Early Start!

[Sprog]

thing is!

curently its a sack of skiiit!

you shoud flaming see it!!!

bits missing (seat cusions, cab indicator lights, broken seals, knackard windscreen wipers etc, rubbers, seizzed components, poor external condition), these things are treated like crap over canton and when it come to exams this amkes it twice as hard....

when..or if (?!) they are overhauled...they should start from scratch and rennew alot of it,,, cus tbh, thats whats needed..most stuffs knackard...

 

[Simming]

At SPM do you have a good supply of canton tape?

 

[devon_metro]

That's what i was guna say

Blame the (HELLFIRE) Welsh at their little (HELLFIRE) depot that steals stuff from our (HELLFIRE) Trains. (When referring to our i am referring to (HELLFIRE) fGW and as i live in (HELLFIRE) fGWs (HELLFIRE) area i can refer to it as 'Our')

Yup Canton also put 150s out on (HELLFIRE) 158 booked Gloucester>PNZ

Should be better when all of the (HELLFIRE) unit's move to (HELLFIRE) SPM!

Good to have Sprog fixing them and those (HELLFIRE) HSTs



Beat that Chaz and Craig
12 Hellfires including this one and those ones

Truly Hellfireingly hellfire this topic is turning out to be

I fogot to mention... Canton tape is HELLFIRE

Make that 13

 

[Techniquest]

If this is the new generation of enthusiast, then things will be going from bad to worse...The media hates us now, wait until this lot become fully-fledged bashers...

 

[Guinness]

Beat that Chaz and Craig
12 Hellfires including this one and those ones

Most are in Brackets. That isn't HELLFIRE at all.......

 

[devon_metro]

Most are in Brackets. That isn't HELLFIRE at all.......

It's DREADFUL isn't it

 

[Guinness]

It's DREADFUL isn't it

Completely!! It's a touch BEASTLY too.

 

[Guinness]

Bad omen? 43040 "Bristol St Philip's Marsh" is literally dead on rear of a set. Probably failed!

The Curse of Sproggy Begins.....

 

[Sprog]

Muwhahahahaaaaaaa!!

 

[16CSVT2700]

43002 went pop today as well!

Feckin vandal!!
[EDIT]

better than some of the crap thats posted though!

Bit like the contents of this thread then
:thefinge::thefinge:

(You know I kid sproggers )

 

[TheSlash]

If this is the new generation of enthusiast, then things will be going from bad to worse...The media hates us now, wait until this lot become fully-fledged bashers...

Taxi for "Whatsmynamethisweek-Fan"
Ease up mate, i don't say hellfire etc, but even i could tell he was having a laugh and a joke. :headbang:
Sprog, useless!! You've been in the job 72 hours and already they're failing, gawd knows what 4 years will bring

 

[Jim]

43030 is going well still, good to see you haven't had a chance to sort 153318's CLAG problem

 

[Sprog]

030 is abit poorly this week:

...the powercar paired with 43041 on set LA40 was 43030 8) 8) 8)

It was todays standby set....

...but, 030 is having traction motor problems (hence Notch 5 being taped out), so last i heard the set was being turned via Lawrence Hill and BTM and then after it returned to SPM, 030 was gonna be taken off and repaired,

I helped prep the set between helping finish the Balanced 'A' on 153382 (YES, its STILL there!! hock: )

[ http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=9068 ]

 

[devon_metro]

Got any of those MTUs at SPM, or are they all Laira?

 

[Sprog]

004 was at SPM on Wednesday on a set, parked on 'D' road until it was needed:

Impressive, those series 4's are

But the engine is kept at a constant 30 degrees when shut down!

It had been 'off' for around 3 hours and it was roasting in that engine room!!!!!

 

[devon_metro]

004 is quite simply crap!

009 is the best MTU

Why at 30'c?

 

[Guinness]

004 is quite simply crap!

009 is the best MTU

Why at 30'c?

30c keeps them in pristine condition.

 

[Craig]

30c keeps them in pristine condition.

Any cooler than that then they loose their HELLFIREness

Interesting shots sprog.

 

[66526]

004 is quite simply crap!

009 is the best MTU

Why at 30'c?

I would presume that it's so that it doesn't put stress on the metal. Obviously it isn't good if a metal keeps going form hot to cold etc because of expansion etc. 66s take a while to cool down aswell. Would make it easier to start it up aswell I would imagine.

 

[16CSVT2700]

Think thats right..
Engines don't like cold starts, especially diesel engines because they're designed to get up and go AFAIK.
Thats my understanding anyway....

 

[66526]

If a 66 has been left for a long time it can take them up to 20 minutes to start up. They also turn one revolution before hte engine starts just to check everything is hunkydorie.

 

[Techniquest]

Don't they do that with every single loco/power care/unit anyway? Much like revving a car's engine for short, heavy sessions to ensure the engine is working.

Nice shots of 004's engine! That's something those petrolheads don't have, a monsterously powerful engine! Something to be proud of!

 

[Guinness]

Nice shots of 004's engine! That's something those petrolheads don't have, a monsterously powerful engine! Something to be proud of!

And there I was thinking how proud I was of my Lawnmower Engine.

 

[bunnahabhain]

And there I was thinking how proud I was of my Lawnmower Engine.

You've got a lawnmower engine? Christ, I was just happy with my legs!

 

[Guinness]

You've got a lawnmower engine? Christ, I was just happy with my legs!

I might hook it up to someone with a Wheelchair using the BR Swindon or BR Doncaster Wheelchair ramp tomorrow at GCR 4-CIG Weekend*.

*Again, harmless advertising.

 

[TheSlash]

We have something like 2.5 litre diesel engines on our transits. Whenever i start our van, i always hold the accelerator down for about 10 seconds after 'i am sure i got it'. This quickly warms the engine, ensuring oil and engine reaches working temperature. Also i am used to diesel units where you need to have a higher engine rev to drive the composer quicker, to reduce the time lost waiting for a unit to pump up

 

[66526]

The compressors on 66 are driven directly from the engine so the engine revs up when pumping up the pipe.

 

[TheSlash]

Yeah they have it as an automatic thing where older stuff have the choice basically.