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Re: Brit-Rail APT (Advanced Passenger Train)
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 31 May 2001 18:22:15 GMT
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On Thu, 31 May 2001, Jason J. Railton (<GE7F01.HM9@lugnet.com>) wrote at
14:31:13
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> Someone brought a working tilt train along to Tony Priestman's Lego Fest
> earlier this year. Who was it? I was hoping to have another look at it at
> Gosport, but it didn't show.
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> It worked by having a large bogey pinned upright then pivoted horizontally
> onto the rear of one carriage, then also pinned under the front of the next
> one. The rear of the carriage was free to both turn and roll, but the pivot
> at the front of each carriage was angled, so that the carriage was forced to
> roll slightly as it turned into a corner, like a skateboard truck. By only
> forcing one end to tilt in this way, with the other end free, it could
> easily handle zig-zag tracks and points.
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> A brilliant (if slightly flimsy) mechanism. I'd like to try one myself if I
> could stand to build a diesel :-)
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> So, come on, who was it?
It's Jon Reynolds.
His online appearances are a bit sporadic, so I'll see if I can dig out
some pictures that I took a while ago.
--
Tony Priestman
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| Sporadic? Moi? I have some trad photos somewhere detailing the bogeys which can be scanned - I have not the patience or the desire to set up my own website right now but when scanned they can of course be emailed or put on someone else's site. The (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Someone brought a working tilt train along to Tony Priestman's Lego Fest earlier this year. Who was it? I was hoping to have another look at it at Gosport, but it didn't show. It worked by having a large bogey pinned upright then pivoted (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
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