[modeleng] Re: Couplings Now O/T

Thanks, Peter.  I certainly hope that everyone on your
side of the pond takes advantage of the opportunity to
visit a museum of this caliber. Pity us poor Yanks, we
don't have anything like it!!

Al Messer


--- "Peter J. Cathcart" <peter.cathcart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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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