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Volunteers / Re: November 2016 Work Planning
« on: November 22, 2016, 02:50:58 AM »
The operation of the turntable would be an appropriate subject for a risk analysis.
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Work and Events / Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« on: November 20, 2016, 07:07:08 AM »
Railway engineering is undoubtedly a highly developed fine art, no doubt about it: it looks so simple but it is really sophisticated. Yes, simplicity is sophistication!
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Work and Events / Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« on: November 18, 2016, 08:22:58 PM »
Sorry about the pun!
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Work and Events / Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« on: November 18, 2016, 07:47:44 PM »
Yes, a little more trouble is involved. Not to labor the point, but to illustrate it, I have dug out the attached image.
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Work and Events / Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« on: November 17, 2016, 11:42:58 PM »
Consideration might be given to undercutting the stock rail head a little to permit a thicker and more durable point blade. It involves a little more work but it is a well-established technique.
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General Discussion / Re: Time Displayed
« on: November 17, 2016, 07:11:05 AM »
Thanks, James - I guess that makes things easy, to an extent.
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General Discussion / Re: Time Displayed
« on: November 17, 2016, 06:41:59 AM »
Historically, railroads and time distribution are inextricably linked. There is plenty of information available but a couple of useful links are the following:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_time
http://railroad.lindahall.org/essays/time-standardization.html .
Originally, time was distributed on the railroads by means of the telegraph. That brings to mind the question - "Did the WW&F have the telegraph and, if so, does that form part of the current preservation effort?"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_time
http://railroad.lindahall.org/essays/time-standardization.html .
Originally, time was distributed on the railroads by means of the telegraph. That brings to mind the question - "Did the WW&F have the telegraph and, if so, does that form part of the current preservation effort?"
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The Original W&Q and WW&F: 1894-1933 / Re: Head Tide Wreck of 1905-09-12
« on: October 28, 2016, 05:48:19 AM »
Well done!
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Work and Events / Re: Sheepscot Turntable - Official Work Thread
« on: October 16, 2016, 07:00:08 AM »
Actually, I would be interested to know in which direction of travel the engines ride better, especially whilst curving?
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Work and Events / Re: Sheepscot Turntable - Official Work Thread
« on: October 15, 2016, 08:53:09 PM »
Mike, I suppose a TOM engine facility for snappers is a possibility ......
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Work and Events / Re: Sheepscot Turntable - Official Work Thread
« on: October 15, 2016, 08:06:53 PM »
As a little research will readily show, there are plenty of precedents for engine house arrangements and engine stabling practices of all kinds. In more modern times, railroads that painted large engine numbers on the rear of their engine tenders would find it convenient to have those tenders facing out for purposes of ready engine identification. In other circumstances, the minimisation of the cost and mass of smoke jacks could be a consideration.
Apart from all this, it might be observed that turntables generally come in pairs. Accordingly, one might wonder where the second WW&F turntable will be located.
Apart from all this, it might be observed that turntables generally come in pairs. Accordingly, one might wonder where the second WW&F turntable will be located.
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The Original W&Q and WW&F: 1894-1933 / Re: Head Tide Wreck of 1905-09-12
« on: October 11, 2016, 05:08:42 AM »
Had I been better progressed with my reading, I would have realised, sooner, that Masons' Wreck is well described and clearly illustrated in "Two Foot to Tidewater" by Jones and Register, a book to be recommended.
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The Original W&Q and WW&F: 1894-1933 / Re: Head Tide Wreck of 1905-09-12
« on: October 06, 2016, 07:42:25 AM »
Sorry, I posted the wrong image, just now. here is the cropped one.
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The Original W&Q and WW&F: 1894-1933 / Re: Head Tide Wreck of 1905-09-12
« on: October 06, 2016, 07:37:52 AM »
The undoubted forensic skills of this group are certainly on show. To assist further, I have cropped out the less vital parts and re-posted the result. (I am happy to e-mail a high resolution scan of the whole thing to anyone who wants one.)
I think I see bridge guard rails, to the left. I am not sure what the red-coloured parallel but separated boards are, just to the right of the locomotive cab roof. I am not sure that I can identify more than, perhaps, a couple of women amongst all those men – were women not encouraged to ride on country narrow gauge trains, back then?
I have consulted my copy of the Gospel according to St. M. (1959 edn.) and I see the reference, on page 184, to “those made-in-Germany coloured postcards” (are there more than one card of this wreck?). Moody reports that “according to local recollections it was a Fourth of July excursion train”. That does not tally with the date on this card.
Perhaps the day will come when there is an archaeological dig at the derailment site (or a bridge-building project) and there will be uncovered lumps of coal, gold watches and all sorts of other valuables that became dislodged in 1905.
I think I see bridge guard rails, to the left. I am not sure what the red-coloured parallel but separated boards are, just to the right of the locomotive cab roof. I am not sure that I can identify more than, perhaps, a couple of women amongst all those men – were women not encouraged to ride on country narrow gauge trains, back then?
I have consulted my copy of the Gospel according to St. M. (1959 edn.) and I see the reference, on page 184, to “those made-in-Germany coloured postcards” (are there more than one card of this wreck?). Moody reports that “according to local recollections it was a Fourth of July excursion train”. That does not tally with the date on this card.
Perhaps the day will come when there is an archaeological dig at the derailment site (or a bridge-building project) and there will be uncovered lumps of coal, gold watches and all sorts of other valuables that became dislodged in 1905.
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The Original W&Q and WW&F: 1894-1933 / Head Tide Wreck of 1905-09-12
« on: October 03, 2016, 11:10:07 PM »
Somewhere under that lot there must be a locomotive. It is interesting to see how the landscape has changed (I think).