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I think you can scale it fairly accurately from this picture on Wikipedia's Intermodal container page. 2.44m wide. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Downburst_wind_damage_vaughan_CN_rail_yard_east_side_near_Keele_street_23_04_07_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Downburst_wind_damage_...

Haven't you basically described the Chippenham - Thingley Junction - Melksham - Holt - Bradford on Avon - Avoncliff - Dundas - Bathampton - Bath Spa line? The first bit of the line up to Bradford on Avon is definitely branch line size, also nice canal aqueducts as you get closer to Bath if you like ...

Peterm wrote:drunks on a bus

I believe that movie went straight to VHS.

Given that sishades is of a Leicester persuasion, would this be the scrapyard at the end of Gaul/Briton/Saxon/Roman Streets off Narborough Road in Leicester? Spent many school holidays round there in the 80s and 90s looking with awe at the heaps of old carriages. Wasn't there a fairly major fire the...

Bufferstop wrote:... a travelling earth fault rushing by every few minutes ...

This needs to be worked into a Wikipedia article on electrified railways.

As an engineering type in a country adjacent to South Africa: you could expect a salary that allows you a standard of living similar or slightly higher than you would have in an equivalent position in the UK. Due to the unfavourable exchange rate ZAR -> GBP it will look less on paper. Don't let the ...

I just reported Mr Turner for what looks very much like a spam-sig.

On the flip-side, he probably deserves bonus points for artistic interpretation of scale modelling!

want a big train, then check this out! oh 'eck! Impressive but this one more so, I'm sure if you follow the tracks you'll find a train to measure. I did plug this a little while back . These 41,400 tonnes total mass, 3780 metres long trains (8 locomotives and 342 wagons), are the longest production...

We've all heard about supertankers having bicycles on board for the crew to get from one end to the other, how about this? From an article on the South African Class 9E : "a compartment houses a small motor scooter for use by the crew" Plenty of other interesting links within the article, ...

Some of you will have probably seen these images before, but some might not. Even if you have, there are other fascinating links on Retronaut that forumites may be interested in. Happy procrastination! Chevrolet had an interesting solution to maximising the number of cars they could fit inside the U...

Somebody with more railway engineering knowledge than me will likely be along shortly, but having recently installed some largish electrical cables (6" diameter) the first thing that comes to my mind is cable slack.

Were they close to junction boxes or some other power related installations?

I think it looks good, particularly the possibilities of shunting puzzles in the sidings. You say you're thinking of going rural. What about having that end as a country market town with agricultural goods: grain silo, livestock market pens, milk, etc.? Replace the fiddle yard with a rural station a...

Flashbang, I can see your reasoning but why single out "modern" track? I understand that different alloys have different properties (strength, hardness, resistance to corrosion, etc.) but is there that much difference to hardness (resistance to scratching) at a model rail level? Following ...

spudfan wrote:I see that the first class 70 to be assembled in Europe, at a plant in Turkey, has just rolled off the production line.

Laterally or longitudinally?

Fantastic! Almost brings a tear to my eye! Your next mission, should you choose to accept it, is related to your comment about painting and blending on the paving. Fresh from standing on street corners and staring at kerbs go and stand on some street corners and gaze at the detritus in the road. I'v...