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Broithe
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Excellent - we have it in the book - http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/5891-Sleaford-Exhibition-Lincolnshire?highlight=sleaford - but for the 3rd of June...
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A bit of discussion from the past - http://irishrailwaymodeller.yuku.com/topic/50/Track-inspection-vehicles?page=1#.WL13q4Hyhpg
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The Dapol device is quite good, especially if you're running DCC, when you can run the cleaner at full power whilst propelling it slowly around the track via a separately controlled loco - with DC, getting a suitable compromise of speed of the cleaning disc and time spent on each part of the track is difficult.
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Indeed, but not to hard to bodge up something similar enough... There may be something to be said for two pads - the leading one wet and the trailing one drying.
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Behold the CMX track cleaner - a brass tank for holding the fluid and providing the weight.
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I quite like the sound from metal wheels - it sounds 'right' - to me. Any train will have metal wheels somewhere, if only just those on the loco, and so, if you have shorting issues at points, etc., then that will probably happen anyway and it would be better to sort that out. The dirt aspect does seem to be exacerbated by plastic wheels.
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And a rather more dramatic one on the big island. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-39144133
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Merrion Gates again this morning.
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And another.
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I hope it wasn't this realistic... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-39124787
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Or http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/member.php/1365-wheeltapper ?
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Place like Maplin sell Anglepoise-style magnifier lamps, like this. Apart from the magnifying lens, which is useful at times, they have a circular fluorescent tube, which is usually of a high colour temperature and produces a very clear, intense, white light. I find it very 'sharp' to work on small items with. Do remember to cover the lens, when not in use, if there is any chance of sunlight reaching it...
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Another nice picture this morning from Twitter.
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This may be the new C-o-S bridge.
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Here - - one side of the dual carriageway was dropped about five feet, to allow oversize loads through, rather than raise the bridge. This sort of thing. It does mean that only the southbound side can be used, even if going north, which does cause a bit of chaos.
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The new bridge at Carrick on Suir will be half a metre higher, in an effort to let somebody else have the Most Struck Bridge Award in future years. http://www.newstalk.com/Most-struck-railway-bridge-in-the-country-to-be-replaced
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Trees down all over the place. IÉ really should drill the trunks, insert a (big) panel pin and mount them into a baseboard hole. Then they would be much more stable and could easily be removed when required.
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The loop platform at Ballybrophy has a slight taper on the outside of the ramps at each end, but it's only following the taper of the platform itself.
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Excellent work. Back in the days of glass headlights, I made some Perspex stone shields by heating the sheet up under the grill.
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We might need limits - the place is full of Daves, as well...
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He can smell these things..... (They're under the corner, where the terraced houses were)
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'We' had a couple of the electrically-powered Hornby OO live steam ones. They were much harder to control than electric-motored versions, obviously, but the one that was second-hand was much easier than the new one - possibly as a result of 'running-in'. The smell was very evocative.
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Baildon, near Leeds - - somewhere out to the north, I suspect - June last year.
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I hope that you also take "measures to minimise the risks of further washouts"....
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It'll be OK to run a couple of trains over this... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-38992241
