The Night Mail

[Hroth]

2 hours ago, pH said:

That’s not a corner, this is a corner:

https://ngtrains.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Bendy.jpg

 

(That’s a 2-6-6-2 Mallet!).                     

 

 

Its amazing what you can get to go around Triang 1st radius curves!

 

[J. S. Bach]

11 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

 ...snip... NHN knows what sort of stuff miraculously appears from such a foray.

Same here!

[AndyID]

12 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

They would perform better in the smaller scales if the railheads both had the 1:20 inward inclination (Although I suspect that the mass of the vehicle in question would also have a say in it's success.

 

Even in 16 mm scale. the late Jack Wheldon built all his locos (and very successful they were too) with  a parallel tread to the wheels, with a very small radius into the flange.  I believe the flanges were not tapered either apart from a rounding off of the inner and outer faces at the edge.

 

I doubt if inclining the rail would make much difference. That's done on the real thing to increase the contact area between the wheels and the rail to reduce wheel and rail wear. Typically that's not a serious problem for modellers 😀

 

I made this thingy a few years ago to see what happens. While rolling along straight track (no incline) it weaves from side to side as expected although it doesn't want to stay on fairly gentle curves. It's probably just an example of why things tend not to work the same with major differences in scale.

 

[J. S. Bach]

 

9 hours ago, polybear said:

 ...snip... Even tap water has chemicals in - namely Flouride. ...snip...

Not in mine, the last lab report* showed that there were only two elements present in any measurable quantity: H & O.

 

*Needed for a VA mortgage re-finance.

[AndyID]

1 minute ago, J. S. Bach said:

 

Not in mine, the last lab report* showed that there were only two elements present in any measurable quantity: H & O.

 

*Needed for a VA mortgage re-finance.

 

Nor mine, but plenty of other dissolved minerals as the shower heads and the kettle will attest 😀

[J. S. Bach]

5 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

 ...snip... Apparently according to the doomsday experts  the in place to be this coming nuclear winter is Australia or New Zealand, so I'm going to have TWO doughnuts!

Shades of Neville Shutes' novel "ON THE BEACH".

[AndyID]

3 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

Shades of Neville Shutes' novel "ON THE BEACH".

 

Hence the reference to Fred Astaire 😆

[Northmoor]

11 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

Dave modelling  'Old Crusty' flying gear....

 

So there's a "David" by Michelangelo and a "David" by errr, Market Drayton?

[Northmoor]

5 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

Apparently according to the doomsday experts  the in place to be this coming nuclear winter is Australia or New Zealand, so I'm going to have TWO doughnuts!

ISTR a few years ago (premium) property prices in New Zealand were rising faster than anywhere else in the world.  Seen as a modern, democratic, low crime society well away from all the world's disputed regions and conflict zones, many of the world's richest people were buying homes there to retreat to when the next World War starts.  

[DenysW]

6 hours ago, Winslow Boy said:

natural stuff - good

There's nothing more 'all natural' than strychnine. Morphine OK, Heroin (diacetyl morphine) less so.

 

Edited June 4 by DenysW
Typo

[AndyID]

3 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:

*cough* 

 

Fray Bentos!

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Aberdeen_typhoid_outbreak

 

 

Remember it well, and the event in Switzerland. Salmonella typhi is completely natural too.

[monkeysarefun]

3 hours ago, pH said:

That’s not a corner, this is a corner:

https://ngtrains.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Bendy.jpg

 

(That’s a 2-6-6-2 Mallet!).                     

 

 

 

 

This is my favourite corner. Is outback Australia not wide enough and flat enough that they couldn't find a bit that didnt need an S bend in it?  My alternative thought is that one bunch of blokes was laying the track from right to left, and another lot coming from left to right  and they juuuust missed.

 

"No worries, get a couple of those curved bits we've got left over in the box, no one will notice!"

 

Edited June 4 by monkeysarefun

[TheQ]

Me thinks the Darjeeling has that beaten...

[SM42]

Well a set of points laid today at club and the rest of the track plan roughly laid out to test fit onto the boards.

Nothing like planning  ahead and this is nothing like it. 

 

On a more annoying note, Mrs SM42's ride has sustained damage to the offside front corner during the day. 

 

A nice big swipe across the corner of the bumper. 

 

Some nice scratches, a slight distortion and a couple of gouges in the plastic. 

 

Mrs SM42 says there was a funeral at the church today and the car park (her work   and the church share car parking) was very busy, so some kind soul has probably misjudged the size of their car and then done a runner. 

 

Just about puts a fitting end to a really s****y day. 

 

Andy

 

 

Edited June 4 by SM42

[Hroth]

2 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

 

Not in mine, the last lab report* showed that there were only two elements present in any measurable quantity: H & O.

 

*Needed for a VA mortgage re-finance.

 

So long as it's not in the proportions H2O2.....

 

2 hours ago, Northmoor said:

So there's a "David" by Michelangelo and a "David" by errr, Market Drayton?

 

I was going to note that the model was probably Michelangelos "muse" at the time...

 

[AndyID]

1 hour ago, TheQ said:

Me thinks the Darjeeling has that beaten...

 

No. 17 in C J Freezer's layout plans book.

[AndyID]

3 minutes ago, Hroth said:

 

So long as it's not in the proportions H2O2.....

 

 

Oh, I dunno. It would clean you out PDQ.

[AndyID]

5 minutes ago, Hroth said:

 

I was going to note that the model was probably Michelangelos "muse" at the time...

 

 

Very amuseing 😁

 

 

 

To quote a certain bear, "See what I did there?"

[Hroth]

5 minutes ago, AndyID said:

 

No. 17 in C J Freezer's layout plans book.

 

And we all laughed at his rabbit warren OO9 plans that came out each Christmas...

 

Speaking of the Darjeeling Railway, I've a return ticket for a trip my father took on it in 1943.  I know there was a war on, but if there's a railway to ride on...

Edited June 4 by Hroth
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[J. S. Bach]

3 hours ago, AndyID said:

Nor mine, but plenty of other dissolved minerals as the shower heads and the kettle will attest 😀

But, those "dissolved minerals" are made up of various elements, too. And there were none; at least in measurable amounts. And no deposits on the faucets. pots, etc.

[Dave Hunt]

2 hours ago, TheQ said:

Me thinks the Darjeeling has that beaten...

I’m afraid that the Darjeeling was never my cup of tea.

 

Dave

 

Edited June 4 by Dave Hunt

[J. S. Bach]

A comment for Air Vice Marshall Hunt (Ret); when you say "bang out" of your plane (meaning ejection?), that reminded me that when I was with RVAH-6, the crews referred to ejection as "punch out".

[J. S. Bach]

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

[AndyID]

1 hour ago, J. S. Bach said:

But, those "dissolved minerals" are made up of various elements, too. And there were none; at least in measurable amounts. And no deposits on the faucets. pots, etc.

 

Wow! We are on untreated well water. Where do you get your water from?

 

EDIT: An oldie but a goodie;

 

Should people in the South of England by kettles on defurred terms?

 

 

 

Edited June 5 by AndyID

[AndyID]

Lorna baked some chocolate chip cookies from a box of Betty Crocker pre-mix (jolly good they were too!)  I was looking at the box and I noticed the flour in it was "enriched" with a lot of nasty chemicals such as folic acid, riboflavin, niacin, and thiamine.

 

I feel a letter to my MP is in order.

 

 

 

Oh, wait a minute 🙂

 

 

 

Edited June 5 by AndyID
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