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Rail Lincs 67
Has Grantham event delivered a rail asset? The visit of record breaking steam locomotive, A4 pacific Mallard, to Grantham at the RailRail LincsLincs beginning of September, has been hailed an outstanding success by the organisers. Number 67 = October 2013 = ISSN 1350-0031 LINCOLNSHIRE With major sponsorship from Lincolnshire County Council, South Kesteven District Lincolnshire & South Humberside Branch of the Council and Carillion Rail; good weather and free admission, the event gave Grantham Railway Development Society N e w s l e t t e r high profile media interest, attracting in excess of 15,000 visitors (some five times the original estimate). Branch has a busy weekend at One noticeable achievement has been the reconstruction of a siding resulting in the clearing of an ‘eyesore’ piece of land at Grantham station, which forms a gateway to the Grantham Rail Show town. The success of the weekend has encouraged the idea for a similar heritage event Thank you to everyone who helped us The weekend was also a very in the future. over the Grantham Rail Show weekend. successful fund raising event which has However, when the piece of land was cleared and the Up side siding reinstated, it This year, the Rail Show was held in left our stock of donated items very became apparent that Grantham had, possibly, unintentionally received a valuable association with the Mallard Festival of depleted. If you have any unwanted items commercial railway asset. Here is a siding connected to the national rail network with Speed event at Grantham station, with a that we could sell at future events, we easy road level access only yards from main roads, forming the ideal location for a small free vintage bus service linking the two would like to hear from you. -
60163 TORNADO New Steam for the Main Line
60163 TORNADO New Steam for the Main Line Thursday 28th April 2011 Dear fellow covenantor Changes to Tornado’s 2011 tours diary and Brunswick Green unveiling at the National Railway Museum There have been a number of developments since the enclosed edition of The Communication Cord went to press that the Trustees of The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust need to share with you. We regret that it has not been possible to reach an acceptable working arrangement with Train Operating Company West Coast Railways in spite of many attempts over the past three years. Tornado will continue to be operated on the Network Rail main line by DB Schenker, which has worked successfully with the Trust since the locomotive’s completion in 2008. This change is unrelated to the recently completed repairs to Tornado’s boiler which took place at DB Meiningen. Unfortunately, this late change will result in a significant re-working of Tornado’s tours diary for the early part of the summer. As a consequence of not being able to work with West Coast Railways, Tornado will not now be hauling ‘The Cathedrals Express’ on Thursday 26th May (London to Bath & Bristol and return), Saturday 4th June (London King's Cross to York and return) and Saturday 11th June (London to Shrewsbury and return) promoted by Steam Dreams. The promoter will be in contact separately with those of you who originally booked on ‘The White Rose’ and transferred to ‘The Cathedrals Express on 4th June. Although Tornado will be ready for traffic for 26th May, her first main line train in her new Brunswick Green livery will now be ‘The Canterbury Tornado’ on Saturday 18th June from Poole (Tornado from Willesden) to Canterbury and return promoted by Pathfinder. -
Fall New Items 2017
Korrektur an Märklin Freigabe Märklin Fall New Items 2017 E Gelesen Korrektur an Märklin Freigabe Märklin Daten an Marieni The last S 3/6 in active service qd%!SW\ A classic that is a must on any layout: The elegant 16185 Express Train Locomotive with a Tender, The locomotive and tender are close coupled. 3 axles Digital Functions DCC SX2 SX class 18.5, a member of the S 3/6 family, generally con- Road Number 18 505 powered through side rods. Traction tires. Triple headlights Headlight(s) • • • sidered by many railroaders as one of the most beautiful Prototype: German Federal Railroad (LVA Minden) road consisting of warm white LEDs. Locomotive whistle • • • steam locomotives. The class 18 505 can still be admired number 18 505 (class S 3/6, series k, Maffei 1924) with a Length over the buffers 142 mm / 5-5/8“. Steam locomotive op. sounds • • at the DGEG Railroad Museum in Neustadt/Weinstraße, type 2´3 T38 tender. The locomotive looks as it did around Conductor‘s Whistle • • Germany. 1967. • Tooling variation. Direct control • • Model: The locomotive is a tooling variation (examples: • Digital sound with many functions. Sound of squealing brakes off • • sound dampers for the Riggenbach counter-pressure Replenishing fuel • • brake, air intake valves). The locomotive and tender are Whistle for switching maneuver • • constructed of die-cast metal. The locomotive has a motor A passenger train to go with this locomotive is Station Announcements • • with a bell-shaped armature and a flywheel, mounted in available under item number 15680. Letting off Steam • • the boiler. It also has a built-in digital decoder and sound Sound of coal being shoveled • • Replenishing fuel generator with the formats DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. -
