vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
It was a correctly adjusted derailer aka 'catch point' interlocked with the signal that did the deed.
What possessed the driver to proceed against a stop signal?
The consequences of ignoring traffic signals.....
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It was a correctly adjusted derailer aka 'catch point' interlocked with the signal that did the deed.
What possessed the driver to proceed against a stop signal?
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
That driver needs to read rule 55 again (no, not the velominati one 
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Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
Arch says it is where we went with her sister and family. I managed to blag a ride for me and Arch's BiL on the footplate as the loco ran around at the end of the line.
Arch managed to get a little video.
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
The Great Central Railway between Loughborough and Leicester.
I hope the crew got a good rollocking for that, although, that said, that Peak, D123, with the breakdown crane looked GOOD!!
SatNavSaysStraightOn
Changed hemispheres!
- Location
- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
agreed that crane was impressive. shame we never saw it in action, seems to have happened after the 'event' closed for the day.
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Ooh, any idea when it is? We should meet up!
As NT says, he has been, and the grins he and BiL were wearing when they got off the footplate were huge. I think they got more out of the trip than the boys - who loved the model railway best (I think it was Rothley we went to).
Right, I'm off, to catch a train.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
That reminds me of the Frontierland steam railway in Morecambe.. one of those miniature narrow gauge steam trains the driver sits 'on' rather than 'in'... the track was built by the usual staff and I didn't see the train complete a single circuit without derailing*... fortunately it only went 2 miles an hour.
*i worked there 10 hours a day, 6 days a week so if it did get round once, I'd have known about it.
*i worked there 10 hours a day, 6 days a week so if it did get round once, I'd have known about it.
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
[QUOTE 2434335, member: 76"]It looks like a crash but was actually a low speed rudder induced aileron high pitch stall. I think he stalled it because the angle of attack on one of those locos should always stay within the 13-15 degree variant when trying to pull away with a V1 at full thrust without engaging the self-retracting undercarriage. And with that many carriages there would always be a danger of loco-track disconnect when the main engine S7 was only partially open to allow for maximum wheel rotationage at auto-disengage. It will all be on the data recorder, which I think on that model is tucked under the drivers seat in a plastic lunchbox.[/quote]
^^^^^ What he said.
^^^^^ What he said.
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/1940s-wartime-event-7th-9th-june/
Here you goOoh, any idea when it is? We should meet up!
As NT says, he has been, and the grins he and BiL were wearing when they got off the footplate were huge. I think they got more out of the trip than the boys - who loved the model railway best (I think it was Rothley we went to).
Right, I'm off, to catch a train.
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
The Middleton Railway's a lot closer. I need to pay a visit as there seems to have been major infrastructure developments since my last visit.
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
I'm not bloody surprised the train went off the tracks. The locomotive was at the back of the train and was reversing, FFS! How on earth could 'Casey Jones' expect to see where he was going? 
Lullabelle
Banana
- Location
- Midlands UK
I didn't crash when I drove a train
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
You looked a bit nervous, though!
Lullabelle
Banana
- Location
- Midlands UK
I like TVC's beret
The guy on the right was my driving partner and the dive was a retirement gift from his wife. He was great fun as was the driver and his mate, we laughed a lot especiall when I tried to shovel coal, I am not a natural
