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Post by neilw on Jul 24, 2012 9:54:20 GMT
also pulling the PEA stopped the train?
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Post by neilw on Jul 23, 2012 18:38:34 GMT
ditto at Newbury Park WB!! If the lights were switched off on a 62 TS, then so were the emergency lights, which meant trying to navigate the guards panel by pilot light!
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Post by neilw on Jul 11, 2012 12:59:43 GMT
@bronzeonion, check your PM
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Post by neilw on Jul 11, 2012 8:42:50 GMT
CHT are definitely on the lookout for new members and people able to help the restoration. The application form is down-loadable from their website www.cravensheritagetrains.co.uk . Membership sec is Fred Vincent, 45 Weald Rd, Hillingdon, Middlesex, UB10 0HQ. I think Fred is a member here too............. PS I've checked my spelling this time
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Post by neilw on Jul 9, 2012 10:49:07 GMT
as elo10538 says, mechanically and electrically it is in reasonable shape, the main work involves the woodwork around the widows and odd bits of floor. The seats are all out in safe storage. It's a big project for a small group of volunteers with a few hours a week to spare...........
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Post by neilw on Jun 22, 2012 11:55:26 GMT
does anyone know why the standard "S1" chair ended up with with the three-hole design it did, ie two on the inside, one on the outside?
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Post by neilw on May 30, 2012 7:00:06 GMT
the trolleybus is back!
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Post by neilw on May 11, 2012 10:51:06 GMT
thought for the day.........why do we use the term "traction current discharged" when in actual fact it is the voltage that is switched on and off? Without a train or anything else to draw a current, the voltage is still there........
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Post by neilw on Apr 16, 2012 10:54:15 GMT
the plan is yes, but quite a bit of work to do yet..........
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Post by neilw on Apr 11, 2012 16:00:45 GMT
It's a long..........story, I'll pm you!
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Post by neilw on Apr 11, 2012 13:02:42 GMT
Hi, yes it's my very own 62TS, car 1677. There have been pictures on here from time to time, I'll try to do a montage when I get a minute. Playing trains at 12"/ft scale is certainly challenging....
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Post by neilw on Apr 11, 2012 11:36:02 GMT
It believe it was done by soda-blasting, which is what I did to my 62TS, as shown here in a sort of before and after shot..... Quite a messy process, but the initial results are good. It uses bi-carbonate of soda at about 2,000 psi. After a few years, the paint leeches back through, so I recently investigated wrapping it with vinyls of nicely oxidised aluminium. Not only was this very expensive, I haven't been able to get a good match for the colour. It is a very strange material, oxidised aluminium, and far from as suggested earlier in the thread, not at all easy to restore to"unrefurbished". I know CHT have the same dilemma with their 62TS set. Restoring the inside has been easier for me, but the "bird's eye maple melamine" at the guard's panel has proved tricky! As for the "shovel" lampshades on the emergency lights, well...........
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Post by neilw on Mar 7, 2012 9:32:20 GMT
you can buy tickets on-line and print them off at home. That will save you a very long time in the queue yet save you committing too soon if you're not sure about attending. I'm going Sunday, too.
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Post by neilw on Mar 7, 2012 9:29:17 GMT
metmansnap! I've been tinkering with this too, we ought to compare notes......
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Post by neilw on Mar 6, 2012 12:55:35 GMT
hi there
as far as I know, there are no ready-made signals which look like underground signals. For the below-ground type, it is easy enough to make them up yourself as they are only two bulbs in an oblong box. The above-ground ones require taking a British outline model and modifying. It would be a good project for someone to do in sketchup! Analogue wiring should be staightforward for two-aspect signals, to help you more we would need a drawing of the track and your proposed signals
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Post by neilw on Feb 29, 2012 13:06:59 GMT
formidable!
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Post by neilw on Jan 22, 2012 13:10:49 GMT
well worth joining to support the society and receive UN every month, terrific publication with contributions from a number of very well-informed members of this site
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Post by neilw on Jan 22, 2012 13:05:06 GMT
There are two basic tunnel construction used, as you may know.Sub surface lines run in tunnels built under roads, and use bricks for the vertical side walls and arched roofs across the top. It is easy to see the profiles at stations, etc. Tube lines run in tunnels of nominally 12 feet diameter which are completely circular in cross-section. In general they are lined with cast iron segments bolted together, although later lines (Vic onwards) used concrete segments. The cables and pipes are generally hung on standard hanger arrangements, someone better informed may have the dimensions.
