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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Marks DTM Calib on 14 October 2009, 21:41:50
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....playing with big engines!
It was our diesel gala at the heritage centre and I was rewarded for all my effort with a little go!
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b394/Marks_DTM_Calib/Ruddington/Class47/11100947292andMARKR002.jpg)
2500Hp....mmmm lovely!
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Awesome!
What are these units you're working on then, Mark?
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Awesome!
What are these units you're working on then, Mark?
Trains :y
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That is 47292....a class 47 diesel loco.
Got to drive her from Loughborough to Ruddington and then back into the siding.....including 3 or 4 full power stints! (and some micro wheel spin!)
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I know what to get you for Christmas now Mark........
An anorak ;D ;D
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A train spotter I am not.....I am more interested in working on them and having the odd drive.
Anyway, an anorak would get filthy!
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A train spotter I am not.....I am more interested in working on them and having the odd drive.
Anyway, an anorak would get filthy!
OK a Mac ;D
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Good reward 2500 hp :)
I like those monsters too :y
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Only 2500 ;D ;D
I prefer 2700 or 3300 ;D ;D
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Only 2500 ;D ;D
I prefer 2700 or 3300 ;D ;D
Bet you have drivin one at 200mph around corners too ffs ;D ;D ;D
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your only jealous cause his Mig is so much faster than yours. :P :P
Its a very unnatractive quality is jealousy. ;)
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Only 2500 ;D ;D
I prefer 2700 or 3300 ;D ;D
Bet you have drivin one at 200mph around corners too ffs ;D ;D ;D
No but I know someone who missed riding in an HST at 148.5mph because it was his day off (he worked for SIG) and they set a new Diesel speed record - I had great fun then!
A friend of mine was a part owner of a 50, and I used to be a member of a group who bought some 55s, as another 55 owning group said 47s make good test loads and you have to be carefull when towing them over 100mph as you can break them ;D ;D
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you tell him Martin,far to much to say for himself that bloke. :y
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your only jealous cause his Mig is so much faster than yours. :P :P
Its a very unnatractive quality is jealousy. ;)
If me - not jealous - was involved in preservation big time pre marriage, was involved in rolling stock restoration.
47s are OK, but I am a big EE fan, also a Swindon fan, got a signed print by a very famous 9F owner as well :y :y
Also Mark now has a mummybus ;D ;D ;D ;D
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you tell him Martin,far to much to say for himself that bloke. :y
It is OK we have a couple of 47s and a couple of 37s, the 37s sound nice. But I still like the Hall and the 9F.
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There just ain't no stopping him :D ;D ;D ;D
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your only jealous cause his Mig is so much faster than yours. :P :P
Its a very unnatractive quality is jealousy. ;)
If me - not jealous - was involved in preservation big time pre marriage, was involved in rolling stock restoration.
47s are OK, but I am a big EE fan, also a Swindon fan, got a signed print by a very famous 9F owner as well :y :y
Also Mark now has a mummybus ;D ;D ;D ;D
I meant DLK is jealous of your car,not the other way round. :y
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I had great fun rubbing it in (pretty sure I was in IT then) - fancy him working for SIG on the IC225 project and missing the world Diesel speed record ;D ;D - I haven't been much over 125 on a train, and not much over 40 on a preserved railway :-X :-X :-X :-X
It is pretty interesting the people you meet on a railway.
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your only jealous cause his Mig is so much faster than yours. :P :P
Its a very unnatractive quality is jealousy. ;)
If me - not jealous - was involved in preservation big time pre marriage, was involved in rolling stock restoration.
47s are OK, but I am a big EE fan, also a Swindon fan, got a signed print by a very famous 9F owner as well :y :y
Also Mark now has a mummybus ;D ;D ;D ;D
I meant DLK is jealous of your car,not the other way round. :y
Quite possibly - it does go well now. At Newent had a good chat with Mike about our 2.6s
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your only jealous cause his Mig is so much faster than yours. :P :P
Its a very unnatractive quality is jealousy. ;)
If me - not jealous - was involved in preservation big time pre marriage, was involved in rolling stock restoration.
47s are OK, but I am a big EE fan, also a Swindon fan, got a signed print by a very famous 9F owner as well :y :y
Also Mark now has a mummybus ;D ;D ;D ;D
I meant DLK is jealous of your car,not the other way round. :y
So what happened to Vader?
I know he still has the skip.
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He reckons he is rebuilding it. :-/
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your only jealous cause his Mig is so much faster than yours. :P :P
Its a very unnatractive quality is jealousy. ;)
If me - not jealous - was involved in preservation big time pre marriage, was involved in rolling stock restoration.
47s are OK, but I am a big EE fan, also a Swindon fan, got a signed print by a very famous 9F owner as well :y :y
Also Mark now has a mummybus ;D ;D ;D ;D
I meant DLK is jealous of your car,not the other way round. :y
Quite possibly - it does go well now. At Newent had a good chat with Mike about our 2.6s
quite definetely I would say. :y
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I had great fun rubbing it in (pretty sure I was in IT then) - fancy him working for SIG on the IC225 project and missing the world Diesel speed record ;D ;D - I haven't been much over 125 on a train, and not much over 40 on a preserved railway :-X :-X :-X :-X
It is pretty interesting the people you meet on a railway.
Is it? :-?
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A friend of mine was a part owner of a 50, and I used to be a member of a group who bought some 55s, as another 55 owning group said 47s make good test loads and you have to be carefull when towing them over 100mph as you can break them ;D ;D
A truely expensive beast to run!
Given a 47 was designed as a multi use loco, the 90mph speed limit (although I know of drivers who have taken them past the 100 mark) is of little issue on the vast majority of the UK railways, even less so in preservation.
A 55 was designed as a passenger loco and hence cant pull the same load all day long (without buggering an engine ;D!)
Its the nice big Sulzer lump I like, plus the DandM brake setup is pretty interesting!
I still like the 20's though!
Biggest problem with the EE stuff is the rust.....they are the Leylands of the railway world. We have the EE preservation group on site who have an 08, 2 off 20's, a 37 and a 73. (note 20154 is a hell of an engine with a suspected 1200 bhp at the rails!)
Interestingly, we had a visiting 31 (from BAR) at the Gala, the driver (who I know well), drives these regularly on the main line and says that you have to knock the ETS off as you leave with a passenger train to get enough grunt to get them upto speed!
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I used to have a trainset, can I join in?
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I used to have a trainset, can I join in?
I still have one ;D ;D ;D ;D
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(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b394/Marks_DTM_Calib/Ruddington/Class47/11100947292andMARKR002.jpg)
Why the big grin? Were you thinking of a rematch with the delivery van? ;D
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I've got a rather large one at the bottom of my garden. ::)
http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=gu34+5bg&countryCode=GB#map=51.10868,-1.05821|19|32&bd=useful_information&loc=GB:51.10858:-1.05896:19|gu34%205bg|
Kevin
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I've got a rather large one at the bottom of my garden. ::)
http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=gu34+5bg&countryCode=GB#map=51.10868,-1.05821|19|32&bd=useful_information&loc=GB:51.10858:-1.05896:19|gu34%205bg|
Kevin
Can't see whats on the MHR but your house looks big!