[modeleng] Re: Couplings Now O/T
- From: "JESSE LIVINGSTON" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:27:15 -0600
I can answer that 'un for you Al, Kew Bridge is indeed where the big non
rotative pumping engine is located. I have a video of it running that I
got from a PBS series "Out of the Firey Furnace". In that same video is the
big Iron Bridge at Coalbrookdale (?) as well as "Locomotion 1" running under
steam. The iron bridge is made of cast iron pieces that are mortised into
each other like a piece of furniture.
Unka Jesse
> 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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