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« Reply #616 on: December 17, 2020, 23:21:07 » |
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What photo did they use? I can see that the story was last updated 10 hours ago. It has a pic of an IET▸ now. |
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« Reply #617 on: December 18, 2020, 17:52:08 » |
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It was a photo of the middle of a train arriving at a platform with a Mark 2F in Inter City Livery (red stripe, ivory & dark grey) Guess someone at GWR▸ must have complained (or noticed my post  ) |
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« Reply #618 on: January 01, 2021, 14:04:30 » |
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From the Glasgow Evening Times Proposed improvements to the UK▸ rail network could see faster links between Glasgow and London as well as a cross-Irish Sea rail tunnel for links to Belfast. High Speed Rail Group (HSRG) is calling for seven transport upgrades to better link the four nations of the UK. The proposal includes a route upgrade to the Glasgow - London line which would see travel time cut to 3 hours and 10 minutes. The route would go from Crewe - Glasgow/Edinburgh - London. It also calls for an increase in capacity between Birmingham/Manchester and Glasgow. A train link between Scotland and Belfast was also called for by the rail group with a cross-Irish sea rail tunnel. Routes would include Glasgow to Belfast, as well as a London to Belfast link. |
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« Reply #619 on: January 01, 2021, 14:10:58 » |
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Well, if you are a Scot, the South West begins at Glasgow.........
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« Reply #620 on: January 01, 2021, 14:14:39 » |
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« Reply #621 on: January 01, 2021, 20:46:27 » |
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Hoots, we're getting third rail electric! All the wa' frae bonny Scotlad to London!
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« Reply #622 on: January 02, 2021, 19:46:33 » |
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Third-rail will reduce the necessary overhead clearance in the tunnel under the Irish Sea. But wasn't this proposed as a bridge not long ago?  |
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« Reply #623 on: January 02, 2021, 19:59:12 » |
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Third-rail will reduce the necessary overhead clearance in the tunnel under the Irish Sea. But wasn't this proposed as a bridge not long ago? If you put the third rail six and a quarter inches out from the normal pair, you could also use it to let Irish gauge trains get to Glasgow. As I recall, you connect one line to positive and one to negative current and use that to drive the motors on the train. Needs scaling up from 1:72 but I'm sure someone could try it. |
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« Reply #624 on: January 02, 2021, 20:15:42 » |
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Needs scaling up from 1:72 but I'm sure someone could try it.
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« Reply #625 on: January 02, 2021, 21:18:08 » |
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Third-rail will reduce the necessary overhead clearance in the tunnel under the Irish Sea. But wasn't this proposed as a bridge not long ago? Bearing in mind how the English and Irish usually fail to agree on things It will probably start as a bridge at one end and as a tunnel at the other. With 4ft 8 and a half inch gauge at one end and 5ft 3 inch at the other. |
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« Reply #626 on: January 03, 2021, 16:20:32 » |
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Come on, the Irish had the best ever third rail system on the Listowel and Ballybunion Railway. What a good name Ballybunion  Say Lord Grahame, do you have any pictures.  |
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« Reply #627 on: January 03, 2021, 16:56:55 » |
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Come on, the Irish had the best ever third rail system on the Listowel and Ballybunion Railway. What a good name Ballybunion Say Grahame, do you have any pictures. No, but there are some online (even previous forum links) https://ifiplayer.ie/along-the-line/ - old film and a still from it The steam-powered monorail (originally designed by Frenchman Charles Lartigue) operated from 1888 to 1924 and carried passengers, livestock and freight. In this newsreel we can see how the monorail rides along supported A-shaped trestles. Footage from the roof of the train treats the viewer to footage inside the driver?s carriage as well as exciting shots of the train travelling directly towards camera. Passengers disembark and smile at camera and children wave from the carriages. The line was severely damaged during the Irish Civil War and closed in 1924. This footage, dated 1931, is presumably retrospective film before its closure.  - from today Nowadays, your visit includes a short demonstration journey on a full-scale diesel-powered replica of the original monorail. During the journey you will experience the unique features of the monorail and will observe its ingenious switching system. Before or after your journey, you can visit the Lartigue Museum to watch film of the original Lartigue and see models, displays and memorabilia of the Lartigue and main-line railways. The friendly staff, consisting mainly of volunteers, will be on hand to provide information and answer your questions.  On recent record, the current crew seem qualified to get a UK▸ government contract to extend from Listowel to Linlithgow. |
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« Reply #628 on: January 04, 2021, 11:00:48 » |
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The old black and white picutre is new to me and one of the best I've seen of the line in operation.
It does show how the loads would need to be balanced in the wagons/coaches. Which probably gave rise to the cow and calves story.
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« Reply #629 on: January 04, 2021, 16:24:20 » |
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Third-rail will reduce the necessary overhead clearance in the tunnel under the Irish Sea. But wasn't this proposed as a bridge not long ago? If you put the third rail six and a quarter inches out from the normal pair, you could also use it to let Irish gauge trains get to Glasgow. As I recall, you connect one line to positive and one to negative current and use that to drive the motors on the train. Needs scaling up from 1:72 but I'm sure someone could try it. Shame you didn't go for 1:87, as I would have been able to say " HO▸ HO!" |
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