200 Hp Sentinel Steam Locomotive
200 H.P. SENTINEL STEAM LOCOMOTIVE INSTRUCTION MANUAL Preface In the following pages are set forth a considerable amount of information on the technique of driving and maintaining your Sentinel Locomotive to the best advantage. If the instructions and advice given in this book are carefully followed your Sentinel Locomotive will not fail to give good and faithful service and will no doubt earn the affection of its operators and all those concerned with it, as all good machines should. The object of this book is to help all those connected with the locomotive to give it the best possible treatment so that the locomotive may also give its best in return. In order to give operators full advantage of new developments in the locomotive itself or in repair technique or modifications, we propose to send out Service Bulletins from time to time so that everyone may be fully informed of developments. You are cordially invited to write to us if you experience any difficulties in following any of the instructions given in this book or if you require any additional information on subjects not covered. On receipt of your queries we will fully reply to your questions and if it is of general topical interest we will send out a Service Bulletin on the subject raised. By this method we hope to form a fraternity of Sentinel operators. We have kept the size of this book to reasonable proportions so that it can be carried readily in the pocket. In order to achieve this we have not reproduced detailed drawings for each section as this would increase the size of the book considerably. -
PACIFIC’ Coupling Rods Fitted to Tornado at Darlington Locomotive Works
60163 Tornado 60163 Tornado 60163 Tornado THE A1 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRUST Registered Office, All Enquiries: Darlington Locomotive Works, Hopetown Lane, Darlington DL3 6RQ Hotline Answerphone: 01325 4 60163 E-mail: [email protected] Internet address: www.a1steam.com PRESS INFORMATION – PRESS INFORMATION - PRESS INFORMATION PR04/04 Monday 4 October 2004 MAJOR STEP FORWARD AS NEW STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BECOMES A ‘PACIFIC’ Coupling rods fitted to Tornado at Darlington Locomotive Works The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity that is building the first new mainline steam locomotive in Britain for over 40 years, today announced that No. 60163 Tornado is now a Pacific following the fitting of all four coupling rods to its six 6ft8in driving wheels (the name Pacific refers to the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement under the Whyte Notation of steam locomotive wheel arrangements) which now rotate freely together for the first time. Each of the four 7ft 6in rods weighs around two hundredweight and after forging, extensive machining and heat treatment, the four cost around £22,000 to manufacture. These rods are vital components within the £150,000 valve gear and motion assemblies, which are now the focus of work on Tornado at the Trust’s Darlington Locomotive Works. The Trust has also started work on the fitting of the rest of the outside motion. The bushes for the connecting rods are currently being machined at Ian Howitt Ltd, Wakefield and one side of the locomotive has now been fitted with a mock-up of parts of its valve gear. This is to enable accurate measurements to be taken to set the length of the eccentric rod as the traditional method of heating the rod to stretch/shrink it used when the original Peppercorn A1s were built in 1948/9 is no longer recommended as it can affect the rod’s metallurgical properties. -
The Mikado Messenger | Issue No. 66| April 2020 Ian Matthews Sanding the Filler, on the Tender Tank, Before It Is Painted
The Mikado Messenger | Issue No. 66| April 2020 Ian Matthews sanding the filler, on the tender tank, before it is painted - A1SLT Welcome to edition No. 66 of The Mikado Messenger, our monthly eNewsletter which aims to provide a regular progress update on the construction of new Gresley class No. 2007 Prince of Wales. Thanks to our supporters’ continued generosity, over £3.5m has now been donated or pledged – this equates to over 70% of the required £5m. This month see the launch of a brand new club - The Pony (Truck) Club - please see below for more information. Stephenson Engineering Ltd have sent us a fabulous video of the CNC machining programme that will be carried out on the coupling rods - it can be found in the Motion Update section, below. We are following Government guidelines with regards to the coronavirus, and whilst our office-based staff are now working from home, our workshop staff are continuing to work at Darlington Locomotive Works where they are taking all necessary precautions. However, as many of our supporters and volunteers are from vulnerable groups, the Works is currently closed to non-essential staff. In addition, Nene Valley Railway have cancelled all their events until the end of May 2020 so this means we can no longer hold the P2 Roadshow on Saturday 23rd May 2020 and the Supporters’ and Tornado Team day on Sunday 24th May 2020. We are sorry to have to make these changes. We hope you understand that the circumstances are beyond our control and the restrictions are very necessary at this challenging time. -
