For Stuart Galbraith And Anyone Into Bizarre Rail Safety Vids

[Corinthian]

Yeah, I watched it four or five times to remove work-related stress.

[rmgill]

Edited February 25, 2013 by rmgill

[rmgill]

On the subject of safety...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUb8PeeT2WI

[Mr King]

Those of you that are into steam engines should check out steam threshers. Going to a steam thresher festival and seeing all that antique equipment still in running order and being put to use is quite fun. Also if you're kind of weird like me, you will enjoy the scent of the burning coal and wood in the air. .

 

 

[sunday]

 

 

Thats quite interesting. We just implemented a SW1500 on our Marias pass route, which appears broadly similar in configuration, although a lot newer.

 

 

Here something Ive been meaning to post for a while. Birmingham's infamous Duddleston Viaduct.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/benbobjr/8530957331/

http://www.redhawklogistica.com/projects/duddeston-viaduct-project/

 

Infamous because, despite having sat there for 165 years, its never actually carried a train. The company that build it DID put some sidings on it for a nearby goods depot, but as a through route it was useless before it was even finished (which it never actually was) because the company who owned the route the GWR planned to run over did a deal and merged with another company. Parliament (and the rather backstabbing railway company that inspired it) demanded that it was built nonetheless simply to soak up the GWRs resources. Rather a forlorn hope because the GWR lasted for over 100 years, and the other company spent the rest of its existance being acquired in countless mergers. Ooops.

 

You can see the viaduct here on google maps, also showing what a salubrious sight this area of Birmingham current is.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=tyseley&hl=en&ll=52.477516,-1.880687&spn=0.003826,0.008256&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=10.758411,33.815918&t=h&hnear=Tyseley,+West+Midlands,+United+Kingdom&z=18&layer=c&cbll=52.477516,-1.880687&panoid=EpN9zpqdx5-zNXWDAmkn0Q&cbp=12,109.67,,0,-0.82

 

Good video King. Saw a demonstration about 10 years ago of steam era plowing which I shall have to look up on youtube. Basically 2 traction engines sit at either side of the field, and tow a plow in between them. Jolly quick, but must have been a relatively expensive way to plow a field. Where I live they still have the very large gateways in the fields to allow the traction engines in.

 

I remember reading that they could do it with only one engine and a pulley arrangement on the other side. The main reason was the engines of the era were too heavy and compacted too much the soil.

[sunday]

Steam plowing.

 

[Mr King]

Awesome, thanks for sharing that.

 

[rmgill]

Imagine the fun that could be had with that Hornsby replica at an I&R...

[MiloMorai]

Stuart, have you been to Haddenham?

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=steam+thrashing&view=detail&mid=38FBF26154A5C509186F38FBF26154A5C509186F&first=161&FORM=NVPFVR

 

Lots of videos, http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=steam+thrashing&FORM=HDRSC3#x0y16019

[Mr King]

I wouldnt mind riding in her caboose.

 

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=896_1365113141

[sunday]

Rode in the last car of a Velaro E doing 300kph between Barcelona and Madrid. It's kinda boring.

[Mr King]

Little beach train in Portugal

 

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs47/i/2009/210/c/b/The_beach_train_by_nettwerk.jpg

[Mr King]

[BansheeOne]

Very interesting. Presumably this is German built for the Swiss Railways? Makes me wonder if thats the test facility on the site of the old RAF Wildenrath.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Wildenrath

 

ÖBB is Austrian Federal Railways, but I'm pretty sure the engine is German-built; I recognize the saxophone sound of it spooling up from the regional trains going through Berlin's S-Bahn stations. First time I heard it I thought there was a street musician somewhere.

 

Ah yes, here it is:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroSprinter#ES_64_U

Edited April 14, 2013 by BansheeOne

[Mike Steele]

Incidentally, I hope nobody minds me posting this up. This is the project ive been working on since just before Christmas, and its finally been released. Ignore the sounds, the muppet taking the videos was running far above line speed for these areas.

 

Nice, but the SW1500 is pulling wayyyyyy too many cars.

 

And BNSF is the ugliest pant scheme anywhere.

Edited April 15, 2013 by Mike Steele

[sunday]

Incidentally, I hope nobody minds me posting this up. This is the project ive been working on since just before Christmas, and its finally been released. Ignore the sounds, the muppet taking the videos was running far above line speed for these areas.

 

Gorgeous! I understand the modelling is done on the basis of a topographic map and then you add all the trees, bridges, signals, etc.? That's a lot of work!

[Mr King]

Stuart that looks really impressive.

 

[Mr King]

Don't remember if I have shared this photo I took or not. It is a Illinois Terminal Railbus at the St Louis Museum of Transportation. I have always found vehicles like this fascinating.

 

[Mr King]

[Mr King]

Abandoned train depot in Poland

 

[Mr King]

BBC Steam Days

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dzmv3

[Mr King]

Sun Kink

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dqq0543JWzI

[m1a1mg]

Saw this on LiveLeak and thought of this thread. Don;t have the sound too loud.

 

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=eee_1368049932

[sunday]

Saw this on LiveLeak and thought of this thread. Don;t have the sound too loud.

 

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=eee_1368049932

 

Awesome!

[Mr King]