Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters

Not seen that yet, but I'm guessing we've cracked the code (or at least read the manual) so correct destinations should be available! The Sprinter has been pottering around the headshunt/station today.

 

Driver training / convertion ?

 

A thought occurred to me seeing that photo and the coupling on the 150. Does the railway have anything capable of towing/shunting it? I presume some form of adapter must be possible, or would a barrier vehicle be necessary?

 

Adapter couplings are available. In fact all the units used to carry one at each end when introduced.

 

That makes sense. Thanks for the info.

 

I was just having a browse of the Watercress website to see what the various Flying Scotsman events involved, and noticed a full midweek two-train running timetable kicks in very early in March even before the 60103 visit. Though I can't see it specified anywhere, I imagine that might mean one of the sets is the Sprinter. Either way, looks like a nice option for any midweek days off at a time when lots of lines are only running at weekends if that. Couldn't see any days marked as using the Ropley shuttle timetable at this point. I enjoyed that from a novelty point of view.

 

I suspect you are right. One of the plus points of the sprinter was the ability to run an earlier down service off Alton, and looking at the timetable the down is actually the first service of the day at 10:50 vs the 11:00 up off Alresford.

 

The timetable is the same for all two-train services regardless of traction type. That first week of march will be the unit on the Alton diagram though.

 

I'm back!

The first full working party of the year, with five like minded nutters in attendance atop the hill took place yesterday, though Muggin's 'Ere and Me Mucker have formed an advance party for the previous few weeks, preparing things for the arrival of our next project...... Which finally landed in road #2 this week!

For once it isn't a wagon, but a wagon load - SR Container 102749S that has seen better days, and was deemed unsafe 10 years ago, however work on it will have to wait awhile, as we now need it for storage, as whilst we've been waiting for it to come into the yard, we started some remedial work on our workshop PMV only to discover that the floor is rotten and is desperate need of replacemant & the only way to do that is to empty the van out........ which is why Muggin's 'Ere & Me Mucker have spent three weeks chucking stuff into the skip that has never been used, and never will be, along with transferring all the tools we could into the CCT.

After three weeks, it didn't look look we'd done anything!

But with five on site, in roads were made, all the timber stored underneath it was either moved under the CCT , or if not fit for purpose, onto the bonfire.

By the end of the day, several shelving units had been emptied and manhandled into the SR Container, along with various bits & pieces, and it still doesn't look like we've achieved much........

But once the van is empty, we can rip the floor up, and assess the frames properly, decide on any action to be taken, and then, what type of flooring to lay......

Either way, the new floor isn't going to be cheap and will put a major dent in our meager funds, so should you be attending any model railway shows where we have our sales stand, along with the gala's, please help us with either a purchase or donation!

SR Container on the blocks in road #2 as a temporary storage.