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- Fri Feb 05, 2016 5:08 pm
- Forum: Real World Railways
- Topic: Intermodal container gooseneck tunnel dimensions?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1053
Re: Intermodal container gooseneck tunnel dimensions?
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_...
- Wed Jul 15, 2015 2:23 pm
- Forum: Personal Layouts - Planning
- Topic: This might be blasphemy....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1194
Re: This might be blasphemy....
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 ...
- Mon Jan 19, 2015 6:44 am
- Forum: Real World Railways
- Topic: Unusual sign at Appleford station
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2335
Re: Unusual sign at Appleford station
Peterm wrote:drunks on a bus
I believe that movie went straight to VHS.
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:51 pm
- Forum: Real World Railways
- Topic: Vic Berry's S/yard- class 25 & 27 stack - how many & format?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1419
Re: Vic Berry's S/yard- class 25 & 27 stack - how many & for
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...
- Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:25 pm
- Forum: Real World Railways
- Topic: Electrification- overhead vs 3rd rail?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1419
Re: Electrification- overhead vs 3rd rail?
Bufferstop wrote:... a travelling earth fault rushing by every few minutes ...
This needs to be worked into a Wikipedia article on electrified railways.
- Wed Oct 02, 2013 7:24 pm
- Forum: Real World Railways
- Topic: Any railway engineers interested in working in South Africa?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 578
Re: Any railway engineers interested in working in South Afr
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 ...
- Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:04 am
- Forum: Welcome / Terms And Conditions / Guest Book
- Topic: Hello I am Newbie
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1000
Re: Hello I am Newbie
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!
On the flip-side, he probably deserves bonus points for artistic interpretation of scale modelling!
- Thu Jul 04, 2013 10:19 pm
- Forum: Real World Railways
- Topic: Extreme Trains
- Replies: 5
- Views: 936
Re: Extreme Trains
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...
- Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:16 pm
- Forum: Real World Railways
- Topic: Train crew transport
- Replies: 0
- Views: 466
Train crew transport
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, ...
- Sun May 26, 2013 10:58 am
- Forum: Real World Railways
- Topic: Loading Chevrolets onto a train
- Replies: 3
- Views: 593
Loading Chevrolets onto a train
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...
- Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:05 pm
- Forum: Real World Railways
- Topic: Concrete trunking
- Replies: 4
- Views: 804
Re: Concrete trunking
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?
Were they close to junction boxes or some other power related installations?
- Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:01 pm
- Forum: Personal Layouts - Under Construction
- Topic: Unnamed 00 in a bedroom - Distractions...
- Replies: 109
- Views: 23224
Re: Unnamed 00 in a bedroom (large diagrams)
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...
- Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:57 am
- Forum: New discoveries???
- Topic: Poundland Find
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4907
Re: Poundland Find
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 ...
- Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:42 pm
- Forum: Real World Railways
- Topic: Class 70 Ooops
- Replies: 107
- Views: 18411
Re: Class 70 Ooops
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?
- Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:33 pm
- Forum: Personal Layouts - Under Construction
- Topic: EWS TMD, N Gauge, Modern Era
- Replies: 152
- Views: 25045
Re: EWS TMD, N Gauge, Modern Era
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...