Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off?...

[Bob F]

On 5/22/2023 4:46 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2023-05-11 15:48, Bob F wrote:
On 5/11/2023 5:19 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-05-11 11:31, Tim W wrote:
On Thu, 11 May 2023 01:19:16 +0100, Fredxx wrote:


If you had tyres, you could get rid of the rails. Do you think it\'ll
catch on?

Doesn\'t the Paris Metro have tyred plate-ways?

Yes - at least one line did in the 70s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackal_(1997_film)

The last minutes, as the bad guy tries to flee in the Metro, it has
rubber wheels. Supposedly in the Washington Metro, but I have never
been there so I don\'t know.

Google says it is the Radisson Metro Station in Montréal, Canada.

Looking at the photos, you can see the rails are special.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Radisson_station

I have not found photos of the car wheels. Ah, here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJQV3euafZ8


There is a big difference between a light rail passenger car and a
railroad locomotive.

True.

Locomotives could use rubber soles to increase traction, while the
wagons could keep the metal ones to decrease friction. The locomotive
could be lighter, then.

Actually, I have a toy train that does just that :-D

Do tell me where we can get traction rubber that would stand up to the
incredible weight and forces of a freight locomotive.

 

[Paul]

On 5/22/2023 7:46 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2023-05-11 15:48, Bob F wrote:
On 5/11/2023 5:19 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-05-11 11:31, Tim W wrote:
On Thu, 11 May 2023 01:19:16 +0100, Fredxx wrote:


If you had tyres, you could get rid of the rails. Do you think it\'ll
catch on?

Doesn\'t the Paris Metro have tyred plate-ways?

Yes - at least one line did in the 70s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackal_(1997_film)

The last minutes, as the bad guy tries to flee in the Metro, it has rubber wheels. Supposedly in the Washington Metro, but I have never been there so I don\'t know.

Google says it is the Radisson Metro Station in Montréal, Canada.

Looking at the photos, you can see the rails are special.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Radisson_station

I have not found photos of the car wheels. Ah, here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJQV3euafZ8


There is a big difference between a light rail passenger car and a railroad locomotive.

True.

Locomotives could use rubber soles to increase traction, while the wagons could keep the metal ones to decrease friction. The locomotive could be lighter, then.

Actually, I have a toy train that does just that :-D

Like everything on trains, it\'s complicated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesion_railway

Who knew that the flanges didn\'t keep the train on the tracks

*******

You could design trains, where all the wheels are driven. I expect
lighter rail solutions could be doing things like that.

One of the trains where I was born, were self-propelled cars run
on diesel. The longest of those trains, were three self-propelled cars
connected to one another. An \"engineer\" was located in a short cab area, and
was in control of propulsion settings. That train used to do 60 MPH
when outside of the yard limit, and did as well on the tracks it got to
use, as any national rail trains did.

The number of cars the provider would put on, depended on how many passengers
were expected. At it\'s height, they would put on three cars, and it
took something like six hours to reach the end of the line. The train
would then return the way it came and arrive back in the originating city.

Doing it that way, means you don\'t have a loco that weighs 400,000 pounds.
The wheels are still steel.

You can see it even has its own air horns on the car. And the train
does sound horns at level crossings. But the service life of these is
up, and they\'re no longer running and no similar replacement was designed.
But while they existed, these were excellent. You can see the car also
has an oscillator-light on the front, which rotates a bit, presumably to
attract the attention of careless pedestrians.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Dominion_Atlantic_Railway_9059_Train_2%2C_Dayliner%2C_at_Digby_Wharf%2C_Nova_Scotia_on_September_5%2C_1970_%2822263478920%29.jpg/1024px-Dominion_Atlantic_Railway_9059_Train_2%2C_Dayliner%2C_at_Digby_Wharf%2C_Nova_Scotia_on_September_5%2C_1970_%2822263478920%29.jpg

And while that picture makes it look like an elevated platform is required,
each car has a three-stair section that slides out, and you can \"climb aboard\"
from track level. No matter what \"length\" the train, there were two staff.
The \"engineer\" in the front of the lead car, and a \"conductor\" to punch tickets.
The conductor could do stuff, like slide the stairs out. Where we used to board,
we used the stairs, but I don\'t remember how the stairs work (retraction mechanism).

