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Broithe
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Internet surveillance suggests that it's somebody's birthday today.... Many happy returns of the day.
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There's Irish interest this year. You can even vote, if you like. Here - http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/puskas-award/index.html . Some noses could be put out of joint......
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Run & Hide. A slightly more environmentally sound version of Park & Ride...? -
They'll be empties......
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Pure filth. The very purest.....
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Garda statement - . "Gardaí are not commenting on last Sunday's shooting, in excess of one million witnesses, but no arrests to date..... "
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A bit of difficulty with the ballast at Dawlish.
Broithe replied to Broithe's topic in Letting off Steam
A possibility that somebody was washed off a seawall not far away - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-30043175 . -
Worked for me - you're just not looking hard enough at it...
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Bridge strike between Limerick and the Junction -https://twitter.com/IrishRail/status/532973011151114240 .
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A bit of difficulty with the ballast at Dawlish.
Broithe replied to Broithe's topic in Letting off Steam
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A bit of difficulty with the ballast at Dawlish.
Broithe replied to Broithe's topic in Letting off Steam
Dawlish suffers again.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-30040238 . -
I've got me name down...
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The website - http://modelshopbelfast.com/index.php/boucher-retail-park - says this- "modelshopbelfast.com is an online store specialising in the latest collectable Plastic kits, Model Railways, Radio Control and Diecast. Enjoy the peace of mind of Secure Online Ordering through our Sage Pay payment system. With a frequently changing stock list you will always find something of interest on our pages. As well as our website we also operate a popular ebay store. Click here to visit or ebay store" No mention of having a physical presence any more...
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It's not really that small, it's just far away.
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I've just been round to where I made some ramps from a single sheet of hardboard - so, they are exactly eight feet long - and the rise is actually three and a quarter inches - more than I remembered. They were made to lift the track to go over a Hornby suspension bridge. We had no real problems with things going up there - certainly not with Murphy traction.
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Of course, a 181 would have slightly more tractive effort available.......
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Murphy Mania appears to be a recognised condition, with its own magazine and an annual convention for "sufferers". http://www.frits.cistron.nl/murphy/mania.html
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Fantastic!
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Hawkins Street is open from 1 to 5 pm on Sundays now.
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Using Roof Flet as a Ballast Underlay..... Good or Bad idea?
Broithe replied to Paudie Riordan's question in Questions & Answers
I worked in a switchgear factory that made some circuit breakers for Zimbabwe Railways - we had two chaps come to the factory to learn about them - the two biggest people that I've ever seen - Max Dhliwayo and Alex Makomva - each the size of a telephone box and without an ounce of fat on them - it would have been interesting to see somebody try to get them to sit in the 'blek' section... I've tried for many years to track them down, but I just can't find them. -
A spring washer under the thumb-screws helps - as the balls in the joints aren't very spherical. This helps to take up the slack a bit, if you move a joint to a 'loose bit'. The croc-clips are easily replaced by something better, if you find some. For a few quid, they're OK when you need them.
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Is that Bailey's in the squeeze bottle?
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It can help, up to a point - but extra weight is weight that you also have to drag up the slope - the beauty of the magnetic system is that you get extra download without the extra mass in the train as well..
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Basically, it increases the downforce from the loco to the track, without increasing its weight. Wheel-slip is the main mode of failure on a slope, rather than lack of power and this will raise the point at which slip occurs - allowing a steeper slope and/or longer trains... Back in the old days of steel track, there was the Magnaforce system, which had a similar, though much less significant, effect.
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A straight gradient can be a small touch steeper than a curved one - it's a matter of making the best use of the space you have in terms of the relationships of straight to curved sections. I got away with lifting two and a half inches on an eight-foot long straight gradient with a double-bend entry to it. Trains would noticeably pick up a bit as the last wagons/carriages came off the (flat) bend and onto the slope.
