Unusual Consist !

[Eastsidepilot]

Col.

 

[timbowales]

Wow!

 

[ovener]

That's certainly not underpowered or lacking in redundancy!

 

[Eastsidepilot]

'Consist' sounds better than 'quadruple headed single coach', whether or not it's used in the real railway world maybe the drivers amongst us will tell us @Dan Randall ?.
I suspect most if not all railway modellers understand it. The term is used in DCC instructions quite often.

 

[simond]

'Consist' sounds better than 'quadruple headed single coach', whether or not it's used in the real railway world maybe the drivers amongst us will tell us @Dan Randall ?.
I suspect most if not all railway modellers understand it. The term is used in DCC instructions quite often.

I think it’s an American term.

 

[Dan Randall]

'Consist' sounds better than 'quadruple headed single coach', whether or not it's used in the real railway world maybe the drivers amongst us will tell us @Dan Randall ?.
I suspect most if not all railway modellers understand it. The term is used in DCC instructions quite often.

Yes, it’s definitely used on today’s rail network, though having joined the railway myself in 2002 (post privatisation), I can’t say if it was used in BR days? That said, I would imagine it could have originated when TOPS was introduced, but expect Brian Daniels would know for sure?


Regards

Dan

 

[Brian Daniels]

Thanks Dan are you insinuating I'm old, your quite right of coarse
I have only heard the expression "Consist" as an Americanism. I just had stuff in multi or you dragged it.

 

[timbowales]

Yes, it’s definitely used on today’s rail network, though having joined the railway myself in 2002 (post privatisation), I can’t say if it was used in BR days? That said, I would imagine it could have originated when TOPS was introduced, but expect Brian Daniels would know for sure?


Regards

Dan

I was under the impression that TOPS was originally an American computer program? The term could have been introduced then?

 

[James Spooner]

I was under the impression that TOPS was originally an American computer program? The term could have been introduced then?

I’m not so sure TOPS was American. If is recall correctly, Brian Bushell, who worked and volunteered on the Ffestiniog, in his earlier days was a key member of the BR team who wrote the code for TOPS. Happy to be corrected though…

Nigel

 

[timbowales]

A

I’m not so sure TOPS was American. If is recall correctly, Brian Bushell, who worked and volunteered on the Ffestiniog, in his earlier days was a key member of the BR team who wrote the code for TOPS. Happy to be corrected though…

Nigel

According to Wikipedia TOPS was developed by Southern Pacific Railroad and Stanford University in the USA

 

[Osgood]

 

[Dog Star]

And what would Yoda be thinking if your avatar was of a signal showing the all-clear indication?

 

[Osgood]

"Lower he is".

He'd probably be wondering how on earth we ended up having both upper and lower quadrant signals I expect!

 

[Jordan or Plymouth Mad]

Col.

Typical train set owner, I'd say - just run what they like, with no regard at all for compatible liveries, Regions or Eras.

 

[Osgood]

Have to admit that Class 57 thingy does look rather elegant in lined black, goes well with custard and cream!
Makes you wonder how well other diesel classes would carry the same livery.



Heljan 4mm specimen:

 

[timbowales]

Have to admit that Class 57 thingy does look rather elegant in lined black!
Makes you wonder how well other diesel classes would carry the same livery.

Heljan 4mm specimen:
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Well the first BR diesels were all black

 

[Osgood]

Well the first BR diesels were all black

Well I can think of LMS 10000 - certainly black when finished by LMS (or was it just into BR ownership?) but later turned green by BR.
Also the Gronks and Drewry 04s, they looked good in black before they turned green (circa ?).
Were there any others?

 

[simond]

And the 1500V Electrics.

I wasn’t a fan of the BR Blue.

 

[Martin Shaw]

They weren't called Black 5s for nothing.

 

[Osgood]

Discovered that several Class 31s were painted black when under ownership of Fragonset (a spot hire company) - here's the Accurascale 4mm model (I guess the plethora of high level bodyside louvres would make application of the traditional lining used on the 57 somewhat problematic):