Standard units for railway installs?

[alxndr]

Not North of the border they aren't. WAGOs are all but banned and every spec has a clause that 2BA are to be used, I think after a previous bad experience with them.

I'm even more tempted to move up there now then! Fed up of faults boiling down to the terrible design of WAGOs.

 

[Committee man]

Not North of the border they aren't. WAGOs are all but banned and every spec has a clause that 2BA are to be used, I think after a previous bad experience with them.

Glad to hear it. I've finished now but up to that point pretty much everyone hated WAGO links. Seemed to be change for change sake, like the rest of the railway I suppose. Some trendy (expensive) product sold to some 'manager' who never had to deal with them no doubt.

 

[John Webb]

Sorry if it's a little off-topic, but what on earth are WAGO links? (I must admit I was surprised on erecting some LED signals a couple of years back to find they still had 2BA studs!)

 

[eMeS]

Sorry if it's a little off-topic, but what on earth are WAGO links? (I must admit I was surprised on erecting some LED signals a couple of years back to find they still had 2BA studs!)

I too had to do a search for WAGO. Seems like they're the latest, simplest method of doing an electrical wiring connection - according to the page I found... and it was selling them.

 

[QueensCurve]

It seems the SLU (21ft) has been abandoned. All loops are shown in metres.

SLU? What was this used for?

 

[pdeaves]

SLU? What was this used for?

SLU = standard length unit, equivalent to one old fashioned four wheeled wagon.

 

[QueensCurve]

SLU = standard length unit, equivalent to one old fashioned four wheeled wagon.

Many thanks.

 

[pdeaves]

Many thanks.

Oh, and the second part of the question, the SLU gave an indication of how many wagons would fit in a siding or loop. 10 SLUs would hold 10 standard wagons or 5 double length ones, etc.