Templot Club Archive 2007-2020                             

topic: 3505Video of the week
author remove search highlighting
 
posted: 23 Sep 2019 21:33

from:

Paul Boyd
 
Loughborough - United Kingdom

click the date to link to this post
click member name to view archived images
view images in gallery view images as slides
OK, for how long has the "Video of the week" button been there?  I've just watched a transformer being carted up to Tanygrisiau power station in 1962.  Sort of appropropriate as I'm working on a Festiniog-Railway based layout!

posted: 23 Sep 2019 21:43

from:

Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

click the date to link to this post
click member name to view archived images
view images in gallery view images as slides
Paul Boyd wrote:
OK, for how long has the "Video of the week" button been there?  I've just watched a transformer being carted up to Tanygrisiau power station in 1962.  Sort of appropropriate as I'm working on a Festiniog-Railway based layout!
Hi Paul,

Only 8 years, -- see:

 topic 1638

The current week has lasted a couple of years, it's high time I changed it!

:)

cheers,

Martin.

posted: 23 Sep 2019 22:39

from:

Rob Manchester
 
Manchester - United Kingdom

click the date to link to this post
click member name to view archived images
view images in gallery view images as slides
Hi Martin,

Here is a suggestion for Video of the Week - St. Pancras Junction Relaying

Some great manual labour taking the strain, you have to love the drilling machines being used to make holes in the rail for track circuit wiring - not a power tool in sight :)

You had better send a message to Paul or he will miss it.....

Rob


posted: 28 Sep 2019 02:30

from:

Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

click the date to link to this post
click member name to view archived images
view images in gallery view images as slides
Rob Manchester wrote:
Hi Martin,

Here is a suggestion for Video of the Week - St. Pancras Junction Relaying
Thanks Rob.

That one has been the Video of the Week before. I removed it because watching it made me feel tired. :)

I have put it back for a while.

After that perhaps this one again: http://youtu.be/CSfa90avBzI

Health & Safety inspectors might like this one: http://youtu.be/9_wdRkxT7GI

Then chill out with this: http://youtu.be/mWUIbqY1uLI

cheers,

Martin.

posted: 28 Sep 2019 19:25

from:

Rob Manchester
 
Manchester - United Kingdom

click the date to link to this post
click member name to view archived images
view images in gallery view images as slides
Hi Martin,

Thanks for the links, yes seen the bridge one before, will watch it again tonight while eating my steak and chips.

The saw mill one makes me cringe a bit. Guess machine guards would have gotten in the way - the crunky guy with the long hair looks like an accident waiting to happen. I closed my eyes when the dog wandered into shot.... :(

Rob




posted: 28 Sep 2019 19:54

from:

Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

click the date to link to this post
click member name to view archived images
view images in gallery view images as slides
Hi Rob,

I see this one has reappeared on YouTube, it went missing for a while:




I will put it back as Video of the Week in due course.


Martin.

posted: 28 Sep 2019 20:12

from:

Rob Manchester
 
Manchester - United Kingdom

click the date to link to this post
click member name to view archived images
view images in gallery view images as slides
Hi Martin,
Thanks for reminding me of that video, some excellent footage there. It took them a good while to get the electric trains on the East Coast route - still it allowed the Deltics a good long run before the HSTs ran up until the wires were finally up.

Bearing in mind the Beeching report of a few years later the mood seemed very positive towards railways when this film was made - I guess the main lines survived mainly intact. I wnt to college in the 70's next to one of the depots that maintained the Woodhead electrics. At least the route is a nice walk now :?

Rob


posted: 29 Sep 2019 18:45

from:

Andy Reichert
 
 

click the date to link to this post
click member name to view archived images
view images in gallery view images as slides
I'd like to (selfishly) propose my evolving developments in model tram track as a candidate for "video of the week".



It does rather show what can be actually reliably achieved with RTR wheels on P4 specification flangeways.