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Post by neilw on Jan 20, 2012 9:05:55 GMT
excellent idea..........
regarding Hornby, etc, I remember filling in a questionnaire when I was six or seven (probably Tri-ang then!) asking for them to produce standard stock, nearly fifty years later, I'm still waiting..... ;D
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Post by neilw on Dec 6, 2011 10:43:16 GMT
Correct! Climbing up the hill out of Ongar you could sometimes hear the MARs running a lot slower than normal due to the reduced voltage, things then went back to normal once the hill had been crested.
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Post by neilw on Dec 6, 2011 10:28:06 GMT
regarding item 1), the only "modification" carried out to a normal 4-car 62TS set for the Epping-Ongar shuttle was the attachment of a small blanking plate on the reverser key barrel so that only forward position 1 could be selected. This was the lower of the two possible acceleration rates and helped to reduce current draw on the somewhat flimsy power supply.
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Post by neilw on Nov 12, 2011 12:05:52 GMT
you could always ask if John would do you a deal for quantity?
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Post by neilw on Nov 12, 2011 11:47:44 GMT
I'm pretty sure the answer is yes.......
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Post by neilw on Nov 9, 2011 14:33:45 GMT
John P "productionised" his version after seeing my prototypes. Prior to that, I had tried numerous different experiments using the existing EFE bogie moulding, the (then) Harrow Model Shop bogies, and even the Pirate Models bogies, including mixtures of them all! None were particularly great, so I settled on the Metromodels moulding with the EFE side frames grafted on. Fortunately the MM moulding has sufficient clearance for conversion to EM if thin wheelsets are used, mine are from Branchlines. My original version had the pin-points just in the MM moulding, which seems to work fine for me. As has been said, the large amount of running on Abbey Road caused John to find that the plastic pin-points wore down, hence the later mod to fit metal inserts. In summary, I would highly recommend to use the latest MM conversion, anything less will come back to bite you!
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Post by neilw on Nov 9, 2011 14:10:53 GMT
In the mid 70's at Hainault it was done by two chaps in protective suits that looked like home-made silver space suits. One stood each side of the road in the acid shed and sprayed the train as it drove slowly past. It was then rinsed and put through the car wash. The acid leaked through the window seals and rotted the woodwork of the window sills, which is why the horizontal and vertical pieces adjacent to the widows were all replaced with some type of formica matching the bird's eye maple of the car ends. Mine are like that to this day.
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Post by neilw on Nov 7, 2011 13:36:18 GMT
me too
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Post by neilw on Oct 11, 2011 8:53:09 GMT
thanks Dan, very helpful, and very impressive
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Post by neilw on Oct 10, 2011 10:46:56 GMT
you beat me to it! Can you provide details of sound equipment fitted and how you created the files? Due to space considerations, I was planning to have sound from speakers below baseboard but following train along. BTW, there was an EM gauge society article about fitting Black Beetles which would work regardless of gauge, I think. I can dig it out, if of interest PM me.
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Post by neilw on Sept 23, 2011 10:30:22 GMT
regarding equipment, the sleet locos were a bit of a nightmare from what I can recall working on one as an apprentice in the early 70's, Hainault, I think. Complete lack of up-to-date electrical schematics meant that trouble-shooting was "interesting" to say the least. I remember having to crawl into various contortionist positions, meter in hand, trying to work out what was actually connected to what, and then re-create the schematic, and then try to puzzle out what was up. Cramped, dirty, but a good way to learn
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Post by neilw on Sept 15, 2011 12:58:18 GMT
I've been doing some research into this for my 70's era model railway, and am now a bit confused. As a kid at the time ISTR that some trap points at the outlet to sidings and bay platforms were electrified into the sand drag, which seemed a bit silly to me at the time. I have been trawling for photographic evidence of whether they actually were or whether my memory is now fuddled. The outlet from White City depot appeared to be electrified from a video I have, whereas other places seem not to have been. Presumably if it was done it was for the sake of completeness, like having ramps at the end of sidings even though no shoes could actually venture that far. Can anyone help clarify? Many thanks. Pointers to any photos greatly appreciated.
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