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by GeoffAlan3
Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:43 pm
Forum: Scenery
Topic: Advice please: How does one get coal from pit head to wagon?
Replies: 22
Views: 5287

Re: Advice please: How does one get coal from pit head to wagon?

is electrolysis used I wonder. Pass a high enough current through h2o and it splits into h and o... the hydrogren rises above the oxygen as its lighter... so they can shipon both off and use it. All you need to do is keep the anode and cathode a distance away from each other and collect the bubbles...
by GeoffAlan3
Tue Aug 23, 2022 11:34 am
Forum: Scenery
Topic: Advice please: How does one get coal from pit head to wagon?
Replies: 22
Views: 5287

Re: Advice please: How does one get coal from pit head to wagon?

is electrolysis used I wonder. Pass a high enough current through h2o and it splits into h and o... the hydrogren rises above the oxygen as its lighter... so they can shipon both off and use it. All you need to do is keep the anode and cathode a distance away from each other and collect the bubbles...
by GeoffAlan3
Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:24 am
Forum: DC
Topic: Stay alive/keep alive for DC
Replies: 19
Views: 5494

Re: Stay alive/keep alive for DC

It has been done. The N gauge Society Hunslet DS has a built in stay alive and DCC chip, yet on DC the stay alive function is still working.
by GeoffAlan3
Fri Jul 01, 2022 1:58 pm
Forum: Other model railway manufacturers
Topic: Rapido 4-2-2 Stirling
Replies: 8
Views: 2797

Re: Rapido 4-2-2 Stirling

I'd love one, but modelling in N I doubt they'll ever build it. Heck! We can't even get a J72, and they were in service for 60 years and all over the LNER system pre and post grouping.
by GeoffAlan3
Fri Jan 28, 2022 11:29 am
Forum: Layout Track & Design
Topic: Mansfield - a slow burner…
Replies: 15
Views: 4296

Re: Mansfield - a slow burner…

I'll have to get my sister, who lives in Personchester to check the etymology of the original name.
by GeoffAlan3
Thu Jan 27, 2022 1:24 pm
Forum: Layout Track & Design
Topic: Mansfield - a slow burner…
Replies: 15
Views: 4296

Re: Mansfield - a slow burner…

In these woke times, shouldn't that be Personsfield?
by GeoffAlan3
Sun Jan 16, 2022 2:21 pm
Forum: Layout Track & Design
Topic: Practical size?
Replies: 16
Views: 4010

Re: Practical size?

N gauge offers the chance to run a longer train, in terms of number of items trailing behind the loco. Great for sitting watching the train(s) go by. And also the chance on your layout to have a shunting are while the trains go by another loco can be shunting and making up the next train to run. Thi...
by GeoffAlan3
Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:43 am
Forum: N Gauge
Topic: peco turntable
Replies: 10
Views: 4870

Re: peco turntable

Union Mills make powerful locos. As Colin doesn't do internet, you need to find his current stock list, it appears in N Gauge Society magazine and N Gauge Now magazine. His phone number is 01624 853896 Based in the Isle of Man, a call in the morning usually sees a delivery next day and as a bonus yo...
by GeoffAlan3
Sun Nov 15, 2020 11:00 am
Forum: The Mess Room
Topic: help with old eyes.
Replies: 16
Views: 6595

Re: help with old eyes.

Good light is your friend. As an N gauger since 1974, I use a window, room light, angle pose light and torch suitably positioned for the fiddly bits.