Trains @ Winwick, Warrington.

You’ll have to tell me what else it does then…

Are we still waiting to hear what it is and what it does…………..?

whats the horsepower of this one? the comparable locomotive size wise with that setup here is 4000 to 4350 on horsepower.. what does it use for train brakes? we use air pressure set at 90 psi in the brake pipe and make reductions to apply the brakes. also the engine brakes are independant of the train brake but can be blended with the application of the train brake unless you chose to bail the engine brake off. sorry for the dumb questions. although there are similarities there are huge differences.

robert

HST class 43 the brake pressure is 10 bar the DMU diesel mutiple units run at 7 bar on the main res but the brake pressure is in stages 1,2,3 & emergency.

Step 3 is approx 3.2 bar, brakes run on blocks running on the wheels or brake discs & pads like that fitted to a car but much much bigger!

This site will tell you all you could ever want to know about the Class 66. And then some more besides.

You’ll enjoy the ‘Technical’ page. 😎

thanks for the link..

robert

This site will tell you all you could ever want to know about the Class 66. And then some more besides.

You’ll enjoy the ‘Technical’ page. 😎

It’s a Class 66, built by General Motors EMD in London, Ontario. Which probably explains the similarities. 🙂

whats the horsepower of this one? the comparable locomotive size wise with that setup here is 4000 to 4350 on horsepower.. what does it use for train brakes? we use air pressure set at 90 psi in the brake pipe and make reductions to apply the brakes. also the engine brakes are independant of the train brake but can be blended with the application of the train brake unless you chose to bail the engine brake off. sorry for the dumb questions. although there are similarities there are huge differences.

robert

the locomotive in the middle looks like it has trucks under it from an EMD (general motors) SD70. what kind of locomotive is it?

It’s a Class 66, built by General Motors EMD in London, Ontario. Which probably explains the similarities. 🙂

the locomotive in the middle looks like it has trucks under it from an EMD (general motors) SD70. what kind of locomotive is it? sorry to sound ignorant locomotives here dont look like that. i work for the railroad here in the U.S. as a locomotive engineer. always been curious about railroading in other countries. here is some video i shot from a freight train in Mississippi and Tennesee..

http://www.youtube.com/CNKILLERCLOWN

robert

Ah my Error …. must be staring into the distance for too long has addled my brain ..

So getting back to the original thread about SBS and similar black boxes ….

I think you’ll find that the thread was originally about trains.

The title and the pictures are a bit of a giveaway. 🙂

So getting back to the original thread about SBS and similar black boxes , can anyone tell me if there are web sights that have the information online , like a forum , in my case it would be ‘Manchester Airport’ , where you could log in and view the information , or can you only watch your own little box through ‘ thinternet’ , at many £££££
having seen a similar one outside the ‘cafe’ at Manchester Air park I found It fascinating to see real time Information being shown .

I’d say the DRS 66 is on containers…
Nice shots there Darren.
(You seen rail tube? [diesel, steam, disused and electric sub areas] You may want to put them on there too…)

The Sad B******* Society would be Bus Spotters surely.

Oii!!:mad::mad:

Nice shots, good to see some classic traction in the shape of those Brush 4s
(Even if one has GM rubbish inside it).

A few days back, I stood at Trent Junction waiting for a special working; 31190 on Washwood Heath to Boston empty IHAs. I had got up at oh-dark hundred just in case it was early… It was due to reach Nottingham at 0851.

In the distance came the unmistakeable sound of a EE12SVT, I raised the camera, and checked for the umpteenth time that it was set-up correctly.
‘190 hoves into view and fills the screen. *click*. Then another unmistakeable sound – The low battery warning.
The air went blue. Almost B.R. blue.

Hopefully I will have better luck photographing the Class 20s on the LUL stock at Old Dalby…

Don

A few years back you would have been right under the Burtonwood approach too.

The first picture is one of the units that is out on the cleaning the rail head from the ‘wrong sort of leaves’.

The FRS shed picture is very nice. What as it pulling?

As for the 47/57 combo. Duffs are duffs even it they have been re-engined…

I went from New Street to Nottingham on Friday and saw three 56s and blue 47270 outside the former MetCam works at Washwood Heath and then a green 56 and blue 45 outside the RVEL site at the former RTC at Derby, plus all the NR class 31s and DRS class 37s waiting for next week’s test trains.

Modern traction? hahahaha

I always thought the SBS were the Special Boat Squadron ?
Anyway, don’t talk trains to me, I waited for best part of an hour on a draughty overbridge at Welwyn Garden City station yesterday morning, expecting a Duchess on the front of a charter – only to find two 86’s top-and-tailing, which ain’t quite the same.
I’ve seen that 47 before, riding trailing Thunderbird behind a Tornado charter thru’ Welwyn North on the ECML. Do you know where the 57 was dragging it to ?

late edit: The Duchess did come through about 3 minutes after I walked away – the 86’s were hauling another charter, which I did’nt know about!

Hardly

You’ll have to tell me what else it does then…

Ah, it’s a £400 black box to do the job of a £10 Air-band radio and a good pair of bins or a scope.

Hardly

Ah, it’s a £400 black box to do the job of a £10 Air-band radio and a good pair of bins or a scope.

The Sad B******* Society would be Bus Spotters surely.
Old Shape, you’ve never heard of the SBS?? Where have you been living?

SBS Could be ‘The Sad B*stards Society’ the equivalent that Railway-fanatics are to ‘Plane Spotters’:D:D:D