Paul

 

[rbowman]

On Mon, 22 May 2023 08:46:19 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2023-05-22, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Sun, 21 May 2023 19:35:31 -0700, John Larkin wrote:


Well, I like speed and radical g-forces. My normal driving makes
people sick.

The city got onto a roundabout kick a few years ago. I look at them as
challenges either in a car or on a motorcycle. I learned to drive on
dirt roads and have no problem drifting through a turn. I just like my
feet firmly attached to the ground.

You must not have much traffic where you are. I invariably encounter
some old lady stopped in the approach to the roundabout, waiting for
traffic to disappear.

the first few years were rough when people tended to treat them like 4-way
stops but most people have figured them out although they slow down. There
are advisory speed signs like 15 or 25 mph but I figure if it\'s on a 45
mph road, you go through it at 45.

These aren\'t the huge rotaries like back east so 45 is going to rearrange
the groceries in back. I go a little slower if I\'m carrying eggs.

 

[rbowman]

On Mon, 22 May 2023 06:47:12 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

People here in California handle roundabouts (aka traffic circles)
pretty well. They are better than waiting minutes for lights to
sequence. But not many people drift them. DGMS on driving in Boston or
New Jersey.

I drove OK in Ireland, on the wrong side of the horrible roads, but the
roundabouts were challenging.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTL5x9rSIx8

That\'s one of the larger diameter roundabouts and one of the first to be
built. They loved it so much...

https://medium.com/griz-renter-blog/adopt-a-traffic-circle-231733110421

That\'s the local idea of a traffic circle. Few of them look that pristine
for long. Moving vans, fifth-wheel trailers, and so forth don\'t have much
choice other than running over them. At least the roundabout aprons are
tapered down to meet the pavement so you don\'t get thump - thump - thump.

They are better than the \'bulb-outs\' that force bicycles out into the
traffic lane in interest of safety.

 

[Peeler]

On 22 May 2023 20:25:54 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTL5x9rSIx8

That\'s one of the larger diameter roundabouts and one of the first to be
built. They loved it so much...

Is it now about roundabouts, you idiotic senile shitheads?

--
Self-admiring lowbrowwoman telling everyone yet another \"thrilling\" story
about her great life:
\"In a role reversal my mother taught her father to drive. She was in the
back seat when he took his first test, trying a little telepathy: \"release
the handbrake. release the handbrake\'. He didn\'t, stalled the engine and
failed. The next time went better.\"
MID: <kafp0uF6vi1U5@mid.individual.net>

 

[Cindy Hamilton]

On 2023-05-22, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Mon, 22 May 2023 08:46:19 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2023-05-22, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Sun, 21 May 2023 19:35:31 -0700, John Larkin wrote:


Well, I like speed and radical g-forces. My normal driving makes
people sick.

The city got onto a roundabout kick a few years ago. I look at them as
challenges either in a car or on a motorcycle. I learned to drive on
dirt roads and have no problem drifting through a turn. I just like my
feet firmly attached to the ground.

You must not have much traffic where you are. I invariably encounter
some old lady stopped in the approach to the roundabout, waiting for
traffic to disappear.


the first few years were rough when people tended to treat them like 4-way
stops but most people have figured them out although they slow down. There
are advisory speed signs like 15 or 25 mph but I figure if it\'s on a 45
mph road, you go through it at 45.

These aren\'t the huge rotaries like back east so 45 is going to rearrange
the groceries in back. I go a little slower if I\'m carrying eggs.

Ours aren\'t very big, either. This is the one I like the best:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ellsworth+%2B+State/@42.229363,-83.73813,3018m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x883caf8c5de8b381:0x428862a71be1fc4a!8m2!3d42.229363!4d-83.73813!16s%2Fg%2F1tf7st9w

In their finite wisdom, they located it at the same intersection as the
Senior Citizens\' Center.

It has improved traffic a lot though, and turned a few major accidents
into many fenderbenders.

--
Cindy Hamilton

 

[Carlos E.R.]

On 2023-05-22 13:58, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 22/05/2023 12:46, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-05-11 15:48, Bob F wrote:
On 5/11/2023 5:19 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-05-11 11:31, Tim W wrote:
On Thu, 11 May 2023 01:19:16 +0100, Fredxx wrote:


If you had tyres, you could get rid of the rails. Do you think it\'ll
catch on?

Doesn\'t the Paris Metro have tyred plate-ways?

Yes - at least one line did in the 70s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackal_(1997_film)

The last minutes, as the bad guy tries to flee in the Metro, it has
rubber wheels. Supposedly in the Washington Metro, but I have never
been there so I don\'t know.

Google says it is the Radisson Metro Station in Montréal, Canada.

Looking at the photos, you can see the rails are special.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Radisson_station

I have not found photos of the car wheels. Ah, here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJQV3euafZ8


There is a big difference between a light rail passenger car and a
railroad locomotive.

True.

Locomotives could use rubber soles to increase traction, while the
wagons could keep the metal ones to decrease friction. The locomotive
could be lighter, then.

The tyres wouldnt last ten miles. Which is probably as far as your model
loco has ever travelled in its life.

Maybe. Dunno.

Although I\'m not really talking of tyres, but an extra wheel with a
rubber \"coat\" and no rim.

Actually, I have a toy train that does just that :-D

James Mays 5 mile toy train line destroyed the brand new locos didnt it?

No, mine is \"Ibertren\".

--
Cheers, Carlos.

 

[Carlos E.R.]

On 2023-05-22 17:56, Bob F wrote:

On 5/22/2023 4:46 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-05-11 15:48, Bob F wrote:
On 5/11/2023 5:19 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-05-11 11:31, Tim W wrote:
On Thu, 11 May 2023 01:19:16 +0100, Fredxx wrote:


If you had tyres, you could get rid of the rails. Do you think it\'ll
catch on?

Doesn\'t the Paris Metro have tyred plate-ways?

Yes - at least one line did in the 70s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackal_(1997_film)

The last minutes, as the bad guy tries to flee in the Metro, it has
rubber wheels. Supposedly in the Washington Metro, but I have never
been there so I don\'t know.

Google says it is the Radisson Metro Station in Montréal, Canada.

Looking at the photos, you can see the rails are special.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Radisson_station

I have not found photos of the car wheels. Ah, here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJQV3euafZ8


There is a big difference between a light rail passenger car and a
railroad locomotive.

True.

Locomotives could use rubber soles to increase traction, while the
wagons could keep the metal ones to decrease friction. The locomotive
could be lighter, then.

Actually, I have a toy train that does just that :-D

Do tell me where we can get traction rubber that would stand up to the
incredible weight and forces of a freight locomotive.

The weight would be on the steel wheels. And perhaps, with more
friction, the weight could be less.


It is just an idea for playing.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

 

[Carlos E.R.]

On 2023-05-22 20:10, Paul wrote:

On 5/22/2023 7:46 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-05-11 15:48, Bob F wrote:
On 5/11/2023 5:19 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-05-11 11:31, Tim W wrote:
On Thu, 11 May 2023 01:19:16 +0100, Fredxx wrote:


If you had tyres, you could get rid of the rails. Do you think it\'ll
catch on?

Doesn\'t the Paris Metro have tyred plate-ways?

Yes - at least one line did in the 70s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackal_(1997_film)

The last minutes, as the bad guy tries to flee in the Metro, it has
rubber wheels. Supposedly in the Washington Metro, but I have never
been there so I don\'t know.

Google says it is the Radisson Metro Station in Montréal, Canada.

Looking at the photos, you can see the rails are special.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Radisson_station

I have not found photos of the car wheels. Ah, here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJQV3euafZ8


There is a big difference between a light rail passenger car and a
railroad locomotive.

True.

Locomotives could use rubber soles to increase traction, while the
wagons could keep the metal ones to decrease friction. The locomotive
could be lighter, then.

Actually, I have a toy train that does just that :-D

Like everything on trains, it\'s complicated.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesion_railway

Who knew that the flanges didn\'t keep the train on the tracks

I knew

*******

You could design trains, where all the wheels are driven. I expect
lighter rail solutions could be doing things like that.

