QUOTE: Originally posted by John Bakeer Sorry David, My limited knowledge of the swig market west of the mid atlantic ridge is due to my health and not able to cross the pond, is only based on the experiences of other brits who can swim. The feed back I get is that almost without exception all US/ Can. beer is completely undrinkable and has to be near frozen in order to paralise the taste buds. Nevertheless my computer gives me the chance to drive N American trains as well as UK and some European. The management gives me stick for refusing to stop short of a signal (for lunch). John B.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
John Baker
QUOTE: Originally posted by John Bakeer Murphy, It is possible under English law to own shares in non-profit making enterprises/charities, there are no dividends and the purchase of (a) share(s) is classed as an open ended loan which is in most cases not redeemable, unles the organisation is purchased by normal for prifits organisation. ie. A building society being bought by a bank. But this whole subject is a maze of rules and regulations, basically when investing in rail preservation you kiss your money goodby, but returns are not what it is about. John B.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Tulyar15 Here's a pic of the tour I went on last Saturday, taken just after it emerged from the avalanche shelter near Fairbourne (Barmouth is visible in the distance). If you look carefully you might even be able to spot my head leaning out of the last car. At that precise moment I was filming with my video camera! http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=142769
QUOTE: Originally posted by Simon Reed Murphy - Tulyar will explain but yes it does. In the UK - and indeed Europe generally - trains are bi-directional. We don't reverse trains on a "wye." If a train needs to go in the opposite direction there are two prinicipal options:- 1 - The driver (engineer) simply walks to the cab at the other end of the train and sets off using the controls there. This is almost universal in European, Japanese and Australasian passenger trains and is a methodology adopted in North American Commuter rail. Amtrak use this means of working with their "Cabbages", and on the Talgo trainsets in the Northwest. 2 - Either the loco uses a siding to "run round" it's train or a different loco is put on the opposite end. This method is used primarily on freight trains where the consist is not permanent. The train pictured went to Barmouth, and is formed of older BR stock which is not cab-car compatible. There are no longer facilities for loco's to run round at Barmouth so a loco at each end was necessary to enable Tulyar to come back home again. Not a dumb question, just a situation that you'll not experience every day in Sioux Falls! Hope I've answered it.
--David
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