96RAF Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Nice surprise when I went to my Tuesday Walking Group today at Whitwell and Reepham Railway. They had a coach delivered by road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Just about, got it on the trailer by the look of it. R- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTSR_NSE Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Ah… so Hornby’s pre-order deliveries are at least prototypical… 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModelerXYZ Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 A lot of heritage lines across the UK are not connected to the main line, or stock is not certified to run on the mainline for whatever reason and so it is often delivered by road. My local heratige line has no acess to the national network and so we have all our Locomotives and rollingstock delivered or taken away by road. My local line is the Swindon and Cricklade Railway.XYZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 You have obviously not watched the program on the "Yesterday" channel called Train Truckers. According to the program it is quite often it is cheaper to send locos by road rather than use the main network tracks. I assume Network Rail charges them a fortune. I think the North Yorks Moors Railway said the same during one of their programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What About The Bee Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 6 minutes ago, ModelerXYZ said: ...stock is not certified to run on the mainline for whatever reason ... In the US, it is typically the bearing type. Even with modern stock, the railroads have "hot box" detectors. This sensor sits by the rail and detects each axle as it goes by. It measures the temperature on each. It then reports, over radio audible to the engineman, the number of axles and if any are over temperature. The Winans enclosed friction wheels were oil bath and reported to keep the temperature lower. The railways were aware of the issue, even in the 1820s and 30s. The temperature rise is due to insufficient lubrication. As the locomotive continues to drag the consist, the surfaces can heat to melting, causing instant derailment. It simply isn't worth the disruption in traffic to permit antiquated stock on the mainline. Bee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What About The Bee Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Hot Box Explanation Bee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 Whitwell and Reepham is remote from any rail network so road delivery is the only option except helicopter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brew Man Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 That would be a sight to behold, a helicopter overhead with a locomotive suspended from it. 😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threelink Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 (edited) That carriage looks for all the world like a magnified Triang product . Rovex certainly got some things spot on - apart from buffers. Edited March 6 by threelink wording omitted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesXRN Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 19 hours ago, What About The Bee said: Hot Box Explanation Bee We have them in the UK too. The main difference is that a hot box detector being triggered would alert the appropriate signalbox and they would then inform the driver, either by radio or stopping the train at a signal. Can't say it ever happened to one of my trains though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What About The Bee Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 For the helicopter lift gang 🙂 WHOOPS! Shackle failure? We also had one dropped, albeit not the one in the video. My buddy was sent out to make the damage report. In short, he said it was not going to buff right out. Bee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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