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And the track is maintained to the highest level. It also looks like the rail is substantial. Does anyone know how heavy?
Great video! A few obvious differences between Welsh & USA two-footers.FRR runs it's trains at higher speeds (I would guess 30mph).The Welsh engines have lots of polished brass "jewelry".The engines are built for fresh-air enthusiasts. Of course, they don't have Maine style winters.Safety - I'm surprised they allow individuals to ride on the top edge of the slate cars (no OHSA).The double Fairlie has two fireboxes to feed from the sideThey use "tokens" for dispatching trainsAll the engines are painted (rarely black) and spotlessly kept cleanThey don't use knuckle couplers and I don't remember seeing spring buffers as on UK standard gauge
Great video! A few obvious differences between Welsh & USA two-footers.... Safety - I'm surprised they allow individuals to ride on the top edge of the slate cars (no OHSA)....
Quote from: Roger Cole on October 28, 2019, 12:01:21 PMGreat video! A few obvious differences between Welsh & USA two-footers.... Safety - I'm surprised they allow individuals to ride on the top edge of the slate cars (no OHSA)....I may be wrong, but in looking at the attire of the men riding on the sides of the loaded cars, and the folks who were riding inside empty cars, it appears the former were workers. The side riders also had cushions s that appeared to be similar. That would explain their comfort riding on the sides. Also, on a few of the cars I noticed a lever sticking up from the same side of the car. Could they be brake levers? That would explain why they were riding on loaded cars.
James,Yes, brand new rail. I remember avidly reading the progress of the reconstruction of the WHR and reading about the delivery of the new rail from Poland.Dave Crow
Quote from: Bill Baskerville on October 29, 2019, 06:14:14 PMQuote from: Roger Cole on October 28, 2019, 12:01:21 PMGreat video! A few obvious differences between Welsh & USA two-footers.... Safety - I'm surprised they allow individuals to ride on the top edge of the slate cars (no OHSA)....I may be wrong, but in looking at the attire of the men riding on the sides of the loaded cars, and the folks who were riding inside empty cars, it appears the former were workers. The side riders also had cushions s that appeared to be similar. That would explain their comfort riding on the sides. Also, on a few of the cars I noticed a lever sticking up from the same side of the car. Could they be brake levers? That would explain why they were riding on loaded cars.The people riding on the loaded waggons are brakemen – the levers you can see on the side of some of the waggons are handbrake levers. The person-in-charge of the gravity train rides on the front waggon and will signal for brakes using a trumpet. This is historically correct and is the way that gravity slate trains were controlled from the 1830s to the 1940s. We continue with the demonstration runs using 'grandfather rights'.