Winslow Boy Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) 4 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: I think they are called DCC wives: Certainly trundling around on their own and failing to respond to commands from the handset. But do they have two wires though? Asking for a friend by the way. Edited January 2 by Winslow Boy 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted January 2 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2 1 minute ago, Winslow Boy said: But they have two wires though? Asking for a friend by the way. Dr Frankenstein found that two wires were adequate to jolt things into life... 1 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted January 2 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2 I have been messing around with wires today. I added a wireless extender to our old battery doorbell sometime ago. It stopped working before Christmas and I replaced a battery and all was fine. I was suspicious about the battery as it had leaked which I have never had with Duracell before so I wonder if it was a counterfeit item. Anyway I think the battery holder had also suffered a bit too so,that needed a clean and all was restored to working order and we can hear the doorbell extension chimes. The other wireless task involved seeing which DAB radios actually also received DAB+ signals. Aditi’s favourite kitchen listening channel is ClassicFM. The old kitchen radio was used to receive their DAB broadcast. That ended today. The kitchen radio was so old it wouldn’t work with DAB+ so a new radio was obtained. All the other radios seem ok even though they don’t have DAB+ or a tick logo. AditI is very pleased as the new kitchen radio sounds better (I think she may mean louder!). 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erichill16 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 On 01/01/2024 at 18:12, SM42 said: Very good at hiding the countryside behind a smoke screen when opened up. Not the same class of loco but similar source and period. If you watch it to the end there are three locomotives banking, I wouldn’t want to be in charge of them. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted January 2 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2 Ah, powered by ALCo! 😉 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erichill16 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 4 hours ago, Winslow Boy said: We wish. The money supposedly earmarked for improving things on wheels that run on rails has it would seem been allocated to filling the potholes in London. Funny that happening isn't it. That's a rhetorical statement by the way. No, no , no need for the scepticism, some of the money has been well spent here (Barnsley) but I’m not sure how much is left now. 1 14 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted January 2 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2 Night Owl from the Piedmont. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted January 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3 2 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: Ah, powered by ALCo! 😉 Looks like coal tar not diesel Nothing new engines wouldn't fix. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted January 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3 2 hours ago, Erichill16 said: No, no , no need for the scepticism, some of the money has been well spent here (Barnsley) but I’m not sure how much is left now. £3 million pounds worth at London prices that is. 3 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted January 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3 There was a fire in a subway train in Toronto over the holiday. Source was an E-bike lithium battery. Fortunately, the fire happened at a station and everyone could evacuate. The train was a 6-unit articulated with no separating doors. The union is complaining as the trains are one-man operation and evacuation of the back part would have been tricky in the tunnel (fire was in the first car). No word on which train or extent of damage. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted January 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3 8 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: Ah, powered by ALCo! 😉 Probably cheap Russian knock off copies of Alco engines. I think those are actually there section Locos. Jamie 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 3 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3 5 hours ago, skipepsi said: Looks like coal tar not diesel Nothing new engines wouldn't fix. Or just replacing the turbochargers. 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted January 3 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3 1 hour ago, Oldddudders said: Or just replacing the turbochargers. Or just lend them a pannier tank... 2 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 9 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: Or just lend them a pannier tank... There are times HH when I really don't know you at all. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 8 hours ago, skipepsi said: £3 million pounds worth at London prices that is. That's alright it'll still leave 29 billion, 997 million and fifty pence left for the rest. Say another hundred holes. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted January 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3 2 hours ago, Oldddudders said: Or just replacing the turbochargers. It looks more like unburnt fuel to me, but I am not sure what engine configuration the locos have. The tunnel certainly has the soot of previous turbo failures. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted January 3 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3 11 hours ago, Erichill16 said: Not the same class of loco but similar source and period. If you watch it to the end there are three locomotives banking, I wouldn’t want to be in charge of them. And there I was, thinking EE Type 3s were heavy smokers! 3 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted January 3 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3 It's still raining here. The area next to the summer house, which is sunken compared to the rest of the garden is overflowing with water. It would be an ideal location for a pond, which would save filling it in🤣 So it could become the new (not so) muddy hollow (rear). Not to be outdone, MH(F) is also deep enough for a swim now. 7 2 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3 9 hours ago, BR60103 said: There was a fire in a subway train in Toronto over the holiday. Source was an E-bike lithium battery. Fortunately, the fire happened at a station and everyone could evacuate. The train was a 6-unit articulated with no separating doors. The union is complaining as the trains are one-man operation and evacuation of the back part would have been tricky in the tunnel (fire was in the first car). No word on which train or extent of damage. Should follow TfL's lead and ban E-bikes on the Underground. (After a similar incident but on a platform rather than a train.) 3 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted January 3 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3 3 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Should follow TfL's lead and ban E-bikes on the Underground. (After a similar incident but on a platform rather than a train.) They'll never ban them in Yorkshire... Hat coat etc 2 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted January 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3 (edited) Much planning is in progress to find the border crossing into Germany that has the smallest queue and is open to road traffic Not helped by a fatal road accident on the motorway earlier creating a 15km tailback. Time for some sleep before we make our run for the border Car 95% packed Fingers crosssed Andy Edited January 3 by SM42 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted January 3 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3 29 minutes ago, SM42 said: Much planning is in progress to find the border crossing into Germany that has the smallest queue and is open to road traffic Not helped by a fatal road accident on the motorway earlier creating a 15km tailback. Time for some sleep before we make our run for the border Car 95% packed Fingers crosssed Andy You need to send a postcard if you make it home... 4 2 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted January 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3 (edited) 21 hours ago, skipepsi said: £3 million pounds worth at London prices that is. Filling the hole cost £50k, the remainder was spent on the consultants you paid to tell you where the holes were (they asked you). 10 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Should follow TfL's lead and ban E-bikes on the Underground. (After a similar incident but on a platform rather than a train.) They might be banned but people bring them on the Underground all the time. They also bring on non-folding bicycles, ride them or scooters on the platforms, busk without permission (or beg by pretending to sell you tissues), use vapes or smoke real cigarettes, barge through the wide gates or "double-gate" the unfortunate paying public, use the platforms as a toilet after closing time and many other things that aren't legal. And when they politely ask them not to, the staff get yelled and sworn at in the face, threatened with violence etc. I have so much sympathy for station staff on LU, who have to deal every day with the worst of The General Public. Edited January 3 by Northmoor 3 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SteveyDee68 Posted January 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4 4 hours ago, Northmoor said: I have so much sympathy for station staff on LU, who have to deal every day with the worst of The General Public. That’s London for you! (Hat, coat etc) 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted January 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4 Night Owl from the Piedmont. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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