Broithe

I'm currently formulating a scenario for a railway-themed dating show. I'm confident it would be a winner.

Something like Bind Date meets the Great Model Railway Challenge.

39 minutes ago, murrayec said:

 the mecha is large and have not worked out how to get it in yet.

Not the best chat-up line....

I'm not a great lover of the 'frozen in time' walking poses in layout figures, much preferring the seated or standing types, but one of the layouts at the Haywood Permanent Way exhibition yesterday had several of these https://viessmann-modell.com/en/product-range/gauge-h0/emotion-animated-world/?p=5

They're not cheap, by any means, but they did 'liven up' the scene.

There were chaps wielding chainsaws, scythes and even having a punch-up.

Blacksmiths, welders and a bloke with a pick-axe - and even one shovelling sand into a mixer.

The flock of chickens rooting around was very realistic.

An example -

It should be noted that, being a bit 'continental', not all of the available animated figures may be fully suitable for a family orientated layout...

Well, the biennial show nearly passed me by this year, but I was reminded just in time and got there through the floods, after two failed approaches...

This was definitely the highlight for me.

All that was missing was the smell...


Everything else was good enough, though.

I do hope that you are able to retain the squeak.

1 minute ago, Mayner said:

Road wheel propulsion is the standard practice for modern Hi-Rail vehicles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road–rail_vehicle used to carry out inspection and maintenance work on many railways.

 

Indeed, I was just mulling over the arrangement above, where the Land Rover may be hauling the carriage, but presumably without controlling the carriage's brakes.

This drawing suggests the track would be 4' 3½", so the outer sides of the tyres would be on the centre of the rail-tops at 2½" off-centre from each wheel.

And the wheels in the picture do look a bit 'fatter' than standard.

So, using the road-wheels for traction looks plausible?

Not Irish, but this picture just turned up in my interminable Pinterest suggestions.



No details with it anywhere that I can find it used.

The flanged wheels would appear not to be driven, I presume they still relied on the road wheels for propulsion - and braking...

I'm sure I recall it from a Playtex advert in the 60s.

At least you didn't have to cut it up on site - https://www.mainlinediesels.net/index.php?nav=1000619&lang=en&id=5428&action=shownews#.Xa7l9OhKjmE

Railfreight will always be an awkward proposition in a country with few inland population centres, and very small ones at that.

It's not like the UK with Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds, etc, all virtually dependent on overland transport.

If you're going to need to truck stuff for the last twenty miles anyway, then you might as well truck it for the whole hundred and not be loading/unloading it twice...

Staff discount..?

You might use this - https://www.kingkit.co.uk/ - to get a guide price.

Ah, I see what you mean now - ignore my post above...

Years ago, I used to use this in a similar situation, though not for long periods - it could well be one answer.

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/company-us/all-3m-products/~/Scotch-Spray-Mount-Repositionable-Adhesive/?N=5002385+3294603478&rt=rud

There was (probably still is) a similar looking permanent version which was easy to use by mistake!

10 minutes ago, Mike 84C said:

David, if you would like to try wood ash, pm me and I''ll send you a bag, 'cos I got the fire lit!

Lit with a magnifying glass..?

2810 was looking slightly lonely...

Some athleticism was displayed by the returning enthusiasts.

As I passed the bridge, some effort was made by the Onboard Hospitality Staff to get me to board the train.

Nowhere near as much effort as the loco crew put into trying to attract these three, though...

And then they were off.

With a cheery wave.

And then they were gone.

I caught it at Ballybrophy. I was slightly late and it was slightly early, so I didn't quite manage the 'distant approach shot'.

Three bridge strikes today - two in Dublin and one at Portarlington...

55 minutes ago, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said:

I'm thinking there couldn't have been any fat drivers on the CIE back in the day - how did anyone fit through those narrow doors?

There comes a point where a driver is promoted to the post of Controller...

This theme park actually exists - I understand that you can avail of a 10% discount by pronouncing the code-word "Vehicle" 'correctly'...

https://www.gardaland.it/en/

The website of the unfortunately named Pen Island organisation, does make it look like a rather weird theme park.

http://www.penisland.net/

@Admin needs to get a good grip of this, before things get out of hand.

5 minutes ago, PorkyP said:

That's a very interesting link, some of the measures look very similar to what I've seen,  the location i mentioned was in the dark blue high risk map area too..I imagine we're looking at huge costs for these kind of operations..

What you end up doing will depend upon the actual situation on the site - and its history.

Some thought also needs to be given to the future, whether you're going to need to dig it up regularly or not - more of an issue with roads, I suppose, rather than railways.

About £250,000,000 for the one above - https://www.railwayoperators.co.uk/2017/05/presentation-norton-bridge-remodelling-and-grade-separation-6th-october-2016/ - to reduce conflicting crossovers at an existing adjacent junction.

1 hour ago, PorkyP said:

You'd think in some places it'd make sense to let the trees grow up a bit on embankments to sort of tie the ground together a bit...one place I saw a few years ago when doing some site work in England, they'd fixed some kind of steel mesh all along the sides of a steep cutting..

Some of the issues and remedies - https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Earthworks-Technical-Strategy.pdf

This new embankment near me did get supplied with trees. They need to be the "right sort of trees" to reduce the leaf-fall problems...

You can see the overheads for the old line , and just see its rails at the bottom on the left - the new diverging line runs across at the top, where the work is going on in the picture - any slippage has the potential to disrupt the whole lot.