Recent content by plarailfan

That's excellent, many thanks. I really enjoyed looking through them :D A while ago, I wanted some moquette, for my car seat cushion. I asked on this site (I can't remember which thread now, though) and someone suggested, contacting Camira Fabrics and so I did. I managed to buy an offcut, which...

It could be worth while sending Camira an Email with a photo and asking if they have an offcut of the fabric you require. I wanted some moquette for a car seat pad and thanks to the people on here being so helpful, in pointing me in the right direction, here is the result. Needless to say, I...

How many volts, or amps or whatever, would it need to power a class 86 and three coaches to achieve 25mph ? How much would a lineside power supply and catenary cost to install, say on a three mile preserved section of railway, some thing self contained, like Bury to Heywood, just a hypothetical...

I saw 37 214 in a sorry state at Barrow Hill and was subsequently, surprised to find it had been restored. It's a pity it's ended up in a mess again https://www.flickr.com/photos/41294071@N02/5445305489/in/photolist-9ibBBp

I worked on the railway station at Huddersfield for a few years, starting from spring 1979. I seem to remember C&D was collection and delivery. We had many thousands of C&D parcels up until 1981, when BR withdrew themselves from the service, allegedly due to it being loss making ! The fleet of...

This youtube clip shows what can happen when double heading. The train is being hauled by some SD40-2's which our class 59 / 66 locomotives were based on, here in the UK. The train is climbing a gradient and the wheelslip system is not performing 100% - perhaps due to the challenging...

At 10:14 in this youtube film, a class 95 is listed at the top of the triangle. Presumably it's a new locomotive that is in the pipeline for the Trans-Pennine route

I expect by now, some Deltics would have been re-engined, with the same type of unit that the class 68 locomotives have installed in them :lol::D

It's been a shambles how Leeds has been left behind since the "Supertram" idea fell by the wayside back in the 1990's. The best thing they could do now, in the short term, is re-open the viaduct line line out of Leeds, that went through Gildersome tunnel. They could / should build a park and...

I wonder if they might eventually, be able to extend the Huddersfield - Westtown four tracking, on through a, re-modelled Dewsbury station (maybe an island platform just on the slow lines) then continuing two of the four lines, over a new viaduct alongside the existing one and widen the cutting...

I was always under the impression, that the class 88 locomotives were going to be working with the MK5, when the electrification is complete ? Maybe the class 95 mentioned in the film, is a new development that they are looking at ?

Perhaps you could have a stand or something, at one of the heritage railway gala events during the run up to Christmas ? Maybe you could rent a small, (typically around £10 a week) booth / cabinet or similar, in a local antiques centre, like the ones on "Bargain hunt" or Antiques road trip" for...

A Virgin XC HST, accidentally went into Ferrybridge Power Station ! Having gone on a booked diversion, from it's normal route between Sheffield and Leeds, it was sent via Pontefract Baghill. At Ferrybridge it was signalled into the Power Station ! The driver accepted the signal and it took some...

Some withdrawn locomotives were actually, in quite decent condition and on occasion, have been re-instated to cover an upturn in traffic, or to cover for a shortage of, otherwise serviceable locomotives, on shed, awaiting parts etc. The withdrawn loco may only have worked a day or two and then...

I don't think there will be enough resources in the ground beneath our feet, to carry on making endless numbers of battery powered, computerized / autonomous cars ! I personally believe, that electric trolleybuses or trams will have to make a come back, to move us all around our work commitments...