One of the trains where I was born, were self-propelled cars run
on diesel. The longest of those trains, were three self-propelled cars
connected to one another. An \"engineer\" was located in a short cab area,
and
was in control of propulsion settings. That train used to do 60 MPH
when outside of the yard limit, and did as well on the tracks it got to
use, as any national rail trains did.

The number of cars the provider would put on, depended on how many
passengers
were expected. At it\'s height, they would put on three cars, and it
took something like six hours to reach the end of the line. The train
would then return the way it came and arrive back in the originating city.

Doing it that way, means you don\'t have a loco that weighs 400,000 pounds.
The wheels are still steel.

Yes, this is done in Spain. Usually the underground Metro in Madrid
works like that. In this case, I\'m not sure how many cars are \"powered\",
because the cars could be interconnected for electrical power. Also
regional trains are often made this way. Long range, I\'m not so sure.

At least, those that are electrical. Diesel trains I think use a
traditional loco (here).

You can see it even has its own air horns on the car. And the train
does sound horns at level crossings. But the service life of these is
up, and they\'re no longer running and no similar replacement was designed.
But while they existed, these were excellent. You can see the car also
has an oscillator-light on the front, which rotates a bit, presumably to
attract the attention of careless pedestrians.

oscillator-lights? That\'s a very curious thing. I may have seen it on
movies, but did not know if I was interpreting it correctly or not.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Dominion_Atlantic_Railway_9059_Train_2%2C_Dayliner%2C_at_Digby_Wharf%2C_Nova_Scotia_on_September_5%2C_1970_%2822263478920%29.jpg/1024px-Dominion_Atlantic_Railway_9059_Train_2%2C_Dayliner%2C_at_Digby_Wharf%2C_Nova_Scotia_on_September_5%2C_1970_%2822263478920%29.jpg

And while that picture makes it look like an elevated platform is required,

elevated platforms are the norm here. Although there are some trains
that are very low (the Talgo).

each car has a three-stair section that slides out, and you can
\"climb aboard\" from track level. No matter what \"length\" the train,
there were two staff. The \"engineer\" in the front of the lead car,
and a \"conductor\" to punch tickets. The conductor could do stuff,
like slide the stairs out. Where we used to board, we used the
stairs, but I don\'t remember how the stairs work (retraction
mechanism).

--
Cheers, Carlos.

 

[Bob F]

On 5/22/2023 2:21 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2023-05-22 17:56, Bob F wrote:
On 5/22/2023 4:46 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-05-11 15:48, Bob F wrote:
On 5/11/2023 5:19 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-05-11 11:31, Tim W wrote:
On Thu, 11 May 2023 01:19:16 +0100, Fredxx wrote:


If you had tyres, you could get rid of the rails. Do you think it\'ll
catch on?

Doesn\'t the Paris Metro have tyred plate-ways?

Yes - at least one line did in the 70s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackal_(1997_film)

The last minutes, as the bad guy tries to flee in the Metro, it has
rubber wheels. Supposedly in the Washington Metro, but I have never
been there so I don\'t know.

Google says it is the Radisson Metro Station in Montréal, Canada.

Looking at the photos, you can see the rails are special.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Radisson_station

I have not found photos of the car wheels. Ah, here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJQV3euafZ8


There is a big difference between a light rail passenger car and a
railroad locomotive.

True.

Locomotives could use rubber soles to increase traction, while the
wagons could keep the metal ones to decrease friction. The locomotive
could be lighter, then.

Actually, I have a toy train that does just that :-D

Do tell me where we can get traction rubber that would stand up to the
incredible weight and forces of a freight locomotive.

The weight would be on the steel wheels. And perhaps, with more
friction, the weight could be less.

So where are you planning to put the rubber to increase traction?

It is just an idea for playing.

 

[rbowman]

On Mon, 22 May 2023 23:16:59 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Although I\'m not really talking of tyres, but an extra wheel with a
rubber \"coat\" and no rim.

https://tiger1.info/EN/ExternalTyreWheels.html


I believe the Tiger B did away with the rubber as did the later Tigers and
Panthers. The Bs only weighed 75 tons though, well short of a locomotive.

