Shunting on the wrong track!
Shunting on the wrong track!
I came across this demonstration of poling (a shunting method using a pole to propel cars along an adjacent track) and had to share.
I feel like we've talked about poling here before, but couldn't remember where I'd left that discussion. It's also a pretty neat depiction of overhead wire power-- check out other videos on the channel for more of that.
I feel like we've talked about poling here before, but couldn't remember where I'd left that discussion. It's also a pretty neat depiction of overhead wire power-- check out other videos on the channel for more of that.
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That's why the parts are also called "pole pockets". Seen here on a detailed Lumber Jack.
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On the wagon side he is using the ladder (which is bending visibly in the video). Guess the wagon does not have a pole pocket.
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Yes, I'd always noticed the pole pockets on local stock but only within the last few years did I find out what they were for! Well spotted on the ladder. When the interurban car backs up and the pole drops it appears that that boxcar doesn't have pockets, but the one behind it might. I just thought it was neat that somebody was doing it with HO scale models!
Here's a full-size demonstration as well:
[video]https://youtu.be/o7YK6ePUoIo?si=zY-eUfo7l2tr1TAV[/video]
Here's a full-size demonstration as well:
[video]https://youtu.be/o7YK6ePUoIo?si=zY-eUfo7l2tr1TAV[/video]
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I'dve thought pole shunting in such a small scale would be too fiddly to work. Fastening the pole to the loco though, never thought of that one.
They used to do something similar in the canefields, only pulling, with rope. Dangerous, and I'm told, illegal nowadays.
They used to do something similar in the canefields, only pulling, with rope. Dangerous, and I'm told, illegal nowadays.
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I think it was an occasional, but frowned-upon, practice in the UK. I believe using a capstan was more common, with the loco and wagon were heading on opposite directions. I think that was used on the K&ESR to shunt a wagon onto the rear of a mixed train where there was only a facing siding and no loop.Old Man Aaron wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:52 am They used to do something similar in the canefields, only pulling, with rope. Dangerous, and I'm told, illegal nowadays.
Fascinating film of the pole shunting - I've never heard of that in the UK...
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I've always known it as Chain Shunting in the Uk.
I found quite an interesting thread on RM Web https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/15 ... -shunting/ which amongst other things makes a passing reference to using the technique on the Festiniog, using Little Wonder.... TREVOR!!!!
I found quite an interesting thread on RM Web https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/15 ... -shunting/ which amongst other things makes a passing reference to using the technique on the Festiniog, using Little Wonder.... TREVOR!!!!
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It was bothering me so I have correctly embedded the video.
https://m.youtube.com/@Dudeface167
Miles-- Trains are fun. With the exception of track power. Argh!
Miles-- Trains are fun. With the exception of track power. Argh!
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Thanks Miles... that's what I get for posting before the coffee kicks in!
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Last edited by HugoFitz on Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Take off the ?si and everything after and use [video][/video].HugoFitz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:38 pm Mini Loco and capstan
https://youtu.be/PP1UA4ZxN6A?si=sO2y9g2HYKeQqQAA
No idea how to embed!
https://m.youtube.com/@Dudeface167
Miles-- Trains are fun. With the exception of track power. Argh!
Miles-- Trains are fun. With the exception of track power. Argh!
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I've seen it and love what you've done! I'm really interested in trying overhead wire power too but it's definitely going to have to wait until my kids are older and less destructive.
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Thank you! Fixed it nowdudeface wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:57 pmTake off the ?si and everything after and use [video][/video].HugoFitz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:38 pm Mini Loco and capstan
https://youtu.be/PP1UA4ZxN6A?si=sO2y9g2HYKeQqQAA
No idea how to embed!
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