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Well the spare wheelsets have been checked, the protective wrapping on the journals removed and the surfaces re-polished with progressively finer emery cloth. Now we are waiting for the crane to be used to do the exchange. It is the "Goods Galore Gala" next weekend...... with 6 different freight trains in operation! There are 7 steam engines, including 2 8F locomotives being used.
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Apr 24, 2019 16:11:03 GMT
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Number plate looks fine.....it's the number/letter spacing making it look odd. At least you are still doing car stuff Ian!
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For a bit of variety, we also have a wooden bodied Box Van to hold our stores. This was in need of some TLC and so we have been working on that, stripping paint, repairing and replacing rotten wood ready for priming, undercoating and top coating. But then we had a bit of bad news as two of our running wagons have been inspected and failed due to "thin flanges". We have a pair of spare wheels for one but the other is unique as it has larger 10" axleboxes...and one pair of spoked wheels!
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Good to see you are making progress. Looking forward to more updates.....and nice to see live steam in a garden!
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Apr 14, 2019 18:16:08 GMT
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To put the "Gap" project into context, there is a good "N" gauge model that the "Friends of the GCR" use as part of their event stand. This picture shows where the new bridge over the Midland Main Line is situated and where the next bridges/arches will be built.
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Apr 12, 2019 13:21:17 GMT
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Nice one George.... Tomorrow the boxes......Relax and have a beer. Saturday the big stuff......Relax and have a beer. Sunday.....Enjoy your new abode....and have a beer!
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Well done on getting the move sorted.....and full family sorted!
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Mar 31, 2019 12:23:41 GMT
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Nice to see a 1500 Midget getting some love!
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Good work - I had a polycarbonate front screen on the "Super B" Pro Rover, that stayed in place for years with cold bending - only the OE rubber seal held it in place.
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Mar 19, 2019 10:02:08 GMT
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Good work Ian...obviously I am spending far too much time on a keyboard these days!
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Well done with all the clutch work Robert. Thank you Phil , it all got a bit involved ....as usual ! any joy with your monster ? I'm embarrassed to say that progress has been .....Nil! I have been spending more and more time on "Big Trains and trucks" on the Great Central Railway. ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png)
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Well done with all the clutch work Robert.
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My father had a variety of cars in the 50,s as he was a sales rep but then opened his own shop and lost the "company car". He bought a drop top Alvis (Grey Lady).....which I hated, as it had a "rag roof". A bit later on I got into cars via the Beach Boys as I had bought their “Little Deuce Coupe” LP. I couldn’t understand the lyrics and had bought 3 American “Hot Rod” magazines to provide a glossary of terminology…...they had articles on dragsters and drag racing. My Vespa soon acquired a Flame paint job and custom exhaust pipes. I spectated at Santa Pod in the Summer months. I then bought my first car - Ford 107E, followed by a Frogeye Sprite. I was hooked on drag racing and decided to race my Sprite when I had graduated. Yes, I have been obsessed on cars with "Rag Roofs" ever since!
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I bet the railway work time comes as a relief at times! Still, it is good to keep positive George.
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Air scoops can't ram air into an engine. The engine will only pull in what it can using the vacuum caused by the pistons. What scoops do is help to eliminate any restriction to the air flow so there is no pressure drop in the inlet track which would reduce the amount of air available to the engine. The only way to get more air into an engine than what it can pull in on its own is some kind of supercharging. Ouch....Vacuums cannot pull, it is the air at atmospheric pressure that pushes into the low pressure area.(Alert - Pedant Phil). ![8-|](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/nerd.png)
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Feb 23, 2019 17:14:46 GMT
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Hi Re the dash top cover - won't the front be just about held in place by the windscreen, or a small lip in places there, so it will only need fixing at the dashboard edge?
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Feb 23, 2019 12:23:25 GMT
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Don't think i've ever seen a 10ft 16tonner- assuming it's still rated as such of course! Makes a change to see one in Bauxite. Any news on how the ones on holiday in South Wales are getting on? The ones in South Wales have been used on a photo charter already! I believe there will be a more public "coal train" event later this year (May?).
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Feb 21, 2019 22:11:05 GMT
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I've been busy painting! Nice and shiny hence a rubbish picture due to reflection!
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The latest wagon in at Rothley is unique as it has......a 10 foot wheelbase! The chassis for this was originally under a flat wagon used for pallets of bricks(Palbrick). In the 1970's it had a mineral wagon body welded in place, as it had vacuum brakes, it was painted bauxite and so we are keeping this one in the same colour. The cracks in the body have been welded up, the vacuum brake cylinder refurbished, new oiler pads fitted and the body is being repainted.
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Ah the Santa Pod barn....my mother wondered why my jumper had holes in it....could bleach do that I asked? Yes, they used to do bleach burn-outs in front of the barn....A couple of years later and I was in front of the fence.
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