Galteemore Posted May 29 Posted May 29 Who knew the 800 class got to Portrush - painted black ? 3 Quote
Horsetan Posted May 29 Posted May 29 11 hours ago, airfixfan said: Only the clock tower is slightly accuarate! The smokebox door hinges are on the wrong side of the door ring.... ....and the outside motion looks pretty half-hearted as well. 1 Quote
Broithe Posted June 21 Author Posted June 21 We had a forty foot straight on a layout once, in a carport with a polycarbonate roof and the ends closed in - we had considerable expansion/contraction issues, until we fitted Fleischmann joints with most of an inch of movement I was reminded of it by this photo of the current heat expansion issue that the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway has. They have run trains over that, apparently - gently, and with trackside personnel monitoring the progress to detect derailments... As far as the layout was concerned, I remain convinced that the principal effect was actually the baseboard contracting, as the humidity was driven out, rather than the rails expanding in the high temperatures, although that would add a bit to the problem. The expansion of the metal was predictable to a fair degree of accuracy and was nowhere near enough to account for the total dimensional changes that we got. 1 1 Quote
Horsetan Posted June 22 Posted June 22 11 hours ago, Broithe said: We had a forty foot straight on a layout once, in a carport with a polycarbonate roof and the ends closed in - we had considerable expansion/contraction issues, until we fitted Fleischmann joints with most of an inch of movement I was reminded of it by this photo of the current heat expansion issue that the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway has. They have run trains over that, apparently - gently, and with trackside personnel monitoring the progress to detect derailments..... This must be on the single-line Dungeness section. Presumably the service is less intensive than for the rest of the line! 1 Quote
Branchline121 Posted July 3 Posted July 3 Not sure if this was posted here before but 43028 of British Rail was put into a one-off mock Irish Rail livery in 1997, to haul boat trains from Holyhead. Seemingly it didn’t last long, but it’s interesting to see nonetheless. Quote
spudfan Posted Friday at 23:55 Posted Friday at 23:55 (edited) New paint job for the railway bridge at Crumlin (County Antrim not Dublin 12).Taken by my daughter. Maybe should have posted it in the "What's happening on the network" section. Edited Saturday at 00:00 by spudfan 1 Quote
jhb171achill Posted Saturday at 00:17 Posted Saturday at 00:17 21 minutes ago, spudfan said: New paint job for the railway bridge at Crumlin (County Antrim not Dublin 12).Taken by my daughter. Maybe should have posted it in the "What's happening on the network" section. Doubtless an antidote to the "twalf"! Quote
spudfan Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago This says it all. "RNLI make appeal after lifeboat station was blocked by cars in Bundoran" 2 Quote
Mol_PMB Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago 16 minutes ago, spudfan said: This says it all. "RNLI make appeal after lifeboat station was blocked by cars in Bundoran" Me Me Me Now Now Now! No thought for anyone else. And it's not just one vehicle but many. Hopefully, with that many Knuts on the beach, the tide didn't come in... Quote
Horsetan Posted 10 hours ago Posted 10 hours ago 1 hour ago, spudfan said: This says it all. "RNLI make appeal after lifeboat station was blocked by cars in Bundoran" That, there, is just another indication of our feral society. Quote
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