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Post by brigham on Nov 28, 2019 9:26:48 GMT
Nobody escapes the Topsy-Turvy World Order!
Sorry for the inCONVENIENCE (Boom Boom!)
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Post by brigham on Nov 25, 2019 8:38:56 GMT
Darlington Bank Top, from Victoria Road.
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Post by brigham on Nov 25, 2019 8:36:19 GMT
It's possibly to do with the rapid development of the Lynch permanent-magnet motor, which has made this type feasible for traction purposes, as spectacularly demonstrated by the inventor at the first Isle of Man electric TT. The previous major user as far as rail is concerned was Hornby.
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Post by brigham on Nov 22, 2019 9:12:59 GMT
Adams' radial axleboxes allowed for similar movement, but using solid axles. This is a different concept altogether, though. On this system, the wheels turn independently on a stationary axle, in the same manner as on road motors. It's a rail version of the Lohner-Porsche Electromobile. Each wheel driven independently by a hub-mounted motor. I often wondered why solid axle wheelsets had persisted so long on rail vehicles; presumably because they are cheap and adequate.
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Post by brigham on Nov 21, 2019 16:53:45 GMT
This is to satisfy union requirements, whilst also complying with the emergency escape regs. Whether the passengers can work out how to use it is low on the list of priorities.
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Post by brigham on Nov 20, 2019 8:45:40 GMT
I've always tended to stand up if somebody not-so-agile needs a seat anyway, despite the colour of the fabric. "Not all disabilities are visible" just makes it easier for lazy folk to abuse disabled facilities. You don't have to walk with a bogus limp!
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Post by brigham on Nov 20, 2019 8:26:23 GMT
I don't know where it it, but if a half-painted wall is 'Art on the Underground'...
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Post by brigham on Nov 18, 2019 9:03:41 GMT
'Good' in the sense of 'having the desired qualities' is the meaning here. The 'desired qualities' being those laid down in the timetable, conditions of carriage &c..
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Post by brigham on Nov 14, 2019 18:22:35 GMT
Goods by rail? Sounds like a good idea. I wonder why nothing ever came of it! [/millennial]
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Post by brigham on Nov 6, 2019 15:36:48 GMT
"Southwark Park is hosting the only public fireworks display on 5th November this year..." I wonder what I was watching at Hartlepool last night, then?
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Post by brigham on Nov 1, 2019 18:02:32 GMT
The Tam'o'Shanter might have been a clue.
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Post by brigham on Oct 26, 2019 8:01:21 GMT
Automatic notching is often provided on controllers which have individual notches for each position. The driver moves the handle to 'full series', for instance, and the ACTUAL controller, which is mounted elsewhere on the car, notches up automatically until it reaches the selected position.
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Post by brigham on Oct 24, 2019 15:05:28 GMT
ATO does increase component wear on trains, demonstrated on the Met between Finchley Rd and Baker ST. A driver would motor from Finchley Rd and on reaching 30mph shut off and coast all the way to Baker St. Braking where needed, under ATO there is a lot more acceleration, sometimes changing from acceleration to braking within a very short distance, this must wear out the trains faster. ...And increase current demand. All in all, trains operating in ATO cost more to run, but can provide greater service density on the same infrastructure.
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Post by brigham on Oct 24, 2019 7:49:18 GMT
This is a strange one. I was rest day yesterday but saw plenty of posts on a c2c customer Facebook page about a bridge strike in the Elm Park area, so like everyone else I assume that's what happened. But having looked at both the Service Manager and Senior Operating Officer's daily summaries, there was no such event. The issue that suspended both railways was a rusted former overhead line structure that was in danger of imminent collapse due to excessive corrosion and had to cut down before it fell down. Why it was a reported a bridge strike is a mystery to me and is utterly bizarre!! "In danger of immediate collapse!" "Better tell them it was a bridge strike, ot they'll have the Inspectors in!"
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Post by brigham on Oct 24, 2019 7:45:29 GMT
So, use of ATO doesn't reduce the lifespan of a train... ...it just makes it wear out quicker?
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Post by brigham on Oct 23, 2019 7:38:52 GMT
B is one of the Olympics stations photographed in 2012. The Olympic 'dropped litter' symbol can be seen.
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Post by brigham on Oct 21, 2019 16:57:49 GMT
True, but in this case you can do what you want without someone saying "well actually.." "...those cows are wrong..."
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Post by brigham on Oct 21, 2019 16:49:57 GMT
Asking on behalf of a friend: did the Bo'Bo' locos ever pull these? No, because the carriages are entirely fictional. Which means you can do what you want with them on your layout! That applies to models in general, not just to these.
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Post by brigham on Oct 21, 2019 16:46:53 GMT
No, it looks like people have got sick of 'protesters'stopping them getting to work.
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Post by brigham on Oct 19, 2019 7:54:32 GMT
Perhaps the BTP are short-staffed? I share their concern that the public should be left to deal with police work. It might be an idea to swear-in Special Constables to make up the numbers, same as during the General Strike.
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Post by brigham on Oct 18, 2019 7:38:13 GMT
The British Transport Police "found it concerning to see that a number of commuters took matters into their own hands, displaying violent behaviour to detain a protester"
I "found it concerning" that people were walking around on the roof of a train in service. Should I have called the British Transport Police?
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Post by brigham on Oct 15, 2019 8:30:13 GMT
Will the connection be re-instated once the Holborn reconstruction is completed?
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Post by brigham on Oct 14, 2019 10:05:20 GMT
55 years and 13 days since the first run of the Japanese bullet train?
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Post by brigham on Oct 9, 2019 8:16:59 GMT
Will they represent the round-topped doors?
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Post by brigham on Oct 9, 2019 7:52:41 GMT
The LCC conduit system was designed as conduit from the start. I have heard it said that, should it prove unworkable, the conduit could be used for cable traction; a bizarre reversal of the situation in New York City. Surface-contact (stud) has been proposed for railways, although I can't think of an actual working example.
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Post by brigham on Oct 8, 2019 7:57:06 GMT
Inset D (right) +1 Chatsworth.
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Post by brigham on Oct 4, 2019 7:52:50 GMT
Inset: Empire Pool, Wembley?
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Post by brigham on Oct 3, 2019 15:35:49 GMT
If you mean Jim Blake's "Northern Wastes", he still has some copies left for purchase direct from himself. I'll take one. Do you have contact details?
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Post by brigham on Oct 3, 2019 7:48:23 GMT
A is round the back of somewhere by Charles Holden?
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Post by brigham on Sept 30, 2019 7:56:54 GMT
Spiral staircase- I think Covent Garden. (By the colours. I could look it up if I were at home!)
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