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Cambridge University Railway Club - The Prewar CURC as gleaned from the Archives Kentish Town motive power depot was visited on Thursday 18th November and in the visit to Hitchin depot on Wednesday 26th January 1938, the Silver Jubilee and West Riding streamlined services passed and the high standard of locomotive cleanliness at Hitchin was approvingly noted. After being conducted through the motive power depot by the District Superintendent and then visiting the works, the members fired an eight coupled freight engine in the yard and were each presented with a copy of the LMS magazine (price 2d). There was a visit to the Acton repair depot of the London Passenger Transport Board, undated by the minutes, with the fourth and final visit of the Lent term on Thursday 9th March being to Camden motive power depot. www.cam.ac.uk /societies/curc/archive/prewar.htm

wurzel The motive power depot became a vital Change over point, and a wide variety of motive power could be seen. Heavy rationalisation has taken place on my motive power to weed out those locomotives that were not up to slow and precise running. The Terminus and reverse loop are separate power districts, in DCC terms. home.intekom.com /wurzel

California State Railroad Museum Foundation - River City Depots Known as Arcade Station, this new "through" depot involved a complete reworking of trackage; trains would be able to arrive and depart without the constant need for back-up movements or other switching, as had been the case before this time in the stub-end depot on Front Street. Thus, the lack of a formal depot in Sacramento is entirely plausible in the late 1850s and early 1860s; enclosed passenger stations had begun appearing along America’s existing railroads only a decade or so earlier. In the interim, the wood roof of the depot had caught fire several times; although disaster had appeared imminent, the flames were doused before serious damage occurred. www.californiastaterailroadmuseum.org /doc.asp?id=145

Railway Terminology A method of powering a layout where all controllers are powered by the same transformer (which therefore needs to be powerful enough to power as many trails as you intend running at the same time). A method of powering a layout using two transformers (one for the trains travelling in one direction and one for the trains going in the other direction). The coil of wire within a point motor or relay through which power is fed to operate the unit. www.amra.asn.au /terms.htm

LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE Running and Management - STEAM AND MOTIVE POWER. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE Running and Management - STEAM AND MOTIVE POWER. The driving-wheels were 68 inches diameter, and the engine was running close on forty miles an hour and was developing, with 18 x 24-inch cylinders, sufficient power to haul a train weighing 300 tons at the rate of fifty miles an hour. The work was done using at the rate of 21.5 pounds per horse-power per hour—very economical work. www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/chapt25.Html

Fort Street Union Depot was Pennsy's Gateway to Detroit Thus, after trains were spotted at the Depot train shed, PM and C&O locomotives would back up from the 21st Street round house over the High Line to their trains. The Pennsy's passenger engines were kept at this roundhouse while the freight power tended to be found at the Wabash's Delray roundhouse farther to the west. The depot was closed May 1, 1971 when the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK) was created by an act of Congress to operate most of the inter-city passenger trains in the United States. www.detnews.com /metro/hobbies/hotbox/fall93/union/union.htm

REC - Model Railway Layouts An internal Motive Power Depot for both displaying models and the realistic turning of locomotives is also included, this is under its own dedicated control. Umbridge Station is the centre-piece of one side of the layout together with a loco depot, while freight exchange sidings, a tunnel and a dock feature occupy the other side. The main-line tracks are continuous loops, while the branch is an end-to-end, running from an Umbridge main-line bay platform, round the layout to Umbridge high-level and halfway round the layout again to a dock terminal. www.rec-farnborough.org.uk /layouts.htm

British Railways in Wartime, 1943 The practical knowledge and experience of train working methods, signalling systems, motive power, and staff, and of the physical conditions of each locality, enable the railway operating staffs to make the best possible use of every piece of rolling stock, section of line, ounce of motive power and staff available. Developments in railway signalling, such as the widespread use of electrical, colour light and power installations; scientific shunting at modernised marshalling yards; the welding of rails; and the introduction of labour-saving appliances for all kinds of purposes, were also subjects of close study. Electrical power, in addition to sending messages, has been adopted to save time and labour by setting points at considerable distances, and the widespread use of colour light signals has proved of great value in keeping traffic moving in all kinds of weather. freespace.virgin.net /neil.worthington/jx/1943.htm

Layout The 009 representation of the Lynton and Barnstable railways motive power depot, Pilton Yard. The coal stage is a modified Ratio example with a scratch built yard crane nearing completion. www.triang.org.uk /009_layout.htm

Cambrian Railways Trust On the 18th January 1965, the mailine from Buttington (the junction with the Cambrian ”branch” from Shrewsbury) to Whitchurch was closed, together with Oswestry Motive Power Depot. A Motive Power Depot was created between the mainline and the Gobowen branch. The company’s boardroom was on the first floor of the magnificent Italianate style Station building, situated on the up platform, and a Workshop for the maintenance of locomotives and rolling stock was constucted. www.cambrianrailwaystrust.com /html/history.html

