Hi Rob,
I've already been beaten to the post as to what it is, but this time lapse video shows it in action. I used to live 10 minutes walk away. It's an impressive piece of engineering.
Cheers,
Innis
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Hi Rob,
I've already been beaten to the post as to what it is, but this time lapse video shows it in action. I used to live 10 minutes walk away. It's an impressive piece of engineering.
Cheers,
Innis
Hi Innis,
Impressive indeed! Thanks.
It appears to serve a similar purpose to the Anderton Boat Lift which is only a half hour's walk from where I live!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderton_Boat_Lift
Thanks,
Rob.
Impressive indeed! Thanks.
It appears to serve a similar purpose to the Anderton Boat Lift which is only a half hour's walk from where I live!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderton_Boat_Lift
Thanks,
Rob.
Rob,
I was always fascinated by Anderton boat lift ever since visiting it as a teenager while sailing part of the Trent & Mersey canal. At the time (some time in the mid to late 80s) the lift was closed and was in a bit of a sorry state. It's good to see it was eventually restored.
Chris,
I haven't set the wheel up to run on this route so it sits static. The route is still a long way from completion but perhaps some day the wheel will turn?
Cheers,
Innis
I was always fascinated by Anderton boat lift ever since visiting it as a teenager while sailing part of the Trent & Mersey canal. At the time (some time in the mid to late 80s) the lift was closed and was in a bit of a sorry state. It's good to see it was eventually restored.
Chris,
I haven't set the wheel up to run on this route so it sits static. The route is still a long way from completion but perhaps some day the wheel will turn?
Cheers,
Innis
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Hello Robd,
If I recall it correctly, when the Intercity DMU sets were wearing out BR ScR elected to use a pair of Class 27s with coaches, one at each end. The Class 27s soon started to break down from the intensive and hard-worked nature of the diagramming. The solution in 1980 was to modify a bunch of Class 47s (Class 47/7) and pair one of them with a Mk2 DBSO and a rake of five Mk2 coaches. There was a derailment at speed at Polmont. near Falkirk during July 1984 when the leading DBSO struck a cow which had wandered on to the line via a damaged fence. Thirteen people died.
Regards
Frank
Hello Robd,
If I recall it correctly, when the Intercity DMU sets were wearing out BR ScR elected to use a pair of Class 27s with coaches, one at each end. The Class 27s soon started to break down from the intensive and hard-worked nature of the diagramming. The solution in 1980 was to modify a bunch of Class 47s (Class 47/7) and pair one of them with a Mk2 DBSO and a rake of five Mk2 coaches. There was a derailment at speed at Polmont. near Falkirk during July 1984 when the leading DBSO struck a cow which had wandered on to the line via a damaged fence. Thirteen people died.
Regards
Frank
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As Frank says, the service was originally run with Mk2 BSO, FK, and 4 x SO, topped and tailed with pairs of 27s which were pretty much flogged on the route however, after the switch to the 47s, they were fairly standardised on the Edinburgh - Glasgow route with a Mk2 DBSO then Mk3 FO and 3 x Mk3 SO, with the FO later changing to a Mk3 composite. Loco was usually at the Glasgow end. The sets used from Glasgow and Edinburgh to Aberdeen were a bit more varied in make up.
Cheers,
Innis
Cheers,
Innis
I honestly can't remember Paul, though if I have them, they've come from the DLS so are almost certainly yours. Would you be okay with me reskinning them with the Scotrail livery (sorry, can't remember who else provides permission for this asset, JN114 perhaps?)?
Cheers,
Innis
Cheers,
Innis
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Alas, I'm not that quick. Those ones are beta versions I've kindly been allowed to test however, I did manage to get the reskins done today. Once one was done, the other two were very quick to follow. Thanks for letting me use your windows (slightly modified) and special thanks to nexusdj for letting me do a reskin. A couple of screenshots of the reskins in their native environment, are below.
Cheers,
Innis
Cheers,
Innis
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