[DaveR]

i'll not be asking the time on the GVR.....

"What time is it?"
"Er... ang on, i got it written down on a piece of paper.... "

 

[DaveR]

eer, this bit of paper isn't ticking!
WHAT?!? I've been sold a forgery!!

 

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here's to the old country....

Which old country?

Any old country!

"Here lies Colonel Chinstrap, drowned - From the inside."

 

[DaveR]

I think we have to like this thread. It's a mandatory requirement!

Even in my yoof (diesel times) we got excited about one loco dragging another. Just out of interest how many coaches are your double headers pulling?

 

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QUOTE (10001 @ 14 Dec 2010, 08:27) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi Dave . There's nothing mandatory about liking this thread . If you don't like it be upstanding and say so. If there is something you like about it, swallow your pride and say so ! ( beware --- I'm not keen on 'stream of consciousness' postings) I have,and run quite a few diesels on the Goon Valley Railway ,( surprisingly I have over 60 diesel locomotives). One is even named in honour of the Goon Valley Railway's Chief Mechanical Engineer.( that's me!!) What about you??? Loll. I acknowledge that diesels are a part of Railway History and should be treated as such. It is a pity that some juvenile so called enthusiasts can't be similarly disposed towards the older form of traction and its supporters.
In my yoof ( as you so in-aptly put it) there was never a case of one loco dragging another . Both pilot engine and the train loco crews worked in unison and maximum effort was achieved. Most often communication between engine crews was done by whistles,. That should give something to chortle about.
But to answer your question , my double headers (DC control of course) manage 9 coaches up my inclines.( 1 in 38 to 1 in 50). There is no need to try any greater load as longer trains will not fit in my platforms nor in my passing loops.

Regards

ah yes, in these days of multiple working it's easy to forget the lost art of whistle signals.

Personally i love this thread. It's made me hunt out my music library on the PC to review my collection of 149 goon shows much to the missus annoyance lol.
I even found a "lost" episode on a reel to reel tape recorder a few years back. This thread always makes me laugh (in a good way).

I dug this picture out that i thought you might appreciate.

9 coach double heading is a decent amount, i gave up on it as two class 47s on 4 coaches doesn't look right, unless i "fake" a breakdown.

Anyway, look forward to seeing more.

Here's to the old country sir!...
Which country?...
Any old country, cheers!....

(Chinstrap drinking with Bloodknock - Shifting Sands, Jan 1957)

 

[DaveR]

QUOTE (Expat @ 14 Dec 2010, 17:57) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>How do you do that Tony ??

probably same way I do. Couple them together and to hell with any speed difference

 

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QUOTE (Expat @ 14 Dec 2010, 22:44) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>On DC ????

Why not, thats the way it was done before DCC.

As long as the locos run at similar speeds and the controller can handle the load where is the problem? I used to run a lima HST in a full 2+8 formation (back when i had the space) with a powered car at each end. Ran it for months (not continuously of course) with no problem, Used to use a H&M Duette controller.

 

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QUOTE (Expat @ 16 Dec 2010, 08:37) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>No problem Tony. I just never managed to do it successfully when I ran 00 DC.

I only manage it with loco's of the same manufacturer and similar age. Tried a Lima 47 and a hornby 37 way back when and the noise was horrific.

Must have been because the 47 uses Green Circle multiple working and the 37 uses blue star so they're incompatible lol

 

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QUOTE (10001 @ 16 Dec 2010, 09:41) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>To get this into perspective Dave .I left the UK before the class 47 and 37s were built. But on a later holiday I did see some two-tone green class 47s on the western region at Banbury in C1965 and I was very impressed by the fact that after noting them on a north-bound train it seemed only a few minutes before they re-appeared on a south-bound train ( London- Birmingham-London , I suppose). I'm not so sure about the class 37s though , but I do recall a Hit -tune called '' Blue Star ". Now when was that then???
Probably before you were born. !!

Victor Young ? 1955? Theme tune to a TV show called "Medic" was released as a song a few years later i believe. Not that i like TV shows like Medic lol

Blue Star is/was also a Ferry company I believe, and a Bus Company, although it might have been taken over by now.

 

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Indeed, although i think we may be going a little too far off topic :lmao:

So, anyway, this is a fantastic thread for a fantastic layout.

 

[DaveR]

lovely video