Quote from: atlanticcentral on April 03, 2007, 11:36:23 PM
I have designed a number of layouts for fellow modelers and am working on another right now.

Sheldon : Is this a spoof?

If it is as you say, I am surprised that you have not yet come to some conclusions for yourself on the questions you ask.

Regards

The 6000 volts was bumping up the voltage from 25KV to 31KV for more powerful 25,000 HP motors.

The roof shot of the pantograph is interesting to watch because that is where most of the problems of over heating are experienced and a lot of development has gone into shedding the effects of arcing.

TGV V150 = 150 metres/second.

This is another GE!

One of the General Electric built 20 in 1932 of the P-5a locomotives (road numbers 4755 through 4774) This looks like 4769 in the batch.

Regards

Just logged-in to report the probable event, from BBC News on PBS (Delayed).

The wheel diameters have been increased, and somehow 6000 volts features.

Has anyone thought to try Ebay "Hong Kong" and "China" instead of a closed China site that is likely to cause problems because of known censorship?

David(UK) : This has been played out more than once on this site.

The "Scales" clearly have a slant towards product lines, and the lack of both DCC and OO I see as major omissions on the site.

I see the response entrenched in the cultural divide and national jealousies, where Bachmann is an international organisation, serving the hobby in any of the products across national borders. Being a US site should not enter into it. It is first and foremost THE ENGLISH speaking site of the message board for Bachmann - to the world at large, and I think Bachmann in the UK should help sponsor it, if that is what is required.

What I think is needed are moderators as on other Boards, specialising on this Board for both DCC and OO "Scales".

I don't see any pantographs.

I think you're a day early on this one!

Thank you Hamish.

This "Terrier" is of particular interest to me.

From 1866-1869 a Mr William Stroudley was Locomotive Superintendent on the Highland Railway in the far North of Scotland, where he was responsible for building 3 small 0-6-0 engines; the forerunners of the 50 "Terriers" he subsequently built at LB&SCR, (London, Brighton & South Coast Railway) from 1872-1880.

The engines all had place names on the route from London to Brighton. As it happens No. 55 Stepney is a real working steam engine of this Class - today.

Mine was LB&SCR No.43 Gipsyhill, originally built 1877, and one of more than 20 absorbed into Southern Railway grouping of 1923, and this one was then sold in 1925 to Colonel Stephen's Weston Portishead & Clevedon Railway, as their No.2 Portishead. In 1937 the Line bought a second "Terrier" ex.LBSCR No.53 Ashtead, renumbered No.4, to assist with stone traffic to Brunel's Great Western Railway mainline at Portishead, from the Black Rock Quarries between Clevedon and Portishead,

The WC&PRly operated from 1888, and went into receivership in 1909. It remained operational until the GWR finally purchased the line and all the rolling stock in 1940, when the line was closed to operations. One Sunday two trains were madeup of all the rolling stock and taken to GWR Swindon about 40 miles away - at a max. speed of 10 MPH!

Both Terriers were also taken to Swindon. No.2 ex. Gipsyhill returned to GWR Clevedon in GWR livery, now as their No.5, and Ashstead as No.6 subsequently sent to Nottingham. This is my OO model in the GWR No.6 livery(waiting on new number plates as No.5), which went on to see service elsewhere on GWR until 1954.



There were rebuilds of some of the Terrier Class, putting new boilers in and extending the smokeboxes. 4' Drivers, 12" x 20" cylinders, variable tractive effort 7650-10695 lbs.

First Edition of H.C.Casserley's "The Historic Locomotive Pocketbook" [1960], Pub. Batsford; subsequently became "The Observer's Book of British Steam Locomotives" Pub. Frederick Warne. These books quote the "Terrier" as the longest surviving class on British railroads, when they were withdrawn in 1963. Of the 50 built about 12 survive, some still in steam as is LB&SCR No. 55 Stepney on the Bluebell Line in Sussex.

Further reading:

1.) The Weston Clevedon & Postishead Light Railway, Colin G Maggs, The Oakwood Press.
2.) The Weston Clevedon & Portishead Railway, Peter Strange, Twelveheads Press.
3.)Locomotion Papers Series, Weston Clevedon & Portishead Light Railway, Colin G Maggs, Oakwood Press.

I admit, a moving target makes it difficult.

Clue : Same engine, No.4 Portishead; same day, Whitsun Bank Holiday Monday 1938

Agreed: I was surprised the other day to be told that the TCS "No-Quibble" guaranty was being adopted by other decoder makers.

Hamish : You may have come up with a fact that beats the experts.

Clue: The cab roof is the giveaway.

 
 
Bachmann e-mail shot:-

Bachmann Europe today (28 March 2007) announced that a new website for the Dynamis DCC system has been launched. The new site can be found at http://www.dynamisdcc.com and contains information on the soon to be released system, answers frequently asked questions and provides details of Dynamis stockists. It also explains the different products more fully.

David Haarhaus, Sales & Marketing Manager for Bachmann Europe said today “Dynamis has generated so much interest that we have designed a new stand alone website for this specific product to reflect its international standing within the hobby. We recognise the power of the internet in being able to accurately communicate the many advantages of this wireless system which will provide a giant technological leap forward for Digital Command Control systems”.

Len : Frustrating isn't it! I am one of those previous threads that came to the same end as this.

Plasticville is a good example of wasted space, when obviously either DCC or OO would  use the opportunity more fully.

"Normalisation" of Bachmann's attributes ain't going to happen.

SL-E199 is Peco's Electrofrog Code 75 Asymmetric 3 Way Turnout.

In pairs and in a short length, a pair can provide excellent pointwork at the end of island platforms to serve cross between up/down, and into the far side of platforms.

Things to be bought in pairs:

1. Clamps.
2. Bottles of wine.
and
3.  Model railway turnouts.

Regards