when posting with any of these sites. They're always free and accessible until they're not and you have a lot invested at that point. All the images can be uploaded onto the IRM server as I understand from Stephen by checking on the 'local copy' rather than referencing a third party host directly. Any link breakage, file structuring, change of terms & conditions and ......

Mark's reply to that question in 2012

Ah, well spotted, Jason. There was only one iirc

Nice looking Ms, Noel. OMG, 12! You just reminded me, JP has 4 buses waiting for me!

lol:ROFL:

yes. Sorry, that was my fault. I was referring back to Rich's post above without making that clear to, well, anyone else, I suppose The first coach in this train seems to be a first/composite. Looks to be only seven vs. the usual 8

Would they be suitable for a certain brass kit due for release late 2017, a MGWR Ks/GSR 650 Class with superheated round topped boiler round canopy cab, open coal rails tender as running 1916-Mid 1930s or in its later CIE condition?

I missed your post Roxy. Like that garden railway. Nice job and well done, right down to the appropriately position fig/?rose leaf?

True. Many unusual pairings of locos or coaches were to rescue failed trains of simply as stock transfers The first coach in that train seems to be a first/composite

Rest easy, Dave. I think he was referring to BULK CEMENT on the IVORY livery with the black CIE logo. There is only one photo that I'm aware of showing that. In the grey livery, BULK CEMENT branding was all over the wagons as you rightly point out. Wonder how it made it onto the ivory on so few wagons? A number of them look a little darker through the rake. Lighting, cloud cover, older more weathered wagons, even some in orange depending when the photo was taken (although I suspect not)

They're not that easy to respray accurately with the silver framing around each window. Most resprayers want to respray only from the BR IC coaches masking the centre area but the color in that area on those coaches is more of a charcoal IMO rather than black. Yes, there are silver decals available for the windows. Still leave the doors...

Looks, moves and sounds well. Very nice job, Graham! Enjoyed that video

THat's a shame. I had picked up on the hints last year and was disappointed when some announcement eventually did not follow. I'd like a whole rake in Supertrain livery to be honest, for those of you who think it's drab, that's fine, but these coaches looked very well in that livery Yes, I have to agree with that. It might not be the best economic sense for a manufacturer but I can tell you there will be many modelers who come into the hobby in the next few years who will be happy that some are still available other than through the 'Bay or similar at a premium price