 

[rbowman]

On Mon, 22 May 2023 21:16:29 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

Ours aren\'t very big, either. This is the one I like the best:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ellsworth+%2B+State/

@42.229363,-83.73813,3018m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!
1s0x883caf8c5de8b381:0x428862a71be1fc4a!8m2!3d42.229363!4d-83.73813!
16s%2Fg%2F1tf7st9w

In their finite wisdom, they located it at the same intersection as the
Senior Citizens\' Center.

It has improved traffic a lot though, and turned a few major accidents
into many fenderbenders.

Weed is legal in Michigan? Couldn\'t miss the Exclusive Ann Arbor Cannabis
Dispensary on Varsity.

A couple of ours have another quirk. As you approach the lanes split. The
left lane goes into the rotary but the right lane is a right turn. If you
really wanted to leave on the same street you arrived on but took the
right lane you can find a quiet place to do a u-turn and try again.

The best part is it\'s between the I-90 exit and the airport so I can see
foreigners in rental cars getting lost as they try for the interstate.

 

[Peeler]

On 23 May 2023 02:49:48 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:

I believe the Tiger B did away with the rubber as did the later Tigers and
Panthers. The Bs only weighed 75 tons though, well short of a locomotive.

There they are again, your so very cherished \"impressive\" capital letters
that you just can\'t get enough of, bigmouth! LOL

--
Self-admiring lowbrowwoman telling everyone yet another \"thrilling\" story
about her great life:
\"In a role reversal my mother taught her father to drive. She was in the
back seat when he took his first test, trying a little telepathy: \"release
the handbrake. release the handbrake\'. He didn\'t, stalled the engine and
failed. The next time went better.\"
MID: <kafp0uF6vi1U5@mid.individual.net>

 

[Cindy Hamilton]

On 2023-05-23, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Mon, 22 May 2023 21:16:29 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:


Ours aren\'t very big, either. This is the one I like the best:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ellsworth+%2B+State/
@42.229363,-83.73813,3018m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!
1s0x883caf8c5de8b381:0x428862a71be1fc4a!8m2!3d42.229363!4d-83.73813!
16s%2Fg%2F1tf7st9w

In their finite wisdom, they located it at the same intersection as the
Senior Citizens\' Center.

It has improved traffic a lot though, and turned a few major accidents
into many fenderbenders.

Weed is legal in Michigan? Couldn\'t miss the Exclusive Ann Arbor Cannabis
Dispensary on Varsity.

Yes, weed is legal. Ann Arbor has a ton of dispensaries. There are at
least four in the area shown on that map, even though they\'re not called
out by name. The market is flooded, and I expect a lot of them will fail
in short order.

--
Cindy Hamilton

 

[Ari Fin]

https://morrigansmethodsandmadness.blogspot.com
https://garthoma-followingthemaster.blogspot.com
https://informasisiang.blogspot.com

 

[Carlos E.R.]

On 2023-05-21 04:26, Commander Kinsey wrote:

On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 13:24:52 +0100, Carlos E.R.
robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2023-03-16 19:21, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 05:45:10 -0000, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Sun, 12 Mar 2023 22:43:31 -0400, 😎 Mighty Wannabe ✅ wrote:

rbowman wrote on 3/12/2023 10:05 PM:
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:30:39 -0000, Commander Kinsey wrote:

On Thu, 02 Mar 2023 03:09:14 -0000, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
wrote:

On Wed, 01 Mar 2023 15:05:31 -0000, Commander Kinsey wrote:


Why were they never made of something more grippy than highly
polished steel?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington_Cog_Railway
Should be used on all tracks, then perhaps trains could stop in the
distance my car is required to by law.
Do the math. A fully laden coal car weighs about 140 tons. I\'ve never
been bored enough to count cars when I stopped at a crossing but
there
are a lot of them. Let\'s say 30 for the sake of argument, 4200 tons
plus the weight of the engines. Let\'s say 4 at 200 tons each. So,
roughly 5000 tons traveling at 50 mph. That\'s quite a bit of kinetic
energy to dump in 300\'.
I can hear snapping axles and see flying wheels.


