Mol_PMB Posted August 18 Posted August 18 36 minutes ago, airfixfan said: New koco for the Fintona branch! I think a real elephant would be more appropriate there!
leslie10646 Posted August 18 Author Posted August 18 2 hours ago, Mol_PMB said: I think a real elephant would be more appropriate there! There's no way I am going to model the Bertram Mills Circus train! Even though I have a Class UG to pull it - I believe that's what they used for motive power in the 1960s tour they did in Ireland? 4 hours ago, Galteemore said: Looks fabulous Leslie. But would it fit on the Dundalk traverser? I was going to say that it would be maintained, as a friendly gesture, at Inchicore..... But she'd wreck herself going through the Phoenix Park tunnel? 2 hours ago, airfixfan said: New koco for the Fintona branch! Good idea, Jim, but she's only for TRUNK routes! 5
Northroader Posted August 19 Posted August 19 Put “NCC” on the tender, and folks will be none the wiser. 2
leslie10646 Posted August 19 Author Posted August 19 3 hours ago, Northroader said: Put “NCC” on the tender, and folks will be none the wiser. Nice one, Bob!!!!!! its would certainly storm up the Bleach Green bank with the 8.5pm Goods! 2
Mol_PMB Posted August 19 Posted August 19 Did Ireland have any ten-coupled locos? I can think of only 5 eight-coupled ones, mostly on the narrow gauge but there's one suitable for Portadown.
jhb171achill Posted August 19 Posted August 19 1 hour ago, Mol_PMB said: Did Ireland have any ten-coupled locos? I can think of only 5 eight-coupled ones, mostly on the narrow gauge but there's one suitable for Portadown. The GSR No. 900 had eight coupled wheels too. No ten-wheelers in Ireland. 1
jhb171achill Posted August 19 Posted August 19 20 hours ago, Mol_PMB said: I think a real elephant would be more appropriate there! The REAL one had "G N R" tattoed on its side and was only used when goods traffic was heavy. 1
StevieB Posted August 20 Posted August 20 19 hours ago, jhb171achill said: The GSR No. 900 had eight coupled wheels too. No ten-wheelers in Ireland. Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t there a second 4-8-0t, no 901, while 900 ran as a 4-6-2t for a while by disconnecting the back pair of driving wheels. Their primary role was banking heavy freight trains up the long bank from Kingsbridge, as it was then, to Inchicore. Stephen 2
leslie10646 Posted yesterday at 00:32 Author Posted yesterday at 00:32 (edited) By way of a serious wind-up. I've decided to electrify the Junction, and this is an Armagh Commuter train of the future, after the line is put back ...... Rather than wait for an 800 which which may appear posthumously, I decided to invest the same sum in another creation of the Blessed Oliver: This is the just-released "KR Models" model of the Bulleid Class "4DD" EMU, which you can see was an attempt to build a double-decker within the GB gauge. Only two sets were built, but they ran for 13-14 years. The Jury is out on this one - it's derailing on my points and with my vast layout, that means creeping under rafters to rescue it - it hated by single slip at Richhill, derailled the whole train, while a point at the North End of Portadown has just taken it out for the second time. I'll be the Internet to see if others have found this an issue. Unusually (?) it has motors in both motor coaches (which are invisible!), so it runs nicely when it likes the track. Lights internally and in the cabs, but unbelievably none on the Headcode Box, or a rear red panel. Unremarkable for detail - it wouldn't pass Paul Isles' attention to detail, but hey, no-one else will make a RTR model of one? Really only bought for the glass cabinet, but I've hankered after a simple SR layout as i've 4/5 EMU sets. Edited yesterday at 00:35 by leslie10646 6 1
Paul 34F Posted yesterday at 05:16 Posted yesterday at 05:16 Leslie, I would check the back to back dimension of each pair of wheels. This may be the cause of multiple derailments. Kind regards Paul 1
Mol_PMB Posted yesterday at 07:00 Posted yesterday at 07:00 Nice! I believe the couplings between cars can be another source of derailment on these - either fouling on the body or the fixing screws a bit tight so they don’t swing freely. 1
leslie10646 Posted 21 hours ago Author Posted 21 hours ago 4 hours ago, Paul 34F said: Leslie, I would check the back to back dimension of each pair of wheels. This may be the cause of multiple derailments. Kind regards Paul Thanks, to both of you for these points (pun intended!) I'll have a look at both points when I'm next in a position in do so. At this moment, my eighty year old knee isn't working so to even get back into the loft will be painful.
Flying Snail Posted 16 hours ago Posted 16 hours ago 14 hours ago, leslie10646 said: By way of a serious wind-up. I've decided to electrify the Junction, and this is an Armagh Commuter train of the future, after the line is put back ...... Rather than wait for an 800 which which may appear posthumously, I decided to invest the same sum in another creation of the Blessed Oliver: I think someone else might have posted this already, but here's the newsreel announcing the train of the future, today! ... in 1949 https://youtu.be/1a2K0TP1lxM?si=6-WbupNl68qTeCif 2 1
leslie10646 Posted 13 hours ago Author Posted 13 hours ago Brilliant man, @Flying Snail, I'd wondered what it could be like to travel in one! Thanks for the link! 1
Signal Post Posted 11 hours ago Posted 11 hours ago Dawn Quest mentioned some problems with this model (at least I think it's the one that you've got) during her youtube livestream last night (the relevant bit starts at 36min 45sec): 1
leslie10646 Posted 8 hours ago Author Posted 8 hours ago Thanks @Signal Post - based on the advice given, it's going back to Rails! I hope that you enjoyed its short history on the Armagh Line.
jhb171achill Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago 4 hours ago, leslie10646 said: Brilliant man, @Flying Snail, I'd wondered what it could be like to travel in one! Thanks for the link! I travelled in some sort of thing like that in Switzerland many years ago. Unusually for Switzerland, it was filthy inside and full of litter - you can usually eat your dinner off any surface in a Swiss train! But, naturally, it was bang on TIME!
leslie10646 Posted 8 hours ago Author Posted 8 hours ago (edited) 4 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: I travelled in some sort of thing like that in Switzerland many years ago. Unusually for Switzerland, it was filthy inside and full of litter - you can usually eat your dinner off any surface in a Swiss train! But, naturally, it was bang on TIME! NO TRAIN LOKE THAT in modern Switzerland, but the upper floor of their double-deckers have curved-in windows just like the 4DD - but are very spacious in First (I've no idea what Second is like!) ........... Aren't First Class Interrail passes wonderful? 25% off them sale on at the moment! Edited 8 hours ago by leslie10646
jhb171achill Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago Yes, I've "interrailed" a good l;ot on the past - plus, when in Switzerland, where a kitkat costs the price of an average family car in southside Dublin, there's a Swiss pass you can get, only avilable to us "furriners"; my sister (and her family), as a resident of Switzerland for over 40 years, isn't eligible!
jhb171achill Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago 22 hours ago, leslie10646 said: ....................... - it's derailing on my points and with my vast layout, that means creeping under rafters to rescue it - it hated by single slip at Richhill, derailled the whole train, while a point at the North End of Portadown has just taken it out for the second time. The reason is that it's 4 fut 8 1/2 gauge, and it's 5 fut 3 at Portydown..... 2
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