[modeleng] Re: Couplings Now O/T
- From: "Peter J. Cathcart" <peter.cathcart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 23:12:36 -0000
Al
Yes it is. The first time I took the children they allowed them to work the
engines. Quite an experience for those under 10. The friendliest staff I
have ever come across and superb exhibits.
Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 10:34 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Couplings Now O/T
Peter, is this the museum where they have the huge
pumping engines on working display??
Al Messer
--- "Peter J. Cathcart" <peter.cathcart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Alan
>
> I will borrow one of the pins tomorrow. We are
> running our outside track at
> Kew Bridge Steam Museum http://www.kbsm.org/ this
> weekend (a superb museum
> by the way). I will be there in the morning. I
> will take a pic as well and
> email it to you. I would love to find a source for
> more. No one seems to
> know where we got them from.
>
> We do check the bracket as well as it was actually
> the bracket that caused
> so much hilarity so many years ago.
>
> Peter
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "alanjstepney"
> <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 8:03 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Couplings
>
>
> Peter, what size are the bars and the holes / pins
> you use?
> Both seem to vary widely between clubs.
>
> As for accidents. I was visiting one club once when
> the coupling parted and
> the loco took off like a scalded cat.
> It managed to stay on the track until it collided
> with another train.
> Upon checking, it wasn't the coupling that had
> parted, but the bolts holding
> the bracket to which the coupling was secured. Said
> bracket was only held on
> by two 4BA brass bolts.
>
> Luckily damage was minimal, and no one was hurt.
> alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> www.alanstepney.info
> Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway
> technical pages.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter J. Cathcart"
> <peter.cathcart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 6:46 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Couplings
>
>
> Alan
>
> We use bars, as probably most clubs do. As for
> pins, we have a set of pins
> with a spring semi-circle which is quite vicious if
> you're not careful. It
> means, however, that once the pin is in it simply
> can't bounce out. This is
> critical. All locos are meant to be checked by the
> loco super for the day
> to make sure the couplings are totally secure.
>
> We have a video taken probably 20 years ago, by pure
> fluke, of a loco on the
> track with the loco parting from its driving
> carriage. We play it
> occasionally on club nights and it brings tears to
> the eyes! On the more
> serious side it made us realise what can happen and
> that is why we sorted
> suitable pins.
>
> Hilarity is the mother of invention.
>
> Peter
>
>
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