1/76 scale London Model Tramways

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Kingsway John

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@Tuckaway 8 ай бұрын

I love the Lodge Plugs bus at 0.50. I have one of these models and I worked for Lodge plugs for 34 years.

@SDD3204 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely John. Took 11 years before it popped up on my screen, but you sang so well that made it worth it alone ;-)

@KingswayJohn 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks , Steven. I just re-watched it for the first time in ages. The gentleman concerned is George Lashwood - here's a picture, and an encore ! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oomkZYF6h8uFg80

@Baylescreen 6 жыл бұрын

The Dog Kennel Hill four track format was a safety measure to avoid collisions if a tram lost adhesion and ran back down the hill. Alternate trams used alternate tracks in both directions.

@MadAndyBeckman 12 жыл бұрын

Dog Kennel Hill had four tracks not because of the frequent service but because trams were allowed on the same track one on each gradient in case of roll-back accidents. The same rule applied to the Northern slopeo ut of the Kingsway Subway but two tracks sufficed there as the slope was sort.

@bbcisrubbish 5 жыл бұрын

The railings in front of the LCC flats were in fact metal stretchers welded to steel uprights.

@KingswayJohn 5 жыл бұрын

They certainly were.... eventually. The Dog Kennel Hill trams ran for the last time in October 1951. At that stage some of the blocks at the top of the hill had normal railings and the lower ones had wood picket fences. The stretchers were fitted after the trams had gone. This postwar view (the tram has still got the headlamp mask but no white paint on the bumper) shows the two styles of fence. www.flickr.com/photos/kingswayjohn/4820941355/in/album-72157624565441092/

@clivej148 13 жыл бұрын

Great detail, Thanks for sharing

@KingswayJohn 13 жыл бұрын

The trams are built from plastic Tower Models kits, and fitted with Tenshodo SPUD chassis.

@MadAndyBeckman 12 жыл бұрын

"The answer is simple" must rate for understatement of the year.

@MadAndyBeckman 12 жыл бұрын

Dog Kennel Hill had four tracks because they deemed it unsafe to have two cars on the same track on such a steep hill in case one rolled back into the other. Similarly only one tram at a time per track was allowed on the section of track incorporatiing the ramp North of the Kingsway Subway and the sharp right bend into Theobalds Road which, I believe, had to be completed non-stop to avoid stalling.as well as roll-back. At 3 trams per minute in peaks this would have been quite a feat,

@josephhurdman5588 3 жыл бұрын

At one time, London had 2,000 trams, over 1,000 trolleybuses & god only knows how many Underground cars. Virtually all the public transport in the city was electrically powered...

@KingswayJohn 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Lots Road in Chelsea, burnt 700 tonnes of coal a day from 1905 to the early sixties when converted to oil.

@northstar1950 12 жыл бұрын

Lovely attractive model.

@Matty_98 13 жыл бұрын

did u make them or buy them

@Looiiss37 4 жыл бұрын

@Matt I'm answering this questing 8 years later at the time of writing this. he makes these kits and sells them online, I brought his kits, they are high quality in my opinion.