Mileage Competition 2008

[37427]

Surely when your Sat at home in North London wishing you were bashing a tractor you have plenty of time to work them all out

Nope, I spend the time searching for upcoming events and/or gen, or playing MSTS

 

[Aureol]

Please update mine to 7443 miles and 15 chains dear Gizzy, thanks

 

[me123]

You may have heard that I'v probably lost all my records due to a computer breaking. Sadly, the mileage charts were about the only thing I hadn't backed up (thankfully, all my uni work is backed up, though, and this is rather more important).

Anyway, 3,660 is my new total, although I think I've missed a couple of things out.

 

[P156KWJ]

4,475 please

 

[Proud Salopian]

I have a huge update coming soon... have to calculate the miles and chains first!!

 

[1D53]

13.324 please.

 

[Proud Salopian]

Shrewsbury-Manchester return x3.
Shrewsbury-Birmingham International return.
Shrewsbury-Bucknell return.
Shrewsbury-Chester return.
Shrewsbury-Barmouth return.
Manchester-Euston return.
Euston-London Bridge (tube).
London Bridge-Erith.
Erith-Cannon Street.
Blackfriars-Euston (tube).

2212mi 28ch + 1252mi 48ch =

New Total of 3464 miles and 76 chains!

 

[Gizmogle]

Updated.

 

[Craig]

Forgot to add my mega trip into Heaton shed the other week (it was that memorable ).

1614

 

[Techniquest]

You may have heard that I'v probably lost all my records due to a computer breaking. Sadly, the mileage charts were about the only thing I hadn't backed up (thankfully, all my uni work is backed up, though, and this is rather more important).

Anyway, 3,660 is my new total, although I think I've missed a couple of things out.

Sorry to hear that me123

Least you had the important stuff backed up!

Not worked out my mileage lately, but I reckon I'm finally about the 15k mark.

 

[43034 The Black Horse]

6,881 Please Gizmogle

 

[me123]

After today's meet; 4111 please Shauna

 

[Craig]

1737

 

[Gizmogle]

Updated. I'm upto 19,720.

Would just like to thank Jordy again for the new leaderboard format. It's so, so much easier to maintain!

 

[P156KWJ]

4,510 please

 

[Gizmogle]

Done.

 

[BJMorley]

Does anybody know the route mileage for the Barrow Hill divert? The speed limit's up to 75mph, and it takes 40 minutes, can't remember how you work it out.

 

[Gizmogle]

Does anybody know the route mileage for the Barrow Hill divert? The speed limit's up to 75mph, and it takes 40 minutes, can't remember how you work it out.

Oh! Is that what I did last night then? We got diverted around Sheffield.

 

[BJMorley]

the last day of diverts on your bash....

 

[P156KWJ]

Oh! Is that what I did last night then? We got diverted around Sheffield.

yeah via Barrow Hill, Nunnery Jn, Beighton, Woodhouse and Darnall. if you know where you're looking you can see BH roundhouse from the train, last time I saw a deltic and a whistler sticking out the shed
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Does anybody know the route mileage for the Barrow Hill divert? The speed limit's up to 75mph, and it takes 40 minutes, can't remember how you work it out.

40?! What trains you travelling on? about 25 minutes, and to rearrange Distance=Speed / Time you do D=SxT which you have to convert 75mph in to metric (always m/s in physics - I'll work it out for you)

worked it out (approximate - obviously the train isn't going 75 all the time, so I've averaged it out to 65.):


Distance = Speed x Time

27.08 miles. Use this to calculate: http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/speed_distance_time_calc.html

 

[Aureol]

yeah via Barrow Hill, Nunnery Jn, Beighton, Woodhouse and Darnall.

Actually it's Barrow Hill, Beighton Station Junction, Woodhouse, Darnall then Nunnery Mainline Junction
[/pedantic]

Brandon, the route around Beighton is shorter than the direct route via Dronfield and Bradway Tunnel and is actually quicker, taking about 5 minutes less than the direct route, despite the speed limit being lower. As it's a freight line I believe it may be 60.

 

[P156KWJ]

I don't care what order they go in, they're all there in some huge tangle of lines

 

[Aureol]

Not really, it's all quite simple really...

 

[43034 The Black Horse]

7,133 Please Gizzy

 

[Jordy]

18,047 updated my own, now in 6th

 

[Techniquest]

After FINALLY working out my mileage from the first day of Virgin's Liverpool drags this September, my mileage is now 14,339.5

Got lots to still add up, but I thought I might as well add that in for now.

 

[37402]

33,565 for me.

 

[Jord]

My new total is 9,525.

Thanks.

 

[CraigS]

8,576 please.

 

[BJMorley]

yeah via Barrow Hill, Nunnery Jn, Beighton, Woodhouse and Darnall. if you know where you're looking you can see BH roundhouse from the train, last time I saw a deltic and a whistler sticking out the shed

Who saw the Deltic & Whistler?

40?! What trains you travelling on? about 25 minutes, and to rearrange Distance=Speed / Time you do D=SxT which you have to convert 75mph in to metric (always m/s in physics - I'll work it out for you)

worked it out (approximate - obviously the train isn't going 75 all the time, so I've averaged it out to 65.):


Distance = Speed x Time

27.08 miles. Use this to calculate: http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/speed_distance_time_calc.html

Thanks, but I could of done it if I hadn't forgot D=SxT!!
now 27.08 x 12 = 325, so 1576 + 325 = 1901, and the 7 chains from before.

So...
1901 Miles, 7 Chains please!!

Total for my altogether Mileage is:
3351 Miles, 26 Chains

Brandon