Effective 10/21/2016
Association of American Railroads SAFETY AND OPERATIONS MANUAL OF STANDARDS AND RECOMMENDED PRACTICES SECTION A, PART I TABLES OF CONTENT Compiled under the direction of the Committees responsible for the subjects shown herein. EFFECTIVE 10/21/2016 Published by The Association of American Railroads 425 Third Street, SW., Washington, D.C. 20024 © Copyright Association of American Railroads Printed in U.S.A. EFFECTIVE 10/21/2016 EFFECTIVE Copyright © 2016 by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Safety and Operations 425 Third Street SW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20024 All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book in any form. It is the AAR’s intention that this publication be used to promote the objectives of the AAR and its members for the safe, efficient, and uniform interchange of rail equipment in North America. To this end, only excerpts of a rule or specification may be reproduced by the purchaser for their own use in promoting this objective. No portion of this publication may be displayed or otherwise made available to multiple users through any electronic distribution media including but not limited to a local area network or the Internet. No portion may be sold or used for advertisement or gain by any entity other than the AAR and its authorized distributor(s) without written permission from the AAR. AAR Manual of Standards and Recommended Practices Tables of Content ORDERING INFORMATION Copies of the various sections of this manual can be obtained as follows: ORDERS FOR Publications Department PUBLICATIONS Transportation Technology Center, Inc. P.O. Box 11130 55500 DOT Road Pueblo, CO 81001 Email: [email protected] Phone: Toll-free 877-999-8824, Direct 719-584-0538 Fax: 719-584-7157 TTCI Web page: http://www.aar.com Online ordering: http://www.aarpublications.com/ CIRCULAR Subscriptions to Circular Letters of the AAR Safety and Operations’ Technical Services are available in LETTER hardcopy or electronic format (online access via AAR’s Web page at http://aarcirculars.aar.org. -
BACKTRACK 22-1 2008:Layout 1 21/11/07 14:14 Page 1
BACKTRACK 22-1 2008:Layout 1 21/11/07 14:14 Page 1 BRITAIN‘S LEADING HISTORICAL RAILWAY JOURNAL VOLUME 22 • NUMBER 1 • JANUARY 2008 • £3.60 IN THIS ISSUE 150 YEARS OF THE SOMERSET & DORSET RAILWAY GWR RAILCARS IN COLOUR THE NORTH CORNWALL LINE THE FURNESS LINE IN COLOUR PENDRAGON BRITISH ENGLISH-ELECTRIC MANUFACTURERS PUBLISHING THE GWR EXPRESS 4-4-0 CLASSES THE COMPREHENSIVE VOICE OF RAILWAY HISTORY BACKTRACK 22-1 2008:Layout 1 21/11/07 15:59 Page 64 THE COMPREHENSIVE VOICE OF RAILWAY HISTORY END OF THE YEAR AT ASHBY JUNCTION A light snowfall lends a crisp feel to this view at Ashby Junction, just north of Nuneaton, on 29th December 1962. Two LMS 4-6-0s, Class 5 No.45058 piloting ‘Jubilee’ No.45592 Indore, whisk the late-running Heysham–London Euston ‘Ulster Express’ past the signal box in a flurry of steam, while 8F 2-8-0 No.48349 waits to bring a freight off the Ashby & Nuneaton line. As the year draws to a close, steam can ponder upon the inexorable march south of the West Coast Main Line electrification. (Tommy Tomalin) PENDRAGON PUBLISHING www.pendragonpublishing.co.uk BACKTRACK 22-1 2008:Layout 1 21/11/07 14:17 Page 4 SOUTHERN GONE WEST A busy scene at Halwill Junction on 31st August 1964. BR Class 4 4-6-0 No.75022 is approaching with the 8.48am from Padstow, THE NORTH CORNWALL while Class 4 2-6-4T No.80037 waits to shape of the ancient Bodmin & Wadebridge proceed with the 10.00 Okehampton–Padstow. -
Lima 2-8-0 “Consolidation”, Developed for TS2013, by Smokebox
Union Pacific 4000 Class 4884-1 "Big Boy" circa 1948-49 Developed by Smokebox TM for Dovetail Games' Train Simulator © Smokebox 2021, all rights reserved Issue 1 Union Pacific 4000 Class 4884-1 "Big Boy" Steam Locomotive Page 2 Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 32- and 64-bit TS ................................................................................................................................................ 7 Expert or Simple Controls mode, HUD and Automatic Fireman ....................................................................... 7 "All-in-one" .................................................................................................................................................... 7 Standard TS Automatic Fireman .................................................................................................................... 8 F4 HUD ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 High Detail (HD) and Standard Detail (SD) ........................................................................................................ 8 Recommended Settings ..................................................................................................................................... 9 Cab Layout ...................................................................................................................................................... -
