If you register, you can do a lot more. And become an active part of our growing community. You'll have access to hidden forums, and enjoy the ability of replying and starting conversations.

How not to drive a steam loco..............

Discussie in 'Steam Traction' gestart door green five, 21 okt 2013.

  1. green five

    green five Resident of Nat Pres

    Lid geworden:
    30 apr 2006
    Berichten:
    6.817
    Leuk Bevonden:
    2.720
    Geslacht:
    Man
    Beroep:
    Design Draughtsman
    Locatie:
    Hampshire
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer


    Had this video of 5407 on the S&C from 1984 sent to my YT subscription today by PSOV. Made me wince.
     
  2. LMS2968

    LMS2968 Part of the furniture

    Lid geworden:
    1 sep 2006
    Berichten:
    3.083
    Leuk Bevonden:
    5.393
    Geslacht:
    Man
    Beroep:
    Lecturer retired: Archivist of Stanier Mogul Fund
    Locatie:
    Wigan
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    I can only assume that there was serious water carry-over preventing the regulator from being closed. Surely no driver would willingly allow such a protracted slip in other circumstances.
     
  3. Andy2857

    Andy2857 Member

    Lid geworden:
    9 dec 2011
    Berichten:
    633
    Leuk Bevonden:
    297
    Geslacht:
    Man
    Locatie:
    Wolverhampton/Sheffield
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    Oh god, that was actually painful to watch.
     
  4. Martin Perry

    Martin Perry Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator Friend

    Lid geworden:
    15 apr 2006
    Berichten:
    16.552
    Leuk Bevonden:
    7.905
    Locatie:
    1012 / 60158
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
  5. green five

    green five Resident of Nat Pres

    Lid geworden:
    30 apr 2006
    Berichten:
    6.817
    Leuk Bevonden:
    2.720
    Geslacht:
    Man
    Beroep:
    Design Draughtsman
    Locatie:
    Hampshire
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Could well be. There is a distinct surge in power around 15/16 seconds into the video.
     
  6. burnettsj

    burnettsj Member

    Lid geworden:
    22 mrt 2006
    Berichten:
    208
    Leuk Bevonden:
    21
    Geslacht:
    Man
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    Or other footplate members. You can see that it was finally stopped by the engine being wound into mid gear, which would suggest the regulator couldn't be shut.
     
  7. Bean-counter

    Bean-counter Part of the furniture

    Lid geworden:
    21 jul 2007
    Berichten:
    5.844
    Leuk Bevonden:
    7.688
    Geslacht:
    Man
    Locatie:
    Former NP Member
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    All my computer is showing where the video should be is a blank area - the same is true on all threads with videos - any idea why? Been like that for a couple of weeks.

    Thanks

    Steven
     
  8. flying scotsman123

    flying scotsman123 Resident of Nat Pres

    Lid geworden:
    9 sep 2013
    Berichten:
    10.707
    Leuk Bevonden:
    18.815
    Geslacht:
    Man
    Locatie:
    Cheltenham
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    same here, I think NP have blocked youtube vids. if you quote the post, the embed code will appear. copy and paste that into a tab alreasdy open with youtube on the end of the youtube.com part, should get you to the right video.

    edit, just tried this and it doesn't work, I did this the other day :confused: I'll keep playing...

    got it, youtube.com/watch?v=[insert code bit here]
     
  9. Jamessquared

    Jamessquared Nat Pres stalwart

    Lid geworden:
    8 mrt 2008
    Berichten:
    28.035
    Leuk Bevonden:
    65.636
    Locatie:
    LBSC 215
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    Works OK for me (Safari / Mac) - so I wonder if it is browser-specific rather than site-specific? Have you done an upgrade recently?

