Turn the bass up! :D Fun and games at the Yarnton level crossings with GBRf 66782 'Charity Railtours'.... I get a wave from my son at the controls of GBRf 66782 at the head of train 4M19 as it runs slow past Yarnton and Sandy Lane Level Crossings 26 11 20 due to a damaged barrier at Sandy Lane. The class 66 has been described as the reviver of fortunes of the railways due to its power and reliability - even though it has the aerodynamic qualities of a supermarket! The flashing red lamp at the back is to let lineside railway staff, such as signalmen, know that the train is complete and that part of it hasn't decoupled during the journey and been left behind, though the brakes would come on anyway due to parted air hoses. Notice how the driver puts the power on at a low setting to take up the slop in the couplings, before applying more. The train was headed from Southampton Docks to the East Midlands Gateway containerised freight interchange, in the midlands, and due back to Southampton that night with a new load of containers going in the other direction. The Train - headcode '4M19' is a regular, scheduled service for freight, run by GBRf (Great British Railfreight). The phone didn't do justice to the mighty rumble of the 66 as it set off... ;)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uY05pxiSbI
Time to give my trolley mounted Lister CS engine a last run before it goes to a new home. The engine is already on ebay so I won't be owning it long now :-))
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOTNwCW7_2U
Ratchet drive CVT (continuously variable transmission) buggy after a bit of modifying to help low speed power - I think this design has great potential - over to all you Knex builders out there. Alas I had a cold when I made this so my voice had almost gone - so you'll just have to make do with the pictures if you cant hear me! :)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8SvSSpbtV4
I get a wave and a huge horn blow from my son and favorite train driverologist as he flies by at the controls of Class 66 no. 66737 at the head of a regular scheduled 'General Merchandise' freight train, number '4M19' hauling multimodal (road/ship/rail) containers. Train weight that day was 1,200 tonnes. I could see that the train had been pathed (all lights set to green) straight through Oxford here https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps/signalling/oxford#T_OXFD. so I suspected he'd be going at a clip, - N8 at 65mph I found out later (N8 or Notch 8 is the highest power setting out of 8 positions). Train runs between Southampton Western docks and East Midlands gateway - happy days! :)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp3dPC1Ariw
Hi Megachum, I've put this clip on here so you can get an idea of the dramatic start to our movie. This is shot using a cheap camera from a limited angle shot, better technology would give a much better effect. Mine is a very 'butch' industry - ideal as an intro in to a movie about a subject that many regard as something that only wimps suffer from - depression :-)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yevUQfPeqvk
Sketchup not responding easy fix. My laptop, a Samsung NP70Z5A UK version with an Intel chip set
Judging by the number of 'dislikes' this fix didn't work for everyone, but it worked for me, so if it works for you, give it a 'like', and let Youtube know it it's appreciated, despite the down votes! ;)
Restart your computer and load up Sketchup first, before opening anything else. My laptop failed the 'Sketchup Checkup' test with the following errors - see the following screen grab....
"Error: Hardware acceleration is unsupported or has been disabled on your graphics card. SketchUp requires that you use a hardware accelerated graphics card.
Success: System RAM requirement has been met!
Success: Operating system version requirement has been met!
The Checkup program found some errors (listed above). You may need to take some action in order to run SketchUp 2019.
See Help Documentation for more information."
I'm guessing that the program app needs to hive off some system resources to make up for the lack of hardware acceleration, so it heeds to open first to nab these resources before they are cornered by other apps.
YouTube is planning to close down little visited channels so a 'like or subscribe' will help keep mine alive :)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8F670g5fMg
Pointing out that you can easily change the sprocket on a Sturmey Archer gear drive - in this case, on a Bickerton.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLSwqxvaIqY