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Post by phillw48 on Aug 28, 2023 7:10:45 GMT
I was working on the tender wagon for the Sentinel. If there is enough interest I’ll try and get it finished and get it produced. Any progress on the match wagon?
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Post by phillw48 on Aug 28, 2023 7:04:11 GMT
I've pre-ordered mine, LT number L48.
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Post by phillw48 on Jul 24, 2023 8:30:19 GMT
Possibly, but I would think more likely that with the loco wheelbase a known figure it simply didn't meet the known minimum figure for the Signal Engineer's track circuits and so the wagon had to be procured at the same time. One could also suggest if the minimum value was known, why did they buy them - and not something else with an acceptable wheelbase. Sentinel wheelbase is (assuming web sources are correct) 9 ft 8 in, a 57xx pannier tank 15 ft 6 in; but a Class 08 is 11 ft 6in, less than 2 ft longer then a Sentinel. I don't recall ever reading 08s had track operating problems when they used to trundle along to Smithfield from Paddington. I'd put money on Sentinel track operating wasn't thought about until they tried one out. They didn't really need the whole DL+DT wheelbase (whatever that is) to fix it if 11'6'' was ok and 9'8'' not - it's a sledge hammer to crack a nut. The axle load issue also arose after they entered service. That too came after the things started to be used. Perhaps the vendor made them an offer they could not refuse down the pub one Friday afternoon ? All three were purchased second hand (*refurbished by the manufacturer) as the ex GWR panniers were worn out. *Hence the green livery. a standard Sentinel colour.
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Post by phillw48 on Jul 24, 2023 8:22:46 GMT
Most of the Metropolitan wagons were 3-plank rated at ten tons used for ballast. A model of one of those would be nice.
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Post by phillw48 on Apr 10, 2023 8:50:56 GMT
Now there will be a need for the correct passenger coaches so as to emulate the Epping Ongar shuttle. I wonder if these ran on the East London line? They did indeed operate on the East London Line, frequently on freight trains but a few times on enthusiasts specials in the 50's. There is a photograph of one such special, double headed with Gresley stock in 'blood and custard' livery. As an aside the Metropolitan E class # 1, as being introduced by Rapido also ventured on to the East London Line on occasion, also on specials. It is possible that both locomotives were on the ELR at the same time but no photographs are known to exist but then you can also apply rule one.
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Post by phillw48 on Jan 8, 2023 14:03:13 GMT
Any more news with regard to the businss?
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Post by phillw48 on Jan 8, 2023 13:54:24 GMT
I have recently acquired a model of the District Railway wheel carrier. The two wheel carriers were built as battery locomotives in 1905 and I intend to convert my model back to a battery locomotive and have found details of the battery covers. However I can find no details of the actual livery carried. Can anyone suggest a suitable source of such information please?
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Post by phillw48 on Mar 28, 2022 21:31:56 GMT
Thanks. There is a noticeable difference between the old and new trains when placed side by side but maybe less noticeable from the heavens! I have read the couplers are brittle so take car. I thought a dummy wedgelock coupler would have made a nice touch too. Several people on Facebook have said that the couplings are fragile. They won't stand too much pulling apart and reconnecting. I have a stock box just long enough to take two cars so I'm going to keep them connected in pairs with a magnetic coupling between the pairs.
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Post by phillw48 on Jan 15, 2022 21:29:36 GMT
I have just ordered one from Rails of Sheffield. It must have been one of the last in stock as a few hours later they were showing as out of stock.
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Post by phillw48 on Dec 4, 2021 19:49:02 GMT
I hope the motorised chassis will be available as a separate item for those who want to model other tube stock.
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Post by phillw48 on Dec 4, 2021 19:37:54 GMT
The scale is the same as British TT scale* (3mm to the foot) so it should look OK on 12mm gauge track. *TT scale was developed on the Continent using a scale of 1/120, 2.5mm to the foot on 12mm gauge track and like 00/H0 was changed to use the same mechanism's on British outline stock.
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Post by phillw48 on Aug 31, 2020 8:25:18 GMT
I'm looking forward to more versions especially the 59/62 stock.
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Post by phillw48 on Jul 6, 2019 21:23:39 GMT
Sadly there appears to be QC issues with the Transit Connect van. The blue skirt painting appears to be sketchy with the white showing through. Even the one sent for review in Model Collector has this problem.
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Post by phillw48 on Jun 25, 2019 21:56:05 GMT
Oxford Diecast have recently produced three of their 00 models in London Underground livery. They are the Ford Transit Connect van 76FTC011, Ford Transit van 76FT031 and the LWB crew cab Transit dropside truck 76TPU003.
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Post by phillw48 on May 5, 2016 20:39:22 GMT
Sorry about being a bit late with this as it was nearly two weeks ago. I must say that I found this years show rather disappointing, very few proper layouts, most of them seemed to be of 'Lego' or similar the only exceptions were Nigels layout, very much a work in process and three others as far as I could see. I doubt that I will attend next years show as although the entrance fee is reasonable the cost of travelling to and from the show is prohibitive, a 20% increase since last year.