    Anyway, the video in question is here:

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft2RD9c_T34

    Tom
     
  10. flying scotsman123

    flying scotsman123 Resident of Nat Pres

    Lid geworden:
    9 sep 2013
    Berichten:
    10.707
    Leuk Bevonden:
    18.815
    Geslacht:
    Man
    Locatie:
    Cheltenham
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    I'm on google chrome, interestingly, just checked on IE and it worked fine, but I much prefer google chrome, which is annoying :(
     
  11. DR73202

    DR73202 New Member

    Lid geworden:
    14 feb 2009
    Berichten:
    42
    Leuk Bevonden:
    40
    I use google chrome and works fine for me.
     
  12. flying scotsman123

    flying scotsman123 Resident of Nat Pres

    Lid geworden:
    9 sep 2013
    Berichten:
    10.707
    Leuk Bevonden:
    18.815
    Geslacht:
    Man
    Locatie:
    Cheltenham
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    just noticed a little shield in the corner of my screen, it had blocked it :D
     
  13. THE MELTER

    THE MELTER Member

    Lid geworden:
    31 okt 2006
    Berichten:
    422
    Leuk Bevonden:
    63
    Beroep:
    ENGINEER
    Locatie:
    BLACK COUNTRY
    Thats the way they all did it acording to the sages in the railway club at Saltley. LOL.
     
  14. rule55

    rule55 Member

    Lid geworden:
    18 aug 2009
    Berichten:
    311
    Leuk Bevonden:
    219
    Aye and, luckily for them, youtube hadn't been invented. It makes one wonder what all the armchair experts did to occupy their time back in the fifties and sixties. ;-)
     
  15. THE MELTER

    THE MELTER Member

    Lid geworden:
    31 okt 2006
    Berichten:
    422
    Leuk Bevonden:
    63
    Beroep:
    ENGINEER
    Locatie:
    BLACK COUNTRY
    Thats easily answered, they stood for the LDC or the railway club comittee.
    and yes i have signed the book,

    The melter
     
    rule55 vindt dit leuk.
  16. Pete Thornhill

    Pete Thornhill Resident of Nat Pres Staff Member Administrator Moderator Friend

    Lid geworden:
    24 jul 2008
    Berichten:
    7.833
    Leuk Bevonden:
    6.080
    I can assure you we haven't.............
     
  17. THE MELTER

    THE MELTER Member

    Lid geworden:
    31 okt 2006
    Berichten:
    422
    Leuk Bevonden:
    63
    Beroep:
    ENGINEER
    Locatie:
    BLACK COUNTRY
    i can confirm all is well in the tubes department, you or otherwise,

    The Melter
     
  18. threelinkdave

    threelinkdave Well-Known Member

    Lid geworden:
    1 aug 2013
    Berichten:
    2.065
    Leuk Bevonden:
    1.240
    Geslacht:
    Man
    Beroep:
    Retired
    Locatie:
    Stratford-upon-Avon or in a brake KD to BH
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    My computer has a firewall and all NP pages get a "only secure content displayed" footer. With the message displayed the video is invisible. if I allow all content to be displayed the video appears and is viewable. Perhaps others have the firewall but dont get the message banner. just a thought from a computer luddite.
     
  19. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

    Lid geworden:
    30 mei 2009
    Berichten:
    22.740
    Leuk Bevonden:
    22.895
    Locatie:
    1016
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    The latest version of Firefox will block embedded video content. All you have to do on the page you are interested in is to click to the left of the address bar where there is a shield. The drop down menu then gives you the option of 'disabling protection'. Then you will get YouTube but only on that page. You have to do it all again for the next page if there's video embedded. A little inconvenient but it's just Firefox looking after us all.
     
    david1984 vindt dit leuk.
  20. class8mikado

    class8mikado Part of the furniture

    Lid geworden:
    1 jun 2009
    Berichten:
    3.858
    Leuk Bevonden:
    1.656
    Beroep:
    Print Estimator/ Repository of Useless Informatio.
    Locatie:
    Bingley W.Yorks.
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Open drain cocks might have helped...
     

Deel Deze Pagina