Union Pacific No. 119
Union Pacific No. 119 Operating Manual Developed by Smokebox for Dovetail Games' Train Simulator 2018TM © Smokebox 2018, all rights reserved Issue 1 Train Simulator - Union Pacific No. 119 - Operating Manual Page 2 Contents Introduction....................................................................................................................................................... 4 Locomotive Technical Specifications................................................................................................................. 4 Positions of the Controls and Gauges in the Cab .............................................................................................. 5 Key Assignments................................................................................................................................................ 9 Animations....................................................................................................................................................... 12 Lights................................................................................................................................................................ 13 Sanding ............................................................................................................................................................ 13 Particle Effects................................................................................................................................................. 14 Other Special Effects ...................................................................................................................................... -
HO-Scale #562 in HO-Scale – Page 35 by Thomas Lange Page 35
st 1 Quarter 2021 Volume 11 Number 1 _____________________________ On the Cover of This Issue Table Of Contents Thomas Lange Models a NYC Des-3 Modeling A NYC DES-3 in HO-Scale #562 In HO-Scale – Page 35 By Thomas Lange Page 35 Modeling The Glass Train By Dave J. Ross Page 39 A Small Midwestern Town Along A NYC Branchline By Chuck Beargie Page 44 Upgrading A Walthers Mainline Observation Car Rich Stoving Shares Photos Of His By John Fiscella Page 52 Modeling - Page 78 From Metal to Paper – Blending Buildings on the Water Level Route By Bob Shaw Page 63 Upgrading A Bowser HO-Scale K-11 By Doug Kisala Page70 Kitbashing NYCS Lots 757-S & 766-S Stockcars By Dave Mackay Page 85 Modeling NYC “Bracket Post” Signals in HO-Scale By Steve Lasher Page 89 Celebrating 50 Years as the Primer Railroad Historical Society NYCentral Modeler From the Cab 5 Extra Board 8 What’s New 17 The NYCentral Modeler focuses on providing information NYCSHS RPO 23 about modeling of the railroad in all scales. This issue NYCSHS Models 78 features articles, photos, and reviews of NYC-related Observation Car 100 models and layouts. The objective of the publication is to help members improve their ability to model the New York Central and promote modeling interests. Contact us about doing an article for us. [email protected] NYCentral Modeler 1st Qtr. 2021 2 New York Central System Historical Society The New York Central System Central Headlight, the official Historical Society (NYCSHS) was publication of the NYCSHS. -
Predicting Locomotive Performance
PREDICTING LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE . W. B. Hall. F R Eng., F.I.Mech.E. The more efficient locomotives tested towards the end of the ‘steam era’ had overall thermal efficiencies of around 7 or 8 percent when working at optimum conditions; that is, the work done at the drawbar was 7 or 8 percent of the calorific value of the coal burned. When account is taken of the energy losses from the boiler (mainly unburned fuel and heat carried away by the products of combustion) and of mechanical losses between the cylinders and the drawbar, the residual thermal efficiency referred to the cylinders could be as high as 14% or 15 %. By comparison, the efficiency of a perfect heat engine operating with similar steam conditions and exhausting to the atmosphere would be around 20%. The evolution of designs capable of the above performance had proceeded against a background of considerable mechanical ingenuity and engineering insight, but with an almost total lack of a theoretical framework for some of the more important processes involved. Mechanics and to some extent properties of materials were exceptions, but until the early part of the 20 th century the theoretical understanding of fluid mechanics, heat transfer and irreversible thermodynamics was not adequate to provide a theoretical framework for crucial aspects of design. Design ‘rules’ there were in abundance, but many were limited to only small variations from the test data from which they had been derived; most were purely empirical, and some were dimensionally unsound. The situation in the 1930s is well illustrated in a series of articles in the Railway Gazette by E.L.Diamond 1 which reviews both the nature of the problem and the many attempts to produce theoretical guidelines for design purposes.