New Page 1 The fiddle yard, covered from public view, consists of a five road transverser each road being able to hold two locomotives. A breakdown crane is normally attached to the shed, and goes off the depot and returns later during operating sequences, adding variety to the scene. The layout itself is partly based on Redhill and consists of three baseboards, two for the shed with a third for the fiddle yard giving an overall length of 10 6. www.egmodelrail.freeserve.co.uk /Eastbridge/eastbridge.htm

Bw Kreuzberg der Ahrtalbahn The depot Bw Kreuzberg was built around 1918 at the end of WW I. It was to provide motive power to serve the southern end of the new double track line from Liblar near Cologne to Rech in the Ahr-valley via Rheinbach and Meckenheim. Also the depot provided service to the upgraded and extended Ahrtalbahn, which was completed in 1912. After the steam era ended in the mid-60s and even the diesel engines were withdrawn the depot was closed in 1987. www.ahrtalbahn.de /history/bw-hist1e.htm

Roots of Motive Power - Collection - 1932  Bucyrus-Erie 50-B Steam Shovel - Early History As a result of an October 19, 1992 Roots of Motive Power acquisition, future generations of Mendocino County's youth will have a better understanding of the venerable steam shovel Mary Anne, which was happily retired to a new life as the heating plant in the Popperville Town Hall basement. The steam shovel joins the outstanding collection of industrial steam machinery on display by Roots of Motive Power at the Mendocino County Museum in Willits. Interestingly, GFACO Shovel #1 was a diesel powered Model 50B purchased earlier. www.rootsofmotivepower.com /html/Collection/BucErie/BucErieEarly.html

C.M. Motive Power at St.Johns Railway Co. Until CM acquired their own motive power they leased some GP-9s from the GTW. GTW 4901 and 4934 have arrived in St.Johns to spot a load of lumber at Central Michigan Lumber Co. [No relation to the railroad] No.4901 was built in 1954 and started life with the GTW as No.1767. Central Michigan 8804 basking in the early morning sun at the St.Johns depot in 1990. www.merrittscharnweber.com /PowerAtStJohns.html

Battery Chemistry F.A.Q Power-depot.com For stationary and motive power application, the end of service life is defined as the point at which a battery's capacity drops to 80% of its original capacity. Power density (specific power): Power density is the ratio of the power available from a battery to its volume (watt/liter). In the charging process, direct-current electrical power is used to reform the active chemicals of the battery system to their high-energy charge state. www.power-depot.com /battery-chemistry-faq.htm

Mercia Charters Although initially the motive power was booked to be a single type M44/4 in fact two were provided in top and tail mode as the run-round loops at the branch termini were in a poor state. Running almost quarter of an hour late we left, the branch veers away from the main line shortly after the motive power depot and runs alongside the city sewage works lagoons before reaching the former military airport with associate sidings and storage silos. Immediately inside the depot was a steeple locomotive No 25 and working in the shed area a wooden bodied loco No 20, (one for the next visit to Debrecen?). www.merciacharters.co.uk /tr030917.htm

Welcome to the rail blue era Doncaster, on the East Coast Main Line was host to all types of motive power. The MPD to the south of the station was often host to locomotives en-route to and from the BR workshops. A view of the north end of the station and part of the BR works and sidings in the background, with a BR type 2 running light in May 1971. www.kierhardy.co.uk /doncaster.html

61B Aberdeen Ferryhill Motive Power Depot A large variety of motive power could be found at Ferryhill - class 06 and 08 shunters, and locomotives of classes 20*, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 37*, 40, 50* & 55*. However Aberdeen Ferryhill MPD was living on borrowed time, and the shed duely closed on Sunday 26 December 1987, class 37 locomotive 37185 leaving number two road of the shed for the main station to vigorous sounding of it's horn, bringing to an end 134 years of locomotive servicing & maintainance. In 1993 the remaining portion of Aberdeen Ferryhill MPD shed was demolished. jove.prohosting.com /ark84/enginesheds/ferryhill.htm

Motive Power of the Lehigh Valley Railroad They were very good steamers and powerful engines for their weight, the draw bar between engine and tender being offset so that in starting a heavy train part of the weight of the tender was thrown on the drivers. It was built by Garrett and Eastwick, of Philadelphia, was of the eight-wheel type, had a peculiar valve motion designed by Andrew M. Eastwick, reversing being done by a block sliding on the valve seats, and it was the first locomotive in Pennsylvania to be provided with a cab for sheltering the engine crew. No better power is to be found in the country, and the company may of late years apply to itself the aphorism "happy is the country that has no history." www.catskillhistory.com /rrextra/lvhist.Html

