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Paul, I have sent you a pm. Richard...
rgcorris
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Sep 25, 2008
12:42 pm
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'aint it quiet round 'ere? The reason I was asking for specific prices was that I would like to sponsor/pay the cost of two points. One to be put wherever it...
samklancs
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Oct 4, 2008
11:46 pm
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Anyone any clues about the thickness of steel plate used for the frames of number three? With that info I can use my engineering contacts to get some budget...
Samuel Kennion
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Oct 4, 2008
11:57 pm
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You are right - it is quiet here! I am only a humble volunteer who lives 250+ miles from the line so am not fully up to date with what is happening but my view...
mike966473
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Oct 5, 2008
6:35 pm
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Paul Having spent the last few weeks re-locating myself back home to Aberllefenni, I am now more-or-less functional here and able to be at the railway rather...
rgcorris
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Oct 6, 2008
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Quite a contrast in the weather this weekend - Friday afternoon was dry and sunny, as was Sunday - but on Saturday the remnants of a tropical storm found their...
rgcorris
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Oct 6, 2008
10:40 am
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Thanks for the report - as usual on preserved railways, it is always the faithful few who seem to do all the work! I haven't been over to video progress lately...
Alex
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Oct 6, 2008
10:47 am
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I'll be up for a few days after agm day, when I am hoping to be working with Trefor on the diesel (was hoping to be firing but this'll be soimething new). I'll...
mike966473
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Oct 6, 2008
6:34 pm
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You might get two answers to that question, as it is reckoned that No 3 is very much a hybrid of bits from all three, even to the extent of having one frame...
geoffloynes
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Oct 7, 2008
4:26 pm
622
Just seen this on the WLLR on line forum... For those of you of with subterranean interests, a small group from the railway went into Braich-Goch Quarry at...
Nigel Bird
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Oct 21, 2008
11:48 am
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I like the sound of that.    Our local (East Anglian) 16mm modellers group usually have a pilgrimage up to north wales every february to run our layout at...
PAUL SHERWOOD
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Oct 21, 2008
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One of the small simplexes (as in, like No5.) on the Golden Valley Light Railway at Swanwick, is fitted with air brakes. It looks to be a nice, neat, subtle,...
samklancs
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Oct 21, 2008
10:03 pm
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The nascent 120 Owners' Group (see Yahoo NG15 group) is looking for anyone who can volunteer their loco engineering skils to survey 120 at WHR(P) (with WHR's...
Meirion Gwril
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Oct 31, 2008
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Don Gardiner, a Talyllyn volunteer in the early years of the TRPS, has recently died, well into his nineties. Don was responsible for the construction of the...
rgcorris
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Nov 6, 2008
12:50 pm
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As there are currently no thoughts of using No.5 on passenger trains, there would be no great advantage in fitting it with air brakes at present. Richard ... ...
rgcorris
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Nov 6, 2008
12:51 pm
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Oh yes, I know we probably wouldn't use it for passengers, but fitting air brakes has been discussed in the past and I stumbled upon that loco and remembered...
Samuel Kennion
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Nov 7, 2008
2:55 am
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At present the only air-braked diesel on the Corris is 6. What happens when it is unavailable for use? None of the TR diesels are used on passenger trains...
geoffloynes
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Nov 8, 2008
4:37 pm
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At present we have two locos able to haul passenger trains - Nos 6 (diesel) & 7 (steam). Normally No.7 runs all passenger services and No.6 is available as...
rgcorris
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Nov 8, 2008
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... Are they? 5 wasn't, the last time I looked. And I seem to recall that 9's valve allows it to make an emergency application, but not a service...
Mike Davies
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Nov 8, 2008
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... I wouldn't fancy trying to drive 8 anywhere with any load with one axle missing... Richard -- Richard Huss richard@......
Richard Huss
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Nov 8, 2008
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Interesting thought, given that TR8 is very similar to CR6. Of course, our trains are a tad shorter than those over the hill..... Richard...
rgcorris
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Nov 9, 2008
9:32 am
634
... axle missing... I think 1 axle missing is the least of 8's problems!...
Mike Davies
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Nov 9, 2008
1:18 pm
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... Maybe CR6 is a bit less knackered than TR8, but it's not just the power issue. Those hydraulic things are really horrible to drive. Shelagh of Eskdale on...
Mike Davies
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Nov 9, 2008
1:24 pm
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I'll make a stand in defence of no 6! I was on the footplate on AGM day learning about how to drive it. I was allowed, under close supervision, to drive it...
mike966473
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Nov 9, 2008
1:30 pm
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Hi All Why not build a dummy trailer as per Lynton & Barnsaple? Then any loco can be used in an emergency! Anyhow No5 would struggle with a loaded passenger ...
Harris, Steve
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Nov 10, 2008
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... fitted ... It is, or will be when it is back in service, complete with a DBV!!! Geoff...
geoffloynes
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Nov 10, 2008
3:59 pm
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... loco can ... passenger ... The L&BR's brake tender (built using an OBB coach bogie) is battery- powered, charging by a shore supply. It has only been...
geoffloynes
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Nov 11, 2008
4:24 pm
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... Oh, how useful! So the loco will be able to brake a full passenger train that it is unable to pull..........
Mike Davies
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Nov 11, 2008
4:48 pm
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... It beats the other way around hands down. ;)...
Alan Cox
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Nov 11, 2008
4:57 pm
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Hollycombe has a generator-powered compressor unit in one of its carriages to provide air braking capability. If someone wanted to create something of the sort...
rgcorris
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Nov 11, 2008
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