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Post by phillw48 on Feb 18, 2016 22:40:18 GMT
+1 Most definitely, photographed from the pedestrian bridge.
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Post by phillw48 on Jan 27, 2016 12:11:26 GMT
Thats not A stock in the picture. It looks like 59/62 tube stock.
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Post by phillw48 on Jan 23, 2016 23:52:49 GMT
They will still need locomotives for engineering/maintenance trains when Crossrail is complete.
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Post by phillw48 on Jan 22, 2016 19:40:42 GMT
New locomotives for Crossrail are being tested. >>
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Post by phillw48 on Dec 3, 2015 0:13:37 GMT
8/11 I got Toronto because the grid system I thought looked 'North American'. Hands up anyone who didn't get Glasgow.
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Post by phillw48 on Nov 16, 2015 16:43:12 GMT
A link to a Youtube video was posted in another rail forum today showing the Class 230 in action in August 2015: Interesting rolling stock in the background, including a GWR Siphon.
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Post by phillw48 on Nov 9, 2015 22:40:44 GMT
A is Upminster. Is the link they are all depots?
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Post by phillw48 on Oct 28, 2015 10:33:26 GMT
Hopefully there will be some more in the near future.
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Post by phillw48 on Oct 17, 2015 17:30:34 GMT
Earles Court.
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Post by phillw48 on Oct 14, 2015 9:57:46 GMT
Well I suppose that since the Dartford Crossing is chargeable so TfL don't want a new river crossing in London to fill up on day one whilst the Dartford Crossing becomes a well deserved* place of fresh air, peacefulness and growing daises. (*because of the duplicity in promising that tolls would eventually be withdrawn and then going back on this commitment). I favour this third Blackwall runnel with the 1897 tunnel being reallocated to pedestrians and cyclists. This tunnel is not at all suited for modern traffic, and giving the cyclists a tunnel will be very PC... indeed a canny organisation would even use this roadspace reallocation scheme as a carrot which can be dangled in the faces of cyclists and anti-everything luddite environmentalists as a well-earned prize for not objecting to the new (replacement) tunnel. The other Blackwall tunnel could be retained for emergency use. Simon On the subject of cycle tunnels. Are the pedestrian tunnels such as the one at Woolwich ferry still being used? A few years ago it was reported that they were not being used very much and it was proposed that they be closed. AFAIK they are still open but if they are underused for their original purpose perhaps converting them for cyclists could be considered. Of course they would need bicycle access in the form of ramps and/or lifts for which space will be required if it is available.
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Post by phillw48 on Oct 8, 2015 22:54:55 GMT
Interesting concept, wonder if it could be done for some other lines.
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Post by phillw48 on Oct 3, 2015 23:33:57 GMT
Isn't Crossrail going to use an overhead rail in the tunnel sections? And the Trowse swing bridge in Norwich has such an arrangement as well. That external ironwork on the side of the Budapest cars - if it's energised it looks rather hazardous to any passengers alongside it at the platforms. Even if not - it will give you a nasty clip if you're standing too close. They are late Victorian/early Edwardian in date, before anyone thought of H&S. With the platforms only a few inches above the rails a normal third rail could be even more dangerous.
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Post by phillw48 on Oct 2, 2015 8:57:50 GMT
This is the only drawing I could find: Thank you, the drawings will be very useful. I noticed that there are several differences between different examples of the earlier cars, either from rebuilding or updating of the collector system and/or trucks. In the brochure I have there are several pictures of the cars when new and models thereof most of which display differences. Fortunately it also gives some basic dimensions so a model is possible. As for trucks one of the illustrations in my brochure shows a car fitted with tramcar type maximum traction trucks as fitted to the London E class trams. In fact the first line was intended to be a tramway but the authorities insisted on it being placed underground through the historic part of the city. That resulted in the low headroom to fit the line between underground services, principally a sewer that was beneath the line for much of its length, and the road surface. In fact it reminds me of the Kingsway tram subway more than anything else.
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Post by phillw48 on Oct 1, 2015 13:37:50 GMT
I wonder if any drawings/dimensions are available for these cars. I have an old bogie well wagon that could form the basis of a model.
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Post by phillw48 on Sept 30, 2015 10:13:16 GMT
As far as I know that line always used DC (nowadays it's 550V DC). Some cars has been preserved from old days and still in working conditions. See on video HEREI noticed from the film that the overhead third rail has now been replaced by wire. This has also involved replacement of the original collectors on the cars with a pantograph. The photograph posted by 'Androom' above appears to show the original collectors with the distinctive 'crossbow' tensioning springs that are not visible in the videos. It also states in the video that the original cars had been rebuilt several times including new bogies as late as the 1980's. The brochure I have shows the collector system as built with a fixed collector shoe just above the roof of the car and not a pantograph as now used.
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