The wheels and the rails are steel. A train can never have enough
friction to stop at a short distance. The brakes can lock all the
wheels
but the train will still move forward due to inertia.

The reference was to the Mt. Washington Cog Railway. The wheels are for
guidance but the motive power is a rack and pinion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rack_railway

At least on Mt Washington it\'s only the engine and a small passenger
car
operating at less than 10 mph. They\'re not feasible for general use.

Surely cogs can go over 10mph.  Your car gearbox is full of them turning
at very high speed.

Inside a box full of oil.

I had a radio controlled car with a gearbox without oil.

how many thousand miles did it last?

--
Cheers, Carlos.

 

[Carlos E.R.]

On 2023-05-23 02:58, Bob F wrote:

On 5/22/2023 2:21 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-05-22 17:56, Bob F wrote:
On 5/22/2023 4:46 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-05-11 15:48, Bob F wrote:
On 5/11/2023 5:19 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-05-11 11:31, Tim W wrote:
On Thu, 11 May 2023 01:19:16 +0100, Fredxx wrote:


If you had tyres, you could get rid of the rails. Do you think
it\'ll
catch on?

Doesn\'t the Paris Metro have tyred plate-ways?

Yes - at least one line did in the 70s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackal_(1997_film)

The last minutes, as the bad guy tries to flee in the Metro, it
has rubber wheels. Supposedly in the Washington Metro, but I have
never been there so I don\'t know.

Google says it is the Radisson Metro Station in Montréal, Canada.

Looking at the photos, you can see the rails are special.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Radisson_station

I have not found photos of the car wheels. Ah, here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJQV3euafZ8


There is a big difference between a light rail passenger car and a
railroad locomotive.

True.

Locomotives could use rubber soles to increase traction, while the
wagons could keep the metal ones to decrease friction. The
locomotive could be lighter, then.

Actually, I have a toy train that does just that :-D

Do tell me where we can get traction rubber that would stand up to
the incredible weight and forces of a freight locomotive.

The weight would be on the steel wheels. And perhaps, with more
friction, the weight could be less.

So where are you planning to put the rubber to increase traction?

Similar to what rbowman posted about the tiger


>> It is just an idea for playing.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

 

[Carlos E.R.]

On 2023-02-25 08:55, Commander Kinsey wrote:

On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:39:44 -0000, Carlos E. R.
robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2023-02-15 16:27, NY wrote:
On 15/02/2023 14:56, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 12 Feb 2023 20:38:43 -0000, Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid
wrote:

What about water taps? Most turn anticlockwise to unscrew the tap so as
to increase the pressure, but a few go the opposite way. And there seems
to be no consensus as to whether the cold or the hot tap should be on
the left: doesn\'t matter as long its separate taps with coloured
inserts, but some modern mixer taps, which rotate to vary temperature
and rock back and forth to vary water flow, have no indication as to
which way to rotate to get hot water - and sometimes you have to choose
a rotation arbitrarily and wait: if the water remains cold and never
runs warm after a while, try the other way

In Spain there are conventions on that. Hot is left. But German taps
(Grohe brand) assume hot is right. They all turn in the same direction,
although modern ones do not have any screw thread.

So when we installed a Grohe on the kitchen, we reversed the tubes. Hot
is left, but red colour.

But red?!  Hot IS red.

Sorry, I meant blue.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

 

[Peeler]

On Tue, 23 May 2023 13:08:49 +0200, cretinous Carlos E.R., another brain
dead troll-feeding senile ASSHOLE, blathered:


> how many thousand miles did it last?

You STILL didn\'t get what\'s the matter with that clinically insane nutter?
LMAO

 

[Peeler]

On Tue, 23 May 2023 13:21:55 +0200, cretinous Carlos E.R., another brain
dead troll-feeding senile ASSHOLE, blathered:

So when we installed a Grohe on the kitchen, we reversed the tubes. Hot
is left, but red colour.

But red?!  Hot IS red.

Sorry, I meant blue.

Spick, you are as senile as the Scottish wanker is retarded! You brain deads
idiots really found each other! LOL