Bo'ness Diesel Gala May 2001 There are numerous sidings to the rear of the motive power depot, 20020 keeps 26004 and Mark 1 sleeping car M2822 (M2821 is also on site and was whacked in for sleepage!). The motive power depot has been very tastefully completed and reminds one of Inverness depot in a lot of ways. This issue simply pales into total irrelevance when nearly 5 minutes of full power is available as the line climbs to Birkhill, not many (if any) other preserved lines can match such quality. www.bcvr.demon.co.uk /bkr.html

Operations of the Class 111s The 111s arrival also saw the trailers removed from 101 power twin such as 50155/61 and 50156/62, returning them to original formation. In the early '60s the LMR sets moved to the ER in exchange for four Class 101 power trailers (50203/6/8/28 56055/8/60/80). The buffet cars initially work with the 1959/60 sets but later they were used in Class 101 4-car sets, and either TS would work with either class. www.railcar.co.uk /his110-119/111ops.htm

mp The KMRR's motive power has come from a variety of sources, and it is true to say that nothing is "Off the shelf". The three units were connected with Molex mini connectors which route the battery and traction power and the steam sound to where they are needed. The other output is still unused, but may end up powering a bell. hometown.aol.com /ihall59972/mp.html

The Texas & Pacific Railway - Railfans Depot Members of the Arlington (TX) Historical Society are planning to rebuild the former TandP Depot as part of a historical and educational park in the heart of downtown. If you have ANY photos of the depot (inside, outside, aerial, etc.) or any information you believe would be of benefit to this project, please contact Depot@TexasPacificRailway.org. Copies of the depots' blueprints have been acquired from the National Archives and the Historical Society is now seeking help from all TandP fans. www.texaspacificrailway.org

Nieuwsbrief The seven-road shed on its own would make an interesting motive power depot layout. The station still has a locomotive depot, which uses the old steam shed. The station has recently been electrified and now regularly sees CFL electric locomotives on freight and passenger trains. www.netherlandsrailways.co.uk /Places%20to%20Model%20In%20Belgium.htm

Getting to know us. MKMRS was formed in July 1969 after a group of local modellers provided a static display of locos on a model of a large motive power depot at the Bletchley Art and Crafts Festival, this generated a considerable amount of interest and it was decided to form a club. There are 5 areas open to the public, in addition there is a work shop with a selection of power tools, drills, band saw, and some members have lathes or access to them. There is also a comprehensive library, with prototype and model magazines dating from the 1940's to the present day, also a large number of railway books and videos all of which can be borrowed free of charge by members. homepage.ntlworld.com /selsig/MKMRS/aboutus.html

Photographs of Yosemite Valley Railroad Motive Power Number 23 at the Southern Pacific Depot in Merced, California. www.yosemitevalleyrailroad.com /MOTIVE.POWER.HTML.DIR/YV.23atSP.html

hunslet.html The locomotive's power output is also increased as a result of reduced back-pressure in the cylinders. The system comprises four basic sets of components which have been specifically designed to operate harmoniously in producing a maximum of fuel availability and economy, a minimum of cylinder back-pressure giving improved performance, and the absolute minimum of grit and smoke. www.trainweb.org /tusp/last30/hunslet.html

Perth to Mandurah Rail Link. Motive Power used to construct - Railpage Australia™ Forums (Western Australia) If ARG, did have anything to do with the motive power side of things, you'd probably see, AB's or A's, but I doubt ARG will be involved. I think there was no specific motive power selected for the Joondalup line, and would expect similar for the Mandurah line. Motive Power used to construct - Railpage Australia™ Forums (Western Australia) www.railpage.com.au /f-t7026.htm

Langford and Beeleigh Railway The 'Motive Power Depot' (MPD) based in a large container has been completed housing the railway's rolling stock and provides all the facilities required for running the L&BR. Permission must be obtained from the Board of Directors of The Museum of Power (or other Copyright owners) to use any picture for commercial purposes. The Turntable, a spur from the main line provides access to the MPD via a thirteen foot diameter turntable. www.museumofpower.org.uk /railway/index.html

Plymouth, Turnchapel Branch (BRSR) The adjacent Motive Power Depot was opened in 1908. The LSWR finally conceded with an agreement dated July 19th 1894 that allowed the GWR to have running powers over the Turnchapel line as far as Plymstock Station and then over the entire line as far as the eventual terminus at Yealmpton. The ensuing blaze was potentially disastrous and three firemen were killed trying to keep the oil tanks as cool as possible to avoid a catastrophic explosion. www.plymouthdata.info /Railways-Turnchapel%20Branch.htm

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