Andy

posted: 29 Sep 2019 21:46

from:

Rob Manchester
 
Manchester - United Kingdom

click the date to link to this post
click member name to view archived images
view images in gallery view images as slides
Hi Andy,
Thanks for the video. What dimensions are you using for track and wheels in terms of flange profile, back-to-back, frog/guard rail gap and gauge ?

Rob


posted: 30 Sep 2019 03:43

from:

Andy Reichert
 
 

click the date to link to this post
click member name to view archived images
view images in gallery view images as slides
The vehicles are standard RTR NMRA HO.  But they must have free to turn bogies and be constructed so as to be sitting flat and square on a flat surface.  The rail is slotted to P4 flangeway width and min flangeway depth. Off the top of my head that is 0.026" width and 0.015" depth.

The gauge is set by the slots in the roadbed, rather than by the rail heads.

Andy

posted: 30 Sep 2019 16:23

from:

Andy Reichert
 
 

click the date to link to this post
click member name to view archived images
view images in gallery view images as slides
Andy Reichert wrote:
The vehicles are standard RTR NMRA HO.  But they must have free to turn bogies and be constructed so as to be sitting flat and square on a flat surface.  The rail is slotted to P4 flangeway width and min flangeway depth. Off the top of my head that is 0.026" width and 0.015" depth.

The gauge is set by the slots in the roadbed, rather than by the rail heads.

Andy
I was able to do some quick checking of my original drawings and FWIW the metric gauge equivalent of track gauge is 15.59 mm. But the tolerances on the flange way position are set from the nominal flange way centre rather than the outer edge of the flange way. 

If you want to set my dimensions into a table for Templot, then we should probably put those into a different place on the forum.

Andy

posted: 5 Oct 2019 01:23

from:

Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

click the date to link to this post
click member name to view archived images
view images in gallery view images as slides
Another week, another video (how long is that going to last?).

It's another one about track making and junction renewal which has been on there before, but well worth watching again despite the poor image quality at the start. It improves after a few minutes.

I have also created an archive topic for any you missed:

 topic 3519

cheers,

Martin.

posted: 1 Nov 2019 23:46

from:

Martin Dobbins
 
Memphis - Tennessee USA

click the date to link to this post
click member name to view archived images
view images in gallery view images as slides
I'm not sure if this qualifies, but I came across it and found it interesting:




posted: 3 Nov 2019 20:38

from:

Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

click the date to link to this post
click member name to view archived images
view images in gallery view images as slides
I have updated the Video of the Week with something more seasonal.

You will need your coat.

Martin.

posted: 3 Nov 2019 21:22

from:

Rob Manchester
 
Manchester - United Kingdom

click the date to link to this post
click member name to view archived images
view images in gallery view images as slides
Martin Wynne wrote:
I have updated the Video of the Week with something more seasonal.

You will need your coat.

Martin.
Hi Martin,

You would need more than a coat on some of these, see here

Rob


posted: 4 Dec 2019 23:43

from:

Rob Manchester
 
Manchester - United Kingdom

click the date to link to this post
click member name to view archived images
view images in gallery view images as slides
Back to basic manual operation on this video - here :) Foot operated turnout switches and round wood sleepers.



Rob




Templot Club > Forums > Off track > Video of the week
about Templot Club

Templot Companion - User Guide - A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and first-time visitors.
indexing link for search engines

back to top of page


Please read this important note about copyright: Unless stated otherwise, all the files submitted to this web site are copyright and the property of the respective contributor. You are welcome to use them for your own personal non-commercial purposes, and in your messages on this web site. If you want to publish any of this material elsewhere or use it commercially, you must first obtain the owner's permission to do so.
The small print: All material submitted to this web site is the responsibility of the respective contributor. By submitting material to this web site you acknowledge that you accept full responsibility for the material submitted. The owner of this web site is not responsible for any content displayed here other than his own contributions. The owner of this web site may edit, modify or remove any content at any time without giving notice or reason. Problems with this web site? Contact webmaster@templot.com.   This web site uses cookies: click for information.  
© 2020  

Powered by UltraBB - © 2009 Data 1 Systems