Petersham College training cars moving soon.

42101 · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 7:45 pm

Biqua can you put those pics of the process up thanks mate because very few Cool

of us on here get to see it all happening.

Thanks heaps to ALL my friends on here.

biqua · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 7:48 pm

TheLoadedDog · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 7:49 pm

FieldShunt74 · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 7:53 pm

TE2815 · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:06 pm

Thanks for the replies Cool

. I was under the impression that a temporary set of points were also installed on the Down Local for the movement to take place, as they weren't that now explains what I saw happening in the pictures Smile

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TheLoadedDog · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:06 pm

Yeah, I know the railways are superstitious, but some of it I can wear - renumberings and such (and to me that is also not necessarily superstition but also a mark of respect). A new target plate isn't much drama, but once you start interfering with actual operations, then that's a different matter.

Also, something like 4620 beig scrapped is more understandable, as loco numbers (especially in those days) had some meaning to the commuting public. But not so much the black vinyl lettering on a spark - I doubt most people even know it's there.

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biqua · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 9:05 pm

Ok, I have uploaded 50 odd photos from the day to http://biqua.fotopic.net/c1507982.html (too many to display here). I added descriptions to help understand it all, but unfortunately they are in reverse order, so start at the end. Upside-down Razz

As for the whole process, it went something like this - for the Tullochs, they slung the temporary track over the top of the down local, however this alone was not enough - as each bogie reached the join, it seemed to require adjustment. I got there as the first one was being worked on.

Once the first Tulloch was on the local, the front end loader aka shunter reversed to separate the carriages (you can see in my photos how they wedged the front until the buffer), however it also derailed that end ... this is where I got a bunch of pics of the rerailing, but only three seemed worth uploading, as movement was understandably a slow, careful process.

After making a secure base out of old sleepers, a hydraulic jack is used to raise the carriage. A special metal beam is placed underneath, with a sliding stand, and another smaller jack on it - this lifts takes over from the first jack. A hydraulic arm pushes the slide over until the bogie is lined up with the track again, and then it is lowered back on the track. I say hydraulic in all this, but it could be pneumatic - I always get them confused.

After that and chatting to Fred who breifly popped by, I went home for lunch (so didn't see the second one transferred), Sandown to see a Patrick train, and eventually back to Petersham on the way home. I got there as the Vs were being moved into position, and saw them move DIM8020 about halfway across. This time no psuedo points, just jacking up both ends and sliding the whole thing over a bit at a time, alternating between ends.

Remember, the rest of the pics are in my gallery as mentioned above. Wink

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Raichase · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 9:15 pm

Very interesting photos and accounts from all. Thanks for calling me today biqua and telling me about it - I thought it was all going on tonight! Feel sorry for the blokes down there when the thing derailed, that'd be the last thing they would want!

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doridori · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 10:21 pm

42101 · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 10:29 pm

They ARE Hydraulic jacks indeed, definitely not pneumatic at all.

Thanks heaps to ALL my friends on here.

Electra · Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 12:47 am

nazarail · Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 1:45 am

as of this evening, 8020 is in the compound and the trailer still fowling the local.

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doridori · Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 3:42 am

Bwana · Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 7:58 am

Like TE, I expected a temporary set of points and some simple shunting (which made me wonder why they had something like 16 hours to do it). As a result I figured I had buckley's of the actual shunting being done while I was there, so waited till late to see the final result.

Imagine my surprise when I turned up to see this:

Some close ups of the bogies:

48130 could not have been in a darker spot if they tried. This is an 8 second exposure...

TLD™, Is this "the apparatus"?

4819 moves the second V-carraige into position

While, hiding in the dark, the Tullochs wait for the trip to their new home

And seeing as I was out in the dark I tried my hand at long (ish, only 2 seconds) exposure on a moving train:

I left at 7pm, and they'd only just started moving the second v carraige over, so it would seem they must have gone way over time and the return trip would have been quite late - I hope nobody was waiting down the line for a shot of it going past!

PS Biqua, that pic of the guys pushing the bogie is priceless!

I am SO moving to Victoria Street!!

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biqua · Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 8:56 am