Pete's latest aquisition revealed!!

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:21 pm

Thats a bloody good offer! Can we see some pics- you could even build your own Narrow Guage Welsh truck or carriage bodies onto them!

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:49 pm

Mr. Bond of the DVLR wrote:You could even build your own Narrow Guage Welsh truck or carriage bodies onto them!

Don't give him any ideas for creating useless waggons. I'm hoping that eventually Paul will decide to re-construct them with steel well waggon underframes, and bodies based around the War Department well waggons as used in the first world war with a seat at each end with legs contained inside the coach, from my experience of travelling on 5in ground level coaches (we have 3 different varieties at the Joys of Life) this is the safest way.

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:52 pm

I quite fancy sometime having a go at building a passenger wagon that the sides fold down and the seat base sits on the floor for raised level riding, then fold up and the seat ontop for ground level...

Update on Bluebell... Brasso and T cut both work very well!!

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:02 am

Yay! Shiney- the well wagons sound a really smashing idea. Then is really feels like you are in the train not riding atop it!

PCLR · Post by **PCLR** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 6:09 pm

you want to get your self a ride on railways pannel coach were are great and very stable

MoelygestLR · Post by **MoelygestLR** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 6:11 pm

UPDATE: Just got off the phone to the chap who i've bought them off who says he had the smae car as my dad untill last week and they will fit in the back nicely.

Also he said that the bogies are fully sprung and look to be in great condition.

SillyBilly wrote:
Mr. Bond of the DVLR wrote:You could even build your own Narrow Guage Welsh truck or carriage bodies onto them!
Don't give him any ideas for creating useless waggons. I'm hoping that eventually Paul will decide to re-construct them with steel well waggon underframes, and bodies based around the War Department well waggons as used in the first world war with a seat at each end with legs contained inside the coach, from my experience of travelling on 5in ground level coaches (we have 3 different varieties at the Joys of Life) this is the safest way.

Me? Ideas for useless wagons? never!

Yup as willexplained that is hopefully the plan, although to be fair, whos idea was it about the War department well wagons will? yes MINE!

MoelygestLR · Post by **MoelygestLR** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 6:26 pm

PCLR wrote:you want to get your self a ride on railways pannel coach were are great and very stable

You will regret saying that when Will reads this!

we have a ROR panel coach at the JOL and it is one of the worst runners. very unstable on uneven track and if the weight applied on the carriage isn't distributed evenly between the bogies, it is likely to derail. Our soloution is definalty the best - custom built well wagon following the design of the original coaches running on the JOL

PCLR · Post by **PCLR** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 6:42 pm

realy mine is great you can stand on mine at speed but how old is it there are diffrent disign mine has heaver and bigger wheels

MoelygestLR · Post by **MoelygestLR** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 6:48 pm

PCLR wrote:realy mine is great you can stand on mine at speed but how old is it there are diffrent disign mine has heaver and bigger wheels

Newish, early this year i think it arrived.

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 6:48 pm

whos idea was it about the War department well wagons will? yes MINE

Sorry yes, I forgot Paul. Who would've thought that soon after you got that idea that I'd end up doing majority of the work of rebuilding the steelwork on a waggon of such a close design!

MoelygestLR wrote:
PCLR wrote:you want to get your self a ride on railways pannel coach were are great and very stable
You will regret saying that when Will reads this!

Yes, they are fine in the garden, but on a railway which is 1/3rd of a mile long, they are unsuitable.

Because of the amount of trackwork we have to maintain, and the way in which the railway was built and is operated, the supereleveation of the track can at times be far from perfect, so unless you know which way to put your weight as you approach corners, tall sit-astride coaches are dangerous, you want weight above the bogies close to the ground, and for comfort feet dropped down in to a well, so they are as close to the railhead as possible.

MoelygestLR wrote:Newish, early this year i think it arrived.

Yes, but it was one he had in stock. We've had some older ones on the railway aswell.

PCLR · Post by **PCLR** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:53 pm

my club track is a mile long and no probs???

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:29 pm

PCLR wrote:my club track is a mile long and no probs???

Read the paragraph below it, trust me, I know that they are unsuitable on the railway we go to, this is how I work it out, the RoR coach we have is the one which has nearly sent people down embankments, the other coaches haven't, simples.

PCLR · Post by **PCLR** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:17 pm

fair point

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:37 pm

Yesterday, I spent a fair deal of time polishing my baby (and now suffering the consequences of a painful wrist!)...

Today, I got my matching oil can and some coal (put some in the tender...).

Who thinks I should paint the top of the tender black?

Also, Andy told me to get a sound clip of the whistle, so I took it off and put it on the compressor...

PCLR · Post by **PCLR** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:39 pm

look good there pete

PCLR · Post by **PCLR** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:40 pm

i am polishing mine baby too - yeah!!

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:42 pm

Definatly paint the tender top black I'd say, would look smarter and less likely to get dirty with coal dust

MoelygestLR · Post by **MoelygestLR** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:45 pm

mhlr wrote:Yesterday, I spent a fair deal of time polishing my baby (and now suffering the consequences of a painful wrist!)...

Please say there is not just me who finds this sentance quite funny

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:47 pm

MoelygestLR wrote:Please say there is not just me who finds this sentance quite funny :lol: :lol: :D ;) :oops:

Hmmm dirty git!

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:48 pm

mhlr wrote:Yesterday, I spent a fair deal of time polishing my baby (and now suffering the consequences of a painful wrist!)...

You woose.

mhlr wrote:Who thinks I should paint the top of the tender black?

Me

mhlr wrote:Also, Andy told me to get a sound clip of the whistle, so I took it off and put it on the compressor...

It sounds as crap as my one! You could always fit one of these if you're a whistle fan... www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTQMo5Lr0gE

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