Bleak Mid winter steaming
Bleak Mid winter steaming
A few piccies of some engines out on test at the PTLR last sunday
First out was the Fairfield Millie following regulator spindle work (trying to make it a little less livewire)
Next up out of shed was the was my own Caradoc following a 10 year mechanical overhaul and some cosmetic work. Its also doubling as the test bed for the all new PTLR "Vortex Manipulator" series of chuff devices.
Good lord is thing still here?
First out was the Fairfield Millie following regulator spindle work (trying to make it a little less livewire)
Next up out of shed was the was my own Caradoc following a 10 year mechanical overhaul and some cosmetic work. Its also doubling as the test bed for the all new PTLR "Vortex Manipulator" series of chuff devices.
Good lord is thing still here?
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Cecil your engines on Fire!
Its a Mamod it does that.
Cecil your engines on Fire!
Its a Mamod it does that.
In short Reinforced Concrete.steamie1:95640 wrote:I've always admired this viaduct how was it made?
Each Pier and arch was a mould of concrete cast in situ to one another with steel rebar tying the whole lot together. The moulds were made for the parapet walls but they were never added.
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Cecil your engines on Fire!
Its a Mamod it does that.
Cecil your engines on Fire!
Its a Mamod it does that.
Good to see the 'doc out again, and looking very nice with all the mods you've made. Also nice to see my old goods van out in a train, looking much better then it did during its time here.
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
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Quite like that Millie
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The curved arch was formed by a some thin ply curved round a series of support struts which were placed to the marking out on the inside of the mould. The mould was then placed on two already completed piers and the concrete poured. After about 24 hours the concrete would be dry allowing us to dismantle the mould and hey presto one arch.steamie1:95644 wrote:How were the arches made ply plastic bent. Sorry for asking but I have to make one see...
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Some say that they threw conventional chuff pipe design out the window, and that the recently implemented token system was met by civil riots. All we know is their called the PTLR staff.Victor Isle:95860 wrote:A "Vortex Manipulator chuff pipe"? This does NOT sound like a suitable fitting for a steam locomotive. My concern over this railway and its staff continues to grow...
P.S We ditched the PTLR Bunker Buster name for the new chuff pipes as the two types work in completely different ways.
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Cecil your engines on Fire!
Its a Mamod it does that.
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Its a Mamod it does that.
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