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 > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.