tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079411123321019478.post5869016141512109615..comments2024-01-23T12:41:44.446+00:00Comments on The Caffeinated Engine Driver: Clayton Battery Electric Locomotive No. 5843Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02418527698793489162noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079411123321019478.post-60758193756707093232015-06-11T16:04:45.467+01:002015-06-11T16:04:45.467+01:00The road out there can still be pretty hairy, espe...The road out there can still be pretty hairy, especially if the weather is bad!<br /><br />A large wooden shed sounds about right as the only description I have so far (from No77 of the Industrial Railway Record) refers to a "specially built charging 'shed' which forms part of the pump house at the Woodhead end". I assume 'shed' wouldn't refer to the more substantial building that was there recently.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02418527698793489162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079411123321019478.post-65117535962086960472015-06-11T15:33:29.304+01:002015-06-11T15:33:29.304+01:00I'm really scratching my head...I remember the...I'm really scratching my head...I remember the road was pretty hairy for the truck I drove, although I had only just passed my class 2 test at the time. Yes, I think the photo on the left is the W end and I have a dim recollection of a large wooden shed, set hard in to the retaining stonework, but I can't quite remember. I will mull over it for a day or two and something might come back- sorry I can't be of more help just now. Perhaps the synapses will repair with encouragement!Iain Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633733907566547236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079411123321019478.post-3624172918726502682015-06-11T14:50:16.103+01:002015-06-11T14:50:16.103+01:00Interesting. Do you by any chance have any recolle...Interesting. Do you by any chance have any recollection of what buildings were by the Woodhead tunnel entrance around that time? I've seen a report that suggests the building that was just removed was built in the early 1980's but I've seen a photo dated 1978 that also shows it so I'm not sure exactly when it was built or what came before it.<br /><br />If I've interpreted the photos above correctly the one on the left is taken looking out of the western end of the tunnel. There seems to be too much daylight for there to have been a building on the left immediately having exited the tunnel, but there is a point with track leading off left which I understand went to some form of engine store, but so far I've no idea what that looked like.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02418527698793489162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079411123321019478.post-14402702807479203952015-06-11T10:53:26.073+01:002015-06-11T10:53:26.073+01:00I was aware of the ng. line as I lived in Stalybri...I was aware of the ng. line as I lived in Stalybridge for a while in the early seventies...my job at the time took me up to Woodhead delivering materials. I remember the works yard and the narrow gauge track but I can't remember a locomotive. This looks like a very worthwhile project- something interesting and unusual. As for the change in scale, I find 7mm/ft so much easier than anything else, although it's sobering to think that the little loco will still be tiny!Iain Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633733907566547236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079411123321019478.post-54241332558162652812015-06-01T16:22:44.523+01:002015-06-01T16:22:44.523+01:00Exciting times ahead. What I can't understand ...Exciting times ahead. What I can't understand is why I find it so interesting watching someone else model things in which I have no real interest. The human mind is a strange thing. Well mine appears to be anyway.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079411123321019478.post-33746103674557074382015-05-31T16:16:27.098+01:002015-05-31T16:16:27.098+01:00Battery locos were often designed to be easily re-...Battery locos were often designed to be easily re-gauged, as they were sold to contractors who might need to use different gauges to suit different jobs. I have a photo of a similar 18" gauge Clayton being used on a sewer tunnel contract about to be lowered down a shaft. (Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways in Britain, Bradford Barton. Oddy enough the next two photos in the book are of cabless Huddy Hunslets...)Paul B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05278773151546187084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079411123321019478.post-15798130618155445382015-05-31T15:59:05.549+01:002015-05-31T15:59:05.549+01:00My current plan is all printed bar the maker/works...My current plan is all printed bar the maker/works plates and the bell holder as everything else appears to fit within the limits of the printing process and I'm confident in my 3D printing skills than my etch drawing skills. Having said that certain parts of it would probably work well as etches (the top of the battery box being a good example). I'm going to try a printed version and then may refine the model depending on how it turns out so it may gain more etched bits as I go along. After all it appeared in three different liveries so I can experiment by building at least three models!<br /><br />I've got drawings for the normal version but that seems to be 2 foot gauge as well, although I'm guessing it would have been easy to regauge for 18 inch so an O9 version is a distinct possibility.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02418527698793489162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079411123321019478.post-47037744963384809032015-05-31T15:41:26.869+01:002015-05-31T15:41:26.869+01:00Another interesting project Mark. All print or par...Another interesting project Mark. All print or part etched?<br /><br />Similar locos, albeit with smaller wheels, were also available in 18" gauge. So with a few revisions and a 9mm gauge power unit you could offer it to the O9 lunatic fringe...Paul B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05278773151546187084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079411123321019478.post-67990689530447744312015-05-31T12:55:56.535+01:002015-05-31T12:55:56.535+01:00I'm looking forward to this saga unfolding.I'm looking forward to this saga unfolding.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.com