Rare sighting of an Infernal Combustion engine on the Evensford and Midland

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Well this is a first guys. Some urgent re-ballasting was needed after a bad accident on Monday - two carriages ended up on their sides due to ballast washed away.
So yesterday morning, the contractors were given possesion of the main line. Look what they brought with them!
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They had a train of tippers too - looks like they are a bit battered but newly repainted.

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Looks Brilliant Graham, i am sure i recognize the driver:bigsmile:
 
Superb photos Graham, great weathering on the loco, and love the old tippers. :thumbup:
 
Thanks guys.

The loco was from a madder (MediumDom, I think it was...:rolf: ) and has been worked on since. The tippers are Binnie jobbies and have been sitting in this state for over two years waiting for the final weathering.

Yes, the bloke is a bit silly to be out in short sleeves in this weather but he's hard (so he thinks - it comes from being made of resin).

The little loco did a great job of clearing the snow. I was amazed at how well it stayed on the track and in fact it may become the loco of choice when there is no steamie about to check for leaves and twigs.
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Thanks again guys.

Grant the loco is from IP Engineering. It's a sheet metal and whitemetal kit, battery powered by 4 x AAAs. I believe it may be discontinued now so it is VERY RARE. The batteries were struggling a bit because it was minus 5 C. The snow was packing up around them as they are mounted directly underneath the chassis. This cooled them and they lost their oomph until I took the loco inside and warmed them up for a bit. Other than that, and it slipping when there was ice on the rails (it's only driven on one axle), there was no trouble.

James I agree the skips look fine. I am surprised too. This was their first real outing. I bought them a while ago and was really concerned about the tiny diameter wheels but amazingly they didn't come off the track once. They are a credit to the late Colin Binnie. I hope his son continues to make them. I may well invest in some more of his little wagons now.

The loco really did a good job of clearing the snow, far better than I expected.

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Tis an IP Engineering "Punch". I think you're right Graham they have discontinued it now.

Looks the business weathered, and the Binnie skips look good too. Back2Bay6 has some of these in at the moment (Guess where I'm going tomorrow).

Afraid my IP Punch is a wee bit too factory fresh.

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L.N.R. said:
Well I've said it before here, you guys sure are Dedicated, just hope the Society For Prevention of Cruelty to Batteries doesn't hear about this, poor little mites. Think I'd loose my oomph too. Be interested to know what sort of duration you get from such a set-up Graham. If your going to succumb to infernal combustion, that does seem a nice way to do it.
Grant.
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Grant in normal weather I will check the duration. At minus 5, it did about two circuits of my line (about 80 metres per circuit) before freezing and then another couple on the same batteries when they were warmed through again. The same set is fine again now it's in the warm house.

I've just ordered two sets of AAA NiMH+ batteries so they should be OK for a normal session. Tempted to put a set of disposable lithiums in it because they are unaffected by the cold and seem to last the claimed "up to 7 times as long", at least in my camera. EDIT - in fact that thought inspired me to go and look on ebay so I just bought 12 lithium AAAs for £9.30. They will last forever - maybe longer than the gear train :thinking: . It looks a bit dodgy.
 
L.N.R. said:
That's incredible Graham, gee batteries have sure come a long way. What's the battery capacity?
Grant.
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Grant the ones I have used so far are just alkalines so I don't really know the capacity. The rechargeables are 800 mAh nominal. Technical info at http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370286490087&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
I know it's a UK seller so it's not much use to you. The big advantage of these is that they hold their charge over long periods, no self-discharging like normal NiMHs.

As for the disposable lithiums, well, I used them in my previous digital camera and they really do last ages, I would say several multiples of the normal rechargeables.
 
very nice train and pics
will need something similar for my mine
 
Great pics Graham.

Must admit it all looks a bit cold to me. Bbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
 
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