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The brilliant but, fatally flawed railway propulsion idea pioneered by Brunel.
Trains were connected to a sliding piston within a pipe which was laid along the centre of the track and propelled ...
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the physical dimensions which will pass safely through tunnels, past other
trains etc. of a specific railway, also the light metal frame suspended from an arm which checks dimensions.
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Also known as an "autotrain", the GWR term for a push-pull vehicle. The GWR made considerable use of such
trains on branch and secondary services, a mechanical linkage enabling the reg...
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A nickname given to the 19th century
trains that the railway companies were, by law, obliged to run to cater for the less affluent. They stopped at all stations and were consequently slow. The f...
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It has finally happened. Yeovil Town today had it's first session with computer control. We have much work to do on splitting the layout up into blocks but at the mo just operating points and ru...
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Because early steam locomotives were low powered, pioneering engineers used rope or cable winches powered by stationary steam engines to haul
trains up steep inclines. Similarly, the ropes would...
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It's started...
We have purchased the first bits of hardware for the the fiddle yard. Yeovil Town will eventually become a very useful club layout where we can run complete
trains to and from a...
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Facing Point Lock. A safety feature required on all facing points used by passenger
trains,which locks the point blades in position to prevent derailments.
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