Mainline Railways Warship Class D823 HERMES Solo Running.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.ค. 2024
- In this solo running session: we have Mainline Railways Warship Class diesel hydraulic locomotive no.D823 HERMES running with passenger and freight trains around the layout.
Another great video. Nice to see one of these Mainline Warships still running in 2024, most appear to have succumbed to the dreaded split gears.
Never had split gears on mine, but they all failed due to the motor armature running in plastic bearings as an integral part of the bogie frame. It eventually heated up due to friction and seized solid. How did anyone at Mainline/Palitoy think this was a viable construction method ? Such a shame, because it was otherwise a good model.
Rather nice! 🙂
_Seem to recall the 12"=1' Warships had pivotless bogies - they were kept in line by the cardan shafts_
Which is why when the Germans came over to assist with problems, they couldn't understand why they were being run at dangerous speeds! After this, they were speed restricted to 'tame' the movement. I believe that bogie modifications were also made, probably around damping.
@@AshpringtonRoad Quite Graham! 😄