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  1. Broithe
    The brushes and the commutator in the pancake motor aren't always the best - and can dig in a bit where the brushes run over the breaks between the copper segments. The flywheel-effect of the rotor at speed helps overcome this, but with low-speed running, it will often stall. A bit of rounding off of the copper edges can help. This problem gets worse as the carbon brushes get shorter.....
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    Don't we get a free kick for off-side?
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    There's surprisingly little news attention to this story - http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-11-08/police-investigate-reckless-attempt-to-derail-a-train/ - seems to have been rather a near thing.....
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    Ta.
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    The staff figure on the platform is particularly excellent - what's the source?
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    Indeed, and particularly useful for 12V 'grain of wheat' bulbs - I usually run them at around 8V - a nicer light and they last for ever - two in series off a 16V supply...
  7. Broithe
    Can be adjusted by the judicious use of felt marker pens.
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    Further, though similar, musings - http://www.independent.ie/life/travel/travel-news/ireland-to-get-its-own-orient-express-30725822.html .
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    Pictures via https://twitter.com/IrishRail .
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    Another networking train - - out of Galway, this time. Complete with Mayor. .. there were sandwiches on the tables earlier - they seem to have gone..
  11. Broithe
    Surprised you're not in it...... ..an added attraction..
  12. Broithe
    Maybe they want to refit them themselves, anyway, to their own standards - possibly larger 'staterooms' - rather than conventional sleeper cabins..?
  13. Broithe
    Fair enough - not quite sure what they're getting at......
  14. Broithe
    ^ Is that video visible to you all? I got this 'warning' after I posted it - "This video is unlisted. Be considerate and think twice before sharing."
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    Indeed, and I would have been reluctant to post this, if it hadn't come through Irish Rail itself. I'm sure that Belmond know what they're doing, far better than I do, but it does seem very ambitious on such a small network.
  17. Broithe
    What more do we want?
  18. Broithe
    You only have to look at the pictures of the Royal Scotsman clientèle to suspect that it might not be for 'us' - but, we can still watch it go by....
  19. Broithe
    Another bus fire - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29913960 .
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    This - http://www.belmond.com/royal-scotsman-train/ - is their Royal Scotsman train - not many people in anoraks.....
  21. Broithe
    The info came from tweets retweeted by Irish Rail - as legit a source as there could be....
  22. Broithe
    This sort of accommodation is proposed.
  23. Broithe
    This has been announced - http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20141105006215/en/Belmond-Launch-Luxury-Touring-Train-Ireland#.VFp5HDSsV8F - it will be interesting to see what actually happens. Will we see Mk 3s on the network again?
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    Walk the Line

    Broithe replied to Kirley's topic in What's On?

    Bray to Dublin is still on iPlayer for some reason - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01bqktm/great-british-railway-journeys-series-3-21-goes-to-ireland-bray-to-dublin - for those in the remains of the Empire - or with a proxy server...
  25. Broithe
    In the old days there used to be such things as Pattern Makers' Rules - these were available in various degrees of "contraction", depending upon the material being cast - they were a few % over-size, so that the casting made from a pattern constructed with them would shrink to the correct size on cooling. You could make a rule of your own to suit your contraction rate - if nobody has a more sensible solution.
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