Bound2Please

A warm to the NBN Bill the bus from me and The Wench (some call her Inge) Charlie

Locked until tomorrow morning so everyone can calm dowm.

Boat engines are much easier sorted than Your plumbing, take care get well soon.

All done Sue

A warm to the NBN mgillett88 from me and the Wench (some call her Inge). I have done quite well in Rockland Broad. Tight lines Charlie

Bloody hell its been a while since I last heard that ..........................

Theres always Ipswich as an alternative then.

It Used to be The General Manager , Eastern Region, Harwich House, Liverpool Street, London EC2. Sadly my father is long retired, about 35 years, and deceased 15 years, so he can no longer help out here. So that used to be the contact person.

And mine behind the helm undo 6 screws and you can get into it.

Has this said steel passed the tests of of the Ministry of transport???????????????????? if it had im sure it wouild be use in all places on the railways system where expansion was a problem.

First off this is now getting tiresome. Have any of you ever worked hands on, on the railway. Rail expansion is a far bigger problem than most give it credit. mechanical switches (POINTS) had in fact still will have on mechanical signaling, commentators on rodding runs to counter the expansion and contraction problems. There is no safe way to do such with rails. A shorter rail is just laughable. Who pay the wages of a Pway gang to keep changing them dawn n dusk. Plus most of those staff will be out on heat patrol any way.

what the flip are summer rails, a rail is a rail, they all expend and contract. no such thing sorry

But from a practical response it was well out, as I have known rails so hot, sausages have been cooked on them, that are in direct sunshine. Back to the question, how do two get to expand less than the other two.

Strange isnt it, that every one bar one assumes I was talking about railway track.

I have 4 by 60ft lengths of steel, that weight in at just over a ton each, all 4 have 2 by 7/8in diameter holes in each end. The serious question here is how do I stop 2 of them expanding in 70f temperatures more than the other 2? No silly replies like paint the ends white, or spray with water, as that's not an option. Scientific replies please.

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JM yes i regularly encountered them in the 60's 70's and 80's when in hire boats. But the Yare let alone the Waveney is hardly a commercial water way these days, i cant also see that getting through mutford lock either, so somerleyton swing bridge is irrelevant

With a bridge height gauge in view?????

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Who says that they haven't been maintained? do you know this for certain? The answer is plain and simple. Weld all bridges straight line track running. Then there is no longer a bridge opening problem. Or get a craft that is broads friendly design for passing under railway bridges. All these super dooper boats have only appeared in recent times, even wherry's had masts that were tabernackled for passing under bridges. This is like the couple who bought a cheap house next to a bust pub, then try n get the pub shut as its devaluing their cheap house. Thats the last i'll say on this subject with my mods hat off. Charlie

Howard get a grip man put your foot down, let Mrs N wear some of that lot out side before adding to them. What ever happened to one white handbag and a pair of white stiletto's, ?

Who says they dont maintain them?

A very warm to the NBN Barrytrodd from me and The Wench (some call her Inge) enjoy the forum, and we hope to see you out n about. Charlie

That would be easy, change all rails from terminus to terminus for 60ft's instead of the LWR bridge problem solved. But (a) would the passengers like the clippty clip for the whole journey (b) every 60 ft would be needed two track circuit bonds, which need a regular weekly walk through checking. (c) just imagine the out cry at the fair increase for all this old Victorian technology being reinstated. So the most obvious solution to all this (1) Leave as is (2) Or the most logical, change the law weld the two bridges in the closed position, saves all those wages, as there is no longer commercial working ports on the Waveney or Yare problem solved. All broads friendly boats still able to navigate safely, problem solved and money saved. (3) Put a crowd funding up to raise a few million to have built a state of the art 21st century bridge built, no thinking more sensible it should be tens of million's to raise. So all in all I recon its a case of put up with whats there, make do with it as it is a\ Victorian designed bridge that has worked for in excess of a 100 years, and should still be ok for an other 100 years at least. But make sure no water with the slightest chance of salinity in it gets near these historical works of art. Charlie (mods hat clearly off)

All rails expand and contract at the same bull head a little more than flat bottomed summer/winter the metal is of the same make up